After sighing, Xia De officially began to tap all his gains after the second key disappeared.
In addition to the unexpected Tree Kiss Spirit Rune and the puzzling truth about the Time Key, Miss Filianna also said that if she could remember Shad, she would leave him a gift.
Unfortunately, after one and a half months of school, Shad had not found anything. Perhaps Miss Felina had forgotten him, or perhaps the gift was in St. Byron's Castle, and he needed to actually arrive at the academy to receive the gift from the charming lady.
However, Miss Feliana's notebook was successfully brought to the present by Shade. Although the pages had turned yellow after coming from the past, it did not affect Shade's reading of the notebook by the window. He then unexpectedly discovered that there was a small blank space on it. The notebook that was originally filled with the witch's careful writing now had a small amount of blank space, which accounted for only about one tenth of the total.
"Come to think of it, this is the first time I've gained a large amount of knowledge from the past."
Although the Infinite Tree Father is far away, Shad can really feel His presence at all times.
He lowered his head and looked at the remaining leaf. Because the leaf just now contained a magical aura of spatial stability, it must contain a piece of historical truth (the Witch War at the end of the Fifth Age).
Xia De thought about it, closed his left eye, and put the leaf in front of his right eye.
The cat looked up at him curiously.
Xia De saw some floating lights and shadows, and then saw a long and narrow brick and stone corridor.
The ground was covered with white ash, and two women in gorgeous long dresses walked along the corridor one after the other. This place was extremely dilapidated, like an ancient relic that had gone through years.
At the end of the corridor was a very familiar white mist door, and the women walked in together.
Behind the door was shrouded in white mist, and two women stood together, one showing a ring on her right hand, and the other holding a golden button.
As the two ornaments emitted soft white light, the white mist was gradually dissipated.
This looked like a sacrificial site, but also like a meeting hall. A large gray-white stone round table was placed on the open ground, surrounded by thirteen stone-backed chairs.
Around the circular open space, dilapidated stone stairs lead up one by one until the view is blocked by white fog at the highest point.
The two women sat down, and Xia De's vision was always behind them, so he couldn't see their faces clearly.
"The Fifth Era should be over."
One of the voices spoke, and the language used was naturally not the common language of Drarion.
"Yes, the witches are the product of failure. It's time to start the next era."
Another voice said.
"But the other eleven won't agree."
"They betrayed their promise, turned their backs on Parliament, and forgot what mission they were tasked with... Now there are only two of us who have the right to vote, and that is enough."
"Do you really want to do this?"
The tone was very anxious.
"Yes, if we delay any further, the people of the Sixth Epoch will face even greater problems. For the future of this world, it's time to end it."
After a moment of silence, they both said:
"In the name of the Witch Council, the thirteen seats are voting. Thirteen people are supposed to be present, two are present, and two have the right to vote, which meets the minimum requirement. The 3419th meeting of the Witch Council is about whether to agree that the participants can use the power of the Council to forcibly end the Fifth Epoch in the form of a Witch War."
"The Sixth Seat agrees."
"The Thirteenth Seat agrees."
"There are two valid votes and zero invalid votes. There are two votes in favor and zero votes against. The resolution is passed."
Some flames burst out from under the round table, igniting the two women sitting on the old stone chairs. But instead of being injured, they seemed to become stronger with their intense breathing.
Xia De put down the leaf, and all the scenes ended. He tried to watch again, but he couldn't see the repeated scenes.
His brows furrowed even more:
"So, there really is a space left behind by the ancient gods, called the Witch Council... The Witch War was started by two witches in order to end the Fifth Era... Since the Witch Council has been passed down, the current witches may still control that space."
Holding two leaves of eternal youth in his left hand, he patted the cat standing on the windowsill with his right hand. Xia De was stunned, looking at the halo of the gas street lamp outside the window. The halo was ambiguous and blurred, illuminating his profile, but could not illuminate the confusion in his heart:
“There are more unknowns.”
He was not in a good mood, of course, not only because of the final farewell to the two witches who had been so kind to him.
It seems that every time I go to the past to witness history, I discover more unknowns when I come back.
The clock in the corner ticked:
"So, is it the Sixth Era now? Speaking of which, it's Monday again. What will the gift box give me this week?"
(Mi Mia is running...)
"So, is it the Sixth Era now?"
These were the first words Shad said when he saw Dorothy at his door on Monday morning.
He had dark circles under his eyes, his face was pale, his lips were chapped, his hair was messy, and his eyes even looked a little dull.
The female writer holding the Steambird Daily excitedly stood at the door of Xia De's house and nodded hesitantly:
"Of course... Xia De, didn't you say you only went back three seconds? Did you experience more time this time? You can't tell the time now."
Looking at Xia De's terrible appearance with worry, a red-haired girl wearing black leather shoes walked in. Her long red hair swept over Xia De's shoulders. She pursed her lips and asked:
"So let's test it, Shad, what did you do before we separated yesterday?"
Xia De rubbed his face and managed to return to normal. He closed the door and recalled:
"We had dinner together. I mixed some expensive cod liver oil into Mia's cat food, using the food to make the cat forget about taking a bath at noon."
"Meow~"
The orange cat who was standing on the stairs waiting for Shade to come upstairs immediately raised his head and called out when he heard his own name. The movement of raising his head allowed the hair on his furry chest to face the morning sunlight that shone through the door that was not yet completely closed.
It was very lively outside. On a Monday morning, a thin mist was floating over St. Teresa's Square, and gentlemen in boots were rushing to work.
"Then it is correct. Now is of course the year 1853 of the Sixth Era Universal Calendar. Shade, what happened to you? Losing the correct sense of time is also a sign of a ring sorcerer losing control, especially since you still control the power of time."
At this point Dorothy became even more worried.
"No, not out of control, just curious."
Shad shook his head. He didn't intend to tell Dorothy the information he had learned from God because it was meaningless and would easily involve Dorothy in strange things.
"Then why do you look so bad?"
She asked again.
"I read until very late last night. I didn't go to bed until two o'clock, and was woken up by Mia at seven o'clock... I plan to make an interesting alchemical item recently."
Xia De yawned and thought of the notebook that was now on the dining table. Although one-tenth of the content was missing, the remaining content was still very valuable.
Miss Feliana wrote patiently and carefully in small, dense handwriting about her adventure experiences, the ways she gained power, her understanding of extraordinary people, strange and interesting rumors, and the recipes of some potions and alchemical items.
There is only one alchemical item whose materials Shade has heard of, which means he can make it. Miss Felina did not write the name of the item, but its only function is very clear—detecting witches.
After the alchemical item is made, just hang it around your neck like a pendant. Within a half-mile (about 804m) of the witch, the pendant will automatically heat up. The more witches there are and the stronger they are, the more obvious the heat will be.
This detection distance is much farther than the witch's detection of Shade, and it is very helpful for Shade to stay away from those troublesome women.
Of course, in addition to the knowledge itself, notebooks are also valuable antiques.
Although it was just an ordinary piece of paper, it had Miss Feliana's handwriting on it. This was a very valuable item for St. Byrons Comprehensive College. If Shad was willing to sell it, he guessed that the college could even offer five or even six figures in gold pounds.
But Shad will not sell it. He will keep it forever as a memory of the two witches who helped him.
Today, as agreed, Shad will go to Coldwater Harbor again to meet Princess Leia, and Dorothy comes to help Shad take care of the cat and look through the remaining detective records.
This morning's Steambird Daily has the first short story of Dorothy's detective novel Hamilton Detective Stories, "Overdue Murder." Because it is the first issue, it occupies a large page, allowing her to publish more content.
Among them, the appearance of "Detective Hamilton" is a relatively important content, which will be related to connecting subsequent stories.
The main distribution area of Steambird Daily is the central region of Delarian, centered on Tobesk, but it can also be found in large cities such as Coldwater Harbor.
If Dorothy's story is successful, it will mean that her career has reached a higher level, which is much more meaningful than the Kingdom Literature Award won by 35 people.
Leading Dorothy upstairs, Shad also shared his experience this morning. Goldilocks didn't want to hear the whole story, so Shad only told the story of "Tree Kiss" and its connection with the ritual of invoking the spirit.
"Miss Felina."
When Shad showed the notebook and described the story of the founder of the college, Dorothy's face showed envy.
But when she started talking about the ancient god - the father of the infinite tree and the old god - the door of the shining transformation, she couldn't hold it anymore and shook her head to tell Xia De not to continue.
Shade then summoned the Life Ring, and now the second spiritual rune on the second ring, Kiss of the Tree, was flashing with golden spiritual light. After greed, Shade once again obtained a rune associated with the name of a fairy tale, but this time the story was not the story he told.