Chapter 3901: Meeting Miss Feilian Again

The learning ritual for the "Bubble Curse" was easy to set up. Before heading to the Scholar City to meet the witch, Xia De completed the ritual at home and mastered this peculiar power. However, he didn't have the corresponding Spirit Rune, so what he learned was just an incantation.

The "Bubble Pod" tasted like strange glue when chewed, but after Xia De tried opening his mouth, bubbles were indeed blown out. These were just ordinary air bubbles, and then Xia De cast an incantation to imbue them with power, manipulating the bubble to fall onto the fountain pen on the study desk. The bubble successfully wrapped around the pen and flew up.

The bubble could follow Xia De's movement automatically or fly to different places according to his control. And the power of this incantation was limited to this.

"Although the basic incantation 'Move Object' can achieve a similar effect, I still feel this Bubble Curse is very interesting."

Xia De thought to himself, then continued to chew the pods in his mouth, blew out a larger bubble, and manipulated it to fly toward the cat:

"Little Mia, don't resist."

He instructed, and the cat, which had raised its paws, stood obediently on the desk without moving. The bubble flew toward it and successfully wrapped the cat inside. As Xia De frowned and controlled it, the bubble carried Little Mia slowly into the air and came before Xia De.

Xia De walked forward, and the bubble followed; Xia De walked backward, and the bubble retreated together.

But soon, Little Mia poked it with her paw, and the bubble burst, so the cat landed steadily on Xia De's shoulder. Even a bubble cast with an incantation couldn't withstand Little Mia's claws, but for Xia De, this incantation was already very satisfactory.

"Gina said her bubbles could even carry a restless baby dragon... Sure enough, even for relatively simple incantations and magic, the effects in different people's hands are different. Gina took the most basic Bubble Curse as the core and researched her own bubble-casting system. It's truly amazing."

Successfully learning an interesting power put Xia De in a very good mood. So when he appeared in the sunny lower city of Arcadia, he felt that he would have a very pleasant day ahead.

After leaving the dusty Blue Ink Library, Xia De caught a carriage at the intersection of Ivy Street and headed directly to the "Fragrant Mansion" in the upper city.

As long as you don't look at the outer city below the mountain, the Scholar City is truly thriving this spring. Because of the existence of those schools in the upper city and the large number of scholars attracted by the Candlekeep Library, the average age of the permanent residents of this city is relatively low, so it looks completely different from the city of Tobesk.

The meeting time agreed upon with Miss Feilian was ten o'clock in the morning. Because he was delayed at home, it was already 9:58 when Xia De arrived at the entrance of the Fragrant Mansion. The coachman had done his best under Xia De's urging, and Xia De even paid an extra tip when paying the fare.

【Don't look up.】

"She" gently reminded Xia De as he accepted the coachman's thanks.

Xia De was secretly alert:

"What's wrong? Is there a situation?"

【The witch is watching you from the second floor, at the balcony railing of the study you were in yesterday.】

Xia De kept a straight face to avoid showing any strange expressions. As he said goodbye to the coachman and walked toward the entrance of the Fragrant Mansion, the mansion's gate happened to open at this moment, and then Miss Eve McDonald, with beautiful rose-gold long hair, walked out.

The tall girl was startled to see Xia De walking toward the gate just as the carriage was leaving. She took out her pocket watch to confirm the time before smiling and saying:

"Mr. Watson, it is now 9:59. You are very punctual. I appreciate people who can arrive within five minutes before the agreed time."

Compared to the polite smile from yesterday, her smile now was clearly from the heart. Xia De remembered that when the witch introduced this girl yesterday, she said she was "very rigorous." Now it seems that compared to the witch's unpredictability, at least he felt familiar with the personality of her student.

Because he was that kind of person too.

According to the witch's statement and Miss McDonald's attire when she appeared yesterday, she seemed to still be a student. Xia De was curious why she didn't go to school or the laboratory today since it was Thursday, but then realized that she might have been specifically kept behind by the witch.

She led Xia De through the foyer and dining room, then entered the circular corridor from the door on the left side of the dining room, and finally brought Xia De to the second-floor study he had visited yesterday.

Along the way, the maids cleaning or doing other work in the mansion would greet this young girl. It seemed that Feilian truly treated her as her student.

Just a moment ago, the witch was clearly still on the balcony, but when the maid at the study door opened it, Xia De clearly saw her sitting on the sofa holding a teacup, with a newspaper in her hand, as if she had been there all along.

"Teacher, Mr. Watson is here."

Miss McDonald said, and then did not stay. However, she didn't stop participating in the following conversation, because soon she returned to the room with maids pushing a dining cart, supervised the maids in placing tea, fruit, and snacks on the table, and finally stood silently behind the sofa where the witch was, like a statue without saying a word.

"Eve is not, cough, cough, cough, she is not particularly good at socializing with strangers."

Feilian explained this. She was wearing a sky-blue long dress today, and her hair was clearly specially tidied up, gathered into a very elegant bun. She was wearing light makeup, but not for beauty, just to slightly cover her somewhat pale face.

Probably to make the makeup look more natural, she didn't wear glasses today. She must have used some means to temporarily restore her eyes to normal. The fragility was indeed not as obvious as yesterday, but in Xia De's eyes, she was still a sickly beauty.

Seeing her coughing, Xia De frowned and asked:

"Did you not use the blood brew I left behind?"

The witch covered her mouth with a handkerchief and shook her head slightly:

"I used some. After dripping it into the magic potion soup prepared for me by the Speaker and drinking it before going to bed at night, I slept very well all night. But after all, it was prepared with your blood, so I still hope to use it only when I need it."

Xia De then said:

"I don't want you to drink blood all the time, I just hope your daily life can be a little easier. You should still carry the blood brew with you and use it daily. I will leave some more before I leave this time. It's just a few dozen drops of blood; I can recover after breathing a few times. Feilian, I'm not being polite with you, I really think so."

The witch showed a mournful expression, as if Xia De was forcing her:

"Alright then, I will use it daily—Eve, go to my bedroom and get the bottle, it's right on the nightstand."

"Yes, teacher."

The young girl left immediately. Only then was Xia De satisfied, and then he said to the witch:

"Is the girl you mentioned yesterday who was injured while investigating outsiders here now? We can go visit her now."

Although he had gone through the time key adventure last night, Xia De hadn't forgotten the reason he came at ten o'clock today.

The witch shook her head:

"She is still receiving treatment and it's not convenient for her to appear now. Let's go visit her after three o'clock in the afternoon. However, I have good news here."

Xia De also smiled and said:

"What a coincidence, I have good news too. After I left yesterday, I talked to a friend who had studied at the Church of Creation about 'Congenital Relic Disease'. The other party said that during the Fourth Era, there were quite a few people in your situation, and people at that time had studied treatment plans for this type of illness."

He said and took out the treatment plan given by Old Mrs. Gustav. Of course, he had already translated the content into the current language:

"That friend said she couldn't completely cure your illness, but this method should be able to slow down the condition."

Feilian reached out and took the few pages Xia De handed over, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed a few times, then placed the pages on her lap and began to read them carefully. She had been ill for so long that she had her own insights into treatment, so she completely understood the ancient methods Xia De provided.

When Miss McDonald returned with the perfume bottle containing the blood brew, the witch shifted her gaze back to Xia De:

"The knowledge recorded here, cough, cough, cough, is very ancient. Many descriptions of materials even use the terminology of the Fifth Era, cough, but I can tell, cough, cough..."

"Teacher, you'd better not talk for now."

The young girl dripped three drops of blood brew into the teacup and handed it to the witch. The latter carefully and elegantly took a sip of tea. Although her complexion didn't immediately improve, at least she really stopped coughing.

"Mr. Watson, I'm sorry to trouble you. This knowledge is similar to the method provided by the Speaker, but it is more ancient. I might take it to other witches in the Council to study later. Is that okay?"

"Of course."

Xia De nodded, and then asked if Feilian had any 【Youth-Preserving Leaves】. The method for slowing down the condition provided by the old witch also included this. After the War of Fate, Xia De had replenished Youth-Preserving Leaves for Luna and Emilia who participated in the war, and recently gave one leaf to Xi Wei and Margaret, so he still had one leaf left.

The witch smiled:

"I have some. That was found for me by the teacher when she was still alive, and I have always carried it with me."

Xia De nodded:

"Now is the most chaotic era in the material world, and the Council also needs you. Your physical condition is not just your own business. I heard that nearly ten witches appeared at once in that great battle on Fatumunster Island some time ago. If your body could be better, perhaps you would have gone too."

Feilian showed a bleak smile:

"They wouldn't let me participate in that kind of great battle. My colleagues in the Council mostly treat me as a proud glass vase. They don't have any malice, they just look down on me."

This was completely consistent with Miss Jia Lin Na's attitude toward her. Feilian was not unaware of others' evaluations of her, she just didn't care:

"Then, it's my turn to tell the good news. My good news is related to the three manuscripts you are looking for. However, my speed is not as fast as yours. Of the three manuscripts you are looking for, only the original manuscript of Master Newcastle's 'Wuthering Heights' in my hand can be given to you now."

She pointed to the tea table, where an exquisite rosewood box was placed. Xia De had originally thought it contained tea leaves. He opened the box and took a look; inside were well-preserved ancient manuscripts. ===== CHAPTER 3902 =====