Chapter 3082

Closing his eyes to dispel distracting thoughts, and after petting the cat, Xia De really opened the book. This winter he still had to take the skip-grade exam, which was to take the courses of the seventh and eighth grades.

Although there were not so many general courses in the senior grades, the pressure of review was still not small. Not to mention that he hadn't started writing many course papers. If he couldn't submit the papers in time before the end of the year-end festival, he wouldn't be able to get credits even if he took the exam.

After calculating the number of papers he needed to complete, Xia De had no other thoughts at all.

He originally thought he would spend this not-so-long night on the sofa, but unfortunately, something else disturbed him in the end.

At ten o'clock in the evening, there was a knock on the door, but before Xia De could answer, the door was pushed open a crack. Then Tifa turned sideways... but couldn't walk in, so she had to push the door crack open a little more before entering.

The black-haired head maid walked towards the sofa. Xia De put down the "Intermediate Time Exploration Guide" in his hand and asked curiously:

"Tifa, why are you back? Is there anything at the Moon Sanctuary?"

The girl, still carrying the chill of the outdoors, shook her head:

"Nothing, just Miss asked me to arrange for someone to send some more fruits and red wine over."

"Then you..."

"Already notified the kitchen to prepare, they set off first. The hot spring is very lively now. When I left, Miss and the others were taking turns telling stories in the hot spring. It won't be a problem if I go back half an hour late."

Miss Maid stopped beside the sofa, bent down to take off her black lace-up high-heeled boots, and placed them neatly on one side of the sofa. Her black silk stockings stepped on the red carpet. Her eyes met Xia De's, and then she suddenly revealed a smile.

Pulling her skirt with both hands, her left foot stepped back behind her right heel with her toes on the ground, and then she maintained this posture and pulled her skirt to bow very gracefully:

"I'm sorry, I neglected you tonight."

The chic and elegant head maid lowered her head to express her apology. Xia De then discovered that she had untied the two buttons near her neckline in advance, which was very conspicuous under the bowing action.

"It's not neglect. You also experienced the Battle of Vista Woodland and need to relax and rest."

As he said this, he stood up from the sofa. Little Mia, beside the sponge cake drizzled with jam on the coffee table, opened her right eye and looked at them, then continued to close her eyes comfortably and sniff the smell of the cake with her nose.

The maid let go of her skirt and ended the bowing posture. Xia De found that she was wearing light makeup tonight, and her slightly drawn eyebrows looked even more beautiful.

"So, you don't need me to accompany you, right?"

Tifa put her hands behind her back and asked on purpose. Her big dark brown eyes were full of smiles, and her straight nose bridge on her fair face was particularly attractive to Xia De's eyes.

"No, no, of course not... Please sit?"

Miss Maid was also amused by Xia De's reaction, but she still accepted the invitation, gathered her skirt, and sat on the sofa. She sat very ladylike with her legs together and tilted slightly, her hands placed on the skirt covering her legs.

Seeing Xia De wanting to bend down to pour her tea, Tifa reached out and pulled him. She tilted her head and looked at Xia De, continuing to say with a smile:

"Then what were you doing just now?"

"Reading, you know, the year-end festival is around the exam week of St. Byrons."

There was a caring look in her beautiful big eyes:

"Miss Danister shouldn't let you fail the exam, right?"

Xia De found that he seemed to have never chatted with Tifa on the same sofa like this. She always claimed to be a maid and was unwilling to sit at the same table or seat with Galina and Xia De. The only furniture the two had shared was the bed. Therefore, the feeling of two people sitting together and chatting was quite good:

"Miss Danister is a lady of principle, she won't cheat for me."

Then the pretty maid smiled and asked:

"Then did my appearance disturb your reading? In a noble family, a maid interfering with the master's business because of her own selfishness is a precursor to the decline of the family."

"Of course it won't disturb me, I originally planned to take a break."

Xia De also said to her:

"After you and Galina go to Saladir County, you must also watch her and don't let her work too hard. I often hear people say that Galina is a Duchess who is diligent in government affairs."

"Miss is just very good at employing people. Saladir County has a complete administrative team. All Miss needs to do is make important decisions. And for Miss, returning to Saladir County should be considered a vacation. You know, Miss has a castle there, which is even more luxurious than Yodel Palace."

"Then what about you?"

Xia De asked curiously:

"How are your accommodation conditions there?"

Tifa, sitting sideways with her legs together, tilted her head and thought for a while, as if she was preparing her language:

"Miss allocated a part of the side tower of the castle for me to live in. It directly connects to Miss's bedroom, study, and the underground part of the castle. I like standing at the window of the tower in spring and looking at the beautiful hills and vineyards surrounding the castle.

Seeing the first ray of morning light rising from behind the mountains, the golden light shining on the earth, always makes me more energetic for the day's work."

After finishing, she covered her mouth with her right hand and smiled reservedly:

"This seems to be a rare question you ask about my private matters."

Xia De's understanding of the head maid was indeed limited to her own introduction and Galina's explanation. He had indeed rarely taken the initiative to ask about these things before:

"Sorry, I will..."

Tifa covered Xia De's mouth with her hand, leaned towards Xia De, and her dark brown eyes were closer:

"You don't need to apologize to me, it's me who didn't let you know enough."

Two pairs of eyes met. Xia De tried to see Tifa's mood from those beautiful eyes, but he found that there was only himself in Tifa's eyes. Suddenly Tifa smiled and withdrew her hand, then leaned close to Xia De and kissed him. Everything fell into place.

After this sweet kiss ended, Xia De found that she had completely gotten onto the sofa. Her hands and knees were very close. She was almost pressed against Xia De's face, and she lowered her voice and asked with a smile:

"Xia De, will you read a book twice?"

Honestly, the Outsider didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence at the moment, so he told the truth:

"Yes, especially those very interesting books."

Her straight nose tip had already touched Xia De's nose tip. Her voice was a little hoarse, and the perfume smell rushed to Xia De's nose:

"Then do you want to continue turning the pages, or, turn to look at me again... to understand the more real me?"

"... Hmm, the book has always been in my hand, but you are about to go on a long journey. I want to know more about you, more and more."

A smile bloomed, and the black-haired head maid was clearly very satisfied with this answer:

"Sorry, I clearly seduced you when delivering the letter last night, but I couldn't keep you. Now that the mistress is at the hot spring, then... can you tell me? What kind of blasphemous actions will you do to the book?"

Her eyes simply seemed to be hooking Xia De's eyes to look down, looking at the position where the silver buttons were untied:

"Have you ever used your tongue to feel the body temperature of a book?"

The Outsider was then pressed down by the head again. She seemed to like doing this very much. While getting Xia De's answer to the previous question, Miss Maid also looked at the gas lamp on her head with narrowed eyes, a blush rose to her cheeks, and she still didn't forget to remind in a low voice:

"Matilda will also be back in half an hour."

Of course, she wasn't sure if Xia De could hear it at this moment.

(Emilia is staying up late to review...)

The girls who went to the "Moon Sanctuary" to soak in the hot spring had a great time. It was said that they would be back before midnight, but in fact, it was already 0:30 on Thursday morning when Xia De saw the group on the deck:

"Ladies, the Prince's ball ended at midnight. I told you to come back before then, otherwise you would turn into Cinderella. Why didn't you listen to me?"

He asked this, and Galina patted his shoulder and walked towards the cabin:

"Isn't my prince right here?"

Tifa, who was beside Galina, gave Xia De a look that only they understood. Then Bella, who walked over, smiled and kissed his side face:

"And even if we forgot the midnight reminder, didn't the prince still find us?"

Matilda's eyes met Xia De's, and she pursed her lips and lowered her head. Flora, who walked over immediately, had her hair disheveled. She bumped into Xia De's shoulder in a good mood:

"Where are there Cinderellas as beautiful as us? It's just a little girl bullied by her stepmother, how can she compare with us?"

Her words were unanimously agreed by everyone, and they all regretted that Xia De didn't go with them.

After the girls returned, they went to rest separately. And Xia De, who returned to the room, also welcomed tonight's visitor shortly after—Luvia. The purple-eyed girl put on her pajamas and got into the quilt. First, she asked Xia De with a smile if she smelled good—the witches lent her perfume, and then she said with a smile:

"Don't wait for Dorothy. Dorothy seems to be busy with oil painting with Flora. She will come to find you after returning home."

The divination lady, who hadn't been intimate with Xia De since the Battle of Vista Woodland, then excitedly let him know that soaking in a hot spring can really make people energetic.

In the middle of the night, Xia De, who was sleeping while hugging Luvia, found himself appearing in the dilapidated home again. The last meeting was Monday morning this week. He was a little curious why the long-haired girl came to find him so soon. After arriving at the roof under the dim sky, he found that the black long staff was placed on the roof next to the long-haired girl.

"The reinforcement is complete, right?"

The appearance of 【Yggdrasil Staff】 had no changes compared to before. Xia De didn't check it immediately, but sat down on the other side of Luvia.