Chapter 3552: The Morning of Farewell

"If I want to summon mist, wouldn't a miracle spell be simpler?"

Xia De asked again, and Luvia herself began to laugh:

"I don't know what use this resonance secret technique has either; just remember this information. Now is the story of destiny, and the most common power related to destiny on the bodies of Ringed Shushi is actually our Ring of Life."

"The core spiritual runes manifest the path we are destined to take, while each individual spiritual rune is a symbolic embodiment of the destiny on the life path we have already walked. Remember these, and when you see me again, tell me if this is useful to you."

"Actually, I want to try it right now."

As Xia De said this, he directly summoned his Ring of Life. Just as the steam mist began to appear in the study, he asked in his heart:

"If I want you to resonate with me, do I need to say something like 'You are me'?"

"She" smiled gently, but gave no answer.

Thus, Luvia, sitting across the table, saw a silver shadow appear behind Xia De, and immediately after...

"Hmm? Is the house on fire?"

Miss Jia Lin Na, who had just come upstairs, saw a massive amount of white mist pouring out from under the study door. Dorothy, who had just walked out of the kitchen, also hurried to check the situation. By the time the two opened the study door, the rushing heat almost made them hold their breath, and deep within that thick steam mist, Xia De and Luvia were still sitting on both sides of the desk, unmoved.

Her purple eyes were still shining even in the mist:

"Xia De, you were right, this is indeed useless. How do you feel now?"

"This steam mist doesn't obstruct my own vision, but I feel my soul power diffusing along with this mist... well, it's gone."

The Ring of Life was still spinning, but the steam mist that served as the "entrance effect" had vanished.

Dorothy "reprimanded" the two in the study with considerable dissatisfaction:

The home was not boring on the night Luvia was away. Miss Jia Lin Na claimed that she was once a cute princess like Ajelina, and tonight she asked Xia De to use titles like "Princess" to address her:

Miss Jia Lin Na laughed on the side.

When the sumptuous dinner was brought to the table and Xia De sat down with the three ladies, Xia De told them about Miss Ai Si Bo Ge's visit that afternoon. Miss Jia Lin Na had also heard of this thirteen-ring sorceress for a long time, and she couldn't help but sigh:

"When will I be able to become a thirteen-ring?"

Luvia then asked:

"So that stone harp, 【Frostmourne】, is confirmed to be usable, right?"

"The relic definitely meets the requirements; it just depends on whether Stella can be successfully recognized by it."

"Alright then, when I arrive on the island, I will go and chat with that white-haired girl again; the diviner will guide her future."

During dinner, everyone inevitably talked about Ajelina's birthday tomorrow.

Although an eighteenth birthday is not as valued in this era as a sixteenth coming-of-age ceremony, as a relatively favored princess, Ajelina would still have a birthday banquet tomorrow. It's just that with war approaching, the royal family didn't want the public to think they were being too extravagant and wasteful, so tomorrow's birthday banquet would not be large in scale, and would only be held in a side hall of the Yodel Palace.

Xia De had already promised that if he was free, he would attend the banquet, and he planned to give Ajelina the gift he had prepared in advance tomorrow.

This reminded Luvia, and she asked Dorothy at the dinner table:

"Does Ajelina have time tomorrow during the day? I mean, at least three hours where she can reasonably be away from the Yodel Palace."

Dorothy was confused, and while Princess Lei Qianya gave her the answer, Miss Jia Lin Na directly replied to Luvia:

"Of course she does. She only needs to carry out the various preparations for the birthday banquet before three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. During the day, let her stay in her room, arrange for a few maids to say they are going to do her makeup and pick out clothes, and then let her appear at lunch. That way, no one will know what she did at other times."

Luvia nodded:

"Xia De, take Ajelina to play on Fatumunster Island tomorrow. Isn't Emilia also there tomorrow?"

Dorothy was very surprised:

"Is this a gift prepared for Ajelina?"

"Of course not. Xia De, after arriving on the island, have Ajelina use the snake skin. Don't you have the two snake skins found with the doctor and the harp in your hand? After I arrive on the island, I need to know the information on Ajelina's snake skin."

She didn't say what she was going to do, but this request was easy to complete.

"No problem, Ajelina will be very happy."

"Since it's Ajelina's birthday, I will also help provide cover tomorrow."

Miss Jia Lin Na also said, elegantly putting down her knife and fork, and wiping the corners of her lips with a napkin:

"In this way, among the remaining four acts of the story, only 'Love and the Ice Flower' and 'Card Game' remain unclear. Didn't Xia De say the latter is related to 【Founding · Destiny】? Then Xia De, have you thought about how to obtain it? I think breaking into the headquarters of the Diviner Association and stealing it without anyone noticing shouldn't be easy, right?"

Xia De did want 【Founding · Destiny】 very much, but he wouldn't steal:

"Let's see the situation first. If it's really as President Lenorman said, and he can invite me—I mean, in the identity of Xia De Hamilton—to go to the snow mountain, that would be best. But I'm also doubting whether he said that at the time to test the true identity of the 'God-Caller'."

"It shouldn't be that he has linked you to the God-Caller; you don't even know how unique your destiny is. Then after I arrive at the headquarters, I will help you inquire about that card. Xia De, if you want it, I will definitely help you get it."

Miss Jia Lin Na and Dorothy both laughed when they heard her say this. Luvia asked them what they were laughing at, and Dorothy replied with a light chuckle:

"These words are usually said by men to girls, but now it's the other way around. So I thought about what Xia De would look like if he became very weak and feminine."

"It's best not to think like that."

Xia De said, and then even Luvia laughed.

That night, after Xia De continued to learn the silver flute from Dorothy, he ran to Green Lake Island, which had the best weather conditions, completed the "charging" of the silver gemstone on the island, and prepared the gemstone for Claire.

And since Luvia was going to leave temporarily, Dorothy and Miss Jia Lin Na gave her the time that night. However, Luvia finally let them participate together, giving the reason:

"I don't want to be unable to get up tomorrow; it would be terrible if I missed the assembly time."

And when Monday morning arrived, Xia De sent Luvia to the Tobesk train station after breakfast. When he was carrying Luvia's two suitcases and appeared behind Luvia among the crowd of people seeing her off at the local association, people were not surprised at his appearance at all.

The diviners gathering in the Tobesk area would take a train to a southern town, and then board a steam airship from there to the southern duchy. Although there was no concept of a "no-fly zone" in this era, unless necessary, aircraft would not appear over the royal capital, Tobesk.

"The next time I see Luvia, it will be this Thursday."

After waving goodbye amidst the train's whistle as it moved away, Xia De said to Yiluna, who had also come to see her off. Yiluna had just avoided the crowd from the Diviner Association and only appeared at the last moment.

It was snowing lightly in Tobesk today, and the people seeing others off on the platform were all dressed very warmly. Yiluna's brown long hair was tied up, and she wore a white furry scarf around her neck, which made her look very much like a youthful girl.

"I should also set off for Fatumunster Island soon, but I don't need to stop anywhere else, so I can reach Fatumunster Island in a day or two."

She and Xia De walked side by side with the crowd towards the outside of the station. Even on a Monday morning, Tobesk train station was still busy:

"I just heard you say that Ajelina and Emilia are both going to the island to play today? Then help me say hello to them. I have things to be busy with, so I can't meet up with them."

"When you also arrive on the island, there will be time."

After leaving the train station, Yiluna looked at the public rental carriages parked across the street, but Xia De did not walk towards that side, but turned towards the direction of the Black Stone Security Company on his left hand. Seeing that he wanted to walk her to work, Yiluna followed by Xia De's side.

The city was full of life on Monday morning, and people rushing for a living had begun their week's running.

On the way, Xia De and Yiluna met a girl selling matches, but unlike in the fairy tale, although she was dressed in rags, she was still wearing intact shoes. So when the two arrived downstairs at the Black Stone Security Company, Yiluna had a paper bag of bread and a large bundle of matches in her hand.

She smiled and waved goodbye to Xia De, and after entering the door, she distributed the matches and bread to the reception desk on the first floor, to Mrs. Sailia, who was wearing a wig and knitting a sweater.

"Yiluna, are you so happy this morning? Who were you saying goodbye to outside the door just now?"

"It was Mr. Hamilton. I met him on the road, and he said he wanted to send me to work. Then I'm going upstairs. Has the captain returned from the church? I don't know what new tasks we have this week."

She went upstairs excitedly. Mrs. Sailia drove away the black cat that wanted to gnaw on the bread, and thinking of the reputation of that famous detective in the local area, she muttered, "Silly girl."

Leaving in a hurry in the morning, Xia De hadn't had time to pick up this week's gift. After returning home, he moved the gift box upstairs. At this time, only Little Mia was at home, and Dorothy had gone to the newspaper office to submit a draft, so only the cat watched Xia De reach into the box.

Last week's gift was a gold coin representing the point "1". Xia De felt that it would be good if it was still a gold coin this week; one can never have too many destiny points.

But after his hand reached in, he only touched a scroll:

"A scroll recording mystical knowledge?" ===== CHAPTER 3553 =====