Without the need for gods or the boatman in the story to explain, everyone knows why Shad is different from other "travelers" because only Shad is not in animal form.
Xia De didn't want to explain, but said in a thankful tone:
"Fortunately, I have a boat of my own."
"But unfortunately, the Moon Traveler did not."
God smiled and reminded him, not giving Xia Demeng a chance to get away with it:
"Travelers, you can choose to abandon your companion, or think of other ways. Or, try to challenge the boatman and gain control of the boat."
“It’s impossible to challenge the boatman.”
The witch spoke very rationally, her golden eyes sparkling in the light of the bonfire:
"The boatman reminded me of another relic. This is not something we can deal with, even if I hadn't turned into a unicorn. And we can't abandon you."
She looked at Shade:
"Although I don't know what you are, but with you here, we will be safer in the event of a battle. Everyone is useful until the end of the journey."
"Maybe we can think of other ways. Can we discuss it with the boatman?"
The old knight mustered up the courage to speak, but the god shook his head:
"The stubborn old Ma tried to persuade the boatman, but it was of no use. The boatman had his own rules, which could not be broken anyway."
"So, as long as I become the same as them, I can get on board?"
Xia De asked, and the god smiled and said nothing, which meant affirmation. The witch signaled her maid to search the pocket that was obviously abnormal in volume, and then shook her head regretfully:
"Although I prepared a lot of things for various situations, I never expected..."
"It doesn't matter. I'll find it myself."
Calculating the time, there were only a few minutes left before departure. The seven-day journey was now on the second day. Calculating the progress, three time keys were enough to support Shade to hear the end of the travel story.
"Sir, where are you going to look? Are you going to try to go deeper into this foggy jungle?"
The bard asked curiously, thinking that Shade had discovered something else.
"I want to go back to where I should be."
He looked at the god, and the god nodded:
"Although it's just a little story around the campfire at night, it's also necessary to take a proper rest. Maybe you want to communicate with each other, and we can rest for a while."
Except for Shade, everyone had some food and drinks in front of them. They were not exquisite foods, but dry bread, air-dried meat, pickled meat, and canned fruit in metal cans that travelers could carry with them. The food that Shade had just given to everyone also disappeared inexplicably at this time.
The witch showed a look of disgust on her face, but since these were all gifts from God, she quickly put away her expression. The bard and the old knight accepted the food given by God with great trepidation and did not forget to thank him together.
What the witch cares more about is the changes in the story:
"where are you going?"
She asked Xia De, and Xia De shook his head:
"I can't tell you that, but I will come back, ma'am. Just like you came here to find your missing friend, I came here with my own purpose. God said that we can all get what we want during our journey. I am very curious about what I want..."
The unrealistic fantasy is "divinity", but the possibility is not very high. But even if it is not divinity, Shade can accept other things:
"Now the story cannot go on because of me, so I have to find a way to solve this problem. Don't worry, I have no conflict with you."
"Can you leave the Lost Forest?"
"Yes."
Silky white mist has appeared beside Shad, but ordinary people cannot detect it. This also proves that the witch Alera Andriana is different from Fiona. She does not have the gift of time.
The young witch pursed her lips and looked at him, then suddenly asked:
"Can you bring me some information about unicorns? Although I am a unicorn in the story, I don't actually know much about them. In return, I can tell you more. The person I'm looking for is Clara's sister."
She glanced at her maid:
"Her twin sister, the witch, my apprentice, and also my..."
"No problem. I will bring you that knowledge. But I would also like to know some of your knowledge, if you can share it with me, and perhaps you can write it down."
Xia De also said this, and stood up with the help of the ground. When the others saw him like this, they also knew that he was leaving, so they said goodbye to him one after another.
They watched as Shad walked toward the edge of the campfire, and then his silhouette became fainter and fainter until it disappeared completely.
When she looked at the bonfire again, the god with his back to the bonfire had disappeared. The witch sighed softly and looked at the two men:
"Knight, bard, after you finish eating, tell me your specific identities again. I have something to explain to you about the following story."
The two of them nodded immediately. To the men of the Fifth Age, high-level witches were more terrifying than ordinary kings.
The maid Clara asked her master with some concern:
"If I put you in danger in order to find my sister..."
"Divination can never go wrong. This divination card that got mixed into my deck at some point will definitely lead us to her."
The witch carefully took the card out of her pocket. She did not find the card special, but she firmly believed that the direction indicated by the card was correct:
"I will find your sister and bring her back to us. Clara, this is my promise to you."
(Little Mia is running...)
"Meow~"
As Shad just walked out of the door, he heard the cat's meowing. There was no doubt that Mia was dissatisfied with him for not bringing it with him.
Because only three seconds had passed and Mia was still stupidly holding the sausage in her mouth, Shade smiled and bent down to pick up the cat. He was quite satisfied with this adventure of the time key. The danger level was not high, at least it didn't seem as high as the last time in "Eternal Night City", and the companions he met this time also looked very normal, so in Shade's opinion, this was probably another adventure with a similar difficulty to "The Banquet of the Butterfly God".
"You seem to be in a good mood."
Said the blonde girl as she came out of the kitchen carrying a plate.
"The adventure went smoothly, although we encountered some minor difficulties... Speaking of which, Leicia, can you meet Miss Karina today?"
Shad asked.
So far, the two cases of humans turning into harmless animals that he encountered were both from witches. The most recent one was the witch Chloe Yin in the snowy mountains. Because she was embarrassed to lean on him directly for warmth, she turned into a white cat and huddled in his arms. But unfortunately, Shade is currently unable to get in touch with the petite witch in the past, and he doesn't know what witch secret technique she used at the time.
Another time humans transformed into harmless animals happened last year. The cause of the incident was that Priest Augustus took out a potion called "Cat in a Bottle" and asked Shade to help purify it (Chapter 291). Later, the bottle of semi-finished potion was sold to Miss Carina on the black market, and Miss Carina asked the potion master in the Witch Council to complete it. One sixth of the finished potion was given to Priest Augustus as a reward, but according to Shade, it had been consumed by the priest for experiments.
As for the potion in Miss Carina's hand, she let Tifa drink it in order to test whether humans could be brought back to the past after being turned into a toy by Shade like Mia. The potion worked quite well, and Shade still remembers the scene of the snow-white cat squatting in confusion on the white stockings, shoes, hairbands, long skirts and underwear (Chapter 559).
"Even if you want to flirt with my great aunt, there's no need for me to help you pass the message, right?"
Leicia joked.
"I want to ask her for help. I need to find a high-end potion called 'Cat in a Bottle', which can turn humans into cats for a short period of time. She once asked someone to help her prepare a semi-finished potion. Maybe she can get me another bottle."
Xia De explained, and Her Royal Highness nodded in agreement:
"There is a meeting in the House of Representatives this afternoon that she needs to attend. I will tell her then. The meeting will last all afternoon. She will probably come to see you in the evening. Don't forget to come back."
"no problem."
Xia De nodded, helped Leixia pull out the chair next to him and sat down, then asked:
"I just made a new discovery. Do you want to see my new skills?"
"New skills?"
The blonde nodded curiously, and then saw the ceiling seemed to melt, revealing the stars and the silver moon. At the same time, snowflakes fell one by one in this "small" restaurant, and after falling on Mia's cat food, the cat, who was originally licking goat milk, sniffed it and turned around to lick the snowflakes.
"Isn't this your puzzle match girl? What's new about this..."
Halfway through her speech, the princess realized that Shade's highly intelligent cat would not eat snow on its own initiative. So she stretched out her hand to catch the snowflakes, then licked her palm with her small tongue, and narrowed her eyes slightly:
"It's sugar, and it's white sugar of very good quality."
Noticing that Xia De was looking at her mouth, she patted Xia De again with a red face:
"Dorothy has a nice tongue, doesn't she?"
"Yeah... ahem, what I mean is that I can now turn what I consider to be food into candy. White sugar is not rare at all, look at this."
He waved his hand and let the flying snowflakes fly into the empty bowl in front of him, and soon a large ball of loose snow gathered. Xia De stretched out his hand and lightly touched it, and the snowflakes actually became fluffy like cotton, and in a blink of an eye, they filled the entire bowl.
Shade stopped the cat that was rushing towards him, and as the cat meowed in dissatisfaction, he gestured to Lecia to have a taste.