Whispering Verse

Chapter 2742 Thaumaturgy - Chloe's Ice Echo

Because their emperor did not stop them just now, more maids entered the tent this time to see what was going on, but they were soon blown out by the invisible wind.

The tent was closed to the outside, but that did not mean that the girls in the camp knew nothing. Because as the mood of the strongest witch of this era changed, the unconsciously aroused ether directly changed the surrounding celestial phenomena.

The snowflakes in the night sky fell faster and denser, but the whistling wind was inexplicably gentler. Probably only unicorns, chocobos, and the pet cats and owls raised by the witches did not understand what this meant. Although the witches were busy with their own affairs, most people's minds were no longer here.

When Shade appeared again holding Chloe's hand, he had less than half an hour left in this era. The silver-haired demigod glared at the girls who were looking at them at this time, but the blush on her face that had not yet faded made her eyes no longer as cold as before.

Shade originally planned to do nothing, just hold Chloe by the campfire and watch the stars and falling snow to spend the next time, but Chloe, who was unwilling to let go of his hand, had her own plan:

"I didn't expect you to stay so long at first, but after you came, I asked them to prepare in advance. Shade, I want to give you a new power. In this way, even if I'm not by your side, you can always remember me."

She took Shade out of the camp and stepped directly onto the lake.

The Falling Star Lake, which would not freeze even in the cold winter, now had an ice layer under Chloe's short boots - the boots were just put on by Shade. Immediately, the ice layer spread all the way to the center of the lake, and at the end of this ice road, a huge circular ice surface was formed in the center of the Falling Star Lake.

The maids cast a spell, allowing thousands of ice-blue light balls to be distributed above the lake to illuminate, and then they walked past the two people holding hands to the ice surface, and soon set up the ceremony venue. When Chloe took Shade's hand and came to the center of the lake, the ritual array carved on the ice was already glittering.

Shade stood in the center of the ritual array, and Chloe took out a small ice doll from the sleeve of her robe and handed it to him. It was clearly her own image:

"You don't need to do anything. Now, Shade, please feel my power carefully."

She came behind Shade, and after motioning Shade to bend down, she hugged his neck from behind until she lay on Shade's back, and her head appeared from Shade's right shoulder.

Shade knelt on one knee, hugged the small ice statue with both hands against his chest in the ice-blue ritual light and closed his eyes. Then Chloe's warm body and profile, as well as the coldness of the ice doll, came to his heart together.

This is probably the most gentle feeling in winter.

[Stranger, you feel the enlightenment. ]

[Stranger, the blessing of winter has been triggered, and the witch's reverberation-"Ice Witch Chloe" has been triggered. 】

After a moment of waiting, "she" whispered:

[Outsider, you have mastered the magic - Chloe's Ice Echo. 】

[After performing the magic, you can call upon the power of the demigod witch Chloe. During the duration of the effect, the surrounding weather will turn into snowy weather, and you and your companions will continue to heal injuries, restore spirits, and restore physical strength, and greatly increase the power of your moon, witch, and ice spells. Any energy-releasing spells will have an ice effect.

Required spell materials: Chloe Marquez's ice doll, witch reverberation - ice witch Chloe. Corresponding to the [Echo] [Time and Space] spirit rune. 】

After exchanging the magic "Silent Moonlight" with Miss Orlanod, Shade finally obtained the magic that can restore spirits.

He immediately opened his eyes, turned around and hugged Chloe, who almost slipped off his back.

The silver-haired little witch looked a little pale, but she still smiled when she looked at Shade:

"In this way, you will never forget me. Even if we are separated by two eras, even if I am not by your side, you will always remember me."

"Sharing your power with me will permanently deplete your own power?"

"It doesn't matter. The lost power will come back sooner or later, but Shade, I don't want to lose you."

In the center of the snowy lake, it seemed as if the moon deliberately cast its light on the two of them. The girls standing by the lake saw this scene, and then they all admired their emperor for designing such a delicate scene.

There was still some time left, so Shade hugged Chloe and returned to the camp by the lake. She did not ask to return to the tent, but asked Shade to hug her and wait for her to fall asleep by the fire:

"In this way, I can know that you have left later."

So Shade hugged her and sat down by the fire, and the cat jumped over and squatted on his shoulder. Shade felt that the six hours of outdoor exercise he had done today had exceeded the sum of all the exercise since the summer.

With his back to the bonfire, with a few crackling sounds, Shade held Chloe in his arms and looked up at the snowy night sky, at the lake illuminated by ice lamps and ice-blue light balls, at the snow-capped mountains in the distance and the deepest darkness of the night.

None of the girls dared to disturb this scene, and Chloe really closed her eyes and lay on Shade's chest. No one spoke, and the silver-haired witch actually felt a little sleepy when she heard the heartbeat of the stranger.

In her sleepiness, she felt Shade's fingertips on her eyebrows, so she made a whimpering sound and squirmed a few times on Shade's chest to express her dissatisfaction.

Maybe it was just the next second, maybe after a long time, the stranger holding Chloe finally disappeared by the fire together with the cat. But the Witch Emperor did not fall in front of the fire because of this. Instead, she remained lying in the air for a long time before sitting up straight under the worried gazes of the maids.

She pursed her lips and lowered her head to look at the snow-covered ground, then looked up past the fire in front of her at the night sky.

Turning around, he sat on the soft cushion with his back to the bonfire and looked at the scenery of Falling Star Lake just like Shade did before. Finally, he reached out and touched his eyebrows.

The mark of the silver burning moon flashed past, and the demigod witch's powerful soul and perception even made her feel as if she had touched the moon at this moment.

The girls of the Sixth Age were not demigods. Adele in the past had the mark but could no longer see the moon. Therefore, Chloe, who was the furthest away from Shade's era, was the first to know what this silver mark meant:

"Silver Moon."

She looked at the moon, as if she was looking at Shade in the next era.

(Little Mia is running.)

The endless white mist showed the figures of Shade and little Mia, who had been kicked out of the past time. The cat had followed Shade here before, so it didn't panic and squatted on Shade's shoulder, looking very obedient.

Shade raised his head as if he was still looking at the starry sky above the snowfield. It took him a long time to let out a long sigh, and then he saw the shadow of a giant tree standing in the thick fog that connected the sky and the earth:

"Father of trees~"

He shouted loudly:

"The problem in the Vesta Grove is imminent. If you can hear my voice, please enlighten me on how to fight against the evil being transformed from the remains of the World Tree?"

The giant tree swayed in the windless fog, but Shade didn't get any inspiration. He just saw a leaf swaying down, and then he caught it in his hand:

"Huh? Why are there immortal leaves? It's not the reward this time."

Then he discovered that this leaf was just a "Leaf of Youth" and it did not contain any knowledge or power.

[It just takes back the power, not the carrier. That time at the Night Temple, additional key use opportunities were added, but this time only the stay time was increased, which was different. 】

"She" explained gently in Shade's ear. Shade only understood the difference because of recent events. Increasing the use opportunities of exhausted keys is equivalent to breaking through limitations and creating new time channels;

But for the time that Shade stayed in the past, he itself did not belong to any point in time. His "time stamp" could adapt to any time, so staying for six more hours would just pull him back later.

"One piece was left over from the Battle of Moon Bay, and one piece was obtained by cutting the coffin tree hole. Adding this piece, I have three leaves in my hand."

He sighed again and looked up at the shadow of the giant tree:

"So, I have to solve the problem myself, right?"

The giant tree still didn't give any reply. Shade looked down at the ice puppet in his hand, then turned around and disappeared from the fog with the cat.

The crown of the tree rustled, and then the giant tree disappeared into the mist.

Although more than six hours had passed since Shade and Mia's physical sensation, and the cat even ate more than one meal, in fact, on the early morning of Wednesday on the eighth day of the Dead Leaf Moon in 1854 of the Sixth Era, it was just Only three seconds have passed.

When Shade and Mia stepped out of the study door together, he immediately felt the "fire mark" representing Chloe. And unlike Adele's fire mark, which seemed rather vague and distant, he could relatively clearly know the point in time where Chloe's fire mark was.

"Although Chloe's time is far away from the present, that time is normal for the continuous time flow; but Adele's time does not exist at all."

Although I felt melancholy in my heart, and although I missed that cold but enthusiastic girl, I still managed to meet Chloe and made an appointment to meet again. This was not the first time that Shade had faced separation, so he quickly adjusted his mood and even began to look forward to the next reunion with Chloe.

To sum up the gains from this adventure, it can even be said to be the greatest of all Time Key adventures.

PS: Immortal Fire Seal:

White cat hair: Xiao Mia

Indescribable: Luvia

Arms: Carina, Vanessa, Dorothy(?), Lesia(?)

Ajna: Adele, Chloe