RNP Chapter 3434 Aurora's Past
Chapter 3434 Aurora's Past
Chapter 3434 Aurora's Past
"A relic locator? Of course there is no such thing, but we asked Xueshan for help, and Xueshan responded by saying that we can go to the places where he stayed before he died."
Elder Harald saw that Shade was interested in this, so he took out the map and marked it:
"His previous home was not in the town, but in an abandoned village. Then there was the potion laboratory he built on the reef outside Fatumonster Island after he became a ring wizard. There was also a natural cave by the sea. The diary he left behind after leaving the town mentioned that he often went there when he was a child. Finally, there was the place where his brother was buried."
"Elder, wait a moment."
Shade asked curiously:
"Aren't burials at sea popular among you? Why does his brother who died in an accident have a grave?"
It was Claire who answered the question:
"There are a few cases where sea burials are not performed. For example, if someone dies in an accident in the snowy mountains, the tribe believes that the mountains need them, so such bodies will be buried directly in the mountains. This is a more noble funeral method than sea burials."
Xia De looked at four positions:
"I will check out these locations today. My perception is stronger than that of the average ring sorcerer. If those relics are still there, I should be able to find something."
Elder Harald also thought that Shade was the most suitable person to do this task:
"Also, you can search and see if you can find out why he returned to the island. Although there is a possibility that he figured it out and sneaked back, I don't think it would be that simple."
"Then I will go with him."
Claire said immediately, but was interrupted by her grandfather:
"You have other things to do today. Didn't we just say that we would go to Ursa to prepare a priest's crown for you?"
Claire was a little dissatisfied, and Miss Larson blinked and looked at Shade, but Claire also had plans for her:
"Stella, take your people to the city and continue exploring the island with Xiwei's friends."
The white-haired girl lowered her head, and Emilia planned to stay to help little Lianna adapt to the environment. If Sylvia needed Ellie to lead the way to the ice castle again later, she would take the two unicorns to play in the mountains.
So Shad would go on today's adventure on his own, at least that's what he thought as he held the map and prepared to set off.
Among the four areas that needed to be explored, the cave and laboratory were by the sea, and the old house and tomb were at the foot of the mountain and in the snow-capped mountains respectively. So Xia De planned to start from the pier and go to the cave and laboratory to have a look.
He quietly called out his boat at the town dock and set off in the boat. The weather was still good today, and as the boat slowly left the dock, the calm sea and the cliffs on both sides were refreshing.
After leaving the small harbor where the town's dock was located, Xia De turned to the west, and soon he could no longer see the town behind him. He was thinking about what he might gain today, and thinking about opening the library tomorrow.
At this moment, the boat suddenly shook, and then Xia De heard a knocking sound coming from the bottom of the boat.
He stood up immediately, and then saw a wet hand sticking out from the water on the left side of the boat, and that hand was directly placed on the edge of the boat, and then Xiwei's wet face appeared in the sea:
"Good morning, Shade. Why, aren't you surprised to see me?"
She appeared like a mermaid, and Xia De quickly reached out and pulled her onto the boat:
"The badge has told me that a great witch has appeared nearby. This is the alchemical tool improved by Miss Felina. It is very sensitive."
The long brown hair was wet and draped over the witch's shoulders. After Xiwei boarded the boat, she let Shade use the flame to dry her body. But in fact, because she mastered the unique secrets of the mermaid race, she could completely eliminate the influence of seawater on her clothes with a simple spell:
"I just came here by boat to look for Claire, and I happened to see your boat, so I followed it and wanted to give you a surprise."
She smiled and said:
"What are you going to do alone?"
"I accepted the investigation mission from the Fatu people to find two lost relics."
Xiwei winked at him:
"Oh, I don't have anything to do today, so I wanted to talk to Claire about what happened on the island."
"Claire was called away by her grandfather, and you won't be able to find her. Why don't you come with me, Xiwei? I also know a lot about this island."
The witch smiled at him.
Shade's first target was the "potion laboratory" located on the offshore reef. After the young priest left the island, the elders of the tribe checked there and then hid it with secret methods. No one has been there since then.
The reef is located in the west of the island, and the western part of Fatumunster Island is also the least visited place on the entire island. Although it faces the coast of the Principality of Lagersen, it is also the most complex area of the entire island.
Therefore, even the Fatu people did not settle in that area, and the best way to reach it was to take a boat around it.
Xia De's small wooden boat was actually controlled by his mental power, so he didn't need to consider the undercurrents and tides during sailing. Going boating on the sea with a girl in such good weather was actually a very pleasant thing.
“Claire’s hometown is so beautiful.”
Even Xiwei, who has been engaged in shipping for many years, said so, so Xia De asked curiously:
"I remember that the Aurora family's base is also an island. Isn't there such scenery there?"
Xiwei shook his head slightly:
"You know that I hold the title of Viscount of Carsenrick, but actually before the Carsenrick Unification War, we were a duke family of a small southern country. Although the family residence and ancestral home have been on the offshore island of Canbella on the east coast for a long time, when I was born, the main body of the family had moved to the shore, and the island became the location of the shipyard."
She showed an awkward expression:
“You know how much humans have changed the environment since the age of steam. The island may have had such scenery before, but now it is full of shipyards and various factories.
I grew up on the shore, and before I became a witch, I never thought that one day I would become the head of the Aurora family. Unlike nobles like Bella who have natural inheritance rights, my inheritance order in the family is very low. "
She stretched out her right hand and gestured a number:
"When I was ten years old, I was fifth in line to the throne."
Shade continued to steer the boat, passing beneath the towering coastal cliffs:
"Because you have become stronger, your family has allowed you to inherit the title?"
"No, it's because the first four heirs are dead, so it's my turn now."
She said this, and then she saw Xia De's surprised expression:
"A curse that is a bond of blood?"
Xiwei laughed:
"I thought you would ask if I was the one who did it. Yes, it is indeed a curse. It happened when I was about 5 years old. An ordinary captain in the family fleet gave us an antique vase salvaged from the bottom of the sea as a year-end gift. Then the subtle curse spread in the family. It was not a strong curse, so it was quite hidden and difficult to detect. Even though we are a traditional ring wizard family, no one could notice something was wrong at the first time.
When I was about ten years old, my direct descendants began to suffer from various problems and died one after another. Their skin began to ulcerate and eventually grew strange tissues similar to coral.
It was only then that the two ring sorcerers in the family became aware of this hidden curse. However, they were not high-level and it was too late for them to react. When they tried to remove the curse, it caused more serious problems, causing all the other people who were originally cursed to die suddenly. Only I and a few distant relatives with milder symptoms survived. "
She sat opposite Xia De, feeling the sea breeze and recalling the past:
“The reason I’m okay is because I accidentally met a mermaid in the sea when I was a child. My family has had friendships with mermaids before, but they were friendlier and closer to me than to other people.
The blessing of the mermaid made my situation much better than others, and I didn't die suddenly. Later, the family relied on the friendship of our ancestors and found the Great Witch of Light of the previous generation who was somewhat related to our family, and barely controlled the spread of the curse. The teacher found that the source of the curse was the vase, and after throwing the vase back into the deep sea, the curse gradually subsided.
I also awakened my Ringwitch talent during that period, but to this day I still don't know what the curse is. But it was also because of that curse that almost wiped out my family that I gained the right of inheritance, met my teacher, awakened my talent, and even my relationship with the mermaids became better because of that incident. Bella has been saying recently that fate is a double-edged sword, and I think I understand this very well. "
The Aurora family is a traditional family of ring sorcerers. Although there have never been any remarkable people in the family in the past, her background story is much more complicated than that of others.
"Don't the mermaids know where the curse on that antique vase comes from?"
Shade asked curiously, although there was wind on the sea it was generally relatively calm, and as he rowed the boat leisurely and listened to the stories, he felt that this would definitely be a calm day.
Xiwei shook his head:
"The mermaids told me that there are some things in the sea that cannot be explored in depth. There are not as many civilized races in the ocean as on land, so there is no protection from the 'Network of Enlightenment Elements' woven by civilizations over several epochs.
There used to be an ancient god of the earth on earth, and even after he left, his power still protects the world; but there is no ancient god that completely corresponds to the ocean. Therefore, countless unimaginable evils and distortions have been born in the ocean. Some things are better left unknown. "