The two of them didn't go far in the snow. Amelia found a big enough tree in the forest. She first used the tree hole spell to open a tree hole, and then asked Shade:
"Do you have any food with you? Anything."
Shade then took out a handful of cat food, and little Mia immediately put her head down from Shade's shoulder, while Emilia said helplessly:
"I mean food you can eat. Forget it, no food, flowers or leaves will do too."
Shade then took out the rose that had not been delivered. The elf took a petal and asked Shade to drip blood on it. Then he also dropped his own blood on the petal, and finally placed it in the tree hole:
"If you don't have someone who has mastered the [Tree Hole Curse] to help you, this ritual actually requires specific horoscopes to be held, but it will be very troublesome."
Snowflakes fell on the pointed ears, but she shook them off with a gentle shake. Then she stuffed a few stones picked up from the ground and a dead branch into the tree hole, and then cast a spell to seal the tree hole:
"Just wait about five minutes."
Seeing that Shade was still holding the red rose with one petal removed, she looked at Shade with a slightly red face. If a foreigner didn't even understand what this meant, he would be wasted.
What Carina and others have “taught” this year:
"This is for you."
He handed over a new red rose, and the elf girl took it with a slightly blushing face. She lowered her head and watched the petals turning due to her twisting. The white fur collar of the robe covered her neck and chin, and her feet were wearing
The low boots are a common brown style:
"What do you mean by giving me roses?"
She still didn't raise her head when she asked.
"I think now is the time to give this flower."
"That's a cunning answer, Shade."
At this time, she raised her head and gently twisted the red rose with her fingers. Her emerald green eyes looked at Shade for a moment. Looking at the smile of the man in the snow, she lightly bit her lip.
Then he said in a very soft voice:
"Now I am an adult elf."
The voice was so light that it was almost drowned out by the sound of falling snow, the sound of Mia whimpering while eating cat food, and the sound of her own heartbeat.
Then the elf girl's face got closer and closer to Shade. Little Liana hid behind her and poked her head out. Little Mia, who had finished eating the handful of cat food, did not disturb the moment.
The blond elf in the snow scene then gave him a kiss. The elf's kiss was gentle and sweet. Shade thought that because of this kiss, he would stay in a good mood all day long.
[It would be very interesting if the elf appeared at this time with the witch from the fifth era. 】
"She" only said this after the kiss ended, so it did not destroy the aesthetic feeling just now. It's just that the elf's face was already red as if it was about to explode. This was also a very bold move for her.
After successfully learning the "Tree Hole Curse" in the snow, Shade wanted to invite the elf girl to go to the "Time Transfer Station" with him tonight, but she did not agree:
"I can't sense things that you can't sense."
"But you are a candidate for the Time Chosen One, and I want you to see if he is a candidate in the Time Relay Station."
"Don't you already have an answer to this question?"
She gave Shade a definite answer:
"I won't go. But there is something you need to pay attention to. I currently have a total of five arrows in my hand, but this should not be enough."
"How many more do you need? I'm sure Bennet has one at home."
"It would be the safest if there are thirteen, but it seems almost impossible now. Try to find as many as possible. After all, the story here is coming to an end. If you want the ending to be grander, then
It is necessary to find more arrows."
"So do you know what this chosen ceremony is about?"
The elf's emerald green eyes looked at Shade, and the two of them walked in the snow. The snow that started in the morning had dyed the forest floor white, but it still failed to whiten their hair:
"Calculate the time. At this point in time, hasn't Luvia already told you that the ritual of time is to plant a tree?"
"But I don't know the specific details yet."
He said to her very bluntly:
"I don't want you to turn into a tree."
The elf blinked, but seemed not to have heard it and ignored this sentence at all:
"The winner of the Time War will gain the power of the other candidates. Then the mark on the back of the hand will become the most complete tree pattern, and this power will become a new seed, matching the leaves and branches of the World Tree
and roots, new trees can be planted.
This requires the most primitive World Tree materials, such as your staff or the arrows I collected, neither of them meet the requirements."
This is the ceremony of the chosen one. For Shade, who has reached the end of the story, it is no longer complicated:
"I still have two leaves of [Eternal Youth] here, and I also have two branches of the World Tree here. So, all that's missing now is the roots, right?"
"In fact, you don't have to look for the roots. The ancient one in the forest must have them."
"Is that all? Does this sound too simple?"
"Easy?"
Her emerald green eyes looked forward again, where little Lianna was happily leading the way. Anyone who saw the scene of the pure white beast jumping around in the snowy scene would smile:
"There are indeed other conditions. After all, even if the seeds are successfully planted, they still need to find a way to make them germinate.
"Emilia, I don't want you to turn into a tree. I repeat: I don't want you to turn into a tree."
She didn't look at Shade, but she didn't deny that she was not Emilia as usual.
Shade still looked at her, and the two of them continued to move forward in the snow in silence. The elf girl skipped the topic just now and said to herself:
"The tree of time needs the power of time to water it before it can sprout. This is actually very simple. As long as the candidate for the ceremony has traveled through time many times and carried enough time power.
Finally, there is the location where the seeds are planted, which is where the ceremony is held. This is of course not a normal land, and we need to find a specific chaotic time. For example, the Valley of Ashes fits the bill, but it doesn't really need to be that exaggerated.
This is also a trivial matter, isn’t the most indispensable thing in this forest a time chaos zone?”
The two people's boots made a squeaking sound on the soft snow, and sparrows took off from the branches nearby, causing the snowflakes on the branches to fall one after another.
The cat looked at the sparrow that had flown away, wondering if it reminded him of the group of pigeons in Saint Teresa Square. Shade directly grabbed Emilia's hand:
"I don't want to lose you."
This sentence was straightforward enough, and the elf girl finally looked at him again:
"I haven't seen the end of the story, so I can't give you the answer."
"But you can promise that you won't turn into a tree."
"But what if I really need to turn into a tree for the story here to be complete?"
"You turned into a tree, which is an incomplete story to me."
The tips of the blond elf's pointed ears are a little red, but it may also be due to being frozen in the snow:
"But I took responsibility and I'm going to do it."
"I can let others take responsibility."
She shook her head but did not break away from Shade's hand:
"Then I hope you can make an appropriate decision in the end. After all, when this story about time is about to turn to the last page, you have decided that you still have to choose the ending of the story, right?"
They held hands and walked farther and farther in the snow, leaving only two lines of footprints side by side, waiting alone to disappear into the snow.
Although it was the first snowfall this year, the snowfall was getting bigger and bigger. It was still moderate snow in the morning, but by the time Shade returned to the ship for lunch, it had already turned into heavy snow.
However, considering that the weather this year is unusual, there were even blizzards in the summer, so the witches were not surprised at all.
The elf and little Liana were invited by Shad to have lunch together on the boat, and the arrival of the little unicorn was very welcomed by everyone. During lunch, Shad also suggested whether to organize a party for Emilia in the evening.
A welcome banquet was held, and Luvia pointed out that Shade wanted to welcome someone else.
"Luvia, don't expose him."
Megan said with a smile.
A new accident soon occurred in the snow that was falling heavier and heavier. Not long after lunch, Xia De was talking to Agelina about what would happen if little Mia stood on the head of little Liana, and the smaller Xia De
Demao stood on the back of little Mia, so when little Liana suddenly stopped from accelerating running, and Shademao was under stress, Miss Bell hurriedly came from the portal and delivered big news:
“The Church asks us for help.”
"Ask us for help?"
Shade couldn't believe it:
"The church has so many people, not to mention the professors from the college, so they won't ask us for help, right? What's the specific situation?"
"The church hurriedly sent a message to our liaison officer in the local black market, saying that they need a witch to solve the problem. The lady thinks that the church may have encountered some ancient monster related to the witch, so let me ask who on the ship can do it.
To help?”
After all, Flora was still in a cursed state and her strength was not at its peak, so she did not take the initiative to take the job.
And Shade is not a witch, so he cannot participate. There were not many big witches still on the boat that afternoon. Although Granny Cassandra was also there, Flora couldn't let her go even if she went there; besides that,
In addition, Sylvia, Vanessa and Meghan, who just arrived in the local area, are also there.
"I refuse to meet with anyone from the church."
The little witch said immediately, so after discussion, Megan came forward to assist the church. Not long after Megan left, another news came from the forest, this time it was Carina who sent a letter.