Chapter 675: The Twins About to Meet Again

"Then Priest, when exactly does the Sect intend to start that ritual?"

"Next week or the week after, within the Month of Withered Leaves. After all, the Boundary can't hold on much longer."

The last earthquake also weakened Xia De's "Tree Kiss" Wonder, and the death outbreak is indeed not far off.

"Also, I heard uncertain news that the Nature Sect has invited a 'Thorn Nun' from the Holy See."

The priest lowered his voice.

"Thorn Nun?"

This was the most surprising news tonight, because "Thorn Nun" represented the God-Descending Vessel cultivated by the Nature Sect. They were the purest young girls cultivated by the Nature Sect since childhood. They knew their responsibilities and regarded this responsibility as an honor.

In other words, these were religious fanatics with the qualifications for God's descent. The Sect mobilizing them was a very obvious signal.

"The Nature Sect wants to..."

Xia De pointed to the sky.

"I don't know anything; it's probably to guard against the worst-case scenario."

Priest Ao Gu Si shook his head cautiously and looked at the firelight in front of him with Xia De:

"But Detective, everyone is very cautious about this matter. Yes, very cautious. I have already seen it, seen what will happen once death breaks out and the Day of Finality arrives."

The bonfire crackled, and Xia De narrowed his eyes:

"What will happen?"

"That is too terrible. The Black Sun descends, the white fog of the Boundary turns into black fog to shroud this area, the world of the living and the world of the dead are completely mixed together, and even time and space will be confused. Everything falls into an eternal cycle of finality. The map of the Old Continent might be missing a piece from now on."

Priest Ao Gu Si also had his own things to do at this charity banquet, so he didn't chat with Xia De for long before leaving.

He and Xia De temporarily bid farewell, and the time was almost eight-thirty. Clusters of bonfires were jumping in the courtyard of the academy. In the distance, people were gathering; it seemed that this grand autumn night banquet was officially starting. The representatives of the chambers of commerce sponsoring this Fire Worship Festival banquet and the local City Hall officials were giving speeches.

The atmosphere of the banquet was very good, but Xia De didn't go to join the fun and listen to others' speeches. He estimated that the witches were also about to arrive, so he temporarily gave up the idea of going to play Luo De cards, but tidied up his clothes, and then walked slowly toward the entrance of the Mid-Hillburg Academy of Mechanics castle facing the courtyard, intending to meet Priestess Cassandra and Miss Lei Lei Qianya first.

Because of the characteristic of hating men, the two witches wouldn't take the initiative to integrate into the banquet, but intended to take the opportunity of this banquet to finalize some cooperation chapters with business partners.

The three met in a separate lounge next to the grand auditorium on the first floor of the castle. Miss Lei Lei Qianya, whom he hadn't seen for more than a month, was still as elegant and beautiful as ever. This witch with curly long brown hair was also very happy to see Xia De. After letting him sit on the sofa, she ordered the maid who was with her to pour tea and go to the kitchen to bring some snacks.

"I haven't been to Mid-Hillburg for several years either. The autumn here is very nice, especially the season of falling leaves. I still remember hunting in the mountains here last time, seeing the withered leaves covering the ground and the yellow leaves drifting down in swirls; that had a lot of artistic conception."

The gas lamps in the room were very bright, and the servants of Miss Lei Lei Qianya and Priestess Cassandra were standing behind the two witches respectively. Outside the window was the courtyard with clusters of bonfires burning. Although the room was slightly quiet, one could still feel the atmosphere of the Fire Worship Festival banquet.

Xia De suddenly thought of the nun holding fire and was very curious about whether the Fire Worship Festival had any special significance for her.

"Miss Lei Lei Qianya, you already know about the passage on the mountainside, right?"

"I know. You did a very good job."

She also guessed that it was Xia De who provided the information to Miss Miss Jia Lin Na:

"Priestess Cassandra and I will go to check it tomorrow. You don't have to go with us, but if you want to know the progress of the matter, you can come find us the day after tomorrow."

"No problem."

Xia De nodded:

"Such a dangerous thing, I don't need to go with you. But since the passage is in the Boundary, you go to check the mountainside cave in the real world, and then how do you intend to enter the Boundary? Is it also by looking for an accidentally appearing entrance and then using a ritual to fix the entrance?"

"That is the method of Knights."

Priestess Cassandra shook her head:

"Witches have the methods of witches. We will first enter the Illusory Dream, and then enter the Boundary directly from the Illusory Dream."

"Illusory Dream" refers to the strange world where dreams and phantoms are intertwined, but similar to the Boundary, it does not exist in reality. At the end of the night banquet at the Lake View Manor in summer, Luweiya went to the Illusory Dream, observed the manor from the perspective of the Illusory Dream, and removed the most critical node of the God-Calling Ritual.

"If possible, I hope that when you enter the Illusory Dream, you can take me with you. I have experience going there and can help with some things. And I also want to go to the Boundary again; someone entrusted me to pick some plants."

This was the "big business" of Mr. Corpus from Tobesk.

"No problem. Miss Jia Lin Na praised you, and your previous entry into the Boundary will indeed be helpful to us."

Priestess Cassandra nodded, and Miss Lei Lei Qianya raised an eyebrow; she didn't know what Xia De had done in this city before.

"Also, the scabbard is here. When the banquet is about to end, you take it from me, and also the information on the 【Sin Mansion】."

The old witch had her maid hand a few pages of paper to Xia De:

"Location-type relics are generally Sage-level (Level 2) or above, but the 【Sin Mansion】 is a rare Keeper-level (Level 3) relic. It is more like a trading place. You will understand when you see the information. The 【Sin Mansion】 appears randomly in the material world once every 66 years, attracting sinners to enter. But everyone has original sin, so theoretically speaking, any intelligent creature is its target."

Xia De lowered his head to check those papers:

"Sin Mansion, a place to repay one's own sins? The severity of the sin will determine the encounter inside the relic. The more sin one carries, the easier it is to die inside, but the more sin one carries, the more one can use the stripped sin to exchange for the power of the Sin Mansion..."

"As long as you haven't done too many wrong things, the 【Sin Mansion】 is not dangerous to you. And entering alone is safer than entering with others, because you cannot accurately know what your companions have done."

Priestess Cassandra explained.

"Is this a relic that appeared in the Sikar Mountains?"

Miss Lei Lei Qianya was very curious, her right index finger picking at the curly hair by her ear.

"Yes, because the Boundary's restlessness caused the chaos of elements in the surrounding area, which led to a significant increase in the number of relics in the Sikar Mountain area and this city recently."

The old witch nodded.

"I will enter alone tomorrow to take a look. If it is only Keeper-level, I think I can handle it."

Xia De put away those materials, and Priestess Cassandra and Miss Lei Lei Qianya didn't stop him.

Xia De thought for a moment, and then asked again:

"Speaking of which, Priestess, you said some time ago that you wanted to invite me to participate in your teacher's ritual, which is that ritual once every twenty-two years. I still don't know the name of your teacher."

He asked this deliberately in front of Miss Lei Lei Qianya; the witches should all know this information.

"Teacher's name? She has two common names."

Priestess Cassandra didn't seem surprised by Xia De's question:

"Helen Black, and Grace White."

"It really is them..."

Xia De's mouth twitched, and the images of the twin girls almost immediately appeared before his eyes.

"Also, the matter of entrusting you to come to this castle to find the lost bronze jar some time ago was actually arranged by the teacher for me to have you do."

Priestess Cassandra said again:

"The teacher is a lecturer in the History Department at this academy. She wanted to see you quietly, so she had me arrange for you to come to the academy."

The witches' tasks always had other purposes. And Miss Lei Lei Qianya frowned slightly; she didn't know the story between Xia De and the twins, only knowing that Xia De was entangled with beautiful "young" girls again.

"Then, do I have the honor to see Miss Black now?"

Xia De asked. The old witch shook her head with a smile:

"The teacher is busy with that critical ritual, which cannot go wrong. However, if you want to see her, follow me up the mountain next Monday; the ritual is about to be conducted."

Xia De didn't say anything more, just sighing that after crossing the long time, he was finally going to see them again.

【Back then, they were only 14 years old.】

"She" reminded softly.

"I know... Hmm, what do you take me for?"

Xia De immediately refuted in his heart:

"I'm just thinking, no matter whether it was Helen or Grace who entrusted the Sparrow Detective back then, since it was such a coincidence to choose the Hamilton Detective Agency, I don't believe she or she hadn't seen me before I 'woke up'."

【So, you want to...】

"I want to know, in the eyes of the twins, what kind of person the Xia De whose head wasn't normal in the past was. Although St. Baylons said there was no problem with the past of the original owner of this body, I always feel that the past won't be that simple."

【Is that so?】

She was chuckling, as if a breeze was brushing past his ear. For some reason, Xia De thought of the dream again, the huge moon disk above the endless wilderness.

Sacred and beautiful, containing secrets, it was so charming.

【Are you talking about the moon, or me?】

Xia De didn't answer, but they both knew the answer. ===== CHAPTER 676 =====