The news that the Dragon Feast Cult had agreed on a meeting time with the "God Caller" came on the second day after the assassination and border conflict, which was a brand new Monday morning.
At that time, Xia De was yawning, holding a newspaper and two bottles of goat's milk, with Xiaomia, who was staring at the bottles, on his shoulders, walking out of the hidden space in the basement of Green Lake Hotel. He saw Luvia standing in the basement, talking to Yin Luna.
He didn't expect to see them so early. The large-scale divination ceremony of the Prophet Association came to an end for the time being, and Luvia could be free in the local area. But Yin Luna was the protagonist of the battle of Green Lake on Wednesday. Xia De didn't expect that she could still find a chance to come here under such a tense situation.
"As the chosen one, my freedom is unlimited."
The girl with beautiful long brown hair said with a smile, and then invited Shad to have breakfast with her.
Because they were worried about being seen by others, the three of them had breakfast in Shade's room. The Witch Council had not yet received any news from the Dragon Feast Cult because of the delay in the transmission of information, but Yin Luna got first-hand information:
"Time is urgent. Let's meet tonight. It is basically certain that it is Nadia Foren who invited you to meet."
During the Saturday dance, Shade mentioned that the Dragon Feast Cult had discovered another poem fragment, and most of the main ring warlocks had left Green Lake, so Yin Luna had more guesses:
"On the one hand, Nadia Foren is indeed dissatisfied with her ancestors. On the other hand, the Dragon Feast Cult no longer has any interest in Green Lake, so they want to form a certain degree of tacit understanding with the Orthodox Church. This should not be a trap, so you can go without worry."
Luvia asked with concern:
"What is the exact time and location for the meeting? Is this still the City of Glass?"
"Not sure. They gave out a special one-time alchemical item that can only be viewed by one person once and then destroyed immediately. The item was delivered to the Witch Council this morning, and Shade should be able to get it by noon. Although the church is also capable of circumventing restrictions in other ways, it still has to give some face to the Godcaller."
Yin Luna said, Xia De nodded in understanding:
"No problem, I'll go there tonight. I hope Nadia Foran can directly provide me with a method to follow Megan and the others to the island."
"I just heard from Father Augustus that you took Mia home to rest early last night. Are you making preparations?"
Luvia asked again, and Shade nodded. He took out the small bronze bell he got from the Black Mist Camp from his coat pocket:
"The old god of wealth and trade told me three ways to use the Philosopher's Stone. Using it as a disposable item to achieve the best spellcasting effect will be very useful this time. Even if I don't have to follow Edwards to the island or fight against the fortune teller, it will be good to use it to seal the island with the puzzle lock 'Tree Kiss' in the end. I went back and studied it carefully last night. The knowledge is very complicated, but somehow, I seem to have a talent for using the Philosopher's Stone. It's easy for me to cast spells with it... What kind of talent is this?"
He planned to wait until he had time to translate the words on the bronze bell into the words of the Sixth Era and copy them down to share with the girls around him. Although the words on the bronze bell were rare, the words from an unknown era contained a lot of information. After translating and copying them down, they could probably be written into a book.
Among them, making the elixir of life is the most complicated, refining gold is the second most difficult, and as for using the philosopher's stone as a disposable item to cast spells, it is actually the simplest.
"Speaking of which, Shade, the church contacted you directly through the Witch Council. Wouldn't the other witches who don't know you be confused about this?"
Yin Luna asked worriedly again, and Xia De shook his head:
"It's okay. Miss Carina reported to the council a long time ago that the God Summoner has a superficial relationship with her. She can contact her, but the God Summoner may not always answer."
"Oh, the other witches mistook you for a woman."
Yin Luna nodded in relief. In fact, she really hoped that Xia De could stay away from those strange women.
The three of them continued to eat around the small coffee table. Xia De touched the cat that was licking goat milk. He thought there was nothing else to do, but when he looked up, he saw Yin Luna winking at Luvia. When Yin Luna found that Xia De was looking at them, she immediately pretended to be very interested in the bacon on her plate and lowered her head without looking at Xia De.
As for Luvia, she took a deep breath:
"There is one more thing I want to tell you. I want to give you something. I hope you can accept it."
Shade blinked:
"You want to give me something, why shouldn't I accept it? However, I consider my birthday to be the day the doctor meets me, which is next month, the 22nd day of the Sunny Month of June. It's still a month away, are you going to give me a birthday present in advance? But traditionally, people don't care much about birthdays after they turn 18, and I'm not an unmarried noble girl like Resia and Margaret, so you don't have to give me a birthday present."
Yin Luna's ears moved behind her hair, and she carefully wrote down the details of Xia De's birthday.
"It's not for you. In fact, I was preparing this thing before I left Tobesk. Old John helped me acquire the target item, but this matter was delayed for a long time until I came to Green Lake City. It was not until Old John's friend here, Grandma Natalie, gave it to me."
She carefully took out a red jewelry box. The box was very small and could only hold small items such as earrings and rings. After opening it, she found a round transparent glass embedded vertically inside, but a closer look revealed that it was a monocle.
"Relic?"
"Yes, it's a poet-level relic - Crack. Its properties are very simple. If you put it in front of your eyes, you can more easily detect the tiny cracks on an object that are difficult to detect. The way to contain it is to sandwich it between two identical objects. The negative property is that once you see an eye that does not exist through the crack, eyes will grow on your body."
Xia De took out the curved glass and found that the surface was not empty, but had traces of cracks. There was a line of extremely hidden small words on the edge, and Xia De had to rub it with his fingers to let "her" decipher it -
The world is a crack.
"Although the main function of this item is to find cracks, such as detecting the entrances to dark rooms that are almost integrated with the wall, it can also greatly reduce the power of magic eyes, spells, and magic that require 'eye contact' to work when placed in front of the eyes."
Luvia continued, glanced at Shade, and stated her true intention:
"But in fact, few people know that the origin of this item can be traced back to the beginning of the Second Era, when the ancient gods left one after another. This was once a part of the eye of the statue in the temple of the ancient gods' original rift in space. After the statue was broken at some unknown time, it became a top-level divine item. Then, its power gradually lost over tens of millions of years, and it turned into a relic over the long years until it came into my hands."
"Items related to the ancient gods?"
"Yes, I went to see the old witch, and also met the Red Butterfly sisters in private, and confirmed that they are the third in line. However, I don't need to prepare their items. This is for..."
Luvia pursed her lips and looked at Shade without saying anything else.
Now Shade understood that the fortune teller who was ranked first must have made some preparations, the item for the second-ranked Duruth Giles was prepared by the Witch Council, and the third-ranked Grace and Helen already had the red orb. So, this was prepared for Dorothy and Leicia.
"I know you don't like this outcome, but we have to plan for any eventuality."
Luvia continued. She thought Shade would show displeasure, but Shade just showed a melancholy expression, then nodded and pushed aside Mia's head that was reaching for the plate.
"I see. I will give this to Dorothy presently, and she shall put it with the angel feather."
"You see, Luvia, I just said that Shade must understand the necessity of doing this."
Yin Luna finally raised her head, and the girl with purple eyes also smiled:
"Yeah, Shade always knows what to do."
Xia De looked down at the lens in his hand, put it in front of his right eye, and wanted to look at Yin Luna and Luvia, but they grabbed his arms at once:
"Shad, you have to know that nothing in this world is perfect. So if you look at the world through this, you will see that many objects that you originally thought were 'beautiful' actually have many, many flaws that you have not noticed. I am eating breakfast now, so don't look at this."
Xia De then put away the lenses, knowing in his heart that they actually didn't want to ruin the impression of him in his mind.
"But you can use this to take a look at Mia."
Luvia suggested again with a smile.
"Meow?"
The cat who was eating breakfast suddenly raised his head and looked at Xia De alertly. Seeing that Xia De did not move, he lowered his head and continued to eat his meal.
"Since it's Monday, Shad, what did you get for your present this week?"
Yin Luna asked again.
"Although it's not an ordinary item, it's not very useful either. It's a bunch of white flowers, probably sprayed with some kind of magic potion, and it seems to stay in bloom for many days, but the flowers are just ordinary species. The task is to give flowers to friends around me, and I plan to wait until after Wednesday to complete it."
He planned to give Yin Luna this bouquet of flowers at the same time as her birthday gift, otherwise it would be too monotonous with only the scales and the golden apple.
As Xia De was thinking, he saw Luvia using her fork to pick up the apple she had just chopped and put it in front of him. Xia De was a little surprised, and when he saw the purple eyes staring at him, he bit off the apple. Then, he cut a small piece of bacon from the plate and handed it to Yin Luna.
Yin Luna had just seen the intimate actions of the two, so she lowered her head and pretended not to care. But when Xia De's fork came over, the 17-year-old girl immediately raised her head. She pursed her lips in anticipation, and when she saw Luvia looking at her with a smile, she blushed and ate the food on the fork.
Then she also used a fork to slice the food and handed it to Luvia. The fortune teller lady certainly would not refuse. The atmosphere of the breakfast was very good. The three people who had gathered together from the beginning were in a good mood and prepared to face another challenge.
Only the cat wondered for a long time why no one gave it food.