Chapter 2314

"Ahem."

Xia De and Mr. Albert, who had just walked to the entrance of the barnyard, happened to hear these last few words. The coroner kept a cold face and made no expression, while Xia De coughed:

"Although it was wrong for us to leave you alone here, you don't have to 'revenge' me like this, right?"

Mr. Bernhart turned his head immediately, and seeing that both of them had returned safely, he asked with a smile:

"Resolved?"

"Resolved. That thing won't appear in Moon Bay for the next few hundred years. Whether it's the Marquis, the Captain, or Mrs. Jude, they are all safe."

"You see."

Thus, Mr. Bernhart turned around and said to Mrs. Jude again:

"Just tell us whether we helped you or not."

Xia De saw the corners of the noblewoman's mouth trembling.

However, Mrs. Jude was actually not that angry about the heavy hand Xia De had just used. The evidence was that although she had been complaining to Mr. Bernhart, she didn't say anything more after Xia De appeared.

Of course, this was also because they had indeed resolved the trouble. As for whether she was grateful to them or afraid of them, Xia De didn't know.

Mr. Bernhart had probably already told her in detail about the characteristics of 【Richard's Notebook】 just now, but she still asked Xia De and Mr. Albert again. After confirming that the thing really wouldn't come back, she patted her chest with an exaggerated movement and then solemnly thanked Xia De for saving her.

However, Xia De still asked that question:

"Didn't you promise Miss Rice that you wouldn't carry out your little hobbies for a period of time recently?"

The four of them returned to the barn together, and the child was still lying on the table sleeping sweetly. Mr. Bernhart walked over and touched her neck, and Mrs. Jude first said:

"She was just hypnotized by me; she is having a good dream now."

Then she mumbled some words that no one could understand, and finally lowered her head to admit her mistake to the three of them:

"I won't pursue what you did to me tonight, and you shouldn't tell Miss Rice about this, okay?"

The three of them looked at each other:

"This is not equivalent. The three of us have been in Moon Bay recently, and we might go to your orphanage to take a look from time to time. If we visit suddenly one night and find that one or two people are missing from the children's beds, don't expect us to keep secrets for you."

"I understand... you three men are really boring; don't you know how to have pity on me?"

Thus, none of the three spoke, just looking at her. Mrs. Jude bravely looked at them for a while, and only then nodded and lowered her head.

In short, the busy day that started this morning finally ended. Xia De didn't even rush to find "Desire," and after returning to the city, he said goodbye to Mr. Bernhart and Mr. Albert, and then returned to the Beilinder Manor.

Because they were worried that Xia De hadn't eaten yet, the girls in the manor were all waiting for him to return. The night was already very deep, so almost everyone was there: Miss Beilinder, Luweiya, Miss Yilaise, Miss Aurora, Miss Swift, Difa, Miss Matilda, Amelia, Ajelina...

Seeing Xia De's exhausted appearance, they didn't rush to ask Xia De what had happened tonight.

"Go take a bath first, and eat hot food after the bath; the midnight snack will be ready soon. Go eat by yourself, let Matilda and Difa serve you, and the others won't disturb you."

The countess said softly, while Luweiya gently hugged the cat that was acting coquettishly at Xia De's feet:

"You must be exhausted today; I'll take care of Little Mia first."

As she said this, she handed it to Ajelina on the side. The little princess blinked, not knowing what Luweiya taking care of this cat had to do with her.

"After you finish eating, you can go home to rest or rest here, whichever you like."

Miss Aurora also said, taking the long sword from Xia De's hand:

"Go take a bath and eat, have a good rest for the night, and tell us what happened tomorrow."

Xia De, who had been running around all day, finally got a chance to rest. After taking a bath, a sumptuous dinner had already been placed in the dining room. And Difa and Miss Matilda did not disturb Xia De after placing the food, but stood outside the ajar dining room door.

Only Xia De was left at the long table covered with a white tablecloth. Although it looked very deserted, it was just right for Xia De to carefully think about what he had done today and plan what follow-up this matter would produce.

"He seems very troubled."

The two maid ladies wearing black and white maid dresses looked at Xia De outside the door. Seeing that Xia De was eating but still frowning in thought, Miss Matilda said softly to Difa.

Difa pursed her lips and nodded:

"He is always like this; it was the same when he was in Tobesk. He hides many things in his heart, and only when they are truly resolved will he tell the ladies."

After finishing, she looked at the blonde maid on the side. Matilda blinked in confusion, and then heard the northern maid in front of her say very seriously:

"When the master is troubled, just standing by and sighing is not what a maid should do."

"Then what should be done?"

She asked the head maid of the northern Duchess.

"Can you lend me your hair clip for a while?"

"Of course."

After taking Matilda's hair clip, Difa also took off her own hair clip, then pushed the door open and walked into the dining room, and then smoothly restored the door to a state where only a slit was left.

Xia De looked at the black-haired girl with a good figure in confusion, not knowing what she was going to do. Then, he saw Difa walking toward this side while using those hair clips to pin all her long black hair behind her head, and even the strands on the side of her cheeks were gathered up.

"You are..."

"Please continue your meal; I just... want to make you happy."

She squatted slightly beside Xia De, and then crawled under the table under the white tablecloth. Xia De wanted to stop her but it was already too late. He wanted to pull the tablecloth away to look underneath, but his hand was pushed away by the hand under the table:

"Please wait, I..."

His face flushed red, and he sat restlessly at the dining table with a fork in his left hand and a knife in his right, but at least the troubled and sorrowful expression on his face was truly gone.

Perhaps because his attention was diverted, Xia De did not notice that the eyes at the door slit had never left. The southern blonde maid, who thought she could learn new "knowledge," grabbed her apron with both hands nervously, staring wide-eyed with a flushed face at this scene in the dining room:

"Oh, she, she actually..."

In short, although the girls in the manor were all curious about why Xia De's mood suddenly improved after eating a midnight snack, as long as he was no longer troubled, the girls wouldn't worry.

The night was already deep, and Xia De did not stay here for long. After tonight, it would be the Flower Month of August. The arrival of a new month meant that the black time key could be used again.

Long-haired Luweiya had reminded him that when facing the god who devoured dragons, Miss Isabella and the power of the apocalypse from the past could become the key. But Xia De needed to make Miss Isabella able to accept the effect of the "Thorn of the God of Love," and also needed to find a way to make Miss Isabella come to the "present world" again.

He hadn't thought about how to realize these two requirements yet, so that key was not suitable for use now. Although he already possessed the "Witch Echo - Last Speaker - Isabella," the problem was that "she" had said that the nature of this echo was special, and Xia De could not summon her using the low-ring sublimation language "The echo of time and space shakes the sleeping power."

"Why are you frowning again?"

After "dinner," when the ladies were seeing Xia De off, Luweiya asked with some worry, and Xia De shook his head immediately:

"It's nothing, I encountered some small problems, I can solve them myself."

"He is always like this."

Miss Aurora shook her head and was very curious why the two head maids didn't come to see Xia De off.

"Then I'll go back first, I'll come over tomorrow morning around nine or ten o'clock."

He stood in the foyer of the manor, turned the cat into a toy and put it away, waved goodbye to them with a smile, and then threw the crystal shoe and disappeared on the spot.

The girls who came to see Xia De off then returned upstairs together; they also had to rest. And at the corner of the first-floor corridor, the black-haired maid with her arms crossed was being questioned by the blonde head maid of the manor:

"Servet, how could you do this?"

"He is the future husband of Duchess Galina, and I am the head maid of Duchess Galina. Isn't it very common for a maid and a male master to do this kind of thing?"

The black-haired maid had a probing expression in her eyes. Miss Matilda was speechless for a moment, nervously playing with the hair hanging by her ear:

"But, but he..."

She bit her lip, not knowing what she should say either.

On the other side, when Xia De returned home and walked down from the attic, seeing the lights on downstairs, he felt a warmth for no reason.

【Summoning Adele Isabella, perhaps there is no need to rush.】

"She" said suddenly.

"Why?"

【Although the low-level sublimation language in a normal state cannot summon her, but if you add the 'Philosopher's Stone'...】

Xia De raised an eyebrow:

"But I still lack a specific venue that meets the standards of a time ritual."

"She" chuckled in Xia De's ear:

【Can't you really find it?】

"That place counts too?"

【Why wouldn't it count?】

Xia De thought for a while and felt that it would be better to have a second layer of insurance.

Turning the toy back into a real cat and letting it run around on the stairs, Xia De opened his arms and hugged Miss Galina and Dorothy who came to welcome him:

"This day was really long; you can't imagine what I've done."

"Really, why did you come home so late?"

The red-haired Duchess complained:

"Where did you go 'fooling around' today?"

"Horse racing in the morning, playing cards in the afternoon, and having a secret meeting with a wealthy merchant's widow in a barn at night... she didn't like my tying up very much."

Xia De answered with a smile, and then was gently patted by the writer lady:

"You really, did you busy yourself for another day? Didn't Luweiya and the others help you do some things?"

"Some things only I can do. Oh, it's already so late; are you waiting for me, so you didn't sleep? It's time to rest; I don't want to welcome the arrival of the Flower Month in a waking state."

As he said this, he walked toward the second floor side by side with Dorothy, and Miss Galina followed behind them with a smile—the stairs couldn't hold three people standing side by side.

However, the Duchess suddenly sniffed lightly; she always felt that Xia De had a very, very faint and familiar smell on him. But considering there were so many girls in the Beilinder Manor, she didn't care.