Chapter 3362: Mutual Gifts

Miss Violet's bedroom was on the top floor of the castle, and it was a long way from the entrance to there. Although there were teleportation arrays and elevators in the castle, Teresa still chose to take Xia De walking upward.

She wanted Xia De to see this place well, and also wanted to have more time to talk with Xia De.

Sister Belun and Miss Liyade also followed them, walking out of the 【Tombstone Wasteland】 together, everyone had many topics to talk about. Surviving a disaster and knowing that this might be the last time seeing Xia De, Miss Liyade was very talkative with a feeling of gratitude, while Sister Belun only said a few words from time to time, occasionally revealing a smile.

She walked behind Xia De, occasionally looking at his side face illuminated by the summer sun; the thing she had sought all her life had actually been completed.

As for the interior of the castle, it was naturally low-key, luxurious, and stylish; the floor of the corridor was inlaid with obsidian and moon-white stone, like a pattern interwoven with the night sky and dawn under the sunlight from the window. Even with every step taken, ripples would appear on the ground.

There were no candles used by ordinary people on the walls, replaced by floating faint-light crystals, illuminating positions where the lighting wasn't good, emitting soft cold light.

Passing through the corridor, turning into the spiral main staircase. The staircase was carved from a whole piece of platinum stone, each step was very wide, and the edges were carved with patterns of wings, vines, and rose flowers. The handrail was not conventional ironwork or wood carving, but a vine-like metal like a silver spine; when touched casually, it would emit a very subtle sound similar to a chime.

And I don't know if it was Miss Violet's unique hobby, along the way when Xia De and the girls were talking, they would occasionally see maids and housemaids walking in the castle cleaning and organizing the niches in the corridor.

Those niches stood with statues of different postures, but they were all female images, such as a veiled prophet witch, a queen with a crown and bright eyes, and a pale girl draped in snake bones and petals.

Xia De thought this was some kind of warning measure, but Teresa told him with a smile:

"Auntie likes to record those beautiful images. But she isn't like those... lustful witches who grab beautiful girls, but records their images, letting that beauty stay forever. Very beautiful, right? Auntie's aesthetics have always been top-notch."

Full spirits and elements were scattered everywhere in the castle, as if the castle itself was some kind of supernatural item. Intersecting corridors connected various towers and halls; huge tapestries hung between the corridor pillars; the witches who were working would respectfully greet Teresa after seeing her, and Xia De could still hear them discussing the topic of him, a male, softly after they left.

Sister Belun and Miss Liyade had already visited this place, so they didn't feel amazed at every place like Xia De and Little Mia. It was hard for the Outsider to use his vocabulary to specifically describe the luxury and nobility here; the impression of the Sixth Era people about the extravagant life of the Witch Emperors at the end of the Fifth Era could be considered completely correct.

He had also visited Chloe and Miss Feilian in the normal world separately in the early and middle Fifth Era. Although their standard of living also exceeded the imagination of the Sixth Era, it still couldn't be compared with Miss Violet's castle.

What's more, this wasn't the palace where the Witch Emperor of the kingdom lived for a long time; this was just a temporary castle for summer vacation.

Miss Violet shouldn't be busy often, and at this moment there were quite a few people waiting for an audience with the Witch Emperor inside and outside the castle, but they could only wait until permission was obtained. With Teresa leading the way, the group of four could travel through the castle unimpeded. Teresa didn't dare to delay for too long; she fought for time as much as possible according to her understanding of her aunt, but still walked into the elevator after fifteen minutes, leading directly to the top floor of the castle.

The top floor of the castle was paved with red carpets, and heavy gold and silver double doors guarded the Witch Emperor's bedroom. The maids who had long since received the news wanted to open the door, but were stopped by Teresa:

"Give me a minute."

She winked at her aunt's head maid, and then reached out to hug Xia De again:

"Let's say goodbye here, I'm afraid you won't have a chance to come out later... Xia De, see you next time. This time Miss Ilais didn't follow, maybe next time you can see her. It's a pity that the 【One-Hit Kill Pistol】 can't be taken away by you; you need it more than I do."

Saying that, she kissed Xia De in front of everyone, and only let go of Xia De after more than ten seconds:

"Remember me well, I hope there will be more time next time."

Miss Liyade, who was blushing, also hurriedly said goodbye to Xia De:

"Mr. Hamilton, I won't say much about words of gratitude, in short, thank you, I will take good care of my sister later, walk the path of the future well."

As for Sister Belun, when Xia De looked at her, she shook her head lightly:

"I don't need to say goodbye to you. I am already a part of the fire; as long as the First Fire remains, all the fire-holding nuns will not disappear."

She still didn't say goodbye to Xia De in the end:

"May the fire protect you."

"May the fire protect you and me."

Xia De said, and then took off the golden bracelet on his wrist and handed it to her. Sister Belun seemed a bit surprised, but still took it and wore it on her slender wrist.

She, like Sister Daifulin, was a lady who didn't wear any jewelry. But she still gave Xia De an item; that small silver fragment that had burst from the eye patch lay in her palm; this was the most precious thing she had.

Xia De then took the fragment of the eye patch into his hand; this was the most precious souvenir of this time adventure:

"Goodbye."

The gold and silver doors were pushed open by two tall and beautiful maids in silence; they bent down and bowed, making a gesture of invitation. Xia De looked at Teresa, Miss Liyade, and Sister Belun one last time, then walked into the open door ahead.

Looking from the outside, the area of the bedroom's arc-shaped "glass" dome was very large; in fact, the area of this bedroom was indeed quite exaggerated. Now the color of the glass dome had been adjusted to translucent, letting the comfortable sunlight fall, illuminating every corner of the bedroom.

In the center of the bedroom was a giant bed, the bed frame was cast from suspected mithril and orichalcum, carved with ancient elf language and rune arrays, the bed posts were as high as towers, connecting a circle of soft semi-transparent curtains that could isolate any form of peeping.

And now that curtain was half-opened, Xia De could see the heavy brocade and unknown expensive velvet blankets spread on the bed.

It wasn't empty around the bed; on the inside, there was a set of curved desks, on which floated astrolabes, quill pens, and scrolls; busy maids were helping the master handle document work, and a whole wall beside the desk was piled with documents and reports like a mountain;

A tall harp stood against the wall on the west side of the bed, a black piano on its side, at this moment two young girls were playing a serenade there;

There were also dozens of dining carts placed beside the bed, on which were placed a dazzling array of food and tea drinks, and the maids in maid dresses standing by were ready to serve the master at any time.

The ground was paved with deep velvet carpets with obvious traces of elements, and the patterns on them were like fragments of the starry sky surrounding the stars. Xia De walked on it without sound, and then he saw several magic mirror screens forming a large screen, which were floating above the bed playing something, and Miss Violet, who was lying on the bed in a white nightgown, noticed Xia De walking in and immediately extinguished the picture in the mirror.

"You all go out."

The blonde Witch Emperor's voice was still weak, but still majestic. Thus all the maids in the room stopped their work and walked out of the main door, and the double doors also closed silently when Xia De came near the bed.

The mirror screens floating in the air flew to the wall of the bedroom and hung there separately, and the blonde Great Witch leaned against the mountain of soft pillows, covered with a quilt, and opened her arms to Xia De. But the problem was that this bed was too big, and he couldn't hug her just by standing by the bed.

Seeing Xia De standing there in a dilemma, Miss Violet said a bit unhappily:

"Really, come over quickly, I am a patient, you have to accommodate me."

Thus Xia De took off his shoes, socks, and coat and came to the soft bed, not forgetting to put the cat beside those dining carts; anyway, it would be kicked out with him when the time came, so there was no need to worry about Little Mia being left in this era.

Thus Xia De and Miss Violet hugged together; Miss Violet, who was only wearing a thin silk nightgown, felt exceptionally... soft when hugged; Xia De didn't know how he thought of this word.

The perfume on her body was much stronger than when in the wasteland. And the heat on her body also felt more real than that meat puppet.

After the hug, she kissed Xia De silently. At this moment, she still maintained a side-lying posture, so Xia De was also forced to lie on his side.

After a gentle but intense kiss, he asked with concern:

"How are you now? Are you injured very seriously?"

The blonde witch showed a playful smile:

"You were really fooled too. Don't worry, I'm completely fine. I just wanted to try and see if I said I was injured, would anyone in the kingdom jump out to perform some slapstick. I am in very good condition now, and can 'recover' at any time."

Compared with the eighteen-year-old and sixteen-year-old states that appeared one after another in the 【Tombstone Wasteland】, although she had shed the greenness of a young girl at this moment, her charm was even more astonishing.

Looking at Xia De with charming eyes, she caught Xia De's hand, and then let him press it on her body:

"You don't perceive other people's state by direct contact, right? Then now you can feel it well, how is my state?"

Xia De tried it with a little force:

"You... your heartbeat is very fast."

Miss Violet blushed, complaining softly while holding back a laugh:

"Really, not a gentleman at all, who let you feel this?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3363 =====