Stuff the God's gift box into the backpack I made, and carry it from the abandoned tower to the city down the mountain. The Cassandra Auction House in the city center is still so lively in late autumn. Xia De also met Granny Cassandra and Sister Devlin in the reception room on the top floor of the auction house.
The nuns will also accompany them to witness the ceremony, and besides the three, only the young apprentices of Granny Cassandra will follow her up the mountain because Granny Cassandra's teacher doesn't want too many people to know the details of the ceremony.
The apprentice, Miss Rita Swift, is a young girl who looks about the same size as Adelina, with a thin figure and long flaxen curly hair.
She responded cautiously to Xia De who greeted him, but she didn't doubt the existence of such a man as Xia De. Granny Cassandra, presumably, had already mentioned this to the young apprentice.
Before departure, Granny Cassandra expressed doubts about the box Shad was carrying, and Shad explained vaguely:
"This is the box used to seal the evil beast."
"I thought it was the angel-level relic [Golden Holy Wardrobe]. I remember that relic clearly created the Holy See of the church."
The old witch was in a good mood today, and even made a joke.
The ceremony on Monday was already planned, so you can go up the mountain without any additional preparations. Miss Aurora was not there, and Granny Cassandra did not want anyone from the Witch Council to see the ceremony. . Miss Helen Black, who attended the ceremony, was not there. When Shade asked about her whereabouts, the old witch smiled and said that she had already gone up the mountain.
The carriage that had already been prepared was parked at the main entrance of Cassandra Auction House, and it was just right for the four of them to sit in the same carriage.
However, the carriage had just started, and Sister Davelyn claimed that she had left an important item at the auction house and asked the carriage to put her down, and she would rush to the ceremony venue on the top of the mountain by herself in a while.
"Do people like Sister Devlin forget to take things?"
Shad was amused by this. In his eyes, Sister Devlin was the kind of reliable person who could not make mistakes.
The carriage then carried the three people forward, but just after leaving the core of the city and entering the west area of the city, Grandma Cassandra stopped the carriage again, and said rather embarrassingly:
"Just now, I saw an old friend outside, and I must meet him."
As the old witch spoke, she actually left the carriage and claimed that she would go to the ceremony site on the top of the mountain alone in a while.
"Which one is a friend of Grandma Cassandra's?"
After the carriage started up again, Shad curiously asked the old witch's young apprentice, Miss Rita Swift. The latter blushed, as if he was very uncomfortable talking to Xia De, so Xia De didn't ask any more questions.
It's strange to be in a carriage with a girl you don't know, especially if she doesn't want to talk. But fortunately, this strange feeling didn't last long. When the carriage of the auction house brought the two of them to the western part of the city near the mountains, the young Miss Swift suddenly spoke:
"Oh, I actually forgot what my mother-in-law told me!"
She hurriedly yelled for the carriage to stop, then stammered apologetically to Xia De:
"The teacher asked me to go to Mibao Railway Station to pick up a batch of goods last night. I accidentally forgot last night. Now..."
"It's okay, let the carriage go now, it's not far from the train station."
Xia De said very understandingly.
"But, that batch of goods...can't let others know."
Xia De looked at her suspiciously, then nodded:
"That's okay, I'll get off here and wait for you, just pick me up later."
The young girl with flaxen curly hair bit her lip and lowered her head not to look into Shad's eyes:
"Sir, why don't you go towards the mountains first, and I'll chase you later. If you come back here from Mibao Railway Station, it's equivalent to a circle, but if you go directly into the mountains to catch up, the speed will be faster."
After finishing speaking, he blushed and said very apologetically:
"I'm so sorry, it was all my mistake, please forgive me for the trouble I caused."
Since the other party has said so, Xia De can only agree.
So he carried the box and held the sword, jumped out of the carriage, explained his route to the mountain with Miss Swift in the window, and then set off alone towards the entrance of Mount Xical.
It is already very close to the entrance of the mountain, and Xia De chose to walk for the next journey to prevent the carriage from catching up with him. And to make the journey a bit more fun, Shad released the cat from the box.
Of course, Miya would never climb a mountain by herself, so it squatted on Shad's shoulder.
Although the four of them entered the mountain together, and ended up going up the mountain alone with Mia, Xia De would not complain when he thought that he would see the twins after a long absence.
In late autumn, the Xical Mountain is already golden everywhere, and the avenue into the mountain is also covered with fallen leaves. The crisp sound of the shoes stepping on those leaves made people feel happy, and the proposal from the passing truck to ask Shad if he wanted to hitch a ride also made him feel very good:
He pointed to the direction down the mountain, and then watched the carriage carrying grain leave.
Further north from Fort Midhill at the northern foot of Mount Sikal is the open Landseld Plain in the northern part of the Old World, which is rich in grain; while at the southern foot of Mount Sikal further south, it is still within the range of the Rommel Mountains. Although there are scattered towns, the supply of grain is not so easy, so farmers in Mibao often transport grain across the wind-up trail checkpoint in autumn to countries in the south.
The witch's apprentice claimed that they would catch up soon, but until eleven o'clock in the morning, Shade did not see the carriage again, let alone Sister Devlin and Granny Cassandra who had gone down the mountain earlier.
At this time, he had passed the height of the abandoned tower in the mountain, and was heading towards a higher place in Mount Xikar.
The mountain road that allows carriages to pass through the mountain only extends to the vicinity of the Fengqi trail on the mountainside, but the ceremony is held at the top of the mountain. According to Xia De's current speed, he will be able to reach the vicinity of Fengqi trail at about four o'clock in the afternoon. And in order to go home tonight, he very much hoped that his other three companions could catch up as soon as possible.
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"Can someone help me?"
While thinking about it, I heard a voice calling for help. The voice was not on the mountain road that allowed carriages to pass, but in the dense forest on one side. Although it was not a very wise choice to enter the forest rashly, the sound seemed to be not far away, so Xia De hesitated for a moment, then left the mountain road.
Pushing aside the bushes and walking in the dense forest, not far away, I heard the sound of gurgling water, and a few steps forward, my eyes suddenly opened up. It was a stream in the mountains, and there was a very low embankment tens of meters upstream, which made the stream form a small waterfall nearby.
Beside the stream is a shoal made of gravel and pebbles, and the midday sun shines directly on the surface of the stream. Walking out of the dark dense forest, facing the sparkling light, Xia De even raised his arms to block the glare of the water surface.
The autumn wind blows by the stream, bringing a little coolness.
It is obvious that Mount Xikar has turned golden yellow, but on both sides of this mountain stream, the trees are still as lush as in midsummer. Tall tree crowns extend from the dense forest to and meet above the mountain stream. The sparse branches make the midday sun cast mottled shadows in the stream.
Those shadows swayed slightly with the wind, squinting his eyes, Xia De listened to the sound of the rushing stream, and saw a young girl in a black skirt with a red butterfly pendant on her waist, sitting in the stream. On the big rock.
Her arms were propped back against the stone surface, and her white feet, without shoes, slid in the clear mountain stream, leaving scratches on the silk-like stream.
The water in the stream is very shallow, and you can even see the stone surface and small fishes below.
Xia De was stunned, and the girl in the mottled leaf shadow also looked at the young man walking from the forest.
The stream is gurgling, as if flowing in the heart; the shadows of the trees are swaying, but the eyes that are looking at each other cannot be shaken; the sound of insects is low, as if they are sighing for this scene; the sun is slightly drunk, Xia De will definitely remember this scene for many years.
"Sir, can you help me?"
The body shape is like a girl in her twenties, but her appearance looks like she is only fifteen or sixteen years old.
She has long black hair and beautiful blue eyes. With fair skin, her appearance was no less than any other girl Xia De had ever seen. The one-piece black skirt is also wearing a black lady's jacket, probably to resist the cold wind in the mountains, and the height looks about half a head shorter than Shad.
I don't know if it was a coincidence, but the dappled sunlight happened to shine on her feet, and the skin was so white that it seemed to reflect light.
"My shoes and socks are placed by the water, can you bring them here for me? The stream is very cold~www.mtlnovel.com~ Xia De was stunned in place, feeling the wind, listening to the water, even for a moment, unexpectedly I suddenly feel that history coincides with itself.
It took a long time before he nodded slowly:
"Okay, I'll just..."
"No, please carry me to the shore. If your shoes get wet, it will be difficult to go down the mountain."
The girl in the black dress continued, looking at Xia De with a smile on her face. Xia De withdrew his astonished expression, showing a nostalgic and gratified expression:
"Okay, wait a minute, then. I'm coming..."
"Don't make me wait too long...it's too long."
Xia De put down the long sword in his hand and the [God's Gift Box] on his back, and stuffed the drowsy-looking cat into it to prevent it from getting lost in the forest or being taken away by the big bad wolf.
Then, take off your shoes and socks, and roll up your trousers. Stepping into the water, the slightly icy stream made him shiver uncontrollably. Although he had the incantation of [walking on water], he didn't show it at the moment.
"Should I leave with you in my arms or carry you behind my back?"
Xia De stood beside the big rock in the stream and asked, the girl in the black skirt thought for a while, then whispered:
"Please carry me behind your back, sir. Need me to introduce myself? I am a second-year student in the History Department of the Mechanical College at Fort Midhill."
She said, and Xia De also turned around, let the girl in black skirt lie on his back, and carried her to the shore.
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"I know."
He sighed softly in his heart.
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