The witch thought that after asking this question, she would be met with a long hesitation or a change of topic. Unexpectedly, the answer came quickly and decisively:
"No, he didn't tell me."
The red-haired girl immediately shook her head. This was a tacit understanding between the two of them, or she was waiting to see when Shade would be willing to take the initiative to say it, or passively let it slip.
"no"
The witch frowned again, and Daniste didn't want her to know the secret so easily, but she also didn't want to lie because of it, so she reminded again:
"He just didn't say whether he was, but I also feel that he is suspected of it."
"Right, right? Look at the moonlight he uses, and the more exaggerated power he displays every time."
The lady with ash-brown hair nodded and looked out the window at the city scenery in the snow:
"I feel like I'm still close to figuring out all his secrets. Danist, you have to help me. He is your student. Don't you want to know everything about him?"
The eighteen-year-old red-haired girl tried her best to hold back her laughter. She began to appreciate her current youthful vitality.
Shade on the other side can also guess that there must be speculation and discussion about his identity in the hotel, but that is a matter for later. He is currently running in the forest with the help of thaumaturgy [Forest Path].
The reason why he didn't just throw the glass slipper home and then go to the elf girl's cabin from home was, of course, because he now carries a soul. He might be able to bring this soul home through thaumaturgy, but Shade
I don't want to let this soul stained with a lot of paradoxes leave the Vista Grove.
Snowflakes were still flying over the entire Vista Forest, and Shade didn't know what the consequences would be. When he arrived near the elf's tree house, he found that Iluna was still here.
The group of blue and yellow chocobos were moving under the big tree in the Elf Treehouse, and Iluna was trying to have a conversation with the smaller individuals in the group.
"Emilia, can I really not take one and raise it in the apartment? I swear I will send it back when it grows up."
"Of course not. This child can't leave the species yet, and isn't it forbidden to keep pets in your apartment? Also, who is Emilia!"
The elf girl said angrily at the side. Iluna completely ignored her denial and stroked the petite and cute yellow chocobo with great regret. The latter also enjoyed her touch.
Then she noticed Shade's arrival, stood up, smiled and said to Shade:
"I have told Luvia and the others that you are fine. Luvia asked me to wait for you here and then go back to have dinner together."
In fact, there are reasons why she wants to see these magical little creatures again. Iluna was originally worried about Emilia because she had to live alone in the forest, but now she knows that her friend is actually living quite well, and even
There is no need to worry about taking exams and classes for the time being.
"Okay, but I still need to deal with some things before I go back. Iluna, you happen to be here, so let's help together. I have borrowed [Ocarina of Time], a tree hole that connected the edge of life and death in 1787.
Let’s solve it now.”
He now carries two swords on his body, but fortunately, although they are both angel-level relics, [Night Watch] and [Ocarina of Time] do not conflict in characteristics, but carrying two angel-level relics at the same time is still quite a risky move.
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The elf girl did not put the coffin in her tree house, but dug a hole under the tree and filled it on the spot, and called some tree people around to help take care of it——
"Yes, I didn't just move here. Of course I have come into contact with those hermits. They thought I was an elf and were kind enough to sell me a lot of things at a low price."
This wooden coffin remained unchanged from the last time Shade saw it in the morning. Since Shade planned to destroy it permanently, he had no intention of delaying it.
According to what the elf said, the Philosopher's Stone, the Sands of Time and the Long Sword were all ready. Shade asked the elf girl again:
"Look at the Philosopher's Stone in my hand. Do I need to consume it all?"
The blond elf took the red stone and weighed it in his hand:
"This is too much. I only need a third."
So Shade summoned the [Staff of Yggdrasil] and held it in his right hand, and held a third of the Philosopher's Stone in his left hand. The life ring slowly emerged from behind, and along with the [Time and Space] talisman
Wen bloomed with light, and the Philosopher's Stone in his left hand seemed to be slowly absorbed by his body.
Correspondingly, the black staff with its bottom touching the ground is blooming with dazzling emerald green light:
"Thaumatology - the stability principle of the ancient elves!"
The long staff was heavily pierced into the soil on the ground, and then green light erupted from the top of the long staff. The emerald green light extended upwards and formed the phantom of a thick tree trunk together with the long staff itself, and then extended in all directions in the air to form a covering.
The three people and the emerald green phantom crown of the coffin.
Green light spots continued to fall from the canopy. The nearby chocobos ran around excitedly trying to catch those light spots. Even Iluna stretched out her hand:
"The ultimate spellcasting of the Philosopher's Stone is indeed different from ordinary spellcasting. Is this the power to stabilize time?"
Emilia nodded firmly:
"This is the oldest elven secret technique, as old as Shade's Moonfire. You won't want to obtain spiritual runes again, will you?"
"Of course not, but just now I was worried that you would be driven back because of this thaumaturgy."
"Why should I be driven back?"
The two of them were noisy while driving the chocobos that were surrounding them to stay away from here. After Shade let go of the [Yectrasil Staff], he poured the gray-white Sands of Time down.
In the palm of your hand.
To be precise, [Sands of Time] is just a relic derivative, but it is regarded as a Keeper-level relic based on its characteristics. This special sand that directly affects the flow of time within a range is not triggered in Shade's hands.
Characteristics, and when Shade ignited the flame with the power of the first fire, the sand and dust began to slowly melt and crystallize.
The elf girl hurriedly picked up the [Ocarina of Time], and after making sure that the group of chocobos were looking behind the trees instead of walking over, Iluna also stood next to the coffin to prevent any accidents.
After a full five minutes, the [Sands of Time] were completely melted into molten crystals that emitted blazing light.
"Can this kind of relic be destroyed?"
Iluna asked curiously, and Emilia shook her head hastily:
"That's why special flames are needed. The First Fire is a very powerful thing. It can even burn down the World Tree. What do you think of me like this? This is what the book at home says, but the World Tree is not burned by the First Fire. I
It’s just that it’s okay, and it requires the first fire of the complete body.”
Shade felt that if these crystals were cooled, the relic would probably undergo different changes, but now was not the time for experiments. After asking Emilia about her next request, he used his free hand to turn the time
The key was inserted into the coffin——
"May the World Tree protect me in infinite time!"
But he just recited the incantation but did not turn the key. When the voice fell, the eight-ring life ring on the back of the elf girl on the side also appeared. The dark golden light attracted Iluna's attention. What she noticed was the color, and Xia
What De noticed was the content of the spiritual runes.
The core spiritual runes of the forest elves are three of the more common ones: Enlightenment [Immortality], Enlightenment [Innocence], Enlightenment [Nature]. These are exactly Emilia's core spiritual runes, and are also the symbols of her elf bloodline and "high elf"
"Proof of identity.
Of course, the elf girl noticed that the other two were looking at her life ring, but she pretended not to see it, and instead took the long sword and slashed it towards the key that was pierced into the coffin lid with a "Ah~" sound.
There was a click, as if something was broken, but neither Shade's time key nor the coffin itself had any cracks.
Just the mist that was dispersed in the narrow space of time suddenly emerged from the space around the coffin. Without the elves reminding him, Shade pulled out the time key, and then poured the molten sand of time in his hand into the keyhole.
The crackling sound lasted for a long time. At the same time, although the body could not feel the wind, and the drifting snow showed no signs of being blown by the strong wind, there were quite terrifying whistling wind sounds from all directions in the forest.
The chocobos that were poking their heads behind the tree quickly huddled together, with the large ones on the outside and the small ones in the middle. This was one of the reasons why they could still exist since the Fifth Era.
But in fact, nothing happened, it was just that the mist that had just dispersed re-entered the keyhole like time went back.
The elf girl breathed a sigh of relief and handed the sword in her hand to Shade:
"Give it one last try."
"Do I have to destroy the lid of the coffin? I'm worried that this will affect the small space inside the coffin."
"At least destroy the keyhole."
"clear."
He held the hilt of the sword with both hands and stabbed downwards. The tip of the sword penetrated the keyhole, and after the clearest click sound, all the abnormalities just disappeared.
[Ocarina of Time] pierced the lid of the coffin, and the long sword and the wood of the coffin itself began to glow together. The emerald green light, which represented trees and vitality, and the still-glowing [Yuktrassil's Ring] on the side.
Staff] echo each other.
These emerald green lights gradually made the old coffin look brand new, and even allowed the three of them to see clearly the entire sealing ritual left on it by the ancient thirteenth-level witch.
The green light finally condensed into an entity in front of Shade and turned into a green leaf that he caught. This was the first time that Shade obtained the [Eternal Youth Leaf] outside of the Time Key mission.
[Please note that this leaf can charge any "twisted tree hole": enhancing its stability; increasing the chance of safe use. 】