novelonline Chapter 4190 Unicorn Habitat
Chapter 4190 Unicorn Habitat
Chapter 4190 Unicorn Habitat
Looking at the scene before him, Xia De felt his consciousness momentarily dazed. Looking again at the nearshore area, there were some strangely shaped pink reefs standing tall. Although the reefs were not large, they made the scene even more bizarre.
"here it is"
Then he saw something floating on the sea of blood, carried by the tide to the shore. Shad continued walking forward and saw that it was four puppets holding hands. Three of them were witches, and the last one was a faceless stranger.
He walked across the crimson tide, bent down, and picked up the dolls. But when he straightened up, he found himself shrouded in a dark shadow. When he looked up at the source of the shadow, a huge, round head with a pure silver exterior opened its ferocious mouth and lunged at Shad.
"Oh!"
Shad shuddered and opened his eyes, gasping for breath before noticing the familiar ceiling above him.
"What's wrong?"
Dorothy's voice came from beside him. She looked sleepily at Shad, who tried to regulate his breathing and gently shook his head.
"It's okay, it's okay, go to sleep. There are still two hours before Xiaomia wakes up."
Dorothy hummed in response and then fell silent. Shad wasn't sure if she had heard him. He could feel his heart still pounding; what had just happened had truly frightened him.
Although outsiders have seen many grand scenes, the appearance of that thing is just so instinctively uncomfortable.
The girls around him slept soundly, but Shad couldn't close his eyes. He recalled their experience of crossing the threshold of life and death in coffins, the dream, and the pink sand beach.
Her voice was soft in the dead of night, as if she were afraid of disturbing the girls' sleep:
[Were you scared?]
"Yes, it's just like a scene from a horror movie, I mean, just like a scene from a horror novel."
Shad's eyes were fixed on the ceiling:
"Luvia also said that my dreams, especially the strange ones, are usually prophetic. If that's the case, I'm afraid I'm bound to have a battle with the insane First Child—it seems I need to start preparing how to defeat them. Is there any way to directly evaporate the 'Sea of Origin'?"
She laughed lightly, and hearing her voice always lifted Xia De's spirits.
I think that's impossible.
"Then we can only try to lure them out of there, but the problem is that those things are just crazy, not stupid. I even suspect that their intelligence is higher than that of most humans."
Seeing that Xia De was finding it increasingly difficult to fall asleep, "she" said with some helplessness, but still gently:
That was just a dream. Go to sleep; it's late.
"I can't sleep."
Shad looked at the ceiling and made an outrageous request:
Do you know how to sing lullabies?
She didn't answer, but soon a humming sound, like the coolest night breeze on a summer night, reached Shad's ears. He let out a long breath, closed his eyes to the humming, and quickly fell asleep again.
"Meow~"
In the cat bed by the desk, the cat, curled up in a ball, suddenly opened one eye and started meowing in complaint towards the bed. The singing was too loud and was disturbing the cat's sleep.
Therefore, when everyone woke up on Sunday morning, Mia acted as if she was throwing a tantrum and avoided Shad's hand from touching her.
Luvia laughed and said that it was because they had disturbed Xiaomia's sleep last night, but Shad knew that this cat never held a grudge for long.
Sure enough, once Winnie had prepared a delicious breakfast, the cat returned to its usual self, standing on the table waiting for Shad to feed it. However, it had been really disturbed by the singing yesterday, so it didn't plan to go out with Shad today and instead wanted to rest at home.
After breakfast, Shad said goodbye to the girls and then headed to St. Byrons as planned the day before. Denise had said she wouldn't stay in Arcadia, so Shad met her early that morning at the library.
Even on Sundays, the caretaker has a lot to do. Seeing Xia De arrive, she immediately guessed his purpose. After quietly listening to him explain the details of the contract, she asked a crucial question:
"You mean, signing a contract requires using each person's blood as ink to write their real names?"
"Yes, this is how you anchor a unique position in space and time. This step is very important."
"So here's the problem: how will the teacher write their name? No, more importantly, where will you get the teacher's blood? If you're thinking of destroying that egg, even you and I will be angry."
"Of course I wouldn't think that way, but in this way..."
Shad couldn't answer the question either, so they left the library together and found Emilia taking care of the baby unicorns in the unicorn habitat.
Ellie was here too, of course. The morning sun was shining brightly. She was sitting on a wooden post under a big tree on the island in the middle of the lake in the unicorn habitat, reading to a long group of white-haired girls.
Instead of disturbing the little unicorns' "morning lesson" on the island in the middle of the lake, Shad and Danist told Emilia about the contract at the edge of the forest outside the island.
This is a time-based divine spell contract. After listening to it, the little sprite only considered it for a moment before giving his idea:
“Since Ms. Carter herself is unable to sign the contract, we can consider anchoring that contract to her in other ways.”
"What should we do?"
Danesther asked, and Emilia answered:
"Write the text of the contract on the eggshell, and there won't be any problems."
She saw Danist's gaze and, somewhat fearfully, took a step back behind Shad. Danist didn't mind writing on the eggshell; she had originally thought she could use this problem to postpone Shad's plans.
“Emilia’s idea is very good. Danist, if you’re reluctant, we can sign the contract next week. This egg is to be sent to the past, so starting from any point in time now is meaningless to the past.”
Daniste knew Shad was accommodating her, and she bit her lip, making up her mind:
"Since you and Miss Feliananna both think it's safe to do this, what else can I say? So let's make the preparations. Although the materials for the ink and other ritual items are not very complicated, they are not something we can produce right now."
"Tomorrow morning, yes, Monday, we'll have the ceremony. And I'm asking Ellie to be there too; I need the unicorn's luck."
The request was simple, and Shad nodded:
"No problem. So, Emilia, do you and Ellie have morning classes tomorrow?"
"some."
"I'll ask for leave for you."
The administrator said that the pointy-eared sprite certainly couldn't object, and besides, she wouldn't object:
“Okay, I will prepare well. Where should we choose for the ceremony? The Crystal Throne in Vista Grove, or the Academy?”
"Of course, it's in the academy."
Daniste said, then asked Shad:
"How about you decide the specific location?"
Although Xia De didn't know much about the academy, he immediately thought of a good place:
"Why don't we stay here?"
He pointed to the large tree on the island in the middle of the lake, where Ellie and the little unicorn girls were still having their morning lessons, while several adult unicorns lazily lay nearby watching the children. Other unicorns were drinking water at the edge of the island, the sunlight shining on their backs, making their fur so shiny it was almost dazzling.
"We don't know exactly when this egg will land, but since the academy was founded, this place has always been the habitat of unicorns. Before that, this entire land was the kingdom of the God of Night, but I don't think an alien dragon egg would be able to penetrate the outer defenses of the City of Eternal Night so easily."
So let's choose this place. If the Moon Egg only travels through time without changing its spatial location, it will be easier for Miss Felicia and her companions to find it.
"Of course, this is fine."
Denise nodded, then looked at Emilia, who then said to Shad somewhat shyly:
"This area is the territory of the unicorns, just like the territory that the elves used to have. Although they don't mind friendly people coming here to wander around, if they want to use that island..."
Emilia pointed to the island in the middle of the lake where Ellie was reading stories to the little unicorn girls:
"We still need to get everyone's consent first."
Unicorns have a loose social structure, unlike humans and elves who have leaders or even queens. When making important decisions, a unicorn clan usually discusses these decisions among adult individuals who want to express their opinions, since unicorn clans are generally not very large.
Emilia then went to gather the unicorns who were leisurely enjoying the spring morning, and soon a large group of fluffy, pure white sacred beasts gathered on the shore.
Seeing them makes you realize that Ellie and little Leona are actually quite small. The little unicorns are only slightly larger than foals, while a real adult unicorn is much larger than a horse.
There were about twenty unicorns interested in this, but many other unicorns, both large and small, gathered to watch the spectacle.
The unicorn girls who had just finished their morning class on the island in the middle of the lake also crossed the water and came over. After Emilia told everyone about Shad and Danist's plans, and Danist also guaranteed in the name of the academy that the ceremony would not affect the unicorn habitat, the more than twenty unicorns gathered together to discuss it.
Shad had never seen such a peculiar sight before.
While the great unicorns were discussing matters, little Leona, whom they hadn't seen in a long time, also came up to Shad. But instead of greeting him immediately, she grabbed his right hand, brought it to her nose, and sniffed it intensely. Finally, she turned to Ellie with a puzzled expression.
"The taste hasn't changed!"