Chapter 697: Physical Examination

The Diviner Society at noon was very lively. Even near the lunch break, the guests coming and going in the first-floor foyer were endless.

When Xia De was waiting on the first floor, he happened to run into Vice President Mark leading a group of people to move the promotional flyers before the release of the next version of Tarot cards. Seeing Xia De standing here waiting for someone, Vice President Mark smiled and asked:

"Mr. Hamilton, are you here to find Luweiya Anate again?"

Because Xia De came too frequently, and almost every time it was to find Luweiya for divination, the receptionists on the first floor all knew Xia De. Hearing Vice President Mark's teasing, they all laughed.

"I'm here to invite Miss Anate to go to lunch together."

Xia De said quite embarrassedly, and then patted his cat, letting it be a little more honest.

"Lunch?"

Vice President Mark took out his pocket watch and glanced at it:

"It's 11:15. Then you can go with Miss Anate now. There are five minutes until the lunch break; I don't think it matters if I let her off work early."

"How can I be so embarrassed? I'll wait another five minutes."

Xia De shook his head firmly in refusal. It wasn't out of politeness, but he had already waited for fifteen minutes, so it didn't matter if he waited for the remaining five minutes.

"Meow~"

The cat in his arms rubbed against Xia De's chest, squirming, wanting to change into a different position to lie down.

"That's fine, then do you want to sit in my office? We can talk about the next version of Tarot cards."

Thus, when eating at the Canary Restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue at noon, Xia De took advantage of the time while the dishes were being served to tell Luweiya the interesting story of running into Vice President Mark.

As the central street of Tobesk, the consumption here was exceptionally high. The Canary Restaurant was a high-end restaurant. Because they had important things to discuss, Xia De even specifically chose a corner seat.

"However, how was the trip to the Sin Mansion?"

Waiting for the waiter who served the dishes to leave, Luweiya asked. Xia De then recounted everything that happened all morning. Since Xia De ran into 【Desire】 in Coldwater Harbor last time, he had already told Luweiya about this Grade 0 relic, so Luweiya also knew what it was.

Hearing that Xia De had encountered 【Desire】 again, she was even more surprised than when Xia De obtained the third Spirit Rune of the Third Ring:

"You always say that you can't encounter ownerless relics, and even complain that I had just appeared on Sikar Mountain when 【Blood Coin】 also appeared. Look, you ran into 【Desire】 again, and it seems to be eyeing you."

She asked in detail about all the details of Xia De's trip to the 【Sin Mansion】 this morning. After finishing lunch, she insisted on dragging Xia De to No. 6 St. Theresa Square to check his body to confirm that 【Desire】 had not done anything to Xia De.

The first step of the physical examination was to let Xia De take off his shirt in the bedroom, but when Xia De lowered his head and unbuttoned his shirt, he realized that Luweiya was holding the doorknob with both hands behind her back, retreating while closing the bedroom door.

"Um... what is this for? Mia seems to be outside."

Because of the lighting, Little Mia's nap location was usually the windowsill in the living room or the back of the sofa, at least in summer and autumn.

"I want to check your body."

The purple-eyed girl said with a smile.

"But aren't you recently..."

"Oh, young gentleman, have some basic common sense; that period won't last forever."

Thus Xia De blinked, and sure enough, he saw that the blood energy on Luweiya had dissipated a lot.

【Is this incantation meant to be used like this?】

"Since it's a physical examination, of course, it needs to be more thorough."

Luweiya said with a smile, pointing at the curtains, and with a swish, the curtains on both sides automatically closed toward the middle.

Thus, the physical examination took the two of them an entire afternoon. When the sun set and the sound of the cat scratching the door came from outside, Luweiya confirmed that Xia De's body had no abnormalities:

"Yes, completely normal. In fact, your physical state is even better than before."

"The power of the Phoenix's flames was used by me to exert the Great Sin of 【Gluttony】, but after all, these flames burned my body once, so the enhancement of physical fitness is very normal... That's what stories always say."

Xia De walked to the door in slippers. After opening the door, the aggrieved cat immediately cried out.

He smiled, squatted down to pick up the cat, rubbed his fingers to produce a small flame, and then the flame transformed into the shape of a cat. Mia was immediately attracted by it.

Luweiya, who was reapplying lipstick in front of a small mirror at the desk, also stood up. She glanced at the bed sheet and decided to take it back to wash it herself; she would not let the maids of Karina Cavendish wash this kind of bed sheet.

"Stories also say that bathing in dragon blood can make you stronger, but who would do such a stupid thing? Xia De, have you ever noticed that your body is abnormal? Devouring the flesh and blood of desire, experiencing the burning of the Phoenix's flames, can all make you stronger, and even every time you advance, the improvement of your physical fitness far exceeds the normal level. This is not normal at all."

Luweiya asked. Although she had been in the house all afternoon, her complexion was unexpectedly very good. She was standing up the collar of her white lady's shirt to cover her neck.

"Perhaps this is related to my biggest secret that I haven't revealed to you yet."

Xia De was referring to the secret of divinity. He believed that the divinity deep in his soul was subtly influencing this body, coupled with the insignificance of the outsider soul's specialness, which caused this result.

"Well, anyway, this is not a bad thing, and..."

She walked to the bedroom door, gathering her short brown hair behind her head with both hands. The curtains had been pulled open. In the sunset light, the purple-eyed girl's skin was ruddy and shiny.

She kissed Xia De on the side of the face at the bedroom door, and then her purple eyes looked at Xia De at close range:

"I am also a beneficiary, aren't I? You performed very well, Knight."

Although the intimate relationship with Luweiya had begun for more than a month, Xia De was still blushing, and this performance made the purple-eyed girl laugh:

"I just hope that the influence of the Grade 0 relic 【Desire】 on you is really just slightly increasing your desire. I am clearly one ring higher than you, but I already feel a bit unable to cope. Also, how do you plan to deal with that Book of Pink? Keep it yourself, or find a reason to sell it to the academy?"

It was already sunset outside, and the two who had been tired all afternoon decided to go out to eat. The time Xia De agreed upon with Sister Delyth was eight o'clock in the evening, so there was no need to rush.

"Keep it; the spells in it are very valuable. I have more than seven thousand pounds in savings now; I'm not short of money during this period."

"Indeed, if you exclude those weird uses, this can almost be considered a basic encyclopedia of spells."

Luweiya also supported Xia De's idea, just reminding Xia De to check his mental state himself every time he read it. She was still worried that 【Desire】 had done something to Xia De or in that parchment scroll, and this worry was definitely not redundant.

After dinner, the two went to the university district to walk the cat together. Among the six districts of Tobesk, the university district was the best and quietest area.

Xia De wanted to take advantage of the time to go to the Black Raven Library to find incantations related to 【Sloth】 to add power to the new Spirit Rune, but Luweiya told him not to worry.

"Knowledge in the first year mentions that Spirit Runes will also inversely affect Ringed Shushi. Unlike 【Gluttony】 and 【Greed】, 【Sloth】 is not your Great Sin at all. Are you sure you can adapt to its power? Digging too deeply into its power without preparation, 【Sloth】 will definitely affect you directly."

Walking on the embankment in the university district, Luweiya gave a suggestion, which was to wait until Xia De advanced to the Fourth Ring before considering the incantations of 【Sloth】.

What she said made sense. Xia De believed that 【Gluttony】 and 【Greed】 both fit his personality, but 【Sloth】 was completely contrary to his personality. Moreover, the evidence that 【Sloth】 was not a completely suppressed power was that on the 【Chain of Great Sins】, there were still only the 【Gluttony】 and 【Greed】 rune chains.

Although he had obtained the power of 【Sloth】, he indeed had not mastered this power.

Actually, this was the normal state of a Ringed Shushi: after obtaining a Spirit Rune, one had to experience and polish its power, and finally master it completely. Xia De's previous Spirit Runes had too high a compatibility with his personality, which was why he didn't have this trouble.

By the time they returned to St. Theresa Square, the gas lamps around the square were all lit. And Xia De and Luweiya also began to formally talk about the "Death Chosen One."

"The information provided by Sister Delyth is very interesting. The suspicion of the 'person of reverse growth' Joey Barton has now increased infinitely."

Xia De put the two brand-new blood coins, the previous blood coins, and the 【Standing Coin】 on the coffee table together, while Luweiya took out the 【Dragon Blood Treasure Coin】 and the 【Diviner's Silver Coin】.

"Finally, we can divine."

Luweiya said and was about to start, but was stopped by Xia De:

"I remember you once said that as long as you see a Chosen One, accurately speaking, the first candidate for the Chosen One, you can know 'it is him'."

"Yes, that's how I found Iluna."

Luweiya nodded, and Xia De then said:

"You can't see Joey Barton, but in more than an hour, Sister Delyth will come. You can see her."

"That's a great idea."

"Meow~"

Mia pounced on the coins on the table and was then hugged by Xia De in mid-air:

"If we calculate it this way, Priest Augustus won't be the first candidate, because you have seen him countless times."

"No."

Luweiya denied Xia De's idea:

"Only when a Chosen One develops their talent to the limit, enough to support the ritual, can I discover clues when I see him or her by relying on the perception of unique talents. Moreover, this requires at least one minute of staring."

"In other words, Priest Augustus's suspicion still cannot be ruled out... No problem, let's see Sister Delyth today first. Tomorrow I will take the key into the city and let you take a look at the priest."

Thus, the six coins were not used for the time being. If Luweiya could rule out the suspicions of Priest Augustus and Sister Delyth, or confirm their identities, then the price required for divination would be reduced a lot.

If there were surplus coins, Luweiya could not only continue to divine the Chosen One ritual this time, but even have the opportunity to divine the method to solve the Interstice problem.