Chapter 773: Enlightenment - Sleeping Princess

The clear yellow moon appeared above the bonfire again. Xia De reached out and pulled Miss Olandonode up. The latter looked around and then said softly:

"I'm so glad to see you as soon as I opened my eyes, Xia De. However, have you... accepted the ritual of the elves recently? Why is there such a rich natural atmosphere on you? Just now when I opened my eyes, I almost thought I had returned to the place where I lived in my childhood."

When Miss Feilian met Miss Olandonode, the latter was a flower-selling girl on the street. Therefore, the stories of this lady in the past should also be equally exciting.

Xia De vaguely passed over this topic, while Miss Samuel told Miss Olandonode about what happened after she fell into a coma.

There were only thirteen minutes left. Xia De pushed the ice coffin to the bonfire with great effort. After Miss Samuel finished explaining the current situation, he said to the two witches:

"Believe me, I will wake up Miss Delage as much as possible. If there is really no way... I will use other means to send you out."

If the labyrinth was not successful, Xia De planned to complete the ritual of advancing from the third tier to the fourth tier in the Fifth Era. According to past experience, during the short time after the advancement, because divinity invaded the soul, he could exert power not inferior to the divine overflow state. Relying on this bit of power, he would try his best to protect the witches and walk outward until the thirty-minute time ended, forcing him to return to his own time.

"What I can do in the Thousand Tree Forest, I can also do here."

Xia De said, not forgetting to remind:

"After you leave, remember to send my regards to Teacher Feilian. I hope that next time, I will have the opportunity to see her again. Miss Samuel, please help me record this story. I will take the story away as spell material."

Of course, the manuscript brought back to the Sixth Era from this point in time could not be considered the first draft of the story. After all, only time could give civilization the enlightenment of stories, and relying on time travel could not cheat.

Miss Samuel nodded immediately. Although she did not find all the knowledge she wanted in the library on this trip, hearing Xia De's story made this journey worthwhile. Miss Olandonode was somewhat melancholy, and after this separation, no one could say whether there would be a reunion.

"Sage, continue the story."

"No, please don't use 'Sage' to address me."

The gray-robed god reminded softly. The empty right hand stroked his beard, and his somewhat bright eyes looked at Xia De with deep meaning:

"Especially you, don't use this address."

He walked down the pile of old books, came to the bonfire, and sat down cross-legged. He took out a pipe from the air again, and then blew smoke at the flame.

Mixed with the faint smell of high-end tobacco, the flame suddenly shot into the sky. The flame vividly constructed a half-person-sized princess. On that face that looked like "Desire," her eyes were closed, and there was a spindle also constructed of flames beside her.

The god stretched out his right hand, and then pressed it down slightly. The light radiated outward by the bonfire became dim rapidly. Until the entire dilapidated entrance hall of the library, only the bonfire and a very small area around it could be illuminated by the light.

The four people by the bonfire were all sitting on the edge of light and shadow. The strong wind howled outside the entrance hall, and red snow flew horizontally. The surroundings were extremely dark, and everyone was staring at the flame.

"I just like this atmosphere. Sitting around the bonfire with young children listening to fresh stories, there is nothing better than this."

The god inserted his long staff into the brick seam beside him, and the vicissitudes and low voice also came from Xia De's mouth at this time.

Little Mia, who didn't understand what was happening at all, thought the lights had been turned off, narrowed its eyes, and shrank on Xia De's lap, sleeping soundly.

"The princess finally touched that fateful loom in the attic on her eighteenth birthday. Just by being lightly pricked by the spindle, she fell to the ground and fell into eternal slumber."

Following Xia De's words, the flame constructed vines, appeared on both sides of the half-person-sized princess, and then covered her body until only her head remained.

"But, the curse of fate also has a way to be lifted. The kind witches who were invited to attend the birthday banquet came to the side of the sleeping princess."

The flames reorganized in the crackling sound, constructing the appearance of that massive kingdom castle again. The firelight illuminated everyone by the bonfire, and the flames jumped in their eyes. People were crowding at the top of the castle spire, and among them, the one outlined most delicately by the fire was the image of the twelve witches.

They wore robes with star patterns, wore massive pointed hats, and some even held a cat that looked very much like Mia.

"The twelve witches brought blessings to the princess again—"

Xia De cleared his throat, and the witches in the flames raised their hands high, and the sparks of fire scattered down:

"No matter how long, no matter when, no matter what happens in the future, kind and beautiful princess, we bestow blessings upon you."

Xia De also stretched his hand toward the bonfire. In the chapping of his fingertips, dots of golden sparks drifted toward the princess in the bonfire.

Miss Samuel looked at the golden embers and blinked suspiciously. Miss Olandonode had been focusing on the bonfire, and the jumping firelight formed large shadows on her face.

"The witches chanted in unison: One day, a foreign prince from a distant kingdom will arrive and wake you with a kiss of true love. At that time, the frozen kingdom will see the light of day again, and the castle among the wild grass will regain its vitality."

The perspective in the flames rose, and the flames very delicately depicted the map of the entire kingdom. The god by the bonfire blew a puff of smoke at the flame again. The smoke shrouded above the flame kingdom and did not disperse for a long time, as if symbolizing the clouds of decay and destruction that had covered the kingdom.

Under the smoke, the changes in the details of the tiny kingdom symbolized the passage of time.

"What a nice story."

The god holding the pipe evaluated, and his bright eyes looked at Xia De:

"However, this is not reasonable. Although fairy tales should not pursue reasonableness, just a kiss of true love can save the princess cursed by the witch. Is it a bit too hasty?"

Xia De nodded. He knew this was the hint given to him by this benevolent god, and he also understood what kind of story would follow:

"I don't know how many days, months, and years have passed. When wild grass had already covered the castle, when the kingdom had already headed toward decline, and when the sleeping princess had already become the story of 'Sleeping Beauty' circulating in the world, the dusty foreign prince came from a foreign land to the hall where the birthday banquet was held in the past."

In the flames, the young man with his back to the outside of the bonfire was swinging his sword at the vines:

"He cut through thorns and finally saw the princess in the ice coffin in the broken attic of the castle."

Above the flames appeared an ice coffin almost identical to the one by the bonfire, but the princess in the ice coffin did not have a big tail.

"Oh, what a beautiful princess. The Outsider exclaimed."

Although the witches, Xia De, and the god were sitting separately by the bonfire, no matter who it was, they could only see the back of the prince.

"The prince decided to save the princess sleeping in the ice coffin, decided to save this kingdom that was about to perish, and he reached out to the sleeping girl..."

Xia De felt this way of saying it was a bit strange, as if the prince in the story had a special hobby. Fortunately, this plot was not the point.

A swirl appeared in the flames, and the old witch, also constructed of flames, appeared in that flame swirl.

"The witch arrived at the last moment. She wanted to stop the prince's action. But the righteous and firm prince, relying on the sword in his hand, defeated the witch and her servants."

The human figure in the flames held a sword that looked like a silver moonlight greatsword, neatly fighting with the witch.

"Justice defeated evil, but the witch was laughing loudly: Oh, stupid man, wanting to save the sleeping princess, how could it be possible not to pay a price?"

Xia De paused. Recent experiences made him think of many things:

"What should go cannot stay; she has already fallen into the deepest eternal sleep. To save her, are you willing to pay a price you cannot bear?"

He recited the witch's lines, and the witch in the flames also disappeared. The prince approached the ice coffin again and picked up the princess.

"Yes, waking up the sleeping princess requires love and a price. But the Outsider was determined to do so, for the girl in his arms, and for this kingdom."

The sound of steam and whistles appeared behind Xia De. In the thick steam fog, the life ring of the Third-Tier Shushi appeared. The rapidly rotating life ring was enriching the brass-colored enlightenment elements.

That spiritual light faintly echoed the light of the bonfire. Miss Samuel turned her head to observe Xia De's life ring, Miss Olandonode stared at the princess in the bonfire, the god looked at everything in front of him with a smile, and Little Mia, who was woken up by the noise, looked at the firelight.

"The prince kissed the princess. With this kiss, the princess opened her eyes. Wild grass and withered vines retreated, the frozen kingdom regained its vitality, all things revived, and this land welcomed prosperity and prosperity again. And the prince who gave the kiss of true love had his golden hair turn silver-white, and never touched his sword again for the rest of his life."

The princess and prince who were kissing and hugging dispersed, and then the flames constructed the style of an arch. The princess and prince in grand costumes held a wedding amid the cheers of the people constructed of flames.

"This is a story of love and sacrifice. Even if fate imposes a curse, when the selfless sacrificer steps forward, true love will save everything."

Xia De's gradually lighter words concluded the story, and behind him, the life ring had stopped rotating at some point, and the Enlightenment - 【Sleeping Princess】 appeared quietly.

Time gives stories enlightenment, and civilization gives stories power. Xia De, standing at this end of time across five thousand years of time and crossing the time of two eras, obtained the power of fairy tales that became one with civilization at the other end of time. *** **CHAPTER 774: Kiss of Revival**