Chapter 648: The Reappearing Star Whale

The old witch sitting on the sofa nodded slowly to Xia De:

"Yes, there is indeed a witch in the city of Wilndale. I cannot tell you who it is. The rumors have actually been heard by you? That's good. Next week I will find her and tell her to keep a low profile recently."

Xia De nodded and didn't say anything more. He was just a bit curious: after the two major human kingdoms in the material world obtained partial theoretical data and models of the "Difference Engine," in what direction would this steam-age civilization go?

Throughout this entire day, Xia De didn't leave Midehillburg. After lunch, he went to the Blind Home and the station black market to inquire about intelligence. He didn't hear any very valuable intelligence, but he did hear that after the earthquake, the Xikar Mountains at night began to become dangerous.

The Ringed Shushi living in this city already knew that the evil spirits here were becoming more powerful. And the Orthodox Church had also been frequently entering and leaving the mountains recently; it seemed that the large-scale ritual was about to begin.

After returning home in the evening, he first solemnly put away the 200 crowns, then went to find Dorothy and asked her to tell Lei Qianya that the briefcase had been delivered to where it should go. As for the 1000 pounds promised by that southern princess, Xia De wasn't in a hurry to go to the address on the note to get it. On one hand, information shouldn't be transmitted to Tobesk so quickly; on the other hand, Gray Hawk still had to be reserved.

He planned to go get it in a few weeks if he was short of money.

Afterward, Xia De wrote a letter to Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, wanting to talk to her about the witch in the southern capital city of Wilndale.

He wasn't very familiar with Grandmother Cassandra yet, but he already trusted Miss Miss Jia Lin Na quite a bit. The Kasenrike princess actually had witch power; no matter what, he had to let Miss Miss Jia Lin Na know about this.

And Luweiya, who was stargazing at St. Deran Square that night, actually broke into Xia De's bedroom again at one o'clock in the morning.

Little Mia, who already had experience once, immediately burrowed into the quilt. This time, no matter what, she wouldn't be thrown into the wardrobe by Xia De again.

"Oh, Xia De, wake up quickly, come see what I discovered?"

The purple-eyed girl stood by Xia De's bed holding a hand-drawn star chart and a black-and-white photo, trying to wake him up.

Mia poked her head out from the quilt to look curiously at the shaking photo, while Xia De, sleepy-eyed, climbed out of the comfortable quilt while yawning:

"Oh, Luweiya, do you know it's one o'clock in the morning?"

But he still turned on the gas desk lamp by the bed and took the hand-drawn star chart and the photo of the star chart:

"I can see... your hand-drawing is very precise? Yes, it's really good."

"No, it's a sign; the big guy is coming from the starry sky!"

Luweiya seemed particularly excited, and this statement made Xia De completely awake. He looked up at the sky in horror:

"The Midehillburg matter hasn't been resolved yet, and this time what is coming from the starry sky? An indescribable evil object? An evil god preparing for a divine descent? Or an Ancient One existing in the void?"

"No, no, it's a Star Sea Whale!"

Luweiya was abnormally excited. Now there was only the gas lamp by the bed on in the bedroom, and she stood in the shadows by the window, those purple eyes looking as if they were really glowing:

"The one you mentioned to me, didn't you drink the blood brew of this kind of creature?"

Xia De, whose head was still a bit muddled, thought for a moment:

"Yes, Miss Miss Jia Lin Na said that because of the excessive hunting by the witch emperors of the Fifth Era, that kind of starry sky creature had changed from coming to the material world once every 300 years to appearing in the material world only once every 1200-plus years, and it used to appear singly, but now it appears in groups. The last appearance was..." (Chapter 569)

Because he was suddenly woken up, Xia De's memory was a bit blurry.

【More than six hundred years of the Common Era.】

She whispered in Xia De's ear with a smile.

"More than six hundred years of the Common Era."

He yawned and pulled the cat out of the quilt. He usually didn't allow this cat to enter the quilt. Although Mia almost didn't shed hair and had no strange smell on her body, he still thought it was best for a pet cat not to enter the quilt.

"Yes, six hundred years after 1200 years, isn't it just now? It's 1853!"

Luweiya excitedly pointed upward:

"Through observation, I can almost determine that the Star Sea Whale will definitely appear in the night sky of the material world before the end of this autumn! There must be a best observation location. Oh, I must seize this opportunity that comes once every 1200 years!"

"Does the Academy know about this?"

Xia De said, holding back the urge to yawn again.

"The Academy's astronomical equipment is better, and the night sky in the extreme north is much clearer than the city's night sky... Yes, the Academy should also be able to observe this sign tonight! This autumn's stargazing activity might take observing the Star Sea Whale as a high-scoring exam content!"

She bent down to hug Xia De's head, kissed him, and said with a fast speaking speed:

"I must get a high score so that I can take Professor Sika Lanchi's 'Starry Sky and Another Me' next spring!"

After speaking, the purple-eyed girl turned and left the bedroom. Listening to the sound, she returned to the third floor. Only Xia De remained sitting on the bed holding the cat, one person and one cat looking at each other.

"What just happened?"

He asked Mia.

"Meow~"

The soft cat in his arms rubbed against Xia De's pajamas, then narrowed her eyes as if she had fallen asleep again.

(Little Mia is running...)

"Why do you look like you haven't woken up?"

On Thursday morning, Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, sitting on the sofa, asked Xia De teasingly. Xia De shook his head:

"Had a strange dream. I was running on the sea, and then was chased by a huge killer whale."

"And then you killed that whale?"

"No, it was an even more huge Little Mia who suddenly jumped out of the sun, and then bit that whale out of the sea in one gulp."

Laughter suddenly came from the side. Xia De and Miss Miss Jia Lin Na both looked to the side and found it was the young maid who brought the teacup who had accidentally laughed out loud.

This maid was named Vera Torian, one of Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's personal maids, and Xia De had seen her many times.

"Control your emotions; don't lose face for me outside."

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na said, and then Tifa took the young maid who had accidentally laughed out loud to the kitchen for a lecture.

"I've been a bit too good to them, so these girls are indeed sometimes a bit unruly."

The red-haired witch said to Xia De, then picked up the teacup:

"But you wrote to me; it shouldn't be that you wanted to see my personal maids, right?"

"Of course not. It's like this: I encountered a female Shushi with witch power in Midehillburg, but she wasn't one of Grandmother Cassandra's people; it was the princess of Kasenrike."

"Oh? Are you sure the princess of Kasenrike appeared in Midehillburg?"

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na was concerned about this point.

"She was still in Midehillburg yesterday morning. I think even if she were faster, it would be impossible to return to the capital city of Wilndale today. This point can be investigated with a little bit of effort."

"That's quite interesting. She actually developed the princess of Kasenrike into her own follower."

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na smiled; she wasn't as surprised as Xia De was yesterday.

"So, is there really a Great Witch in the city of Wilndale?"

"Yes, there is indeed one. I won't say which one it is."

"Then, is there actually a Ringed Shushi in the Kasenrike royal family?"

"Of course there is. Since you know Lei Qianya, you should know that the Deraerion royal family, which is our Cavendish family, has a connection with the Zaras Academy, so we will send family members with talent to the Academy to study. Then, as a human kingdom on par with Deraerion, does the Kasenrike royal family really have no connection with the mystical world? Even if not to compete with Deraerion, the Anru family must also be wary of the Five Gods Church."

"Which academy does the Anru family have a connection with? The St. Byron's I attended? Or the Sexes Higher Medical Academy that specializes in potions and alchemy?"

"It's the latter. But I cannot be sure whether the princess you encountered was cultivated by a witch or by Sexes. This is quite interesting; I think it's necessary to investigate."

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na narrowed her eyes, not knowing what she was planning again. Although that southern princess was a follower of another Great Witch of the Council, Miss Miss Jia Lin Na didn't mind using these things to gain some benefits for herself. After all, her fief, Saladir County, was located in the southwest of the kingdom and also had a border line with the Kasenrike United Kingdom.

"The Deraerion royal family has a connection with the Zaras Academy, and the Kasenrike royal family has a connection with Sexes?"

Xia De was still considering this matter.

"Yes, although the three major arcane academies are all on the edge of the human civilization circle, they also have their own industries in civilized society, and their connection with the royal family also takes this aspect into consideration."

"But in this era, there are only two major human kingdoms. Zaras and Sexes each connect to one, then what about St. Byron's?"

"St. Byron's doesn't need to, because they themselves are very powerful."

"Why?"

"Because what St. Byron's is proficient in is containing relics."

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na said simply:

"The top Great Witches of the Fifth Era could themselves contend with Level 0 relics, and could even chat and laugh with saints, but the 13th-level Ringed Shushi of the Sixth Era cannot. This is the reason."

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na had other things to do today, so she chatted with Xia De for a few sentences and then left.

Xia De also had things to do. After leaving Mia to watch the house and preparing lunch for her, he set off for Midehillburg.

Today is Friday. After the murder case at the Midehillburg Mechanical Academy was solved last week, the Captain invited Xia De to meet him at the camp on the Wind-Rising Path while he was on vacation today. Old friends could chat with each other or go hunting together.

Of course, if it wasn't foggy in the Xikar Mountains in the afternoon, Xia De also planned to look for that witcher's sword.

Therefore, after walking out of the abandoned tower and passing through the mountain forest to enter the main road into the mountains, Xia De didn't choose to head toward the city of Midehillburg at the foot of the mountain; instead, he continued to go up the mountain along that mountain road.

The Wind-Rising Path is one of the most important passages for hiking across the national border of the Xikar Mountains, and the Red Water Camp where Captain Rads is located is the largest military camp and outpost set up by the Deraerion Royal Army in the border area. ===== CHAPTER 649 =====