By the time Shade and Miss Danister returned to the Accordion Hotel, the dusk light had already shone on the walls of the golden concert hall, making the square like four-leaf clover petals look magnificent.
Because that door couldn't be turned into a toy, Shade used illusion to hide it before quickly taking it to the third floor.
The witch should be in her own room at this moment, so after placing the door in Miss Danister's room, Shade knocked on the door alone and entered Miss Winslet's room 321.
The young witch apprentice is not here, and the curtains are not closed on the window in the suite living room. At this moment, the brilliant sunset shines in through the window, illuminating the floor and the black piano next to the window, as well as the chubby round figures nestled together on the windowsill.
Face owl and orange and white cat.
"Um?"
Shade was startled for a moment, then immediately closed the door from the outside. He stood in the corridor and blinked at the door before opening the door of Room 321 again.
He had indeed seen it wrong just now because the setting sun was too bright. In fact, it was Mia lying on the window sill with her tail drooped, looking at the sun outside the window, while the owl was standing next to her with her eyes closed. Owls sleep standing up.
"What do you mean by opening and closing the door just now?"
She fluttered her wings and flew down from the window sill. Miss Winslet appeared in the gray-white fog. She was wearing a light blue dress and her hair was arranged in a complicated braid.
A set of silver headdresses.
As he spoke, he walked around in a good mood and asked Xiang Xia De with a smile under the setting sun:
"Look, what does my dress look like?"
The evening banquet started at seven o'clock, so there was no rush to leave immediately. So the neatly dressed witch and Shade went to Miss Daniste's room again and listened to them talk about today's experience.
It's just that Miss Danister didn't seem to want others to know that she was looking for a teacher, so she didn't say who the lady from three years ago was, so Miss Winslet's attention was still on the new tree hole and the "Hermits in the Forest"
superior:
"Is it possible that they know about the Time Tree Cave?"
The witch thought for a while and asked Xiang Shade:
"Do you need me to send the girls around me to follow them in the forest? Those hermits are not strong. Now I have two high-level girls around me who can be dispatched."
Shade, who was petting little Mia, shook her head. According to her, little Mia was very well-behaved today, especially when she turned into an owl and took a rest. The cat even showed some closeness to her, as if she was the same kind.
Therefore, Shade can still entrust her to take care of little Mia in the future.
"That's not necessary. We have just established a relationship with the hermits, so there is no need for such hostile behavior."
He thought about it on the way back:
"I know some very low-key people in other places, and they have a close relationship with the [Forest Hermits]. I will try first to see if I can learn more about those hermits through my friends.
I just can't guess yet, if the hermits really master the tree holes, they will use them, or they will prefer to guard and contain them."
Tomorrow happens to be Wednesday, and Adele Isabella, who has come from afar, will appear in this hotel. Shade plans to talk to Old John if he has time tomorrow, or go deep into the woods to see the mysterious man again.
Elf, ask her what she thinks.
Just avoid Adele in this world tomorrow.
The evening banquet was attended by Shade and Miss Winslet. The Witch had already packed up. Considering that it would be a waste of time to go home and wash up, Shade borrowed the bathroom in Miss Danister's room to wash up a little before attending.
He brought the formal attire for the party with him.
In short, when the gas lamps were lit one by one along the Boulevard in the southwest of Vista City, the carriage from the Accordion Hotel had already carried Shade and Miss Winslet to Boulevard 14
The estate of the Earl of Collins.
They arrived neither too early nor too late, and Shade jumped out of the carriage first in a gentlemanly manner, then turned around and took the hand wearing a white lace glove that stretched out from the carriage.
When the lady with exquisite makeup stood next to him, he quietly looked at the courtyard and the housekeeper welcoming guests at the door and sighed:
"It's simpler than I thought."
The count's manor was not large, and the courtyard area was unexpectedly small. There were only butlers and three or four valets to greet guests at the door, and the house in the manor did not look very luxurious.
"You've seen the big scenes in Tobesk, so of course you think this is a country place."
The witch also said softly that although she was well-known in the art world, no one would specially greet her here:
"Let's go, it's best not to attract attention. Let's have a couple of drinks later, ahem, I mean walk around first, and then get close to the Bennet family and the Cumming family."
She naturally took Shade's arm and tried hard not to change her expression:
"In a while, you should meet an acquaintance of mine, a pianist, conductor or composer who came to participate in the Moon Dance Festival concert. I will introduce you at that time. You just need to smile. Your identity today is mine
Distant cousin."
"Well, cousin again? I mean, no problem."
Once a single older girl who lives alone brings a man such as a "distant cousin" to a formal banquet, people will basically think that they are attracted to men. Therefore, people will actively avoid striking up conversations with such girls. This is also a social potential.
One of the rules.
What is a little different from what Shade thought is that this banquet is not a vulgar aristocratic social banquet, but rather high-class, because in addition to local celebrities such as Bennet and Sir Cumming, the invited guests
Really, most of them have titles like "musician".
Earl Collins prepared this banquet for the artists participating in the Moondance Festival concert. It seems that this music city does not have so many twists and turns.
Although she is very young, Miss Winslet knows a lot of people. From the folk composers who came specially from the Kingdom of the Islands - Keiragli, to the northern court musicians who once played for the king at Yodel Palace, they have become famous.
From the arrogant piano master to the eccentric conductor who dyed his hair green, almost everyone would take the initiative to say hello to her.
It was only then that Shade realized how valuable it was to be called a "genius artist." And the thing people talked about most with Flora Winslet was asking her if she wanted to participate in the Moon Dance this autumn.
festival concert.
Unlike Vanessa, Miss Winslet has not been on stage for a long time. She is still at the peak of her composition and performance.
In fact, she was originally planning to participate in this year's music festival as a piano solo, but now she has been cursed and turned into an "owl". It is nothing to participate in such a private banquet, but once she is surrounded by thousands of people in the golden music hall
It was inevitable that someone would see the clues to the transfiguration technique when they saw it, and she would not take such a risk.
Friends all felt sorry for Miss Winslet's decision, and even Earl Collins, who organized the Moondance Festival concert, came to try to persuade Miss Winslet to perform on the stage.
It's a pity that she won't change her decision easily now that she has made it. Ms. Austin, a writer who is familiar with this lady with gray-black hair, jokingly asked:
"Since you're not going on stage, you're going to Vista City specifically in the autumn. Is it just to take your handsome cousin to see the scenery of the South?"
Miss Winslet held the red wine glass in front of her mouth and smiled lightly, but did not answer the question. Shade, who looked like a northerner, smiled politely as well, wondering what Miss Winslet would be like playing the piano.
The Bennet family and Baron Cumming's family all came, but the Bennet family only came old Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, the eldest daughter Jane Bennet, the second daughter Philly Bennet, and Baron Cumming.
A family of three actually came.
Shade didn't rush to get involved, and Miss Winslet also inadvertently mentioned the Bennet family when talking to local acquaintances.
The musicians had a bad opinion of Mrs. Bennet:
"The Bennet family is worthy of respect. After all, they lost their titles to protect the musicians who lived more than fifty years ago, but such a family married a woman with short knowledge.
This is not to say bad things about people behind their backs. Everyone thinks that Mr. Bennet's biggest mistake in his life was to marry a young, beautiful but ignorant wife when he was young. There was not much in her heart that was eye-catching.
Now that her eldest daughter is engaged to the baron's son, she is anxious to find a marriage partner for her three remaining beautiful daughters. There is nothing wrong with a mother thinking about her daughter's marriage, but she is too anxious, and people can see it.
She only wants her daughter to marry a rich and famous bachelor."
Mr. Bentley, who introduced the situation, is an elegant middle-aged man with a beautiful mustache. He moved to the local area from the royal capital of Willondale when he was young. He is a well-known conductor in Carsonlik, and it is said that he and Winslet
Family and related relationships:
"Whenever she encounters something unsatisfactory, Mrs. Bennet will use neurasthenia as an excuse to hold her forehead and complain about her life. Old Bennet is also a country squire of decent origin. He can't cope with his wife, so in fact
I don’t care much about family affairs.”
"How do you know so clearly?"
Miss Winslet asked curiously, then Mrs. Bovary, who was also standing here chatting with everyone, said with a smile:
"Vista City is not big, and there are not many families who lived here in the days of Ximu Town. It is a small place, so every family has no secrets.
You see, Mrs. Bennet will mess up her daughters' marriages sooner or later for her own reasons, and I wouldn't be surprised if one or two poor girls turn into old pussies who can't get married."
Madame Bovary was an active singer in the previous era, but she was still very respected. When she was young, she experienced the Willendale political movement half a century ago.
