Chapter 4155

The duration of the Relic's characteristics is determined by the amount of apple eaten. Generally speaking, eating a whole 【Creamy Apple】 will gain 24 hours of "Milk Time".

As for the Relic going out of control, the whole apple must be planted in the soil. After 48 hours, an unknown life form with "Milk Magic" and an appearance similar to a cow will grow at the planting site, and once it is killed, it will cause all liquids within a certain range to irreversibly turn into milk.

Even among Poet-level Relics, this apple belongs to the category with minimal harm. The containment report of St. Byrons that Xia De read even only warned not to eat the whole apple, but eating a small amount is no problem; this is enough to explain the danger level of this Relic.

"Do you want to taste it? I remember you have never drunk milk, only goat milk."

Xia De asked Little Mia, the cat was indifferent, looking like it had no interest in fruit with a strange taste.

So ten minutes later, in the sunny unicorn habitat, Ellie took the "Magic Apple" handed over by Xia De with a look of surprise. She also sniffed the apple like Xia De and Little Mia just now, but did not frown because this apple didn't have the smell of an apple:

"Winnie! Collection!"

This meant letting Winnie keep it on her behalf. Most of the special apple rewards Ellie obtained while helping the Church deal with the "Infinite Snake" and "Before the End" as a Chosen One were in Winnie's Ice Castle; she probably really liked the feeling of looking at a whole room full of apples.

"Xia De! Thank you!"

Ellie said and stood on tiptoe to kiss Xia De on the cheek as a return gift, and this scene was just seen by Emilia who came to join them while yawning.

"Ellie, haven't I told you before? Human young ladies will not do this easily!"

She wanted to reason with Ellie again, but the unicorn young lady just giggled. At this time, the other unicorn young ladies who were carrying small schoolbags and preparing to go to class all swarmed over to say goodbye to Ellie, so Emilia fell into the midst of them and even loudly asked Little Liana to help her catch Ellie.

Daniste had just been holding the Moon Egg, standing on the shore looking at the big tree in the center of the small lake island not far away. At this time, she only looked at Ellie and Emilia after hearing the movement, and then she asked Xia De:

"What is the task corresponding to that apple?"

"Within a week, drink a cup of dairy products at least three mornings; this was originally my habit. Little Mia drinks goat milk, I drink cow milk."

"This task is indeed simple... everything will go smoothly, right?"

Although the topic jumped very quickly, Xia De understood Daniste's mood, so he nodded affirmatively:

"Yes, there will be no problems."

The little unicorns who could turn into human form all went to school, and the little unicorns who could not turn into human form surrounded them after eating breakfast, and then crowded Xia De, Ellie, Emilia, and Daniste to cross the small lake and arrive at the lake island.

The area of this island is very small, probably only one-third of the area of the lake island of the "Lake of Cherub". At night, most of the unicorns living in this area will rest on the lake shore outside the small lake, and only a small number of adult unicorns and the vast majority of young unicorns will come to the lake island to rest; this is also the way the unicorn population protects their young.

Yesterday, Daniste and Emilia had already prepared the ritual items, so after arriving under the oak tree on the lake island, Xia De contributed his own blood to let Emilia complete the final preparation of the ink, Daniste carefully arranged the ritual site, and placed the egg on a soft cushion on the ground.

No matter how Xia De looked at it, he felt that the soft cushion was a cat bed.

The little unicorns curiously surrounded them to watch, not disturbing the preparations of the three. Little Mia was a bit impatient with the young beasts that were poking their heads and looking like they were very interested in Xia De, but since they didn't run in front of Xia De, the cat didn't go to intimidate them.

"Although a contract needs to be signed later, you must not really treat the teacher as a maid."

Daniste exhorted again with some worry, but didn't give Xia De time to answer and continued:

"I am really muddled; you don't even bear to order Winnie, so how could you..."

Daniste, who didn't sleep well last night, patted her forehead, so Xia De held her left hand:

"Rest assured, I suspect that the five dragon maids corresponding to the Miracle 【Fiona's Housekeeping Servant】 I obtained a long time ago are actually the dragon maids from the founding era of St. Byrons. The Red Dragon, Green Dragon, Blue Dragon, and Pink Dragon all have correspondences, and the Black Dragon is highly likely to be Miss Helena Carter."

"This can also prove that she successfully arrived at that point in time. After the contract is signed, if you are still worried, you can go ask Miss Ilese about the situation; she is highly likely the Blue Dragon corresponding to the Miracle. Although there are some things she cannot tell us, she can definitely give you some hints."

Daniste shook her head and asked again:

"In your Miracle, what is the work corresponding to the Black Dragon maid?"

"Specializes in bedroom tidying, wardrobe cleaning, and bedding airing."

Daniste carefully recalled and confirmed that after she and Xia De spent a wonderful night together, Xia De had never used this Miracle.

"If you use this Miracle now, can the teacher communicate with us from the Fifth Era?"

Xia De shook his head:

"I'm afraid not. Fiona and the others at most just leave small notes with cute expressions and encouraging words after work; the Tree Father probably wouldn't allow such easy communication across time."

Daniste nodded and didn't say anything more.

The ink was quickly prepared, and then Xia De wrote the contract content in his head on the surface of the Moon Egg with dense, tiny letters.

This divine contract was written in a very ancient alphabet, which was even more ancient than the most ancient Elvish script Emilia had ever come into contact with. Even Xia De could only translate the surface meaning of the contract; to thoroughly understand this kind of script, one still needed to know more myths, legends, and ancient customs associated with the script.

But Xia De was still clear about the general content of the contract. After the contract was reached, the Dragon maid who signed the contract, no matter what time or space she was in, had to provide corresponding maid services for Xia De. The World Tree that runs through time guarantees this contract, and from then on, no matter how distant time and space could not block the bond between Xia De and the Dragon maids who signed their names.

"So, theoretically speaking, any giant dragon that signed its name on this eggshell can actually respond to Xia De's 'Fiona's Housekeeping Servant', right?"

When Xia De was writing the contract seriously, Emilia thought of this question, and Daniste shook her head to answer this question for Xia De:

"First, the Dragon maid must be female; not every giant dragon and Dragon-kin meets the conditions. Second, although this contract was signed in 1855 of the Sixth Era, once this contract is established, the time and space it affects run through the World Tree."

Emilia was, after all, the Chosen One of Time, and she understood:

"At the moment Xia De obtained that Miracle named 'Fiona's Housekeeping Servant', how many dragons would sign the contract had actually already been anchored. For this contract, what is important is not the future and the past, but the 'present' where Xia De himself is, because the subject of the contract is Xia De."

Daniste nodded:

"Yes, unless Xia De writes this contract a second time, it would lead to the appearance of Miracles corresponding to other Dragon maids. But the Miracle at that time would probably not be 'Fiona's Housekeeping Servant', but other names."

Xia De shook his head while continuing to write:

"Although the content of the contract and the way of holding the ritual are all in my head, the key to this contract is actually obtaining the recognition of the Tree Father, so it can currently only take effect once."

"This is somewhat like the ritual I set up at home to collect 'Moonlight Water' and 'Sun Fire'. I know the ritual content, but only the first ritual set up is effective."

While speaking, the ancient runes written in red ink had already spread all over the outside of the eggshell. Xia De checked it carefully again to make sure there were no mistakes in his writing, and only then did he put the Moon Egg back into the cat bed under the tree.

He didn't get up, but continued to kneel on one knee under the tree and gently stroked the Moon Egg, and only then did he turn his head to say to Daniste and Emilia:

"No problem, then let's start the ritual. Daniste, do you still need to say goodbye?"

The administrator Miss pursed her lips and nodded, also knelt on one knee, and then hugged the egg in her arms:

"Teacher, please must come back."

Afterwards, she got up and retreated to the side of Ellie, who was maintaining order for the little unicorns, and Emilia summoned her Life Ring, turning the Life Ring into a dark golden dial supported by a giant tree.

"May the World Tree protect me in infinite time."

Following her soft prayer, the little elf with pointed ears turned into a tall elf young lady. The power of the World Tree seedling of the "Throne Land" of the Vesta Woodlands projected over, resonating with the red runes on the Moon Egg, and the red ink gradually turned into gold.

The wind blew, the wind swept across the pasture of the unicorn habitat, making the small lake ripple with sparkling light, and making the canopy of the giant oak tree above Xia De's head rustle.

Xia De wrote his name at the end of the glowing rune string. When he stood up, the mottled tree shadows kept swaying on his body, and the solemn Great Elf Emilia held up the seedling and asked:

"Xia De Su Lun Hamilton, are you willing to forever regard the Dragon maid who signed her name as a part of your family, and are you willing to seek their help no matter what time or space you are in?"

"Yes, I am willing."

Xia De's name was also dyed gold, and the egg in the cat bed slowly floated upward. The cat on Xia De's shoulder watched this scene with great interest, and the little unicorns blocked on the periphery by Ellie and Daniste also looked up at this scene curiously.

"Xia De Su Lun Hamilton, are you willing to forever protect your Dragon maid, no matter what danger occurs, you will protect them."

"Yes, I am willing."

The Moon Egg itself resonated with Emilia's Life Ring, and it floated to a position slightly higher than Xia De's head. Golden light flowed on the eggshell, and the bell sound that faintly rang under the tree was the vibration of time.

"Xia De Su Lun Hamilton, are you willing to abide by the contract you wrote in your own hand, and never break your promise?"

Emilia asked Xia De the last question, and Xia De nodded:

"Yes, I am willing."