Chapter 3334

Xia De had also long thought about how to settle the unicorn, and now that he knew its specific origin, he would no longer let it live alone in this castle:

"It's not very convenient to raise a unicorn at home; you have also seen the little elf last time. Later, if Ai Li is willing, I will explain the past things to it clearly, and then let that little elf come to help take care of Ai Li. That little elf also takes care of a very large unicorn population in the academy, Ai Li will not be lonely."

It was just that if he wanted to return to this ice and snow castle again, he still needed Ai Li to lead the way. So Xia De intended to let it recuperate on the island for a while longer, and wait until it was completely better before thinking of a way to let it go to Saint-Byrons, far away from the dangerous things on this island.

"Ai Li is just one of the properties of this castle; before the laboratory was abandoned, Her Majesty said that those who passed the test could take away a treasure from the laboratory. From the early Fifth Era to now, there are actually not a few people who have passed the test."

The ice maid Winnie blinked at Xia De again:

"Of course, for the test of finding the badge, especially the test of the last badge, I have only opened it to you."

After speaking, she looked down at the position in her body where the badge was once hidden, and Xia De felt that she seemed to be hinting at something.

"Hmm... you continue, what else is left in this castle?"

"Time will rot everything, but ice crystals can achieve near eternity. What is most valuable in the castle now are those books in the study you saw last week; although this place as a laboratory did not specially retain books that were too valuable, I think some of the knowledge in them is still useful to you."

Xia De put down the teacup:

"Can I view all the books here?"

The maid pointed to herself:

"You chose me last week, and I am the castle itself, so you can flip through all the books in the library. But I'm sorry, this castle cannot belong to you."

She bowed solemnly to apologize:

"Her Majesty deliberately avoided pointing the ownership of the castle to you, so before she left for the last time, she issued instructions to me: people in the future era who want to own this place must meet specific conditions. If you want to completely obtain this castle, you also need to meet these conditions; sorry, this is the instruction left by Her Majesty, and I cannot violate it either."

Xia De nodded to show understanding:

"What are the conditions Chloe gave?"

"Four conditions: possess the power given by Her Majesty, obtain my support, obtain Ai Li's support after Ai Li is unsealed, and obtain the key to the castle.

You already possess Her Majesty's power, and since you successfully obtained that badge, I am naturally supportive of you; this child Ai Li also seems to like you very much, so the first three conditions are completely met."

"Then what does the key mean? It won't be asking me to search for some key fragments in the snow mountain, right?"

This task had a considerable sense of déjà vu, but the maid shook her head with a smile:

"You should have noticed that you visited twice, and I did not open the gate to welcome you; this is not because I don't understand etiquette, but because the key to the gate is not with me either. Before Her Majesty left, she placed the key somewhere in the snow mountain, and it is an absolutely safe place; you just need to be careful in the adventures that follow."

But even so, the search range was inevitably a bit too large:

"Can you give some hints?"

"Sorry, I don't know where the key is either... but Her Majesty will not do meaningless things; since she hid the key, perhaps the hiding place of the key is the hint for you."

The beautiful ice-blue eyes blinked at Xia De again:

"In the Fifth Era, I heard that on this snow mountain, there is an ancient temple of the God of Destiny that no one has ever seen. Perhaps, you can search with that as the target."

"Mr. Ring's temple?"

According to the knowledge Xia De learned about the ancient gods, the temple of the God of Destiny among the thirteen ancient gods was the rarest; even searching through the entire history of the Sixth Era, there had never been news of the temple of the ancient god of destiny appearing in this era. Xia De actually once contacted a temple of destiny in the "Seven-Day Journey" of the Lost Forest, but unfortunately, that was in the Fifth Era.

The maid nodded very affirmatively:

"Since Her Majesty said there is one, then the temple must exist on the snow mountain. Perhaps the key is there."

Xia De then recorded this information; even if he didn't search for the key, he had to search for the temple. Judging from past experience, the ancient god temple on the snow mountain might be related to this Chosen One ceremony:

"Then before I find the key, can I come here repeatedly? Or do you mean I can only come again after I find it?"

"This place welcomes you at any time."

The maid nodded gently this time:

"Please allow me to introduce the current state of the castle to you first:

Currently, all rooms in the castle building complex are in a usable state, but except for those books in the library, there is nothing left in the castle. Outside of the ice, the silk fabrics in the castle can be considered antiques, but you probably wouldn't want to move them away either.

There are still some alchemical equipment, potion preparation equipment, and a small amount of storage-resistant raw materials left over from the previous era in the basement and the laboratory on the second floor, but the equipment and apparatus are not necessarily better than modern ones. If you need them, you can use them here at any time.

The castle is equipped with a weapon room; Her Majesty also collected some relics and alchemical weapons before she left, but the relics have all been taken away by the witches who passed the test, and a small part of the alchemical weapons remain, but the value is not high.

The kitchen still has a small amount of tea and potion materials; if you need to hold a large banquet here, you need to supplement the ingredients additionally.

The servant rooms are all in an idle state now; currently, there is one castle butler remaining, which is me, and I also concurrently serve as the head maid, head chef, gardener, horticulturist, and key keeper.

The stable, the land-bird greenhouse, and the unicorn nest are also idle, but can be reheated and enabled at any time.

The portal room has been closed, and all portals need to be re-positioned and corrected before they can be used again. Although you have not yet obtained the ownership of this castle, I can allow you to use the room temporarily.

The energy source of the castle and surrounding buildings is the elemental tide and geothermal energy of the Fatumunster Snow Mountain; the energy room has been maintained by me since Her Majesty left, and it is still intact."

In the castles and high towers of the high-level witches of the Fifth Era, the "portal room" was standard equipment, just like a large noble's manor in modern times must have a banquet hall. Xia De was interested in everything here, but even more interested in the portal room:

"Can the portals in the portal room, after being re-positioned and corrected, lead to any area?"

"The space situation in the Sixth Era is very different from the Fifth Era, and the portals have not been maintained for a long time, so it is only recommended that you re-position and correct them to connect to the areas on this island for the time being."

Xia De immediately thought of Sylvia's high tower on the mountain peak; if these two places could be connected, he wouldn't have to bring Ai Li with him every time he ran here. Of course, this matter still needed to be discussed with Sylvia.

"Then this castle itself should have power, right? The low temperature during the test, and your ability to handle that group of whispering elemental light, these are things that modern Ringed Shushi find difficult to do."

Xia De asked again.

The maid nodded:

"For me, this castle is like my 'Misuo', but this Misuo is always open and cannot move. I am not as powerful as you imagine, at least I am not as powerful as the thirteenth-tier earth witch who appeared last time. It's just because of my race that I can do some things that human great witches cannot do."

"Do you have a Ringed Shushi level?"

Xia De continued to ask, and the ice maid Winnie nodded gently:

"Originally, I didn't have one. During the transition between the Fifth Era and the Sixth Era, I slept for a long time, and after waking up, I had a Ringed Shushi level."

Thin steam mist appeared behind her, followed by a brass wheel ring—Xia De thought it would be ice. The maid who called herself "not powerful" actually had a twelfth-ring level. And her core spiritual rune was only a very simple one—Enlightenment - 【Ice and Snow】.

"Besides power, I don't know much about things in the outside world, and please don't ask me about the Fifth Era; the change of eras has also caused some of my memories to be missing and blurred, and I even perceive that some memories seem to be different from the real situation."

Her voice was very light and slow:

"In addition, because I have never left this castle, I don't know more about Her Majesty. Her Majesty said that once something is pointed to you, then you will most likely not be able to cross time to obtain it."

"So you actually can't leave this castle?"

"No, I can leave here, but I have no need to leave here."

The maid corrected, and Xia De thus had a preliminary understanding of the general situation here. The empty rooms in the castle were actually useless to him; Xia De couldn't live here, and other facilities were either in disrepair or left with only an empty shell.

So the biggest use of the castle to Xia De at present was still the study and the portal room that had not yet been opened. He was very curious about what knowledge Chloe would leave behind, but at the same time, he also wanted to know if a portal channel connecting the high tower on the mountain top and the castle at the foot of the mountain could be established.

Of course, Xia De did not forget that he came here not just for this castle:

"The demon once occupied a corridor on the fourth floor; has that area returned to normal now?"

"Yes, I have already cleaned it up."

"Then do you know what the purpose of that demon coming here was? It also wanted to obtain this castle?"

The maid gave a negative answer:

"The demon tried to break into the library and the already empty storage room several times, but was stopped by me. It appeared on the island to find a weapon, but it mistakenly thought that the weapon was here, or that the clues to the weapon were here, so it broke into the castle and drove Ai Li away, and at the same time woke me up from my sleep."

?? PS: This chapter's picture "Ice Maid · Winnie"