Chapter 2869

Flora's performance in the Golden Music Hall tonight was, as expected, scheduled for the penultimate finale—the final and most important finale would definitely be the grand orchestra performance, not for a solo performer.

So when Xia De entered the music hall from the square, Flora was still waiting for her turn. And although Xia De said he wanted to return to the ship to rest, he still went backstage to visit her first.

However, when Xia De used the pass given by the witch in advance to enter the backstage corridor, Flora happened to be talking to several fellow friends in the corridor, so she gestured for Miss Bell to take Xia De to her dressing room first.

And when the gray-black-haired witch, who had finally "sent away" her friends, entered the dressing room, she found that Xia De was not waiting for her in boredom, but was holding a card, laughing and saying something to her apprentice.

"Although it still needs to be appraised, I bet this is definitely genuine."

"The legendary 【Angel】 series of cards. The last time they appeared, neither I nor the lady were born yet. I have seen the name of this card in the card catalog before, but I didn't know the card face and effect... The rules of this Tarot card are really bold."

Charlotte Bell, who was usually pale, was quite rosy at this time.

"Miss Bell, we all know that the originally issued Tarot cards have five series: Angel, Demon, Holy Sword, Giant Dragon, and Legend. Now I have obtained cards from three of the series. The Demon came from Coldwater Port, the Holy Sword belongs to Moon Bay, and now the Angel has appeared in Creekwood Town. I really hope to see more interesting cards."

"I have heard of the Giant Dragon series of cards. Two years ago, when I was traveling in the southern region of Kassenrick with the lady..."

"Cough, cough!"

The witch's cough interrupted their conversation. She came around from the storage rack at the entrance that blocked the view from outside, and saw her lover and her apprentice-cum-assistant standing in front of the dressing table, and standing very close.

A strange feeling arose in her heart, but she also knew that she was probably overthinking:

"Xia De, are you done with your business?"

"Done, very smoothly."

Xia De said, putting away the card in his hand and walking towards her:

"I wish you a smooth performance later."

"So you really won't stay."

The witch hugged him half-complainingly. In fact, she felt there was no need for Xia De to finish listening to this concert. And when the hug ended, she felt Xia De stuff something into her hand. Looking down, she realized it was a red rose.

So the slight anger just now vanished instantly. She smiled like a flower, but her mouth still said:

"Really, do you think I'm that kind of fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl who has never seen anything? Go use this trick to fool Vanessa."

It wasn't very late yet, so when Xia De returned to the ship, everyone hadn't rested yet. As usual, he went to visit Galina first. The Duchess's condition was much better now. Today is Tuesday, and Grandma Cassandra said she could go out for activities tomorrow, which made her, who felt like she was about to get moldy in bed, quite happy:

"Xia De, rest here with me tonight!"

She said this in front of Tifa. The black-haired maid standing by the wall had an unchanged expression, but Xia De shook his head:

"Not today, tomorrow."

"I know my own body. Today is definitely fine."

"Tomorrow."

"Do you have another date today? It doesn't matter, whoever it is, I don't mind if you come together."

"Tomorrow."

So Galina Cavendish let out a whimper like a small animal. However, after discovering that Xia De had inserted a rose at her bedside, she immediately became happy again:

"Then it's a deal, don't break your promise tomorrow. Flora shared with me Kassenrick's new perfume for this autumn, you'll probably like it too."

The information obtained from the demon still needed to be shared with Luweiya. However, although Luweiya was on the ship, Xia De couldn't find her. Angelina said that Luweiya and Bella were fortune-telling together tonight, but when Xia De went to Bella's cabin, he found the door tightly closed, and even Matilda was standing outside.

The blonde head maid handed the cat she was entrusted to take care of to Xia De. Little Mia, who had been curled up in her arms sleeping, jumped onto Xia De's shoulder excitedly at this time:

"The lady and Miss Annette said not to disturb them. Tonight's astrology is particularly suitable for water divination. They let Miss Eilisse divide the space between the cabin and the ship's hold, and they won't let anyone in to disturb them."

Since he didn't find Luweiya, the news about the Bennett family shared by the demon could only be told to everyone at the breakfast table tomorrow morning.

He originally wanted to find Miss Danister to discuss this matter, but he didn't expect the red-haired witch not to be in the hotel either. Sylvia, who was left in the hotel, said that the academy's professors were having a meeting, and she had gone into the forest half an hour ago and probably wouldn't be back until ten o'clock.

Since he had nothing to do, Xia De really returned to his room in the hotel to prepare for an early rest this time. But just as Xia De finished washing and walked out of the independent bathroom in his room, he found that the cat that had been in the bedroom was gone, and there were two more maids in the room instead.

Of course, it wasn't that Little Mia had acquired the ability to turn into a maid.

Tifa was bending over by the bed helping to tidy up the bedding, mainly smoothing out the sheets and quilts wrinkled by Little Mia, while Matilda was drawing the curtains by the window.

The two were wearing black and white maid dresses of different styles, and besides the style of the clothes, their long black hair and long golden hair also made them different.

Seeing Xia De walk out of the bathroom, the black-haired head maid first blinked at him, then smiled and said:

"Good evening, Master."

This address made Xia De shiver:

"Good evening..."

Seeing his very hesitant appearance, Tifa looked at the blonde maid who had already drawn the curtains. The latter stood there with a slightly red face, and said in a very soft voice:

"Master, good evening."

"Good evening to you too, I mean, um..."

"When I was in the lady's room just now, I could see that you were not in a very good mood. And Matilda said she saw you sighing in the corridor, so she came over with me."

The black-haired maid said, while glancing at the door with her peripheral vision to make sure the door was locked:

"When we were in Moon Bay..."

She smiled and pursed her lips. She must have been wearing lipstick, otherwise her lips wouldn't be so charming:

"Didn't I teach Matilda how to restore your mood when you look very troubled and sad? Please rest assured, the two mistresses will definitely not appear outside their rooms now."

The blonde maid from the South's face burned like fire, but she still nodded gently. She reached her hands to the back of her head and tied her hair up with the hairband on her wrist. Of course, it was mainly to carefully tidy the hanging hair on both sides of her cheeks to the back of her head, and then the two well-groomed maids walked towards Xia De.

"Meow~"

The cat in the cabinet was meowing. It sensed that Xia De had encountered "predators" and was therefore in great danger, but no one would let it out now.

However, the maids who were having an affair with their master were very careful about the measure. When Dorothy ran to Xia De's room with a pillow that night, they had already cleaned up all traces and left. But Leixia still discovered some traces. After learning it was Tifa, she didn't mind at all and even wanted to laugh:

"Galina will regret the decision she made about you and Servit sooner or later."

(Little Mia is running...)

When time came to Wednesday, seeing Iluna preparing to set off with him in the banquet hall on the ship early in the morning, Xia De felt that time passed really fast, as if returning from the Ash Valley last time was just yesterday.

It happened that Iluna was also there, so Xia De shared the information he obtained from the demon last night with everyone at the breakfast table.

And it is worth mentioning that Galina, who had not appeared at the dining table for a week, finally appeared at the dining table with the permission of Grandma Cassandra, and was now sitting on Xia De's right hand side.

"After we return from the Ash Valley, should we let the church arrest the whole Bennett family?"

Iluna was eager to try:

"In this way, we might be able to discover the secret of that tree directly from the Bennett family, and we won't need to look for monsters like dragon beasts and guardians."

"No, no, don't do that yet."

Xia De shook his head:

"Since they are pigeons, once the pigeon keeper finds out they are being hunted, he will immediately withdraw and abandon them. I think we still need to secretly investigate what is going on with their family. Since the detection power of magic and relics doesn't work on them, we can only try to see if fate can guide the direction."

Saying this, he looked at the two fortune tellers. Luweiya and Bella both nodded:

"No problem, we need a hair from everyone in their family. Although it is unlikely to trace the deepest secrets, small things like judging blood relationships should be fine."

If even fortune-telling cannot get any information, then we can only rely on Luweiya's special fortune-telling. It's just that there are no coins in hand now, so these things need a longer-term plan.

However, the most important thing this morning is to complete the final exploration of the Ash Valley-Different Tree Academy with Iluna.

Among the four girls who need to teach what they have learned to others, the teaching of the Gray Wolf and the Green Dragon can be regarded as completed. It should not be difficult for Iluna to teach others the power of the sun, so this time it depends on whether the teaching of the only human witch, Miss Ross Metz, can be successfully completed.

Xia De actually still has questions about this human witch, so after returning last time, he entrusted Miss Danister to investigate whether this person really existed in history.

The sect of the 【Master of the Black Robe】 has long since disappeared, and the knowledge and records they held have all been sealed in the Zaras Academy of Literature. This morning before setting off, Miss Danister found Xia De to talk about this matter, but did not give a definite answer.