Chapter 379: The Second Witch

Miss Jia Lin Na did not hide the council's movements from Xia De:

"There are a total of thirteen seats for the great witches of the council, and I am the seventh seat. The one going to Coldwater Port this time is the third seat. You might have heard her name. Sivi Aurora, the last time I saw her was last summer when I went to the seaside for vacation. At that time, she was a twelve-ring Ringed Shushi, a twelfth-level witch. I don't know if there has been any new progress in this whole year."

The outsider thought for a long time before thinking of what this name meant.

The 29-year-old Ms. Sivi Aurora, born into the ancient Aurora family, was a world-famous big shipowner. She inherited the property of her family's father's generation, plus her own struggle, and controlled some trade routes between the Old Continent and the New Continent, and had shares in almost one-third of the shipyards on the east and west coasts of the Old Continent.

This lady was the most legendary female image in the eyes of people living by the sea in the current era. Even the Pirate Kings who galloped in the Storm Eye couldn't compare to her legendary story.

Of course, there were quite a few other rumors about this lady. For example, some pirates on the new shipping route were actually funded by the Aurora family. And for example, the Aurora family could talk to creatures in the sea, so the accident rate of cargo ships was much lower than that of their peers. Of course, the gossip news people liked most was that this lady, who was still unmarried, actually liked women, because one could never see men around her...

Thinking about it this way, the fact that the descendants of the Aurora family, who had been famous at sea for several centuries, were witches seemed very easy to think of.

Miss Jia Lin Na continued:

"The affairs of the west coast of the Old Continent are very convenient for her to handle. The Aurora family itself is a Ringed Shushi family inherited from the previous era (Note). It is said that in the Fifth Era, they were involved with primitive tribes and alien forces in the ocean. Although this ancient family declined, every few generations, various strange Ringed Shushi were born, and Sivi Aurora was one of them. Holding the family's secrets and the power of the council, except for the council's speaker, that thirteen-ring lady, Sivi is probably the strongest witch."

It seemed that the Witch Council had also racked their brains for the second chosen one.

"Although she is in Coldwater Port and we are in Tobesk, I still have to remind you, Xia De, not all witches are friendly to your kind of existence."

Miss Jia Lin Na looked at Xia De:

"The evaluation of her as an 'ordinary person' from the outside world is very high, but she... how should I put it, we bear a curse and cannot touch men, so some people say the Witch Council is the Handkerchief Hobbyist Association. Oh, have you heard of this saying?"

Xia De blinked, not knowing how to answer. Fortunately, Miss Jia Lin Na was not waiting for him to give an answer:

"This saying is of course correct, very correct. After all, before you appeared, we had no other choice."

She smiled ambiguously, and didn't know what she thought of. Xia De suddenly thought that if the black-haired maid hadn't gone out but stood here, perhaps a wonderful blush would appear on her face too.

"But Sivi is... she identifies very much with this multiple-choice question that only has one option, and believes this is the price of power, which is completely correct. An unclear gender person who can be touched by a witch appears, she certainly won't be happy. I also can't guess what she will do to you, but you'd better stay away from her."

Xia De didn't feel surprised by this. If every witch was friendly to him, that would be the strange thing.

"I am not an unclear gender person, I am indeed male."

This point still had to be corrected.

"Then Miss Jia Lin Na, what is the maximum distance of your perception of me?"

Xia De asked again. After all, he certainly still had to go to Coldwater Port.

The red-haired witch thought for a while:

"Remember the first time we met? At the Lucky Southern Cross Club, perceiving you using spells related to the Old Gods is my unique skill. And later when I let you go to the study on the top floor, it was only after being separated by a wall that I vaguely sensed something was wrong for the first time, but confirming this point was when Tifa gave you the 【Vampire Ring】."

Although Miss Tifa Servet was not yet a real witch, because she had the power of a witch, she also bore part of the curse.

"Is that the limit perception distance?"

Xia De asked again.

"Almost, and you have to concentrate very hard to notice it, but we usually don't concentrate on observing a man. In addition, barriers like walls will significantly weaken this perception, and the best way is actually for you to stand with other men. In this way, even a great witch can't find your difference."

Then she gave an inappropriate example:

"After all, a fresh fish is thrown into a pile of smelly fish. If people don't want to be smelled, then people certainly can't find where the fresh fish is."

"So as long as I am not alone and approaching the witches excessively, it is impossible to be discovered by the other party immediately."

Xia De summarized. Seeing him looking very worried, Miss Jia Lin Na shook her head with a smile:

"Tobesk is my territory, and I will protect you here. Xia De, you are one of my most precious collections. Look, the witch emperors couldn't do things, but I did it."

After getting the money, Xia De chatted with Miss Jia Lin Na about his academic problems, and this ended the visit.

Thinking of the cat still sulking at home, Xia De specifically asked the carriage driver to take a detour on the way back, so that he could go to the store to buy a small can of fish liver oil that the cat particularly liked. This was of course very expensive, but this was not Xia De's money, it was money given by Miss Gao De to provide the cat with a high-quality life, Xia De just spent it reasonably.

When he returned home, he didn't hear Mia running down from the second floor to greet him. Xia De came to the second floor and saw the orange cat, which had become cuter after taking a bath, lying on the dining table, staring at him at the door with its eyes wide open.

"Your cat is still angry."

The blonde girl said with a smile, thinking this scene was very interesting.

So Xia De put down his hat, hung his coat at the door, and walked to the restaurant with the bottle of fish liver oil.

Putting the bottle in front of the cat with a *thud*, the cat that was lying down put its head on the table, stretched its neck, squinted its eyes and sniffed with its small nose, and then looked up at Xia De.

When it looked up from bottom to top, its eyes always looked particularly big.

"I'll mix this with cat food for you tonight."

Xia De pointed to the expensive food and said.

"Meow~"

So Mia, who was still angry just now, leaped up, supporting itself with its two hind paws, wanting Xia De to hold it.

"It seems Jia Lin really gave you a lot of money, Lei Qianya will probably be unhappy."

The female writer in the living room teased.

"I didn't take other people's money for nothing, this was obtained through a transaction. What's more, the money to buy this thing was given by Miss Gao De."

Xia De emphasized, and then issued an invitation:

"If tonight's transaction goes smoothly, I will enter the past at twelve o'clock in the morning to explore the past of Miss Feilian. Do you want to see this scene at my place? Although it's only three seconds, I can bring back a good story afterward."

"I don't want to hear you tell your adventurous experiences that make ordinary people go crazy."

Duo Luo Qian shook her head and refused:

"However, if you get 【Youth-Preserving Leaf】 this time, remember to let me keep a piece for you."

She blinked at Xia De, who was busy comforting the excited cat:

"I don't have magic potions that make me return to youth after aging, but at least when I am young, I can slightly maintain myself."

Although this sentence sounded fine, Xia De always felt that she was satirizing that Miss Jia Lin Na was older than them. ===== CHAPTER 380 =====