Chapter 3854

Ms. Helena Carter's soul had already broken free from the curse-corrupted tree that her body had turned into, in the form of a "seed" through the ritual given by the Tree Father. But just as Xia De had estimated before, the seed with the egg as the carrier could not yet be considered a true life.

But even so, the two of them were already very satisfied with the current result.

Xia De then went to make a fire and cook, and Daniste, who was holding the egg tightly and refused to let go, told Xia De about the situation in the dream last night:

"After you let your spirit resonate with the spirit in the tree, you and the curse-corrupted tree both stopped moving. Then you and that tree shone together, and all the tree's curses surged toward you, so I took the opportunity to complete the ritual. Eight dragon eggs in total, and only this one succeeded in the end.

After you absorbed the curse, the curse-corrupted tree eventually shrank to a height of twenty meters and lost its ability to move, directly taking root on the spot. And your body returned to its original state and fell from the sky, so I hurriedly caught you."

Daniste sat by the fire, gently stroking the shell of the giant egg:

"I don't know what happened after that. When my consciousness returned to sobriety, I sat up directly from the tent, and you know everything that happened after that."

After she finished speaking, she asked Xia De worriedly:

"So, you broke the teacher's soul free by absorbing the curse of the curse-corrupted tree, right? Although I don't feel any traces of a curse on you now, are you really okay?"

"Of course I'm okay, it's not the first time I've absorbed a time curse."

Xia De said while teasing the cat that was drinking goat milk. "She" in his ear had already given the answer just now:

【Outsider, the shadow of the Old God - Father of the Infinite Tree helped you reduce the time curse.】

【The opening time of the Time Key is postponed by one month.】

It was the same as before, so Xia De was not surprised, he picked up his soup bowl:

"Daniste, don't keep holding that egg, eat breakfast first. I'm more concerned now about what the situation is with that dream world? Can we go in again? Last night only solved the tree's problem, I still want to go into the tower to see, maybe we can find the door to the 【Silver Moon Library】."

The tree root that appeared with the egg should be the 【Root of the Teacher, Curse-Corrupted Remains】 needed for the "Newborn Ritual" of the transformation core spirit rune, but there were actually two other materials that Xia De knew through the "Falling Ritual":

"How about entering again tonight?"

Daniste shook her head, still refusing to put down the egg:

"I had a feeling when I woke up just now that no one will be able to enter there for a short time. Our actions greatly disrupted the order of that world under the moon, and it is now completely sealed."

"I see... then when will we be able to enter again?"

Although the biggest goal had been achieved, there were still many things involved with that high tower. And the fact that the curse-corrupted tree absorbed curses directly from that world also made Xia De quite concerned.

He had some guesses about the purpose of this Moon Tower, but everything would have to wait until he entered again to be certain.

The sorceress shook her head:

"I don't know. But isn't there someone here who understands that world?"

She showed a loving expression and continued to hold the egg in her arms. Xia De understood what she meant:

"When Ms. Carter recovers, we can ask her... can you put the egg down and eat breakfast first?"

"No~ I finally got the teacher back, I won't let go!"

So Xia De hurriedly finished his breakfast, and then forcefully snatched the egg away. Daniste looked at him with a reproachful look, and only after confirming that Xia De would not return the egg to her did she reluctantly eat breakfast.

"How should this egg, or rather this seed, be hatched?"

Xia De then continued to ask new questions. The knowledge given to him by the Tree Father after the Time War only involved how to make the curse-corrupted tree bear seeds containing souls, and did not involve subsequent steps.

Theoretically, Ms. Helena Carter had indeed achieved a rebirth at this time, and it could be said that she had "resurrected." But obviously, whether it was her student or her student's student, what they wanted to see was not an egg.

The soul was silent in the egg at this moment, not responding to any situation in the outside world. Xia De thought that what they needed to find should be some method of hatching eggs, but unfortunately, the cats and unicorns he knew were not oviparous creatures.

"Chocobos seem to be oviparous; I don't know if Ms. Eilesser, who also contains 'dragon' components, will hatch eggs."

"I still need to study the matter of hatching the egg after I return to the Academy."

Daniste said, and looked at the egg held by Xia De again:

"Although what we did last night cannot be strictly called 'creating life,' it's close enough. It's just that neither you nor I are true gods after all. What we obtained relying on the knowledge given by the Tree Father, although it looks like an egg on the outside, is actually still considered a seed."

And only when the seed continues to sprout can it be considered the birth of life in the true sense. No one would think that a handful of beans or a handful of sunflower seeds is life."

Xia De understood:

"So if we want to hatch the egg, we still need to find a means to create life?"

"Something like that, but it's much easier than creating life out of thin air. Leave this matter to me, the Academy will provide help."

She ate breakfast with joy and relief, while looking at the egg and Xia De:

"The current situation is already much better than I thought. I didn't witness the departure of life at the end of my search for the teacher, but saw the beginning of a new life."

Since Daniste herself was very confident, Xia De didn't worry anymore, and he thought of other things:

"When the seed sprouts and the egg is hatched, will the life that comes out still have its original memories?"

"It should have, after all, you extracted most of the curse for her. Even if the soul is still traumatized by the predicament of the past few decades and the remaining curse, it would only be losing some memories."

Xia De nodded:

"Then will the life hatched at that time be in its original appearance, or in the appearance of a small child commensurate with the size of this egg?"

Daniste thought about the possible young appearance of her teacher, and immediately showed a smile:

"The appearance of a little one is more likely. After all, even if a seed containing hope sprouts, it won't immediately grow into a towering tree... I don't know if the teacher's power will decline at that time. If it really declines, it would be good for the teacher to re-enroll in school like Ellie and the others."

"Be careful that she can hear you now."

Xia De warned, but the red-haired sorceress didn't care. She tilted her head and looked at the egg, thinking about many, many things in the future.

The appearance of this egg was too different from the dragon eggs the two of them brought originally, so Xia De and Daniste were not sure what the original bloodline of this egg was. After all, the original bloodline of the egg would also affect the life "hatched."

However, the original fossils didn't have much power after all. Now that they were inhabited by a soul carrying power, combined with the joint action of the power of the silver moon, time, and the tree, Xia De highly suspected that what hatched from this egg in the end might not be a dragon, at least not a pure dragon.

Of course, Daniste didn't mind if her teacher had extra dragon bloodline. As for the bloodline problem of this egg now, she planned to wait until she returned to St. Byrons to check it carefully. If it really didn't work, she could ask the dragons on Dragon Island for help.

"Let's temporarily call this egg the 'Moon Egg', hoping it hatches soon."

The world where the Moon Tower was located could not be entered for the time being, so after eating breakfast, the two of them did not continue to stay locally. This adventure was considered to have ended smoothly.

The camp and tent were packed up, and then Daniste used illusion to cover up the tower in the real world that had been restored by the reversed time. Although it could be done to knock it down again, neither Xia De nor Daniste wanted to do so.

There was no need for a long-distance trip when going back. Before Xia De left home, he had already fixed his blessing to 【Innocent Creator】 at the 【Holy White Hall】, so he could temporarily turn the cat and Daniste into toys, and then throw the crystal shoes to take them and the egg directly home.

It was just that when packing his luggage, Xia De thought of another thing:

"Speaking of which, the Kalas town at the foot of the mountain is the only large-scale human settlement nearby, right?"

"Yes, there might be another village in the mountains nearby, but they are all very remote."

Xia De hesitated for a moment:

"Since there is nothing to do now, I want to go to the town again before leaving, there are some things that need to be confirmed."

"No problem, but what do you want to do?"

Xia De did not hide his intentions:

"I have mentioned the true identity of my uncle Sparrow Hamilton to you. He is the ace agent 'Gray Hawk' of Karsinrik."

"Last year, that is, in the summer of 1854 when I was in Moon Bay, I accidentally discovered a safe house that Detective Sparrow had used, and found the photos and notebooks he had burned in it. Those landscape photos were taken at Mount Kalas, and the notebook recorded that Detective Sparrow would meet with agent 'Big-Mouthed Sparrow' at Mount Kalas periodically every year to exchange information (2237, 2242, 2257)."

Daniste was a little puzzled:

"Your detective agent uncle has also been here? How come it feels like so many people have been to Mount Kalas around you?"

"I want to know the answer to this question too. In any case, since the Kalas town at the foot of the mountain is the only town nearby with a train, then if Detective Sparrow and Big-Mouthed Sparrow really came here to meet periodically, I think they probably stayed in the town."

Xia De frowned and recalled:

"Judging from the seasons of those landscape photos, they should have been taken in the spring."

"Do you think Big-Mouthed Sparrow will come this year?"