Chapter 3550: Star Fragments

Having made up her mind, Claire went to find the great elders to ask for their opinions, and Xia De followed her because he had nothing to do.

Elder Harald hesitated about this matter, but after all, it was his granddaughter's business, so he soon agreed:

"But you have to let all the great elders agree. It's useless if I just agree alone."

Elder Ursa and Elder Vilda were also in the town. Compared to Elder Harald, they were clearly hesitant. But after Xia De said he would use his favor to exchange for it, they said there was no need:

"If it is for the sake of this island, then we also agree."

Although Elder Sorin and Elder Ulla were not in the town, since three of the 11th-level great elders had agreed, they probably wouldn't refuse. Claire was very happy about this and urged her grandfather to prepare the ritual as soon as possible.

"The preparation of materials will take about two or three days, next Thursday should be fine."

Of course, Claire was also continuing to make the staff head gemstone customized by Xia De. This evening, when Xia De was still thinking about the reply in the tavern in the city, Matilda, who had just returned from the snow mountain, was ordered by Claire to call Xia De.

When Xia De came to the underground alchemy workshop, Claire showed him a round gemstone. One side of the gemstone was silver and the other was gold, and neither was a regular semicircle.

The gemstone looked seamless, but Claire separated them with a slight force.

The golden gemstone was now filled with warm light, which was pure sunlight. And although the silver gemstone was also glowing slightly, compared to the golden gemstone, Xia De clearly felt it was "empty."

"Done."

The platinum-haired witch was quite satisfied with her handiwork:

"The sun side of the gemstone was finished in the daytime. This silver one still needs you to handle it tonight under the moon. This is very simple, control the moonlight to shine on the gemstone, and when you feel the two gemstones are 'equal', it will be fine."

She said and closed the two gemstones together, then picked up the 【King of Promise】 on the table. The gemstone was automatically sucked up when it touched the staff head. Claire handed the staff to Xia De:

"That's it. It's just that when using it, that princess still needs to find a way to activate the power of both gemstones at the same time. She needs to try a few times, but since you said she is very talented, I think this should be a small problem."

Xia De was very satisfied with Claire's work:

"Then what reward should I pay?"

"Xia De, are you going to talk to me about money?"

She was a little unhappy, and Xia De shook his head:

"At least the material cost cannot be paid by you. A gift I give to another girl, if it is made with your money, then what have I become?"

Claire thought Xia De was right. She looked at the remaining materials on the table, and then suddenly laughed. Stella, who was familiar with Claire, could tell that the teacher had a good idea:

"Don't give me the material cost, that would look very strange. Since I made materials for you, then you give me a copy of materials too. It's the kind of gemstone you mentioned that uses moon-flower water to absorb moonlight and then uses the power of time to crystallize it. I want to study it."

Xia De nodded immediately:

"No problem, then I will bring it over tomorrow. Are there any specific size requirements?"

"No."

Claire said while holding back her laughter. After Xia De heard that someone in the city had sent a letter and left in a hurry, she said to Stella while ordering the girls to help her clean up the clutter on the alchemy table:

"Have you noticed the ring on Vanessa's hand? The one she never wears in the council, but definitely wears when she comes to us."

The white-haired girl blinked:

"Is there?"

Claire couldn't help shaking her head:

"You, but that's right, you are still young after all, and don't understand these things. But I have long noticed it. Although she has never mentioned it actively, she is clearly showing off. I was puzzled about what material that silver ring was at first, but Xia De mentioned it last time and I knew... Hmph~ Let Vanessa see the gemstone I got next time."

But the great witch of the earth probably wouldn't have any reaction to this. After all, the ring was just a symbol, like a gift box wrapping a gift. And the sweetest part of the box, she had already obtained it long ago.

The messenger who sent the letter from the city in the twilight was indeed from the owner of the "Drowned Ghost Tavern." The recipient was still "Mr. Watson." Xia De opened the letter with great expectation, but found that the content of the letter was not as long as he had imagined.

The letter had no opening honorifics and no closing signature and time. Compared to a formal letter, this was more like a note written casually—

【The rotating stars symbolize the ever-changing fate, falling stars are like fragments of fate, and also like dice rolling in the hands of gods. Stars once fell into this bay, thereby causing a certain fate in this area to solidify and no longer flow.

Now the fragments of the stars sleep on the seabed, and the beast bred is about to open its eyes. Go and shatter the stars, and fate will flow again.】

This didn't look like a letter written by cultists of the ocean system, but rather like a letter written by a diviner.

Xia De stood in the entrance hall and read the letter several times, tilted his head and thought for a while. Seeing Elder Vilda walk in from outside the door, he asked:

"Elder, in the Star Fall Bay region, is there any fate that does not flow?"

Elder Vilda asked blankly:

"What?"

He didn't understand this question. In fact, Xia De didn't know what he wanted to ask:

"That is to say, is there anything in this area that will absolutely not happen, but it is possible in other areas."

Elder Vilda thought for a while:

"Because the snow mountain scenery is very beautiful, so you can get a good mood here?"

Xia De then knew that he couldn't ask anything from the locals. They had long been accustomed to life here and didn't notice the things that didn't exist. Xia De looked down at the letter again, and the letter appeared in Luviya's hands half an hour later.

"Stars stripped from the starry sky are fragments of fate? Oh, this metaphor is really romantic!"

Dorothy on the sofa heard Luviya finish reading the letter and couldn't help but admire. The maids were preparing dinner at this time. Galina said that Luviya was leaving tomorrow, so she was sending her off tonight. The duchess would be here in a while. She was still being interviewed by reporters at the Yodel Palace. Princess Lei Qianya said that there would be big news on Monday, and the royal family had important speeches to make about the upcoming war.

"This shouldn't be a metaphor, I would rather believe it is a fact."

The purple eyes moved away from the letter:

"Stars fell into the material world, causing a certain fate to cease flowing in that region. The stories from the end of the Mythical Era are truly fascinating; it is hard to imagine what kind of things the supernatural beings of that era must have experienced."

She set the letter aside:

"Since Snake Tooth no longer requires me to perform divination, I shall prepare to divine this matter. I recently discovered a brand new way to use the 【Fate Pedestal】—no, not use, merely borrow its power to assist my special divination."

Dorothea knew that Luvia did not like having anyone other than Xia De present when performing special divination, so she temporarily left the living room to go to the kitchen and see how the maids were preparing dinner.

Xia De brought the 【Dragon Blood Treasure Coin】 and the 【Secret】 into the study and placed them on the table, then pulled Little Mia back onto his lap:

"If you are certain there are no issues, then let us begin."

Luvia sat across from the desk. He was very curious about how the 【Fate Pedestal】 would assist in the divination; after all, the coin to be used was not a crystal ball, and there was no way to place it on that relic.

"Do I need to place the pedestal on my head?"

"Think about that image, oh, Xia De, that would be truly too silly. Do not always think about wearing everything on your head... Have you ever thought about wearing Sister Delage's eyepatch as a crown?"

Xia De immediately denied it:

"Of course not. You see, when I use the 【Clock Tower Lover】 Misuo, I only clip that eyepatch onto my arm."

Luvia smiled and brought the 【Fate Pedestal】 in front of her, her eyes appearing to glow. With both hands, she gripped the two sides of the crystal ball pedestal, and as she gave a sharp pull, the relic actually stretched into a larger circle as if it were an elastic ring.

Luvia let go of her hands, allowing the 【Fate Pedestal】, which had shifted from a solid to a phantom state, to continue expanding until its perimeter encircled the desk where Xia De and Luvia were sitting. Inside the circle, purple light halos flowed through the space, runes rotated on the floor, and the core centered around the "Ouroboros" symbol.

Little Mia reached out her paw to bat at the purple light particles in front of her, but could capture nothing.

"You see, I am using the relic to create a suitable venue. Compared to using it directly for divination, the cost of doing this for a short time is very small."

Xia De looked at Luvia amidst the purple light spots:

"I admit this is beautiful, but are you certain this is safe?"

"Of course it is safe. Actually, there is a more effective method: placing the pedestal in the center of one's own chest and letting it pierce into one's own flesh until it leaves a distinct ring-shaped scar. This is a derivative of this Unknown-grade relic—the Fate Scar. It can permanently increase the success rate of divination and effectively avoid some risks brought about by divination.

Speaking of which, there is an interesting anecdote here. Ancient diviners had a habit of branding ring-shaped scars on their own chests, believing that this would allow them to be closer to that God of Fate. They called it the 'Ring of Fate.' It is just unclear whether this is a superstition like the Law of Conservation of Luck, a rumor spread after the properties of the 【Fate Pedestal】 became known, or if there are other reasons."

Xia De's eyes moved from Luvia's face downward:

"You wouldn't do that, would you?"

"Once the scar forms, it remains permanently on the body, so I certainly wouldn't do such a thing. After all... aren't you going to use it?"