Chapter 385: Ye Zi and Gems

"I didn't expect the fairy tale of 'The Tree's Kiss' to have this meaning, but this is bad news."

Dorothy covered her forehead, quite helpless, and then raised her head to look at the glowing rune:

"When I asked you to choose 'The Tree's Kiss' for study, it was because I hoped you could obtain a spirit rune related to 【Nature】, not the story itself. 'The Tree's Kiss' only understands its own meaning; it is indeed not specific and complex, but the problem is that this spirit rune points to a specific story. Xia De, it is very difficult for you to find a miracle corresponding to 'The Tree's Kiss'."

This was indeed a problem. Even without searching, Xia De could imagine how rare this kind of spirit rune was. He even suspected that apart from him, no one could obtain this spirit rune.

"I want to try my luck at the Black Raven Library first, and then let Princess Lei Qianya inquire through the channels of Zaras Literature Academy. After all, they are good at spells and miracles. My relationship with the librarian, Miss Danister, is also quite good, and I can also look for it from Saint Byrons."

"No, you must not ask in the Academy library; this will arouse suspicion. I will inquire; after all, I am a ring warlock mainly based on enlightenment elements."

Dorothy said, helping Xia De with ideas:

"There is probably no miracle that directly corresponds to 'The Tree's Kiss', but perhaps there are other spirit runes associated with this story that you can learn... However, our courses will have to change themes again in the future. This time, let's aim for the 【Sleep】 spirit rune. After all, you already have two runes for your second ring. 【The echo of time and space vibrates the power of sleep】, yes, the spirit runes needed for the words of sublimation also need to be arranged on the schedule."

Princess Princess Lei Qianya's low-ring words of sublimation were related to the sleeping princess, so they should be very good at this.

"Why don't I have your kind of luck, having a fateful connection with fairy tales, with every ring corresponding to a story."

The blonde girl muttered in a low voice, then tilted her head and smiled at Xia De, not knowing what she had thought of.

Compared with other things encountered yesterday, 【Tree's Kiss】 was actually not a big deal. After all, even if the spirit rune had no associated miracle, it didn't matter at all; this didn't affect Xia De's power.

Although Dorothy couldn't fully listen to Xia De tell the story of god and god, she provided the parchment bought at the opera house last time, and combined with the ink prepared with the blood of deep-sea whales, allowed Xia De to use 【Joyful Dream Pen】 as stationery to write the story down.

In this way, Dorothy could slowly interpret the story written by Xia De just like learning those obscure and twisted stories. And when Xia De wrote the last letter, he suddenly thought that perhaps those stories that carried power were also written like this initially.

He handed one 【Youth Eternal Ye Zi】 to Dorothy, and then left the 【Ring of Incarnation】 with her to tease the cat. Xia De entered the basement and set off again.

It was still raining in Lengshuigang on Monday. Compared to Tobesk, there was more rain in the summer in the port city.

It was still wet when he climbed out of the sea, but this time he didn't go to the Golden Rose Hotel. Princess Lei Qianya had already arranged a carriage, waiting for Xia De in the alley near the pier, and the carriage took him directly to the Sophia Mansion.

"Princess Lei Qianya, is it the Sixth Era now?"

This was the first sentence Xia De asked when he saw Princess Lei Qianya in the study after washing up.

"Of course, otherwise what time is it... Oh, Xia De, have you lost control?"

The princess sat behind the desk, and that reaction was exactly the same as Dorothy's. Outside was the drizzling rain, and the somewhat empty study was a bit cold.

"Of course I haven't lost control; I am perfectly fine."

Xia De shook his head.

The maid moved a chair from behind, and Xia De sat down beside the desk.

"Oh, Princess Lei Qianya, I recently thought of an interesting question. Saint Byrons is in the extreme north, the Sexes Higher Medical Academy is on the seabed, so where is the Zaras Literature Academy?"

He asked while sitting down. The reason he didn't ask Dorothy directly was because this was the princess's secret.

"The specific location certainly cannot be told to you; I have signed a confidentiality agreement. But the general location can be said: it is here."

She reached out and pointed to the sky.

"In the clouds?"

"Of course that's impossible."

"Floating city?"

"This is your guess, not something I said."

The red-haired girl showed a smile.

Xia De knew the answer, so he didn't ask in detail again. Sighing in his heart about the unusual locations of the three major academies, he thought for a moment, took out the water-soaked pocket watch from his pocket. Now there were two leaves clipped inside the pocket watch. Xia De handed one to the princess. The latter naturally knew what this was, put down the teacup she had just picked up, and looked at Xia De in surprise:

"I heard from Dorothy that you traveled through time again. But are you sure you want to lend this to me, instead of lending it to Dorothy?"

She picked up the leaf and twisted the leaf stem to make it rotate constantly before her eyes.

"I got two leaves this time. I already gave the other one to her this morning."

Xia De said, and then saw a copy of "Steam Bird Daily" placed beside the princess. It seemed that even in Lengshuigang, Princess Lei Qianya still cared about Dorothy's serialized novel.

"Already gave it to her..."

The red-haired girl muttered in a low voice and placed the leaf aside.

"Oh, there is one more gift for you. This is a gift to thank you for helping me search for the survivors of the pirate ship."

Xia De took another thing out of his pocket and placed it on the desktop. It was a ruby earring. It wasn't a fake gem from a souvenir shop; it was a real gem. The earring used pure gold to imprison that beautiful rhombus-shaped precious diamond, looking very beautiful.

This was something Xia De took out of the gift box early this morning. When he discovered it was a ruby, he was truly stunned; after all, it was just an apple last week. His first reaction was to sell it for money, but later he felt it was a pity to sell such a beautiful gem.

"This is... Oh, is this a real gem? Xia De, where did you get this? Are you sure you want to give this to me? If it were at an auction, this could sell for thousands of pounds."

Princess Lei Qianya frowned slightly; she knew Xia De's financial situation.

"This didn't cost money. I just need to help others wash a few pieces of clothing for free this week."

Xia De shook his head. He naturally understood that this was very valuable, but compared to the price Princess Lei Qianya paid to find people for him in Lengshuigang, this was nothing. Anyway, it was all obtained for free. Giving it to the princess not only thanked the other party but also stabilized the relationship between the two sides. And more importantly:

"The mermaid earring I gave last time was bought at a souvenir shop; it was just a fake gem. Look, I see you are still wearing it now. This doesn't match your status at all, so I got a real gem."

He yawned; he really didn't sleep well yesterday.

Because of the yawning action, he didn't see the corners of the princess's mouth curling up.

The third step of the "Sea Return" ritual, which was the appearance of the red ocean, was expected to occur on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. Although this was not summoning an evil god, but merely a ritual to submerge the city, Xia De was still worried about Princess Lei Qianya's safety, which was why he lent the leaf to her.

And in the half-week time that Xia De returned to Tobesk and struggled for 15 credits in the city, many things happened here.

Through the information obtained at the fish-man stronghold in Keizer Lane, the church launched a search throughout the city and gradually realized that the evil god's kin, who had existed in the shadows of the city since the establishment of Lengshuigang, had long ago unknowingly infiltrated every aspect of this city.

Even though the church was determined to eradicate them, the situation was still not optimistic. Because the number of fish-men was truly too large, not just a few scattered ones, but they were hidden in Lengshuigang in large numbers. ===== CHAPTER 386 =====