"What? Tonight?"
Dorothy nodded and looked at him with dissatisfaction:
"Yes, Xia De, tonight, you have to prepare carefully. Although Rezia knows you very well, you must show an attitude. She can't stay outside for a long time. His Majesty the King because of Sax Cavendish's He was furious because of the incident, and no one wants to upset him now."
"how should I do?"
Shade was not only happy to finally be able to see Her Royal Highness in Tobesk, but even more happy to be able to give away the four 1 shilling printing masters in his hand. Putting those things in his hands, he always felt that he might become a criminal at any time.
"The time is too urgent, how should I arrange it?"
"I know you can't help it, it's okay, I've already arranged it for you."
The carriage started to drive towards Saint Teresa Square, and Dorothy took out a notebook with the schedule on it:
"You go home immediately and change into clothes you don't usually wear. Wear gray gloves on your hands and a brooch of any animal on your chest as a token. At six fifty, wait at the alley next to the Prophet Association, hanging Immediately after the carriage with the Hayabusa family emblem stops, jump on it. Be quick, the carriage will only stop for five seconds.”
"Is Rezia in the carriage?"
"Oh, Xia De, please shut up, time is tight, don't interrupt me."
Dorothy looked a little agitated:
"The carriage will drive east, then turn south, and park on the street on the edge of the university district and the south end of Tobesk. You leave the carriage and make two laps around the neighborhood through the alley. At 7:40, enter the nearby red Flame Restaurant. I have reserved a private box for you, and Rezia is waiting for you inside."
"You for us..."
"You can chat while eating, but remember that the opening time of the opera at the Tobesk Grand Opera House in the South District is at nine o'clock tonight. I have already booked tickets for you."
"You for us..."
"Try not to leave the box after the opening of the opera to prevent being seen. After the show ends at 10:30, Shade, you need to be a gentleman. You can take Rezia back to the Saint Teresa Square to sit for a while and chat about what you are interested in topic, you can also send her directly back to Silver Cross Avenue. I have booked a four-wheeled carriage for you to return from the Opera House, and the driver is from Leizia, please rest assured."
"You for us..."
"Finally, we must remember that Rezia must return to the Yodel Palace before twelve o'clock, otherwise..."
"Otherwise, Rezia will change from a princess to a broom girl?"
Xia De said suddenly.
"What fairy tale are you talking about? Shade, time is tight."
Dorothy waved her hand and told Shad to shut up:
"Yordle Palace replaced the royal guards in the middle of the night and showed up at ten past twelve. Rezia can only control the guards in the first half of the night, so she must go back before twelve o'clock."
After finishing speaking, with a thud, she roughly tore off the page from the notebook and stuffed it into Xia De's hand. The above is not only a timetable, but also precautions, as well as a reminder of Dorothy's preferences for Rezia.
The blonde girl looked at Xia De quite seriously:
"Also, I don't think you're ready for Rezia's return to Tobesque's gift, oh, gentlemen are always so careless these days. But don't worry, I sent you a letter yesterday to help you near the Place de Saint Teresa 'Mary Jane's Florist' ordered a bouquet and it will be delivered almost as soon as we get back to the square. You can take one to see Rezia, or you can go to the opera and bring her back to the square later Give it to her again."
"help me......"
Xia De finally couldn't help interrupting her:
"Dorothy, won't you come with us?"
He looked at the girl in front of him. Although Dorothy smiled, when she looked at him, her expression seemed a little sad:
"As I said, Leizia and I can't get in close contact, or even look at each other from a distance. Rather than me following you from afar, it's better if I don't show up tonight. It's good for both of us."
"but......"
"Don't use the switch words, Shad, I can do anything for you, and that's okay."
She didn't know what to think of, her face was a little red, and she flicked her hair:
"Rezia is me, and I am Rezia. I don't care about that. Besides, Rezia paid for tonight's expenses, including the bouquet of flowers. I also kept Rezia's personal maid. Name. Shade, have a good time tonight"
She smiled and said that she really didn't care.
Dorothy pushed open the window, and the warm wind with the smell of scorching rushed in immediately.
She turned her head and looked at the densely packed tall chimneys in the distance, billowing black smoke into the sky. This is the unique skyline of Tobesk, the capital of steam, and a symbol of this era.
Xia De also looked out the window:
"Dorothy, if I can find a way in the future, so that you can meet, look at each other, and touch..."
"Then, you will be our..."
This sentence was almost raving, Xia De did not hear the last word clearly.
The evening wind blows through the street, making the pedestrians on the street feel a little chilly, and autumn is coming. The wind also blew across the face of the girl at the window, causing her blond hair to sway in the wind.
She didn't look at Xia De, Xia De couldn't see her expression. But this kind of most familiar person is not far away, they obviously talk to each other almost everything, and their souls are closely connected, but there is a sense of loneliness that they may not be able to touch each other and cannot see each other for a lifetime, Xia De looked at her lonely back , I actually feel that I have some experience.
[Outlander, is this like me and you? 】
Her voice suddenly appeared in his ears, Xia De was stunned for a moment, folded the notebook paper in his hand, and stuffed it into the chest pocket of the black coat:
"I didn't say anything."
After the carriage stopped at Saint Teresa Square, Dorothy did not get out of the carriage, but repeatedly told Xia De not to miss the time before leaving in the carriage.
This feeling of a girl arranging a schedule for herself to meet another girl made Xia De feel extremely weird.
However, since it has been arranged, he will not miss the appointment.
Although the agreed time was 6:30, in order to prevent being late, Xia De arrived at the alley next to the Prophet Association at 6:10.
The gray gloves as tokens are available at home, but the animal brooch is really hard to find. Finally, in the bedroom desk of the late Detective Sparrow, I found a brass brooch with the image of an eagle head, which was very similar to the emblem of a certain country in my hometown.
It would be conspicuous to stand still at the entrance of the alley, so Shade also bought a newspaper from a kid selling newspapers on the street.
Unexpectedly, he had just opened the newspaper, and before he even finished reading the headline of His Majesty's speech on the front page, he heard someone calling his name:
"Mr. Hamilton, what are you doing here?"
It is Mr. Addis Stein, the local president of the Prophet Association. He is accompanied by Vice President Mark and two other gentlemen that Shade does not know. It looks like they are going to drink together after get off work:
"I'm on... the detective commission, I'm in the joint."
Xia De half-truthfully said that he hoped these gentlemen would not stay here for a long time.
"The work is really hard, and I have to meet people during meal time."
Vice President Mark sighed, and several other gentlemen also sympathized with Xia De's career. On the contrary, Vice President Stan, because Shade helped solve the "Princess Agelina Injury Case" last time, he has a good impression of him.
He took out a one-shilling coin and tossed it. The most famous prophet in Tobesk reminded with a smile:
"Mr Hamilton, my divination shows that if you put your gloves on backwards, replace the newspaper with the Threepenny, and buy a red rose to hold in your hand, then you will, at the joint, Encountered great luck."
Because this gentleman predicted the "Knight" accurately last time, Xia De was very convinced by him. After saying good-bye to the crowd, he found a newspaper boy on the street and bought another newspaper, and then bought a red rose from the flower girl.
There is a bouquet of flowers at home, but in order to prevent them from being eaten by cats, Shade put them in the basement. At that time, it was troublesome and I didn't take out the flowers, so now I have to spend money. But if it's for luck, it's probably worth it.
After buying the flowers, Xia De continued to stand at the entrance of the alley with the newspaper and the flowers. The Silver Cross Avenue in the evening was extremely lively. There are almost no poor people in the lower city in ragged clothes. Whether it is a gentleman hurrying on the street, or a nobleman leaving the Yodel Palace in a carriage, everyone looks so glamorous and confident.
If the city of Tobesk is the core of the entire northern part of the Old Continent, then Silver Cross Avenue is the core of the entire Tobesk. The essence of civilization gathers here, and the people living near here also enjoy the dividends brought by the kingdom and the era~www.mtlnovel.com~ If you only watch the street view here, then this era is undoubtedly the most advanced, civilized and The most stable era. But for the outsider who hangs out with this city, he is very clear about the essence of civilization, which cannot be judged by the most gorgeous scene.
"Civilization~"
Sighing in my heart, a light suddenly flickered around me.
Xia De turned his head and looked, above the lamppost at the entrance of the alley, the warm yellow light flickered a few times, and with a soft pop, the light was completely illuminated.
Clusters of flames lit up along the street from far away to the front, and then from the front to the farther. The light illuminated the stone road under everyone's feet, and illuminated everyone here.
No one stopped because of this scene, and a few people turned their heads to look at the gas lamps around them, with smiles on their faces.
Only the outlander looked up with his eyes wide open. For the first time at night in this era, he saw the scene of gas street lamps lighting up to illuminate the city.
This scene was very ordinary, but it hit Xia De's heart hard like a hammer.