Chapter 3929
Xia De's deepest memory of people turning into animals in fairy tales is actually the story of the Frog Prince, but he knew that neither Duo Luoqian nor Princess Lei Qianya liked frogs, so Xia De didn't mention it.
The story of "The Scarlet Fraud" is not long, and in the understanding of Duo Luoqian and Princess Lei Qianya, it can be divided into two parts, namely the "animal part" and the "human part."
Although the human part of the story only appears in the final reversal stage, even if extracted separately, it becomes "robbers forcing travelers to help them divide treasures, only to be teased by clever travelers and kill each other, and finally the travelers go far away with the treasures," which is also a very good story.
As for the animal part of the story, its layers are also quite rich.
All four animals thought they should get more pine cones and gave up humility and unity. The suggestion of "one person divides, three people choose" given by the owl reflects wisdom and checks and balances. The fox using hair to act as pine cones is a manifestation of losing honesty. Afterwards, the three animals were angry and pulled out all the hair on the fox's body, which proved that playing little tricks has to pay a price.
This story is a local fairy tale of this world. Although it doesn't have too deep a meaning, in Xia De's view, it is more suitable as an enlightenment story for children to understand the world than most stories.
Of course, the premise is that what the fox used to impersonate pine cones in the story was fox hair, not its flesh and blood.
Today was a bit rushed, so Duo Luoqian only showed her transformation magic and then discussed the story with Xia De from the perspective of literary creation.
She and Princess Lei Qianya planned to lead Xia De to learn this fairy tale in depth starting next week, trace its origin, analyze its versions, until Xia De also turns this story into his own brand-new power.
"I am curious about one thing."
Xia De asked during the learning gap:
"You and Princess Lei Qianya can use most of the Arcane Arts mastered by each other, so transformation magic, can you also use it crosswise? Princess Lei Qianya learned to turn into a squirrel, so Duo Luoqian, can you turn into a squirrel?"
The answer given by the writer lady was unexpected:
"Originally it was not possible; we guessed that this is because transformation magic is more related to the power of the flesh. But after the Red Butterfly Day this Monday, we found that we can use each other's transformation forms at will..."
She saw the change in Xia De's expression and comforted him:
"This is actually nothing. Princess Lei Qianya and I guessed that this is because when we are in direct contact, our souls are connected, which makes the power information recorded in our souls exchanged with each other, and the transformation skills of the flesh are also shared in this process. Megan and Audrey's situation is much more excessive than ours; Princess Lei Qianya and I are actually in a very good state at present."
Xia De pursed his lips:
"Grace and Helen's power actually solves more of your soul-level problems. The problems you have shown all along are just that your souls have a trend of fusion. The fate that I can foresee that the world originally bestowed upon you is just that your souls merge into one and become one person."
"But if you really move towards such a future, what will happen to your bodies?"
Duo Luoqian smiled:
"Xia De, so you were worried about this. Please rest assured, Princess Lei Qianya and I both have a premonition about this. If we move towards such a future, we will choose one person's body to exist, and the other body will become an empty shell, rather than even the bodies becoming one."
"So don't worry, there is no problem with our two bodies; the current situation is just a manifestation of the soul inversely affecting the body. We are fine, no need to worry."
Not only does Xia De care very much about the emotions of the girls around him, but the girls also take care of Xia De's thoughts just as much.
Duo Luoqian and Princess Lei Qianya both saw Xia De's worries, so at midnight, Princess Lei Qianya even specially used "Miracle Ink" to rewrite the snake skin to spend the special time together during the Red Butterfly Day cycle.
However, she didn't really come over; that was at 11 o'clock at night. Because there was thick fog in Tobesk tonight, Xia De rarely just pulled the curtain facing the head of the bed, and the other curtain remained open.
Very hazy moonlight passed through the thick fog outside the window and sprinkled on Little Mia, who was curled up in the cat nest on the windowsill.
As for the bed in the bedroom, Duo Luoqian, who was held in Xia De's arms, took a long while to reopen her emerald eyes that seemed to have water mist. Her heartbeat was gradually returning to calm, but her golden hair was still stuck to the side of her cheeks by sweat.
"A bit hot~"
The girl acted like a spoiled child and then asked Xia De:
"Let Princess Lei Qianya come over; she said she has no problem on her side."
Xia De thought Duo Luoqian wanted to swap places with Princess Lei Qianya:
"Let me hold you for a while longer. Duo Luoqian, you can't be like this, satisfied yourself and ignore my feelings, leaving me behind to rest by yourself."
He said this with a smile, and Duo Luoqian, whose expression still carried charm, also laughed:
"Of course I am not that kind of girl; I won't leave, I can't bear to. Just let Princess Lei Qianya come over, you see."
She reached out to the doorway, and Xia De sat up holding her.
Dark golden light appeared in Duo Luoqian's palm, and then a dark golden cube emerged. The small cube rotated rapidly in her hand, and then with the chaos of space, colorful blocks were constantly filled in the space on the side of the bedroom near the door.
The entire bedroom was divided into two. The normal part was the inner side near the window where the bed was located, and the outer side was gradually blurred in the filling of the blocks. But as the dark golden cube in Duo Luoqian's hand stopped rotating, that part of the room gradually became clear again.
It's just that the half of the bedroom that became clear was no longer its original appearance; it became a gorgeously decorated princess bedroom that did not belong to this house.
Princess Lei Qianya's bedroom, where Xia De had stayed many times, was also divided into two. At this time, it was spliced together with Xia De's bedroom. And although Princess Lei Qianya's bedroom was also not lit at this moment, red candles of different heights and sizes were placed on the floor, bedside tables, and tables.
In the light of those ambiguous red candles, the princess, wearing a light nightgown, was lying on her side on the bed looking at Xia De with a smile.
It is worth mentioning that because of the space division, Princess Lei Qianya's princess bed was "cut" by one-third of its area. And in the brand-new room after splicing, her position at this moment was actually very close to Xia De and Duo Luoqian.
In the candlelight, Princess Lei Qianya's face became more seductive than ever. She had a kind of just-right laziness, and in those eyes looking at Xia De, there was also wateriness similar to Duo Luoqian's.
And for some reason, clearly without applying other makeup, she happened to apply lipstick.
The red-haired princess said nothing, smiled charmingly, and hooked her finger at Xia De.
Duo Luoqian noticed Xia De's physical reaction with satisfaction. Xia De asked in disbelief:
"Space cutting and space splicing? You learned this?"
When the outsider first came to this world and became a ring mage, Professor Garcia, the vice-principal of the History Academy who projected into his home, once used similar means to deal with Peter the "Dwarf Rat" of the 【Mercury Blood】 who came to trouble Xia De just when the professors were visiting (Chapter 47).
Professor Garcia said at the time that this is a space Arcane Art that can only be mastered above the eleventh ring, and it requires precise space manipulation ability, stable control ability of spirit, and long-term repeated and massive practice.
When Professor Garcia showed Xia De this move back then, it fully satisfied the imagination of the outsider who had no knowledge of the supernatural world at that time. And at that time, Xia De didn't even know Iluna and Luvia, and the spatial stability of the material world was much stronger than it is now.
Now, to repeat that move of Professor Garcia back then, I am afraid it would require a level of twelve rings or above and a ritual specifically used to stabilize space. And Duo Luoqian and Princess Lei Qianya are now both ten rings, just like Xia De.
"Yes, space cutting and space splicing. We asked Sylvia for learning materials when we were on the Snowy Mountain, and we practiced repeatedly many times this month. This is also relying on the power of the Chosen One of Space and our two unique sensing talents, to be able to barely achieve the effect you see now.
However, the space that can be connected is currently limited to Princess Lei Qianya's bedroom and here, as well as Princess Lei Qianya's bedroom and my apartment; we also need time to progress."
Duo Luoqian wrapped her right arm around Xia De's neck, and she whispered in Xia De's ear:
"Your home refuses external space connections; I spent a lot of effort to make this attempt. Princess Lei Qianya's bedroom and my apartment were our previous practice places. We made many mistakes at the beginning and made my apartment a mess... What are you stunned for?"
Her left hand drew circles on Xia De's skin:
"Didn't you see Princess Lei Qianya inviting you?"
"Wait a minute, Princess Lei Qianya using such a large range of space power in the Yodel Palace, is it really okay?"
"This is also relying on the power of the Chosen One and the ritual help provided by Galina, and it must be after the dead of night."
Duo Luoqian continued to answer, and then was picked up by Xia De with a smile. Princess Lei Qianya saw Xia De cross the spatial boundary and walk towards her.
The writer lady and the princess hummed~ at the same time. The former happily wrapped her arms around Xia De's neck, while the latter smiled at Xia De, changed from lying on her side to sitting facing Xia De, and then placed her hands on the front of her nightgown, and towards the two sides...
The color blocks were filled again on the side of Xia De's bedroom near the door, and then the bedroom returned to normal, and the light from the red candles disappeared. The room returned to tranquility, leaving only the cat that had just opened one eye to close it again, wriggling its body and changing to a more comfortable position to fall asleep again.
It knew that Xia De sometimes really wouldn't sleep obediently at night, but Little Mia thought it didn't matter. After all, no matter what, Xia De would definitely come back for breakfast early the next morning.
End of Chapter
