Fortunately, before Fiona entered here, Miss Feliana had considered the problem of being unable to pass at night. The red dragon girl asked Shade to turn around, and then Shade heard a rustling sound behind him.
When I turned around again, I saw Fiona holding a piece of black gauze in her hand. She blushed and explained:
"This is an alchemical item made by Miss Felina herself, a replica of the 'Curtain of the King of Eternal Night'. With this curtain, you can move around the city, but each time you move, you can only reach the vicinity of the target location, so it is not absolutely safe."
Most of her other luggage was lost, and this piece of fabric was one of the few items left, and it was obviously well hidden. Of course, Shade did not ask where the fabric was hidden before.
"But don't worry, passing through the curtain will not lead us directly into the darkness. If that place is not what we want to go, we can return through the curtain along the same route."
The two of them cleaned up the food on the table, and the porcelain tableware disappeared in the white mist. Then Fiona found her small package behind the counter, which contained the few remaining potions and spell materials. After packing up, she did not leave immediately. Fiona, who had rich survival experience, looked through the menu again and planned to buy one of the items:
"Take this with you, we will need it in this long dark night."
The ever-burning candle can keep burning for 3 years after being lit, and can also keep burning for 10 seconds in the night of the Eternal Night City.
The most important supplies for mortals in the long night.
Freshly isolated blood is required.
“I’ll buy this!”
This time she said in an irrefutable tone:
"In every store with a sign, you can only buy three candles at most. I've bought this many times. Shade, I'm a red dragon hybrid. My self-healing ability is stronger than yours. Please don't worry about me."
A metal syringe with a needle automatically appeared on the counter. She rushed over and rolled up her sleeves, revealing her smooth arms with bracelets. Her skin was very white, with almost no pores:
"Shad, please help."
Xia De hesitated and picked up the syringe:
"Just like you told me, if you can't stand it, please let me continue."
Fiona nodded slightly, and then Shad inserted the syringe into her skin, which made Shad feel like he was destroying a work of art.
The syringe didn't need him to operate it at all, but it automatically sucked blood. Shade didn't know how fast it sucked blood, but judging from Fiona's expression, the syringe clearly showed no mercy. The big tail curled up subconsciously, then wrapped around Shade's right ankle, and then retracted like a python trying to strangle its prey.
Shad knew that she was trying to express her pain, so he said nothing even though his ankle hurt. He held Fiona's other hand, but the red-haired girl threw herself into his arms, her head against Shad's chest, trembling slightly.
The sound of rain was pattering, and the firelight from the fireplace blended their shadows together. Xia De hesitated for a moment, then took the initiative to hug her. They didn't say anything, only the clock on the wall was spinning counterclockwise quickly and unromantically.
Four minutes and thirty-two seconds later, the syringe automatically left Fiona's arm and landed on the table with a clang. Instead of pushing Shade away, the red dragon girl hugged him with both arms.
Because he couldn't see her face, Xia De could only judge from the sound and trembling movements that she was probably sobbing.
He patted the young girl's back gently, and then felt the large tail wrapped around his ankle finally loosen:
"It's okay. I will stay with you until the end, until I send you away safely."
Treefather's mission was only to ask Shad to help Fiona find the God of Night, but Shad made an extra promise.
"I swear, I will definitely stay with you as much as possible to make you leave safely. Miss Fiona Drago, I rarely make promises, please believe me."
He felt that the Red Dragon Girl was wiping her tears with his clothes:
"I'm not afraid of this place, it's just... just..."
She looked up at Shade, who understood:
"I understand. No one can stand being alone in this environment. After all, I can leave, but you can't. I know what you think and how you feel. Speaking of which, you know what? When I first met your teacher, Miss Orlanod, in the Thousand Trees Forest, she also showed her fragility. After all, we are just mortals... At that time, Miss Felena was with her, but here there is only you."
He comforted softly:
"You're under too much pressure, and the night of this city is sucking away those positive and proactive thoughts. Look at me, Miss Fiona Drago."
The two looked at each other closely, and Xia De said seriously:
"I will accompany you to the deepest part of this city and get you out safely. Can you trust me?"
"Yes."
She nodded slightly, and then heard Xia De say nervously:
"Don't say I said those things I said about Miss Olanord just now."
The young girl smiled slightly. Although it was late at night, she was inexplicably no longer so worried.
After getting the three golden eternal candles, Shad opened the door of the cafe, and Fiona quickly hung the black curtain on the door lintel.
The two held hands, and then rushed sideways towards the black curtain as if to break glass.
After passing the curtain, they did not enter the dark street, but came to a dark alley.
The night rain was still falling. The alley was extremely narrow, but fortunately there was not much garbage. The walls were densely covered with secret codes from past eras written in various languages. Xia De even saw a secret ritual called the random evil god summoning technique, which frightened him so much that he immediately withdrew his gaze.
The reason why the words on the wall can be seen is because there is light here. Behind the two people, the curtain that was gradually wet by the rain was floating in the air, and to the right of the two people, a humanoid creature wrapped in beggar's clothes was lying by the wall. He looked human, but except for his eyes, all his senses reminded Shade that he was definitely not human.
There was a bowl of oil at the beggar's feet, with the wick hanging over the edge of the bowl. The flame was only the size of a bean, but it illuminated the small area.
The beggar wanted to speak, but Fiona's face changed, and she pulled Shade back to the cafe:
"No! This thing flips the soul!"
"What is soul-turning?"
Shade and Fiona retreated together. After returning to the cafe, the red dragon girl immediately retracted the curtain, as if she was worried that the beggar would follow them:
"After committing suicide, the soul of a ring wizard turns over. Teacher and Miss Feliana call such souls 'turned souls'. This kind of soul turns the inside of the soul into the outside, and the outside into the inside. This painful moment and the huge change in personality after the soul turns over are enough to drive any normal soul to complete madness. Teacher has done research on this and warned me not to come into contact with such people."
Then the curtain was put up again, and the two held hands and rushed through it for the second time. This time they appeared on the rainy street, with the lights of the "Twilight Pawn Shop" behind them outside the window, leaving them a small safe area.
"Look over there!"
Xia De pointed diagonally across the street. The old sign of "Midnight Watch Shop" was clearly visible under the lights of the store.
“That’s it!”
Fiona nodded cautiously, and despite getting wet, she warned Shade:
"Even with candles, when we rush into the night, the night will still try to pull us into the darkness. I was injured in the process and was trapped in the cafe."
"What form of attack will it take? A monster in the night? A whisper that will lure us off course? Or something else?"
"I can't describe it in words, but please hold my hand tightly."
The Red Dragon girl took back the black curtain, which meant that the two of them could no longer return to the warm and comfortable cafe.
"Are you ready?"
Fiona said softly, blushing a little, but still took off the pair of black leather shoes in front of Shade. After stripping off her identity as a maid in the cafe, her clothes did not change, so she felt very uncomfortable standing directly on the ground covered with rectangular convex stones while holding her shoes and wearing white translucent fabric.
Shade had tried it just now. The City of Eternal Night, like the Lost Lake in the past, prohibited spatial movement, and Fiona's shoes that matched her maid dress were not suitable for running.
Just as Xia De was about to remind her that he had spare shoes, the Red Dragon girl rubbed her right index and middle fingers together and used the golden flame to light the first candle:
"Walk!"
The two held hands and ran towards the lighted building. When they left the light of the pawnshop window behind them, the thick night almost "swamped" them immediately. But fortunately, the candle emitting bright golden light opened up a small safe area for them.
One candle can last for ten seconds, three candles can last for thirty seconds. However, protecting two people at once seemed to make the candle burn faster than expected. The red dragon girl holding the candle noticed this, and she glanced at Xia De who was holding her hand, and she was ready.
For Xia De, the bone-deep coldness spread from the soles of his feet to his entire body. At the same time, he actually felt abnormally sleepy. His physical fatigue reached its peak in an instant. Every time he lifted his legs, it felt like there was glue on the ground sticking to his shoes.
The night was calling him, calling him to become a part of the night.