Chapter 3146: Year-End Festival Banquet

Outside the glass window, a crimson spot of light rose rapidly, and then with a pop~ it exploded into brilliant fireworks over the city. The girls at the table all looked at the window with smiles, and then guessed who had accidentally lit the fireworks at this time.

The sky was not completely dark yet, and this was not the time to set off fireworks.

In the reflection of the glass, the sharp-eared elf girl walked over and pulled him behind:

"Xia De, what are you thinking about?"

Xia De adjusted his expression slightly. He didn't want to be the most boring person in this festive atmosphere:

"Thinking about how I walked to today step by step. Looking back on this journey, everything went very smoothly, but if I think about it carefully, maybe if I took a wrong step, it wouldn't be what it is today."

The blonde elf looked at the interior of No. 6 St. Deran Square reflected on the glass window. She liked this atmosphere now:

"But you finally walked to today, didn't you?"

"Yeah~ Amelia, don't whisper to Xia De here, come and help move the chairs."

Yiluna pulled Amelia away. Xia De looked at himself in the glass reflection for a while, then smiled and reached out to touch Little Mia. He turned and hugged Luvia who happened to pass by behind him. The divination lady's face flushed, and she pushed him away gently:

"There are so many people here, don't disturb us. We are going to eat soon, you wait a little longer."

And in the upper right corner of the glass window, the moon had appeared in the last thin twilight of dusk. Although the silver moonlight could not completely illuminate the lively and festive home at this moment, the moon had always been with the Outlander.

At 6:50 in the evening, the 1854 Year-End Festival banquet of the Hamilton family officially began.

Around the long table covered with white cloth, even Tifa and Matilda were asked by Xia De to sit down. The girls and ladies who were dressed up all had smiles on their faces. Their smiles were more attractive than those sumptuous meals and expensive gold and silver utensils.

Xia De wanted to make this banquet more relaxed and warm, rather than as serious as in the past, so he suggested that everyone find a seat at will by drawing lots, instead of just sitting with the person they were closest to.

Correspondingly, he would not sit at the head of the dining table, but was pressed by Luvia and Dorothy into the middle position on the north side of the dining table.

So Mother Cassandra was next to Miss Hailey Aurora and Miss Bell, Luvia was adjacent to Miss Swift diagonally opposite Xia De. Although Yiluna's left was a sharp-eared elf, her right was Fuluola, whom she was not familiar with.

That Great Witch of Death seemed very interested in Yiluna. Xia De hoped she could remember the lesson from the afternoon.

"You say a few words first before we eat."

Miss Jia Lin Na, who happened to sit on Xia De's left, made a suggestion to Xia De that received unanimous approval from everyone. Xia De didn't want to make the Year-End Festival family dinner too serious, but since so many people had come here, he also wanted to thank everyone.

"Don't thank us, say something else."

Dorothy said with a smile. She sat at the far left of the long table, next to Megan and Tifa.

"Thanks must be said, but I can say less."

Xia De picked up the wine glass and stood up, so the maids responsible for serving temporarily retreated to the wall. The talking sound of the girls at the table stopped, and everyone looked up at him, even the cat lying on the table waiting to be fed stared at Xia De with amber eyes:

"1854 has reached its end, and I have experienced a lot this year. From the trip to Randall Valley in the snow at the beginning of the year to meet Vanessa and Xilisi, to the exploration of the secrets of the Edward family in Green Lake in the spring, the Moon Bay adventure in the summer made me know Bella, and the adventure in Vista Forest in the autumn, Fuluola and Dannister gave me great help.

Of course, there is also Amelia who always adventures with us this year. I met Amelia in Randall Valley. She didn't participate in the Randall Valley incident, but she seems to always be with us this year."

He would toast to each girl he mentioned, and the girls would naturally raise their wine glasses accordingly.

"And at the end of this busy year, all the family members I care about and who care about me have come to this house to spend the festival.

At this moment, I thought of my 'uncle' Sparrow Hamilton. Since he held my hand on the hospital bed in the summer of 1853 and left me alone here, after a year and a half of journey, I didn't expect that the me who was at a loss in this house at that time would be so lucky to meet you."

The sentimental stage ended, and Xia De raised his voice slightly:

"We will walk through 1855 together, just like the time we have already walked through. There are only the last five movements left in the Great Movement of the "Whispering Poem". If it is the same as 1854, with four Chosen appearing in a year, maybe at this time next year, we will face the final story."

He thought of the princesses and Margaret who were not here:

"But no matter what the final story is, I hope that at this time next year, everyone can still gather at the table like today, and more people can celebrate the end of another busy year with us at this moment."

"Xia De, are you predicting in advance that you will attract more girls in the future?"

Megan asked with a smile.

"I mean the princesses who are not here! I hope they won't be absent next year."

Xia De immediately refuted the rumor, so a pleasant laughter intertwined together sounded at the table:

"Ahem, please be quiet. In short, 1854 is about to end. I am very happy that everyone can come to Tobesk to spend the festival with me and Little Mia. Don't worry about any body shape problems tonight, please enjoy the food."

"Of course, finally, I have to thank Tifa and those maids whose names I can and cannot call for their hard work. Whether it is cleaning the room or preparing dinner, you have worked hard."

He toasted to Tifa and the maid ladies standing by the wall again. Tifa picked up the wine glass to return the toast on behalf of the maid group, and the maid ladies wearing black and white maid dresses by the wall put their hands together in front of their chests and bowed to Xia De's direction together. The neat and uniform movements were quite pleasing to the eye.

"Then does anyone else want to say a few words?"

Xia De asked again, seeing that everyone was just looking at him with a smile and not responding, he raised his wine glass forward again:

"Then—"

Everyone stood up, and the shadows of their arms intertwined on the dining table. Although the wine glasses could not collide completely, at this moment, according to the knight novels, everyone's hearts were together:

"Year-End Festival—Happy!"

The Year-End Festival banquet of the Hamilton family officially began. Except for the red wine provided by Xia De, all other meals came from the hands of the northern maid group.

And as the atmosphere of the banquet became more and more heated, night also fell unconsciously. The sound of fireworks gradually rising outside the window seemed to be counting down for 1854. Even though the night sky with snow still lingered with smog, the lights lit up in thousands of households in the city could almost illuminate the night sky above the entire city.

This is a night worth remembering. At this time last year, the purple-eyed girl sat opposite Xia De at the dining table, and at this time this year, everyone gathered by Xia De's side.

Holding a glass wine glass, listening to the sound of fireworks, the music of the phonograph, and the conversation of family members, Xia De looked at everything at the table while eating dinner.

He thought of this time last year again, and the gentle kiss on the dining table after he and Luvia got up. At this moment, he looked at Luvia with some apology, but found that Luvia was chatting hotly with the young witch apprentice with flaxen hair and didn't look here at all.

【You knew long ago that she didn't care.】

"Her" voice was still clear in the girls' conversation. The 【Tears of the Moon】 on the ear of Xia De's shadow illuminated by the fireplace fire seemed to flash at this moment, and the answer Xia De gave was:

"Whether she cares or not, and whether I feel guilty or not, there is no connection between the two."

"She" smiled gently as usual:

【Then Happy Year-End Festival, my dear Outlander.】

"Happy Year-End Festival... my dear..."

He thought for a long time and didn't think of how to address "her," so he simply treated that sentence as if it had been finished.

"What are you thinking about? Have a drink with me."

Miss Jia Lin Na beside him grabbed Xia De's wrist and forced Xia De to touch her, full of smiles:

"You just thanked my maids, but didn't thank me. This dinner was treated by me."

She "complained" like this, and her legs under the tablecloth rubbed against Xia De lightly.

"Yes, thank you, my dear Miss Jia Lin Na."

Xia De responded with a smile, touched the glass with Miss Jia Lin Na again, and stopped thinking about those messy things.

"Meeting you is the greatest luck in my life."

Tonight is a special day, so Xia De didn't limit Little Mia's eating, and his generous behavior made the cat feel suspicious while eating; and tonight for Amelia, it was the first Year-End Festival banquet after becoming an adult, so the little elf who usually didn't even allow herself to touch fruit wine with low alcohol content at home was a bit greedy, but was frightened and put down the cup after being glanced at by Dannister.

Even if she was a Chosen and a reserve elf queen, she still feared the majesty of the manager lady.

"I brought good stuff!"

Time came to 7:10 in the evening. Xiwei saw that the atmosphere was just right, so she nodded to her niece. So Miss Hailey Aurora got up and left temporarily, and before long, she came back holding a small iron-hooped oak barrel with a slightly bulging bottom and a slightly inward-closing top.

The oak barrel was not very big, and because the shape was very classic, everyone could see that it was a wine barrel.

"Relic?"

Xia De felt the whisper element.

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