In the darkness, even without the fog, it was difficult to see the man and the cat on the beach. After Xia De finished telling the story of his "battle" with the water ghost in the lake, the cat suddenly said:
“My ancestors probably also saw this lake from this beach.”
"But they don't see it in cat form like you do."
Shade was joking, but the sorceress didn't seem to find it funny:
"You can see that the two eight-ring sorcerers who were able to cast spells together just now are not ordinary ring sorcerers."
The cat's voice is very soft:
"The Edwards family seems to have a strange blood connection. I am almost certain that they are my two nephews. The fact that the Mirror Man was able to find the location of the cemetery is probably related to them."
"If they are indeed your relatives, then they are the eldest son of the fourth generation, and the two grandsons or grandsons of Hohenheim Edwards. In this way, the sixth generation is complete. The two descendants of the eldest son are members of the Mirror Society. The twin descendants of the second son Edward are the noble brothers of Willendel whom I know. The daughter of the third son Alphonse is you and your sister, and the descendants of the youngest daughter Maria are the two people you know."
"Yes."
The cat said softly, and then added:
"I won't introduce you to them. They are just ordinary people. I don't want to easily involve them."
"I see."
Shad nodded. Thus, among the eight confirmed surviving descendants of Edwards, except for the uncertain sisters of the witch Audrey, only the descendants of the youngest daughter were truly ordinary people.
Even in a family of ring wizards as old as Miss Aurora's, there is no such ratio of ring wizards. The probability that more than half of the descendants are ring wizards is too exaggerated.
"besides... ... "
The cat continued, and Shade couldn't see her expression:
"My name is, Megan Edwards."
"Isn't it Audrey?"
Xia De thought suspiciously, but he was almost certain that the pharmacist lady was not lying. And the witch power he felt while holding the cat was absolutely genuine. Combined with the fact that there were only thirteen real witches in the Sixth Era, the witch Audrey's long-term madness, and Megan's suppressed strength, he almost guessed what secrets the witch was hiding.
“Megan.”
He pronounced the name:
"John Watson isn't my real name either, but I can't tell you what it is just yet. My name is... actually pretty famous."
"A man like you shouldn't be unknown."
Megan expressed her understanding, and the black and white kitten's brown eyes looked at the foggy lake with Shade. At this moment, curled up in a man's arms as a cat, she actually felt a peace she had never felt before.
She has always been alone, waiting for the unknown fate to come, but now there is someone accompanying her. Megan Edwards knows that she can only rely on herself, but she still covets this moment of dependence brought by the "cat in the bottle".
“It’s really relaxing.”
The voice of sister Audrey came to their ears. The two souls curled up in the cat had the same feeling, longing for time to slow down. The mental power that was as agitated as a storm was gradually calming down at this moment. This special man who was with them had a strange power that was as calming as the silver moon at night.
She was about to ask what was the hot thing hanging on Xia De's chest inside his clothes, but before she could open her mouth, she felt Xia De's hand removed from her back. Then, there was the sound of a hand reaching into a pocket, and a tube of liquid emitting an intoxicating silver light was held in front of the cat.
She looked at the wonderful liquid. Because her body had become smaller, she used this wonderful perspective to look at the glass test tubes, of which she could usually hold four in one hand. The liquid with a slightly cold silver glow seemed even more charming.
But it only took a moment for her to wake up from her intoxication, and then she stood up suddenly on all fours, turning her head to look at Xia De in disbelief:
"Pure Moonlight Water? There's so much of it?"
"You really know what you are talking about, yes."
He shook the test tube slightly, and the movement made Megan afraid that he would break the test tube.
"If you drink the Moonlight Water directly without any treatment, it has the power to restore a small amount of spirit, calm agitated mental energy, and smooth out the fluctuations of the soul. Drink some while you are still in cat form, so that you don't have to worry when you change back to human form."
The cat looked at Shade with shock in his eyes:
"Using the Moonlight Water like this is like wasting the Philosopher's Stone as a Touchstone."
"It doesn't matter. I'm more concerned about your condition. Your current condition is not conducive to recovery."
As he spoke, he pulled out the cork and waved his hand, and silver liquid beads like a pearl necklace flew out.
Even in the fog of the night, these liquid beads were clearly visible. Megan watched the liquid swirling around her, but she was reluctant to open her mouth. It was not that she was unwilling to accept Xia De's kindness, but she felt that she had accepted enough kindness.
"Then let me threaten you. You are in cat form now, so your physical strength is definitely not as good as mine. Kitty, you don't want me to force your mouth open, do you?"
Only after Shade said so did Megan open her mouth and let those big drops of liquid enter her mouth. Unlike Shade and Miss Danister, this eleventh-ring sorceress did not have any power related to the moon. When such pure moon power entered her body, while the moonlight soothed her restless spirit, the powerful spirit even made the cat's eyes gradually turn silver-white.
This discovery made Xia De stunned. If he remembered correctly, the little Mia he saw in the dream of long-haired Luvia at the end of the year also had eyes of the same color:
"That's not right. Isn't Mia of the 'Son of the Sun' bloodline? What does that have to do with the moon?"
While he was thinking, not only the eyes, but the whole body of the cat held by Xia De began to glow, and the cat's body temperature began to rise at an alarming rate.
Shade understood that the effect of the transfiguration potion was finally wearing off.
So he quickly stood up, took out Megan's clothes that he had just put away and put them on the mat, and then put the glowing cat on the mat.
He walked a few steps toward the lakeshore with his back to the cat, then stopped at a position where the cat could still see his back.
He looked down at the lake water wetting his boots, then looked up at the lake covered by fog at night. He only knew that the other side of the lake was the village of Pukhov, which he had been to once, but at this time he could not see any light in the village.
In the foggy Green Lake, there seemed to be some unexpected horror lurking. The rhythm of the rippling water hitting the shore became even more terrifying in the silence.
For some reason he thought of "desire". The other party always seemed to like to show up in this kind of environment. Fortunately, the unknowable relic did not appear directly to scare Xia De at this time.
Desire, did it really not appear
"She" asked softly in Xia De's ear, and then Xia De heard the struggle and groaning of a woman behind him, and the sound of the white female body lying on the beach trying to get up.
Of course, sound has no color, but Xia De really thought of its pure white appearance.
The clothes on the cushion were picked up. Xia De was looking at the foggy lake with her hands behind her back. Then she heard the rustling sound of clothes being put on, the sound of white feet stepping on the sand, and the sound of skirts and clothes shaking.
The man looked at the lake while the woman dressed behind him. No one spoke during this time until Megan had sorted out all her clothes, then she said softly:
"Okay, we can leave now."
Xia De looked at the quiet lake, but did not turn around:
"You guys go ahead. I have other things to take care of. Once you've dealt with the orichalcum key, write to me again. In the meantime, I'll investigate the tomb robbers."
After the transformation was over, Megan Edwards, who had returned to her original form, no longer used illusion to conceal her appearance. On the witch's beautiful face, her golden eyes looked at the man with his back to her, and the strange feeling in her heart became more and more intense.
"OK."
She nodded slightly, but then asked:
"My face now is my own face. Don't you want to turn around and take a look?"
She touched her face and looked at the lonely figure looking at the lake:
"Just consider it as a way of thanking you for tonight."
"Don't give me a description."
Xia De said to "her" in his heart, and then shook his head:
"One day, when you are willing to reveal all the secrets of the Edwards family to me, I will know your true appearance. As for thanks, I just said that I don't need thanks."
The sorceress bit her lip and looked at the back for a long time without saying anything. She did not say goodbye to Shade. Shade could only hear her footsteps gradually moving away, and then the three lights on the side of the dock were put away, and the sound of the steam engine appeared in the fog, and then became farther and farther away until it disappeared.
He also sighed softly, and "she" beside him asked gently:
Are you planning to turn around and cause trouble for the Mirror Man? Use up the last of your divinity
"I'm not that impulsive. Besides, aren't you very clear about what I'm going to do?"
He looked down at the beach, then turned his back to the lake and looked at the entire island shrouded in fog at night:
"This island is polluted by this fog of unknown origin."
Yes, the power of fog has completely changed this island in a hundred years. So...
Mud and petals fell from Shade's hands, and the life ring appeared behind him, with the bottom almost touching the sand surface and the top just level with Shade's head.
He raised his hands and whispered the name:
"Power of the Earth, Healing Aura!"