“Today is Sunday, and you sent me a letter this morning. What did you do in the past?”
Princess Angelina, who was listening to all this, looked at the two of them curiously. Although she didn't understand, she could feel that Xia De was very powerful.
“You don’t have to answer me, that’s not a story I can hear. But if that’s the case… Miracle - yellow moon, blasphemy - sloth, inspiration - sleeping princess, whisper - True Death.”
Leia mused,
“Your three Ling Runes are complete, but you haven’t gotten the Sublimation Words 【Sleep】 yet. This won’t do, Xia De, I’m not sure if 【sleeping princess】 can replace 【Sleep】 in the construction of the Sublimation Words.”
The Ling Rune corresponding to the Sublimation Words is not necessarily exactly the same, but it must be very similar. Moreover, even if similar Ling Runes are used for replacement, no more than two of the five Ling Runes corresponding to the Sublimation Words can be similar concepts, otherwise it will lead to difficulties in the subsequent promotion.
“And once you master the power of 【sleeping princess】, it will be more than ten times harder to engrave 【Sleep】 again.”
“As long as I use the time key next time, I’m almost certain that I will be able to obtain inspiration. So, I need to obtain 【Sleep】 before I use the key next time.”
Xia De summarized, and this was also what he was worried about.
“Yes. Also, you can write to Saint Byron’s to inquire about this matter. You don’t have to directly say 【sleeping princess】 replaces 【Sleep】, you can phrase it differently, inquiring in an academic discussion tone. Since Saint Byron’s collected this Sublimation Words, it must have recorded the replacement method of the Ling Rune.”
Leia held Xia De’s hand and instructed him again. Angelina looked at their hands, wondering what she was thinking.
“No problem, on Saturday I will inquire directly with Daniste through the doctor’s channel to the academy. I’m afraid the other party might notice something.”
“Finally, there’s one more thing to remember.”
The princess’s eyes looked at Xia De, which made Xia De think it was something important.
“Next week is my… Dorothy’s mother’s birthday. You don’t have to go in person to congratulate her, but you should send a gift as a close friend and Writer’s assistant.”
“Birthday? Oh, that’s a good idea, but what should I send?”
“I knew you’d ask.”
Leia said with a smile, glancing at Angelina who was secretly watching the two of them:
“I’ve already prepared the gift for you. After it’s delivered to you on Tuesday morning, you can write a congratulatory letter to attach and then mail it to Louisa’s home address. Do you know the address?”
“I know the street but not the house number.”
“I will send the address with the gift to you. Remember to remove the letter I gave you and replace it with your own letter. Dorothy will be very happy if she knows about this.”
She sat up straight and then said with some melancholy,
“After a month of hard work, your one key has eroded all of my Dorothy’s efforts. Although this is also good, after you get the Ling Rune, you can even help me further enhance the power of 【sleeping princess】, but this time, it seems we didn’t help you.”
“Don’t say that. Only by understanding 【sleeping princess】 can I develop Miracles later.”
Xia De comforted her.
Angelina saw that the two had finally finished talking, and then cautiously asked with a blush,
“Mr. Hamilton, I noticed that you look a little different from last time.”
“Is that so?”
Xia De touched his face, and Leia also nodded:
“Yes, you look more handsome.”
This was the Phoenix flame reshaping his body again.
“I actually hope I can be a bit more muscular.”
He said with a smile, but his body shape was now just right, neither fat nor thin. Not thin because the food was really good, and not fat because this body didn’t seem to have the function of gaining weight.
“Then sir, do you have abs?”
The little princess hesitated for a moment, blushing, and asked a question that a lady should never ask.
Leia glanced at her, and before Xia De could answer, she reached out and touched Xia De’s abdomen:
“Obviously, although our Detective Mr. looks strong, there are no traces of deliberate exercise.”
Her hand lingered on Xia De’s abdomen for a moment before leaving. Even through his clothes, Xia De could feel the warmth of that hand;
“Leia, that’s not polite.”
“What does it matter? I’m not planning to do anything else.”
The red-haired princess said indifferently, fiddling with the Red Butterfly pendant on her waist, looking forward while adding in her heart:
“At least, that’s the plan for now.”
After the weekend, it was a new week, and as the withered leaf month entered its third week, the matters in Middlesburg also seemed to be nearing their end.
On Monday, Xia De was to attend Grandma Cassandra’s teacher’s ritual. Then on Wednesday, the Witches would lead Xia De to the mountainside seal of the Gap. After that, the Orthodox Church in Mi Fort would search for and remove the four resurrected “nails,” and hold the large divine spell ritual on Sicar Mountain that had conscripted hundreds of Old Priests.
If all these went smoothly, the disaster in Mi Fort this autumn could be successfully postponed for at least three years. As for what would happen after three years, that was something to think about after winter arrived.
On Monday morning, it was Xia De’s usual time to draw gifts. Although he only received an ordinary music box last week in the company of Miss Jialinna and Tifa, Xia De still superstitiously believed that having girls around could increase his luck in getting gifts.
To put this into practice, he decided to carry the 【god's gift box】 to Middlesburg today. On one hand, he wanted to wait until the ritual ended to meet old acquaintances from a distant time before taking the gift; on the other hand, he was a little worried about the so-called ritual.
Even if, according to Grandma Cassandra, the ritual had been performed countless times, in Middlesburg, which was now in a period of many troubles, anything could go wrong. And the gift box, which could suppress out-of-control relics, was undoubtedly a very useful weapon.
“I can’t forget to bring the night watchman either.”
He liked this sword very much, but unfortunately, it would most likely be used to resolve the Gap problem in the end.
The sealing ritual at home had not yet been performed, and Xia De originally wanted to send Mia to Dorothy’s for safekeeping, but this cat seemed a bit tired of being sent elsewhere frequently recently, so it clung to Xia De, unwilling to leave him.
Xia De couldn’t leave the cat in his current home, that was too dangerous, so he could only take it with him to Middlesburg.
For safety, he put the cat into the 【god's gift box】. The experience in the 【Darkness Domain】 showed that Mia was very happy in the box and would not lack oxygen. And when the box was not opened, external forces could not harm the cat inside.
