The sleepy cat next to the pillow half-squinted, watching Shade get up quickly, change clothes, and then run downstairs. When he jumped down the stairs with cat steps and swung his tail, and slowly came to the foyer downstairs, he saw
Dorothy kissed Shade on the forehead under the light of the hall.
Looking at him with green eyes:
"I've really worked hard on you these past few days. Even though it has nothing to do with you, I still have to keep you busy. The Red Butterfly Day is this Monday, but Lecia doesn't have time, so it hasn't started yet. After this matter is over, we will have fun
A heart-warming date day.
Well, although the probability is very small, if you want to take pictures later, remember not to stand behind Carina, otherwise you will appear shorter than her."
She put a cloak on Shade to protect him from the cold - although this was completely unnecessary for Shade. She breathed a sigh of relief after Shade boarded the carriage that was running wildly at the door.
She stood at the door wearing a robe to protect herself from the cold and waved goodbye to the departing carriage. At this time, the neighbor's door also opened, and Dorothy greeted politely:
"Sir Smith, are you still up so late?"
The former chief financial secretary of the Kingdom was wearing pajamas and a somewhat childish nightcap:
"I'm reading tonight. Well, I'm waiting for news about the two new viscounts in the Yodel Palace. As we get older, we can't sleep with things on our minds."
The old man also looked at the carriage carrying Shade away:
"Miss Louisa, isn't it?"
"Yes."
Dorothy nodded:
"The Cavendish family is about to add a new member."
The running carriage carried Shade quickly into the Yodel Palace, and apparently there were more than one carriage coming from all over the city. The reporters guarding the door of the Yodel Palace also knew that the new prince and princess were about to arrive.
was born, but these people are not very important. The really important reporters have long been invited into the palace.
Tifa waited for Shade at the place where he got off the carriage, then took his hand and started running around the Yodel Palace regardless of etiquette. In fact, there were quite a few people running around here at this time.
Of course, they did not go directly to the delivery room. Shade did not have such a "privilege" yet. Instead, they went to meet Carina first, and then sat in the study with Carina, who looked like she was going to give a public speech in parliament.
Come down.
Only then could Shade take a breath and asked:
"If you are so anxious for me to come over, why don't we wait at the door of the delivery room?"
The duchess held the porcelain teacup elegantly and looked at him with strange eyes:
"Don't you realize that we are elders? Even if someone needs to go to the door of the delivery room, it is definitely not us. The children who are about to be born are not worthy of this kind of treatment. I asked you to come here quickly because I am afraid that you will be blocked in a while.
You can't get in through the door. Or do you want to be asked by those reporters when you and I will get married?"
She signaled to Tifa that she could take a rest and asked the other maid, Miss Martha McRuff, to pour tea for Shad:
"You were able to sleep a little bit in the first half of the night, but I have been waiting for news. Of course, if Dorothy is in good spirits, I guess you didn't sleep in the first half of the night."
"No, I fell asleep."
Xia De stressed, took the tea cup and thanked her softly, and took a sip of tea before feeling completely awake from his sleep:
"I never knew that giving birth to a child was such an important thing. I'm afraid there won't be such a big news if a new heir is born in the royal family, right?"
Carina's eyes were a little confused:
"The birth of a child represents the continuation of the family, which is the most important to everyone. New blood means new possibilities. The regrets of your life, your unfinished ideals, and the things you have missed can all be passed on to you.
The next generation will catch it.
Even if they can't do it, at least there will be someone who will remember your story, remember your life, and then create a new life because of your story. This is the case with Megan and Audrey's ancestor Laplace K.
Rhine Howard understands that."
Shade knew that the red-haired duchess in front of him was probably thinking about the witch's infertility. He was about to say something to prevent her thoughts from diverging further. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. After Tifa answered the question, Agelina left.
Come in.
The little princess also dressed very formally:
"Good evening, Aunt Carina, good evening, Shade. Can I wait here with you?"
Although it was a question, she sat down directly and the maids prepared a teacup for her. The little princess looked a little unhappy.
"Agelina, don't you have to wait at the door of the delivery room?"
Shade asked curiously, and Agelina nodded unhappily:
"They don't let unmarried princesses go there because they are afraid that the painful screams during childbirth will frighten the young girls, so only married sisters and adult brothers can go there."
She felt this was unfair. After all, Agelina thought she was very mature:
"I have experienced many big things, and I am not afraid of these."
Carina turned to look at her and said softly:
"From the time I was born until now, I have never been allowed to wait for good news outside the delivery room."
Agelina immediately closed her mouth, first cast a look of help at Shade, and then sat there obediently drinking tea.
"Time is really amazing."
Although Agelina stopped talking, Carina was still looking at her:
"Many years ago, like Agelina now, I was waiting for the birth of a new brother or sister with complicated emotions. I was happy that I had a new relative, but I was worried about the impact of the new family member on my status.
, we were so worried in our teenage years~
When I look at Agelina now, it’s like seeing me in the past. Agelina, you still don’t understand what a new family means, you still don’t understand.”
"How about we talk about something positive? Carina, if you want to be eighteen again, wait until I have enough energy to give it a try with the new Fairy Tale Mystery Lock."
Shade suggested:
"I can rewind the time of an entire city, but a single individual will be fine."
"I don't need to be eighteen again, I will always be eighteen."
The witch said unceremoniously, and Agelina tried to keep herself calm. Fortunately, they did not continue this topic.
"Where did Lesia go?"
Shade asked again, and then Agelina said:
"Sister went to receive the Duchess of Minsk and Duchess of Dodge. You know, we have many relatives."
"In a few years, you will also have such a task. Time is really amazing~ Cherish the present, Agelina, everything can be recovered, only time cannot be recovered.
Even if we return to our girlhood with the knight's magical little ability, our thoughts will never go back."
The witch was particularly sentimental tonight, but Shade knew why she was like this, so he would never say anything unnecessary. He moved closer to her on the sofa, and then put his arm around her shoulders, and the red-haired witch also
She leaned on his shoulder.
After that, they continued to chat about the Cavendish relatives. This chat lasted for another fifteen minutes. Even Agelina knew that the waiting time was a bit too long.
So Tifa took people to check the situation, and soon came back with not very good news:
"The delivery is still going on in the delivery room, and it doesn't seem to be going well."
"When the doctor checked, didn't he say that the fetal position was correct?"
Carina frowned slightly, seeing that Agelina was a little nervous, she comforted her:
"It'll be fine. I remember you struggled for a long time when you were born. Now, haven't you grown up smoothly and even started competing with your sister for men?"
Shade asked:
"If it's really difficult to give birth, do the royal doctors know how to perform a caesarean section?"
"Cesarean section? That kind of surgery with a high mortality rate? I think even if someone mastered it, they would not dare to use it. The probability of massive bleeding and infection is too high."
Carina shook her head again. Although the technological level and medical level of this era were slightly higher than what they should have been in the normal steam era due to the emergence of extraordinary beings, caesarean sections were still extremely rare in this era.
Agelina looked even more nervous. She was not so nervous during the Battle of Moon Bay. After all, there was Shade at that time, but now it is impossible for Shade to help.
Although Carina comforted Agelina, she also looked a little anxious, which could be seen from her right hand that kept tapping the armrest of the sofa.
Tifa and her maids continued to inquire about the latest news. Although Shade did not go out, he could still feel that the entire Yodel Palace was enveloped in a tense atmosphere.
Saturday morning should have been the quietest time in the city, but the brightly lit Yodel Palace touched the hearts of countless people. At 0:37, Carina, who was really worried, got up and went to see it for herself
situation, but she asked Shade and Agelina not to follow:
"Xia De, you are optimistic about Agelina."
"Shadow, can we use the power of the Ring Warlock to save our mother and brothers?"
After the door was closed, the little princess asked Shade pitifully. Shade looked at her without saying anything, and Agelina knew what he meant:
"I know that it is the responsibility of every magician to keep ordinary people who are not involved with the supernatural away from supernatural forces. If we are ordinary people, we will be saved if we save them, but we are the royal family."
She was depressed for a while, and then asked for a stack of cards from her maid behind her, which were divination cards:
"I want to do some divination for my mother. When we were in Moon Bay, Matilda, the countess' maid, taught me divination, but I probably didn't learn it."
She was a little clumsy in doing what she could do, and Shade also helped her straighten the cards. Compared with Luvia and Miss Belindel, the little princess's divination skills were of course very poor, and she even struggled to shuffle the cards.
.
Finally she picked out three cards, one symbolizing the mother, one symbolizing the children, and one symbolizing the overall outcome of the matter.
Even though Shade didn't know much about divination and felt that her method was wrong, he was still willing to accompany Agelina to open the cards.
