Chapter 340: The Two Most Strange People

"Yes, when you went to Cold Water Port City last time, you had an experience of brushing past Lei Qianya. It's just that you didn't see her, but she saw you."

Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha nodded:

"Later, she sent people to investigate all the hotels in the vicinity, checked the information of all the guests who stayed, and finally found three possible places to stay, keeping people watching all the time. Until you were going to Cold Water Port again yesterday, I talked to Lei Qianya about it, and she really found you. Lei Qianya is a princess; her manpower is very sufficient. Wanting to catch you... wanting to meet you is not a question of luck, but a question of time."

"Then why did she use a fake identity to meet me?"

This was the point Xia De was most puzzled about:

"Yesterday, I really thought she was a local correspondence ring sorcerer."

The blonde girl smiled:

"The person who often touches her ears is her. The ruby earring she wears on her ear is the Sage-level relic 【Saint's Curse-Breaking Stone】, which was a gift from her teacher when she enrolled... The negative characteristic of that relic is very serious. The holder must touch the relic every half hour when awake, otherwise the curse that was once suppressed will be released... Fortunately, on the morning of the day we first exchanged, she hadn't had time to dress up before I went... Lei Qianya therefore developed a small habit, which is very difficult to correct. Even using my body, she still subconsciously does that action. According to this point, you will find that Lei Qianya meeting you through my body actually only happened a few times."

She didn't know what she thought of, and blushed a bit:

"I trust you very much, and Lei Qianya is also willing to trust you, but she wanted to determine what kind of person you are. When you encountered her soul and her body, what kind of performance you would show, that's why there was what happened yesterday."

"Then Her Highness the Princess..."

"Don't use this kind of address."

"Then how does Princess Lei Qianya look at me after yesterday's adventure?"

Xia De was quite curious. Although his performance yesterday was mediocre and he didn't show any advantages or personal charm, he thought he should roughly count as that kind of "good person."

"She thinks you are quite good... Oh, speaking of it makes me angry. During the half day you spent with her yesterday, she refused to exchange with me. Even, I only knew what you encountered yesterday this morning."

This was the reason why she was a bit unhappy when she entered the door just now.

"Meow~"

Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha's emotions were a bit too excited, so much so that she scared Mia. Even after spending a whole day with Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha, the cat still didn't show much closeness to her.

Xia De reached out to touch its little head to comfort it.

"Xia De, thank you for saving her yesterday. I heard from Lei Qianya that if it weren't for you, she probably really wouldn't have been able to walk out. That ship blocked the connection between us; when you encountered the disaster, I didn't have any sense at all."

"Does this still need to be thanked?"

Xia De shook his head:

"Do you know the severity of the mermaid curse on her?"

"Of course I know, but don't worry. The information you obtained on the pirate ship is very important, but even without this, Lei Qianya is a ring sorcerer who once formally studied at the academy under the cooperation of the royal family and the Zalas Academy of Literature. Even if she has transferred to correspondence now, if it really can't be solved, Lei Qianya can also seek help from the Zalas Academy of Literature."

Xia De was relieved. Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha took out a piece of letter paper:

"Before I came to see you this morning, we had a short exchange. She only left this and asked me to give it to you; she didn't tell me the detailed experience of yesterday at all."

On the letter paper was Lei Qianya's handwriting. She explained what happened after Xia De left early this morning.

First was that cruise ship. The church and the Delarion Navy controlled that ship and brought the ship, the corpses on the ship, and the lunatics and semi-lunatics stained with the Mermaid's Song curse back to Cold Water Port. The people who died on the pirate ship last night were also sent back by the captain according to the agreement, and the dead accounted for one-third of the total number of ordinary people on the ship.

This made the church overjoyed. Similar events had never had such a high survival rate before. Although the living people were all stained with the curse and most were mentally abnormal, this could also be considered a miracle.

Although the time was a bit tight, Lei Qianya still found out some news. No ring sorcerer who jumped into the sea was found by the church, and the church also managed to piece together the cause and effect of the matter from the mouths of those who were mentally traumatized, and learned about the auction and the "Fish Bone Pirate Ship."

Even because of the abnormal snowfall after the matter was resolved, the church in Cold Water Port thought of more things. It was just that so far, there was no evidence to prove those magical guesses.

Afterward, Lei Qianya arranged for manpower to inform the church of the information obtained on the ship in the tone of an eyewitness to the event. She explained in great detail the connection between the Sea Return Ritual and the Sage-level relics 【Mermaid's Song】 and 【Fish Bone Pirate Ship】, and even revealed its connection with the evil god 【Infinite Change】, so that the upcoming conspiracy could be dealt with by the church.

Her Highness the Princess told Xia De not to worry about the situation in Cold Water Port. As a member of the Cavendish family, she would of course protect her kingdom. Moreover, after the second god-descending event in Tobesk on a summer night, the Five-God Church spared no effort to investigate the evil cults active in various dioceses of the Old Continent, and that so-called ritual would absolutely not succeed.

"I will go to Cold Water Port City again on Wednesday to discuss the curse with her; I am very worried about the 'Sea Return' ritual."

"Lei Qianya is very welcome for you to visit her... Then how do you look at Lei Qianya?"

When Xia De returned the diary to the blonde girl, she asked while taking the opportunity, her emerald green eyes, which were very similar to the princess's, sizing up Xia De.

"Feels... very beautiful."

Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha raised her eyebrows:

"Anything else?"

"Very suitable to be a friend; she is very easy to get along with, and very enthusiastic. However, now that I think about it, it's really strange. Princess Lei Qianya and I can roughly count as very familiar strangers."

Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha was very satisfied with this answer, correcting with a smile:

"You will become friends with her. Lei Qianya and I have the same view of you. I originally planned that when Lei Qianya returned to Tobesk, she and I would teach you together, but now it seems that we have to wait for a while. Not bad, Xia De, get familiar with Lei Qianya as soon as possible. In my opinion, instead of relying on Jia Lin Na to mess around in Tobesk, it's better to borrow Lei Qianya's power to step into the gate of the upper class properly."

Seeing Xia De still wanted to say something, Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha shook her head:

"I don't have an opinion on your closeness with Jia Lin Na, just want to remind you, that woman might have mental problems."

Saying this, the blonde girl stood up and prepared to say goodbye, and Xia De also stood up.

"In Cold Water Port, you can walk around with Lei Qianya more; she has been bored to death recently."

Xia De suddenly remembered that he still had something to say:

"Please wait a moment. This time I bought a very good souvenir from Cold Water Port City. No, this time it's not free fish."

Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha was amused by his words. Xia De walked a few steps quickly and took out the seashell bracelet packed in the box from the table in the study:

"It's not worth much, just a thank you for the Saturday lessons."

Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha took the box, opened it and took a look, hesitated and said:

"Next time if you want to give me a gift, it's best to be able to choose it yourself."

Saying this, she tied the bracelet on her hand.

Xia De looked at her in confusion, reacted for a while, and then nodded sluggishly, guessing that Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha was not satisfied with Princess Lei Qianya's eye.

"Oh, I have one more request. Can you let me see more content of your diary? This is truly more interesting than knight novels and palace novels."

Xia De asked again, he was really very interested. But the blonde female writer pursed her lips, her emerald green eyes looking at him, the corners of her mouth twitching:

"You can go and ask Lei Qianya; my diary only has these."

The Outlander actually said it out, and then realized that this request was a bit impolite, smiling apologetically:

"Then alright, wait until the princess returns, we can meet here together, and then please be sure to tell me your story."

The blonde female writer was originally pushing open the door to go downstairs, but when she heard Xia De say this sentence while holding the doorknob, her movement suddenly paused.

She stopped there, and then turned around again. The morning sun shone into the room, illuminating her face. Her expression seemed a bit wrong. She was still smiling just now, but at this moment she was actually a bit sad:

"Those lunch boxes, return them to me on Saturday after you wash them clean."

"Okay."

It shouldn't be because of the lunch boxes that she was sad.

"Also, call me by my name directly in the future. Don't call me Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha anymore."

Xia De nodded again:

"Okay... Dorothy."

He still didn't understand. Dorothy looked at him, pursed her lips, and gave an explanation:

"I really want to meet you here with her, but Xia De, this is impossible."

"Why?"

"Because... although our souls are connected to each other, our power can even be communicated to a limited extent, but... we cannot get close, cannot look at each other. Once we get close or look at each other, there will be pain like soul shattering."

"What?"

Xia De opened his mouth in surprise.

So the Saint-Byron Academy couldn't find the relationship between Dorothy Lu Lu Lu Yisha and the royal family, because she had never had a formal meeting with the princess.

"Yes, we have the closest connection, but we also have a barrier that can never be seen."

The sadness couldn't be controlled. Dorothy squeezed a forced smile on her face:

"This should be called black humor, right? Two people with such an intimate relationship can use each other's bodies, but no matter how much they miss each other, they can never see each other with their own eyes... So, I really hate tragedy."

"This..."

"No need to comfort me; I have already accepted this fact. It's just that we can't meet. It's also very interesting to write letters using each other's bodies. Xia De, I have to go back to write the manuscript; the detective story will be serialized next week. I look forward to you providing me with more material. Then, goodbye."

"Goodbye, Dorothy."

She didn't let Xia De send her downstairs, but left alone. Xia De stood beside the sofa, listening to the footsteps coming downstairs, then opening and closing the door, suddenly feeling a sense of loss:

"The two closest souls, never able to meet..."

He couldn't use any words to describe this matter.

"Meow~"

The cat lying on the sofa called out in a low voice, lying there and closing its eyes. It didn't sleep well all night yesterday without being in a familiar environment. Now that it finally returned to its familiar home, Mia was going to start sleeping.

After all, no matter what happened, for the cat, as long as Xia De was still there, it didn't matter.

Seeing Dorothy leave Saint-Dellan Square from the living room window, Xia De sighed.

By now, he had learned the secrets of the ring sorcerers in the same group again. Now it seemed that among the five people, the "other self" of everyone probably had problems.

But at least he had confirmed that Dorothy was not the "academic spy" suspected by the academy. The academy's suspicion had some truth; she was indeed connected to the Delarion royal family and connected to the students of the Zalas Academy of Literature, but this connection was not active, and Dorothy was not stealing the academy's knowledge.

It was just a pity that the writer lady regarded her hidden connection with Princess Lei Qianya as the deepest secret between the two and didn't want anyone other than Xia De to know. Otherwise, Xia De could help her clarify this matter to the academy.

Actually, for Dorothy's secret, Xia De had already guessed most of it after returning from Cold Water Port last night. What he was most worried about yesterday was that the exchange between Dorothy and the princess was not only a spatial exchange of souls, but also a temporal exchange, and then there would be meteorites falling...

Now it seemed that these were all his unnecessary worries. And compared to evil gods, meteorites were not a threat to this world at all. Although Thirteen-Ring sorcerers didn't have much advantage compared to ordinary people when facing gods, they were very relaxed when wanting to solve meteorites.

As for the harvest in Cold Water Port City yesterday, it was not only the secret of Dorothy and Lei Qianya, and not even the wealth found in Lemaire's safe house, but the magic potion "Merman's Elixir of Immortality" and that pocket of coins.

Seeing Mia sleeping on the sofa, Xia De put on his slippers and came behind the hidden wall in the basement.

The magic potion "Elixir of Immortality" was won during the gambling duel with the captain. Xia De wasn't very sure about its specific effect, so he planned to find someone to ask.

And that pocket of coins was immediately thrown into the 【God's Gift Box】 for containment after Xia De returned to Saint-Dellan Square.

He knew there were ten coins inside, but didn't even dare to open it to check what they were. According to the knowledge obtained from the fortune teller Annette, coin-type relics usually had curses, and it was most appropriate to save them in containment tools.

He planned to write a letter to Annette, asking her to come over tonight to use these coins for divination. These dangerous things were better used up as soon as possible; placing them in the basement always felt like placing steam bombs under the house constantly.

"Oh, almost forgot this."

Xia De reached out and took out the poet-level relic 【Universal Currency】 from his pocket, and also threw it into the 【God's Gift Box】. This was won from Mr. Dac Nisi in the tavern while playing cards, not counting that blood money that needed to be kept to detect other blood money. Now Xia De had eleven coins that could be consumed.

Even if his luck was bad again, these coins should be enough to find the missing part of the God-Summoning Ritual - Contacting 【Door of Radiance】. ===== CHAPTER 341 =====