Saturday night was Shad's date with Lecia. After Shad woke up from his "coma", he heard from Luvia that Dorothy seemed to have made some preparations for this night. But unfortunately, Dorothy's "special period" that started on Tuesday did not end on Saturday night.
After the study session on Saturday afternoon, when Her Royal Highness's soul exchanged and entered the body of the writer, and saw Dorothy's message in the notebook, her expression was very unhappy.
Of course, although her physical condition during the "special period" did not allow her to eat too cold food, it would at least not affect the normal date time. Although it was no longer snowing, the cold winter and the snow on the road made Shade and Leicia, who was using the body of the blonde girl, unwilling to go out.
The two sat on the clean carpet in front of the fireplace that night, each studying for a test at the end of next month. The firelight illuminated their faces, and a lazy cat curled up in front of the fireplace.
Although the two did not talk much throughout the evening, Xia De could see that, at least before going to bed, Lecia was quite satisfied with the evening.
"Sometime I will paint 'Shad and Dorothy before the Fireplace' in oil, and hang it in my own bedroom. I am a very good painter, and I am sure I will be able to finish it before the end of the year."
Before going to bed, Leisia said to Xia De. She was wearing pajamas. In front of Xia De, she put the Eternal Youth Leaf in the drawer of the study with some regret. She lowered her green eyes and looked at Xia De:
“What a pity.”
Xia De knew what this meant, and Little Mia was able to rest on her bed in the bedroom on Saturday night, which was a treat the cat had not enjoyed for a long time since the first "Red Butterfly Night".
Because they went to bed early on Saturday night, not only did Shad wake up early to prepare for his last adventure in the fifth era 5177, but even Lecia woke up early.
When the blonde opened her eyes, the familiar yet strange ceiling reminded her that she was at number 6, Saint Teresa's Square. When she got up, she found that Shad on the other side of the bed had disappeared, but the sound of brushing teeth from the bathroom indicated that he had not left yet.
Not only was there a sleepy-eyed Lecia on the four-poster bed, but the cat, who was sleeping soundly outside the soft pillow on Shad's side, was also awakened by Lecia's movement of getting up.
The cat woke up in the morning with droopy eyelids, looking dumber than usual, not smart at all. It kept lying down and looked around, and stood up after making sure that Shade was not around. Its butt was slightly raised, and its two furry front paws pushed forward and its hind paws pushed back, stretching. After stretching, Mia immediately became energetic.
It ignored Leicia on the bed and jumped off the bed neatly. After going around the bed, Leicia only saw the cat's figure flash past the bedroom door. From the sound, it went to the bathroom to find Shade.
The princess looked at her pillow to make sure that her hair had not fallen off, and then she slowly got up. Because there was steam heating and the fire in the fireplace was not extinguished, the temperature in the house was acceptable. She adjusted her pajamas, touched her chest to compare the difference between the two bodies, and confirmed that Dorothy was still the same recently. Then she walked to the bedside in slippers and opened the curtains in a good mood.
"Oh, the silver city."
There was not much fog this morning. At six o'clock, St. Teresa's Square was covered with snow, but there was already a series of clear footprints on the snow. It seemed that it snowed again last night. Leisia remembered that when she came back yesterday evening, the snow in the square had been cleared.
As the core block of Tobysk, the pearl of the north, St. Teresa Square is a place where the city hall sends people to clear the snow when it snows, which is considered part of the city's public services. Of course, only a few places in the city can enjoy this treatment, so the high land and housing prices in St. Teresa Square make sense.
It's just that the residents of St. Teresa's Square need to clean the snow in front of their houses themselves, or hire someone to do it. Although it doesn't matter if you don't clean it, if you live in such a civilized neighborhood, if the snow in front of your neighbors' houses is cleaned up, but only your house is still in that state, you will be looked down upon by your neighbors.
"Send someone to help Xia De sweep the snow today."
The princess thought as she looked out the window at the snowy winter morning. Her hand played with the golden hair hanging in front of her right shoulder, admiring Dorothy's hair quality. Her eyes unconsciously saw the reflection of the room on the glass, and saw the big bed, and she felt a little bored.
Just like the previous weeks, Shad planned to complete the adventure of the Time Key before coming back for breakfast. When Leicia walked out of the bedroom, she saw Shad packing books into toys and putting them in boxes, and then turning the black suitcase into toys and putting it away.
Casting the spell on the "toy" again would consume more spirits, but Shad still repeated his actions.
"Why do you bring so many books?"
Leicia asked curiously, picking up the cat at Shade's feet to prevent it from disturbing the busy detective.
"Today is the last time I will use this key. I am not sure what the final test will be, so I have to bring more things with me. Special items and relics that are not mission targets cannot be taken with me, so I can only bring as many books as possible."
Shade said, turning the last suitcase into a toy as well.
He picked up the glass bottle on the coffee table and drank the No. 4 holy water in it to replenish the consumed spirit. Although the effect of holy water would be severely weakened if consumed in large quantities in a short period of time, this was his first time drinking it today.
Leicia was a little worried as she held the cat and watched Shad prepare to leave. After the Day of the Red Butterfly, Shad had of course tried to use bed sheets to turn her and Dorothy into toys through magic toy making, but of course he failed.
Leicia still remembers that when Dorothy and Luvia talked about this in private, the fortune teller was relieved. Her Royal Highness understood Luvia's thoughts, but she still hoped that she and Dorothy could prove their feelings through toy making.
"Meow~"
The cat in my arms seemed to be thinking of something and meowed softly.
"Are you taking Mia with you?"
Leicia asked.
"No, no, it's still too dangerous there, and you see, this cat doesn't want to go with me."
As Shad spoke, he waved to Mia, and the clever cat called out to him, showing no intention of breaking free from Leicia's hands.
"Look, it really doesn't want to move. Oh, let me see, I brought the water bag, the book, the holy water... I brought everything."
He took out the time key with cracks on its surface and waved at Leicia:
"Wish me luck, Leicia, I hope everything goes well this time."
"Yes, my knight, good luck to you."
Leicia came over and kissed Shade's cheek. Shade smiled and touched his cheek:
"May the World Tree protect me in time."
He inserted the key into the lock of the side door—
Kada~
The key turned, and behind the door that was opened was the familiar white misty door.
For Lecia, Shad's adventure only lasted three seconds, so Shad didn't say goodbye again and walked straight in.
I heard a familiar reminder from "her":
Stranger, you have stepped into the "Corridor of Time".
Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree":
Spring of the Fifth Era 5177, Broken Isles, Lost Lake.
Event: A witch in pursuit of eternal beauty.
Duration: thirty minutes (3/3).
You get additional information.
The figure of the Infinite Tree Father continues to watch over you.
The tests given to you by the Ancient God of Time will continue.
Help mortals visit the gods and learn the secrets of eternal beauty.
The Father of the Infinite Tree will give you rewards: Ritual - Moonlight Water, Ritual - Sunlight Fire.
"Come to think of it, I haven't had time to get the next key yet. Where should I go to get the time key this time?"
He took a step into the white mist and continued forward. The curtain of white mist opened up to all sides, revealing the scenery of the jungle by the lake in the dark night in front of Shade.
The temperature at home was just right, even a little hot, but the surrounding temperature dropped suddenly. Xia De took a deep breath, letting the diffused calming mist be inhaled into his lungs, which could calm his extremely active mind after waking up:
"This is the last meeting with Miss Violet and Miss Theresa."
He looked at the island in the middle of the lake from the dark lake, and he felt a little melancholy when he thought of this. He experienced the past time to find and witness those lost stories, but at the same time he also passed by friends one by one. Everyone in the Fifth Age, whether witch or ordinary person, was definitely gone for Shade who lived in the Sixth Age 1853 and continued to move forward.
He was lucky to meet the middle-aged witch and the old man in leather armor on Mount Xikar, and most of the friends he had passed by in the past would probably never meet again. The story of the Red Butterfly Twins even reminded Shade that it was a better ending for the friends of the Fifth Epoch to sleep in their own time than to meet him again after a long time.
Feeling a little melancholy, Xia De attributed it to the fact that he had just woken up early in the morning and his mind was active. Strange noises were heard from the strange forest behind him. Xia De did not stop and stepped directly onto the lake.
When the lingering mist blurred his receding figure, a group of scarlet butterflies flew away into the distance in the mist.
The area of Lost Lake is much larger than the Lake of Cherubim in Huntington. Shad moved silently on the water, enduring the extremely cold air flow that rushed from his feet to his whole body, and gradually approached the island in the middle of the lake.