Chapter 3144

After having a simple lunch at home with Beila, Xia De was taken out by Miss Jia Lin Na again. However, this time he brought Little Mia with him. He found that he seemed to have neglected this cat during the Year-End Festival week and rarely took it out.

The so-called "visiting the Yodel Palace" actually didn't have many goals that must be completed. After entering the palace, Miss Jia Lin Na just walked around with Xia De, occasionally chatting with people Xia De had seen in the newspaper in the garden, corridor, or hallway, and then introduced to them what Xia De did.

Xia De of course also met King Larus III and Wang Hou Diana this afternoon, but he didn't meet them together. When he met the King, it was at two o'clock in the afternoon in the King's study. Xia De felt that every time he met him, it seemed to be here.

The King had known about the relationship between Xia De and Miss Jia Lin Na for a long time, so he was not surprised at all to see Miss Jia Lin Na appearing with Xia De. Instead, he brought up the topic they talked about when they met last year's Year-End Festival:

"Hamilton of Rejiede, are you still maintaining contact with Princess Margaret of the Anjou family?"

"Yes, we have correspondence every month. Princess Margaret did not alienate me because of the recent things between the two countries. Instead, she said she thought war was wrong."

Larus III behind the desk nodded:

"Anluosi might send you on a business trip to Willandale City this year. When the time comes, you can privately contact that princess again."

He didn't say anything more to Xia De, and later when Miss Jia Lin Na took Xia De to see Wang Hou Diana, it was in a huge reception room behind the Yodel Palace that Xia De had never been to.

Afterwards, Xia De learned that it was a reception room specially used by the Wang Hou to entertain female guests with status. And this time when Miss Jia Lin Na appeared with Xia De, there were more than ten women of different ages sitting in the reception room.

Macarons, chocolate cookies, strawberry cakes, and porcelain teacups were spread all over the coffee table. Although the ladies and girls who were dressed up had different looks, except for Wang Hou Diana, everyone else had bright red hair.

Among them were princesses Xia De had known for a long time, such as Princess Lei Qianya, Ajielina, and Princess Alice, as well as many sisters of Princess Lei Qianya who had already married.

It seemed that Wang Hou Diana was meeting and talking to her daughters before the Year-End Festival—although many of the older princesses were not her biological daughters, and Miss Jia Lin Na took this opportunity to knock on the door and enter.

Including Wang Hou Diana, everyone present immediately stood up from the sofa and chairs to greet Miss Jia Lin Na. The Duchess only responded to Wang Hou Diana and didn't care about those juniors.

Later, two princesses who had already married but whose names Xia De couldn't call out, who were sitting on the right side of Wang Hou Diana, moved away, and Miss Jia Lin Na sat down with Xia De.

The sofa was very soft, and Xia De discovered that he was not the only male here, because Princes Lorian Cavendish and Gudrian Cavendish were wrapped in small quilts, lying in the cradle on the left side of Wang Hou Diana.

Xia De just thought this was some kind of uniquely shaped snack rack.

Whether they were older or younger, the princesses seemed very cautious when facing Miss Jia Lin Na, but the Duchess herself didn't care about this point.

She smiled and talked to Wang Hou Diana about meeting "Uncle Harold's grandson" in the corridor just now. Although Xia De couldn't figure out the relationship, he also knew she was talking about the man wearing a white wig who recognized Xia De just now and wanted to pull him to play "Court Luo De Cards."

The two talked about court anecdotes, and then Miss Jia Lin Na asked about the arrangements for the Year-End Festival of the married princesses this year, and finally mentioned her real purpose:

"Sorry, Diana, I'm afraid I can't participate in the Year-End Festival banquet this year."

She said apologetically, her hand wearing lace gloves patted Xia De's hand back lightly:

"This knight invited me to attend the banquet at his home, so although I am in Tobesk this year, I won't come over tonight."

Wang Hou Diana was a little surprised, but she certainly wouldn't force Miss Jia Lin Na to stay, let alone say let Xia De and Miss Jia Lin Na stay to attend the banquet here:

"Then congratulations to you. I mean, this is very good. Doesn't Hamilton of Rejiede live in St. Theresa Square not far away?"

The Duchess smiled shyly with a red face. Xia De swore that he saw Princess Lei Qianya, who was sitting on the other side at a certain moment, seem to roll her eyes very indecently.

However, although Miss Jia Lin Na could not participate in the royal Year-End Festival banquet, Princess Lei Qianya and Ajielina had no reason to escape. So they were probably going to appear a little later, which could be considered a small regret for the princesses.

Xia De and Miss Jia Lin Na stayed at the Yodel Palace until four o'clock in the afternoon before leaving. And as the remaining time of 1854 entered the countdown, the witch's interest also became higher and higher. She smiled all day, and was in such a good mood that when she faced the low-pressure Princess Lei Qianya before leaving the Yodel Palace, she rarely didn't say any sarcastic words.

And when the two returned to No. 6 St. Theresa Square, the girls who went out had all returned.

When Xia De was holding Little Mia up the stairs, he heard the lively sound on the second floor. When he reached the second floor, he saw Miss Swift standing at the door of the living room talking to Tifa.

There seemed to be girls everywhere in the living room and dining room, but the manager lady didn't appear in the image of a mature red-haired lady, but showed her eighteen-year-old appearance. And the sharp-eared elf was keeping her young girl appearance. She was sitting in front of the sofa with Luweiya, seemingly talking about the topic of "tree staff."

After seeing Dannister, Xia De of course went everywhere to look for Flora's traces, but he didn't see where the artist lady was after looking around.

He then smiled and hugged the red-haired girl who walked over, and then waved to Amelia who stood up in front of the sofa, signaling her to just sit and not have to walk over to greet him.

Then he asked Xiwei, who happened to be on the side:

"Where is Flora? Didn't you go out together in the morning? I noticed everyone is back, only Flora is not here."

Xiwei also didn't know the grudge between the owl and the manager:

"Not long after she came back, she said she was going to the washroom, and she hasn't come out since... counting the time, it's been half an hour. Did she go to take a bath?"

"I didn't hear the sound of water. Flora lives on the third floor. I'll go see her."

Flora was obviously deliberately hiding from Dannister. Xia De wanted to end the conflict between the two before the banquet. And hearing Xia De say he was going upstairs to find Flora, the red-haired girl also said with a concerned face:

"She might have something to do in the washroom. What does it count for you as a man to go up alone? I'll go with you. Flora and I are friends who lived together for an autumn anyway."

Saying that, she didn't give Xia De a chance to refute at all, and pulled him out of the living room.

Miss Jia Lin Na was still standing at the door of the living room at this time, turning around and watching the two disappear at the turn of the stairs, before asking Xiwei and Miss Yilaisa in a low voice:

"What's the situation with this one? Although Xia De said she would come, what is it for to pretend to be eighteen? Is it to show off that she is very young in front of us?"

Xiwei laughed, and the boat girl was quite understanding of the other party's mind:

"Probably because she is embarrassed. After all, she can also be considered Xia De's teacher, but appearing here today is obviously not as a teacher, but in another capacity."

Miss Jia Lin Na nodded to show she understood:

"Princess Lei Qianya came over at two o'clock in the afternoon and connected the portal to the manor, right? Then I'll go back to the manor to see how the banquet is prepared. Today is the Year-End Festival, everyone be happy. 1854 has passed, and I will miss it very much."

If there was still anyone in this house who couldn't be happy, it must be Flora, who locked herself in the washroom on the third floor.

After Xia De and Dannister entered the quiet Room 2 on the third floor, they noticed that the door of the washroom was closed. After getting closer, they were both very sure that Flora was inside. Xia De then knocked on the door with his fingers and raised his voice slightly:

"Flora, are you okay? Xiwei said you have been in the washroom for more than half an hour."

"Xia De, you're back!"

The voice inside the door was obviously very surprised. Xia De just wanted to say that Dannister was beside him, but the red-haired girl grabbed his arm and signaled him not to say this.

So Flora, who finally waited for Xia De, opened the washroom door impatiently without any guard. Seeing the red long hair outside the door, she exclaimed and wanted to close the door, but Dannister grabbed the edge of the door.

The witch who had just been promoted to the twelfth level tried hard to pull the door inward, while the thirteen-ring female sorcerer pried the door with one hand and wrestled with her. Xia De hurriedly stopped them, he was very afraid that this door would sacrifice on the last day of 1854:

"Stop it, all of you. Can't you talk properly? What are you doing?"

He reached out and grabbed Flora's hand inside the door, and also held Dannister's wrist, and the girls stopped using force.

Dannister had long thought that Xia De would come to persuade, and Flora, who was hiding behind the door and still hadn't come out, was just waiting for Xia De to appear:

"Dannister, I apologize, I sincerely express my apologies to you."

Through the crack in the door, she tried her best to express her repentance for what she had done:

"Before I wrote to you, I already realized my mistake. Later Xia De knew about this, and I also expressed my sincere apologies to him, and he also gave me punishment. Now I want to express to you, my best friend, again..."

When the Willandale funeral happened, the artist lady used this way of active apology to get Xia De's forgiveness. But this trick worked for the Outlander who wasn't really angry, but was ineffective for the "Red Moon Witch" who was really angry. She was used to seeing this kind of student who tried to escape punishment by verbal apology in school:

"Wait a minute, Flora, what punishment did Xia De give you?"

PS: Picture 1 in this chapter "Amelia - Little Elf Form".

Picture 2 in this chapter "Living Situation on Year-End Festival 1854-3".

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