Chapter 4090

After seeing Xia De nod, Vigo tasted that glass of red wine, which tasted good. Her eyes were also searching for the target who might be her mother, and then she suspected whether the girl singing in front of the water lily pond might be disguised by her mother. Afterward, she thought that she might be being affectionate with Xia De in front of her mother, so she started to have wild thoughts about whether she could get her mother's blessing.

However, the current situation is very normal. Even if Peggy Lemay has already arrived, she has no reason to contact Vigo now.

Afterward, it was leisure time again. Listening to the girl singing and smelling the fresh floral fragrance in the air, Xia De was half-hugging Vigo on the sofa, and for a moment, he even felt that such a night was really not bad. Vigo was obviously of the same idea, and even boldly kissed Xia De here, then shrank into Xia De's arms with a ruddy face. Kissing in public was still a bit too bold for her.

And the reading club that started at 8:00 was also quite interesting. Not everyone needed to participate, and people could continue to do their own things. Those who wanted to participate gathered on the east side of the water lily pond in the center of the greenhouse, where the venue had been arranged. In order not to arouse suspicion, Vigo also took Xia De to walk over together.

This reading club was hosted by Butterfly Lady herself. People shared some "offensive" poetry collections, novels, and forbidden love stories. Afterward, Butterfly Lady took out a... novel describing a relationship between two people, and let the girl who played the violin just now read it for everyone.

Xia De was still curious about the girl's identity, and then, like suspecting the great-granddaughter of the "Sorrowful Nun" yesterday, he started to suspect whether this girl was disguised by Vigo's mother.

Vigo was not interested in the novel being recited, but she was very interested in the novel about young men and women eloping in her hand. Xia De had also seen this book. Lixia had searched for this book from Angelina's study. Although Xia De had not personally read it, he also knew that it described in too much detail what young men and women did under fiery passion.

The reading club ended, and after all the chairs by the water lily pond were moved away, the masquerade ball tonight officially started.

Of course, for those holding special invitations, what they cared more about was their purpose. Besides "Tanner" and "Blood Feast", the club tonight also had other hidden activities. One-third of the guests in the greenhouse left in batches to participate in these activities in the following time.

Xia De saw Mr. Bernhardt and his partner being reminded by the maid and walking toward the secret door on the side of the greenhouse. Their purpose was not the Tanner but vampires. Xia De hoped that Mr. Bernhardt could have a harvest tonight.

As for Xia De and Vigo, the two waited for a full twenty minutes before waiting for Butterfly Lady's personal notification. Vigo was a new guest of the club. After Butterfly Lady asked about Vigo's feelings about tonight, she asked again:

"Then, Lady Redstone, are you willing to make a donation to the club?"

Vigo then handed out a large-denomination draft of 40 crowns, and Butterfly Lady smiled and pulled a slip of paper from her sleeve. The address of an alley located in the lower city was on the slip of paper:

"The time for the next gathering is to be determined. You can regularly send someone to check the mailbox of this house. If there is an invitation, it must be for you."

She stood up and signaled Xia De and Vigo to walk toward the secret door on the west side of the greenhouse:

"After meeting that craftsman in a while, you can leave directly by yourself. Of course, if you are interested in participating in the masquerade ball, you can also come back. However..."

She smiled very ambiguously:

"You should want to find a place where you can be alone secretly more, right?"

All the people who wanted to see the Tanner walked toward the secret door together. After going out, it was another secret path in the garden. The maid led the way in front. Including Xia De and Vigo, there were eleven people following the maid. As for why it was an odd number, that was because two ladies came with the same gentleman.

The garden path was not lit, but the weather tonight was quite sunny after continuous rain for many days, so even at night, the surrounding environment could be seen clearly. The garden scenery on both sides of the deep path was very good, but no one discussed the night view tonight on the road.

And among the eleven people excluding the maid, at least three were wearing leather items, and those three were all women. Xia De cautiously did not use the Eye of Edwards here. This was information he obtained based solely on his own perception.

The deep path was like a maze road in the garden. However, relying on "Strong Spatial Perception", Xia De was very sure that their destination was not the mansion of this manor. After moving forward in the garden for five minutes, the maid actually led the group away from the manor from the side of the garden.

A small path extended from here into the desolate mountain forest not far away. Although there were still a few buildings on both sides of the road, if they continued to move forward along this road, they would really leave the city area.

This was somewhat beyond Xia De and Vigo's expectations, but seeing that the others in the team didn't speak, they followed the team and left the manor along that small path.

It could be seen that this road was maintained daily, so even the ladies wearing high heels didn't feel hard to walk. However, after leaving the garden of the manor, it was still a bit cold once the night wind blew, so the ladies moved slightly closer to their male companions, and Xia De also gently hugged Vigo who was shivering slightly.

Actually, she was not cold at all.

The small path didn't go too far outside the city area. Five minutes later, a building with lights appeared on the edge of the desolate mountain forest. That building with dark yellow walls was a three-story building and didn't have a yard itself. Every window of the building was lit with dim yellow lights, as if the surrounding environment was also dyed dim yellow.

After gradually approaching, Xia De even felt that the night itself had changed color. After taking a certain step, the world seemed to have changed. The sense of comfort and nostalgia made the Outlander suddenly want to cry, but the moon was still hanging high in the sky, gently comforting his spirit.

"Whisper elements."

Vigo's voice appeared in Xia De's heart:

"Did we encounter the body of the 【Leather Item Hall】? But this feeling..."

"Sentimental, nostalgic. This house and this area are indeed formed by relics, but this place shouldn't be the 【Leather Item Hall】. This feeling is somewhat similar to 【Nucleus of the Old Days】."

【Nucleus of the Old Days】 is a one-time Angel-level relic. After use, it can unearth fragments from the depths of memory and materialize them. As the current Archbishop of the 【Order of the Forgotten】, Siris has many such relics in her hands. At the end of 1854, she lent one to Vanessa to let Xia De and the girls have a place to play games on the night of the end of the year.

The details of the game suddenly emerged in his mind, and Xia De hurriedly drove them out of his mind:

"I have come into contact with 【Nucleus of the Old Days】. Although the current situation is similar, it is obviously not that Angel-level relic..."

This kind of relic that can create a nostalgic feeling is not rare, and according to the environment with a slightly dim yellow color that has already been seen, Xia De soon determined the target:

"Siris mentioned this relic to me—Document-level relic 【Oil Painting of Martha's Old House】. The relic comes from a lady in the Fourth Era, and the scenery in the painting is the home of her childhood in her memory. After she finished painting this painting alone on a rainy night, she was killed by robbers who broke into the house. Afterward, there was her vengeful spirit in this painting.

After that vengeful spirit was purified in the middle of the Fourth Era, this painting somehow turned into a relic. The relic characteristic is to take the oil painting as the core and display the scenery in the oil painting. The negative characteristic is that in a very small probability, an individual named 'Martha' will appear in the unfolded scenery.

This is not a vengeful spirit, but this individual looks no different from a vengeful spirit. Once she appears in the scenery, she will start acting with the goal of killing all invaders, and before she disappears, no one inside can leave from the scenery."

Xia De introduced to Vigo.

When the Outlander first came to this world, he had collected a relic named 【Oil Painting House of Madman Sean】 (Chapter 363) with Priest Augustus. Both relics are Document-level, both are oil paintings, and both have scenes, but the difference is very big.

This relic is to materialize the scene into reality, while that relic that has been collected by the college has everything happening inside the oil painting.

By comparison, the previous oil painting could be used as a storage prop under certain conditions. And this oil painting is a scene that can be carried and moved. As long as they are used properly, they can all exert great effects.

Xia De never thought that the Tanner would hide in another relic, but in this way, ordinary means really couldn't find it at all. The Tanner itself has whisper elements, and then superimposing the whisper elements of this Document-level relic, the difficulty of divination is probably enough to compare with finding the body of the Hall.

"So, humanoid relics with wisdom are troublesome."

He thought in his heart, and followed the team with Vigo to continue forward. Except for the two of them, others seemed not to notice the change in the surrounding atmosphere at all, nor did they notice that the night wind had stopped. After approaching that three-story building with lights, the surrounding scenery seemed to have come from spring to summer all at once.

However, these ordinary people obviously were affected by the nostalgic feeling, and their expressions became a bit sentimental, but as long as they didn't stay here for a long time, they wouldn't be permanently affected because of this relic.

But also because they were currently inside the relic, Xia De didn't immediately perceive the location of the "Tanner" at this moment. He was also worried that he had encountered a trap, so he signaled Vigo to contact Iluna and the others who came to meet them.

The witch rubbed the ring on her finger and signaled that Xia De could still communicate with the outside world at present.