In the light of the silver moon, Grace took the initiative to hold Helen's hand without Sister Defulin's reminder.
As the two sisters hugged each other and rested their chins on each other's shoulders, their bodies gradually became transparent under the starry sky. Large flakes of red butterflies scattering scarlet spots of light flew out of their bodies and flew into the ceremony that was glittering with light.
The originally translucent red butterflies, as they scattered all over the ceremony venue, were actually stained with a beautiful silver arc of light. The two butterflies, which were the real bodies of Helen and Grace, had already entered Shad's body, and then flew together towards the depths of his dream.
Shad sensed that someone was invading his dream, but since he knew the steps of Sister Defulin's ritual in advance, he did not try to stop the strange power.
Soon, two fluttering butterflies appeared on the ridge of the field under the huge silver moon. It was also the first time for the red butterfly girls to see Xia De's strange dream. The moonlight in the dream seemed to have a magical power. Before they led Xia De to a deeper level of dream, the moonlight first "assimilated" them.
The red twin butterflies became lighter and lighter in the moonlight until they were almost completely transparent. But then the transparent butterflies seemed to absorb the color of the moonlight, and the translucent silver twin butterflies danced around Shade.
Shade's eyes watched them, watching them fly towards the huge moon in the sky. At this moment, he seemed to be following Helen and Grace and flying towards the silver moon little by little, until his originally clear consciousness in the dream became blurred.
He seemed to have merged with the moon in his dream, and it was as if the moon had melted his spirit and soul. At this moment, it seemed as if nothing else mattered. The deep sleep broke the rationality of the deep meditation state, and the chaotic feeling blurred the mind and spirituality.
He closed his eyes in his dream and fell into a deep sleep.
This sleep was extremely peaceful, he seemed to be embraced by someone, and it was as if he had returned to the cradle of his childhood without any memories. In the end, it was not someone who woke up Xia De deliberately, but he woke up on his own initiative.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the starry sky above the mountaintop, which seemed to be within reach, with stars dotted on the deep dark blue curtain. But when Shade moved his eyes and tried to catch the three moons in the corner of his vision, he found that the side of his vision was gray cloth.
"Um?"
He then realized that he was lying on something very soft. When he stood up and looked around, he found that he was still in the center of the ceremony at the Fire Keeper's Cemetery. The moonlight illuminated the place. Sister Defulin was kneeling on the ground, and Shad had just rested his head on her knees.
The silver eye mask in the shape of a crown with intricate patterns was also "looking" at Xia De, as if it was somewhat puzzled by Xia De's panic at the moment.
"Am I asleep?"
He made small talk, then stood up from the ground, and then reached out his hand to the blind nun, pulling her up as well.
Outsider, you have learned the magic of "Moon Dream".
You have experienced a full four-hour sleep. Your spirit and physical strength are fully restored, and your mental resistance is moderately improved within half an hour.
"She" whispered softly in Shad's ear, as if gently coaxing a child who had just awakened from a nightmare.
The effect of the magic "Moon Dream" should be to remove curses, remove negative states, restore states, heal damaged spirits, and slightly heal soul damage after six hours of sleep. After fully mastering the magic, every time a complete lunar cycle is passed, the upper limit of the spirit and the speed of spirit recovery can also be enhanced, and all the magic effects related to the moon can be enhanced.
In other words, under the influence of the "Divine Afterglow" state, the time required for "Moon Dream" was reduced to four hours. Although it did not significantly improve the effect of the magic, it reduced the casting requirements of the magic.
"It seems to be going well."
Sister Defulin did not brush off the white dust on her robe. She took the initiative to let go of Shade's hand and stood beside Shade with her hands folded together:
"The Red Butterfly Twins went back early. They thought you would sleep for a long time, so they left first. They asked me to tell you that you hope to have time to accompany them to play again."
"I see."
Xia De resisted the urge to yawn. He was very curious about why he ended up sleeping with his head resting on the nun's legs, but his instinct told him that it was better not to ask.
You fell asleep while sitting, and after the Red Butterfly twins left, she took the initiative to move your sleeping position.
"She" suddenly said with a chuckle. Shade quietly glanced at the nun, but Sister Defulin always had little expression. In addition, she was wearing a blindfold and could not see her eyes clearly, so Shade did not know what the nun was thinking at the moment.
"Thank you so much today."
That was all he could say, and the nun just shook her head and raised her hand to gesture for her to leave.
I followed the nun through the archway, and then under the starlight and moonlight, I walked along the dilapidated ancient stairs towards the sacrificial site on the top of the mountain.
Sister Defulin didn't say anything, and Shade didn't know what to say. When the nun sent him to the location connected to the Snake Heart Hospital in Middleburg, he finally remembered another thing:
"Sister, this is the Holy Grail that was promised to you."
After Yin Luna returned to Tobisk City, she returned the "Holy Grail of Conservation" to Shad while he was seriously ill and bedridden.
The characteristic of this holy grail is that if clean water is added to it and left to stand for a period of time, the clean water will be transformed into a magic potion with the effect of "stabilizing pregnancy". This is very useful for the "Snake Heart Hospital" run by the spiritual sect. After all, with the medical technology of this era, women's childbirth is still a very dangerous medical activity.
Sister Defulin did not thank Shade, but after accepting the Holy Grail, she said:
"If you have time, you can come here and sit down often. The great library of the order is always open to you."
"OK."
Xia De nodded, wanting to say something to the nun, but he didn't know how to start. The two of them were silent for about ten seconds before Xia De said goodbye:
"Well, Sister Devlin, see you next time. I will need to recuperate in Tobesk for a while, and will probably not be active until the middle of next month. If I find any more firewood or alien flames, I will let you know."
The nun also nodded and watched Shad turn around and step into the picture frame.
It was seven o'clock in the evening when Shad, Helen and Grace left for Middlesbrough, so even if Shad slept for four hours, it was not yet midnight when he left the sacrificial site.
Although it would take some time to return from the Snake Heart Hospital to the abandoned tower in the mountains of Mount Xikar, Shad actually returned to Tobesk's home directly after leaving the hospital by throwing away Resia's crystal shoes. After all, it was close to midnight, the energy consumption was very low, and he had just recovered, and he had no other travel plans today.
As for why he didn't do this at the sacrificial site in the mountains, it was because Shad thought it would be better to walk with Sister Defulin. Moreover, Shad didn't want Sister Defulin to find out that he was carrying women's shoes with him and then use them as materials for casting spells.
Using the magic "Cinderella" to return home, the landing point was completely random. This time, Shade appeared in the corridor on the third floor.
The cat heard the noise upstairs and almost immediately jumped up, and there was actually a gas light on in the corridor on the third floor.
Before Shade could wonder, Luvia came out of Room 1 on the third floor. The purple-eyed girl rolled up her sleeves to reveal her white wrists and forearms, and wore a dustproof white coat.
After seeing Xia De, she greeted him tiredly and said:
"Good evening, Xia De, you're back? I'm here to observe the stars. I need to submit this star map as homework, so I'll probably be busy until very late. You should go and have some rest first."
"It's so late, and you still have to work?"
"I can't help it. I've been on 'vacation' in Randall Valley for more than two months, and I have too much work to do. You go and rest first, and I'll rest later. Oh, this is for you. The appraisal is complete."
Luvia took out the Founding Earth from her pocket and handed it to Shade, who was stunned:
"Why are you here?"
"Don't you remember? When you were 'struggling to death' and talking nonsense on the hospital bed, you not only talked about your will, saying that you wanted to divide this house into five equal parts and give them to the girls you were intimate with and your cat, but you also asked me to identify this card. But you don't know how surprised Vice President Mark of the association was when I took out this card... When he heard that it was your card, he was not so surprised."
"When I had a fever and my head was blurry, I actually remembered something like this?"
Xia De thought suspiciously.
Yes, it is true.
"She" whispered softly in Shad's ear, so Shad took the card.
Seeing that Luvia was really tired, Shade carried Mia, who was very energetic even at night, to the kitchen to prepare hot tea for her. When he sent her to Luvia, he saw that she was concentrating on looking through the telescope to record the star map, so he had to go and rest first.
Luvia was busy until three in the morning before she came down from upstairs. Because she slept so well in the first half of the night, Xia De, who was even a little sleepless at home, closed his eyes and heard Luvia's heartbeat. He first went into the bathroom and then moved towards the guest room.
"She didn't want to wake me."
Xia De thought to himself and shook his fingers, and a red transparent butterfly flew out from his fingertips. The butterfly emitted a faint light in the dark bedroom and quickly flew out of the door.
The heartbeat in the living room stopped and then moved towards the bedroom door.
Soon, the figure of the purple-eyed girl in pajamas appeared there. Shade lifted the quilt and waved at her in the dark. Seeing him like this, Luvia, who was originally tired, smiled with relief and walked towards him.