Miss Felianna, who had gained a body in her own dream, no longer looked at anyone. Instead, as the golden light trail bloomed, she flew up into the night sky.
“In the name of Mana Feilianna!”
The voice at this moment made everyone who had been affected by the Darkness Domain look up at the sky. She did not hide her appearance, so High-Ring Sorcerers could clearly see who it was under the starry sky.
Thirteen-Tier golden steps appeared from under Miss Felianna’s feet in the moonlit night. She stood at the highest point of the golden steps, with a golden gate standing behind her:
“Felianna's Witch Light!”
The sound spread across the wilderness. That gate opened, and golden light spilled out from behind the door, illuminating everything like an exploding sun. The scattered black pus evaporated, and the people standing there felt only warmth.
Seizing this opportunity, Iluna remained on the hillside, holding the hilt of the dark sword, ready to greet the Church's team as the biggest contributor to this battle, and to conceal Xia De and Tifa's whereabouts.
Xia De and Tifa left the hill with the cat, god's gift box, and darkness box, disappearing into the vast night.
“Mana Feilianna?”
The Old Professor from Zaras Academy opened his mouth wide:
“What have those people from Saint Byron's been hiding from us?”
“Mana Feilianna?”
Mr. Sari Pirot, the Thirteen Ring Sorcerer “Steel Right Hand” of the Creation Church, grabbed his hair and looked at the night sky:
“Can tonight get any more ridiculous?”
“Mana Feilianna?”
Old John stood on the melted low wall of the village, with his hands behind his back, squinting at the source of the light:
“Hmm… the rest of the Hermit Order will probably think my report is just me dreaming.”
“Mana Feilianna?”
At the edge of the Darkness Domain, Mr. Stan, the head of the Tobesk branch of the Prophet Association, who had defeated the Ring術士 of The Society of Truth, ignored the Orthodox Church rescue team that had arrived, and instead stared blankly at the vast starry sky behind the golden light after the Darkness receded:
“How have the constellations changed?”
“Mana Feilianna?”
Miss Jialinna, standing alone in the wilderness outside the forest, tilted her head and stared, watching the golden light disappear into the night sky, along with the woman who seemed to forever leave a mark in her eyes:
“Weren’t we fighting a demon? How could it be…”
“Miss!”
She turned her head and saw Xia De and Tifa running together, both of their injuries healed by Miss Felianna:
“Darkness is dead, let’s go quickly, the Church’s people are coming!”
Xia De, carrying a box and holding a cat, said, but Miss Jialinna grabbed him, her golden eyes looking at him:
“Just now.”
She pointed to the small hill in the center of the Milwood Forest, where light spots were still flickering in the distance:
“That.”
Then she pointed to the night sky:
“What was that about?”
“Oh, I activated a Mystic Lock! I successfully learned a Mystic Lock!”
Xia De said excitedly.
“Not that, it’s Felianna, the founder of Saint Byron's Comprehensive College, what’s going on with Mana Feilianna?”
The Red-haired Witch gasped and grabbed Xia De’s wrist. Xia De showed a look of sudden realization:
“I told you, I can gain power in the past. I once helped Miss Felianna in the past, so she helped me too.”
Anyway, this was no secret, and Tifa had seen it too, so Xia De didn't bother to hide it anymore.
“This… Tifa, was that really Miss Mana Feilianna just now?”
Miss Jialinna covered her forehead, and the Black-haired maid carefully nodded:
“I saw The Lady up close, she… is very pretty, yes, she is definitely a Witch, that’s right. She also gave me a gift.”
“What gift?”
Xia De asked curiously, returning Miss Jialinna’s necklace to her. The three prepared to leave here; this was not a good place to talk.
“Power, she gave me the power to advance. Besides moving towards the Thirteen-Tier, I can use this power to unconditionally advance to the next tier at any level.”
Xia De took a moment to understand that Tifa was referring to the Witch system’s levels. This gift could indeed only be given to Tifa, as neither Xia De nor Iluna were Witches.
The Duchess pursed her lips and looked at her maid. Only then did Xia De remember that Miss Jialinna herself was only an Eleventh-Tier Witch, and still some distance from the Twelfth-Tier.
“You… I… When we get back to the manor, I want to hear the whole story… Hmm?”
She suddenly looked behind Xia De. Xia De turned around and saw a golden light flying towards them. One hand held down the cat that wanted to pounce, and the other subconsciously reached forward, grasping the Ring of Metamorphosis that flew over.
As they touched the ring, all three heard a voice:
“I have cleared all traces of Human Pus, but because there wasn't enough time in this dream, a wisp of the demon's true pus escaped. Don't worry, it won't be able to recover to its peak for at least several millennia. Besides death, this is the most severe damage it can withstand.”
“It’s fine if it escaped, I collected some pus, and I can find it by dripping it into my eyes.”
Xia De said happily, glancing at the god's gift box on his back. He would not leave any future troubles. However, Miss Felianna had, after all, left…
“Look, a meteor shower!”
Just as Xia De was pinching the ring and feeling its warmth, Tifa whispered another reminder.
In the wilderness under the starry sea, the three people and one cat standing together all looked up. The deep starry sea, like a painting, seemed within reach, and the three moons were so bright after the Darkness receded. No matter what they had done, under this starry sky, they were all incredibly small.
In that vast starry sky, streaks of flowing light were passing from west to east. At first, there were only a few light trails, then dense and vast streams of light streaked across the night sky, sweeping across the entire western sky in their field of vision. Stars twinkled, and three moons hung together. Although this scene was silent, it was extraordinarily shocking.
Seeing such a scene after the great battle, there was a strange feeling of complete relaxation, and no one spoke immediately.
“What is this?”
Xia De hesitated to ask after a long while.
“It’s simple, the second Chosen One has died, and the world is sending him off.”
Miss Jialinna offered the explanation, and together with Xia De and Tifa, looked up at the disappearing streaks of light, her golden eyes flickering with emotion, her words almost a whisper:
“After all, compared to us, the Thirteen Chosen Ones are the true protagonists of the sixth epoch epic.”
(Mia is running…)
That night, Xia De and the cat did not return to the city, but stayed overnight at Miss Jialinna’s manor, satisfying the Witch’s curiosity while caring for Luvia, who was temporarily bedridden at the manor.
They returned to the manor at eight o’clock on this Saturday evening. After the manor’s servants woke up, they prepared dinner for them.
No one spoke during dinner. Miss Jialinna still couldn't believe what had happened tonight, frowning in thought, occasionally glancing at Xia De. Tifa was habitually silent, while Xia De was still immersed in the melancholy of Miss Felianna helping him again.
This meal, perhaps only Mia was relatively happy.
After dinner, the three moved to the study to talk. Although Ivan Darkness’s death was the main point of the night, Miss Jialinna was not very interested in the details of the battle or The Chosen Ones. She didn't even inquire about the reason Xia De ran into the Darkness Domain. After briefly listening to Xia De’s boasting about Iluna, she shifted the topic to the process of Miss Jialinna’s appearance.
Since Tifa had witnessed almost the entire process, and today's events did not involve his secret of becoming a god, Xia De did not hide anything.
He held the cat, which was full and feigning sleep, and with one hand held a teacup, recounting what had happened to Miss Jialinna.
He came to the Darkness Domain to help Iluna Bayas, the Chosen of Balance was his close friend, and that brown-haired girl had even prepared an additional way to seal the demon for Xia De to enter if the Darkness Domain went out of control. She also had her own secrets that she didn't want the Church to know, so everything was done secretly from the Church. Xia De's safe passage through the Darkness Domain was also due to the protection of “Balance”'s power.
As for the abnormal phenomena during his own advancement, he attributed them to Miss Felianna. After all, whatever power Miss Felianna possessed, it could be accepted by the people of the sixth epoch.
Miss Jialinna listened to Xia De’s narration while examining the Saint Byron's Comprehensive College dream snuff bottle she had borrowed from Xia De.
But this snuff bottle was now just a relic. Spanning two epochs, this snuff bottle had already fulfilled its most fundamental function when it was made. Now, it could only be used to release the dream about Saint Byron's Comprehensive College, and what Miss Jialinna wanted to see was not the college’s “recruitment dream.”
“Even now, it still feels incredible, Miss Mana Feilianna appeared.”
She placed the snuff bottle on the table, covering her forehead, not caring that her red hair brushed past her ears. The Witch didn't know what to say for a moment.
Xia De sat opposite the coffee table, holding Mia. Mia’s tail had two rings on it, the Ring of Metamorphosis and the fish training ring. The cat had put them on itself. Of course, the fish training ring was ineffective on fish-eating cats and could not trigger the speaking effect. The Ring of Metamorphosis required one to chant the incantation oneself to take effect on oneself. Therefore, neither relic had any effect on Mia.
Miss Jialinna also knew the effect of the Ring of Metamorphosis, but the well-informed Witch was not surprised:
“The characteristics of relics are all summarized by people through their use. It’s like us touching a pillar with our eyes closed, but it’s actually just an elephant’s leg. So, it’s normal for relics to have effects beyond their known characteristics.”
She also reminded Xia De, who planned to keep the fish training ring as a trophy, not to put the fish training ring on a corpse's hand, as this would directly lead to the relic going out of control.
Of course, Xia De intended to keep this ring not because he valued its characteristics, but purely to find a new toy for Mia. This time, it was thanks to this cat that he obtained this ring.
