Chapter 3759

After consciousness recovered from chaos, Xia De had a feeling that he had slept for a long time, so long that he had forgotten the time. His side face was pressed against the cold floor at this moment, and when he tried to climb up while supporting the ground, he felt sore all over.

When his closed eyes opened, he felt the swelling of his eyes. Looking around at this time, the blur in front of him lasted for at least three seconds before becoming clear. But fortunately, as he stood up, the discomfort of his whole body faded quickly. Reaching out to touch the two snake-bite blood holes on his shoulder and neck, the wounds had actually disappeared.

He threw the black 【Destruction】 arc into the "Fate Manual" and looked around. This was clearly not the sea surface outside the pier of the City of Time Wheels. This looked like a corridor of some manor.

The corridor had no lights on. On one side were windows, and the curtains on both sides of the windows were not pulled up. On the wall between the windows hung antique oil paintings that looked very expensive. On the other side were closed wooden doors, and on the doors were exquisite gilded doorplates. But Xia De didn't even need to use his strange arts to perceive, he could feel that there were no living people inside any of the doors.

Moonlight shone into the corridor from the windows. The silent feeling made Xia De think of the Night Manor where he first encountered the God of Vampires.

But he soon distinguished from the scenery of the manor courtyard outside the window that this was the Aphrodite Manor in Cold Water Port. He had a deep impression of this place; after all, this was his only communication address in this northern city.

"How did I run here... What is the situation now?"

"She", who seemed not to have opened her mouth all night, answered:

【This is an uncertain point in time, like reality, but full of falsehood. Multiple powers blended together to create this blurry world.】

"Then am I a spiritual body or a soul body existence now, or a real existence?"

【Both body and soul are real.】

Xia De still remembered that he and the Snake were both seriously injured before he fainted, so he guessed this was the Snake's power. The essence of the Snake's venom was actually to briefly exile the individual's soul to the doomsday. This was probably also the essence of the "Infinite Snake's" venom, but the latter's onset time was relatively long, so one could survive by amputation.

But although the current scene was very strange, Xia De was very sure that this was definitely not the doomsday. After all, the moon had long since disappeared in the doomsday era, and it was said that it was swallowed by Little Mia (Chapter 2652), but the moonlight outside the window was very bright at this time.

"This corridor seems to be the one when Xivi first took me into the Council."

Xia De still remembered Xivi's singing at that time, and when he thought of this in his heart, he actually really heard the singing coming from the depths of the manor.

That voice was very light, but it was undoubtedly Xivi's voice, and the song she was singing was indeed a song belonging to witches, but Xia De could feel sadness and loneliness from the singing.

Xia De then walked toward the depths of the corridor following the source of the sound. Although the scene was slightly strange, fortunately, the structure inside the manor was still consistent with Xia De's memory.

Turning left at the corner, he found the stairs to the second floor after passing through the hall. After reaching the second floor, he chose the direction on the right, walked to the end along the corridor under the moonlight, and after turning left, Xia De stopped in front of a closed door.

The singing voice clearly came from inside. After Xia De listened for a few more seconds to confirm that it was indeed Xivi singing, he bent his fingers and knocked on the door—

Knock, knock, knock~

The sound of knocking on the door was like beating a drum in this lonely night, and after the knocking sound rang out, the singing in the room stopped immediately.

Although no voice came to let him enter, Xia De still took the initiative to turn the cold doorknob and pushed open the door. This room was a guest room of the Aphrodite Manor. The room also had no lights on, but the window was open.

Outside the window was the sea surface of Cold Water Port. The sound of sea breeze and waves rushed toward him, and it also blew the brown long hair of Xivi Aphrodite standing in front of the window.

Her back looked as lonely and lonely as the singing just now. She was wearing a thin white long dress, tied only with a red silk ribbon at her waist. As if a breeze blew, she would disappear in the next second. And Xia De, who had very good eyesight, could even be sure that there was no... inside that long dress.

And after Xia De entered the room, the witch who had been looking at the sea view just now also turned around, looking at Xia De with her back to the moonlight outside the window.

Her whole body on the right side of the picture was framed by the window, and even her shadow was covered by the area formed by the moonlight shining on the ground. He on the left side of the picture was almost standing in the darkness, but Xia De thought that the situation of the two people should actually be the opposite.

"Xivi?"

He asked uncertainly. The witch with a tired and lonely face nodded gently:

"Xia De, did the Speaker send you? This time, what do you want me to do again?"

Although she was talking to Xia De, her eyes were looking at the floor.

"Speaker? Do things?"

Xia De couldn't figure out the background of the "story" for a while. Xivi clearly knew him, but said it was sent by the Speaker... Since he didn't understand, Xia De asked directly:

"Xivi, how long have you lived here?"

The lonely witch continued to stare at the floor:

"The Council has imprisoned me here for three years. This time the Speaker sent you, isn't it to arrange an outing mission for me? Who is the enemy this time?"

Combined with the abnormal fluctuation of the whisper elements on Xivi at this moment, Xia De felt that he seemed to understand. Illusion and reality intertwined here. Although he didn't see Desire and If while in a coma, the Outsider had always been smart—

"This is the situation where I didn't appear, so Xivi encountered Desire. She looks normal, probably Adele used some means, but she also has to live here all the time and cannot leave, unless it is an emergency mission.

As for knowing me... this Xivi is real, probably given some memories that don't belong to her. Or, this is the fusion of falsehood and reality... Could it be that 'If' is exerting power?"

He thought in his heart, then walked forward, wanting to get closer to determine Xivi's more specific state at the moment.

But she stopped him softly:

"Don't approach me, this will bring you misfortune."

Speaking of this, she finally raised her head to look at Xia De. The familiar golden eyes were full of cowardice and anxiety. Although her appearance was exactly the same as the Xivi Xia De knew, the witch in front of him had a strong sense of fragility.

"What kind of misfortune will it bring?"

"You will fall in love with me, then seek but not get, and finally die of a broken heart."

She was like a lark trapped in a birdcage, beautiful but lonely. The lark that lost its freedom, no matter how good its voice was, ultimately lost its most beautiful place:

"If there is no order from the Speaker, you should leave here. This is a cursed place."

Xia De shook his head:

"You still remember me, right?"

"Remember or not, what is the difference? People remembered by me will all be unfortunate."

"What is the situation exactly?"

Xia De asked in his heart again, and "She"'s voice was as gentle as the moonlight behind the witch at this moment:

【Further contact is needed to confirm.】

"Xivi, since you don't want me to approach, then at least let me hold your hand, even if it's only for a second, don't let me keep seeking but not getting like this."

He said, but the witch looked at him sadly:

"Xia De, I know your heart, but don't approach... If you are indeed missing me like this at this moment, then please stand where you are. I can only respond to your love like this. This is, a response that can only be given to you alone."

Seeing Xia De really stand still and not move forward, she pulled away the red ribbon at her waist, and then under Xia De's astonished gaze, the dress slid across her skin like water and fell to the ground.

She slightly stretched out her arms, letting Xia De see her completely under the moonlight at this moment. The peaks were gathered, the skin was like congealed fat, and the two rose-red points were dotted just right on the skin that was as delicate as silk. Although Xia De hadn't seen it before, he was still astonished at this moment, and confirmed that besides "If", there must be "Desire" in this matter:

"Xivi, don't..."

Xia De said and wanted to step forward again, so the witch under the moonlight sighed softly and melted into the light and disappeared. Only the white long dress and the red ribbon on the ground explained that everything just now was not Xia De's hallucination.

He walked up and picked up those clothes. When he raised his head, he heard the singing continue, but this time it appeared in a slightly further place.

Xia De grabbed the clothes that still had warmth and walked out of the room quickly. Looking out from the window of the corridor, that lonely figure was sitting on the edge of the fountain in the center of the courtyard continuing to sing, and the clothes she was wearing were exactly the same as just now.

The fountain was not turned on at this time, so it could only be considered a statue, and the appearance of the statue was also different from the Aphrodite Manor in Xia De's memory.

Thus he at the window disappeared, and then appeared in front of the third iron art bench on the left of the center line of the courtyard.

The gas street lamps in the courtyard were not turned on, but the moonlight tonight was really very bright. He looked sideways at the witch who was singing with her head raised looking at the moon, realizing that he was still holding the other party's clothes, so he hurriedly threw them on the bench and waited until Xivi finished singing a small section before walking over again.

"Xia De, do you have anything else?"

Xivi in the white dress sitting by the fountain tilted her head and asked, not seeing that she had made such a bold move just now. Xia De knew that if he continued to move forward, she would disappear again, so he stopped at a relatively safe distance and tried his best to drive the scene he just saw out of his head:

"Xivi, I'm not afraid of misfortune, can you let me approach you?"

The witch shook her head gently. She had her hair down, but she didn't look sloppy:

"Why do you want to approach me? Just because of missing me?"

Xia De told the truth:

"Because I want to understand the current you."