In the warm yellow ambiguous halo, the two looked at each other for a few seconds. The head maid kept her eyes fixed on Sha De, but she slightly raised the hem of her skirt with her hands, allowing Sha De to see the pair of clothes under her skirt.
The small black leather shoes placed close together, and the thin black fabric on the top of the leather shoes. The shoes are both practical and solemn, and the fabric is Miss Sylvia's product, and it is a very high-end product.
Before Shade, whose heart was racing, could continue to observe, she bent down while keeping her legs still, and with two clicks, her white hands unfastened the magnetic buckle of her low-heeled leather shoes, and then she straightened up again.
With her hands hanging in front of her body, this is a very elegant maid's stance. She lifted her left and right legs under her skirt one by one, allowing her wrapped feet to be released from the shoes one by one, and she took a step forward.
The tip of her toes was the first to touch the red carpet under the sofa set, and Shade even felt that she heard the sound of the fabric rubbing against the wool carpet. So, she stood with her legs together on the carpet diagonally in front of her shoes, and the two black short
The small leather shoes stayed on the floor outside the carpet.
Under the light of the gas lamp, both feet and two shoes were kept in an elegant posture together. The elegant movements and attention to detail of the postures all showed the cultivation and etiquette level of Miss Carina's maids.
She turned around, bent down again, lifted up the two small black leather shoes, and placed them on the side of the sofa where Shade could not see. Then she bowed slightly to Shade, raised her hands, and untied the white lace hairband, leaving the original
The long black hair that was tied up to facilitate movement was spread behind her. Then while looking at Shade, she put her hands behind her back and simply tied up her hanging hair with the hair tie.
After doing this, he bit his lip lightly and took a few steps forward. But before he reached Shade, he sat down on the carpet and looked up at him.
These movements were done in one go. Under the lamp, the maid's face has gentle curves, and the bridge of her nose is straight and well-proportioned. Her eyes are large and round, with clear outlines. Her dark brown pupils exude a warm and tender light. Her long eyelashes are curved but tremble slightly.
, the emotion in the eyes can be known to Xia De without having to speak.
The lipsticked lips were plump and soft, slightly upturned, forming a charming smile. Her eyes were slightly lower than Shade's, so when she raised her eyes to look at Shade, her expression was even a little weak.
"It's cold on the carpet, get up quickly."
Shade didn't know why he said such words, but he did reach out and pull the committed maid up and let her sit next to him.
"Knight, the Duke is temporarily out of town and won't be back for another hour."
She reminded softly, holding the front of the maid's skirt with both hands, pinching the front to wrinkle slightly, but looking at that charming face, Shade had no time to look at her skirt.
"Yes, I know."
"So."
The maid put her hand on Shade's leg, and then tapped it twice playfully.
The smile on her face became gentler:
"The Duke has neglected you this time. I'm really sorry. Knight, please don't blame my master. She also has her own difficulties."
There was a slightly guilty look on his face, which should come from his heart:
"I hope you are outside and don't tell anyone about the Duke's slight this time, otherwise it will damage the Duke's reputation. Please allow me to make my own decision to apologize for the Duke, and to find some shallow fun for you in this boring night."
"pleasure."
"Yes, all this is for the Duke. Knight, you can."
He looked at Shade with big eyes. Although he was no longer the foreigner he was a year ago, he still felt that his heart would jump out of his throat in this atmosphere and this conversation.
"Do what you want to do, maybe a little rudely. I am willing to make such a silent sacrifice for the Duke, even if she does not know it. I just hope that you will not say anything when facing the Duke. Please forgive her.
Neglect."
Teeth nibbling the lower lip:
"May I?"
She was not asking for Shade's opinion, because she had already stretched out her hands to hug Shade's neck and pushed Shade's head forward and downward.
"Meow~"
The cat, which was used as a paperweight to hold down the decoration sketch on the table, was awakened by a strange sound. The sleepy cat sniffed around to make sure that Shade had not stolen any snacks, and then continued to close his eyes and sleep.
As for the story on the sofa behind the petite cat, the maid committed herself to the knight to apologize for her duke, it was just a common daily story in this manor of a loyal maid repaying her master.
The maids outside the door listened to the sounds inside with rosy faces. The starry sky outside the manor was already spreading under the night. It was really a good night.
Although Miss Carina said she would be back before nine o'clock in the evening, in fact when she got off the carriage and entered the foyer of the manor, it was already half past nine on this Saturday night.
The maids took off the hostess's coat and brought the indoor shoes. When the red-haired duchess walked into the study on the second floor and saw Shade holding the cat and sitting on the sofa reading, she breathed a sigh of relief:
"I'm really sorry for coming back late. Another small conflict broke out between the southern part of the kingdom and Kasenlik, but it was under control. Because some drafts and sanctions need to be published in the newspaper as soon as possible tomorrow, so I have to tonight
participate."
Seeing Sha De stand up, she hugged Sha De rather embarrassedly. Then she twitched her nose and looked at him with an ambiguous smile:
"Have you already taken a shower? Oh, didn't you take a shower before coming here? Are you in such a hurry?"
"Um"
Shade decided not to explain, and was glad that she didn't notice at all that although the hand-knitted wool sofa cover with the pattern of flowers and spires was the same as the original one, it had actually been replaced.
"It's snowing outside again, did you know?"
The witch asked, gently sniffing at Shade's neck:
"The busy things are over, knight, let's go and rest. When we were in Green Lake, you hardly came to see me."
"Do you need to take a break first? You must be very tired from the meeting, right?"
The "rest" the two of them meant didn't mean the same thing, and fortunately they didn't need to explain to each other.
"Resting with you is the best rest."
She said this, and then smiled and extended the invitation:
"But I have to wash my clothes first. Do you want to come with me?"
Without any explanation, she took Shade's arm and walked towards the door of the study. Little Mia was left on the sofa by Shade. She didn't like the wet environment. When the two passed by the door, Tifa and the other maids bowed together, but Carina
The young lady did not see that Shade and Tifa's eyes met, and both of them could read the expression in each other's eyes.
"You know what I'm happiest about?"
Miss Carina is still talking.
"What is it?"
"Today is Saturday, now is night. This is the time that should belong to Lesia, but she is still processing the documents in Yodel Palace, but I can be with you. Isn't this worth being happy about?"
(Little Mia is running.)
The pleasant night passed quickly. When the morning sun shone on the Carina Manor, the witch who didn't want to get up early took Shade's hand and asked lazily to sleep a little longer, but Shade still took her up.
bed.
After having breakfast at the manor, she did not let Shade throw her glass slippers home. Instead, she and Shade took a carriage into the city. She would probably spend the whole day in the city today.
The carriage dropped Shade at the door of No. 6 St. Teresa Square. The Witch kissed Shade goodbye before letting him leave. Now she no longer has to care. The carriage with her badge frequently appears at the door of Shade's house. After all, Shade
Even the blind and deaf-mute people in Tobesk knew about her relationship.
People are even speculating on when Reggie Hamilton will become the husband of the Duchess.
Shade also had something to do today. After returning home, he tidied up a little and then went to the Green Lake Hotel again. As for Mia, probably because she had been away from home for too many days, she refused to go out with Shade again this time.
So the cat was left to look after the house. It also liked Shade's behavior because Shade would come back anyway.
The main task today was to deal with the whereabouts of the Edwards family members. Shade had already made an appointment with Megan and Audrey to go to the old Edwards house. However, when he first visited Dr. Schneider, who was still recovering from his injuries, he returned from the city.
When he arrived at the hotel basement on Green Island, the young witch follower who daily maintained the ritual array told Shade that the big witches were waiting for his arrival.
"Could it be that a time has been found for me to go to the parliament to use the [Poetry Cards]?"
He thought curiously, but when he saw Miss Aurora and Miss Bernice on the first floor, he discovered that it was something else.
"The church's 'gift' to you, or to the God Caller, has been sent."
Three black suitcases of the same size were placed on the table. The suitcases were not big, but very thick. The appearance was very new, the wooden handles were very shiny, and the leather outer shell looked like high-end goods. Shade immediately recognized it.
I took a fancy to the appearance of these three suitcases, and planned to keep them after checking them for a while. If there were no problems, I would keep them. Even if I couldn't take them out for casual use, it would be good to keep them at home as containers.
"We haven't opened it yet. After all, it is your thing. It has been kept here since I got it this morning. Please check it. The church's sealed runes are still here."
Miss Aurora pointed it out, and Shade saw that the two witches were very curious, so he invited them to inspect it with him.
At the beginning, Shade asked for the "Heart of the Living Dead" and the "Philosopher's Stone", but these were additional things he wanted. The Church of the Five Gods itself also prepared other "gifts", but Shade didn't know what gifts they were.
.
"Open."
He randomly selected a box and read out the meaning of the golden runes on the magnetic lock of the box. The box opened with a click, and cool air immediately rushed out from the gap. But that was not the temperature change caused by the elements, but the temperature change caused by the elements.
There are ice cubes inside.
The box is large, but more than half of the volume inside is ice, and a space is dug out in the center of the ice to hold a glass bottle. As for the glass bottle, there is a lifelike heart. The heart floats in the
In the center of the bottle, it beats at an extremely slow speed.
The structure of the heart looked exactly the same as the structure of the normal heart that Shade knew, except that the color of the heart was moldy green, and traces of fish scales could be seen on it.
