"Demon? What does this have to do with that god?"
Xia De asked with a little confusion, and the witch explained:
"Some people often confuse the evil god Stone Heart Demon with the legendary ancient demon Stone Mirror Demon. In fact, the two are completely different. The former is an ancient god that has been famous since the Second Era. When the god descends, he often uses stone statues instead of living people as the saint's possession. Once any non-stone material appears around, whether it is solid or non-solid, it will be petrified. The latter is an evil spirit demon from the Third Era. It is quite ancient and likes to play with contracts. It petrifies people's hearts and then takes them away, and uses them to imprison their souls. In this era, this demon even destroyed a kingdom in the southwest of the Old Continent through a clever contract."
Xia De didn't know about this, after all, he was only investigating the evil god.
"We cannot deal with the evil cult for now, and the Orthodox Church will not let them succeed. The key now is to stop the spread of the mad land. Thomas Granger and Willon Lathers definitely know more than we do. However, they seem unwilling to easily show up in front of the living."
Just now, after Shad left the manor, Mr. Lathers' soul purified the earth at the black mud spring and then disappeared immediately.
"Now that the evil god cult has intervened, it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the future. The evil god Stone Heart Demon... they are active locally, most likely for the Chosen One. I just don't know what they did tonight."
Because of the reminder from the Butterfly God, Shade was more depressed than Miss Benanis. The small flower with six pink and white petals had become a toy lying in his pocket. It was really just an ordinary item, otherwise it would not have become a "souvenir" this time. Therefore, this flower was not enough to fight against the possible situation, and he had more reasons to get the drop of divinity.
The dangerous existence that the Butterfly God mentioned might come to the material world with the help of the banquet can't be the Lord of the Blood Banquet again.
Miss Benanis sighed in annoyance, then looked at Shade:
"Come to think of it, your body is really..."
"No problem. Did you see me behave abnormally on the way back to the city?"
The witch shook her head slightly, and put her hand, which was originally on the chair, on his thigh. She looked at Xia De expressionlessly, and her fingers tapped on his knees like dancing figures, until she saw something satisfactory, and then she withdrew her hand:
"You see, I knew it wasn't just me who had a strong reaction to that fragrance, you did too."
“Where does this meaningless comparison come from?”
Xia Dedu muttered something, and the blonde witch smiled triumphantly:
"This is not a competition. I want to prove that my embarrassing performance last time was not due to my low resistance. Besides, you didn't show any expression just now. Are you questioning my charm?"
"Ms. Vanessa Benanis, I will never doubt your charm. Even among all the witches I have ever seen, your beauty is unique."
Because the beauty of each witch is unique.
"You should save these nice words for Karina."
Even though she said this, she still smiled. She wanted to say something to Shade, but she noticed that there was a pain in the sobbing of Miss Lathers.
The two hurriedly stood up to check and found Miss Lathers lying on the ground. The witch went to help her up, but Shade's face changed. He ignored Miss Benanis's surprise and directly pulled open Miss Lathers' skirt.
Sure enough, the legs wrapped in white suspender cotton stockings under the skirt had shown signs of petrification in the area of two-thirds below the knees.
Xia De whispered "I'm sorry" and reached out to touch her leg, and actually felt something hard:
"Did you get hit by the black mud during the battle at the manor?"
"Oh, Hillis, why didn't you tell me earlier? Why didn't you tell me on the way here... Oh, I won't say anything. Cry, young girl. I give you the right to cry."
She helped Miss Lathers sit on the bench, letting her sob on her knees. The witch gently stroked her hair, then signaled Shad to prepare the elixir.
The rune on the Earthen Grail that Shad obtained this time was "Warm Food", probably because he did not complete the purification thoroughly, so its function was only to reheat the cold cooked food.
In addition to this, he also obtained four holy grails: "Pure Water", "Fruits", "Healing" and "Sweetness". The Pure Water and Fruits had been used to treat the witch and Yin Luna, so this time he used the "Warm Food" he had just obtained.
The configuration of "Mother Earth's Elixir" is very simple, and he carries the materials with him.
When the configuration was complete, he brought the holy grail containing the elixir over. Then Miss Benanis helped Miss Lathers, whose petrification had reached her knees, to sit up and let her lean on her shoulder. Shade also sat on the other side of Miss Lathers and handed over the holy grail:
"Drink it quickly. I don't know if it will cause permanent damage if the petrification spreads too much."
"Shad, Vanessa, thank you."
The girl, who had already accepted the fact that her father had passed away, sobbed and said that Shade was worried that she would accidentally spill the elixir in her hand.
"Don't thank me. Shade found out the truth, and the Holy Grail that prepared the elixir is also his property."
Miss Benanis said, watching Miss Lathers sob as she drank the potion.
"How is it? Have you recovered?"
The witch asked with concern. Miss Lathers was leaning on her and she couldn't bend down. Miss Lathers tried to calm herself down. Her tears blurred her delicate makeup. She had no intention of feeling her body at all.
"Much better."
This sounds perfunctory.
"Shad, check it out."
Then the witch said, and Shade thought she was joking:
"But I..."
"Do you think either of the two ladies here would care about that?"
So Shad had no choice but to bend down, lift up Miss Lathers's gorgeous banquet dress again, and look at her legs under the hem.
Miss Lathers, whose mood was gradually recovering, blushed and struggled to stand up. However, due to the ischemia caused by the long-term semi-petrification of her legs, she sat down again as soon as she stood up.
"Feel sorry."
Xia De apologized softly again and reached out to touch the pair of cotton socks, and this time he touched warm skin. Of course, because the socks of this era were still very thick, he did not feel the touch of actual skin.
But even so, Miss Lathers's face was still as red as if it was about to bleed.
(Little Mia is running...)
The early Monday morning sunshine shone on the Yodel Palace in Tobysk. The roof of the palace complex reflected the golden sunlight, which seemed to indicate that the king and his family would be in a good mood today.
In the bedroom of Princess Leithia Cavendish, the gas lamp was still on even in the early morning. Her Royal Highness was in a very good mood, sitting in front of a mahogany dressing table made up of four giant makeup mirrors. The room was quite warm, and she was only wearing a thin nightgown, while two personal maids, one behind her helped her to fix her hair, and the other was guarding the door.
The princess tilted her head and looked in the mirror as she put on the red earrings, which were the sage-level relic stones that could break the curse:
"So, this is why you broke into the Yodel Palace yesterday and forced yourself on me..."
She asked in a good mood, glancing at Xia De in the mirror.
The princess's large bed with silk curtains was right behind her, and Shade was yawning and buttoning his shirt. The cat that had just been released from the cloakroom lay sullenly on his legs, and the red wool carpet under his feet was scattered with men's and women's clothes.
The maid blushed slightly with a smile on her face, while Shade complained:
"A lady of the royal family should not say such things. Besides, I remember that Dorothy was unwell, so you asked me to come to you? It was you who opened the window for me."
He recounted what happened last night. This was also the first time he spent the night in Leicia's boudoir. He had to admit that the princess' bed was indeed very soft and warm.
He picked up the cat and then let go. The cat really bounced on the bed, then looked at the bed curiously. Xia De smiled and shook his head, then went to the floor to look for his clothes.
"No need to look for it. Why are you being so polite when you come to my place? I'll have someone get you new clothes. I've already prepared that you will spend the night here sooner or later."
Lecia said that she felt that this kind of morning was the life she longed for, but it was a pity that there were two people getting up together instead of three.
As she was talking, the maid's voice sounded outside. It was the little princess Ajelina who came to the door. Leisia asked her sister to come in, and told the maid who was styling her hair to urge Shade's clothes, and then asked Ajelina to continue to help her with her hair.
The little princess actually didn't know that Shade was there too. She probably had no plans to leave Yodel Palace or meet guests in the morning, so she wore a relatively simple three-layer petticoat and a beige corset inlaid with jewels.
After entering the room, she saw Shad getting dressed beside the bed. Ajelina's face was slightly red. She greeted him awkwardly, then looked at the messy clothes on the ground. She hurriedly came behind Lesia to help her comb her hair. It can be seen that she often helped Lesia comb her hair.
"You were really funny last night."
Leicia continued the previous topic. She put on the relic earrings, and then put on the ruby earrings given by Shade:
"This is the first time I know you are so interested in a girl's legs."
Ajelina listened with her lips pursed, and while helping her sister comb her hair, she subconsciously looked at the hem of her skirt.
Xia De blushed, and Leisia was not exaggerating:
“There’s a reason for that.”
After all, although he could withstand the side effects of the bottle of pink essence, he could only tolerate it with difficulty, not completely without any impact.