Chapter 1567: Xia De's Sigh

Ajielina's emotions looked quite agitated; even though Miss Jia Lin Na couldn't see her face head-on, she could read the mood from her movements.

Miss Miss Difa immediately followed into the room and closed the door. Seeing that neither person on the sofa had moved, she coughed once on behalf of her mistress.

Xia De heard the sound and tried to sit up, but was held by Ajielina and couldn't move.

So the witch shook her head and said:

"Next time, Ajielina, at least remember to lock the door. If it hadn't been me who pushed the door open just now, tomorrow's tabloid news would have buried the front-page headlines."

Hearing Miss Jia Lin Na's voice, Ajielina finally let go of Xia De. She used her hands to support herself on the sofa, trying to sit up. But during the process of rising, as her red hair hung down and covered Xia De's face, the eyes on that blushing face kept looking at him the whole time. After sitting up straight, she gathered her loose long hair, bit her lip with a flushed face, and turned to look at her great-aunt. But Miss Jia Lin Na knew her blushing was absolutely not out of shyness.

"I...."

Xia De, who could finally get up, tried to say something, but the witch, who knew Xia De and Ajielina very well, waved her hand: "No need to explain, let me guess—just now, as soon as you two entered the room, Ajielina hugged you, then pressed you down onto the sofa.

Although the details are a bit off, the gist is correct. 'Xia De, you see, the young ladies of the Cavendish family have always known what they want, and are very willing to take action to get what they want. In this regard, although Yi Lu Na also has clear goals, constrained by traditional morals, her ability to act is somewhat lacking... You've already encountered two assassination attempts today.'

The Duchess added with a teasing smile. Xia De wiped his own lips and glanced at the little Princess's profile. Although he knew what had just happened was wrong, since it had already happened, he wouldn't deny it either.

"I'll explain it to Princess Lei Lei Qianya. But did those assassins coordinate to act together today? Had I known it would be like this, I might as well have stayed at Green Lake for a day."

"I clearly apologized to you this afternoon for dragging you into it, and only then invited you here, but I didn't expect it to happen again... Looks like I can only find another chance to apologize next time."

Seeing Xia De stand up, Miss Jia Lin Na reminded him again: "You go out first, let Ajielina calm down a bit. Her emotions tonight are a little too agitated, that kind of surging spiritual power... Oh, Director Director Anluosi has already arrived, go say a few words to him." "The Director is here too? That's right, after all, a member of the royal family was threatened. Alright, I'll go now."

Before leaving, he didn't forget to say goodbye to Ajielina, and the little Princess responded softly. After the room door closed, Miss Jia Lin Na finally asked the young Princess:

"Ajielina, how does the knight taste?"

Her golden eyes carried a smile and a very hard-to-detect emotion.

"Not bad." Ajielina said with her head lowered, then explained softly:

"At the City Circuit Equestrian Tournament, Mother said I could have more contact with Xia De before getting married."

"Tsk tsk, the royal family's 'tradition,' huh, before marriage... Your father has already sent a team to pick you up, prepare to leave. Oh, don't forget to think ahead about how to explain things to Princess Lei Lei Qianya. I don't mean that you kissed him, but that he was implicated by you in the assassination incident. Princess Lei Lei Qianya won't think this matter can just pass because Xia De is fine. Normally, she probably wouldn't say anything, but recently she gave Xia De some missions he shouldn't have accepted, so now she feels quite guilty toward Xia De."

She said with a smile, then signaled Shi Yi Di Fa that the door could be reopened. Ajielina nodded lightly, and raised her head to look at the tall, beautiful back of her great-aunt.

【This sweet taste, this surging emotion, and also... I, must obtain all of this.】

"Yes, I must obtain all of this."

She thought silently in her heart, then looked around in confusion, not understanding who had just spoken her inner thoughts aloud. She wanted to try again, but that voice had already disappeared. (Little Xiao Miya running...)

Early Friday morning, from her colleagues at the Prophets' Association,

Luvia, who had heard last night's "grapevine news," appeared at Saint Delan Square No. 6 before eight o'clock.

She climbed the stairs with the thought that she might run into other young ladies here, but what she saw was Xia De sitting alone at the dining table reading a newspaper. Little Xiao Miya, hearing the footsteps, raised her head to glance at her, meowed once, then continued lowering her head to eat.

"Why do you look so disappointed?"

Xia De tilted his body and peeked out from behind the newspaper. The purple-eyed girl tossed her handbag onto the sofa and walked into the dining room:

"I thought Miss Jia Lin Na Cavendish would have stayed here last night to comfort you."

Seeing that it really was only Xia De, she teased in a good mood, and when she sat down she stroked Xiao Miya's back, which made the cat meow unhappily a few more times.

"She did stay here Wednesday night, but last night she stayed at Yodel Palace. She's been very busy lately... Have you had breakfast? There are still some eggs in the pan; if it's not enough I can heat up a few more slices of bread."

"I've eaten."

Luvia said, looking Xia De up and down:

"What happened last night? I only heard from the Association after waking up that the Duchess publicly took you to a banquet, and yet you were attacked while alone in a room with Princess Ajielina."

She laughed:

"If the news of the Princess being assassinated at such a sensitive time weren't so big, your tabloid news would probably be today's hot topic."

"Actually, yesterday afternoon something else happened to me... As expected, I'm still not as important as the Cavendishes."

He put down the newspaper in his hand. Because the incident happened last night, this morning's newspaper hadn't made it in time to publish the news. Instead, all sorts of rumors had already been spreading like wildfire, and Xia De believed the King would find a way to suppress them.

"Don't tease me, Luvia. The two assassins last night claimed to be Gray Gloves, but I can be certain they weren't." "Has Military Intelligence Section Six gotten results? This fast?" "Of course not, it was mentioned in a letter Margaret gave me."

He pointed at the already-opened letter on the dining table:

"Inside there's a certificate officially proving my 'Gray Gloves' agent status, to facilitate operations in the Green Lake area. Besides that, she also told me that the elders of the Foron brothers have all passed away, so the Edwards branch of the Foron brothers only has the two of them left. Margaret only mentioned at the end that the Gray Gloves have found out that someone wants to borrow their name to create some sensational incidents in Tobesk City during the Green Lake negotiations, thereby sowing discord between the two countries."

"Who is it?"

"The Gray Gloves are also investigating; there are currently eight suspects."

"Doesn't that mean everyone is a suspect?"

Luvia said, shaking her head, but she wasn't very interested in this matter. The kingdom and politics were trivial in the face of the dangers the world faced; the great prophecy of the Whispering Verse and Xia De were what she truly cared about:

"Be careful when you operate in Green Lake. I really do see signs of a prelude to a storm lately. Who would have thought that our saving the Pantanal Great Swamp would instead lead to such a situation."

"If the Pantanal Pantanal Xiewu had devoured the swamp, I don't think the situation between the two countries would have improved either. In my view, the conflicts and disputes between Delarion and Carsonric, and their respective intentions to try to shift domestic conflicts onto foreign countries, had actually long been showing. The Pantanal was only the fuse; without it, disputes would have broken out somewhere else."

He said casually, picking up the cat food that had fallen onto the table and tossing it to the cat who had just finished eating. Who would have thought that the cat would actually sniff it disdainfully and not eat it, instead eyeing the bacon on Xia De's plate.

"This one I can't give you."

Xia De warned, picking up his knife and fork to finish his breakfast.

But speaking of which, he was also very curious about what Delarion and Carsonric would have come into conflict over in those 【Past Lives · Sixth Epoch】. He was even more curious about what role Luvia, who restarted everything, had played in the kingdom and politics, and where the ambitious Princess Lei Lei Qianya and Margaret had each ended up.

"Seeing you're fine puts my mind at ease, although

those ordinary people couldn't possibly threaten you, hearing about this still made me very worried."

As she said this, she was about to get up and take her leave, since it was almost time for the Prophets' Association to start work. Xia De didn't dare tell Luvia that he had taken a bullet to the chest last night. When he saw her downstairs, before Luvia opened the door, he said again: "Last night... I kissed Ajielina." The purple-eyed girl asked in confusion:

"Is that so? Why tell me? Shouldn't you be telling Lei Lei Qianya Cavendish, letting her evaluate the matter between you and her sister? Besides, didn't you say long ago that the little Princess has special feelings for you?"

"I always felt this matter should be told to you, just as I told you about the things between me and the witches."

Xia De said haltingly. Luvia shook her head, reached out to help Xia De adjust the collar of his shirt:

"I won't interfere with you. Go do what you hope to do, and then lead me to witness the great verse of the Whisper, until the very end. Xia De, I believe in you."

At this moment, the long-haired and short-haired Luvia seemed to merge into one. She stood on tiptoe, kissed Xia De's cheek, then waved to Xia De and stepped into the light outside the door. Xia De covered the cheek kissed by the purple-eyed girl and let out a long sigh. Turning around to head upstairs, he indeed saw Little Xiao Miya crouching higher up on the stairs waiting for him.

【How strange, you feel guilty, but even more so worried?】

"I don't understand what exactly happened in the annihilated history to make Luvia firmly believe in her subconscious that the Whispering Verses are the most important thing.

【So that's what you were thinking. "Desire" did not misjudge you.】

"She" gave the evaluation gently, and Xia De shook his head, walking toward the worried cat.