Amid the sound of splashing water, a white arm stretched out from the right side of the beautiful head in the water.
The left and right palms lifted the yellow flower together and brought it to the same height as the ground of the pier. The wet and beautiful face looked up at Xia De:
"Use tonight's story as the stage. Before dawn, take you as the protagonist and show me your story of desire."
Purple eyes looked at Xia De with emotion:
"On this turbulent land, use your desire, the blazing desire that can never be satisfied, to perform the most magnificent drama for me."
"Desire? What kind of desire?"
"Any desire is fine."
She stared at Shade, who was gradually bending over.
"I can see into your heart, I can see your desire. This is not difficult for you, right?"
"What if I can't do it?"
Shad asked, because of the action of leaning over and reaching out to pick up the flower, his face was now quite close to Desire's face, even closer than ever before.
At this distance, in addition to seeing more carefully the beautiful face with some snowflakes on its head, which seemed to be a mixture of the facial features of all the girls he knew, he could even smell the perfume on Desire's face in the damp fishy smell of the Ailon River.
That's... the smell of a witch.
"She really did imitate the scent of my favorite perfume."
Xia De reached out and pinched the small flower held in his two palms, and quickly withdrew his hands to avoid any form of direct contact with desire.
The latter also retracted his hands, and his two arms re-entered the water like water snakes:
"If you don't, next time you take a shower, I'll appear in the water and give you a kiss."
She smiled softly, staring at Shade, her head tilted back, moving in the snow towards the distance of the lake:
"Of course, you can also choose to never take a bath again in your life. Interesting soul, I look forward to our next meeting."
The face gradually became blurred in the night until it disappeared completely.
winter!
Xia De heard the sound of something hitting the pillars under the dock. He tilted his head and saw that it was the perfume bottle. The perfume bottle was filled with liquefied crystals of desire, which could summon desire when thrown into the water. Xia De thought that this would allow him to get rid of this relic.
He bent down and fished out the perfume bottle, then used a lot of his spiritual power to transform the small yellow flower, which had caused all kinds of distracting thoughts in his mind just by smelling its fragrance, into a toy, just like the winter flower planted on the heart of stone just now.
"This way, the Flowers of the Four Seasons are complete. Oxenfurt is dead, and even in the worst case scenario, the Guardians are beyond help. At least I still have a third candidate to choose from."
Aren't you trying your best to avoid this outcome
"Yes."
Shade looked up at the dark night, letting the snowflakes fall on his cheeks. Even though there was no moon tonight, the effect of the magic of the moon's shadow still ensured that Shade was bathed in the moonlight. The cherubim were right. Playing that game with the devil could indeed allow Shade to gain more:
"But be prepared for anything this night."
He clenched his hands:
“It’s just the beginning.”
As the witch raised her hands and shouted loudly, a vortex of gold and black suddenly appeared in the snow with the sound of shattering glass.
At the same time, in the No. 3 Performance Hall of the Wilde Opera House in downtown Randall Valley, a strong wind suddenly blew up on the calm indoor stage. The same golden and black space vortex appeared above the already drawn pentagram ritual array, and then the figures of Shade and Miss Sylvia walked out of the vortex with horses.
"Shad!"
Luvia, who had been waiting here, rushed over almost immediately. Seeing that although Shade was in a mess but not in danger of life, she opened her arms and hugged him.
As for Dr. Schneider, he didn't want more people to know that he was in the Randall Valley, so he didn't come back with Shade. Of course, this was also because the doctor heard that there was a one in a thousand chance of an accident during space teleportation, so he considered his own luck and made a wise choice.
The doctor stayed at Oxenfurt Manor at this time, and went to the mansion to get the demon summoning information that Oxenfurt had stolen from the old captain, and to clean up the traces of the battle here.
After devouring the Stone Mirror Demon tonight, he gained more unique abilities. After dealing with the Oxenfurt Manor, he would ride his horse to the direction of the Night Temple. If he could meet up with Shade later, the doctor would be able to play a greater role this night.
"It went relatively smoothly. Although there were some mistakes along the way, Shade still managed to defeat the demon."
Miss Sylvia promised Shade to keep Dr. Schneider's secret, so she explained the situation with a little tiredness, and then went to rest with Miss Rita Swift who came over. During the half hour that Shade closed his eyes and was almost unconscious, she blocked more than one enemy outside the Oxenfurt Manor, so although her health was much better than Shade, she still needed to rest.
"I'm fine, oh, Luvia, can you let me go first."
Shade's miserable state could not be solved by simply changing his clothes. After the hug, the girls who stayed behind in the Golden Dawn used the prepared healing potions to help Shade heal his wounds.
Although Shad claimed that he was fine, and the potion prepared by the doctor in advance to treat the influence of the devil had played an excellent role, after a careful examination, Shad's current condition was still worrying.
Unfortunately, it was already close to midnight, and Shade had no time to rest. Luvia's divination showed that a major earthquake, which was an important node for the distortion of the earth, would occur after midnight, and an hour and a half after the earthquake, the completely crazy guardian would also appear on the ground.
He sat on the sofa in Ms. Benanis' office, topless. A cart filled with medicine and midnight snacks was parked next to the sofa, and Tifa and another maid of Ms. Carina treated his wounds. Mia, who had been turned into a toy for the whole night, was restored by Shade. She was lying on Shade's knees, looking at the food on the coffee table.
The lights in the office were quite bright. Luvia tried not to look at the scars on Shade's body. She sat next to Shade and told him about his current condition with the collected information:
"The situation in the city in the first half of the night is still relatively stable. Because of the experience of the Battle of Midhill Castle, the arrangements made by the church for the defense of the city this time are much more comprehensive than those made in Midhill Castle. The enemies outside the city were intercepted outside the old city wall, and the enemies inside the city were annihilated one by one by the patrolling teams in a network structure."
"Is there any news from Yin Luna?"
Shade asked, and Luvia shook her head:
"Not yet, but don't worry about her. The thirteenth ring warlock of the Sun Church, Mr. Pierre Granger, the 'Earth Shaker', is staying in the city. Princess Margaret and Prince William are also in the Sun Church. It's the safest place. However, when a big earthquake occurs, and the Sun and Earth Church and the Prophet Association jointly cast a spell to determine the core source of the earthquake, Yin Luna will probably take action."
Although the fragments of the poem currently held by various forces did not clearly indicate where the ceremony of the chosen one was held, the fragments held by the Peace Church pointed out that it was at the center of the surging earth. Therefore, after the earthquake, the answer was naturally revealed.
"Shad, take your medicine,"
Tifa handed Shad a cup of brown potion. The smell of the potion was a bit pungent, so this time the greedy cat had no intention of sharing a bite.
"Okay... Oh, this tastes really..."
The temperature of the potion was just right, and Shade drank it all in one breath. Luvia asked Tifa worriedly:
"How is his condition? Can he continue to fight with high intensity?"
"Ordinary external and internal injuries are fine, but the state of the body being corroded by abnormal power is very troublesome. According to Shade, it is the corruption of individuals with souls by the demon realm. We don't have a good treatment for this kind of injury."
The black-haired maid said worriedly.
"But didn't I take another potion?"
That is the magic potion brought by Dr. Schneider.
"Yes, so you can still move normally now, but you just feel a little sleepy."
The black-haired maid continued:
"That potion seems to be specially used to deal with this kind of demonic erosion damage, but it takes time for the effect to take effect, at least an hour. Shade, do you feel that your spirit is recovering a little slower than usual, and your heart rate is very irregular?"
Under the gaze of Luvia's purple eyes, Shade could only nod. No matter how strong his physical fitness was, it was still a mortal body after all, and he could not completely withstand the influence of the ancient evil spirit demon's domain on mortals.
The primordial fire has the power to protect the body, but unfortunately the primordial fire is not complete yet.
"Meow~"
Mia meowed softly into Shad's lap, but no one paid any attention to the cat now.
"One hour is one hour. The big earthquake hasn't happened yet. I have time to wait."
Shade said, and Luvia and Tifa looked at the clock in the corner. The time was 12:13 midnight, which was not far from the final time.
"Continue with the current situation."
Shade reached for his shirt and jacket, wanting to put on his top, but Tifa got Shade's clothes first, and then helped Shade get dressed with the other maids.
Xia De has always been quite resistant to others helping him put on clothes, but it is not easy for him to object to their actions at this time.