Demi-human Girls Completion Manual-Chapter 969 - 49: Curtain of Veils

"Mr. Fisher, have Helair Angel and the others arrived?"

"Hmm, they should have."

Fisher and Tangze Asuka followed Necolia, who was holding little Phoenix Nephilim, along the path beneath the waterfall. There was a corresponding road going down, but it seemed seldom used, as it was covered with a thick layer of moss. When Nephilim had run up earlier, she had trampled quite a bit of the innocent moss.

Phoenixes mostly travel by flying, as Fisher had witnessed among the Frost Snow Phoenix Tree.

But seemingly to accommodate these two humans without wings behind, Necolia led the way with a long spear in hand. Before long, Fisher and Tangze Asuka saw an extraordinarily tall tree in front of the waterfall. Around the tree, many exquisite houses were suspended in the air, but by comparison, they seemed too simple compared to the Frost Snow Phoenix Tree of the Northern Realm.

"Humans, where do you come from? From outside Wutong Country?" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Amidst the silence, the "Little Phoenix King," who was sucking her finger, blinked and curiously asked Fisher and Tangze Asuka.

Tangze Asuka glanced at Fisher, seeing him silent, she smiled and nodded, saying,

"Yes, we come from the Holy Land... though I don’t know exactly where it is either, but it should be quite far from the Tree Continent, right?"

"I see... Well, I’m really curious about what the outside world looks like. I don’t like the Tree Continent at all. The Elf Lords here are so fierce. My grandfather passed away because of the elves, and my mother often cries secretly at night... Recently, my father has also forbidden us from going out, and even our brothers working as officials outside have all been called back..."

Is it because of the upheaval in the Royal Capital of the Tree Continent?

Suddenly recalling something, Fisher turned to ask Necolia, who was expressionlessly holding Nephilim,

"Did all of the Phoenix Species return to their homeland because you saw some future upheaval?"

"?"

Nephilim still sucked her finger, tilting her head in confusion, while her cold-faced sister also turned her head, completely oblivious to what Fisher was talking about,

"Future? You mean..."

"Yes, don’t you have the ability to see fate?"

Necolia glanced at Fisher, then slowly withdrew her gaze, shaking her head in denial,

"We do not possess such abilities. We are just particularly skilled in combat, you might have remembered wrong."

"..."

Hearing this, Fisher was slightly taken aback and fell silent for a moment.

Though silent, Fisher thought to himself, how could I remember wrong? My own wife, even as a defective Phoenix species, could see the future, yet are her ancestors not capable of this?

What kind of logic is this?

Earlier, seeing Necolia so confident in him, he thought they might have seen some future, knowing their group’s possible arrival, and he intended to gather more information about the future from them. But who would have thought, Necolia claimed the Phoenix couldn’t see the future?

The past of this world is getting more bizarre. First, the Demon Species didn’t exist, and now there’s this contradiction with the future, making Fisher question everything.

Though he indeed knew that the Phoenix Species’ ability to foresee the future was acquired, according to their account, the Phoenixes living on the East Continent, also known as the Tree Continent, obtained the ability to foresee the future by gazing at the light of the World Tree. Later, when the roots of the World Tree were stolen by Fermat Baha Dragon God, they migrated to the Northern Realm along with those roots, creating "Ice" from them, which also granted their descendants the ability to foresee the future...

Could it be they haven’t seen the light of the World Tree yet?

Fisher turned his gaze towards the center of the continent, where the illusionary World Tree, as large as a planet, was dyed a dazzling gold by the Sun, becoming the most breathtaking scene of the Tree Continent. But evidently, that light wasn’t the light through which the Phoenixes obtained their abilities.

"Mr. Fisher?"

"... It’s nothing, I remembered it wrong."

Suddenly recalling Hooked kiss’s advice, he revealed nothing about the future, simply withdrawing his gaze and quietly following Necolia towards the great tree beneath the waterfall.

...

...

Fisher and Tangze Asuka followed Necolia up along the great tree, as numerous Phoenixes flew towards it from all around the compact settlement. Besides the sound of massive wings flapping, there were also countless crystalline sparkles, subtly lowering the surrounding temperature. Fisher felt fine, but Tangze Asuka gently hugged her shoulders, murmuring softly.

"Circle... circle... draw..."

"Are you cold?"

Fisher heard her muttering and thought she felt cold, but she shook her head and said,

"Not... not really, it’s still bearable."

"I see, I thought you were too cold to handle it."

"No, I was just trying to remember what Mr. Fisher taught before... I’m not very good at remembering things, afraid I’d forget. But maybe it’s because Mr. Fisher teaches well, I seem to be remembering these things much more easily."