Chapter 3838: Victory Celebration Gathering

"My apologies, King Suit, 【Duke Karina of the Star of Delarion Saradil】. Miss Bell, if you wish to activate the effect of your Moon 11 【Urban Legend: The Killer in the Fog】, you must first roll a die to test your luck."

"Hiss~"

The young ladies watching gasped, whispering about the appearance of this unique Luo De card.

Although a light snow fell on Monday afternoon, Tuesday brought good weather to the island.

It was now two in the afternoon, and the location was the Radiant Messenger, anchored in the southeastern waters of Fatumonster Island. Although the weather was no longer midwinter, holding a swimsuit event on the beach remained impossible.

Therefore, the victory celebration party after the Battle of Fate was held aboard the Radiant Messenger. No one knew what help Miss Elise had received from Sylvia and Winnie, but now the ship's girls could manipulate the size of the inner cabins at will.

She connected the banquet hall, indoor swimming pool, artificial hot spring, kitchen, and other areas within the cabin for this gathering, and linked the banquet hall's exit directly to the deck, thus forming the main venue for this event.

However, this era had no strict concept of a "party," so this celebration and enjoyment activity, lasting from after lunch until night, should be called a "Victory Banquet."

Not only the witches, Miss Elise, Winnie, and Hilis, but also the witch apprentices and followers who participated in the final battle were permitted to attend the event.

Karina specifically brought Miss Miss Difa from Tobesk; Amelia and Irina naturally would not miss it. Even Princess Lei Lei Qianya and Dorothy appeared on the ship; they used the "Miracle Ink" to alter fate for the first time, allowing them to appear together today.

Of course, Princess Lei Lei Qianya did not forget her sister; Agelina also came to the ship, but the little princess was changing clothes and had not arrived yet.

Except for the Red Butterfly sisters, Sister Sister Daifulin, Margaret, and Danist, almost all the young ladies around Xia De were present.

At this moment, Irina and Amelia were soaking in the ship's swimming pool, and the young ladies needed only to lift their heads slightly to see Xia De sitting on a small stool by the hot spring, playing Luo De cards with Miss Bell, whose skin was so pale it was chilling, surrounded by many other young ladies who also loved card games.

They excitedly discussed the current card game, the conditions for the Prophets' Association to print Luo De cards separately, and the powerful effect of the 【Origin: Fate】 card just played.

Since it was a pool, the young ladies were naturally wearing swimsuits. Thanks to the popularity of seaside vacation culture in this era and the common view that "sea bathing" was beneficial to health, swimsuits did exist in this era.

However, swimsuits still did not break free from the core framework of "conservative, heavy, full coverage"; at least the swimsuits worn by Amelia and Irina were of this style.

In the past, they never felt anything wrong with such swimsuits, until today, or rather, until ten minutes ago when Irina and Amelia came out of the changing room together and ran straight into Princess Lei Lei Qianya and Dorothy, who were walking arm-in-arm; only then did they realize what "swimsuit" truly meant.

The young ladies talked to each other on the surface, but in reality, they frequently stole glances at Princess Lei Lei Qianya and Dorothy, who were chatting and laughing not far away. The writer and the princess used very little fabric for their swimsuits, and the coverage area was equally pitifully small, belonging to the type absolutely not meant to be worn outside.

But this did not prevent Irina and Amelia from feeling that their swimsuits were quite avant-garde; although the design was bold, it best highlighted the "advantages" and style belonging to the young ladies. They looked like simple underwear, but neither the material nor the trim was at all like underwear.

This was a wonderful outfit that transcended the aesthetics of this era.

Comparing this with what they themselves were wearing, Irina and Amelia rarely experienced a sense of "clothing inferiority."

And besides Princess Lei Lei Qianya and Dorothy, the Great Witches' attire was also of a similar style; a small portion of the other young ladies were also this bold, but most still tended toward conservatism, simply wearing the robes worn for soaking in hot springs.

"I'm here!"

At this moment, Agelina's voice came, and then they saw the little princess in a red swimsuit jump straight into the pool.

Princess Lei Lei Qianya glanced over this way and did not scold her sister on this celebratory day. When the red-haired Agelina surfaced from the water with a smile, Amelia pointed at her with the look of someone looking at a traitor:

"The clothes on your body..."

The little princess's face turned red; she glanced sideways at Xia De on the shore, who was focused on playing cards, observing whether he was looking over:

"It's very bold, right? The fabric is a bit too little, but it's really beautiful! I tried on several pieces before choosing this one... What are you wearing?"

"Where did these clothes come from?"

These clothes were naturally designed by the Young Lady tailors under Sylvia, who drew inspiration from Xia De's "Minor Lock: Cinderella" changing room.

Yesterday, the Spatial Great Witch delivered these novel swimsuits to the ship, but neither Amelia nor Irina received the news, so they appeared here "wearing something old-fashioned."

After getting the news from Agelina, the two dragged the water-loving Agelina to the changing room, and shortly after, they returned, all changed into swimsuits that used very little fabric but were very beautiful.

Wearing such clothes was a novel experience; the three gathered in the corner of the pool and talked quietly, and Agelina asked the pointy-eared little elf:

"How is it? 【Miracle】 【Germination】 plus the gift bestowed by Fate, is there an effect?"

Both rings came from Stella, and the so-called "gift bestowed by Fate" was the reward Amelia received after completing the entire story of Fate as the Chosen One. This gift was a unique power; Amelia could, according to her own will, transform this power of Fate into corresponding thaumaturgy.

Although the thaumaturgy could not be very strong, this gift was also quite precious.

Thus, the three portions of the power of Fate were combined, all used by Amelia on "Reviving the World Tree."

Currently, there are two World Trees in the material world, one dead and one alive; the living one is the small sapling in the Crystal Throne, but that is not their goal; the dead ones are the 【Yggdrasil Staff】 in Xia De's hand and the 【Staff】 preserved by Amelia in her soul. The three portions of power have now been given to the split form of the staff in Xia De's hand, so Irina and the little princess are asking about the situation.

Amelia nodded very confidently:

"The power of Fate is very useful! That sudden burst of vitality even made flowers bloom on my head; Nanny Kishara even suspected that I lost some control while practicing thaumaturgy.

In the staff now merged with my Fate Ring, a trace of vitality has already appeared. No, no, the tree has not revived yet, but being able to preserve that trace of life is already quite incredible. The power of Time will continue to nurture that branch; later, we will think of some methods, and I believe it will definitely revive."

Irina and Agelina both smiled; then the red-haired little princess suddenly scooped up a handful of water and splashed it at Irina. Irina asked in surprise:

"What are you doing?"

"Now is the time for fun; if we keep gathering here talking, others will suspect something."

"Oh, Agelina, Amelia, I won't be so childish as to play a water fight... You two are too much. Watch this! Don't run! I am very good at swimming!"

The young ladies in the pool splashed water at each other, laughing; the spray looked like it was about to splash onto Mia, who was lying at Xia De's feet, but it landed just short, less than one centimeter away from the cat.

Today was a day of play celebrating the victory of the great battle; no one would say they were too noisy. Except for a small number of maids, everyone on the ship was enjoying this rare opportunity to relax.

Meals constantly sent out from the kitchen filled every corner; young ladies in various swimsuits walked around, chatting and laughing.

The weather was good, and people's moods were good too. Luvia and Bella were competing in fishing on the deck, but Hilis won the championship. Everyone said Hilis could talk to fish and was cheating, while the Great Witch of Light repeatedly declared she did not possess such a strange ability.

Vanessa, holding Hilis's arm and wearing a fashionable swimsuit, wanted Flora to paint an oil painting of them for her collection. The Young Lady artist naturally did not want to work while everyone else was playing, but she made another request:

"If you don't wear swimsuits, I might consider it."

After all, she was famous for painting such "nude" works.

As soon as Karina and Miss Miss Difa appeared in the hot spring cabin, they attracted all eyes.

The Duchess initially thought everyone was attracted by her beautiful clothes, but later she heard Rita, who was also soaking in the hot spring, whispering to Stella that Miss Difa's figure was exaggerated, and Sylvia even came over proactively, wanting to discuss with Miss Difa whether her maid-style swimsuit felt comfortable to wear.

Thus, the Duchess knew exactly what was attracting the attention.

Grandmother Cassandra had been in the banquet hall the whole time, accompanied by Claire and Megan. The two younger Great Witches had not changed into swimsuits; instead, they were conversing with Grandmother Cassandra about future plans and methods to deal with Adele, who was gradually approaching the truth.

And Xia De, of course, did not play cards all afternoon; after playing with Miss Bell for a while, he lent his deck to the excited young ladies, then went to various parts of the ship to talk with the witches; before dinner, he could move freely like this.

So Xia De first went to the deck, chatting with Luvia about the broken sword of the Calamity Ritual while watching the young ladies fish. When Hilis and Bella argued over whether she talked to fish, Luvia gave a signal, and Xia De pulled Hilis aside.

Then he took Hilis and randomly found a room to enter; the witch with brown, wavy hair reached out her hand, signaling Xia De to hug her. And when Xia De really hugged her, Hilis extended her hand downward—

Just as she had done back then in Coldwater Port.