After returning home from Saint Byrons, Shade informed Leicia that the Sleeping Princess could replace the Sleeping Spirit Rune. As a result, the blonde girl became much lax in the rest of the class tonight.
After all, once Shade set out for the Fifth Age, the Spirit Rune would almost certainly be obtained, and her lessons, which had lasted for more than a month, seemed to have no effect at all.
Leicia did not hide her emotions, and Xia De could naturally see it, so he took the initiative to tell the story of the Red Butterfly.
Shad had already told Dorothy this story, and Lesia had probably heard it recounted, but hearing it again from Shad gave her more details.
"Shad, what do you think will be the ending for Dorothy and me?"
She held her face with one hand and looked at the moon outside the study window. This action was very unladylike, but when the princess did it, it looked so elegant.
“I don’t know, but it’s definitely better than Grace and Helen’s current situation.”
"But I think they are in good shape. At least, they can see each other every 22 years, while Dorothy and I..."
"Don't say that."
Shade stood by the window, his hands propped up on the windowsill, the cat lying beside his hands:
"I'll be able to see them again next week. You see, the alchemical items made based on their stories can allow you and Dorothy to look each other in the eye. I think the true power of the Red Butterfly should be able to bring you closer together."
"is that so?"
Leicia was somewhat bored, she closed her eyes slightly, then opened them and shook her head:
"If possible, I would like to meet them. The story of the red butterfly is so sad..."
"Don't be so pessimistic. When the Middlesbrough incident is over next week, I'll have plenty of time to find a way to get you two together. The door next door is a good one, but it's a pity that it's only used for a short time each time."
He bent back slightly, even letting his head touch the window glass:
"After a busy autumn, things are finally coming to an end."
"What on earth are you doing at Castle Midhill?"
Leicia asked.
"Find a Rhodes card."
"What card?"
“Everything is impermanent. Death.”
He stood up straight, smiled, and said in a joking tone:
"I already know his holder, but his holder is about to make a big mistake, so I decided to try to save him, or send him away, and then get the card."
"When you say something like that, you're really childish like a big boy."
The blonde girl smiled and stood up.
"Then tonight's class ends here. After you are promoted to the fourth ring, we will consider the next fairy tale. It is really difficult to be your teacher."
After that, she smiled and pointed to the top of her head:
"I won't bother you and Luvia anymore."
"What does this mean?"
"Oh, my dear Shade, am I naive enough to think that she would go home on time every time after reading the horoscope? Detective, I am not a naive sixteen-year-old girl."
She smiled and packed up the books on the table, ready to leave. Xia De thought for a moment:
"Lecia, do you want to see some magic?"
"magic?"
Her Royal Highness the Princess hesitated for a moment and sat back in her chair:
"Knight, please."
The white hands turned in the air, making a gesture of invitation.
Xia De nodded, put his right hand into his pocket, then snapped his fingers, and a flame immediately shot out from his fingertips.
"Don't tell me this is magic."
"Please look carefully."
Xia De concentrated his attention on the flame. The flame slightly gathered and stretched. In just two breaths, it turned into a lifelike flaming rose in Xia De's hand.
A smile appeared on Leisia's face:
“Very good control.”
"Ma'am, can you lend me your handkerchief?"
Shade asked again, borrowing Dorothy's handkerchief from Leicia and covering the flaming rose with it. The handkerchief did not catch fire, but covered Shade's entire hand.
He shook it gently, and the handkerchief flew up in a spiral, while a somewhat wilted blue rose appeared in Xia De's hand:
"Good night, ma'am."
He handed the rose to Her Royal Highness the Princess, who couldn't hide the smile on her face at all:
"I can't believe you still have this kind of thought."
She did not take the flower, but stood up and walked around the table, put her arms around Shad's neck, and kissed him on tiptoe. But Shad tilted his head back to avoid it:
"Luvia is still upstairs."
The blonde's emerald eyes seemed to sparkle:
"Isn't that better?"
She kissed Shad.
A thin mist drifted outside the window, and the quiet moonlight shone on the two of them from the window, as if the spotlight in the theater had stopped at this moment.
"Meow~"
Under the moonlight, Mia placed her head on her two furry front paws and called softly.
"Oh~"
Xia De pushed the girl away from his arms:
"Dorothy! It's really bad for my heart to see you do that again."
"Your cat told you that?"
The writer asked somewhat dissatisfiedly:
"Really? When will you be able to recognize us on your own? Does kissing me and Lecia really feel exactly the same?"
In fact, Xia De recognized it. The two of them had been in close contact just now, and "she" could feel some differences between the two souls.
"This is for you."
Shard held out the blue rose again. Dorothy looked at it and said:
"Come to think of it, I haven't thanked you for the birthday present you gave my mother. You picked a very discerning gift."
Then Dorothy, like Lesia, threw her arms around Shad's neck and kissed him.
Xia De really hopes that days like this can last forever.
At least, after the Middlesbrough incident is over next week, he hopes that the short period of peace will last for a long time. As he said, after being busy in the mountain city for a whole autumn, he really wants to take a break.
The original plan was to use the time key of the fifth era 3024 on Sunday morning to complete the final exploration of this key. But when Shade woke up on Sunday morning and tilted his head to look at the cat ball lying beside his pillow, he felt that this key might have to wait a few days before being used.
After all, the large-scale divine sealing ceremony "The Trace of the Sacred Tree" in Middleburg will begin next week, and Shade is almost certain that something will happen then. Having a usable time key in hand will be very useful in the face of critical situations.
So, Shade left the key of 3024 behind and spent Sunday working in the city with Luvia. The two went to the Black Raven Library first, and then went to a hidden black market for prohibited alchemical items in the slums in the south of the city. After having lunch at the Three Cats Inn in the Anthem Square, Luvia ordered an alloy dagger from the blacksmith shop next to the square.
In the afternoon, we went to Old John's place. Luvia asked about the special coins, and Shade bought another special item related to the sun. This time it was a flawed ruby, and the flaw of the gemstone was roughly like a sun pattern. This was a natural flaw, and after simple treatment, it could become an excellent ritual symbol.
Because it was a ruby, Old John asked for a very high price. When Shad complained about the price of 33 pounds, Father John shook his head and said:
"This is a very rare gem. If you don't need it, you might be able to make a profit by selling it."
"If I sell it to you, will you buy it?"
"I'll take 18 pounds."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Luvia couldn't help laughing, and then she also persuaded Shade to buy the gem. Compared with the seal he wanted to open, the double-digit gold pounds was nothing.
In the evening, Luvia took Shade to the new black market in the city, which was the Scholar Tavern in the Tobisk University District. Because it was adjacent to the Tobisk Secondary Mechanical College, most of the people in the tavern were young scholars or well-educated citizens living nearby.
Luvia exchanged some secret codes with the bartender, and then introduced Shad to him, allowing Shad to also trade here.
Afterwards, she finally got her goal this time, the clerical-level relic Dandelion Coin.
The Dandelion coin is a light blue coin that makes you feel happy. It is about the size of a penny. The name "Dandelion" does not refer to the coin being made of dandelions, but to the fact that there are dandelion patterns on both sides of the coin. One of the characteristics of this relic is that when a person blows a gentle breeze on it with their mouth, the Dandelion coin will float up like a real dandelion.
In order to verify whether the airflow blown by a cat has the same effect, after dinner, Shade held Mia the cat and tried it. When Mia blew the coin up and floated to the other side of the coffee table, the surprised expression on the cat's face was really funny.
Of course, the way it continued to breathe out at Shade afterwards was even more ridiculous.
The most important feature of the Dandelion Coin is that it can summon wind. The coin itself is a trading item. When you hold the coin in an open space and pray for the arrival of wind, you can use a Dandelion Coin to summon any wind that may appear in the local environment.
In other words, if Shad goes outside now and prays for a tornado to appear in Tobesk, it is completely possible.
In addition, when carrying this coin and using any magic related to "wind", the power of the magic will be enhanced. However, the danger level of the document level is not only because of its arbitrary manipulation of celestial phenomena and the increase of magic, but also because if this coin is thrown directly into a fire, a special destructive natural disaster called "meteor shower" will appear nearby.
The number of dandelion coins is not clear, because people can always find them in some remote corners after strong winds and heavy rains. Therefore, the number of dandelion coins known to exist has exceeded 2,000, most of which are kept by the Church of Nature.
The church believes that using this coin is actually trading with a departed great being who controls the wind. But there is considerable disagreement in the circle magic community as to who that great being is.