novelonline Chapter 3468 The Unquenchable Fire
Chapter 3468 The Unquenchable Fire
Chapter 3468 The Unquenchable Fire
Once Shad's figure disappeared, Sirius smiled and asked his friend:
“I saw Luvia and Galina are both at home. It must be very lively over there tonight. Why don’t you go back with Shad?”
“I didn’t participate in the operation, so I won’t be attending the victory celebration ‘party’.”
The blonde opera singer then asked:
"Then Sirius, why didn't you stay?"
The girl, also with beautiful blonde hair, sighed softly and looked at the holy emblem of the [Old Man of Forgotten] on the wall:
"I just haven't found the right opportunity yet. I need to find the perfect opportunity so that he will never forget me for the rest of his life."
"I don't think Shad has forgotten you either."
After returning home, Shad didn't attend any parties. After carrying Mia back up from the basement to the second floor, he saw everyone gathered around Tifa and asked:
"What are you doing?"
Galina answered the question:
“You just told Luvia and the others that you were separated from Tifa for a while along the way. Mia can confirm that you are fine, but we need to check whether Tifa is really okay.”
“But she has the fire mark on her body and my signature, so there’s definitely no problem.”
Shad wanted to defend her, but Luvia had already reached out and pulled Shad away:
"Safety first. Besides, didn't we learn tonight that the [House of the Fake Humans] can implant a part of a fake human into a human? Check again carefully, after all, you care about Tifa, don't you?"
Shad was pushed in front of the maid, and after making eye contact with her, he placed his hand on her forehead:
"Let me check, it seems fine."
"Too perfunctory."
Galina said, finally unable to hold back her laughter:
"Don't you have more in-depth methods to check? This is too perfunctory."
"You guys weren't doing this on purpose, were you?"
He asked, but Galina smiled and didn't answer. Dorothy just sat on the sofa and winked at Shad, while Luvia smiled and said:
"Shad, tell me, is this kind of caution justified?"
“That makes sense, but the most in-depth kind of inspection… do you still have any interest in this kind of thing?”
Galina then patted Shad's arm:
"What are you talking about? Don't keep thinking about those kinds of things."
So Shad kissed Tifa and gently burned her body with moonlight, finally confirming that everything was alright.
They all seemed reluctant to leave tonight. As they sat down on the sofa to review the evening's events, Luvia was quite pleased to discover that the "House of the Pseudo-Humans" was indeed connected to Fatummister Island. She wasn't deeply affected by what happened at the factory; with the world nearing its end, she felt that contemplating the pros and cons of civilization was utterly meaningless.
"The Demon Sword, the Treasure of the Pilgrims of Fate, and the House of the 'Resurrected' Pseudo-Humans—the key themes have already been confirmed for three acts. That's quite fast."
"Beggars and dice, playing music and performing, love and frozen flowers, gambling cards—it's all unclear, but..."
Xia De picked up his teacup and leaned comfortably back on his sofa, glancing at the mermaid oil painting hanging on the wall:
“The apostles of desire have appeared on the island, and the buffoons are also certain that there are other corrupted people on the island. I don’t believe it will ultimately remain inactive.”
Everyone knew what Shad was talking about, but out of caution, they didn't continue the discussion.
It was getting late, and Shad didn't immediately check the black notebook; he figured he could read it at breakfast tomorrow morning instead of the newspaper. However, they still recounted every detail of tonight's operation to Galina, making it easier for the Duchess to wrap things up.
Even the Duchess, a woman of high rank and great power, whose greatest suffering in her life had been in the hands of Shad, couldn't help but sigh and lament about what had happened at the Murray Textile Mill.
She said to Shad:
"In fact, the treatment of workers has changed a lot in recent years. We are no longer in the early days of the development of the steam industry. Back then, my father, my brother and my nephew, three generations of kings, all realized the changes in the working environment and treatment of urban workers brought about by the development of productivity."
Although many laws have been introduced over the past half-century, the sun can never shine through all darkness.
Shad then grabbed her hand:
"Don't misunderstand, I'm not complaining about anyone. This kind of situation is bound to occur when civilization has developed to this point. If people haven't seen the darkness and ugliness of the past, they won't realize the need to pursue light and beauty. I don't think Cavendish caused this problem. I'm not stupid. I can see how the Kingdom Council has changed over the years, and how the Church has worked to change this era."
The outsider was quite moved:
"But time is really running out. If the end of the world could be postponed for a few years, maybe we could find a way to make the flame of civilization burn even brighter, but there's really no time left."
"Old John's magic trick tonight was truly amazing."
Dorothy then revealed that she was also a Ring Sorcerer proficient in the Enlightenment Elements, but her path was completely different from that of the elders of the Lightbringer Order.
"I'll ask old John again when I have time, but he'll probably invite me to join the Secret Order again."
Shad was also interested in that kind of power related to civilization, but it was really too late today, and he really needed to rest. The [House of Resurrection] had been dealt with, so there was no need to worry about the church finding them. The traces left at the textile factory had also been burned away by the fire, so there was no need to worry about that either.
With Luvia covering up the traces of fate and Iluna providing cover, the probability of this matter eventually being traced back to Shad is very low, so he can get a good night's sleep tonight.
And tomorrow is Tuesday, the new Time Key will be available, and the outsider is looking forward to a new story. After the Time Key, this week will be All Souls' Day at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, which should be quite interesting. And once All Souls' Day ends, it will mark the beginning of a new month, and Shad will finally see Adele again after a long time.
Thinking about it this way, this week is really full of anticipation.
Of course, a victory celebration was in order tonight. It was just a pity that Luvia couldn't stay. As everyone was getting ready to wash up, there was a knock on the door of their room in St. Teresa's Square. When Shad suspiciously opened the door, he saw the female fortune teller he had met at the Prophet's Association, Luvia's colleague:
"Is Annette here? I couldn't find her at her apartment. The landlord said she might be here with you."
"What's the matter? How did you find your way here, Jaina?"
Luvia came downstairs in slippers, and Shad temporarily avoided her, but still heard words like "flame" and "snake." So Luvia quickly tidied herself up and went back to the Prophet's Association to work overtime.
An infinite snake appeared in the city, located at a factory that had caught fire. The flames that ignited the factory and its workers lingered for a long time. Fate truly is everywhere.
Although Luvia was gone, Dorothy and Galina remained. However, after Dorothy finished washing up, she awkwardly announced that she was "not feeling well."
"I thought it would take another two days."
This was unavoidable for normal girls, so she had no choice but to move upstairs, with only Galina accompanying Shad to celebrate.
She teased Shad about his embarrassment when he kissed Tifa, which reminded Shad that Matilda would be arriving at Fatummont Island tomorrow with Bella's maids.
However, after the bedroom lights were turned off, she simply hugged Xia De and snuggled into his arms:
"Go to sleep."
"Are you sure?"
“Shad, don’t think of me as that kind of girl. I’ll let you rest for a day. I remember Luvia’s time is synchronized with Dorothy and Lacey’s. So they won’t be able to come for almost a week, and I’m not in a hurry.”
The Duchess, who claimed to be "in no hurry," caused Shad, who should have been dreaming of the moon that night, to have an unusually vivid dream. When he woke up, he found it was three in the morning on Tuesday. The cat next to his pillow was sleeping soundly, but the redhead was nowhere to be seen on the other side of the pillow.
Shad lifted the covers and, sure enough, saw Galina blinking her golden eyes, making some little movements under the covers.
In short, she simply switched her sleeping and gaming schedules, and this is how the witch explained it afterward:
"Who told you to be so attractive? It's all your fault."
(Luvia is working overtime.)
Shad still has a time key he obtained from St. Byron, and he plans to write his observations about it into his first time investigation report of the semester.
He currently has 21-3+1=19 available mission attempts remaining. Completing one more time mission will give him 20 attempts, enough to open a transit station and meet Adele twice. These are very important attempts.
But the key was not turned on Tuesday morning.
This wasn't because Shad discovered something while flipping through the black notebook he'd received the night before during breakfast early Tuesday morning, nor because Emilia came to have breakfast with everyone, nor because of King Larousse III's declaration of national mobilization on the front page of the newspaper.
"Picking up the time key now reminds me of Sister Beren. Maybe it's not a good idea to use it on Tuesday; I'll use it tomorrow morning."
But Luvia, who returned around 5 PM, thought that Shad was actually a bit exhausted because so much had happened in such a short time. So, despite her slight fatigue, the gentle purple-eyed girl joked:
"Anyway, you still have plenty of mission attempts left. Are you planning to visit Miss Feliananna or Ms. Helena Carter at the transit station soon and have a chat?"
She hoped that Shad could find solace in the company of these older, gentle ladies, something that would be difficult for the younger, less experienced women to provide. But Shad shook his head:
"Let's save the mission attempts for when we really need their help."
He put the time key he had taken out into his pocket and then asked Emilia how her "purification ritual" from the previous night had gone. The ritual only required her to hunt ten kinds of prey, which sounded simple, but the pointy-eared girl still encountered an accident.
P.S.: I had a fever of 38.3 degrees Celsius, tonsillitis, and while getting an IV drip, I couldn't breathe, was sweating profusely, and my vision went completely white. If the doctor hadn't given me an adrenaline injection and my mom hadn't kept calling out to me, I probably would have passed away.
It seems to be an allergic reaction to the IV drip.
(End of this chapter)