The appearance of the Moonlight Greatsword was expected; as for the other Miracle, Toy Manufacturing, it was a complete surprise.
Xia De directly touched the relic, god's gift box, and the Ling Rune, Toy Manufacturer, was produced by the whisper element. This was another Ling Rune with a relatively specific meaning, and its potential for developing Miracles was very low.
If the Moonlight Greatsword was a purely offensive Miracle, then Toy Manufacturing was a purely auxiliary Miracle.
As long as Xia De had enough spiritual power and a sufficiently large piece of fabric, he could transform any non-supernatural object into a toy. For living beings, they could only be transformed into toys if they had sufficient trust in Xia De.
Although Mia's true owner was not Xia De, they had lived together for a month, and this cat's trust in Xia De was absolutely sufficient. Therefore, during the first attempt last night, she transformed into a toy under Xia De's clothes.
Of course, it might also be because the silly Mia was too simple-minded.
When Xia De invited Luvia to test the Miracle, Toy Manufacturing, even though the Diviner was prepared, after using a bedsheet, no matter how she draped the bedsheet over herself, the Miracle could not take effect.
"Human minds are more complex, unlike small animals, which are so simple."
This was the explanation Xia De gave. Luvia certainly trusted Xia De enough, but this trust had not reached the level of Mia, where she could entrust everything.
"If I could be turned into a toy by you, I would also like to see the past stories you speak of."
Luvia expressed regret about this, and Xia De was also quite regretful. The Old God's task was not easy. If he could bring a group of helpers, even if no one could face the God directly like him, they could at least offer many effective suggestions. Moreover, not only could they travel through the Time Corridor, he could even take people for quick trips between Tobesk and Coldwater Port City at will...
"Speaking of which, since Mia can turn into a toy, why not take her to see the sea when we have time?"
This was Xia De's thought when he was bored.
Thus, Xia De and Luvia spent a peaceful Friday morning together in Saint Delan Square. During this time, they saw several teams of soldiers, following behind clergy dressed in Priest robes, hurrying along the roads around the square. After the Cultists successfully summoned the God for the second time, but the God was then expelled by another God, the Blood Feast Lord's cult, even if lucky, would at least remain dormant for twenty years.
The God-summoning ritual was not that easy; the cost of two such rituals was enough to bankrupt a small principality. Coupled with the Orthodox Church's city-wide search, even without the "fair" duel witnessed by the Old God last night, Xia De had no need to worry about fierce retaliation from the Evil God.
The next time the Blood Feast Lord appeared in the material world, Xia De might have already advanced to Thirteenth Ring, or even achieved true Godhood.
During their leisure time, Luvia also curiously and reverently asked Xia De about his feelings when he was "with God." She listened intently to Xia De's recollection of last night, carefully asking about various details, occasionally exclaiming in awe.
People in this world have an innate reverence for God. Unlike Xia De, an Outsider who seeks to become a God and has less reverence, any matter related to God must be handled with extreme caution in the eyes of the people of this world.
The Gods here are not powerful people, but truly high-dimensional beings. Thursday's experience clearly illustrated that without the power of a God, it's best not to overestimate oneself and contend with a God.
"All inconceivable-grade relics (Level 0) are certainly related to Gods, but not all relics related to Gods are unknowable. Even among inconceivable-grade relics, as far as I know, there are no more than ten that can have a slight effect on Gods."
Luvia enthusiastically told Xia De these things that even ordinary Ring術士 didn't know, believing that it was unacceptable for him, who was fortunate enough to become the vessel of the Old God, not to know these things.
In fact, absorbing and burning divinity did give Xia De some fragmented Knowledge. But perhaps because the divinity was absorbed too thoroughly, that Knowledge lay quietly in the deepest part of his mind like golden sand. "She" said she could try to piece together and understand it, but this would be a very long process, and perhaps a suitable opportunity would give him a surprise, but it was best not to hold out too much hope.
"Speaking of which, besides Level 0 relics, is it possible for relics of other danger levels to affect Gods?"
Xia De asked again, initially thinking it was impossible, but unexpectedly, Luvia nodded:
"Things related to Gods are rarely spread privately, but I do know of an angel-level relic (Level 1) that has a slight effect on Gods. Xia De, most students at Saint Byron's actually know about it, because it belongs to Saint Byron's. The angel-level relic, God-Slaying Notebook, belongs to the legendary Thirteen Ring Sorcerer, Miss Mana Feilianna, the founder of Saint Byron's. I don't know its specific characteristics, but it is said that when the holder encounters an Evil God, they can gain some effective escape strategies from the notebook."
Luvia sat at the tea table examining the letters, while Xia De sat at the dining table holding the cat and reading the newspaper. At this moment, he stopped petting the cat, and he suddenly had a strange premonition.
"That Great Witch of the fifth epoch had many strange experiences, and that relic, according to ancient legends, was a notebook Miss Felianna used when teaching her students by the bonfire, following a more ancient mentor-apprentice etiquette."
The style of Miss Felianna's notebook quickly appeared in Xia De's mind. During his time travel last night, the Witch by the bonfire was listening to Xia De's narration while scribbling incomprehensible content in her notebook, finally summarizing some useful suggestions. It was indeed highly probable that such an item, which recorded Knowledge about Gods, would become a relic once it crossed epochs.
"Oh, a Ring術士 like Miss Mana Feilianna is someone all female Ring術士 at Saint Byron's in our era aspire to... Xia De, what's with that expression?"
Luvia asked curiously, Xia De shook his head, hiding his face behind the newspaper.
Thus, the morning passed, and by noon, Luvia was still cooking in the kitchen. Her cooking skills were not as good as Miss Louisa, who had also used this kitchen, but since someone was willing to cook for Xia De and the cat, he certainly wouldn't say anything inappropriate.
During lunch, Luvia shared with Xia De what she had gained from looking through the stack of letters. Most of the letters were written in cipher, requiring the Diviner to decipher them, and most of the content was irrelevant to them.
After a morning of simple browsing, the only useful clue obtained was the hiding place of the forged philosopher's stone. This relic was the beginning of a series of events Xia De was involved in, and it only finally appeared after this series of events concluded.
"It's in the statue held by the Police Chief of Leedweich Field. Only the Silver-Eyed One knows about this. That Police Chief is actually also connected to Mercury Blood."
Luvia said, stirring her vegetable soup with a spoon:
"Also, your client, Mrs. Lawrence, was also killed by people he sent."
Xia De stopped eating and looked at the long sofa in the living room. The death of that generous lady was his greatest regret at the moment:
"The Police Chief has a great future. What's the point of getting entangled with these illegal organizations?"
"Mercury Blood serves as his enforcers, helping to handle matters that are inconvenient to handle. This also explains why Mercury Blood was able to do so many things locally, but only now is it heading towards destruction."
Luvia said. She didn't care about these matters, but rather wanted to find out from the letters carried by the Vampire what it was originally doing in the Tobesk area.
"We should tell the doctor about this relic as soon as possible. It wouldn't be good if the Church gets there first."
Xia De said, grabbing a piece of bread, and then thought of meeting the doctor at the charity banquet.
Although Doctor Schneider left in time due to Xia De's appearance, thinking about it now, the doctor's luck was surprisingly bad. If Xia De hadn't met him on the first floor, the doctor would have definitely encountered the Evil God up close. Xia De now fully understood why, when he met the other members of the group, they all believed that Doctor Schneider had used a relic that overdrafted luck.
"The doctor's luck is really bad."
Tearing the bread in his hand and dipping it into the soup, this was a very common way of eating in this world.
"It's indeed abnormally bad. I think it might be related to the demon you mentioned, but I haven't heard of demons reducing luck. In any case, there will definitely be a way to solve Doctor Schneider's problem."
Although the matter of the Evil God was resolved, there were still many things waiting for them ahead.
The city-wide curfew would not end until six o'clock tomorrow morning, followed by a week-long curfew, so they still couldn't go out in the afternoon. Xia De had originally planned to take advantage of the time today to ask Luvia about Divination Knowledge and see if he had such talent, as the Diviner's performance when breaking into the ruins was truly outstanding.
Unexpectedly, not long after lunch, someone knocked on the downstairs door.
"Iluna came back early?"
Xia De asked suspiciously, walked to the living room window, looked down, and raised his hand to signal Luvia not to be nervous:
"A familiar carriage, it's Duchess Galina Cavendish's carriage."
The Diviner also looked downstairs with Xia De. She had never seen the Duchess's carriage, but she seemed to have thought of something and frowned instantly:
"Xia De, can you answer me a question? Was that powerful Sage-level (Level 2) relic, the Ancient Magic Witches' Golden Necklace, borrowed from this Duchess?"
Xia De was startled and shook his head:
"Refuse to answer."
"Alright then."
Those purple eyes looked at Xia De inquisitively:
"Then, is Galina Cavendish the Great Witch of the Witch Council?"
Sometimes Xia De truly admired her ability to think.
"Still cannot answer."
"Then I understand. So that's how it is."
Luvia nodded gently, then looked at Xia De with the eyes of someone seeing a magical creature:
"When did the Witches start getting close to men? How did you do it? Oh, no need to answer, I was just sighing. But you must be careful, the Witches' reputation isn't very good. Be careful not to be deceived."
Xia De went downstairs to open the door, but it wasn't the Duchess inside the carriage, but her personal maid, Miss Tifa Servett. Still dressed in her familiar elaborate chief maid's dress, her hands were clasped together on her lap, and she looked a bit unwell. She motioned for Xia De to get into the carriage and go with her; Miss Jialinna was waiting for the young Detective at the manor.