Chapter 545: Urgent Summons from the Academy

"New power again..."

Xia De turned to look behind him, and sure enough, there was no one there. But his turning motion made the doctor discover something wrong:

"Xia De, is your neck injured?"

Xia De had just unbuttoned his collar, and the turning motion had exposed a part of his skin that had been covered by his clothes. The doctor saw some abnormal marks, which is why he asked casually.

Xia De immediately reached out to cover his neck and then hurriedly buttoned it back up.

The middle-aged doctor smiled:

"Oh, I understand."

Just as he was about to tease Xia De, both of them turned to look at the doctor's desk. Something on the desk was glowing, and the light was unusually conspicuous.

"A notice from the Academy?"

The doctor frowned and left the window, picking up the sheet of poetry manuscript from the desk. After a brief glance at the text appearing on it, he looked up and said to Xia De:

"The Academy requires the five of us in the group to assemble within two hours. The Academy professors want to personally ask us some questions. I think it must be about Miss Feilian."

He used a pen to write a reply on the page, and only then did the glowing page return to calm.

"One shichen? Doctor, you go find Duoluqian and Priest Ao Gu Si, and I'll go outside the city to pick up Luweiya. Time is a bit tight."

"Why is she outside the city?"

The doctor asked curiously, but Xia De didn't answer, and he didn't take it to heart.

"Xia De, then let's split up to find people. Also, the Academy will definitely ask about our itinerary yesterday afternoon. Don't forget to think about how to explain it."

Doctor Shi Nai De had also gone to the South City, and he also needed to fabricate an itinerary, which is why he reminded Xia De.

Leaving the clinic, Xia De returned to the carriage at the street corner with the 【Gift Box of the Gods】 on his back. After informing the two young ladies that he had already eliminated the Pus of Man, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na said she would return directly to the Sun Church as she still had many things to deal with, but she would come to St. Deran Square in the evening.

Difa went to Yodel Palace to meet up with Miss Jia Lin Na. Xia De took the carriage alone and returned to Miss Jia Lin Na's manor. On the way back, the page that Xia De was carrying with him also transmitted information.

The Academy required Xia De to return the relic 【Dream of St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy】 within half an hour. If the time was exceeded, a formal written explanation had to be made.

"The Academy suspects me."

This was Xia De's first reaction, but if they didn't suspect him, that would mean there was a problem. After all, from a timing perspective, the appearance of Miss Feilian and the time the Academy delivered this relic almost completely overlapped.

But Xia De wasn't without a cover. Theoretically, people in the dark domain would be completely forgotten, and the Academy couldn't possibly remember to give him the relic. It was because he rolled a 20 on the Fate's Twenty-Sided Die that he somehow made the Academy remember this matter.

After he rolled it, the Academy immediately gave the relic, which showed that the Academy remembering him wasn't a "flash of inspiration" after the 20 appeared, discovering they had forgotten this person before, but that they had always remembered him. Therefore, Xia De could completely use this reason to prove that he wasn't in the dark domain at that time.

In the 23rd minute after the notice arrived, Xia De successfully returned to the manor. After returning the 【Dream of St. Byrons Comprehensive Academy】, which was difficult to carry and temporarily left there, to the Academy via the page, he called Luweiya, who was eating lunch, and they set off immediately.

Physical injuries are actually easy to heal; she was just mentally exhausted last night, which is why Xia De didn't call her when she woke up this morning.

"The Academy suspects you?"

On the way back to the city, Luweiya returned to her usual posture, not changing because of the rapid progress in their relationship last night.

"It doesn't matter, that snuff bottle hasn't changed at all. The Academy hasn't been able to figure out its secrets for thousands of years, and they can't possibly figure it out immediately now."

Xia De wasn't worried about this. Although he promised to keep the doctor's secret, he still briefly told Luweiya what happened this morning. As Luweiya frowned and guessed which demon the one inside the doctor was, Xia De took out 【Origin·Darkness】 from his pocket.

The card danced in the carriage. Manipulating this card was as simple as manipulating his own hands and feet for Xia De.

"This is truly strange. I didn't expect that by witnessing the appearance of a Chosen One while carrying the card, I would be able to obtain the ability to manipulate the corresponding card. This is the second time already, just like 【Origin·Balance】."

However, he wouldn't suspect he was a Chosen One again; he hadn't obtained any other power at all. Although at the end of the battle, he also devoured darkness and fused with the power of the past, it was clear he wasn't even a candidate.

"Dac Nisi was killed after successfully completing the ritual. The Chosen One of 【Darkness】 will not appear. Really, there are more and more things that can't be figured out."

Luweiya shook her head with some annoyance:

"However, I accept your suggestion. Before the Big City Player arc ends, I won't consider the matter of the third Chosen One again. Originally, after Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's matter ended, I intended to advance from the Third Tier to the Fourth Tier. It's been delayed for more than a month; I'll just take advantage of this time to gather the ritual materials."

Advancing in Ringed Shushi level also requires a ritual. Xia De's two advancements were both due to abnormal external forces, which is an extremely rare situation.

"Rest for a while; these two months have been too busy."

Xia De said. He hesitated for a moment, then gently reached out and hugged the young lady sitting beside him. Luweiya's mouth revealed a smile, and her head tilted slightly, leaning on Xia De's shoulder.

This time, the cat Mia didn't disturb the two. In the 【Gift Box of the Gods】 placed on the opposite seat, the cat was curled into a ball and sleeping sweetly; it really liked this kind of small, safe space.

The carriage first took the two to St. Deran Square, letting Xia De leave behind some things that were inconvenient to bring to the doctor's place. After all, before entering the dark domain, Xia De had brought almost all his belongings.

When they arrived home, the cat Mia suddenly woke up. For some reason, this time it actually wanted to follow Xia De out. So, the two and one cat arrived at the doctor's clinic within the one shichen time limit given by the Academy. Duoluqian and Priest Ao Gu Si were originally in the city, so they had arrived long ago.

When Xia De and Luweiya walked into the reception room on the second floor of the clinic together, the three were, unsurprisingly, discussing yesterday's events.

The rumors about "Miss Mana Feilian's appearance" had spread throughout Tobeisk in just a day. This wasn't because the church's confidentiality work was poorly done, but because there were too many people who saw this scene at the time, and this matter was just too incredible.

"Good afternoon, Xia De, good afternoon, Luweiya."

Duoluqian greeted them with a smile, while Priest Ao Gu Si and the doctor were checking four stools and a water basin in the center.

Xia De had set up this kind of ritual many times, so he came to help. The cat was placed on the sofa by Xia De. The restless orange cat, seeing Xia De ignoring it, wandered toward Duoluqian. During the Coldwater Port incident, it had spent a few days with Duoluqian and was quite familiar with her.

"You and Xia De's cat have a very good relationship."

Luweiya said with a smile from the side. Duoluqian nodded and was about to pick up the small cat, but Mia suddenly stopped, raised its head, and looked suspiciously at the young lady in front of it with its amber eyes. After sniffing a few times with its nose twitching, it suddenly let out a somewhat sharp "Meow~" sound, the whole cat puffed up its fur, and it darted to the feet of Xia De, who was confirming the direction with a compass.

"What's wrong?"

Xia De turned and asked, then saw Duoluqian's embarrassed expression. Seeing Xia De looking at her, the blonde female writer touched her ear and raised her eyebrows.

"It's not Duoluqian, it's Lei Qianya."

Xia De understood now. The two young ladies had a mandatory eight-hour exchange time every week, and when exactly it happened was completely uncontrollable. Clearly, this time it happened to occur on a weekend afternoon, and then quite coincidentally, they encountered the Academy professor coming to ask about things.

"However, Mia can actually distinguish between the two of them?"

Xia De was very surprised by this. After all, even he, who knew the truth, hadn't been able to see the clues just now:

"In the future, we can use Mia to distinguish between Duoluqian and Lei Qianya."

Xia De thought to himself.

"Later, when I'm also familiar with that cat, Xia De will have no way to distinguish between the two of us at all."

The blonde young lady sitting on the sofa thought to herself, then suddenly turned to look at Luweiya.

"What's wrong?"

The purple-eyed young lady blinked.

"How come I feel you're a bit different today?"

"Duoluqian" asked Luweiya familiarly, her tone and demeanor no different from the real female writer. Probably only a timid and alert small animal like the cat Mia could detect her abnormality.

"Your spirit is very good; you look like you have a sense of relief."

"Do I? That's your illusion."

The purple-eyed young lady said with a very certain tone.

The notice given to the doctor by the Academy said that three people would be projected from St. Byrons, so among the four chairs in the east, west, south, and north, only the doctor sat down.

At 1:37 PM, the ritual officially began. As the doctor threw the parchment roll in his hand into the water basin, a cold wind blew up from the enclosed room.

The cat Mia in Xia De's arms squirmed to show its unease, and three transparent figures had already arrived here.

Sitting opposite the doctor was the Vice Principal of St. Byrons, the Director of the Student Management Office, Professor Hams Sanchez. Wearing round-rimmed glasses and a formal black suit, with a pocket watch chain extending from his chest pocket to the buttons on his chest, this gentleman seemed to be dressed like this every time he appeared.

On the southern chair sat a middle-aged woman wearing a pointed hat and a robe. Her eyes were very sharp; one could tell at a glance that she was the kind of person who was rigorous and very serious in her work:

"Good afternoon, gentlemen and ladies, I am Professor Weiya Milar from the School of Astronomy."

She nodded additionally to Luweiya; Luweiya was a student of the School of Astronomy. ===== CHAPTER 546 =====