Chapter 4236

Xia De chose to sit at an outdoor table just in case, but in fact nothing happened. The City Hall and the Grey Rock Pass garrison made very comprehensive arrangements for Margaret's security issues. Under such circumstances, if they could still be infiltrated, then the Delin-Or restorationists could not have accomplished anything big for so many years.

After lunch, Xia De did not leave the table, and only stood up after the royal guards cleared the way and Margaret's carriage drove from the Grey Rock Pass fortress to Arcadia City. The warm sun shone on his body, and the effect of the "Praise the Sun" strange art made his whole body full of vitality.

I think nothing should happen today, at least that's what he thought when he was also preparing to go back.

Vigo stayed at the Grey Rock Pass fortress specifically to wait for Xia De, but Xia De had already seen the patients, so he didn't need to stay any longer. So the carriage first took them back to the Fragrant Residence. At two o'clock in the afternoon, a carriage without any markings stopped at the door of the Fragrant Residence. Then, the blonde girl who wrapped herself in a windbreaker even in early summer walked into the door first, and Sylvia followed behind her.

"Xia De!"

Margaret saw Xia De at a glance and subconsciously wanted to hug him, but immediately remembered that her identity after coming here was no longer a princess, but a witch apprentice. She suppressed her longing and saluted the owner of the mansion beside Xia De:

"Miss Astley, good afternoon."

Margaret, who still accepted Vigo's honorifics in the morning, used honorifics to address Vigo at this moment.

Vigo said with a smile:

"Good afternoon, Margaret. This is the first time the two of us have met outside the Council, right? Vanessa is really lucky to have found apprentices who are excellent in all aspects."

"If I remember correctly, Vigo, your candidate apprentice also seems to be a princess, right?"

Sylvia asked, greeted Vigo, and then hugged Xia De:

"Good afternoon, Xia De. Has the weather here always been this hot? I remember when we set off by train, the weather wasn't like this."

"It only got hot today."

Flora walked out of the restaurant at this time, and Margaret immediately asked this Great Witch for greetings, and Flora also greeted them with a smile. The three Great Witches stood together with different charms, while the apprentices greeted each other with their eyes. The 【Witch Council】 finally gathered the most basic strength in the Arcadia region.

Flora signaled everyone not to stand here and talk:

"Go to Vigo's study. It's really good, everyone is gathering together again. Sylvia, if you have nothing to do, can you stay at Vigo's place tonight? I am going to Xia De's house tonight."

So the eyes of the witches and apprentices focused on her. The artist lady blinked:

"Danister allowed me to paint her teacher who hasn't broken the shell yet. I can't miss such an opportunity."

Now Arcadia City has gathered three Great Witches, plus the followers brought by Flora and Sylvia. The abundance of manpower can not only speed up the investigation of various clues, but also allow Xia De and the Great Witches to better monitor the changes in the entire city.

Although Sylvia had been running around the eastern front of the war with Margaret this week, she had also been understanding various things happening in the City of Scholars through the Council. She didn't have to listen to everyone telling stories this afternoon, but directly discussed the next action plan with Flora and Vigo.

Margaret and Miss Bell were formal witch apprentices, while Angelina and Eve were apprentice candidates. The four young girls also gathered together to communicate with each other. Angelina was familiar with everyone, so she still introduced Eve, whom Margaret was not very familiar with, to Margaret.

Later, Angelina talked about the things she had been investigating recently, which were the Great-Beaked Bird and the lost banknote master plate. Margaret had already heard about these things from Sylvia before, but she didn't know that Angelina was actually responsible for almost all the investigation work.

However, Margaret had already made up her mind this time that she could not be held back by the work of a princess from the responsibilities of a witch apprentice. She didn't want everyone else to gather around Xia De while only she was still busy with those uninteresting things.

"Then Angelina, later, some of Miss Astley's and Teacher Sylvia's followers will replace me to complete some work. Can these things be handed over to you?"

Margaret asked:

"Except for activities I must attend personally and decisions I must make, I don't intend to do those things like writing speeches, browsing various intelligence and information, or even meeting with some unimportant people."

Angelina nodded gently. In her view, Margaret, who had already reached the Middle Ring, indeed didn't need to be trapped by these things. Let her, this low-ring witch apprentice, do these things:

"Please hand it over to me. Although I haven't handled these things before, I have seen them handle government affairs beside my father, sister, and great-aunt. I will definitely work hard to do it well."

Margaret looked at Angelina's overly young face and smiled:

"I heard from the teacher about the 'Mother' matter a few days ago. Angelina, you have already proven your excellence."

Later, she shared her trip to the Eastern Front with everyone, talking about the many things she saw and heard during this trip, which made the girls who only understood the war through newspapers marvel a little.

Xia De was not with Margaret and the others, but was discussing the action plan against the 【Son of God Alliance】 with the Great Witches. Sylvia still needed a few days to assist Margaret in handling the problems they needed to handle personally after arriving in Arcadia City, but this did not prevent Sylvia from joining this operation.

"I have heard about the 【Son of God Alliance】 for a long time. I might not be able to resist the power of 'Abomination', but there is only one 'Abomination', and those sorcerers resurrected by ashes also need people to deal with."

Margaret needed to return to the White Cliff Manor before evening. Although according to the public itinerary she had nothing else to do today, in fact, she needed to receive many local nobles who visited secretly, so as to facilitate the subsequent monitoring and control of this city, which was a transit point for materials and soldiers.

However, at least before evening, Margaret was free. She wanted to find an opportunity to be alone with Xia De, but unfortunately, although the apprentices did not stay in the study, Xia De had been in the study and did not come out.

Eve, Angelina, and Miss Bell took Margaret to visit this big mansion. Margaret also prepared gifts for them. Although they were not particularly valuable things, they were enough to make the relationship between the girls of the next generation of the Witch Council more harmonious.

Margaret originally thought this afternoon would pass like this, but it was only four o'clock when the maid called Margaret to the study on the second floor. Sylvia signaled Margaret and her to return to the White Cliff Manor immediately:

"Something happened. Do you remember Baron Spencer who suffered from heatstroke in the morning? He felt unwell after waking up at noon and went to take a nap again, but he hasn't woken up yet. Our doctor couldn't diagnose the result, and the local doctor suspects it is sleeping sickness."

"The church has already gone to deal with this matter. Although you don't necessarily have to appear, let's go back first."

"Sleeping sickness? Angelina just told me about this matter just now. But isn't Baron Spencer someone who arrived locally with us today... Is it really contagious? Or is there a problem in a certain area outside the outer city, and anyone who passes through there might get sick?"

Margaret couldn't figure it out, but now was not the time to think about these things. After she and Sylvia hurriedly said goodbye to everyone, they left. Xia De did not leave with them. After all, the baron who had the accident did not live in the White Cliff Manor, and Xia De would not be able to see him even if he went.

"The 【Son of God Alliance】 matter hasn't been dealt with yet, and new things have popped up. I don't think three Great Witches are necessarily enough."

Vigo stood at the door of her house and said while watching the carriage leave. Xia De nodded:

"I don't know if that baron was just unlucky, or if the sleeping sickness is rapidly becoming serious. Vigo, pay attention to the news passed by the church. They should take action tonight. I hope we get good news."

To prevent the girls under her from being targeted by sleeping sickness, Vigo subsequently asked Angelina and Eve to count the list of personnel who had been to the periphery of the outer city in the past week, and specially prepared magic potions for them to prevent it.

The daytime in summer is very long, and you can't see the sunset outside the window at four o'clock. Xia De had nothing to do tonight, and Danister would not come to his house because of "self-reflection", so he prepared to have dinner at the Fragrant Residence tonight.

Of course, Xia De did not forget to go home first to tell Winnie not to prepare his dinner before that.

At five-thirty in the evening, Margaret sent a letter saying that the baron who first suffered from heatstroke and then fell asleep without waking up had been confirmed to have the exact same symptoms as the local sudden "sleeping sickness" patients.

The baron did indeed arrive in Arcadia City today, which meant that the "contagious" characteristic of "sleeping sickness" was even more serious than everyone originally guessed.

And the letter passed by the church to the 【Witch Council】 received by Vigo later indicated that the church planned to arrange for people to enter the dreams of sleeping sickness patients tonight to explore the cause of these symptoms.

That is to say, when Xia De comes over tomorrow, he should be able to know more clues. Xia De hopes that this matter can be solved smoothly like this.

After eating dinner with Flora and Vigo, Xia De was worried that something else would happen on Margaret's side, so he stayed at the Fragrant Residence until seven o'clock, and only returned home with Flora after Sylvia arrived.