Chapter 4100

"I see you're not saying the scenery outside the window is good, but that the scenery inside the window is good."

Vanessa teased, and Vigo didn't deny it, but she still reminded:

"In the past springs, I would occasionally take my maids out for an outing."

Vanessa was very surprised:

"How come I remember that the thing you like to do most every spring is sunbathing on the balcony outside your study? Does this count as an outing?"

"Vanessa, you don't understand me. I also love nature very much, it's just that I haven't met anyone I can go out with before."

The witches were talking, while Xia De drew his long sword from the scabbard. Since coming to Arcadia, he hadn't formally used this weapon yet.

"However, where would that boat be?"

Iruna, who was looking out the window, asked:

"Now in my perception, everything around is normal. There aren't many boats on the lake larger than ours, and I haven't perceived any very obvious whisper elements."

"I haven't discovered any very abnormal boats either."

Xia De said:

"But don't worry. This morning has just begun. Vigo, let the girl driving the boat go around the lake for sightseeing according to the original plan. Don't do anything now, just wait."

The maid misses brought a full set of spring outing equipment, so soon tea, snacks, and fruits filled the coffee table. Xia De quite suspected that Little Mia knew there would be food here, which was why it followed.

This time breaking into the 【Skin Item Club】, in Xia De's estimation, shouldn't be like entering the 【House of Doppelgangers】 where he had to fight from beginning to end. He actually thought this experience might be similar to when he entered the 【Sin Mansion】 in Sihu Mountain.

But this time he had so many companions by his side, Xia De didn't feel nervous or worried at all. He was actually looking forward to returning to the 【Stained Blood Factory】.

In the process of waiting for the outside world to change on the boat, Xia De didn't forget to let Winnie apply a blessing to himself. He needed Winnie's power to suppress the "Withering Crystal" so as to facilitate mixing it into the "Life Furnace".

And when Xia De made this request to Winnie in the cabin, a crimson color appeared on the cheeks of the crystal-clear girl:

"Here?"

"Yes, after all, I'm not sure if I need to open that door inside the 【Skin Item Club】."

"Originally I thought it would be in a place where no one was~"

The maid miss complained in a low voice, then asked Iruna to move away a bit, and she sat down beside Xia De. The sofa had a slightly sinking feeling, and the air around them also became much colder at this moment.

Winnie's beautiful eyes looked at Xia De, hesitated for a moment, then hugged his neck and kissed him.

Everyone was watching them, and this wasn't the first time Xia De and Winnie had kissed, but this time he clearly felt a kind of chill that was cold but not piercing at all, spreading to his whole body along with this kiss.

His body surface temperature continued to drop from the normal human level, and then his body also emitted cold mist slightly like Winnie. The "Primordial Fire" in his body wanted to react, but Xia De immediately suppressed the "counterattack" of the fire, and experienced that chill with his whole heart.

【Outlander, you have obtained the temporary blessing of ice and snow: the next time you use a frost-type ability, it will definitely be attached with the power originating from the individual 'Winnie'.】

"When the natural elemental spirits in fairy tales give blessings, they also often do it in the form of a kiss, right?"

The maid miss who let go of Xia De said softly. This was indeed a common plot, but usually, in this kind of plot, it shouldn't involve the tongue...

"You've become weak."

Xia De reached out and hugged Winnie, who suddenly covered her forehead. She shook her head with a smile:

"It's okay, I just need to rest for a period of time. This is not a permanent loss."

Vanessa on the side said at this time:

"You two are really interesting. Besides Xia De, who else can bear the kind of power Winnie just gave?"

She picked up the teacup that was already covered with frost:

"Let Winnie rest first, but Xia De, your body temperature recovery speed is quite fast."

"The Primordial Fire protects him."

Sister Devlin spoke suddenly. Xia De nodded. Winnie wanted to stand up and return the seat beside Xia De to Iruna, but she was immediately pressed back by Iruna. The eighteen-year-old girl was very reasonable:

"You should rest for a while first, it's the same wherever I sit."

As for Vigo, she looked like she was wandering outside the sky, but she was actually guessing how many people on this boat hadn't kissed Xia De.

The black tea and snacks were delicious, and the scenery outside the window was also quite good. Because today was just a warm-up activity held for the opening of the Expo, there were no balloons or salutes, but the sound of steamship whistles that occasionally sounded outside the window was very atmospheric.

Everyone was chatting happily, and even Sister Devlin picked up a cup of black tea. Little Mia, who was full, fell asleep on Xia De's lap as usual, and by the time it woke up, the whole boat of people was still killing time in this spring.

The time had reached ten o'clock in the morning. There were more and more people in the park, and the boats drifting on the artificial lake were denser than before. Vigo was chatting with Iruna, asking her about things when she first met Xia De, and just at this moment, Xia De, Iruna, Vanessa, and Sister Devlin looked in the same direction at the same time.

"It appeared!"

Quite clear whisper elements appeared out of thin air at a position not far from this boat. Although not particularly strong, this fluctuation of elements appearing out of thin air was still captured by the few people with powerful perception.

Miss McDonald saw Xia De's gesture, so she got up and came to the window to look out, then lowered her voice and said:

"It's a steam-powered boat for exhibition."

Xia De and the girls who were sitting didn't move, but waited until the yacht they were on adjusted its direction before seeing the abnormal boat directly from the window.

That was a yacht at least twice as large as the yacht Vigo rented. The hull was painted with bright paint and equipped with shiny copper trim. The word "Expo Exhibit" was engraved on the ship's side. The thin, short chimney could hardly see any smoke, and the underwater propeller made it slide as quietly as gliding. A deck was even decorated with what looked like a quite professional Rod card gambling table.

This was the "Silent Steam Yacht" to be exhibited at this Expo. Its advancement lay in the very low noise when starting.

"It should be this one."

Xia De said softly, and then instructed the girl driving the boat to get closer to that yacht. He used "Enhanced Space Perception" to try to check the internal structure of that boat, and then as expected, discovered that the interior of that boat was a mess, and the space was as chaotic as a bed sheet grabbed by Little Mia's claws.

Winnie had already stood up at this time, so Xia De took the hands of Iruna and Vigo beside him:

"In a while, we will open the illusion. I will take you two to board the boat first to see the situation. If you don't see the danger signal I send out, Sister, Vanessa, you follow up."

Xia De said, and everyone nodded to indicate they understood. Now the limit distance of 【Lagley's Jump】 had expanded to 200 meters, but Xia De still wanted to wait until they were closer to be able to perceive the situation of that boat at close range before taking action.

In the extremely small probability that the boat was a relic-type boat that appeared suddenly and had nothing to do with the 【Skin Item Club】, if they boarded the wrong boat, things would probably be terrible.

It was just that the situation was somewhat different from what everyone expected. As the yacht gradually approached the boat with whisper elements, Vigo suddenly touched the pocket of her dress:

"Wait a moment, this is..."

Nicholas Lemay's skin item was taken out by her, and Xia De and the others didn't sense any abnormality, but Vigo said:

"This skin item is glowing."

"Is it?"

Iruna asked suspiciously, then guessed:

"Is this a signal that only you can see?"

And at this moment, the voice of the girl driving the boat also came from outside the cabin:

"Master, it's foggy outside, and this fog is not right."

But looking out from the window, the scenery outside the window was clearly still the spring scenery of a sunny day. Realizing that the 【Skin Item Club】 had also made preparations, Xia De got up and left the cabin with everyone. At this time, the yacht had already sailed into the thick fog.

This fog didn't completely block the line of sight. Outside the fog, one could vaguely see the spring scenery of Oakham Park in reality. It was just that the scenery looked quite distant. In Xia De's perception, it was like seeing the reflection of the park in reality through a mirror at this moment, and the position where the yacht was located was obviously no longer on that lake.

"Where is this?"

Vigo asked in confusion, and Iruna had a guess:

"This wouldn't be the 【Skin Item Club】, right? We have already entered? Xia De said the club is divided into three layers. Now we should have reached the periphery, right?"

"But the club shouldn't be a house?"

Vigo was surprised, but immediately realized that no one had ever said what the interior of the 【Skin Item Club】 was like. This kind of location-type relic having variability in its interior was a common thing:

"Alright, calling it a club, but the final appearance is a lake, this is not impossible to understand. At least everyone has entered, this should count as good news."

"Something is coming."

Sister Devlin's voice was very light. At this moment, the yacht had stopped, and in front of the boat, another small boat was getting closer and closer. That boat was initially just a blurry shadow, and it stopped when the people on the deck could see its blurry appearance clearly.

At this time, the two boats were about fifteen meters apart. The small boat opposite was about the same size as Xia De's small wooden boat. A figure stood at the stern, but the appearance couldn't be seen clearly.

And that figure's voice was transmitted very clearly:

"Only invited guests can enter the club. The token has appeared. Please, descendant of the 'Red Stone Duchess', leave your companions and board my small boat, and follow me to the interior of the club."

The code name of Vigo's mother in the 【Truth Society】 was "Duchess", and in the 【Emerald Alchemy Association】 it was "Red Stone". The combination of these two code names had a strange flavor.