Chapter four hundred and ninety-ninth with Lai Xia
It seems that Miss Carina not only dislikes such a banquet, but also has other things to worry about today.
Miss Carina was very sensitive and noticed Shade's gaze in the crowd below. She shook her head at Shade imperceptibly, not knowing what she wanted to express.
Without delivering a speech on the stairs, Queen Diana, surrounded by the Cavendish princesses, princes and ladies, followed the cleared passage from the stairs to the large terrace on the second floor to the sound of music and stood there.
Here, not only the guests on the second floor and the guests in the courtyard, but also the pedestrians on the Silver Cross Avenue and the people on the second and third floors nearby such as Saint Teresa Square can see her.
This terrace itself is the place where the king delivers a formal speech to all the people.
Because there were so many people, Shade didn't try to join in the fun and squeezed to the front to watch Queen Diana's speech. He supported Dorothy and carefully sat back on the sofa. Just now, Lecia followed the Queen to the second floor.
When entering the terrace, Dorothy almost fell forward and fell directly on top of Shade.
"Really, you shouldn't have come to this banquet even if you knew it would be like this."
Shade asked Dorothy to sit down. He originally wanted to use [Cyndia's Silver Moon Gift] for treatment, but Dorothy waved her hand and refused;
"it does not matter."
Her forehead was covered with sweat, her face was very pale, and her voice was almost completely obscured by the queen's amplified voice using a loudspeaker.
"I just felt a little uncomfortable at that moment. I thought the distance was far enough."
She didn't lie, her complexion was indeed recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. However, there was still sweat on her forehead, and her slender golden hair on her temples was deliberately left untied, sticking to her cheeks due to sweat.
"Is everything okay over there, Lesia?"
Shade was even more worried that Lecia would suddenly collapse in front of everyone.
"It doesn't matter, she took painkillers in advance."
"What?"
Shade frowned in surprise, but Dorothy pursed her lips and shook her head:
"That's all we can do. There's nothing we can do about it. As long as we don't get close, this kind of thing won't happen. I'm afraid we won't be able to really look at each other in our lifetime."
Fortunately, Dorothy's writer friends stood on tiptoes at the back of the crowd, trying to directly see Queen Diana who was giving a speech, so Dorothy's abnormality was not seen by too many people.
After the Queen finished her speech, the lively banquet officially began. Queen Diana did not leave, but accepted interviews from reporters and chatted with familiar ladies. The young princes and princesses of the Cavendish family
They each chose to do their own thing. Shade counted carefully, and there were more than ten children of the king who appeared today.
Larus III's reproductive ability is truly the strongest among all previous kings.
Marquis Grassley quickly asked the servants to come over and asked Shade to join them at the gaming table by the wall on the second floor. However, before Shade and Dorothy's writer friends could say goodbye, another maid came from the third floor.
Come on, Miss Carina asked Shade to come up.
So I could only bid farewell to Dorothy for the time being, and asked the servant to apologize to Marquis Grassley, who would probably be late.
When seeing Miss Carina on the third floor, the duchess, who was dressed especially beautifully tonight, looked a little troubled. She asked Tifa to make sure no one was eavesdropping outside the door, and then she whispered to Shade something slightly shocking.
fact:
"At this banquet, there is a thirteen-ring warlock."
"What?"
"Don't worry, it's the thirteen-ringed sorcerer of the church, the 'iron right hand' who created the church, Sari Pilot."
Miss Carina was sitting in front of the dressing table, with the chair facing Shade, frowning slightly unhappy, but with the red ball gown trailing on the carpet and the shining hair accessories on her hair, it made her look
Even more beautiful:
"I only heard about this at 7:40. The Iron Right Hand was originally stationed outside the [Dark Realm]. It has only returned to the city temporarily after changing shifts with the 'Sunshine Sword' in the past few days. It's Queen Diana.
The invitation sent to him is quite unexpected, as the royal family rarely invites high-level ring warlocks from the Zhengshen Church."
"What does the Queen invite this gentleman to do?"
"Nothing, just a simple invitation. It's normal to send invitations to famous people in the city on your birthday. But my nephew, Larousse III, was a little angry because of this. He was originally planning to show up just now
, but did not appear because of this incident. He has always been opposed to members of the royal family bypassing him and privately contacting senior church officials."
"But Queen this is just"
Shade narrowed his eyes slightly:
"Did she really just come along and invite?"
"I'm glad you didn't just treat Diana as a simple human being."
Miss Carina smiled, and then asked Tifa to rub her shoulders. Shade then mentioned Darkness. When they met in the afternoon, he didn't have time to say it because they were both in a hurry:
"Darkness has entered Tobesk. At least before last night, he had entered the city limits."
"Did you meet him again?"
Miss Carina tilted her head slightly:
"Is he really here to seek revenge on you? Oh, now it gets interesting."
She tapped her slender fingers on the back of the cushioned armchair with the Cavendish crest engraved on the back:
"I thought I could still have a few days of leisure, but now I can't. Really, the council asked me to kill Darkness Shade with my own hands. When this matter is over, I will thank you for the information. If there is any other information
, remember to tell me immediately, don’t try to catch him yourself, you don’t know how powerful the ancient evil spirit demon is, even if a thirteen-ring warlock rashly fights him, he may not be able to win easily."
"No problem, Miss Carina."
The duchess suddenly raised her eyebrows with a smile on her face:
"Why don't you thank me now? Tifa, take the detective to find little Lesia. When I came back from the second floor just now, I saw her entering the east corridor, probably going to her lounge."
Although some rooms in the main building of Yodel Palace are used as living places for royal members, they also play a strong administrative role. As a princess who has participated in government affairs, Lesia has her own study or study room here.
Rest room. Among the unmarried daughters of Larousse III, few had this kind of treatment.
"Remember not to go through the banquet hall to avoid being seen by interested people. Take the stairs on the east side. If you meet anyone, say that I asked the detective to go downstairs to get something."
She made arrangements, the maid nodded, and Shade also stood up from the chair:
"Miss Carina, I should stay at Yodel Palace until about eleven o'clock. If you have anything else to do tonight, you can always come to the second floor to find me."
"I know that you have made an appointment to play Rhodes with someone else. Speaking of Rhodes, Queen Diana will probably give you a surprise tonight, so you can look forward to it a little bit."
She held her face and smiled.
Under Tifa's guidance, Shade walked around a large circle on the east side of the third floor before he saw the narrow stairs used by the servants. He walked through the maze-like building but didn't meet anyone on the way.
After stopping in front of the door with the door sign "Lesia Cavendish", Tifa motioned to Shade to knock on the door:
"Your Highness Lesiya probably won't like to see me."
The black-haired maid winked playfully at Shade. If the younger Iluna's action was cute, then Tifa's action was playful and slightly charming. After that detective assistant job, she seemed to
I have a different impression of Shade:
"Then I'll go back first, Shade. There may be things I need to do with Miss."
She lowered her voice and said.
"Okay, bye, Tifa."
"Wish you a good time tonight."
With that said, the maid smiled at Shade, then stepped on the carpet and turned to leave.
Shade confirmed that the other party's figure had disappeared around the corner of the corridor, and then he reached out and knocked on the door gently.
"who is it?"
Lesia's voice came from inside. Although it seemed a bit dull through the door, it still made Shade smile:
"it's me."
He believed that Lesia could hear his voice.
But after I finished speaking, I didn't hear the footsteps immediately. Instead, after waiting for a while, a footsteps that was obviously not Lecia's came closer to the door.
After the door was opened, what Shade saw was a young man with reddish-brown hair, shorter than him, wearing a black tuxedo and a white shirt. The pocket watch chain protruding from the breast pocket was tied to a button. His
His skin was a little dark and his eyebrows were thick. He asked Shade at the door with some doubts:
"Sir, who are you?"
"Is my friend."
Before Shade could speak, Princess Agelina's voice rang out in the room.
Shade looked into the room, and there were quite a few people inside. In addition to the servants, there were also Princess Agelina, Lesia, and several other young men and women whom Shade didn't know.
There were several girls among them whom Shade had met before when he was in the Prophet Association, but because he didn't remember their names, he treated them as if he didn't know them.
"Mr. Hamilton is my friend. I asked the servant to find him and wait with us for the ball to begin."
Princess Agelina said again, so the young man at the door made way to let Shade in. He looked at Shade suspiciously, and he suddenly realized when Shade passed by him:
"Rejed's Hamilton!"
"Yes, it's me."
Shade nodded and admitted.
"Are you the rumored lover of Miss Carina?"
Shade stopped and looked at him with a frown:
"Sir, this is not polite. Please don't slander Miss Carina's reputation."
Not only him, but also Lesia and Agelina frowned. Although the rumors were spreading, these things could not be said like this.
The aristocratic young man in front of me, whose name I don’t know, is obviously somewhat hostile to Shade. Although I don’t know where this hostility comes from, Shade is not the kind of person who swallows his anger, and he has clearly done nothing.
But being slandered is what makes people most angry:
"Sir, please apologize to Miss Carina."
"Yes, I made some mistakes."
When it came to the powerful duchess in the country, the other party obviously realized that what he blurted out in emotion was inappropriate. But after a very insincere apology, he looked at Shade up and down and said, raised his eyebrows and raised his head slightly:
"Mr. Hamilton, I heard that you are the detective of Saint Teresa Square? Look, this looks very much like that."
This tone is extremely frivolous, in other words, it is impolite.
"Then detective, why don't you try to reason about what we were doing just now?"
He smiled and said:
"The detective in Saint Teresa Square should have this ability."
Shade looked at the others. Most of them thought it was very impolite to speak like this, while a few girls were trying to tell Shade with their expressions what had just happened here.
"That's it"
Shade turned and walked towards the maid by the wall, with his back to everyone. He stretched out his hand and said to Lesia's head maid, Ms. Hers:
"Ma'am, lend me a gun."
With that said, he pulled out the [Gear of Kindness] from his waist. Although there were two other maids besides Ms. Hells who saw this scene, no one dared to speak out.
"Sir, in addition to being a detective, I am also a knight."
Shade lowered his head and quickly pushed the bullet nest away.
Because the [Gun of Kindness] can use the spirit of the ring warlock to generate bullets, he usually does not put bullets in it. Now all six bullet nests are empty.
Shade touched his pocket, then took out a bullet, showed it to the surprised people, and then pressed the bullet into the cylinder.
"The most important thing for knights and detectives is actually courage."
After returning the cylinder to the correct position, he showed the pistol to the noble young man with thick eyebrows at the door:
"Since you are questioning my detective ability, why don't we make a bet? No, the Rhodes betting method is really boring. Let's bet on this."
With a flick of his finger, the bullet nest immediately rotated. When the bullet nest was fixed again, Shade picked up the gun and signaled to the opponent:
"You come first or me first? I think you understand what I mean."
"Oh, you, you crazy person!"
The young man in a black tuxedo looked at Shade in disbelief. Shade shook his head:
"This is a bet of honor. In the old days, knights were happy to protect their reputations in this way."
"Mr. Hamilton, you don't have to take risks for this man. This is Mr. Jason Dimmock, the youngest son of the Earl of Dimmock."
Princess Agelina's voice came from the side, but Shade was not interested in knowing who the other party was:
"Well, little Mr. Dimock, you come first or me?"
"you this"
"Okay, I'll go first."
Shade aimed the [Gun of Kindness], which could never be used to commit suicide, at his own temple, and pulled the trigger before anyone else could react.
There was a click, and sure enough, no bullet was fired.
"It's your turn."
Shade took a few steps and handed the gun forward, but Mr. Dimock obviously did not dare to take it:
"you"
"Oh, twice for each person, right?"
As he was about to raise his gun again, the young man in a tuxedo immediately stopped him:
"No no, I mean"
"Oh, it's still one person at a time, but you want me to shoot?"
Shade raised the muzzle of his gun, and Mr. Dimock immediately raised his hands:
"Knight, calm down, please listen to me, why should I bet with you?"
"Because you have offended Miss Carina and my reputation."
Although Shade put down the revolver with a smile, he still stared at the opponent:
"Or, you want me to pull the trigger three times first, and then you try the last three times."
Because he was very confident that this gun could never kill him, the expression on Shade's face showed that he was definitely not joking.
"No, I"
Jason Dimock looked at the other people in the room and tried to ask for help, but no one spoke at this time. Not only because Shade was holding a gun, but also because what Shade said actually made sense.
Even if they do play dangerous gambling here and someone dies as a result, the living people will not be punished too much.
"I, I'm feeling a little unwell, I'm sorry."
Seeing that no one was helping him, the aristocratic young man in a tuxedo walked backwards towards the door, then opened the door and ducked out, regardless of what his friends in the room thought.
"Tsk."
Shade shook his head, took the gun and turned around to look at the group of people sitting on the sofa. Seeing no one spoke, he opened the bullet nest again and took out the bullet.
Judging from the position of the bullet, pulling the trigger for the sixth time should align it with the barrel.
"You are so impulsive."
Princess Agelina sat on the sofa and said immediately. After speaking, she winked at Shade. This action was very playful.
"I'm really sorry that this happened. Sorry, you should go to the banquet hall first."
Lesia, the real owner here, said to her friends, so people bypassed Shade and left the room, but most of them smiled and nodded at Shade. It seems that what happened just now will definitely spread throughout this banquet.
After the guests left, Lesia looked at the servants standing by the wall. After shaking her head slightly, Ms. Hells led the servants to leave first.
After everyone left, except for her and Shade, there was only Agelina Cavendish sitting on the sofa.
The little princess was originally holding a porcelain teacup, but when she saw her sister standing up from behind the desk, walking quickly towards Shade who was standing in the center of the room, putting the gun to her waist, she subconsciously put down the teacup.
Go to the coffee table, then crane your neck to look at them.
Lesia stretched out her right hand to lift Shade's bowed head upright. The red-haired girl wrapped her arms around him with her left arm, and then kissed him.
"Oh~"
The little princess said softly, her face flushed, and she looked at them without blinking.
"What is your relationship?"
It took her a long time before she picked up her tea cup again, held it sideways and asked softly.
Lesia pushed Shade away, gasping for air, and brushed the red hair that was scattered around her ears. The blush on her cheeks could not even be covered by the blush.
Her breath was a little unsteady when she spoke, but the smile on her face was very obvious:
"Xia De saved me, this is thanks."
None of the three people present believed this, but Agelina didn't ask any more questions.
"I wanted to do this last time."
Lesia smiled and said to Shade again. She looked at Shade at close range, her eyes were very bright at the moment:
"After our hasty farewell in the west, I have always wanted to say thank you to you. I originally wanted to kiss you on Saturday, but I was delayed by those damn things. Now that I finally did it, it feels really good."
"Sister Lesia, the last sentence should be a male character's line."
The little princess immediately reminded her that Lesia didn't pay attention to her sister.
"Shad, Agelina didn't want her father to marry someone she didn't like for political reasons, so she asked me for help. She is a trustworthy person, so it doesn't matter if she saw her just now."
Lesia added:
"I sometimes leave Tobesk. If you can't find me but are in trouble in the city, you can also ask Agelina for help. She is always at Yodel Palace, but her maids can be relatively free
I'll ask her to give you her contact information later."
"I don't have any trouble in this city. It's peaceful here."
Shade said, carefully wiping off the lipstick on his lips with the back of his hand:
"So Lecia, when you went to the second floor just now, were you okay?"
He is still worried about this matter.
"It's okay. Sit down quickly and let's have a good chat. I know you're thinking about playing Rhodes, but it shouldn't be a problem if you delay it for an hour or two."
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you play cards or not."
Shade said lightly, Lesia covered her mouth and chuckled, and Agelina seemed to want to say something, but at this time, the door was knocked again.