"I mean, you just rowed into death with me, didn't you gain any experience?"
Shade asked with a smile, and Flora knew at a glance that he must have asked this deliberately:
"Experience? I also have some experience."
When this topic was mentioned, she felt a little downcast. She placed her hands on the boat and unconsciously looked at the surrounding fog:
"Looking at Sister Devlin's appearance, it's not surprising that the next time we see her she has been promoted to the thirteenth level. But I don't have this kind of talent. Even if I am not cursed, the eleventh level is already my limit. Yes, I can feel it myself."
She doesn't shy away from talking about the issue:
"I did feel the possibility of a breakthrough just now. I meant level 11 to level 12, but this is obviously still too far away. Not to mention Vanessa, who is already at level 13."
Shade noticed that she clearly curled her lips, which meant she was not convinced:
"I can't even compare to the twelfth-level Megan Audrey, Carina, Xi Wei, and Bella, let alone the ancient demigod witch emperors you know.
So, I even envy the Emilia you mentioned. She can go to ancient times to study, which is obviously very helpful to improve her own strength. But I can only continue to be stuck at level 11. If I am lucky, maybe I could barely reach the twelfth level before Charlotte took over my seat."
Shade looked at her with a smile while confirming that the route guided by the golden thread was correct:
"Don't say such depressing words. When I met Carina, she also said that level 11 was her limit. Hasn't she broken through now?"
"So you want to say that witches need to be intimate with you to break through their limits?"
After asking, she felt that this method of questioning seemed to be blaming Shade, so she explained:
"Do you have a way to help us push our limits?"
"Of course I don't, although it is true that many people's breakthroughs are related to me. I am always exposed to all kinds of magical things, and maybe something can allow you to get a breakthrough. Just like today, maybe the opportunity will be tomorrow."
"You really know how to talk."
Flora sighed and saw that although the shadow of the forest had appeared in the surrounding fog, it would obviously take a while to return to reality. She stood up on the boat and walked towards Shade:
"I'm tired of sitting around. Now I want to try it out. Is it true that I have to be intimate with you to break through the limit?"
For a moment, her tone of voice reminded Shade of Lesia who was in Tobesk City at this time:
"I'm driving the boat."
"Young knight, don't think I can't see that it's much easier to return home than to take the initiative to open a sea route. Come on, don't dodge, kiss me again. I can do what Carina and the others can do. Kissing is indeed Very interesting.”
That evening, when the owl grabbed the silver cat and flew into the window on the third floor of the Accordion Hotel, it was already very late. The two cats jumped down from the window sill and transformed into human forms, so the red-haired girl who put down the book took a look. Shade also reminded:
"Xia De, the lipstick marks on your face haven't been wiped off yet."
"Don't try to lie to me. I was fooled once and I won't be fooled again."
Although he said this, Shade still wiped his face with his hand. Flora on the side handed the coat to her apprentice, and asked with a pout as she sat down on the sofa:
"Daniste, what do you mean?"
"It's just strange. You obviously put on lipstick before leaving. Why was the lipstick missing when you came back?"
The red-haired girl smiled and replied, knowing that she certainly had objections to this. After all, she asked Shade and Flora to act together to investigate the devil, and not to make Shade's love life more complicated:
"So, how are these two busy people doing today? Nothing major happened in the city. Is there any news outside the city?"
There is indeed news outside the city. In addition to the "ghost of resentment" sealed by the relics in Gregorian Village, the two people after bidding farewell to the nun went to the warehouse of the herbal medicine company to investigate, and then really found those who were from there.
Boxes removed from the ruins of the deserted village:
"Those boxes had been placed in the deserted village for a long time, and they were also tainted with the subtle burning smell of the village. The boxes contained some antiques and artworks, which were consistent with the origins of those we found in Hoy Manor.
Something that traveled through time three hundred years ago."
Shade did not sit down, but closed the window and leaned directly against the window:
"Flora channeled a corpse buried underground in the warehouse and learned that those antiques were finally taken away by Director Kant.
Therefore, the correct sequence is: the devil or other people related to the devil obtained the antique from three hundred years ago, placed the antique in that almost completely safe deserted village, then the people from the herbal medicine company moved the antique, and finally the antique
It fell into the hands of Director Kant."
"So it's normal that Director Kant doesn't have a time curse, because it's not the Hoy family's 'treasure' that he obtained through time."
Flora nodded and leaned comfortably on the back of the sofa:
"If the source of the wealth that Director Kant bribed the nobles of Willendale was really the antiques obtained from trading with the devil, then the devil's real intention would be terrible. It affects the nobles of the royal capital through Director Kant. If it weren't for this
Once discovered, I even believe that its ultimate purpose is to affect this country.
After all, letting the flames of war burn down an entire continent is more in line with their style than burning down a manor."
"I actually doubt that if we continue to investigate, we will find that the devil is actually instigating this upcoming war. Of course, I also admit that even without its instigation, the war will definitely come."
Since the demon has been lurking so close to the royal capital for so long, Xia De does not believe that the current situation has nothing to do with it. If you think about it this way, things seem to have become very scary:
"My friend said that this demon can only split itself into four parts at most. Now that two parts have been confirmed, only half is left.
I have already agreed with Flora to ask her to contact Miss Sylvia tonight and use Margaret's power to investigate whether there is anything unusual among the Willondale nobles who are close to Director Kant."
After all, no one said that the demon's clone could only stay in the Vista Grove:
"As for the remaining local investigation clues, we are currently focusing on Emilia's affairs and the Battle of the Chosen Ones."
"The college has informed me that a passage will be opened in about half an hour, allowing me to return to the college library and talk to Amelia again. The college is also very worried about this girl. Shade, do you want to go together?
"
Shade nodded.
Shade didn't know what means St. Byrons used to open the space gate. He just held hands with Miss Danist and jumped into the bathtub in her room. After a moment of falling, his feet were steady.
It landed on the familiar floor of the college library.
It was extremely quiet in the library. The huge planetarium slowly rotated silently on the starry sky-colored ceiling, and golden candlesticks floated above the gaps between the bookshelves. At this time, Miss Danister was in the library.
In the "office area" in the center of the library, the footsteps of students walking among the bookshelves can be heard in the distance.
Seeing that they had arrived successfully, the lady who used illusion magic to make herself look like she had returned to her normal age let go of Shade's hand and expressed her greetings to the old elf waiting on the sofa:
"Aunt Chisara, why are you here?"
The old elf was wearing an old-fashioned green skirt, and Emilia, who was wearing a college uniform, stood beside her a little uneasily. Even if Shade didn't use "echoes from the past," he could know that before they appeared, Emilia
Being scolded by his elders.
But Emilia seemed to be in good spirits, and she even winked at Shade when she looked at him.
And the old elf nun, whose face was full of wrinkles and whose ears were pointier than Amelia, also stood up with her own crutches and looked at the two people who had just appeared with a smile on her face:
"Good evening, Daniste.
For such a big thing, of course I have to accompany little Emilia. This child has not made people worry since she was a child. I remember that when her parents carried her to visit the library in the sixth grade, her crying sound accidentally triggered
I heard the audible alarm in the library and almost had the library close early for the day. Counting the time, that was more than fifty years ago."
"Yes, my teacher at that time was younger than I am now."
Miss Danister also said with a smile, while Emilia on the side lowered her head, as if she wanted to turn into an ant and disappear immediately.
Although it was the first time for Shade to meet him, he knew this "Grandma Qisha". Emilia had mentioned her before. She was currently the oldest elf in the Moon Creek clan.
No, but she has a genuine twelve-ring level.
Time accumulates knowledge, and time resonates with enlightenment, so if they really want to fight, even the great witches Shade knows who have just entered the twelfth level may not be able to beat her.
The elves of the Yuexi Clan have a weaker family concept than humans. They usually regard the clan as a large collective. Therefore, this "Grandma Chisara" who looks very kind can be regarded as Emilia's most important and important person.
The eldest elder.
Miss Daniste did not expect to see this old man who did not visit often. She was about to introduce Shade to her, but unexpectedly the old elf said with a smile:
"Is this young gentleman you?"
"Sorry, what?"
Shade asked politely, and Emilia raised her head. She wanted to introduce Shade and the old elf to each other, but the old elf smiled and said:
"What a young and vibrant sapling, with a green light and a soul that seems to be able to support the world. I haven't seen it for many, many years. The last time I saw it was during a sacrifice when I was young."