"The knight did not mean to ignore the noble lady, it was because he was seriously ill."
Xia De explained his actions seriously. The silver light was attached to the knife in his hand. With a light stroke, the sauced steak on the plate was divided into two portions. Xia De gave the smaller portion to Mia, and kept the remaining nine-tenths in front of him:
"In fact, as a loyal knight, I also miss the Duke I serve. I just don't know when I will have the honor to see the Duke's most precious treasure again."
Miss Carina thought for a moment before she understood what "treasure" meant. The blush on her face became more obvious, and her red lips pursed up in an embarrassed but charming smile, making her look even more beautiful.
"How's it going tonight?"
Xia De then took the initiative to invite her, and the red-haired witch almost blurted out the words of agreement. She warned herself to be more reserved, but after more than a week of "ignorance", she couldn't refuse cleanly:
"Your illness is not cured yet."
She pointed this out quietly, but the tone of her voice made it seem like she was looking for an excuse, and the look she gave Shade made it seem like she was speaking her mind directly.
Tifa winked at Shad from behind Miss Carina, signaling him not to give up.
"Duke, are you doubting my health and my body?"
Shade asked, and Miss Carina pursed her lips and looked at him. The maids serving around didn't know what happened under the table during the brief pause:
"My niece praised you. When the female fortune teller talked to me privately, she also said that the knight's basic skills are very solid. Since you think your illness has been cured, then tonight..."
The golden eyes seemed to be able to convey the emotions of the soul, and Xia De really understood the affection in the eyes.
"Knight, is your G really as comfortable as they say?"
(Xia Mia is running...)
On Sunday morning, Shade sat alone at the dining table at home, reading the Tobesk Morning Post, while the maids were busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen. The ingredients were delivered directly from the Carina Manor this morning, and Tifa cooked it herself, wanting to show Shade her skills before the maids left No. 6 Saint Teresa Square together.
After waking up this morning, they knew that Xia De probably wouldn't let them stay here anymore. Because judging from the noise coming from the master bedroom on the second floor last night, Xia De's body had indeed fully recovered.
Outsider, you have completely consumed the twisted filth of the earth's roots.
Your body is enhanced in all aspects (including the resistance of your internal organs to attacks and the level of their function), and your spirit's recovery speed and total amount are enhanced. You can now choose to be immune to any form of 'petrification'. The effects of your spells related to curses, shadows, plagues, and the earth are greatly enhanced.
"She" whispered a reminder in his ear, symbolizing the end of Xia De's "serious illness".
He listened to these contents and looked at the news about the next industrial expo in the newspaper in his hand:
"I thought there would be at least a new spirit rune, or a new magic. Even after swallowing something of such a high level, I still couldn't get the 'Earth' spirit rune?" Lan
Although he knew that this idea was greedy, Xia De was still a little disappointed.
"She" chuckled in Shade's ear:
You still cannot understand what kind of power you have absorbed. Spirit Runes are not the most important thing. Before the Sixth Era, there was no concept of Spirit Runes. Power belongs to you.
"No, I actually understand what abilities this power gives me."
Xia De squinted his eyes and looked towards the bedroom. After getting up this morning, he felt that his body had fully recovered. But the specific time of complete recovery seemed to be midnight yesterday:
"Isn't it a coincidence that I was intimate with the witch before I got sick, and I was intimate with the witch again after I recovered."
He thought to himself.
At least for now, the witch's power cannot interfere with you in any way.
Suddenly, a bell rang from downstairs. Before Shade stood up, the maid had already gone downstairs. Shade closed his eyes, and the passive effect of the magic heart of stone appeared. In his "dark vision", the source of the countless "heartbeats" echoing on the street was very vague, but the moving heartbeats on the stairs and the heartbeats at the door were extremely clear.
"There are four people at the door."
Shade said, closing the newspaper, and heard footsteps entering the building. Since the maid let them in without asking Shade whether she allowed strangers in, the visitor must be an acquaintance.
Sure enough, as soon as Leicia appeared, she gave Shade a warm hug:
"I feel relieved to see you in such good spirits. Xia De, I wish you good health."
"Lecia, why are you here so early?"
"Of course I came to see you. Although I heard from Dorothy yesterday that you were almost well, I didn't expect you to be in such good shape."
"This disease comes quickly and goes away quickly."
Shade said with a smile, and then greeted Ajelina behind Leicia:
"Good morning, Her Highness Ajelina."
"Good morning, Mr. Hamilton."
The little princess lifted the hem of her skirt and greeted in a very ladylike manner.
After letting go of Xia De, Leixia looked towards the kitchen again, and then asked with some dissatisfaction:
"Where's Karina? Wasn't she here to take care of you yesterday? Why is there only her maid here so early? Where did she go?"
"Still resting."
Xia De pointed in the direction of the bedroom, and Leixia understood immediately. She patted Xia De's arm gently and said in a blaming tone:
"Really? Doesn't she know that you just recovered from your illness? What's this? Using yourself to check if you are fully recovered?"
The little princess behind Leicia was stunned for a moment before she understood. She tried to hide her surprise. No one had ever told her before that Shade was a relative of the Cavendish family again.
"Mr. Hamilton, this is..."
"Our great aunt did something very bold."
Leicia said casually, and the seventeen-year-old princess nodded slightly, her eyes quietly looking at Xia De.
Of course, she felt very uncomfortable, but she was more afraid and awed of Miss Carina, whom she did not see often, than her sister. Although she felt mixed emotions at the moment, even if she used the pie chart taught by the royal family's family mathematics teacher to analyze it, she could not explain all her feelings clearly. But she knew that what she was most worried about was the knight's feelings:
"Mr. Hamilton and my aunt have such a big age gap... He must feel awkward or even disgusted. My aunt, is the Duchess so great... He is so young and so strong, but he is forced to..."
The heartache, distortion and indescribable joy that almost tore the soul apart were clearer and more obvious than before.
Xia De looked at Ajelina in surprise as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. He felt that the little princess had the feeling of a ring wizard in his perception for a moment. But it was only for a moment, which meant that she was only one step away from truly awakening her talent.
Today it was originally the turn of Lecia or Dorothy to take care of the sick Shad, but now that Shad has recovered, there is no need to send someone to take care of his life.
Therefore, Shade had breakfast with the three Cavendish ladies, and they left together. The witch did not feel awkward to see the younger girls of her family at the table, and Leicia was not unhappy about it.
While Shade informed them and paid attention to Ajelina's talent awakening, Lecia also repeatedly reminded Shade about the Spring City Riding Competition, asking him to remember to sign up and win. It seemed that she was planning some activities at the banquet after the competition.
Being bedridden for nearly two weeks did indeed delay Xia De's many things.
But fortunately, he didn't have to clean the house. Apart from the "spring cat washing" that had not been planned yet, there were no other housework that Shade needed to worry about. Therefore, after confirming that Mia didn't want to go out, Shade went to Midhill Castle alone through the basement, and then went from the local Snake Heart Hospital to the sacrificial site on the top of the mountains.
There was no advance appointment for Shad's visit, but Sister Defulin seemed to know that he would come today. She stood at the end of the stone steps hidden by the gray stone ruins in the sacrificial site, waiting for Shad.
"Good morning, Sister!"
He smiled and waved to say hello, and the blind nun folded her hands in front of her and nodded slightly in response. The snow on the top of the mountain had not melted completely, and the nun standing in the snow seemed more peaceful than usual.
The sun shone on her crown-like silver eye mask, revealing those ancient and mysterious patterns, and also made her fair cheek skin look more bloodless than before. Shade was very happy to find that the cracks on Sister Defulin's eye mask had disappeared, and the gap on the side had been filled.
"There is still some mithril left."
As if she had "seen" Shade staring at her with her eye mask, the gray-haired nun spoke softly. Then, she made way for Shade at the entrance of the sacrificial field and welcomed him in.
After repairing Sister Defulin's eye patch, the remaining mithril was recast into a mithril cube by the craftsmen of the spiritual order, but the volume was only the size of a dice. Of course, the remaining mithril was already a lot, because it was solid metal, and the original metal cube was hollow in the center.
In order to make it easier for Shade to carry, the six faces of the small mithril cube were actually dotted with dice points. At this time, the cube still retained the ability to "reveal the story of Randall Valley", but its sensitivity was slightly worse than before.
But fortunately, the story of Randall Valley has come to an end.
The reason why Shade came to visit the nun today was not to see how much mithril he had left. He came to ask the nun for help on how to learn "Moon Dream".