Chapter 3503

Elderly people have shorter sleep durations, so Mr. Shi Shi Misi, like Xia De, also went downstairs promptly at 6:50 every morning. He asked Xia De if he would participate in this year's city-wide equestrian competition, and then sighed with Xia De about the topic of the rumored gas price hike.

Even as the former first secretary of the Ministry of Finance, he was still no different from an ordinary old man after retiring and being idle at home. As for the gas price hike in Tobesk, it was said to be in response to energy consumption issues during the war period. Of course, the price had not risen yet; this was just the City Hall releasing rumors to let citizens prepare themselves mentally.

When saying goodbye to Mr. Shi Shi Misi and going upstairs to go home, Xia De did not forget to carry the 【God's Gift Box】 upstairs together, so Little Mia, who had walked down the stairs by herself, became curled up in the box and was carried to the second floor by Xia De.

Dorothy and Luweiya, who were preparing breakfast for everyone in the dining room, also noticed that Xia De was preparing to take this week's gift after taking the milk and goat milk handed over by Xia De.

So Dorothy said in a very low voice amidst the sound of the gas stove burning in front of her:

"Now we finally know why Xia De can always be judged as a child by this artifact."

Luweiya understood that she was talking about the "two-year-old" matter, glanced sideways at Xia De in the living room who seemed to be praying to obtain good luck, and then picked up the salt shaker:

"It seems that only the five of us—Xia De himself, Danisite, Princess Lei Qianya, me, and you—know about this matter now, right?"

"Should be. Xia De himself won't talk about it casually; he doesn't want to increase the psychological burden on everyone, and he hasn't investigated his own life experience clearly yet. As for the four of us... Luweiya, I'm afraid you don't dare to admit what you did, right?"

Dorothy said while nudging Luweiya's arm with her elbow, and the Shi Shi Misi Diviner also teased:

"First of all, the records in that book are not necessarily correct. Once it involves Xia De, any strange situation is possible. Secondly, do you dare to admit it?"

So if there are no accidents, Xia De's true age problem will probably be hidden from others for a long time.

Xia De did not know the content of the girls' morning conversation. After praying casually as usual and then solemnly touching Little Mia, he reached his hand into the gift box very seriously.

"What will it be this time? How come there is no... Got it! At the bottom!"

A gold coin was taken out of the box by Xia De, and Little Mia immediately walked over to sniff it lightly.

This gold coin was a circle smaller than a one-pound alloy coin, and its material looked like pure gold. This was not an ordinary item; it had a miracle element that was not particularly powerful. One side of the coin was the holy emblem of the Old God 【Innocent Creator】 surrounded by a floral crown, and the other side was a strange pattern of the number "1" wearing a clown hat.

"Oh? A divine item of the 【Innocent Creator】? The task is to complete three independent shopping trips within this week... Does the gold coin have an instruction manual?"

Xia De reached his hand into the box again, but unfortunately, no instructions appeared. He flicked the golden coin, guessing whether it would have an effect like "randomly obtain a toy after consuming it."

The cult of this Old God had already disappeared. Xia De had confirmed this in the underground ruins of Tobesk two years ago, so he had no chance to find someone to ask what this was.

Coincidentally, at this time, the girls called Xia De and Little Mia to have breakfast, so Xia De handed the gold coin to them for inspection at the dining table, while he flipped through the letters:

"Bills for the beginning of the month, bills, bills, advertising letters, bills, advertisements, hmm? A letter from Professor Manning—it's okay, he's just asking if I want to attend the private party of history professors at the end of the month.

A letter from Ms. Marilyn Handel? Let me see what it says... They found an antique coin and asked if I have a way to get it."

Letters delivered through ordinary channels definitely cannot contain terms like "relic," so the "antique coin" mentioned in the letters from Ms. Handel and Joey Barton was actually the coin Xia De needed.

"Where are they now?"

Dorothy asked, while Luweiya played with the gold coin while eating breakfast.

"In a small town in the southwest of the Old Continent not far from Randall Valley City. During the Year-End Festival, they sent a letter saying they wanted to spend the festival there. It seems they encountered something and haven't left yet. I'll let Vanessa's followers make a trip to help retrieve it."

Xia De touched the cat that was lowering its head to drink goat milk, and then saw that the address on the last letter was the familiar small town on the east coast of the North Country:

"It's the beginning of the month; this is a letter from Shi Shi Misi Gao De."

Before the Year-End Festival, that beautiful blonde lady visited No. 6 St. Deran Square again, and Xia De finally saw that lady's appearance. And she had already returned to her hometown during the Year-End Festival. The abnormal weather this winter also affected that small town located on the east coast of the Old Continent, so after returning to her hometown, Shi Shi Misi Gao De was not idle besides celebrating the festival.

Now the plague in the small town has basically subsided, and she is continuing to organize manpower to explore the secrets left by her family in the small town. The exploration of the abandoned courtyard rumored to be haunted by "vampires" has already yielded results. The harsh climate in winter caused the strange vampire mosquitoes in that courtyard to be much fewer, so the mercenaries she hired successfully entered the depths of the labyrinth-like courtyard.

After defeating a crocodile that came from nowhere, the exploration team found an ancient female corpse in the blood-red rose bushes of the courtyard.

That corpse was extremely tall. Although the old-fashioned clothes on her body looked new, the corpse was already a dried mummy with severe dehydration. Shi Shi Misi Gao De said that the corpse had already been disposed of by the church; there was no need to keep things left over from such ancient times, it was better to destroy them.

She has no plans to leave the small town recently. After returning to the ancestral land of the declining family for a year and a half, the town's infrastructure has been restored by more than half. Next, she plans to recruit more mercenaries, absorb more immigrants to enrich the town's strength, and explore the secrets of those abandoned areas left by the family as much as possible.

"Shi Shi Misi Gao De said 'ancient means secrets, and secrets mean power and knowledge.' She is very motivated. I don't know when she will visit again next time."

Xia De said while putting the letter and the banknotes in the letter aside, intending to store them in the study after breakfast. Xia De put all the letters from Shi Shi Misi Gao De together, and except for when he was short of money at the beginning, Xia De also kept the 10-pound banknotes that the lady sent with the letters and kept them together with the letters.

He didn't think about returning this money to the lady, just thinking that those banknotes, like the letters, had commemorative and collection significance.

As for the gold coin that Xia De took out which was obviously a divine item, neither Luweiya nor Dorothy saw any clues. However, considering that the god who loved to create toys for children had many precedents of helping Xia De through the 【God's Gift Box】, this gold coin was also considered by them to be of great use in the future.

Although Luweiya's "special divination" could also consume this kind of non-relic special coin—it's just that the effect is not particularly good—but she instructed that this coin should be kept properly:

"The helping hand extended by that god is always unexpected every time, but it is very useful. I don't know what will happen this time."

After breakfast, Xia De kissed Luweiya and Dorothy goodbye, and then he began today's itinerary.

"Mia, do you want to go out together?"

"Meow~"

"Alright then, I'll come back at noon to prepare lunch for you."

The first stop was Moon Bay. Xia De sent over the notes summarized by Matilda and the others after using the 【Visceral Tracing】 miracle. And Mr. Albert was indeed in the morgue in Spider Alley. If Xia De hadn't been to his newly moved apartment when he first came to Moon Bay, and then met him for the first time, Xia De would even suspect whether this gentleman also slept in his workplace at night.

The vampire coroner wearing a cowl was quite satisfied with the feedback Xia De brought back, and then he also listened to Xia De describe the process of fighting against the 【House of Pseudo-Humans】 yesterday.

For the flesh-and-blood city described by Xia De, even this Chosen One of Light was quite surprised:

"The Sage-level rating of the 【House of Pseudo-Humans】 definitely has problems."

And when Xia De asked if this miracle could be taught to the church for a fee, to facilitate the search and arrest of pseudo-humans now and in the future, Mr. Albert agreed without even thinking:

"No problem, the purpose of my developing such a miracle was to benefit the public from the beginning. Although the initial purpose was to help find nameless corpses, since it is also effective against pseudo-humans, then it is even better. It's just a pity that the learning threshold for this miracle is still very high. If you are not a vampire, you must have divination talent and a mid-ring level, which limits the spread of the miracle."

The second stop today was Randall Valley, but Xia De did not stay long, just handed the letter written to Vanessa to Xiris who was doing daily worship in the 【Church of the Forgotten】, and in the letter, he asked Vanessa to help send someone to the small town to retrieve the coin.

The subsequent third stop was Vista Forest. In the morning, Xia De came once to retrieve the clothes left in the 【Moon Sanctuary】. Appearing again after more than two hours, the girls who were feeding the chocobos under Emilia's treehouse laughed:

"You're here again. Is there any other clothing forgotten here? Do you need our help to find it?"

Xia De shook his head:

"I want to find a chocobo to carry me to find the hermits in the forest. Who is willing... no, no, I only need one, don't all crowd over!"

The furry little heads crowded in front of Xia De enthusiastically. Xia De finally chose a blue adult individual. And with a chocobo that could gallop in the snow-covered forest, this visit was much easier. Xia De also did not forget to use his miracle "Forest Path." Sitting on the chocobo and watching the white forest scenery constantly receding, he really felt that this forest had returned to peace and tranquility.

Twenty minutes later, he arrived at the outskirts of the hermits' camp.

?? PS: It's the last day of July, asking for votes at the end of the month! I will add more updates next month! I updated 230,000 words this month.