It seemed that not only did Miss Galina not like such a banquet, but she also had other worries today.
Miss Galina was very sensitive to spot Xia De's gaze in the crowd below, and she shook her head at Xia De indiscernibly, not knowing what meaning she wanted to express.
No speech was made on the stairs. Queen Diana, surrounded by the Cavendish princess prince and ladies, followed the cleared passage to the large terrace on the second floor from the stairs to the sound of playing music. Standing here, not only the guests on the second floor and the guests in the courtyard, but even the pedestrians on Silver Cross Avenue, as well as 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 makes his official speeches to all the people.
Because there were too many people, Xia De didn't try to join in the fun and squeeze to the front to watch Queen Diana's speech. He supported Dorothy, and carefully sat back on the sofa. Just now, when Rezia followed the queen to the second floor and walked into the balcony, Dorothy almost fell forward directly on Shade.
"Really, knowing that this will happen, you shouldn't have come to this banquet."
Xia De asked Dorothy to sit down, and originally wanted to use [Syndia's Silver Moon Gift] for treatment, but Dorothy waved her hand and refused;
"it does not matter."
Her forehead was full of sweat, her face was very pale, and her voice was almost completely covered by the queen's amplified voice.
"It was just a moment of discomfort. I thought the distance was far enough."
She wasn't lying, her complexion was indeed recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. It's just that there is still sweat on the forehead, and the slender golden hair that has not been coiled is deliberately left on the temples, sticking to the cheeks due to sweat.
"Is Rezia all right?"
Xia De was even more worried that Rezia would suddenly fall down in full view.
"It's okay, she took the painkiller in advance."
"What?"
Xia De frowned in surprise, but Dorothy pursed her lips and shook her head:
"That's the only way to go. 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 this lifetime."
Fortunately, Dorothy's writer friends stood on tiptoe behind the crowd, trying to see Queen Diana directly who was giving a speech, so Dorothy's abnormality was not seen by too many people.
After the queen's speech, the lively banquet officially began. Queen Diana did not leave, but accepted interviews from reporters and chatted with acquainted ladies. The young princes and princesses of the Cavendish family also chose to do their own things. Shade counted carefully, and there were more than ten of the king's children who appeared today.
The reproductive ability of Larus III is really the strongest among the previous kings.
The Marquis of Grassley quickly asked his servants to come and asked Shad to join them at the gaming table by the wall on the second floor. But before Xia De said goodbye to Dorothy's writer friends, another maid came from the third floor, and it was Miss Galina who asked Xia De to go up.
So I had to bid farewell to Dorothy temporarily, and asked the servant to apologize to Lord Grassley, who might be late for a while.
When I saw Miss Galina on the third floor, the extraordinarily beautiful duchess looked a little troubled tonight. She asked Tifa to confirm that no one was eavesdropping outside the door, and then whispered a slightly horrifying fact to Shad:
"At this banquet, there is a thirteen-ring warlock."
"What?"
"Don't worry, it's the thirteen-ring magician of the church, the 'steel right hand' Sarri Pirot who created the church."
Miss Galina was sitting in front of the dressing table with the chair facing Shad, frowning slightly displeased, but with the red ball dress dragged on the carpet and the glittering hair accessories on her hair, it made her look Much prettier:
"I also only heard about it at 7:40. The right hand of steel was originally stationed on the outskirts of the [Dark Realm], and it returned to the city temporarily after changing shifts with the 'Sunshine Sword' these days. It was Queen Diana The invitation sent to him is quite unexpected, the royal family rarely invites high-ranking ring magicians from the Orthodox Church."
"What does the queen invite this gentleman to do?"
"Nothing to do, it's just a simple invitation. It's normal for my birthday to send invitations to prominent people in the city. But my nephew, Larousse III, was a little angry because he was going to show up just now. , but did not appear because of this incident...he has always opposed members of the royal family bypassing him and privately contacting high-level church officials."
"But queen it's just..."
Xia De narrowed his eyes slightly:
"Did she really invite just to get along?"
"I'm glad you didn't just take Diana straight up."
Miss Galina laughed, and asked Tifa to rub her shoulders. Xia De then mentioned the matter of Darkness. When the two met in the afternoon, he didn't have time to say because they were both in a hurry:
"Darkness has entered Tobesk. At least before last night, he had entered the city limits."
"You met him again?"
Miss Galina tilted her head slightly:
"Did he really come to seek revenge on you? Oh, it's interesting now."
With her slender fingers she tapped the back of the cushioned armchair with the Cavendish crest engraved on the back:
"I thought I could have a few days of leisure, but now I can't. Really, the council asked me to kill Darkness with my own hands... Shade, I will thank you for the information after this matter is over. Yes. If you have other information, remember to tell me as soon as possible. Don’t try to catch him yourself. You don’t know how powerful the ancient evil spirits are. Easy win."
"No problem, Miss Galina."
The Duchess suddenly raised her eyebrows, with a smile on her face:
"Why don't you thank me now. Tifa, take the detective to Little Rezia. When I came back from the second floor just now, I saw her enter the corridor on the east side, probably going to her own lounge."
Although there are some rooms in the main building of Yodel Palace as the living place of the royal family members, it also plays a strong administrative role. As a princess who has already participated in government affairs, Leizia has her own study or lounge here. Few of the unmarried daughters of Larousse III received this treatment.
"Remember not to pass through the banquet hall to prevent being seen by interested people. Go through the stairs on the east side. If you meet someone, tell me that I asked the detective to go downstairs to pick up things."
She arranged, the maid nodded, and Xia De also stood up from the chair:
"Miss Galina, I should stay in the Yodel Palace until about eleven o'clock. If you have other things tonight, you can find me on the second floor at any time."
"I know, you have an appointment to play Rhodes. Speaking of Rhodes, Queen Diana will probably give you a surprise tonight. You can look forward to it."
She held her face and smiled.
Under Tifa's guidance, Shad made a big circle around the east side of the third floor before seeing the narrow stairs used by the servants. Walking through the labyrinth-like building, I didn't meet anyone on the way.
After stopping in front of the door with the "Lecia Cavendish" sign, Tifa motioned Shad to knock on the door himself:
"Your Highness Rezia probably won't like to see me."
The black-haired maid gave Xia De a playful wink. If the younger Iluna's gesture was cute, then Tifa's gesture was playful and a little bit charming. After working as a detective assistant that time, she seemed to have a different perception of Xia De:
"Then I'll go back first, Xia De, there may be something that I need to do on Miss's side."
she said in a low voice.
"Okay, bye, Tifa."
"Have a good time tonight."
Saying that, the maid smiled at Xia De, then stepped on the carpet and turned to leave.
Xia De confirmed that the back of the other party disappeared in the corner of the corridor, and then he reached out and knocked on the door lightly.
"who is it?"
Rezia's voice came from inside, although it seemed a bit dull through the door, it still made Xia De smile:
"it's me."
He believed in his voice, Rezia could hear it.
It's just that after speaking, I didn't hear the sound of footsteps immediately. Instead, I waited for a while, and a footstep that was obviously not Leizia approached the door.
When the door was opened, Shad saw a young man with reddish-brown hair, a little shorter than himself, in a black tuxedo and a white shirt, with a watch chain protruding from his breast pocket tied to the button. His skin was a bit dark, his eyebrows were thick, and he asked Xia De at the door with some doubts:
"Sir, who are you?"
"Is my friend."
Before Xia De could speak, Princess Adelina's voice sounded in the room.
Xia De looked into the room, there were quite a lot of people inside, besides the servants, there were also Princess Adelina, Rezia, and several other young men and women whom Xia De didn't know.
Among them, Xia De had met several girls 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 start."
Princess Adelina said again, and the young man at the door stepped aside to let Xia De enter. He looked at Xia De suspiciously, only when Xia De passed by him did he realize:
"Leggard's Hamilton!"
"Yes, it's me."
Shad nodded in agreement.
"Are you the rumored lover of Miss Galina?"
Xia De stopped and frowned and looked at him:
"Sir, this is impolite, please don't slander Miss Galina's reputation."
Not only him, but even Rezia and Adelina frowned. Although the rumors are raging, these things cannot be said in this way.
The noble young man in front of him, who didn't know his name, obviously had a somewhat hostile attitude towards Xia De. Although I don't know where this hostility comes from, Xia De is not the kind of person who swallows his anger, and he was slandered for doing nothing, which is the most annoying thing:
"Sir, please apologize to Miss Galina."
When it comes to the domestically powerful duchess, the other party obviously realizes that what he blurted out in an emotional state is inappropriate. But after a very insincere apology, he looked Xia De up and down again and said, raised his eyebrows slightly and raised his head:
"Mr. Hamilton, I hear you are a detective from the Place Saint Teresa? Look, this looks a lot like that."
This tone is extremely frivolous, in other words it is impolite.
"Then detective, why don't you reason about what we were doing just now?"
He said with a smile:
"The detective at the Place Saint Teresa should have this ability."
Xia De looked at the others, and most of them also thought it was very impolite to speak like this, while a few girls were trying to tell Xia De with their expressions what happened here just now.
"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 Ms. Hells, the head maid of Leizia:
"Ma'am, lend me a gun."
Saying that, he pulled out the [Spear of Kindness] from his waist. Although this scene was witnessed by two other maids besides Ms. Hells, no one dared to speak out.
"Sir, besides being a detective, I am also a knight."
Xia De lowered his head and swiftly pushed the bullet nest away.
Because [Gun of Kindness] can use the ring warlock's spirit to generate bullets, he usually wouldn't put bullets in it, and now all six bullets are empty.
Xia De reached into his pocket, then took out a bullet, and after showing it to the surprised crowd, pressed the bullet into the cylinder.
"The most important thing for knights and detectives is actually courage."
Returning the bullet to the correct position, he showed the pistol to the thick-browed noble youth at the door:
"Since you are questioning my detective ability, how about we take a gamble? No, the Rhodes card game is too boring, let's bet on this."
With a swipe of the finger, the bullet nest immediately spun. When the bullet nest was fixed again, Xia De picked up the gun and signaled to the opponent:
"Will you come first or should I come first? I think you know what I mean."
"Oh, you, you madman!"
The young man in black tuxedo looked at Xia De incredulously, Xia De shook his head:
"This is an honor bet. In the old days, the knights were very happy to use this method to protect their reputation."
"Mr. Hamilton, you don't have to take risks for this man. This is the youngest son of Earl Dimock's family, Mr. Jason Dimock."
Princess Agelina's voice came from the side, but Xia De was not interested in knowing who the other party was:
"Then Mr. Dimock, will you come first or should I come first?"
"you this......"
"Okay, I'll go first."
Xia De aimed the [Gun of Kindness], which could never be used to commit suicide, at his temple, and pulled the trigger before anyone else could react.
There was a clicking sound, and sure enough, no bullet was fired.
"It's your turn."
Xia De quickly walked a few steps and handed the gun forward, but Mr. Dimock obviously did not dare to accept it:
"you......"
"Oh, two each, right?"
As he was about to raise his gun again, the young man in a tuxedo immediately stopped him:
"No no, I mean..."
"Oh, one time per person, but you want me to shoot?"
Shad raised the muzzle of the gun at once, 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 Galina and my reputation."
Although Xia De put down the revolver with a smile, he still stared at the other party:
"Still, you want me to pull the trigger three times first, and then you try the last three times."
Because he was confident that this gun would never kill him, the expression on Xia De's face showed that he was definitely not joking.
"No, I..."
Jason Dimock looked at the others in the room, trying to ask for help, but no one spoke at this time. Not only because Shad was holding a gun, but also because Shad actually had a good point.
Even if they are really playing dangerous gambling here and people die because of it, the living people will not be punished too much.
"I, I... I'm not feeling well, sorry."
Seeing that there was no one to help him, the noble young man in a tuxedo stepped back and approached the door, then opened the door and walked out, regardless of what the friends in the room thought.
"Tsk."
Xia De shook his head, took the gun and turned to look at the group sitting on the sofa. Seeing that no one spoke, he pushed the cylinder back and took out the bullet.
Judging by the position of the bullet, the 6th pull of the trigger should align it with the barrel.
"You are so impulsive."
Princess Adelina said immediately while sitting on the sofa, and winked at Xia De after speaking, which was very playful.
"I'm really sorry that this kind of thing happened, sorry, you go to the banquet hall first."
The real owner here, Rezia, said to her friends, so people left the room bypassing Shad, but most of them would smile and nod to Shad. It seems that what happened just now will definitely spread throughout the banquet.
After the guests left, Rezia looked at the servants standing by the wall again. After shaking her head slightly, Ms. Hells led the servants to leave first.
After everyone left, except for her and Shad, 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 to stand in the middle of the room, and putting the gun on Xia De at her waist, she subconsciously put the teacup away. Go to the coffee table, then crane your neck to look at them.
Rezia stretched out her right hand, and straightened Shad's head, which was lowered. The red-haired girl put her left arm around him and kissed him.
"Oh~"
The little princess said softly, her face flushed, and she looked at them without blinking.
"What is your relationship?"
It took a long time before she picked up her teacup again, and asked in a low voice while holding the teacup sideways.
Rezia pushed Xia De away, gasping for breath, brushed some loose red hair around her ears, the blush on her cheeks couldn't be concealed even by the blush.
When she spoke, her breath was a little unsteady, but the smile on her face was very obvious:
"Xia De saved me, this is thanks."
None of the three people present believed this kind of words, but Adelina didn't ask any more.
"I wanted to do this last time."
Rezia smiled and said to Xia De again, she was looking at Xia De at a close distance, her eyes were very bright at the moment:
"I've been meaning to say thank you to you since the hasty parting on the west side. I was going to kiss you on Saturday but got put off by the **** things, and now that I finally do it, it feels really good."
"Sister Leiziya, the last sentence should be a male character's line."
The little princess immediately reminded that Leiziya ignored her sister.
"Xia De, Agelina doesn't want her father to marry someone she doesn't like because of political reasons, so she asked me for help. She is someone you can trust, so it doesn't matter if she saw her just now."
Rezia said:
"I sometimes leave Tobesk ~www.mtlnovel.com~ If you can't find me, but you're in trouble in town, you can also ask Adelina for help. She's always at the yordle, but Her maid can come in and out relatively freely, and I will ask her to give you the contact information later."
"I don't have any trouble in the city, it's peaceful."
Xia De said, carefully wiping off the lipstick on his lips with the back of his hand:
"Then Rezia, were you okay when you went to the second floor just now?"
He's still worrying about it.
"It's okay. Sit down and let's have a good chat. I know you're thinking about playing Rhodes, but it shouldn't be a problem to delay for an hour or two."
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you play cards or not."
Xia De said lightly, Rezia covered her mouth and smiled lightly, and Agelina seemed to want to say something, but at this moment, the door was knocked again.
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