Chapter 1794

After greeting the doctor, Xia De took a carriage to the city on the other side of the lake. Every time he passed the army camp near the Crossroads Village by carriage, he could see different scenes. Arriving at the camp under the sunset today, he was surprised to find that the expansion of the camp had been more than half completed, and it was obvious that there were more soldiers in the camp.

Continuing inside, he was surprised to find that outside the passage exit on the side of the camp leading to Karsenrik, there was actually another small camp.

"The Southern old military camp."

Captain Lade, who came over to greet Xia De, stood with Xia De, watching the soldiers on the north and south sides busy reinforcing the camp fortifications under the sunset.

Both sides of the camp had already built simple towers made of metal pipes and metal buckles, making it convenient for reconnaissance from a high place. And Xia De noticed that not only did the side leaving Delarian need to be inspected, but the side entering Karsenrik also needed to be inspected.

"I remember, wasn't the Karsenrik camp one mile away to the southeast?"

"Temporary reinforcements, we are the same. It is said to be the order of the big figures in the capital, used as a way to show a tough attitude in negotiations."

The captain shook his head:

"Detective, the recent situation is very wrong. Although it is calm on the surface, even the bottom-level soldiers can see that this escalating confrontation will definitely cause problems. You should be careful in Mikaela Furnace City; I heard that people who look like Delarians will be insulted and scolded there."

Xia De was not worried about this:

"Recently, besides receiving new recruits and expanding the camp, have you received any other orders?"

The captain did not hide it from Xia De:

"Strengthen vigilance, and do not fire at the south without permission. Also, increase the intensity of searching for spies, and require soldiers performing patrol missions to carry firearms and a certain amount of ammunition. Within Delarian territory, we have been granted limited firing rights."

Xia De did not ask Captain Lade if he thought the Green Lake region would really have a situation requiring the use of firearms; this question had no meaning.

Although Karsenrik also set up an inspection point on the other side of the Crossroads military camp, fortunately, their inspection was not as strict as Delarian's, and they just asked a few questions and let Xia De pass.

He then took a carriage to the city and successfully found the local "Glass Bottle Theater" in the big city on the south shore of the lake. The visit of the "Golden Dawn Opera Troupe," famous throughout the Old Continent, aroused the enthusiasm of the citizens. Xia De also heard the coachman mention on the carriage that tonight's tickets were very hard to buy.

Even though Miss Vanessa Beiya had not performed on stage for many years, the reputation of the Golden Dawn Opera Troupe was still astonishingly large.

Margaret had arranged for a maid to wait for Xia De on the first floor in advance and brought Xia De to the box on the fourth floor through the hidden staircase on the side of the opera house.

Miss Beiya and Xiris had to manage the backstage, so they did not appear, and Audrey, who had followed Miss Sylvia over at noon, was also not here.

"Teacher Sylvia is not coming tonight. She said that an interesting spatial folding phenomenon appeared in the east of the city, causing the matter in two spaces to completely overlap, resulting in high-density alloy, and she is going to investigate it. Miss Edwards went with the teacher, but she said she would only be half an hour late and would be here soon."

Margaret said to Xia De, and Xia De nodded without caring:

"I saw on the sign downstairs that tonight's play is 'The Bell Tower Lover'?"

"Yes, Miss Miss Jia Lin Na said you have been studying this fairy tale recently, so Miss Beiya specially arranged this performance."

The blonde Princess was in high spirits. After Xia De sat down, she blinked at Xia De, then leaned forward slightly and kissed Xia De on the side of his face:

"This is the first time we have been alone since coming to the Green Lake region, right?"

"Yes, every time we meet, it is so busy."

"I thought you would bring your cat with you... Oh, keep me company for a drink."

She waved her hand to let the maids go out first, then poured two glasses of red wine herself. Although Xia De did not like drinking, low-alcohol red wine was fine.

After clinking glasses, both took a shallow sip, and the blonde princess's face became flushed.

"Margaret, how does life feel after becoming a witch apprentice?"

"It's a bit different from what I thought, but I can really learn a lot of things. Miss Beiya is very good to me, and Miss Lasers has also been helping me. But to be honest, I feel my talent is truly poor."

Although she was expressing her worries in her words, she had actually hugged Xia De's arm:

"I can't compare with that maid of Duke Miss Jia Lin Na; both teachers have a very high opinion of Miss Servit. Sometimes I have nightmares, where Teacher Beiya and Miss Lasers discover that I am actually not suitable to be a witch apprentice at all, so they expel me from the Council."

She said these words partly to start a suitable topic, and partly because she really wanted to express her troubles. When she was in Wilndale City, the Princess had no one to say these things to.

So Xia De chatted with her about other witch apprentices he knew. He was not very familiar with Miss Aurora's niece, but he was very familiar with Miss Rita Swift from Grandmother Cassandra's side.

As the two chatted, Margaret unconsciously kicked off her high heels and sat sideways on the sofa. Xia De was originally talking about his views on witches and witch apprentices and wanted to see what Margaret had learned recently.

At this moment, he suddenly found that the blonde princess's eyes, which were filled with smiles, were getting closer and closer to him. But fortunately, the human race has a "nose," so before her eyes bumped into Xia De's eyes, the blonde princess tilted her head slightly and kissed Xia De.

Xia De did not know when the opera on the stage below the box started, but at least he was clear that Margaret was indeed thinner than when they last met.

The pressure the Princess had been under in the past few months was truly great. Although she had exchanged a few letters with Xia De, it was only when they actually met and were alone that the suppressed emotions in her heart truly erupted.

Of course, she would not do the first intimate thing with Xia De in such a place, but there was still excessive intimacy and tenderness. The two embraced, and Xia De listened to Margaret talk about things in Wilndale in the past two months and about the new power she had gained. Margaret was also a ring sorcerer who was good at "Enlightenment" power, but unlike Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy, her core spirit runes 【Earth】, 【Puppet】, and 【Poet】 made her choose to manipulate puppets, so she always carried puppets she made herself.

And after becoming a witch apprentice and coming into contact with the power of memory from Xiris, she was trying to make puppets out of mud and use the threads of memory to give the puppets power, even reaching a level almost identical to a living person. This was difficult, but it was indeed a path that would allow her to study until the 13th ring.

Besides this knowledge, after becoming a witch apprentice, she also learned many incredible secrets about the Witch Council. It was also because she had seen more and knew more that she could better understand what Xia De had been doing all along:

"Knight~"

She kissed Xia De's neck lightly, her eyes a bit dazed, and her scattered blonde hair half-covered Xia De's face. Compared to that red-haired princess, the blonde princess from the south, although enthusiastic, was more introverted.

Her arms were already wrapped around Xia De's neck, listening to every word Xia De responded to her. The topic shifted from the life of a witch apprentice to the current situation. Margaret actually didn't really want to talk about this, because she couldn't be sure of the direction of the Green Lake negotiations:

"Has that princess of yours said anything?"

"Princess Lei Qianya is disappointed that she couldn't come to Green Lake, but she also knows that her father couldn't let her participate in everything. As for this negotiation... Princess Lei Qianya hasn't said her opinion; she is probably also watching."

"In fact, there are more people who long for a controllable local war than those who long for peace. However, I heard that the Church is lobbying the two countries to suspend negotiations, and the newspaper plans to promote it among the public... Let's not talk about this."

She kissed Xia De again, this time without any regard for royal lady etiquette, covering Xia De's legs with her skirt and letting herself sit sideways in Xia De's arms.

"I have already decided."

She whispered in Xia De's ear:

"Now the Duke and my brother are both excluding me from intervening in the next few important negotiations. Since that's the case, I'll simply withdraw voluntarily. I have a premonition that no matter what the result of this negotiation is, future people will not leave a good reputation for the participants in history books. Rather than that, I might as well focus on helping the two teachers deal with other tricky matters."

Since the Battle of Randall Valley, Margaret seemed to have changed in her view of her own life and the whole world. Xia De understood what she meant and nodded lightly:

"That's fine. Following Miss Beiya, you can learn a lot of things. And by withdrawing from the negotiations, those hidden assassins won't pay attention to you."

"Are you concerned about me, Knight?"

"Yes, isn't this what should be?"

Margaret, wearing lipstick of a red Xia De couldn't distinguish, showed a brilliant smile. Listening to the passionate soprano coming from outside the box, she bit her lip and asked in Xia De's ear:

"You and the teacher, I mean Teacher Sylvia, on that afternoon when I came back from a meeting and the study was full of fabric boxes, have you ever been like this?"

Then came a short sentence that only the two of them could hear.

Xia De was a bit surprised that a royal princess would say such vocabulary:

"This is the privacy between Miss Sylvia and me; I cannot say without her permission."

The blonde princess's eyes, which were close at hand, were full of smiles. She reached out to the top button of Xia De's shirt:

"Then... let's try it."