Chapter 3661

Margaret, who felt she had said a bit too much, wanted to apologize to Xia De, but Xia De said:

"It was me who neglected you a bit. You are far away in Willendale, and I have no way to visit you often. Now it's just listening to you talk about things around you, it's nothing. If there is time now, I would really like to go out with you to see the scenery of the snow mountains and stroll around the high-end pocket watch shops in the City of Time."

"It's not that you neglected me, it's that I neglected you."

Margaret glanced at the tightly closed door, bit her lip, and kicked off her high heels, changing into a posture of curling her legs on the sofa and leaning against Xia De's chest. Xia De swore that he was absolutely not doing it on purpose, but he found that under Margaret's dress was the best kind of fabric from the "Magnificent Cloth Workshop." This expensive fabric was only supplied to ladies of great noble families in Willendale. Margaret probably got the goods directly from Sylvia's hands.

"After you go home tonight, who will you... rest with?"

The princess asked in a low voice, and Xia De thought for a moment:

"Galina, Dorothy. Sylvia hasn't seen me for a long time, so she should also be going home together."

She moved her head from Xia De's chest to a position level with Xia De's head, her beautiful eyes filled with grievance:

"Teacher Sylvia is really something, that time was clearly my opportunity."

She kissed the corner of Xia De's lips, and then leaned into Xia De's ear and asked:

"Although this is very bold, if Teacher Sylvia sees my lipstick mark tonight, what kind of expression will she have?"

"This... is hard to say."

The blonde princess blinked:

"Do you want to try and see?"

"This..."

So the blonde princess offered her kiss again and then really executed her plan. And a few hours later, when the moon was hanging high above Tobesk, Sylvia was quite surprised after seeing the mark and asked:

"Didn't you just go to wash up?"

"Yes, but she said you must see it. Don't worry, I washed everything clean except for this kiss mark."

Sylvia then asked Galina, who was hugging Xia De from behind:

"Guess who left this?"

The duchess, who was closing her eyes with her hair disheveled and resting her head on Xia De's shoulder, replied:

"Margaret, who else could it be besides her? Didn't Xia De spend a long time alone with that girl tonight?"

Sylvia then laughed:

"It seems Margaret is indeed still complaining about that matter before the Year-End Festival. Alright, I'll forgive her this time. Margaret's way of doing this is really childish. But it's also really bold, today's girls are truly amazing."

Xia De then said:

"I'll go clean it up. If it weren't for Margaret's insistence, I would absolutely not do such a thing."

"Don't, I've already caught you, I won't let you leave."

Galina behind him said so, locking Xia De with her arms and refusing to let go. Xia De felt that she was the one who was more childish now.

Sylvia also held down Xia De's shoulders, the young black-haired witch not caring at all:

"It doesn't matter, this is even better. Since the young witch apprentice is provoking the Great Witch, I naturally have to prove that a Great Witch is a Great Witch."

"How are you going to prove it?"

Sylvia, who reached out to tidy her hair, replied as a matter of course:

"Of course, by proving that my lipstick color is more vivid."

Galina, who was still closing her eyes behind Xia De, reminded:

"Sylvia, didn't Leisia teach you that kind of technique?"

Sylvia did not give her an answer, but Xia De clearly felt Galina behind him shiver and make a sound like Little Mia's meow. However, that cat was resting downstairs with the maids tonight and could not possibly appear here now.

This night, Xia De had a strange dream again—such things were very common during this period—and this night he dreamed of a giant snake in the snow mountains.

This was absolutely not an influence brought by pre-sleep activities. The giant snake in the dream was slowly sliding on the Fatumunster snow mountain in the snow. Looking at the volume, that snake was probably larger than any snake Xia De had seen so far. Its eyes were red, and the whole snake looked exceptionally... delicate and cute.

Xia De had never thought that he would use these two words to describe a snake, so much so that when he woke up early Wednesday morning, he was still doubting whether he had been under too much pressure recently, which was why he had such a strange dream.

He shared his dream with the girls at the breakfast table. They did not mock Xia De, and Sylvia pointed out:

"With such a strong fate disturbance appearing on the island yesterday, didn't Luvia and Bella say that Ringed Shushi with strong inspiration would also be more likely to discover the secrets hidden in fate because of this disturbance? This might be a precognitive dream. Haven't you had many precognitive dreams before?"

"But what can a big white snake predict? Urging me to use that leaf and master the miracle of turning into a snake as soon as possible?"

The answer to this question was obtained an hour later.

Sylvia went one step ahead. When Xia De arrived on the island, he found that the sky above the island was still dark purple. Today's weather was exceptionally bad. Although what he felt under Sylvia's tower was not a blizzard, the snow had already reached the level of "heavy snow."

Last night's fate disturbance did not bring secondary disasters like earthquakes that ordinary people could feel, but when Xia De looked at the scenery from the high place of the snow mountain, he still felt that it was a bit different from the past.

He went from Sylvia's tower to the Ice and Snow Castle first, and then he unexpectedly found that Winnie, who was always waiting for him in the portal room and would say "good morning" to him before leaving, was actually not there.

And it was not until Xia De came to the Snow Mountain Hall from the castle that he learned from Stella that Winnie had gone to the ship:

"That maid said she had already made contact with the keeper of the snow mountain seal, but the other party is very cautious now. The keeper is one of the insurances for the seal left by the Ancient God. It has the same attitude toward all current candidates; it is unwilling to meet privately with any candidate."

"But I am not a candidate."

Xia De said with a smile, Stella nodded gently, and then whispered:

"The Great Movement of Fate ritual will probably be conducted this weekend."

"I will be with you then. I have been practicing the silver flute recently, maybe I will play a short piece then. If I play badly, you can't laugh at me."

The white-haired girl, who was originally a bit worried, also revealed a faint smile. She nodded gently. Actually, she wanted to ask what Xia De did in Margaret's room last night, but in the end, she was too embarrassed to speak, so she went with Xia De to visit Ellie and Little Liana.

Yesterday's sudden change on the island did not cause any impact on them. After all, the little unicorns did not have rings of fate. Although they, with strong inspiration, could feel unusual disturbances like Little Mia, this had no impact on their health.

After Xia De visited them, he wanted to go to the ship to meet up with Winnie, but Ellie bit Xia De's hem again.

"What's wrong?"

Xia De stroked its cheek, and Ellie neighed softly. Although Emilia was not here and no one could understand what it said, Xia De, who had been with Ellie for so long, could guess its meaning:

"You are worried about my safety, right?"

The little unicorn nodded, and Stella said with a smile on the side:

"Ellie, you don't need to worry about Xia De, Xia De is very powerful."

Xia De also said with a smile:

"Yes, you don't need to worry about me. If we really fight later, maybe I can call your master over. You also miss Chloe, right?"

"Ang~"

Ellie continued to neigh softly, its horn resting against Xia De's arm, and then pure white light spread onto Xia De's body. This was the "Unicorn's Blessing," a protective power given by unicorns to their friends.

Xia De expressed his thanks:

"Thank you, I will defeat the enemy with your blessing."

"But you still haven't found the Ring of Fate."

Stella said with some worry, and Xia De shook his head:

"I will find it. Let's go, let's go to the ship."

After they said goodbye to the little unicorns, they left. Ellie and Little Liana stretched their heads to watch their figures disappear. Afterward, Little Liana neighed "Ang~," Ellie also neighed "Ang~," Little Liana neighed "Ang~" again, and Ellie also neighed "Ang~" again.

After this exchange, Ellie was finally reassured, and then continued to rub and play with Little Liana in the unicorn nest. Although so many years had passed since the early Fifth Era, the unicorns' bloodline had not been greatly weakened besides being suppressed by the era.

If "dragons" were powerful creatures known for their strength, then "unicorns" were fairy-tale creatures known for their dreams and idealism. No one had ever been able to fully figure out what kind of power these pure white lives had, and Ellie confirmed from Little Liana that the current unicorn population could still do certain things.

Enough unicorns gathered together; last time they even helped Ellie dispel the negative effects brought by the "maternal fluid in the delivery room"—although Ellie's own constitution was also a reason for this.

A believing heart is magic. Although she came alone from the distant Fifth Era, Ellie was not without backing. The unicorns of the Sixth Era welcomed this "ancient" fellow clansman very much; they were all the power standing behind Ellie.

On the other side, when Xia De and Stella braved the wind and snow to arrive on the ship, Luvia was talking to Winnie beside the long table in the banquet hall. Xia De then realized that this seemed to be a rare private conversation between Luvia and Winnie, but the atmosphere seemed quite good.

Seeing Xia De coming, Luvia and Winnie looked over together. Xia De asked:

"Winnie, you have already contacted that guardian, right? How is its situation now?"