Chapter 3132

One week after the ribbon-cutting of the Moon Bay Bridge, Monday, the 29th of the Month of Sleep, was the last Monday of 1854.

When Xia De opened his eyes in his warm home, put on his slippers, and walked down the stairs with the energetic cat to open the door to get the goat milk, he discovered that the gas lamps on the square in the snow had been decorated for the festival, and the fountain shaped like a girl holding a water bottle had also been decorated, so he knew that 1854 was really coming to an end.

News of the war was still circulating all over the Old Continent, but the smoke of the Principality of Sete and the Principality of Milsen had not yet affected the mood of the people in the capital to celebrate the festival.

The Year-End Festival is this Wednesday, but preparations for the festival would certainly not be made on the day of the festival. Although most people's year-end holidays would only start tomorrow, in fact, they had already entered the traditional festival preparation stage since last weekend.

Although there would be many guests... family members appearing at home during the Year-End Festival this year, Xia De himself didn't need to prepare anything in advance. Miss Jia Lin Na had already greeted him, and the ingredients for the festival would be shipped directly from her manor.

The maids had already done the house cleaning before the festival, and as for the festival decorations hanging on the doors and the outer walls of the house, Xia De didn't need to worry about them himself.

Xia De asked a question at the time;

"So besides the Year-End Festival gift, what do I need to prepare?"

And Lei Qianya, who happened to be there at the time, smiled and gave the answer:

"Of course, it's to be prepared yourself."

Although it was a bit strange to do nothing, thinking that if he really had to tidy up the house and purchase festival supplies himself, Xia De felt that it was actually quite good as it was now.

There was no snow early this morning, and the milkman and postman, who had adapted to the bad weather, had already delivered the goat milk and newspaper letters on time.

Xia De opened the milk box on the side wall of the door to take the glass bottle, and when he stuffed the empty bottle left from yesterday into it, he turned his head and glanced at No. 7 St. Deran Square next door.

After more than half a month of renovation, the traces of the previous owner of the house had been completely wiped out—although the other party didn't leave any traces. The furniture had been replaced, and the room had been thoroughly cleaned according to the standards of the Year-End Festival cleaning. The interior decoration style had been unified with No. 6 St. Deran Square, and the furniture and daily necessities had also been changed to the same specifications as Xia De's.

These things sounded complicated, but compared to Miss Jia Lin Na's manor, the area of this house was not worth mentioning to the maids.

It was just that the wall between No. 6 and No. 7 had not been broken through. This was not Xia De's intentional obstruction, but when the construction workers determined the architectural drawings and avoided the load-bearing wall, preparing to pick up hammers to smash open a door on the first floor—

The first worker sprained his waist, the second worker spat on his palms and picked up the hammer, only to twist his ankle and break a bone on the spot, and the third worker, when lifting the sledgehammer, had the hammerhead fall off the handle and fly away.

Although he himself was not injured, he smashed the newly reinstalled glass window.

In short, after a series of accidents, Xia De, who knew that his house was very strange, gave up the plan to connect the two houses through physical destruction. This would not affect future use; opening a door on the wall was not difficult for a space-type Ringed Shushi.

Lei Qianya and Dorothy planned to wait until the day of the Year-End Festival to open the Day of the Red Butterfly, pull Grace and Helen to transform into the Chosen of Space, and then create a permanent door connecting No. 6 and No. 7 on the wall.

In this way, the same effect could be achieved without destroying the house itself.

Although he didn't understand how that series of accidents happened, after the accidents of the renovation team, Xia De still pretended to go to the Dawn Church to ask the priest to come and exorcise the evil, but the church Ringed Shushi who came to help naturally didn't find any "evil" in the house.

"Then why can't the wall be smashed? Or should I try?"

Emilia, who was visiting the house, was eager to try after hearing the news, but Xia De stopped the elf girl's reckless behavior and successfully made her completely give up such thoughts by using the "ghost stories" about the house circulating nearby.

Because he had already participated in the "Tobesk Region 1854 Year-End Festival Luo De Pai Grand Prix" held by the local Diviner Society last week, and played a game of cards as a special guest with the final winner, so this year, besides visiting friends in various places, the only important thing left for him was to attend the Year-End Festival activities of the Dawn Church.

Xia De also participated in the activities last year, which only required one morning on the day of the Year-End Festival and would not delay many things.

【Don't forget to go to the grave of Sparrow Hamilton.】

"Oh, yes, almost forgot about this."

The weather was too cold, so Xia De didn't have the idea of taking Little Mia to the No. 7 room next door to have a look. After walking upstairs in slippers, holding the cat and the newspaper and goat milk, Luvia, who was wearing a nightgown and came out of the bedroom, asked:

"You are really energetic. Speaking of which, the society starts its holiday from today, one day more than other people's holidays. Dorothy invited me to go shopping for clothes in a while, do you have any arrangements today? Oh, sit down and read the newspaper, I'll make breakfast."

Xia De didn't shirk, Luvia's craftsmanship was indeed better than his:

"Nothing to do today, I plan to visit friends in various places to prevent me from having time to go out after they all come tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

As he said this, he looked at the stack of letters in his hand. As the end of the year approached, the frequency of him receiving letters also became much higher. Besides letters from friends, the restaurants, dessert shops, etc., that he often patronized would also send letters to express their gratitude, and some would even include discount coupons.

Luvia went to the washroom to wash up, and after Xia De put the cat on the dining table, he went to check today's letters.

The first letter was a year-end thank-you letter sent with the newspaper from the "Steam Bird Daily" he subscribed to, after all, Xia De had placed an advertisement there;

The second letter was an official greeting card sent by the City Hall. A knight is also considered a noble, and the City Hall would send greeting cards for the festival to nobles who had lived in the area for a long time at the end of the year;

The third letter was from Doctor Schneider, and the address showed it was sent from Winterhold City. Because of various unexpected delays, he finally arrived at his destination only last weekend, and it seemed he was going to spend the festival there.

The fourth letter was an advertisement letter, which Xia De planned to throw directly into the fireplace in a while; the fifth letter was a thank-you letter and greeting card sent by a client he helped handle a case this year; the sixth letter was a year-end greeting card from the milk company; the seventh letter came from Beaufort Auction House, which was a branch of Cassandra Auction House, and the manager sent a letter hoping that Xia De would continue to patronize them next year.

The eighth letter was sent by Joy Barton, who was cursed by death, and Ms. Marilyn Handel. They were currently traveling in the south of the Old Continent and dealing with the disaster of death, and sent a letter to congratulate Xia De on the arrival of the Year-End Festival. The gift accompanying the letter was two short stories about death they encountered.

This gift was very unique, and Xia De believed Dorothy would be interested.

"So many letters today, but it's the end of the year, so this is normal."

The ninth letter came from Wilndale. Xia De's friend Armand Bernhard sent a letter to express his congratulations on the Year-End Festival, saying in the letter that he had sent a batch of very good red wine as a Year-End Festival gift. Although the red wine didn't appear with the letter today, it should be delivered tomorrow or the day after.

The tenth letter was another advertisement letter, and the eleventh letter was a thank-you letter and greeting card sent by the "Delarion Kingdom Bank" to major clients, with two discount coupons for local clubs attached to the letter.

Part of Xia De's savings was placed at home in cash, and the other part was in this bank.

The twelfth and thirteenth letters came from Xia De's "Luo De Pai friends" in the area, Baron Lavender and Baron Lu Anda. Neither of them was in Tobesk for the Year-End Festival this year, but they heard about the "Founding · Time" and wanted to see it on the card table of the Diviner Society after returning to the city after the year.

As for the fourteenth letter—

"Hmm? Ms. Gao De's handwriting?"

The familiar flowery letters made Xia De very surprised. That lady would always send letters at the beginning of the month instead of the end of the month. Moreover, she said she would come to Tobesk City again before the Year-End Festival, so there was even less need to send a letter:

"It wouldn't really be because of the heavy snow that she canceled the trip, right? I knew it would be like this."

Thinking this in his heart, he looked at the address on the envelope, and then unexpectedly found that there was no address and no stamp, so this was a letter sent directly to St. Deran Square by someone.

After opening it, Xia De was even more surprised. At this time, Luvia had finished washing up while Xia De was opening the letter and was preparing breakfast in the kitchen. Xia De stretched his head and said to Luvia:

"Ms. Gao De sent a letter saying that she is coming to visit me at No. 6 St. Deran Square this morning."

The purple-eyed girl wearing an apron was not as surprised as Xia De, after all, she had already met Ms. Gao De when Xia De was trapped in the "Yodel Palace Time Loop":

"Do you need me to stay and help you receive guests?"

"You and Dorothy go shopping, I'll receive her myself... but she actually really came?"

"Don't you always say it's a pity that you didn't see her at the end of summer? How come she really came, and you are acting hesitant?"

Luvia asked, flipping the fried egg in the pan:

"Don't believe she will really come, right?"

"Yes, Ms. Gao De is always mysterious... she said she would come around ten o'clock in the morning, there are still three hours... I'll wait at home, not go out to prevent encountering events where I can't return, and not contact any relics to prevent me from having to go out because of out-of-control relics."

To prevent accidents, he didn't even go to get the last gift of 1854 immediately. After breakfast, he kissed Luvia goodbye downstairs, and then sat on the sofa in the living room holding the cat to wait. Because he felt a bit bored, he took a basic occult introductory book brought out from the "Strange Tree Academy" from the 【Moon Library】 to pass the time.

He read until ten o'clock sharp. When the bell in the corner rang, Xia De stood up immediately, but unfortunately, there was no knock on the door:

"I said there would be an accident... coming around ten o'clock, so what time is it exactly?"

And ten minutes later, just when Xia De was pacing in front of the fireplace—

Ding-dong~

The doorbell downstairs was pulled by someone.

?? PS: The picture in this chapter is "Marilyn Handel & Joy Barton".

? (End of chapter)