Chapter 394

"Information on the Merman ritual? You only want this?"

In the living room on the second floor of No. 6 St. Deran Square, Miss Galina looked at Xia De with slight surprise:

"Are you sure you don't want anything else? I have always been very generous to you."

"I only want this, please be sure to collect as much information as possible."

Xia De nodded. It seemed like he was at a disadvantage, but in reality, even if there was only a one-sentence clue, he benefited more from this transaction.

"That won't do, that's not a fair trade. You have no idea how much this formula is worth to me... Come over, Xia De, come in front of me."

The witch beckoned to Xia De. Although this was Xia De's home, Galina Cavendish was clearly not being polite.

"Want to grab my hand again?"

Xia De asked suspiciously, but still put down the cat and walked over.

Mia stood there watching Xia De.

But unexpectedly, when Xia De arrived in front of her, Miss Galina suddenly stood up. The witch's height was only a little lower than Xia De's. The two stared at each other at close range for a moment, and before Xia De could react, she stood on her tiptoes, pressed her right hand on the back of Xia De's head, and kissed him lightly on the forehead.

"Oh, Miss!"

Xia De heard the exclamation of Miss Tifa Servit and heard the cat's cry on the sofa armrest. But before he could feel anything, he was let go by the witch.

Galina Cavendish's slightly flushed face carried a charming smile, and she brushed her fingers over her lips:

"This certainly doesn't compare to your formula, but I think our relationship doesn't necessarily have to be a fair trade every time."

"Yes..."

The outlander was speechless for a moment, took a step back, and looked at the witch in front of him:

"However, I hope you won't do this next time."

"You don't like a witch's kiss?"

Miss Galina asked, and Xia De shook his head:

"Please tell me in advance next time what you are going to do. I want to feel it carefully; that would be fair."

The Duchess's mouth curled into a smile, the maid at the table frowned with some dissatisfaction as she looked at Xia De, little Mia raised her head and widened her eyes as if she wanted to "roar" at the women, while Xia De looked at the red-haired witch in front of him; those eyes were very beautiful.

"Xia De, I thought you would be so blushing that you wouldn't know what to say, but I didn't expect... this is good."

The gas lamp on the wall was very bright, illuminating the three people and one cat at this moment.

Miss Galina was as good as her word. The next morning, even before Dorothy arrived at Xia De's house, the maid Miss Tifa arrived at St. Deran Square by carriage.

Counting the time from the manor outside the city to the city, she probably got up very early this morning. Xia De expressed his apologies for this and invited the black-haired maid to have a cup of tea at home before leaving. Miss Servit hesitated for a moment, took a pocket watch out of her cumbersome dress to check the time, and nodded in agreement.

She didn't just come to Xia De's for tea; she was also there to explain the things she had given him.

First was the pendant. What Xia De received from her hand was a silver circular badge strung on a rope. The badge had patterns of thorns, a lion's head, and rhododendrons.

This pattern looked very familiar. Xia De thought for a while before remembering that this was the coat of arms of "Duchess of Saladir," Galina Cavendish. The thorns were the decorative pattern she had chosen herself, the lion was an element taken from the royal family crest, representing her royal status, and the rhododendron was the symbol of Saladir County itself.

Although she was a member of the royal family, a duchess with a fief could have her own coat of arms. On Miss Galina's carriage, there were both the royal family crest and this pattern.

If Miss Galina were not a witch but a normal woman, then her descendants would inherit this coat of arms and regard it as their own family crest.

"What does this mean?"

Xia De asked in confusion.

"It represents that you are the Miss's person. In the future, even if you unfortunately encounter a witch, if the other party sees this, they won't do anything to you."

The maid said quietly, blinked at Xia De, and added:

"Besides, on some occasions, this badge is useful. For example... if you take this to Saladir County, restaurants might not even dare to take your money."

This was probably a little joke.

The cat, having eaten her fill, stood on the sofa armrest beside him, opened her mouth wide, and yawned. Even for a young cat, her mouth could open very wide.

"The Miss has tested it; the formula you provided is perfect, even more perfect than what is recorded in the information from the late Witch War mastered by the Council."

This might be because this technology had problems in its transmission during the Fifth Era, or perhaps what Miss Feilian gave was her private improved version.

Xia De held the beautiful silver badge and played with it. Because Miss Servit was in front of him, it had already started to heat up. But because this black-haired maid was not a true witch, but only possessed a witch's power, the heating phenomenon was not severe.

The badge was punched at the top and strung with a rope. Xia De tied it around his neck and decided that he must wear it when going out.

"Mr. Hamilton, this is the information on 'Sea Sending Back' that the Miss found. The Council had already collected it in advance, so the Miss didn't spend much effort. That great witch, Miss Shivi Aurora, who is already in Coldwater Port, must have already seen it."

Miss Servit handed Xia De a thick brown paper file bag. This was a standard steam industrial product, representing the productivity of this era. It was just that the information inside was all handwritten. There wasn't much information; even with the black-and-white photos glued on with glue, there were only three pages. Xia De scanned it roughly and found two points of value to him.

Among them, the most important point was that the Council's information pointed out that the source of power for launching the Sea Sending Back ritual was an item left in the material world by an Evil God after a certain God-Descending in the Fifth Era, which gave Xia De more ideas.

And the other point was related to saving cursed people:

"Tie the fishing line of a fishing rod with supernatural power to the cursed person. As long as you can hold onto the fishing rod, you can effectively prevent them from being called into the ocean by the power of the Evil God..."

Xia De read the content on the paper, which was very similar to Miss Feilian's final hint.

Seeing that Xia De did not show a troubled expression on his face, the black-haired maid continued to explain:

"Ordinary fishing rods only suppress the impulse to walk into the red ocean, while fishing rods with supernatural power can greatly suppress it. The Miss said that the Evil God is the guardian of the mermen; He hates anglers, and hates even more the losers captured by the anglers, so the fishing rod is the thing that the god and His cult hate the most."

Xia De thought of more things:

"Then He must hate drowned mermaids even more... Oh, so that's it. That's why the Evil God 【God of Deep Sea Drowning】, who is opposed to the 【Lord of the Scarlet Spiral】, would be attracted to the 【Scales of the Drowned Mermaid】. It turns out it wasn't just that the little girl's soul was unique."