The curtain had already opened in front of them, and Fiona trusted Shade very much, so she rushed towards the curtain. But even if the curtain was right in front of them, it would take time for the two people and the cat to fully enter it when the solidified river of time was restored by the gods and teleportation was not possible here.
The god sitting behind the curtain high up in the palace behind him finally attacked them in a real sense after seeing the curtain open. Before that, out of concern for the tree father and unwillingness to hurt Fiona, the god did not actually fight the two seriously.
The night turned into a giant hand, and in just a moment it appeared behind the two of them. Even though they were almost touching the black curtain floating in the air, the giant hand of the night could still grab them.
But at this moment, the dishonest cat had already crawled out of Shade's arms with most of its body.
Its two hind paws were still inside Shade's coat, pushing against the clothes to stabilize its balance, while its two front paws climbed onto Shade's shoulders, allowing the kitten's head to look over Shade's shoulders and behind him.
Neither Shad nor Fiona could look back at this time, so only Mia's big amber eyes saw the dark giant hand. The cat's good night vision even allowed it to see through the giant hand, through the hole in the door of the palace terrace in the distance, and see the god sitting behind the curtain high up in the palace.
The god and the cat looked at each other, and the curtain in front of the former was suddenly ignited by golden flames, while the weak and poor cat showed a terrified expression, it was frightened.
So out of shock, the cat, whose entire body was still glowing, shouted in the usual way of scaring its enemies:
“Meow!”
The cat's cry echoed in the sky of Evernight City. The sudden burst of golden light, like the sun, directly dispelled most of the night sky behind Shade and Fiona. Even the night sky was illuminated, revealing the true starry sky and the moon.
Although Shad and Fiona noticed the strong light behind them, they had no time to turn around to see what was going on.
"sun."
I don’t know who is whispering in this long night, and the long night frozen in the rain has been completely broken by the shrill cat cry.
The night did not chase the two again. Even the part of Eternal Night City illuminated by the cat in the sky was not covered by the thick night again.
This moment of pause allowed Fiona to take Shade and Mia through the curtain in the night sky. Perhaps because the curtain was not used normally, it was fixed in the sky of Evernight City and then slowly merged into the night sky.
"oh!"
Shad and Fiona hugged each other and rolled around for a few times in the corridor covered with white ash before they struggled to sit up.
Most of their clothes were dyed white, and even the orange and white cat had turned mostly white, which was ridiculous. Of course, Mia shook her body violently and shook off the white ash, successfully preventing Xia De from having terrible thoughts like "washing the cat".
After leaving Evernight City, Shade's maze was officially over. Fiona returned to her normal twelfth-level state, because she was not actually casting the spell, so even if she used a power beyond her level, she had no sequelae.
The Red Dragon girl was sitting on the ground in fear, hugging Shade and looking at the curtain hanging on the old brick wall behind them. The night invaded the corridor like ink as they entered, but only left mottled traces in the corridor. The power of the gods did not pass through the curtain and extend to the area outside the Evernight City.
"It's safe."
After confirming that she was safe, she finally realized that she had lost all her strength, not because of the injury, but because of the fear. The memory of the life-or-death moment just now seemed to be still in front of her eyes, and the warm embrace that embraced her, and the cat's paws that kept trying to push her out of Shade's arms, told her that they really escaped from the hands of a god.
"Yes, it's safe."
Xia De was in the weakened state after using the magic lock, but he could still stand up:
"Hurry, hurry up, I only have three minutes this time. There's more than a minute left, I want to see you leave here, hurry up."
He stroked the cat that no longer glowed, but did not blame the cat for changing back from a toy without permission. He could feel that if the light from the cat had not given them the warmth of the sun, they would hardly have had the strength to pass through the curtain in the end.
Of course, Shad didn't realize that the cat was actually scaring something with its cry.
But when he and Fiona stood up, Shade suddenly thought that this was the first time in such a long time that he had left the mission location specified by Treefather. This was quite new to him, and he could make more attempts in the future.
"My maze is positioned so that the direction to leave should be 'home', but I don't have a home in this era, and the exit might be dangerous."
"I'll hold you. Shade, I can handle danger, too... You've done enough for me."
Fiona felt like crying. The red dragon girl carefully supported Shade and felt that Shade was in such a bad condition:
"You have overdrawn your spirit. You must not fight vigorously again in the short term."
As she spoke, she supported Xia De and walked forward. Compared with the night in Evernight City, the night that penetrated into the corridor was nothing at all. She could even walk through it directly.
Of course, this is also related to staying in the City of Eternal Night for too long, which has greatly enhanced one's own resistance to darkness.
Mia also noticed that Shade was not in good condition, so she shrank back to Shade's chest obediently. Fiona tried hard not to cry and asked again:
"You said you could only come to Evernight City four times. What price did you pay for coming to save me the fifth time?"
"It's okay, it's okay. I promised to save you."
Xia De shook his head and took the initiative to change the subject:
"Do you know this passage?"
"Yes, Miss Feliana has become an official member of parliament. Teacher Orlanod and I followed her along this road. Is the door at the end the door that leads to the parliament?"
"No. Miss Feliana, did you tell me what this corridor represents? Is it part of the Witch Council?"
"No."
Fiona shook her head hastily. She could tell that Shade cared about the answer very much:
"Teacher Feliana said that the parliament has nothing to do with this corridor. It's just that someone hid the only door leading to the parliament here, so the witches need to enter the corridor first before they can reach the door."
"What is a tunnel? Some unknown location? The subspace? Or something even more bizarre?"
"I don't know. Teacher Feliana and Teacher Orlan Nord don't know yet. But they said that this passage is very old, older than any ruins or tombs they have seen."
The road was not long, and they did not need to look around, so even with Shad's support, Fiona still quickly brought him to the exit. Shad knew that outside the exit was the Randall River Valley of the Fifth Epoch, but he did not know what the situation was in Tahiti at this time.
He didn't have much time left, and if there was another battle to face, he would definitely not be able to cope with it. Fiona obviously knew what Shad was thinking, and she didn't take Shad directly through the exit, but took out a pair of gloves she had just knitted from the few remaining luggage in her carry-on bag.
It was the right glove, which Shad had seen her knitting in the tent when she returned to the Dusk Place.
Fiona stuffed the glove into Shad's pocket:
"It contains my hair and... some scales. It provides better protection than ordinary dragon-skin gloves. Just send me here. You don't have to accompany me. You have done enough for me."
"But... ... "
"Will we ever meet again?"
The scarlet eyes looked at Shade closely, the temperature of that soul even hotter than dragon flame.
"Yes, I will. This is my promise."
Xia De said with certainty, so Fiona didn't care about the mess on their bodies at the moment, she reached out and hugged his neck and kissed him. She wanted to use this as a farewell for the two of them, and remember this moment forever, waiting for the reunion in who knows how long.
However, Shad was still worried that there might be other dangers outside the passage, and he insisted on making sure Fiona was safe before leaving.
Therefore, while the two were kissing, he used his body, which had barely recovered some strength, to take Fiona out into the night at the end of the corridor.
Although there were torches lighting the corridor, when Shade returned to the normal space of the Fifth Age, the glaring sunlight still forced him to close his eyes to adapt.
He heard many footsteps, the sound of birds singing and gurgling streams, and smelled the fragrance of nature, the scent of flowers, and the taste of black tea.
"black tea?"
I forced myself to open my eyes and through the glass, I saw the natural scenery of the river valley in spring outside the house. Birds were singing in the trees, and a clear stream was flowing beside the house, reflecting the sunlight in the forest, and the sparkling water was very beautiful.
"Glass?"
This is a glass house. The house itself is approximately hexagonal, and judging from the height, it is on the second floor.
The house was quite large, and outside the house, girls in maid outfits were tending to the flower beds, while the girls on the first floor were sorting documents, or processing alchemical and potion materials in the workshop with a smile on their faces.
The girl pushing the food cart appeared from the second floor staircase. The second floor of the glass house was decorated simply, with a mahogany bookshelf on the left side of the floor and small flowers blooming on the windowsill. A violet pointed hat was hung on the hanger by the wall, and spices were slowly floating out of the incense burner on the alchemy workbench.
In front of Shad and Fiona who were kissing, a parasol was held up inside the glass house. Under the parasol was a white round table for afternoon tea. In addition to the white porcelain tea set, there were two letters and a few books scattered on the table.
On both sides of the table sat two ladies who looked at their sudden appearance.