Ella then introduced the astonished Empress to Susie Yun, asking, "Hey Skadi, according to Loren customs, are you considered the older or younger sister in this situation?"
"Wait...wait a minute!"
Skadi took off her gold-rimmed glasses. "What do you mean by 'extended family members'?? That scumbag Ye Xiao has gone to abduct innocent girls again?!"
I haven't known Ye Xiao for very long, have I? It's only been a few days, and there's already another one?
The Skadis were a little confused.
"That's not how it works; there's a reason for this one too..."
Ella started trying to find excuses for her "scumbag" behavior, saying things like universal love is still love, and that a young girl only needs to be a member of the family, but Ye Xiao had many more considerations...
"I don't understand... Sister Ella, you were clearly the first one, why would you let that scumbag go around luring young girls like that?"
Skadi's lips twitched.
"Because I also like cute girls, so of course the more the better."
Ella chuckled, then put her arm around the bewildered Susie and tried to hug Skadi as well.
"Let's get serious!"
Skadi gently swatted away Ella's restless little paws. She was now on guard; otherwise, she would be scratched and rubbed all over every time she fell into Ella's hands, leaving her blushing with embarrassment.
"Oh dear, Skadi, you're too serious. It would be so much better if you were gentler like Miss Su."
"Ugh, I'm not going to be gentle with you, you bad woman!"
Skadi said indignantly, "And this... well, the new girl, don't let her get away with it just because her title sounds impressive! She'll take advantage of you and become addicted to it!"
"Why!?"
Miss Su, who was being hugged and rubbed by Ella until she was a little dizzy, finally realized what was happening.
“Eek, Skadi, you weren’t like this before.”
Ella feigned a sorrowful expression, but her little paws on Susie Yun never stopped moving. "You were clearly enjoying it back then."
"Who's enjoying it! You stupid woman!"
Skadi blushed and pressed the bell on her desk, "Guards! Where are the guards!"
"Oh dear, oh dear, don't get excited."
Ella waved her hand. "Okay, let's get serious. Let me tell you about Miss Su's background."
"That's pretty much it."
Skadi crossed her arms over her chest.
"But before that, we need to bring the other person over to talk as well."
As Ella spoke, she drew a horizontal line in the air with her fingertip, and a portal opened. A chubby golden kitten fell from the portal, looking completely bewildered, and was caught by Ella's palm.
"You're sneaking food again, little Greta."
Ella saw the kitten and giggled.
"Tell me, what are you saying! I didn't steal any food!"
Greta jumped off Ella's hand and leaned over Skadi's desk. Seeing Susie Yun, she exclaimed, "Hey! What's going on with this Miss Su? Ye Xiao was just flirting with her the whole time!"
"Although Ye Xiao has accepted her, I haven't accepted him yet!!"
"What!?"
Skadi, standing nearby, bit her lip upon hearing this. "He told me he'd been very busy these past few days, which is why he hadn't come to see me. Oh, is that why?!"
"Ah I……"
As the gentle and quiet Susie listened to the cat and Skadi talking back and forth, she became increasingly nervous.
"Alright, alright, calm down, that's exactly what I was going to tell you."
Ella quickly comforted Skadi and Greta.
As the saying goes, three women make a drama, and these three girls truly exemplify that saying.
Fortunately, both Skadi and Greta listened to Ella, who was the "official wife." After Ella spoke, the two little ones stopped talking and began to listen attentively.
Ella then told the two girls in detail about the ill-fated relationship between Susie Yun and Ye Xiao.
Of course, the story focuses on Susie Yun's experience of mistakenly believing Ye Xiao to be dead, traveling across the ocean to Warren, piecing together countless corrupted holy remains on her body, enduring endless mental and physical torment every day to hunt down the Samuel Order, all in order to arrange a resurrection ceremony for Ye Xiao.
This ordeal caused the once stunningly beautiful girl to almost lose her humanity, transforming her into a detestable monster who could only roam the dark streets and sewers at night.
He was saved at the last minute when Ella discovered him.
The vivid descriptions moved both Skadi and Greta.
Only Susie Yun was somewhat surprised, "Huh? Holy Maiden... I don't think I'm that miserable. The Holy Remains wouldn't even have their souls corrupted..."
Ella immediately covered Susie Yun's mouth gently, "Oh dear, you can't feel it because you're in the thick of it, but as an outsider, I'm very moved."
Is that so? A few small question marks appeared on Susie Yun's head as her mouth was covered.
Regardless, Skadi and Greta were already embracing each other and sobbing, "Oh no, Miss Su, I was wrong about you."
"That Ye Xiao is such a bastard! How could he let such a good girl down!"
"See, I told you they were all very nice people."
Ella turned her head and met Susie Yun's gaze, a sly smile appearing on her lips.
"what……"
Susie Yun felt that something was off.
Although Ella was also curious, Skadi was alright, but it was quite strange that Greta, a great demon, would cry her eyes out over this story. She had originally prepared other ways to fool people, but now she didn't need to use them.
In the end, however, Skadi and Greta accepted Susie Yun.
It has to be said that as the number of people increased, I felt like I had really become the manager of my own "harem".
Watching Greta and Skadi take Susie Yun's hands and chat, Ella smiled with satisfaction.
Luckily, I was one of them; otherwise, I felt that if these little guys were left to communicate on their own in the rear, it would probably be a complete mess.
No, wait, wait, wait! It's really weird to think of myself as a harem. To be precise, I should be...
Hmm, deputy? Assistant?
Ella thought of several words, but none of them seemed quite right.
……
While Ella finally managed to calm everyone down, Ye Xiao went to the Grand Library near the Royal Palace in Westminster.
Here, Sherlinford, dressed in a smart tuxedo, was waiting for him at the door.
Judging from the previous case of the Blood Moon resurrection ritual, the Caesars Corporation has information about the Fountain of Youth, which, according to their speculation, is one of the tombs left by the god of life.
However, based on the materials left at the company's base and the information in Alex's notebook, the company currently only has a way to obtain the water of the Fountain of Youth. As for the Fountain of Youth ruins themselves, there are dedicated personnel trying to take them from the merman family that guards the Fountain of Youth.
Therefore, both morally and logically, Ye Xiao could not ignore this intelligence. This strange company liked to cause trouble, and it would definitely not be a good thing for them to obtain another tomb of the God of Life.
Therefore, Ye Xiao thought it was time to take the initiative to cause trouble for these guys.
Chapter 202 Archaeologist
This time, after taking down Alex and clearing out the Samuel's Secret Order stronghold in the Fog City, Ye Xiao obtained a large amount of intelligence about the Caesars Corporation.
Although much of it consists of fragmented information resembling experimental records, it's not difficult to piece together just the tip of the iceberg of this mysterious company from this vast amount of information.
Detective Sherlin Ford was also commissioned by Ye Xiao to help investigate and organize some of the locations and events mentioned.
The most important point is the exact location of the Fountain of Youth.
"Thank you for your trust, Mr. Ye,"
Ford came up and greeted Ye Xiao, "Regarding the geographical location shown in the pattern you gave me, I think I might have found it."
Ford was referring to the papers that Susie Yun had previously entrusted to Xiaolian at the Aslan Embassy.
Besides those letters, there was also a map-like document that Ella had given to Senator Wind to translate during her voyage, labeled "Fountain of Youth".
Ye Xiao also asked Su Xiyun about the contents of this document. Su Xiyun said that it was a map that she found out about when she joined the Samuel Order after the killing ritual. It was a key medium that could be used for the resurrection ritual.
At that time, she had not collected too many relics of the Holy Ones and did not have the strength to confront the high-ranking members of the Samuel Order head-on. Therefore, after investigating the map, she only used some means to make a copy.
During the raid on the Samuel Order's stronghold, the Septimists discovered a clearer version drawn on parchment, including the terrain and hydrographic lines, which were clearly visible.
Therefore, Ford, who had a wide network of connections, found several experts in mapping and archaeology, and combined this with information he had obtained from the Library of the Fog City, and deduced the possible location of the map.
"In fact, even the clearer version we have is probably a copied copy."
As Ford and Ye Xiao walked toward the library entrance, they continued, “The original documents are probably much older, because some of the straight lines here, which are crisscrossed, are not naturally formed roads, but rather were carved out by man.”
"According to an archaeology professor I know, the inscription on this should be the internal sacrificial script of an ancient family. Although we cannot fully decipher its contents at present, one thing is certain: in that more distant era, this family belonged to a rather large civilization system."
"This civilization system has left its mark in many places today, and you can find a lot of historical materials that record related content in the Chongqing Library."
Ye Xiao stroked his chin, lost in thought as he listened to Ford's words. "Civilization...? I thought the earliest civilizations on this continent originated from the two great kingdoms of Loren and Aslan. Are there other civilizations as well?"
"To be precise, there should be four civilizations that originated from humanity, but two of them broke apart during the changing times."
Ford made a "four" gesture and said, "But what I'm talking about is not, to be precise, 'human' civilization... This is the first time I've heard of it; it's a vast civilization system where multiple races coexist."
"These races are further divided into multiple family forms, but each race has a family specifically responsible for serving the supreme deity who governs the highest will of that civilization system."
"Then the serving families on the human side must be the miracle mage families," Ye Xiao thought.
"Following the clues, we also found the supreme will that this civilization serves, which is... the God of Life."
An aged third-party voice came from inside. Ye Xiao turned his head and saw an old man in a white robe and a tall, burly middle-aged man with short, dark brown hair wearing a trench coat in the library lobby.
"Let me introduce you, Mr. Ye. These two are my friends. This is Sir Aztak, Professor of Archaeology at the Royal College of the Mist. He just arrived from Birmingham a couple of days ago."
Ford waved politely and said, "Sir Aztak also holds a professorship at the Institute of History and Literature in the Duchy of Tedeh, and has made significant contributions to the study of ancient civilizations."
"I heard that you are the servant knight of the saintess who saved the foggy city. I didn't expect you to be so young. You are truly exceptionally talented."
The old professor shook hands with Ye Xiao while praising him.
"You flatter me, Professor. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Ye Xiao replied politely.
"And this is John Watson, my assistant who recently joined my firm."
Ye Xiao shook hands with Wo Sheng again.
"Returning to the civilization system built on the God of Life, according to our research, the earliest written records about this deity appeared at the beginning of the New Age of Gods. There is a lot of information that suggests that He may be related to the God of Light. But unfortunately, apart from the few words we have seen recorded in special ancient script, some other possible written records have been lost."
Listening to Professor Aztak's words, Ye Xiao thought of what Alex had said: the God of Light transformed the corrupted part of himself that had been separated into the God of Life in order to isolate the madness that could spread through cognition from his own existence.
From the perspective of human archaeologists, this is a sudden appearance in history of a "god of life" with many traces of his activities.
"The specific reasons for the loss are not yet clear, but we have discovered that from a certain period of time, many races began to bury and destroy the relevant historical records. In fact, the ones who took the lead were the guardian families of those races who were responsible for serving the gods."
"This suggests that this act of 'erasure' is very likely the will of God himself."
Ye Xiao replied.
"That's right,"
Professor Aztak nodded. "Given the multi-racial integration within that civilization, intermarriage between humans and elves, something almost impossible today, was possible in that history. And this, according to our speculation, is the true origin of the Aslan humans who have elven blood today."
"The Aslan royal family is trying their best to cover up this history. I think you may have heard that Aslan has listed the research of time and space magic as taboo? That is because the human families who once served the God of Life have an affinity for time and space magic bestowed by the gods."
"But in any case, this gives us a clue—Aslan originated from a branch of the human family of this lost civilization, and the Fountain of Youth is guarded by the branch of these families that is closest to the gods. So, could the location recorded on this map also be related to the Aslan Empire?"
As Professor Aztak spoke, he led everyone to a room in the upstairs corridor.
Pushing open the door, a huge nautical chart was prominently displayed on the wall, with thumbtacks and thin red ropes connecting it in a spiderweb-like pattern.
One of the thumbtacks, the deepest red, was pinned to a small island off the coast of the Aslan Empire.
Chapter 203 The Lost City (Epilogue)
“I checked many places, but due to geographical location and the changes of the times, we cannot find an area that is exactly the same as this topographic map that marks the Fountain of Youth.”
As Professor Aztak continued, he pulled out a thick stack of parchment from the desk beneath the nautical chart and handed it to Ye Xiao. “But the island once contained the ruins of the civilization I mentioned earlier.”
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