Speaking of the demigod witch, Miss Carina suddenly raised her eyebrows:
"Speaking of which, the Ceremony of the Chosen One of Wisdom and Knowledge can enlighten others. I wonder if that will happen..."
Miss Sylvia nodded silently, and then the three of them left the parliament.
There was an important banquet to attend in the evening, so Shade and Miss Sylvia did not stay long. After saying goodbye to Miss Carina and Tifa, the two took the same carriage back to the city.
Almost at the moment when the carriage drove out of the manor, the young witch sitting opposite Shade spoke immediately:
"Shad, you're even more... amazing than I thought."
The adjective that first came to her mind was definitely not "remarkable."
"So what do you want to ask?"
Shade was going to give Miss Sylvia full trust. This witch who wanted him to be her apprentice was indeed someone he could trust.
"Apprenticeship, investment, there is no need to talk about these for now. I am very interested in your past experiences now."
She bit her lip and looked at Xia De with her golden eyes:
"Yes, quite interested."
"I... ... "
"No, no, first of all, I want you to fully trust me, and not be willing to tell me your story just because of Miss Carina or for any other reason."
"Full trust?"
"Yes."
The youngest witch in the parliament gently pulled Shade's hand with her right hand, and suddenly put her left hand around his neck.
"Again?"
Emma Sylvia kissed Shad on the bumpy carriage.
The scent of perfume on different witches is always different. The scent of perfume even made Xia De forget the time. It was not until Miss Sylvia pushed him away that he frowned and complained:
"Ma'am, this is really rude."
Witches always act like this.
"Your kissing skills are terrible. What do you usually do, Miss Carina?"
The young witch wiped her lips and looked at Shade with a smile. Shade's lack of resistance was a very clear signal:
"Don't ask me why, Xia De. In the distant past, it was common for young apprentices to become the lover of their teachers."
It seems that the chaotic private life of the Great Witch of the Fifth Epoch is beyond Shade's imagination.
"It's not just the Fifth Age, it's also been like this in the more distant past."
She seemed to see what Shade was thinking:
"Now I am somewhat inclined to change my mind, young gentleman. Rather than having you become my apprentice, perhaps it would be better for you to be my lover. I admire your soul, and Miss Carina is very lucky."
She leaned back slightly, still looking at Xia De:
"After you kiss a lady, don't you say anything?"
"I... Are witches always so rude? This isn't the first time I've been forcefully kissed by a witch."
"You should get used to this."
Miss Sylvia said, and no longer asked whether Shad was willing to establish a new relationship with her.
She sat down next to Xia De and grabbed Xia De's hand:
"It's probably less than twenty minutes' drive before we return to the city. Oh, my apprentice, perhaps you should really learn the technique of kissing a lady."
After saying that, he winked at Xia De playfully:
"I have to remind you that this is a carriage. If you don't want to walk back to the city, I don't think you can refuse me."
Only at times like this could Shad remember that Miss Emma Sylvia was one of the few ladies whose real age was younger than his body.
When returning to the city from outside the city, they should have sent Miss Sylvia to Canary Manor first, and then went to St. Teresa's Square further north, but Shade asked the coachman to go directly to St. Teresa's Square. The young witch wiped her lips and teased Shade for his enthusiasm for "learning", but Shade was not thinking about this.
"Please come here."
Opening the door of his house, Shade invited Miss Sylvia into the basement. While the latter looked around curiously, Shade called out his life ring, and the light of the time and space spirit rune illuminated the wall, revealing the hidden passage:
"plz follow me."
Miss Sylvia followed curiously. After Xia De, who was walking in front, looked at the ancient god statue in the center of the circular space, the place became bright. The witch walking behind her was so surprised that she couldn't speak:
"The Ancient God of Space!"
"Yes, ma'am. See if you can get close to the statue."
Shade came to the statue. Only a ring sorcerer with space power could pass through the statue and enter the space maze. But before that, he also needed to be able to get close to the statue of the ancient god, which required a strong soul and mental strength.
The witch walked with great difficulty, but she still lowered her head and came to Shade's side. Shade held her hand:
"You will be leaving tomorrow, so I think it is necessary for you to set up a landmark here. In fact, Miss Carina knows this place, which is why I can appear in Huntington City at will. Miss Sylvia, please read with me-"
He took Miss Sylvia's hand and touched the statue:
"May the original rift protect us in infinite space."
"May the original rift protect us in infinite space."
The white mist spread around until it submerged everything. The witch took a deep breath and looked at everything in front of her. In her eyes, there was only a shabby wooden signpost on the misty trail:
"The records of the Council are actually true! The maze left behind by the ancient god of space, the basic coordinate points that run through the space of the material world! This is true, the secret of the world, the mystery of space, and the ancient legend!"
The witch with black shawl hair looked at Shade with fiery eyes:
"Young knight."
"What's wrong?"
"Have you ever kissed another lady here?"
It didn't happen the first second, but the next second, it happened. The perfume on Miss Sylvia's body really smelled quite good.
(Little Mia is running...)
When Miss Sylvia returned to Canary Manor in a carriage, her smile was almost overflowing. She and Shad agreed to meet at the banquet in the evening. Shad did not stay at home, but took a carriage to Old John's pawnshop.
When I pushed the door open, I was surprised to find that the store seemed a little empty. Considering that this place used to be a garbage dump filled with all kinds of miscellaneous items, there were actually quite a few goods at this time.
"Dad John, are you moving the store?"
Xia De asked suspiciously. When he walked to the counter, he found two black suitcases behind the counter.
"Dr. Schneider said you've been here since he became a ring wizard. Why would you want to move away?"
"I'm not moving away. I'm going on a long trip to the south... Do you think the winter in the Everglades is warmer?"
The old man asked, and Shade thought for a moment:
"You'd rather have fewer mosquitoes."
The old man agreed:
"Yes, I have prepared a lot of insect repellent and snake repellent. Oh, detective, what do you want to buy from me? You are so lucky. If you came at night, I would have already left."
Shade blinked:
"I was just passing by here, so I came in for a look."
"I don't believe it, but if you're really alright, leave now. I'm closing the shop too. I'll definitely be back before the end of the year. If you need custom alchemical items during this time, you can go to this address and find Sean. Really, I never thought that one day, I would introduce business to other people."
While he was mumbling, he handed Xia De a business card, then looked up at Xia De:
"You just happened to be here, so do me a favor. Before this Friday, go to Copps who sells corpse materials outside the city and give him the list of goods."
Without waiting for Xia De's consent, he took out a folded paper from under the counter and pushed it to him.
Of course, Xia De would not refuse. Although Old John was a little stingy on weekdays, he also took good care of him:
"I thought you wouldn't like doing business with a guy who sells corpse materials."
"But using those materials is unavoidable. Do you want me to rob the tomb myself?"
The old man shook his head and took out a handful of change and stuffed it into Xia De's pocket:
"Remember, send it before Friday. This is £1 and 7p as your commission. I am very generous this time."
Xia De admired Old John's ability to know the exact amount of money by just grabbing a handful of change.
Although he met Old John, he would leave Tobesk soon and obviously had no time to help Shade investigate the matter of "Miss Chloe Yin". So after returning home and having lunch at noon, Shade went to Coldwater Port again.
I swam from the underground cave to the dock, took a bath and changed clothes at Aurora Manor, went to the Ringwitch Black Market at the Seven Broomsticks Tavern in the city, and then took a carriage to the old lighthouse on the sea cliff outside the city, where I met the folklorist Mr. Edmund:
"Great! You're not planning to go far to the Pantanal, are you?"
When he knocked on the door of the lighthouse and saw the familiar old man, Shad was relieved.
“It’s strange, what am I doing in the Pantanal…”
The old man made way for Xia De at the door, and suddenly looked at Xia De suspiciously:
"How do you know where Old John is going? He shouldn't tell you his destination."
"I guess."
Xia De walked into the familiar lighthouse. The ventilation inside the lighthouse was good, and the fishy smell was not strong:
"This time, I came here to entrust the Guiding Light Hermitage to investigate a witch from the early Fifth Epoch. Today is Tuesday, and I hope to get the information before Saturday night."
"A witch from the Fifth Age? Sure, but this kind of information is very expensive. Even I can't give it to you cheaply."
The old man warned, and asked Shade to sit down and talk:
"And I can't guarantee that I can find it. You know, the information before the epoch is so lost that it's really serious, not to mention the early Fifth Epoch."