Chapter 3844: God-Awakener's Academy Trip

"Yes, flesh and blood."

Xia De, looking at the ceiling, thought to himself. He had always focused more on the soul-level problems of Dorothy and Leisia, and whether it was the power of Grace and Helen or the "Red Butterfly Cards," the power given to them was mostly reflected at the soul level.

This was not Xia De's negligence, but the special nature of Dorothy and Leisia was also more reflected at the soul level. Although their bodies would also feel pain due to excessive proximity, apart from that, there were no other abnormalities.

"Then, are there really no other hidden dangers in the two bodies corresponding to the souls that can attract each other and eventually merge into one?"

This was the worry that suddenly arose in Xia De's mind on this calm night. He knew that perhaps he was thinking too much, but since he had worries, he could find a way to solve them if there was a chance later.

"Research on flesh and blood seems to be more professional in the 【Blood Spirit School】... I don't know if the rebirth of the 'Blood Weeper' Hermons has been completed."

Xia De thought to himself, feeling the even breathing of Dorothy and Leisia, and fell into a dream. However, perhaps because he thought too much before going to bed, he dreamed of some strange things in his dream that night.

First, Galina appeared with a big belly, then Leisia pulled out the pillow under her clothes and stuffed it into her own clothes; then Ellie in the form of a unicorn was hatching eggs in the nest of a chocobo, but what crawled out of the eggshell was Little Mia; finally, the moon shattered like an eggshell, and what appeared in it...

"Oh!"

Xia De woke up suddenly in the dark night. Leisia, who noticed that he had a nightmare, kissed him with her eyes closed. Then, accompanied by the two girls, Xia De fell into a deep sleep again. When he woke up, although he still remembered that absurd dream, he couldn't remember what appeared after the moon shattered.

Early Friday morning, after breakfast, Xia De entrusted Dorothy to help take care of Little Mia, and then he set off for St. Byrons.

Danister was waiting for Xia De in the library early, but the elf and the unicorn were not here. After seeing Xia De, Danister hurriedly took his hand and walked out.

"The weather is bad today, it's snowing heavily outside the Academy. You should endure it in the ice sheet for a while, don't appear immediately."

If it were just snowy weather, Danister certainly wouldn't say that. The location of St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy is the Jibei Ice Sheet. The low temperature and harsh weather here are definitely not just caused by natural factors. Ordinary people cannot survive here even if they wear the thickest clothes.

Even low-ring sorcerers cannot move outside the area where the Academy is located. Although Xia De doesn't know if this is the legacy of the "Eternal Night City" of that year or if the northern end of the world is like this, it is indeed his first time leaving the area where St. Byrons is located.

The permanent light curtain known as the "Jibei Shelter" acts as a barrier on the outskirts of the Academy city, isolating all material and non-material exchanges and communication between the Academy and the outside world.

And when Danister took Xia De through the teleportation array to the outermost edge of the Academy, Xia De saw the barrier with his own eyes.

The location at this moment is the end of the Academy's "Elf Forest." The Elf Forest occupies a quarter of the entire Academy's area. Not only do elves live here, but various alien communities that like the forest environment also live here, and even rare werewolf populations live here—Emilia was scared by her elders with werewolf stories when she was a child.

The light curtain can only be seen up close, and the teleportation array the two walked out of can only be used by those with "Professor" level permission or higher. After walking out of the teleportation array and stepping on the snow for ten minutes, they arrived at the end of the forest. The light curtain is almost completely transparent, and you can see the wind and snow outside, the boundless snowfield, and the looming glaciers.

"The strength of this light curtain is difficult to break even for a Thirteenth-Ring sorcerer. Someone has studied the origin of this light curtain, but it is currently only believed that this is definitely not just the power of a witch."

Danister said while sticking her hand on the light curtain, and did not forget to continue to explain:

"There are rituals arranged by successive principals and librarians on the edge of the Academy. Those below the Eighth Ring who approach the edge will only lose their way and will never reach the bottom of the real light curtain. Although those above the Eighth Ring can walk to the light curtain, only I and Principal Pigman can directly open this curtain wall. Others who want to leave the Academy without permission can only pass through regular entrances and exits."

"Wait half a minute, opening this curtain wall takes time."

Xia De asked curiously:

"How many regular entrances and exits does the Academy have in total?"

"Ten. There is one in each of the eight directions. Level 4 of the library has a secret passage that leads to the outside. Although it is a secret passage, it does not require any identity verification, so it is also considered a regular entrance and exit."

"But isn't this only nine?"

"There is also an entrance and exit that belongs to the Academy legend. Successive students have circulated that the Academy has a tenth exit, but only a very small number of students can find it. I once suspected that the passage where Emilia ran to Randall Valley was the tenth door, but later I heard about its origin from you, so I think it shouldn't be."

"The tenth door is not just a legend, it should be real, but the information about the tenth door cannot be recorded in any way. It is said that this is related to the first principal... Okay, let's go."

A gap one person wide appeared on the transparent light curtain, and Danister took Xia De's hand and passed through it.

"The Academy has other legends... Oh!"

The two officially arrived in the outside world. The extreme cold that came in an instant made Xia De shiver, but this cold could still be endured:

"Okay, I admit that the environment here is indeed special."

Looking back now, the huge Academy city could not be seen, only the magnificent scenery of the Jibei Ice Sheet.

Danister continued to explain:

"You can't see St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy from the outside. Don't look at how you always come and go, but in fact, it is not so easy to go to the Academy. Students like Emilia who run away from school may not appear once in a few hundred years."

She tightened the red scarf she had just tied:

"However, although it is very cold, the spatial order here is normal. Xia De, you perceive the space and detour toward the three o'clock direction. Did you bring the invitation letter I gave you last time?"

"Brought it."

"That's good, fly normally. You should be able to see the main gate of the Academy in about ten minutes. Remember to hold the invitation letter. Without this, you can't see the main gate of the Academy."

After she finished speaking, she kissed Xia De on the side of his face, and after confirming that there was no obvious kiss mark, she waved her hand:

"Give me half an hour to meet the principal and the others at the main gate, and then you appear."

"No problem, you go back quickly, see you in a while~"

"See you in a while~"

Danister turned and disappeared into the gap in the barrier that Xia De couldn't see. Xia De stood in the snow, opened his arms to the ice sheet, and took a deep breath:

"The scenery here is indeed very beautiful... Guess, are the other parts of the 'Eternal Night City' of that year still here?"

【It's hard to say.】

"Yeah, it's hard to say."

He tidied up his mood and flew in the direction pointed out by Danister.

The scenery of the Jibei snowfield in the heavy snow is quite magnificent. Xia De flew at a position fifty meters from the ground, and could take in all the scenery here.

The snowfield under his feet was not monotonous pure white, but like being covered with a layer of frost crystals like broken diamonds. When the sunlight penetrated the flying snow all over the sky, it made the snowfield look like it was shining.

The continuous ice peaks in the distance were like giant Little Mia lying down and taking a leisurely nap. The thick snow on the peaks that had not melted for thousands of years reminded Xia De of his magnificent adventure on the Fatumunster Snow Mountain.

The horizon in the distance was blurred into a soft arc by the snow fog. Only white and blue tones remained between heaven and earth, pure as if it did not contain a trace of impurities. And the whistling sound of the wind passing through the ice peaks and frost forests, as well as the crisp sound of ice crystals colliding, intertwined into a unique quiet movement of the Jibei snowfield.

If someone could sing loudly with a rough voice at this moment, Xia De would probably stop and listen patiently before leaving. It's a pity that this is already an area that ordinary people cannot set foot in in a practical sense. Even the Jibei tribes living on this ice sheet only wander in the further south.

But it is really beautiful here.

Xia De did not get lost, and approached the location of the Academy's main gate ten minutes later. At this moment, there were still more than twenty minutes before the agreed arrival time, so he was not in a hurry to approach.

And what he saw in the distance was only a magnificent gate standing in the snowfield. The gate was at least twenty meters high, and although it was made of metal, it did not look luxurious at all. However, this was no longer the original gate of the Academy. It was a gate recast by the dwarves living in the Academy after a great war in the early Sixth Era.

As for what kind of great war would damage the original gate of the Academy, and what kind of power attacked the Academy, these materials had long been lost in the chaos of the era transition along with more other materials.

The silver cat looked at the scenery on the ice sheet, and only after the time was up did it turn back into a human and walk toward the Academy gate. And at this time, the crowd coming to welcome Xia De, which extended from the opened gate, had also arrived.

The number of people in front of the red carpet was not large. Besides the Principal and Danister, there were only professor representatives of major majors and a few high-ring sorcerers who had seen Xia De during major events.

St. Byrons had also considered using a grand ceremony to welcome the "God-Awakener," but this was rejected by Xia De. He didn't want too many people to know his identity as a school board member, and he didn't want to make things more troublesome. After all, no matter how much time was left today, it was his date time with Danister.

"God-Awakener, good morning, welcome to St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy."

Principal Professor Pigman walked out first and reached out to Xia De.

Although the Outlander had never thought that his first time arriving at the Academy gate would be in this situation, he also reached out and shook hands with Principal Pigman:

"Good morning, Professor Pigman, Professor Danister, and other professors whose names I can't call out, the scenery of the Jibei is really beautiful."

The group did not continue to exchange pleasantries at the gate. After a few simple conversations, Xia De was invited to officially enter the Academy. And at this moment, looking at the huge gate standing alone in the snowfield from the outside, what was seen in the opened door gap was not the inside of the Academy, nor the ice sheet scenery behind the door, but it was filled with thick white fog.

However, fortunately, the white fog was just a means to block the transmission of internal and external information, and there was no feeling of spatial abnormality when passing through the white fog.

And when the white fog dissipated, what Xia De saw were rows of houses arranged under the sky with light snow, and on the huge hill at the end of the field of vision, the magnificent Academy castle of St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy stood quietly. ===== CHAPTER 3845 =====