"I won't go upstairs."

Captain Lades followed Shard into the foyer, but he didn't even close the door, shutting out the Saint Teresa Square, which was also very lively today.

As the end of the year approached, although there were no noisy circus performances in the central square of the city, there were obviously a lot more vendors.

The captain smiled and gave the gift of the visit, that is, the bottle of red wine to Shad, and then talked in the hall that he returned to Tobesk because of the award:

"The battle that blocked Mount Xical in late autumn."

The middle-aged captain with a firm face winked at Xia De. At that time, Xia De sent him an amulet, which played a considerable role when he led the team to guard the stronghold in the thick fog that night. , also made this ordinary person guess that maybe there really is so-called magic in this world:

"I made a meritorious service that time, and the church and my old friends in the city helped me operate it, so I was eligible to return to Tobesk to receive the honor."

He said with a smile, he couldn't see Xia De's embarrassment when he first met him in summer.

"That's really good news, so will you return to Fort Midhill in the future? Or, find an errand in Tobesk?"

Xia De asked while congratulating, the captain shook his head regretfully:

"It's not that easy to stay in Tobesk, it requires not only luck, but also .

He pointed upwards, showing a tacit expression with Xia De:

"Try your luck. If you can't go further, I will retire in a few years."

He smiled and shook his head again:

"No matter what happens next, I have to enjoy this year-end festival first, and who can still have a sad face during such an important festival?"

The middle-aged captain in a straight military uniform stretched out his hand to Xia De, and Xia De also held his hand:

"Happy New Year's Eve, Mr. Hamilton."

"Happy New Year's Eve, Captain Rudds."

The captain smiled and nodded, then took his leave and left. Standing at the door of the house, Xia De watched the captain walk away along the path cleared in the snow, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

The arrival of foreigners changed the fate of many people, and Captain Lades was the one who impressed him the most.

Turning around, walking back into the room and closing the door, he noticed that his cat was on the shoe cabinet, sniffing the bottle of wine that the captain brought as a gift.

"Cats can't drink."

Xia De hugged it, and thought of another thing:

"Since 1853 is coming to an end, why don't you take advantage of the end of the year to give Mia a bath?"

"Meow~"

As if knowing what Xia De was thinking, the cat jumped out of Xia De's arms, jumped on the shoe cabinet, and then ran to the stairs.

Xia De looked at Mia's agile figure with a smile, then raised his right hand.

[You said that on purpose for this, right? 】

In the laughter of "her", Xia De's fist passed through the drawn silver halo:

"Confinement Halo!"

Five halos flew towards the cat jumping up the stairs, one bound the cat's two front paws, one bound Mia's back paws, one bound the neck, one bound the body, and the last one bound the cat for some reason. In addition to the tail with the [Metagenesis Ring] and [Plague Doctor Ring], it looks like a cat's tail with a circle of silver markings on it.

"Meow~"

Xia De went up the stairs and "lifted" the immobile cat, and hugged it again after canceling the spell. The cat's paws didn't attack Shad, and the cat wasn't even angry. When Xia De looked at it, the kitten raised its head slightly, and its big amber eyes looked at Xia De pitifully, which instead made Xia De feel a strange sense of guilt, as if he had done something wrong. Big mistake.

"Last night, Luvia said that I have the 'opposite **** charm'. In my opinion, Mia is the one who has the 'human charm'."

He muttered softly, and decided to go to the kitchen to find some food for the cat as compensation for what happened just now.

"She" chuckled in Xia De's ear, and the soft cat squinted her eyes and lay in Xia De's arms peacefully, with a contented look.

Miss Galina's visit came later than Xia De thought, and it was three minutes before three o'clock in the afternoon. Mia was lying comfortably on the window sill of the study, basking in the sun for an afternoon nap, while Xia De was Read that "Secret of Immortality", and want to learn some useful thaumaturgy from it.

The fever of the pendant on the chest heralds the arrival of the witch. After opening the door downstairs, the Duchess, who was wearing a long red dress and a sparkling diamond hair accessory on her head, frowned and said in a half-complaining manner:

"Tomorrow is the end of the year. Don't you have any decorations in your house? At least you should hang a wreath of mistletoe at the door?"

This is a custom at the end of the year, which represents praying for peace and luck in the next year. It is said that the origin of this custom is related to the Natural Church in the Church of the Five Gods, and it is also related to the old **** [White Sacred Tree], but there are other theories.

"Tifa, arrange someone tomorrow to decorate No. 6, Plaza Saint Teresa. It doesn't need to be too fancy, at least there must be some festive atmosphere."

Miss Galina said to the black-haired maid who followed her out of the carriage, and the latter nodded slightly. Xia De didn't object after thinking about it. He originally thought about buying some ribbons to decorate the windows after dinner. Outsiders are interested in festivals in this world, but they are not very involved.

Miss Galina's visit this time is for the ice crystal Shade brought back from the winter of 903 in the Fifth Epoch. Before that, both she and Tifa had heard Shade talk about the two adventures in 903, and the most critical third adventure took place by the lake of Pantanal Lake, so after taking out the ice crystal, Galina While the young lady cast a spell to attach the freezing effect to it, Xia De talked about the last section of the road in the snow mountain.

The part involving the old **** [Winter Maiden], because the story of the **** will have a great impact on mortals, so Xia De said briefly, but still said most of the things. In order to prevent mistakes in the details and cause problems in Miss Galina's next research, Xia De even revealed that the ice crystal was spat out by himself after the kiss.

Hearing this, the Duchess raised her eyebrows in surprise, while Tifa had a faint smile on her face.

"Probably so."

After finishing speaking, Xia De picked up the teacup while hugging the squinting cat:

"The ice crystals have gone through the erosion of time, and a small part of the outer ice layer has disappeared, but it does not affect the letters inside the ice layer. I tried to look at the contents with the light, and the characters were very small, and they were not any Text. Fortunately, I can understand it."

"But I don't understand."

The gas lamp has been turned on, and Miss Galina is holding the ice crystal to look at the light, the ice crystal is shining brightly under the light:

"I've never seen this kind of writing, I think it should be earlier than the Fifth Epoch."

"This ancient rune has rich meanings. One rune can represent a lot of content. Different runes are connected together to form new meanings. I can be sure that the records here are indeed Miss Chloe's. The content of the demigod's path. But the problem is that there is no specific ritual content involved, it only points out how she sharpened her soul and climbed the Silver Mountain under the guidance of the gods."

In the contemporary era where there are no righteous gods other than the five righteous gods, it is very difficult to repeat this process.

"It doesn't matter. After all, even if I hold a promotion ceremony after the New Year's Eve, it's only the twelfth ring, which is far away from the thirteenth ring. The content here is enough for reference. Xia De, you probably don't understand, Compared with the specific ceremony, what the witch gave you is the most critical information."

Looking at Xia De with golden eyes, he sighed slightly like singing an opera:

"A knight loved by witches~"

"I am, oh fair duke, what can I do for you?"

Xia De answered with a smile, and Miss Galina was very satisfied with it:

"Find time, copy the runes in here, and give me a translated text."

"It's very simple, after the end of the year."

Xia De nodded, and Miss Galina showed a teasing smile again:

"Put away the ice crystal yourself, and don't let anyone touch it. After all, it was given to you by a lady who has a good impression of you."

The ice crystal floated in front of Xia De from the air, and the feigned cat immediately raised its body to try to touch it, and then Xia De gently placed the teacup in his hand on the cat's head. Of course, he controlled the strength, and the center of gravity was still on his fingers.

"Meow!"

Holding the ice crystal, Xia De smiled and stuck it to Miya's arms. Unexpectedly, the cat just barked in complaint, without any other major reactions.

"I've dealt with it, as long as it's not placed in the fire or in a place with high temperature for a long time, it shouldn't be a problem if it doesn't melt for a long time. In addition, I will teach you a very simple spell—Galina's Ice Curse. I improved the original [Ice Trick], and now it is like this."

The red lips were slightly parted, and with the movement of exhaling, an extremely cold chill diffused from them.

The learning ritual of this spell is quite simple, but you need to learn the basic spell [Calling Water] first. Shad had the blessing of the winter god, and had no trouble learning similar spells.

After learning the spell, he also demonstrated it to Miss Galina:

"look."

Gently blowing air on the teacup in his hand, as the red tea in the teacup formed ice crystals, an ice crystal flower floated on the water.

"The control is really strong."

She praised Xia De~lightnovelpub.net~ but this is actually the effect of Xia De combining [Ice Curse] and [Flying Flower Curse]. There are petals in the cup of black tea. He twisted the ice crystal flower and turned it into a toy and put it in his pocket for later use. It is a very good spell-casting material.

At the same time, the Duchess beckoned to Tifa behind her again, and Tifa took out a slender black paper box from the pocket of the maid's dress and handed it to the Duke:

"Xia De, I like the gift you gave me very much. This is a gift for you."

It was a pull-out paper box, and when it was opened, there was actually a tie inside.

Xia De looked at the red-haired witch in surprise, who looked at him with a smile:

"Happy New Year's Eve, my knight."

Although the tie is not particularly expensive, it is not a gift that can be given casually.

(end of this chapter)

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