Chapter 3388: Past Events of Aurora

"Relic locator? Of course there is no such thing, but we prayed to the snow mountain for help, and the response given by the snow mountain was that we can go and see the places where he stayed before he died."

Elder Haralder saw that Xia De was interested in this, so he took out a map and marked it:

"His home before was not in the town, but in an abandoned village; then it was the potion laboratory he established on the reef outside Fatumunster Island after becoming a ring-warlock; there is also a natural cave by the sea, which his diary left behind after he left the town mentioned he often went to when he was a child; and finally, there is the place where his younger brother was buried..."

"Elder, wait a minute."

Xia De asked curiously:

"Aren't you popular with sea burials? Why does his younger brother, who died because of an accident, have a grave?"

It was Claire who answered this question:

"There are a few situations where sea burials are not performed, such as dying in the snow mountain because of an accident. The tribe believes that this is the snow mountain needing them, so this kind of corpse will be buried directly in the snow mountain. This is a funeral method even more noble than sea burial."

Xia De looked at the four positions:

"I will go and see these locations today. My perception is stronger than ordinary ring-warlocks. If those relics are still there, there should be some discoveries."

Elder Haralder also thought Xia De was the most suitable to do this task:

"You can also search by the way to see if you can find the reason for his return to the island. Although it is true that he figured it out himself, so he sneaked back, but I think it shouldn't be that simple."

"Then I will also go with him..."

Claire immediately expressed, but was interrupted by her maternal grandfather:

"You have other things to do today. Didn't we just say, go to Ursa's place in a while to prepare the priest's crown for you?"

Claire was a bit dissatisfied, while Miss Larson blinked and looked at Xia De. However, Claire also had arrangements for her:

"Stella, you take people to the city in a while and continue to explore the island with Xiwei's fri... friends."

The white-haired girl lowered her head, while Amiliya intended to stay to help Little Liana adapt to the environment. If Xiweiya needed Aili to lead the way to the ice and snow castle later, she would take the two unicorns to play in the mountains.

So Xia De would conduct today's adventure by himself, at least when he was holding the map and preparing to set off, he thought so.

Among the four areas that needed to be explored, the cave and the laboratory were by the sea, while the old house and the grave were at the foot of the snow mountain and in the snow mountain respectively. So Xia De intended to set off from the pier first and go to the cave and the laboratory to see.

He quietly summoned his small boat at the town pier, and then set off. The weather today was still good. As the boat slowly left the pier, the calm sea surface and the sea cliff scenery on both sides made people feel relaxed and happy.

After sailing out of the small bay where the town pier was located, Xia De turned to the west, and soon he couldn't see the town behind him at all. He was thinking about the possible gains today, and thinking about opening the library tomorrow.

At this time, the small boat shook slightly, and then Xia De heard a "thump thump thump~" knocking sound from the bottom of the boat.

He stood up immediately, and then saw a wet hand protruding from the water on the left side of the boat, and that hand was placed directly on the side of the boat, and then Xiwei's wet face appeared in the sea:

"Xia De, good morning. Why, aren't you surprised to see me?"

She appeared like a mermaid, and Xia De hurriedly reached out and pulled her onto the boat:

"The badge has already told me that there is a big witch appearing nearby. This is an alchemical prop improved by Miss Feilianan, which is very sensitive."

Brown long hair wetly rested on the witch's shoulders, and Xiwei let Xia De use fire to dry her body after getting on the boat. But in fact, because she mastered the unique secret arts of the mermaid race, she could completely eliminate the influence of seawater on her clothes just by casting simple spells:

"I just took a boat over and wanted to find Claire. I happened to see your small boat, so I followed it and wanted to give you a surprise."

She said with a smile:

"What are you going to do alone?"

"I accepted the Fatum people's investigation task to find two lost relics."

Xiwei then blinked at him:

"So that's it. I happen to have nothing to do today. I originally wanted to find Claire to chat about the island again..."

"Claire was called away by her maternal grandfather, you won't find her. Why don't you act with me, Xiwei? I also know many things about this island."

The big witch showed him a smile.

Xia De's first target was the "Potion Laboratory" located on the reef near the sea. After the young priest left the island two hundred years ago, the elders of the tribe checked that place, and then used secret methods to hide it, and no one had been there since.

The reef was located in the west of the island, and the far west region of Fatumunster Island was also the most uninhabited area on the whole island. Although it faced the coastal area of the Principality of Lagson, it was also the area with the most complex terrain on the whole island.

Therefore, even the Fatum people didn't settle in that area, and the best way to get there was to sail around.

Xia De's small wooden boat was actually controlled by his mental power, so there was no need to consider the dark currents and tides during sailing. Pan-boating on the sea with a girl in such good weather was actually quite pleasant.

"Claire's hometown is really beautiful."

Even Xiwei, who had been engaged in shipping for many years, said so, so Xia De asked curiously:

"I remember the station of the Aurora family is also an island. Is there no such scenery there?"

Xiwei shook her head gently:

"You know I have the Viscount title of Kasenrike, but in fact, before the Kasenrike Unification War, we were a Duke family of a small southern country. Although the family station and ancestral home had been on Cambella Island, an island near the coast in the east, for a long time, by the time I was born, the main body of the family had moved to the shore, and that island became the location of the shipyard."

She showed an awkward expression:

"After the steam age, you know how much humans have changed the environment. That island might have had such scenery before, but now it is full of shipyards and various factories.

I grew up on the shore, and before becoming a witch, I didn't even think that one day I would become the person in power of the Aurora family... Unlike Bella, who had a natural right of inheritance, my inheritance order in the family was very low."

She stretched out her right hand and made a number:

"When I was ten years old, my inheritance order was 5th."

Xia De continued to manipulate the boat, letting the small boat pass under those towering coastal cliffs:

"Because you became stronger, the family let you inherit the title?"

"No, it's because the first 4 heirs all died, so it could only be my turn."

She said this, and then she really saw Xia De show a surprised expression:

"A curse tied by blood?"

Xiwei laughed:

"I thought you would say whether I did it. Yes, it is indeed a curse. That was when I was about 5 years old. A certain ordinary captain in the family fleet gave us an antique vase salvaged from the seabed as a Year-End Festival gift. Thus, an imperceptible curse spread in the family. This is not a violent curse, so it is quite hidden and not easy to detect. Even if we are a traditional ring-warlock family, no one could detect that something was wrong at the first time.

When I was about ten years old, the direct bloodline of the family died one after another after various problems, and their skin appeared ulcerated, eventually growing peculiar tissues similar to coral.

Only then did the two ring-warlocks in the family detect this hidden curse. But their levels were not high, and it was too late when they reacted. When they tried to lift the curse, it caused more serious problems, causing everyone who was originally suffering from the curse to die suddenly, and only I and a few distant relatives with lighter symptoms survived."

She sat opposite Xia De and recalled the past while blowing the sea breeze:

"The reason I was fine was because I accidentally met a mermaid in the sea when I was a child. The family had friendship with mermaids before, but they were more friendly and close to me than to others.

The mermaid's blessing made my situation much better than others, and I didn't die suddenly. Later, the family relied on the friendship of the ancestors to find the previous generation of Light Archmage who still had some blood relationship with our family, and barely controlled the continued spread of the curse. The teacher discovered that the source of the curse was that vase and threw the vase back into the deep sea, and the curse gradually dissipated.

I also awakened the ring-warlock talent during that period, but until today I don't know what that curse was. However, it was precisely because of that curse that almost wiped out the family that I obtained the right of inheritance, met the teacher, awakened the talent, and even the relationship with the mermaids became better during that event... Recently Bella always says that fate is a double-edged sword, and I think I understand this point very well."

The Aurora family is a traditional ring-warlock family. Although there hasn't been anything very amazing in the family in the past, her background story is much more complex than others.

"Don't the mermaids know what the curse on that antique vase came from?"

Xia De asked curiously. Although there was wind on the sea, it was relatively calm in general. Listening to the story while rowing the small boat leisurely, he felt that this must be a calm day.

Xiwei shook her head:

"Mermaids told me that some things in the ocean cannot be investigated deeply. There are not as many civilized races in the ocean as on land, so there is no protection of the 'Enlightenment Element Network' woven by civilization for several eras.

There have been ancient gods of the earth on land, and even if they left, their power still protects the world; but the ocean does not have a completely corresponding ancient god. Therefore, countless unimaginable evils and distortions have been born in the ocean, and it is better not to know some things."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3389 =====