"We can't explain how you got here. Xi Wei was the one who proposed the conjecture and wanted to conduct this experiment. Oh, by the way, I apologize for not telling you the subject of this experiment in advance... This idea was also proposed by Xi Wei."
Miss Jialinna pointed at the brown-haired Witch, who was quite surprised to be attributed with so many "ideas" all at once.
The Duchess explained:
"Xi Wei believes that since you are immune to the Witch's curse, you might have a deeper connection with Witches themselves. That's why we tried to bring you in; whether it succeeded or not, it would give us new insights into your characteristics. However, no one expected it to actually succeed without any obstacles."
"This is very interesting. It's not that no one has thought about bringing people without Witch power in here before, but there have never been any successful cases."
Miss Aurora considered it for a moment, sizing Xia De up and down:
"Hamilton, never mind, I'll just call you 'Xia De.' Xia De, forget what happened today and absolutely do not mention it to anyone. Jialinna and I will find a way to figure out your peculiarity. Compared to your immunity to the Witch's curse, entering the Council is what could truly cause trouble."
"I understand."
Xia De nodded cautiously, casually resting his hand on the stone table.
"That's all for today, you can leave. If Xia De has any thoughts and wants to enter again, I'll find another opportunity next time. But remember, don't reveal today's events to anyone, and don't even bring it up actively."
Miss Jialinna looked at Miss Aurora.
"You don't need to remind me of that, Jialinna. You consider him your treasure, and I won't treat him as an ordinary man either."
The two ladies stood up, and Miss Jialinna handed the book next to her to Miss Aurora:
"The thing I promised you last time."
Behind their chairs, in front of the dilapidated stone steps leading upwards, a white mist door appeared for each of them.
"You can choose to use any door, but you can only return to where you came from, so you cannot use this place for space jumps. Council members still have to rely on steam trains to meet in reality."
Miss Aurora said, holding Xia De's hand to prevent him from getting lost when leaving. After Xia De bid farewell to the seemingly worried Miss Jialinna, he followed Miss Aurora into the door behind her chair.
"Do you have any information?"
He asked in his mind as he passed through the white mist door.
"Yes, Outsider, by touching that stone table, you have obtained more information. By sacrificing a drop of divinity within the Witch Council, you can obtain two votes, which are consumables, not permanently two votes."
Xia De followed Miss Aurora through the door and returned to the manor's corridor.
"Sacrificing divinity in the Space Labyrinth can grant a new landmark. But besides divinity, there's also white stone crystal as another option. I suppose the Council wouldn't also want white stone crystal, right? What does the Council want?"
"Outsider, you can collect 'Witch Echoes' to obtain two consumable votes. Multiple echoes can be stacked to gain more votes."
"What is this again? It doesn't sound like a tangible substance like white stone crystal."
He had thought he wouldn't get a reply, but to his surprise, he immediately knew the answer:
"Find the death locations of Witches who once had voting rights. Since you already possess the 'Echo' Ling Rune, that space has provided information for absorbing their lingering echoes from history and civilization. Once successful, an imprint of the Echo will remain in your soul, which is 'Witch Echo.' Besides voting rights, this can also allow you to acquire some Witch Knowledge."
Xia De nodded, but he wasn't very interested in it.
Even with voting rights, a meeting can only be held if the number of Great Witches attending the Council exceeds the minimum threshold. Therefore, even if Xia De obtained a hundred "Witch Echoes" and had two hundred weighted votes, he would still need more Witches to participate to utilize the Council's power.
Xia De didn't want to deal with more Witches.
However, if he really had the chance to get "Witch Echoes," he wouldn't give up, after all, he was still very interested in the Witches' Knowledge.
"In the future, when I have time to travel, besides paying attention to local cult myths, I also need to look out for rumors of Witches."
He thought to himself, while saying aloud:
"Miss Aurora, since the ancient god - Chaos Witch, left behind such a space, have other ancient gods also left similar things? If they do, what is the meaning of the existence of these spaces?"
He asked the preoccupied Miss Aurora again, who led Xia De towards the study and gave a very simple answer:
"All thirteen ancient gods have similar legacies, and each space has a unique function, but the Council is not very interested in other spaces. As for their meaning, I apologize, due to the turmoil of eras and the destruction of the fifth epoch Witch civilization, some hidden information was lost, so I cannot give you an answer. Most of the Council's information is in the hands of the First Seat; I only know that these locations are very important."
But since the Witch Council can control the Witch Council, other spaces might also have been found and are being utilized by certain forces. For example, the Twilight Creator's Creation Birthing Chamber; it is said that the Blood Spirit School has made great progress.
And as the gathering organization of the ancient god Mr. Huan's followers, the Prophet Association, Xia De even speculated that they might also control the space corresponding to fate.
"Hmm... it's truly too complicated."
Xia De did not engage in any other activities that day. Before dinner, he used the space of Aurora Manor to try to enhance the effect of Time Perception using the ritual described in the paper. However, this enhancement only made his perception of the current time more precise, and it did not help him get the answers he wanted.
What Xia De attempted today was a relatively simple method described in the paper. He would try other methods that required strict conditions or rare ritual materials one by one in the future.
Just by looking at the conclusion section of the paper, the Saint Byron's student who wrote this article did not mention having doubts about the time of the sixth epoch when conducting their experiments. However, the author only attempted part of the content in the article, and the rest were hypotheses based on principles, so Xia De needed to try those hypothetical parts.
Even if there were no results, it would at least allow him to write an article for publication. Correspondence students can receive many rewards for publishing articles.
After returning home, Xia De visited Doctor Schneider and Priest Augustus under the cover of night, giving them the Coldwater Port specialty medicinal wines.
Of course, he also didn't forget to try singing the Witch's song in the open first floor of Saint Delan Square Six, wanting to see if he could enter the ancient passage before the white mist door by himself.
But after three or four attempts, besides the not-so-beautiful singing almost annoying Mia, Xia De gained nothing. Clearly, the conditions for entering that passage were not as simple as just singing.
"Could it be that I'm not singing well?"
Xia De had also considered this possibility, but obviously, not all Witches could be singers as skilled as Miss Aurora... Considering the Witches' shared extraordinary charm and demeanor, being good at singing as a Witch's characteristic also seemed not impossible.
"Time Corridor, Space Labyrinth, Creation Birthing Chamber, Inquisitor's Court, Silver Moon Library, this is already the sixth one. More and more things are unclear... Could the Dark Dungeon also be one?"
He yawned while holding the cat, looking at the moon outside the window. When Mia also started to yawn, Xia De decided to read for a while in the study before going to sleep.
The Outsider was also very diligent.
