"You are already stained with my blood."
Fiona whispered in Shad's ear after taking that deep breath.
"What?"
Shad thought it was some kind of obscene metaphor, but he didn't believe Fiona would say such a thing.
"The ancient ritual you used is equivalent to letting the dragon be 'born' again. When a dragon is born, its body will carry a unique scent that lasts for a long time to help the mother dragon identify and track her children."
She seemed a little intoxicated, and continued to sniff Xia De's neck. Xia De could even feel the wonderful touch of her nose rubbing against his skin:
"That's it. It will follow you for several weeks. But don't worry, ordinary people can't smell it. Moreover, this smell will make ordinary beasts and monsters with low intelligence instinctively stay away from you."
Mia was definitely not a "beast with low intelligence" because it obviously had no intention of staying away from Shade. Instead, it kept calling out, as if it saw Shade being held hostage by the mother dragon.
Fiona obviously had more ideas and more words to say, but Shad was right, time was running out and they had no time to waste on other things.
So Shad carried Mia out of the tent temporarily and let Fiona change clothes in the tent.
In order to show his gentlemanly demeanor, Xia De turned his back to the tent:
"So, you know what I did while you were asleep?"
"I only vaguely knew you were here. I fell into a very long dream. Under the light of the red moon, the ancient dream guided me to further awaken the power in my bloodline."
The voice behind him was very gentle, and Shade also heard the sound of clothes falling.
"I was also shocked when I came back here half an hour ago, but luckily I found some paint that I could use to paint at night and exchanged it for the golden needle. It was that needle that led me to the dragon shell book, 'The Book of Dragons: Breeding and Growth'."
Shade said, and Fiona's answer was a little unnatural:
"Oh, so it's that book. That's why it records... Although the original version of "Dragon Book: Breeding and Growth" has been lost, there are actually some copies... It is used to popularize knowledge for underage dragons."
In other words, for half-blood dragons, the book that Shade found was actually a book on dual-gender education for adolescence, so Fiona felt a little embarrassed.
He heard the sound of clothes being lifted and shaken:
"This book should be very useful to you. We will take the stone tablet away later. I will carry it on my back and tie it to my body with chains. Oh, I don't have enough ritual supplies. Did the ritual I used have any negative impact on you?"
He still said with some worry, and then heard a chuckle coming from the tent behind him:
"The ritual went perfectly, and I even gained some new powers. Did you use the Sands of Time we exchanged last time? I feel like I'm more comfortable with how I perceive and manipulate time, and red dragons don't have that talent. Oh, and after waking up, I've become inexplicably familiar with the night. We'll go out later, and I'll have to try out my new abilities."
The Sands of Time and the pigments have brought changes to the ritual, but fortunately they are changes for the better.
"I was at level 11 before I went to sleep, but I'm already at level 12 after I woke up. I've gained a lot from this deep sleep."
As she spoke, Shad heard the sound of clothes being put on. Maybe Shad had a very rich imagination, but he could actually "see" the order in which Fiona was getting dressed.
"Teacher Orlan Nord is the Yellow Moon, and I am the Red Moon. This dream of the Red Moon further repaired my damaged mental strength, and some of the forgotten things were recovered."
She spoke softly, and Shade asked hurriedly:
"So, what is your purpose in coming here?"
"Meet the gods."
This time she was quite clear:
"When I pass through the curtain of the eternal night of Night City and reach the palace in the deepest part of the night, the monarch of the eternal night will be sitting on the throne waiting for me."
The rustling sound was like someone fastening a button around the neck.
"What does Miss Felianna want?"
Xia De asked again.
"Part of this city. Miss Filianna wants a part of Evernight City to be the address of the academy she is going to build."
As Fiona spoke, Shad heard the sound of her wings flapping. Apparently, she had also cut a small hole in the back of her clothes so that her wings could stick out.
Just now, Xia De carefully observed her wings. The wings were not big and the bones were not very hard. They should be able to be folded up well and would not affect her daily life and sleep.
As for Miss Feliana's idea, it is very similar to the legend told by Miss Danister in the Sixth Epoch. However, it is now clear that the Randall River Valley in the Old Continent of the Sixth Epoch is in the Middle Continent of the Fifth Epoch. In this way, Saint Byrons on the Great Northern Ice Sheet of the Sixth Epoch corresponds to the location of the Northern Continent of the Fifth Epoch. But most of the Northern Continent now is a habitable area. Moreover, the Great Ice Sheet of the Sixth Epoch is far less large than the current Northern Continent.
"So, what is Miss Feliana's bargaining chip? Since she wants to trade with a great man, the bargaining chip she offers should be amazing, right?"
Shade asked, and then he continued to hear the rustling sound. Listening carefully, it was like the sound of fabric scratching the skin, and at the end of the sound, a very elastic snap sound was heard. Shade raised his eyebrows, which was the elastic part of the end of the stocking hitting the skin.
Then the other one repeated it.
"That's the only thing I haven't thought of yet."
Fiona said with regret, and as she spoke, the voice got closer and closer until it walked out of the tent and came behind Shade. The red dragon girl reached out her hand again and hugged Shade from behind, who was facing away from her. The touch was quite soft:
"You promised to go into the deepest part of Evernight City with me, and then leave with me, right?"
"It's not about leaving together, it's about sending you away safely."
Xia De corrected that after using so many time keys, he had never been able to actively leave the scope of the mission location set by Tree Father.
"Yes, you promised."
She said in Xia De's ear, and Xia De felt his ears inexplicably turn red.
Turning around to look at Fiona again, she was wearing the same new clothes as last time. She was wearing a dark blue coat that looked a little small over a blouse with lace vertical stripes on the chest. Her lower body was a dark red knee-length skirt, her legs were covered with black fabric, and she was wearing a pair of small brown leather shoes.
The Red Dragon girl raised her right foot, with the toe of her shoe touching the ground.
"Where are the wings?"
Shade asked curiously. Seeing Shade looking at her, Fiona put her hands behind her back and turned around a little embarrassedly, allowing Shade to see the small exposed area behind her.
"The wings can be completely folded up and unfolded when needed. This consumes spirit, but the consumption is very small."
When she finished turning around, she saw that Shade and Mia were both staring at her tail. The girl, who had been very bold just now, blushed immediately:
"You can't tuck your tail in. No matter what you do, you can't tuck it in."
In short, because of the time spent before, Shade only had less than ten minutes left. The two quickly packed up the camp, and then Fiona took the golden needle from Shade's hand, and then used great force to pierce it directly into the center of the compass she had been carrying.
The compass itself was stuck in the gear obtained from the watch shop, and the teaspoon obtained from the cafe was strung on the golden needle by Fiona.
After doing all this, she used the remaining metal mechanical parts in the small package to process the compass, making the originally crude compass look quite gear-mechanical. Then, she bit her finger and wrote rune symbols representing the four directions on the compass.
"moonlight."
After reciting softly, the red moonlight on the fingertips shone on the compass. Under the curious gaze of Shad and Mia, the shadow of the golden needle appeared on the surface of the compass, and then the shadow rotated clockwise, while the teaspoon rotated counterclockwise.
The marks that were originally engraved on the surface of the compass, which Xia De thought were scratches, gradually lit up until they formed the shape of a star map on the surface of the compass. The gears of the unknown clock also began to rotate intermittently under the influence of the star map. Xia De seemed to hear the clicking sound of the clock every time it turned.
After waiting for three minutes, the rotating teaspoon and the shadow of the golden needle finally stopped completely and overlapped.
They all point to the southwest, which is the corner of the museum's lobby:
"Should we walk to the southwest of the city? Even though we have the cat now, we don't have enough time."
Shade inquired.
"Use this."
Fiona took out the black curtain again:
"The compass points to that direction, so we just need to unfold the curtain in that direction and use the compass to locate it, and we will definitely be able to get there. This is an alchemical item made by Miss Felena, so there will be no mistakes."
She had considerable confidence in Miss Feliana.
Fiona thrust two telescopic metal rods into the cracks in the floor, and a horizontal bar was placed above the metal rods. Then, the curtain was hung on it, forming a curtain door.
The compass, made with materials collected with great effort, was placed under the curtain. The light of the compass added some starry colors to the curtain, which was as dark as the night.
"We're ready to go. This is the last stop."
Shade was wrapped in chains, carrying a half-man-high stone slab on his back. He held Mia in one hand and took Fiona's hand with the other. Because of Mia, they did not go to buy eternal candles this time.
"Yes, the last stop."
Fiona took a deep breath, and then, together with Shad who was holding the cat, rushed towards the black curtain that was blown by an unknown wind.