While the two were chatting and laughing, the bronze door engraved with dark runes "squeaked" and was slowly pushed open again, followed by a cheerful voice. "Dick, Xiya is awake!"
Dick put out the cigarette butt on the bronze door frame. The moment the sparks splashed down, Vigo reached out to catch the wreckage.
"How hot is it for me to meet the legendary 'Guardian of the Bronze Gate'?" Vigo shook the blackened cigarette butt, and green smoke seeped out from between his fingers.
Dick's footsteps were hurried and he plunged into the bronze door.
On the spacious big bed, Xiya had slowly sat up and looked at him with a crooked eyebrow and a smile.
Dick took two steps forward eagerly, but seemed like he couldn't believe the sight in front of him. He quickly turned to look at the woman beside him, "Barbara? This can't be an illusion, right?"
Barbara shook his head gently, while Xiya on the bed had opened his arms generously and called softly, "Dick."
Dick stumbled against the edge of the bed. The crystal vase rolled on the silk sheets. Vigo reached out in time and hooked the tip of the staff on the mouth of the bottle. The ice instantly froze the water that was about to pour.
When Xiya was held tightly in his arms, Dick's strength was so strong that it seemed as if he was trying to rub her into his body.
"It's so good..." Dick murmured in a low voice.
When the people around him saw this, they all understood it, smiled and left quietly, and closed the door thoughtfully.
The two hugged each other tightly for a long time, and then Xiya spoke weakly, "Dick, you hugged me a little too tightly. I can hardly breathe."
Dick just woke up from a dream and quickly let go of Xiya's hand, "How do you feel now? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
"Much better. But Dean Mary and your master have reminded me that I can't use spells recently, and I can't walk out of this room easily, otherwise the magic meridians in the body will resonate with the magic elements in the air, and it will cause big trouble again."
"That's fine, safety first. By the way, are you hungry? Is there anything you want to eat?"
Xiya couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing this:
"The energy provided by those energy stones is enough to sustain my survival. I don't need to eat for the time being. But I suddenly want to eat fruit. Can you help me get some?"
"Okay, okay, I'll go right away!" Dick nodded hurriedly, turned around and ran out of the room in a hurry.
In the hug before Dick left, Xiya unconsciously tugged on his newly grown light brown hair. When he returned with the fruit plate in his hands, Xiya's golden curly hair hanging behind his ears was trembling gently with the airflow coming in through the window gap.
She gently picked up a piece of fruit from the silver plate held by Dick and put it into her mouth. After eating half of it, she twisted the remaining half with her two fingers and handed it to Dick.
Dick understood and swallowed the fruit in one gulp. Inadvertently, his tongue touched Xiya's fingertips.
A slight blush quietly appeared on their cheeks at the same time.
Xiya laughed again, "I accidentally used Flames to burn all my clothes before. We already know each other, why are you still shy now?"
Dick If you think about it carefully, this is indeed the truth.
Then, he gently took Xiya's little hand and sat down in front of the bed together.
The two of them just fed each other fruit bite by bite, whispering words full of lovesickness.
After a while, Xiya gently touched his belly and said, "Dick, I'm full."
"If you feel sleepy, would you like to rest for a while?"
"I'm a little sleepy, but I'd rather dance with you, okay?"
"I'm not very good at dancing..."
"It doesn't matter, just follow my rhythm and I will take you."
The two came to the open space on the floor beside them. Xiya's fingertips traced the grooves in the wall, and a gear-shaped rune chain emerged from inside the amethyst energy stone.
"This is the resonance of the bard's memory glands and energy storage core. A sound heard once can dance in the crystal grid forever."
The energy stone above the roof sheds colorful, dreamlike and changing lights, and soft and soothing music also sounds.
Dick clumsily hugged Xiya's waist, and the two slowly moved and danced gently in this dreamlike light and shadow.
Their eyes were tightly intertwined, as if only each other was left in the whole world.
Three minutes passed quickly, the music gradually stopped, and the light effects slowly disappeared.
When the last ray of rainbow light passed through Xiya's new eyelashes, Dick's hand hovered half an inch away from her cheek, and beads of sweat were seeping out along the seam behind the girl's ear;
There... there are subtle traces of magic bonding on the edges of the wig.
Dick said softly, "Are you tired? Do you want to take a rest?"
Xiya nodded slightly.
"Actually, you look very good with a bald head. You really don't need to wear a wig."
"But I... don't want you to see my ugly scene."
"No matter what you look like, in my heart, you are the most beautiful and special."
Then, he carefully helped Xiya to lie down beside the bed, and said softly, "I'm going out first. If anything happens, you can call me at any time. I'll be right outside the door. I'll be there when you call."
"I heard from the master that there is a monster causing trouble in Great Inland Lake. I hope you can go and eradicate it."
"But I don't want to leave you, I just want to stay with you."
"We are still so young. From now on... we will have hundreds of years to stay together." Xiya bowed his head shyly,
"If you get rid of the monster, you can also help Magic Academy solve a big problem. Otherwise, in a few days, the Queen's letters will pile up like a mountain on Dean Mary's desk."
"... Okay then, I will solve it as soon as possible and then come back to accompany you right away."
"I'll wait for you."
Dick nodded slightly and closed the door with just enough force when he turned around.
The room instantly became quiet. Xiya stared blankly at the shadow cast by the door. The runes on the bronze door reflected in his pupils were flowing strangely.
Dick walked to the end of the corridor and found Vigo standing next to Energy Elevator, waiting for him.
As he approached, Vigo handed over a money bag filled with Kelang, "This is the Queen's entrustment, 500 Kelang. The mission location is at the port northwest of Ravenstern City."
Recently, a large group of Drowners have appeared there. When farmers fishing or women washing clothes are not paying attention, they drag people into the water and then disappear without a trace.
Moreover, they will not kill and eat people on the spot, so the bodies of the victims are difficult to find.
There is a high probability that there are more powerful monsters controlling all of this. Mary Dean used magic to observe the bottom of the lake before, and the existing magic runes directly blocked her observation."
With that said, Vigo handed over another sheepskin scroll, with the location of the incident detailed on it.
Dick took it and inspected it carefully, then put all these things into his temporary pocket.
"I accepted this task, but I have to develop some Killer Whale Potion to make it easier to dive into the water."
"I have already guessed your answer. The magicians of the academy have already prepared what you need."
Vigo said, and took out a small box from his waist, opened one corner, and revealed several transparent crystal bottles filled with liquid.
"There are 5 bottles of Killer Whale Potion in total, which should be enough for you."
After Dick took it, the two walked into Energy Elevator together. The bronze fence engraved with runes buzzed driven by the energy stone.
"Barbara brought a message after returning this time."
"Tell me?"
"Prince James has turned into an idiot." Vigo lowered his voice and expressed solemnly, "... It's not an insult, it's a real idiot. The location of the prefrontal lobe in his brain tissue,"
Vigo gently tapped the bottom of his forehead, "It has been broken into pieces by the doctor Anson you know."
"Why would he tell you such a thing?" Dick was surprised, but after thinking about it, he realized that Anson was trying to repay himself.
As for Vigo knowing about this matter, he must have reached some kind of deal with Barbara in private, so it is not surprising that Vigo knows about this matter.
"Barbara and I have a cooperative relationship. If you think about it carefully, when we played against Manslayer, no one in the Magic Academy was willing to play. Only I was with you."
"Any other news?"
"Queen Meve has become increasingly ill recently, and I'm afraid there isn't much time left. According to the Falcon Family's inheritance, Prince James's only youngest son, Luca, will become the king."
At this time, [Energy Elevator] had stopped steadily in the lobby on the first floor and walked to the entrance of the lobby.
Vigo's fingertips tapped the glass curtain wall, and the changing rainbow light of the square cast tiny spots of light in his pupils:
"Under such a beautiful scenery, the people of Pendor are rolling in the mud. Think of the energy stone-driven cleaning device--"
He flicked his finger on the curtain wall and made a crisp sound, "People in the city would never even dream of it. The chamber pots used by nobles in the toilet are all embedded with energy storage runes."
"The nobles can enjoy this combination of magic and technology, but they have not extended it to the entire world. Do you know why?"