Chapter 1507

The vanity table and mirror would not be taken away by Miss Miss Jia Lin Na right now; someone would send them directly to Miss Jia Lin Na Manor in a while. Since the matter of the relic was settled, the witch and Xia De continued to chat about recent events and the relevant matters for tomorrow's registration for the Ring City Equestrian Competition.

Suddenly, the door was knocked, and the maid's voice came from outside:

"Miss, the theater manager, Mr. Neser, has brought the two actresses." The witch smiled and looked at Xia De:

"They are here, and they are even wearing their costumes. Xia De, do you need us to vacate the room so you can be alone with them? An hour or two hours? Although I have great power here and could truly threaten the theater and the troupe to make you take them home, I'm afraid your reputation would be ruined."

"Please stop joking, I don't recall ever making such a request." Xia De shook his head:

"Besides, with you by my side, why would I want to think about any actresses?"

This sentence was very honest; no matter how beautiful the actresses in the theater were, they could not compare to the Great Witch's appearance. Sure enough, a smile appeared on Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's face:

"Then let's just meet briefly, take a photo, and say a few words. Then, we will go home." Those golden eyes looked at Xia De:

"I have been looking forward to tonight for a long time."

The door was opened, and the two ladies in costume walked in quite uneasily, looking as if they were also guessing what kind of indecent things Xia De Hamilton wanted to do. The actresses knew Miss Miss Jia Lin Na was here, so after entering, they bowed and saluted first.

After receiving the reply that there was no need to be so reserved, they uneasily greeted Xia De. The witch, who was clearly a bit mischievous, said again:

"All servants, get out. Tifa, you go out too, then close the door from the outside. Xia De and I will have a few words with these two ladies here. Also, no matter what sounds you hear inside, do not open the door. If we don't come out for a long time, don't disturb us either. Hamilton of Lei Jiede wants to... talk to them in depth."

She said with a smile, and Xia De indeed saw expressions of astonishment on the faces of the actresses and the theater manager, Mr. Neser, outside the door. His mouth twitched a few times, and he spoke up to stop her:

"There's no need for that much trouble, we'll only disturb them for a few minutes." As he spoke, he looked at the red-haired Duchess:

"Miss Jia Lin Na, don't make jokes at my expense."

"Really, I thought you liked it."

She said while holding Xia De's hand. This time, Xia De was truly worried about what the gossip tabloids would say about him in the coming days.

Xia De only wanted to go home now, so after saying a few words to Miss Mary Jones, who played the knight, and Miss Alita Lawns, who played the knight's lover, he proposed the idea of taking a photo together as a souvenir.

Xia De had never met these two ladies before, and they had only heard rumors of "Duchess Miss Jia Lin Na's lover," so this was their first time seeing Xia De. They were a bit reserved at the beginning of the meeting, and even though Xia De asked not to close the door, they still suspected whether they would be forced to do certain things. However, after seeing Xia De's face, that worry and unease gradually disappeared, and when Xia De proposed taking a photo, they even showed a considerable degree of happiness.

It was easy to borrow a camera in the opera house. Xia De invited Miss Miss Jia Lin Na to take a photo together, but was refused by the Duchess. Thus, he could only stand between the two actresses to take the photo. Because he could develop photos himself and was unwilling to let his photos leak out, he took the negatives directly and had the two opera actresses sign their names for him in his notebook.

This looked like a normal meeting between a fan and performers; no one suspected that the real purpose was the vanity mirror in the corner.

And just as Xia De was holding the notebook, discussing the opera he hadn't listened to at all with the two ladies, and praising their singing and acting, a theater servant who hurried over from the other side of the corridor whispered a few words into the ear of the theater manager, Mr. Neser, at the door.

Although the voice was very soft, for a Ringed Shushi, it could still be heard if one wanted to.

Xia De raised an eyebrow and looked at Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, who was standing to the side. The witch did not like to have contact with men, but

communicating normally with beautiful women was perfectly fine. The latter naturally heard the voice outside the door as well. She thought for a moment and nodded to Xia De, so Xia De asked Mr. Neser:

"Do you have any urgent matters to attend to?"

The somewhat chubby middle-aged man's face was sweating even more. He stammered, not wanting to say, but remembering that there was a Duchess of this country in the room, he could only wipe his sweat and say:

"Someone else wants to see Miss Jones and Miss Lawns; it is Count Liu Yisi of Kaisenlike. I will refuse him now, please don't worry."

Count Liu Yisi was the nobleman representing the United Kingdom of Kaisenlike who had come to discuss the time and place of the negotiations with Delarion. "It seems the Count from the South can also appreciate the opera of the North. Let him come in directly; this room is not small."

Xia De said with a smile, seeing that Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's intention was to meet this Count in advance. After all, she might be assigned to handle this matter.

The servant hurried away, and five or six minutes later, dense footsteps came from the corridor again. Subsequently, the nobleman in his forties, who was fatter than the theater manager Mr. Neser but taller than Xia De, walked into the dressing room followed by a crowd of people.

His eyes were green, and his aquiline nose and deep-set eyes made him look incomparably cold. This was the kind of guy who looked unreasonable at first glance, and combined with his noble status, this Count Liu Yisi was indeed very suitable to be sent to prepare for the preliminary matters of the negotiations.

Among the crowd following him, Xia De saw the Five-Ringed Shushi with identical appearances whom he had seen on the terrace earlier. Combined with Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's words just now, it was clear that they were the twin sons of Marquis Folen, the brothers Eric Folen and Charles Folen.

It was just that they looked no more than twenty-five or twenty-six years old, while Miss Miss Jia Lin Na said they were already thirty-one. Xia De did not expect to see them again in such a short time, but fortunately, they did not recognize Xia De.

"Good evening, Duchess Miss Jia Lin Na."

The tall, fat Southern Count who entered the room didn't even look at Xia De and walked toward Miss Miss Jia Lin Na. But he couldn't walk over, as he was stopped by Xia De:

"Good evening, Count Liu Yisi." He said with a smile:

"I'm sorry, but you should have heard that Miss Miss Jia Lin Na does not like to have contact with strange men."

He reached out his hand to this Southern nobleman, but the latter looked down at Xia De's hand, his own gloved hand not moving at all: "Who are you?"

"Xia De Hamilton."

Xia De said, and the latter frowned: "You are that..."

His eyes looked again at the two actresses in costume standing to the side, still ignoring Xia De's gesture of wanting to shake hands. So Xia De also withdrew his hand:

"It's a pleasure to meet you at the theater. Do you also want to talk to these two ladies? Their singing and acting are truly excellent." Count Liu Yisi glanced at him, then said to Miss Miss Jia Lin Na:

"Since Duchess Miss Jia Lin Na is here, I won't disturb you any further. Duchess, then we will see each other at Yodel Palace on Saturday."

After speaking, he ignored Xia De and turned to leave with the servants behind him. It was Mr. Folen, who wore a monocle on his right eye, who showed an apologetic expression to Xia De before hurriedly following.

"Let's go too."

Xia De said to Miss Miss Jia Lin Na. The witch nodded, and after Xia De said goodbye to the actresses, they left the dressing room together to go home:

"Count Jambert Liu Yisi has a rather poor reputation, even within Kaisenlike. Simply put, this person is quite lecherous." When the carriage carried them into the thick night, the witch began to introduce the situation just now:

"He is a distant relative of the Anru royal family, and his family controls the salt industry in Kaisenlike. Since he was young, his reputation in the city of Willendale has been foul, and even now, people still call him 'Jambert the Lecherous Pig' behind his back. Yes, he was this fat even when he was young. If we hadn't run into them today, I'm afraid those two beautiful girls just now would have had trouble later, even if they weren't taken away by him."

After she finished speaking, she saw

that Xia De was frowning and actually didn't respond to her words, so she asked curiously:

"What, are you unhappy because someone offended you? This is also a normal thing; after all, the status of a knight doesn't count for much to a true nobleman. Although most of the nobles you see on a daily basis are humble and polite, it's not like there aren't any disgusting nobles. However, if you could persuade Princess Lei Qianya, Dorothy, Lu Yisha, and Luweiya Annat to let you hold a wedding with me..."

Tifa, sitting to the side, pursed her lips to keep from laughing, while Xia De said: "I noticed that the way that guy looked at you just now was very wrong."

The witch was stunned, and the smile on her face grew even deeper:

"You mean this. I'm used to it. Since I came of age, I have been the most beautiful unmarried noblewoman in Tobesk; girls like Princess Lei Qianya combined can't compare to me. It's normal to attract the gaze of some flies, so I don't like to show my face much. It's not my first time seeing Jambert Liu Yisi, I know what kind of person he is... What are you thinking about?"

She smiled and grabbed Xia De's hand:

"Oh, my knight, this is the first time I've discovered that you are such a petty person. Are you angry?"

"Of course, I reached out my hand and he didn't shake it, and he had ideas about you. Not to mention that this person has a very bad reputation and must have done many bad things. Isn't it normal for me to be angry? Maybe you haven't noticed, but I don't have many enemies to worry about, because they are all dead."