Chapter 3385: Mimic Disaster

"No, I have never heard of 【Home of Resurrection】. I haven't heard of it at any banquet, afternoon tea party, art exhibition, or report meeting."

After leaving the ship and sitting on Xia De's small boat again, Princess Lei Qianya expressed to Xia De and Dorothy for the first time:

"But there are indeed many small groups among the nobles in Tobesk, and this might be one of them."

Dorothy sat opposite her, while Xia De stood at the stern of the boat poling. At this time, the sunset had already dyed the entire sea surface red, and the snow mountain in the distance didn't look tall from here, but the scenery was still very beautiful.

They stayed on the ship for a while just now to collect more information. Now the cruise ship carrying the Viscount and his party was preparing to return, so they also left the ship and prepared to go back.

"But I really find it hard to imagine that after Miss Lavender died of illness, Viscount Alfield actually 'resurrected' her with the help of a Mimic? This is really..."

The blonde and blue-eyed Miss Writer sighed:

"Does this count as deceiving oneself?"

Princess Lei Qianya expressed a different view:

"I think Viscount Alfield wanting to 'resurrect' Miss Lavender is probably not because of any emotional problem, or rather, not just because of emotional problems. The family of Xia De's friend, Baron Lavender, although not high in nobility, is one of the main participants in the antique business in the Tobesk area.

The marriage between the Alfield family and the Lavender family this time is to a large extent a consideration of interest exchange. The Lavender family needs the Alfield family's foreign trade channels, and the Alfield family needs the help of a family with great economic strength but low political influence."

She looked at the snow mountain in the distance:

"So Miss Lavender's death is something many people don't want to see. I don't know exactly how many people know about her 'resurrection', but I know that her being able to complete the wedding alive is very important to many people."

Xia De was manipulating the small boat to approach Fatumunster Island at high speed, but the destination was not the Shi Lun City pier, but the Kaier-Tode Town pier. Luweiya and Amiliya should have also returned to the town, and everyone could go back together.

He summarized:

"Inferring from the information we obtained this afternoon, the worst possibility is that there really exists a Mimic organization named 【Home of Resurrection】 among the nobles in Tobesk. After paying a certain price to find them, you can resurrect someone who has died.

This 【Home of Resurrection】 can basically be equated with 【Home of Mimics】... The information didn't mention such exquisite means at all. The intelligence shown by those Mimics is truly astonishing."

Princess Lei Qianya was worried:

"It happens to be before the war between the two countries, and these things happen in Tobesk. If I didn't know that a relic of the level of 【Home of Mimics】 could not be controlled, I would even suspect that this is a conspiracy from the Willendale side.

This time, Mimics took nobles as the main breakthrough point. Tobesk is really going to suffer heavy losses."

She defaulted that the so-called 【Home of Resurrection】 had already had a huge impact in certain circles in Tobesk. Although the number of nobles or noble family members who died of illness or accidents in Tobesk in the past few months was not particularly large, Princess Lei Qianya could already imagine other uses for this "returning from the dead":

"Those 'people returning from the dead' hidden in the depths of the manor are definitely not few. Longing for a deceased wife to be resurrected decades ago, hoping that a child who died prematurely can be resurrected, or hoping to see a loyal hunting dog that died of old age again... Since they can possess complete memories and appearance, as long as they are not allowed to show up, 'resurrection' actually has no risk, and this is also the safest proliferation method for Mimics.

After all, normal humans will help them hide their identities."

"Then will this matter have anything to do with the Chosen One ritual on the island?"

Dorothy asked Xia De, and Xia De shook his head:

"I don't know either, but regardless of whether it has anything to do with it, Tobesk is going to be in chaos."

At sunset, the pier of Kaier-Tode Town was still lively. Xia De brought the girls to the snow mountain hall. When he walked into the banquet hall of the snow mountain hall, Luweiya, Amiliya, and the unicorn Aili had indeed returned.

Having spent a day on the snow mountain, Luweiya naturally had gains. When Xia De walked into the banquet hall, she was comparing the different ink marks on the snakeskins of Claire, Miss Larson, and Amiliya.

"Dorothy, bring your snakeskin too."

The purple-eyed girl beckoned to Dorothy, and Miss Writer walked over with the snakeskin. Claire at the table took the opportunity to glance at it, and seeing that Dorothy was also an "important supporting role", she was quite dissatisfied in her heart:

"How come it seems everyone is more important than me."

Afterwards, she saw a red-haired girl following Xia De whom she hadn't seen before. Her appearance seemed familiar, so Xia De took the initiative to introduce them:

"Princess Lei Qianya, this is Miss Claire Reinhardt whom I mentioned to you, and the one behind her is Miss Larson. Claire, this is Princess Lei Qianya Cavendish... just like the relationship between others and me."

Claire was not surprised by the appearance of a new girl. What she was surprised by was Princess Lei Qianya's surname:

"Cavendish? Oh, I have seen your photo in the newspaper, so Miss Jia Lin Na is your..."

"My great-aunt. Good evening, Miss Reinhardt."

Princess Lei Qianya greeted her very politely, and she knew that the other party must be despising Miss Jia Lin Na in her heart.

"Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya are actually..."

Xia De simply introduced the relationship between the two girls and the spatial Chosen One to Claire and Miss Larson. Although Claire had heard last week that the spatial Chosen One had a close relationship with Xia De, she was still very surprised to really know their identities.

And Luweiya only thought that Xia De was dating Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya today. When Xia De mentioned the Mimics and the 【Home of Resurrection】, she first raised her eyebrows, and then nodded gently:

"Regardless of whether there is a connection, it's always right to solve this thing anyway. Then, after the demon holding the magic sword, Miss Larson, prepare to face the second enemy."

"But isn't 【Home of Mimics】 in Tobesk now?"

Miss Larson asked in a low voice. She had a kind of indescribable discomfort when facing Luweiya. This was the first feeling other witches had about Luweiya, not the "feeling like I've seen her somewhere" like Claire.

Miss Diviner said cleanly and neatly:

"If this matter is really related to the Chosen One ritual, 【Home of Mimics】 can also appear on Fatumunster Island."

Although Claire wanted to keep everyone for dinner, Luweiya helped Xia De refuse:

"【Home of Resurrection】 matter still needs to be told to Miss Jia Lin Na as soon as possible, so that she can investigate through official channels."

This avoided Xia De having to explain anything about the "Day of the Red Butterfly", so Luweiya was really thoughtful.

And after returning home, Ajielina had already brought the maid ladies to No. 6 St. Deran Square, and even prepared dinner.

Seeing Amiliya, the little princess smiled and got together with her to chat about some private things. And before dinner, Luweiya also told Xia De her gains today:

"After reaching the peak, I took some pigment samples of the murals on Shadow of Hemu, and tried to peek into the secrets there with Amiliya using the means of time and fate.

We saw generations of Fatum people performing sacrifices there. After Amiliya briefly retrieved the power sealed in the Crystal Throne to cast spells with all her strength, although we still couldn't see the process of the sacrifice disappearing under the cliff, we saw what the mural looked like when it was complete. The four corners of the mural actually had some decorative patterns, and there were some dense runes inside the central orb.

In short, before the Fatum people migrated here, it was already a place of sacrifice—the believers of the God of Fate left that mural."

This result was not beyond Xia De's expectation:

"Did you peek into the sacrificial process of the ancient people? Is there any difference from modern times?"

"Yes, but there is not much difference, just some symbolic processes are different. It is certain that the location of 'Shadow of Hemu' was the sacrificial ground of ancient fate believers. Combined with the scene Amiliya saw from the time fragments, this sacrifice is also a kind of sealing measure, just like the corpses Xia De found placed in the water veins."

"Since the sacrificial ground is at Shadow of Hemu, the ancient god temple should not be far away."

Xia De was thinking, but there were many unobservable areas on the snow mountain. Even if he estimated the approximate range of the temple, it would be difficult to really find that temple before finding the path.

Luweiya nodded:

"There is also the matter of pigment. I will conduct a comparative analysis of the mural pigment and the pigments on the four different snakeskins later. I still believe that the finished pigment we made last night did not fail, but the pigment itself lacks subsequent processing steps.

Now Stella Larson has that veil given by the Witch Council, and she doesn't lack means to defend against fate-type attacks in the short term. The matter of pigment will probably be delayed for a while."

She knew that tonight belonged to Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy, so she didn't even intend to stay for dinner. But Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya held her hands and wouldn't let her leave, and even Amiliya was kept.

Plus Ajielina, everyone had a lively dinner together. Afterwards, Xia De wrote a letter explaining the 【Home of Resurrection】 matter and had Princess Lei Qianya's maid send it to Miss Jia Lin Na immediately.

Then he changed his clothes and went to the Maria Queen Opera House with the two princesses and Dorothy.

Today was still a box ticket. Princess Lei Qianya naturally didn't need to say what she wanted to do. It was just that when walking along the steps towards the opera house, Xia De also used the light of the gas street lamps to look around at the well-dressed guests who came to watch the opera.

Dorothy knew what he was looking for:

"Although there are definitely many Mimics in the local area, it's not like we can run into them just by watching an opera, right?" ===== CHAPTER 3386 =====