Xia De was actually very much looking forward to a week when the god's gift box could give him some unexpected gifts.
For example, in a brand new week, he wanted to get a valuable blood brew directly from the god's gift box without any effort.
But The Innocent Creator did not respond to Xia De's craving, and this week gave him a cream cake as a gift.
Unfortunately, Xia De was used to not looking, but directly reaching out to take the gift, to create a sense of anticipation for himself.
Therefore, when he reached into the box and felt a soft, fluffy touch, he immediately thought he had grabbed some unspeakable substance. Fortunately, it was just a handful of cream, which he ate as a late-night snack.
This made the cat quite angry, because Xia De didn't share any with it.
And this week's requirement was simply to donate at least half a pounds to children's welfare facilities, which was just a short trip out for Xia De.
On Monday morning, he sent a letter to Miss Jialinna, and in the afternoon, the carriage stopped downstairs at Saint Delan Square Six. The Duchess, who was going to meet Larus III at Yodel Palace, happened to have time to meet with Xia De.
In the living room at home, Xia De told the Great Witch all about his experiences from last night and wanted her to help him check his eyes.
Logically, all injuries sustained in the past should disappear after returning to the present time point, but after he left the Time Corridor, the phenomenon of stars appearing in his eyes due to drinking the blood brew of Star Sea Whale did not disappear at all.
This was probably because this phenomenon could not be considered an injury.
"I know about this."
After telling Xia De to look up, holding his head, and personally bending down to examine his eyes up close, the Great Witch gave the answer, suppressing a smile:
"The powerful Great Witches of the fifth epoch had a habit of drinking potions made from the blood of Star Sea Whale to make this phenomenon appear in their eyes."
"Why? Does this enhance power?"
Although Xia De felt the power of the starry sky, he did not directly gain any power.
"No, because it's very pretty."
The Great Witch, who had re-seated herself opposite on the sofa, said with some dissatisfaction:
"Just because those Witches wanted to be pretty, the hunting of Star Sea Whale in the fifth epoch caused those creatures, which are between physical and starlight bodies, to greatly extend the time interval of their passage through the material world.
You just said that the Great Witch of the fifth epoch mentioned that the Whales appear once every 300 years? No, no, it's not 300 years now. From the available data from the late fifth epoch, the interval was already 1200 years.
Throughout the sixth epoch, there is only one record of Star Sea Whale appearing in the material world, which was in the common era over six hundred years ago, and that time they even appeared in rare groups. This is all because of those Witches in the fifth epoch."
She snorted with great dissatisfaction.
Xia De felt that Miss Jialinna was probably not a Whale protector; her dissatisfaction was purely because she herself could no longer get potions made from Whale blood.
"So, the Great Witch I met spread the effect of Star Sea Whale blood?"
"I don't know about that."
Miss Jialinna shook her head. Because she was going to Yodel Palace to meet her nephew, the current King, she was dressed very formally today.
"Then, does the Witch Council's information mention how this can be eliminated?"
Xia De pointed to his eyes, very troubled. After taking the teacup Tifa handed him, he quietly thanked her again.
"Although it can only be observed at close range, I don't even dare to go out looking like this. The day after tomorrow, which is Wednesday, I still have to participate in the Great City Player's semi-finals."
"It cannot be actively eliminated; you can only wait for the potion, oh, for you, it's blood brew.
You can only wait for the blood brew's effect to fade on its own, but I don't know how that great one processed those bloods, nor do I know the dosage you drank, so I cannot give an answer."
The Great Witch continued to say with a smile, as if amused by Xia De's unhappy expression.
"But your eyes, they really are pretty now."
Tifa praised from the side, but this praise could not comfort Xia De at all.
"Don't worry, according to your description, I think this situation will disappear in at most a week.
If you want to go out and play cards, tomorrow I will have Tifa bring you eyeshadow that can change eye color and apply it for you."
This magical "eyeshadow" sounded like something the Witch Council could provide.
"That would be wonderful."
"Don't be too happy yet."
Miss Jialinna glanced at Tifa, who took the other maids to the kitchen temporarily. Next, they were going to discuss matters concerning the evil god. The weight of Knowledge meant that ordinary people and Ring術士 of lower rank should not listen to these things, and if it weren't for talking to Jialinna, Xia De wouldn't even be able to fully tell anyone about the banquet.
"If I had known about this situation earlier, I shouldn't have given you that key. You actually attended an evil god's banquet, this is truly..."
"It's alright, I've encountered more dangerous situations. The current trouble is just collecting two kinds of blood."
Xia De didn't feel any pressure:
"I would have encountered this situation sooner or later by finding the key myself. However, I hope you can help me gather some more detailed information about that great one.
Since that great one still exists to this day, I think there should be information about the great one's banquet that I can refer to."
"That's simple."
Miss Jialinna agreed:
"But which two bloods will you choose?"
"After Great City Player ends, if I can win the championship, then I'll have another sum of pounds coming in.
Originally, I planned to buy expensive defensive Miracles at the academy, but now I can use this money to purchase blood."
Valuable blood is not necessarily very expensive, because not all blood is a potion ingredient. The most crucial thing about acquiring two bloods is not how many pounds he has, but how much luck he has.
Of course, he couldn't just not prepare money because of this. Xia De, who originally didn't take the Great City Player championship very seriously, was now determined to win the title.
"There's also the two thousand pounds from the Gray Headed Eagle's task."
"I need to consider this further. If I can avoid getting involved in this troublesome matter, I will try my best not to participate."
"I will also keep an eye out for you, but blood that satisfies a blood-sucking great one probably really needs careful consideration. Blood..."
The Great Witch looked at Xia De and fell into thought.
The maids returned to the living room. Xia De asked Tifa for the small makeup mirror she carried with her and looked at his own eyes in the mirror:
"It really is pretty."
It was as if his eyes contained a sea of stars.
"Is this narcissism?"
Her voice rang in his ear.
"Aren't you the one who knows best whether I'm 'narcissistic' or not?"
Xia De said, looking at his own eyes.
