novelonline Chapter 2832 Desire and Worry
Chapter 2832 Desire and Worry
Chapter 2832 Desire and Worry
The outer side of the hull has a darker color overall, and the dragon scale pattern that was only visible at a close distance is now completely visible in the sun. The volume of the ship has increased by about 1.5 times, while the internal space has increased by about twice.
The huge blue dragon wings curled up on both sides of the hull now had a dark golden hue. The original figurehead of Miss Elisser had disappeared, and a huge brass cannon had appeared at the bow.
This was not a naval gun used by the military, but a top-level alchemical weapon that was created by combining the Aurora family's years of technological accumulation with the technology Miss Elither brought from the Fifth Epoch, and even using the precious metal materials stored in the Witch Council.
It took nearly three months to complete the initial upgrade of the Radiant Messenger. According to Miss Aurora, the birth of Miss Elither and the Radiant Messenger was a miracle that could not be replicated, and the potential for transformation of this ship was almost unlimited.
She still has many ideas that have not been realized. If she did not need to participate in the big event in Vista Forest, according to her idea, it would take at least until the end of this year before she could truly complete the first phase of the ship upgrade.
But in Shade's opinion, it was good enough to have been transformed into this state in just over two months. At this time, under the late autumn sunshine in the woods, he was standing on the deck, talking to Miss Elither, whom he had not seen for a long time.
The blue-eyed boat girl with black hair looked at Shad with a smile. Her figure was second only to Tifa among all the girls Shad knew, and she also had a gentle temperament that Tifa did not have.
After not seeing each other for a long time, Miss Elither herself seemed to have not changed much. This morning, after Shad met up with everyone on the ship and had lunch, he talked to her about the experience of upgrading the ship in recent months with the help of Miss Aurora.
"I originally thought that the upgrade of this ship would also affect your appearance."
Xia De said, leaning against the outer railing of the top deck of the ship. The boat girl smiled and pointed to her most prominent part:
"You don't mean the bridge, do you?"
Seeing Xia De's face turn red, she added:
"This ship is not my real body. You who witnessed my 'birth' on the Sunless Sea know this best.
The Shining Emissary is more like a 'companion weapon' that was born with me. Its power enhancement can be fed back to me, but unfortunately the current level is not enough to support my promotion from the twelfth ring to the thirteenth ring. "
"Take your time. There's no rush. You see, most witches today are still stuck at the eleventh level. You are more special than them, not to mention that you can also be considered a dragon, so the promotion is just... "
"Miss Dorothy Louisa seems to have something urgent to ask you."
The blue-eyed girl suddenly said:
“And he looked very anxious.”
When Shad returned to the cabin, he soon saw Dorothy in the cabin's banquet hall, but she only said:
"Lecia is going to bring Ajelina to see you. They are in trouble."
After saying that, she left quickly. When she was far enough away, a group of red butterflies suddenly appeared around her. Leicia, who had butterfly wings on her back and was holding Ajelina in both hands, appeared. The two of them landed on the ground, and Shade looked at the cat hiding on Ajelina's head in surprise.
Karina, who happened to be nearby, smiled and said:
"Good afternoon, Leicia, Helen, Grace Ajelina, what are you doing with Mia on your head?"
Lecia separated from the Red Butterfly sisters. Grace and Helen had to bring Grandma Cassandra and the others over soon, so they said hello to Shade and left. After all, it didn't matter if they were intimate for a while.
And Leicia said with a very bad expression:
"Shad, try to take Mia off Ajelina's head."
In fact, there was no need for Shad to do this, because when the cat saw Shad, it immediately jumped off Ajelina's head.
So in the eyes of Carina, Resia and the maids including Tifa, Ajelina disappeared almost immediately. Miss Elisir had a better perception of the interior of the ship than anyone else, so she was still staring at Ajelina's position, but in her eyes, Ajelina was also slowly becoming transparent.
Xia De also looked at Ajelina's position suspiciously while holding the cat:
"Have you noticed? I feel that Ajelina's presence is fading now, but it is disappearing very slowly. I didn't notice it when Mia was lying on top of her just now. Why does she have the whispering element?"
He can't see Ajelina directly like Mia, but he can only see her continuously after the cat "illuminates" Ajelina. If she disappears again and then appears in front of Shad without Mia, Shad will still not be able to observe Ajelina's existence.
"I actually don't see her at all anymore."
Carina said, and Leicia nodded worriedly.
Shad then reached out and held Ajelina's hand again. Now, in his opinion, Ajelina's disappearing trend stopped, and Miss Elizabeth, Lesia and Carina saw Ajelina again as before.
The little princess held Shade's hand pitifully, fearing that she would be ignored again.
"Yes, it is indeed the Whispering Element. Ajelina has encountered a relic."
Shade judged, and holding Shade's hand, she found that as long as he didn't let go, everyone could see her, and the little princess was not so nervous. She originally thought that she would have to spend the rest of her life with a cat on her head, which she couldn't accept, but if she was to spend her whole life holding Shade's hand, Ajelina thought it was actually not bad.
"Meow~"
The cat said she wished.
"Ajelina, think carefully, what was the last thing you touched before the problem occurred?"
Jialina asked based on her experience, and the little princess who was just daydreaming immediately gave the answer:
"After my sister and I left Shade's place in the morning, I went to the Black Raven Library and bought a book. Then I kept reading in my study. When I wanted the maid to bring snacks at noon, I found that everyone was ignoring me."
Leicia had brought the book, but she didn't find any problems after checking it. So Shade asked Tifa to find Luvia, who was out with Vanessa to investigate the forest, and then put the cat on Ajelina's head so that he could check the book.
As a black market for selling knowledge, the "Black Raven Library" strictly inspects every book it recycles and obtains through other means before selling it. It is said that it has a good reputation over the years and has never made any major mistakes in the quality of its books.
After a careful inspection, Shade even tried to interpret the patterns on the edge of the book as text, but found nothing wrong.
Carina also reached out and took the book to examine it, but found nothing. However, she made a suggestion:
"There are only 21 pages in this book. How about opening them and checking them separately? I'm just worried that other people will encounter the same problem as Ajelina."
"Twenty-one pages?"
Xia De asked her doubtfully:
"Wait, it looks to me like this book has 22 pages."
Ajelina, who had the cat squatting on her head again, nodded immediately. She didn't nod for Mia's safety, but she still remembered the page number of the book:
"I remember it was also 22 pages. I studied very hard this morning and didn't slack off at all."
As she spoke, she looked at her sister and held her hand. She felt that she had been too harsh on Ajelina recently.
"Carina, check with me to see which page you can't see."
The task was simple. Shad and Karina described the contents of the pages they saw and compared them. Of course, Shad held Karina's hand during this time to prevent her from disappearing.
But the witch was willing to take such a risk. After all, Ajelina was also her great-niece.
Under such forced comparison, the page with the problem was finally found. In fact, even Shad's perception could not detect the problem on that page, because before checking with Jialina, his description was:
"On the front of this page, the circular ritual array occupies two-thirds of the page, and the remaining one-third is a detailed description of the ritual. This is to demonstrate the effect of enhancing the magic [Disorder Energy]. You need to draw a ritual on the palm of your hand with your own blood, and then push your palm forward to emit energy.
On the back of this paper is a warning about enhancing the effect of the ritual. Disordered spirits and energies can also cause harm to the caster, so it takes extremely strong control to try the method on the previous page. "
After realizing the problem with the paper, Shade's description became:
"There are two lines of text on the front of this paper, and it looks like it's in Ajelina's handwriting. The first line: [I crave for world-shaking wisdom]. The second line: [I'm afraid of being ignored by others]. And then there's Ajelina's autograph."
The little princess with the cat on her head blushed and immediately denied it:
“I have never written such a thing!”
But she immediately remembered the random thoughts she had while reading in the morning, such as "wanting to become smart and learn all the magic immediately" and "worrying about being ignored by my sister":
"Yeah but I did think about something like that. I swear it was just a thought."
"It's probably related to this. So Shade, what's on the back?"
Carina asked again, and Shade continued:
"There is no handwriting of Ajelina on the back of this paper. There are decorative patterns on the four sides of the back, and the word 'contract' is written in an unknown language in the middle. There is also a line of small words at the bottom of the paper: [Only by overcoming fear can you gain strength]."
He opened the book and took out the page separately. When it was separated from the book, the whispering elements of the page were fully revealed.
Neither Lecia nor Shade knew what kind of relic this was, but judging from the concentration of the whispering element in the relic, the relic's danger level was at least sage level (level 2).
(End of this chapter)