Chapter 3386: Ajielina's Little Story

Xia De didn't see any Mimics on the way to the box. So tonight's date proceeded normally. The opera tonight was "To the Invisible", a modern classic opera that tells the story of a dead man who becomes a ghost and still protects his fiancée, and finally, the touching story of the farewell between man and ghost at the end of the story.

This story was performed many times by the girls from the South during the visit of the 【Golden Dawn Opera Troupe】 to Tobesk last year, so even the Outsider had heard the outline of the story.

And tonight, he naturally didn't have time to watch the opera, because after the lights in the box went out and Ajielina hadn't had time to leave, Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy directly showed their enthusiasm. After all, the last Day of the Red Butterfly was the Year-End Festival, and everyone was there; the time before that, they encountered the final "time jump" of the Battle of Vista Woodland, and didn't experience the Day of the Red Butterfly at all before it passed.

Therefore, this gathering was a long-lost "holiday" for the girls. It was just that Ajielina, who was standing in the dark and leaning against the wall, mistakenly thought for a moment that she had accidentally activated her thaumaturgy 【Transparent Human】.

It was just that there was a small episode tonight. During the short break after the second act, a team of police broke into the opera house and took away everyone in a box on the third floor. That was naturally church ring-warlocks, but not the Sun Church, but the Dawn Church.

At that time, Xia De was the first to notice that there were ring-warlocks casting spells in the corridor. When he stopped playing with the girls, they were quite dissatisfied, but this didn't delay too much time.

And Ajielina, who was driven to another box, found out the identities of the people taken away before the opera ended. When she told Xia De the news on the carriage back, Xia De guessed that several of them were Mimics:

"Did they fight before being taken away? So there should have been second-stage Mimics with limb alienation among them... Tobesk is not peaceful."

After returning home, Ajielina lived in Room 2 on the third floor according to her sister's instructions. She knew that she was brought here just to give her sister a reasonable excuse not to stay overnight at the Yodel Palace, so she said goodnight to the others early, and then returned to the room and covered herself with her quilt after washing up.

She had used the thaumaturgy 【Transparent Human】 awakened when she became a ring-warlock to roam Xia De's house at night many times, and had seen the colorful nightlife in this house, but she didn't do so tonight. After her head hit the pillow, she quickly entered dreamland, and then at one o'clock in the morning, Ajielina's eyes opened on time.

At this time, No. 6 St. Deran Square had long fallen into darkness and silence, and even the maid ladies serving the princess had returned to the first floor to rest. Only the fireplace was still making a slight sound. Although Ajielina was awake, she just lay motionless with her eyes open looking at the ceiling, and didn't even turn on the lights. She specially took a nap today, plus the three hours of sleep just now, she was completely full of energy at this time:

"According to the previous time, it should be soon."

About twenty minutes later, her little ears moved like Little Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya's, and she really heard footsteps. So not long after, the door opened, and Xia De walked in on tiptoe.

"Xia De, you really came."

Ajielina's face immediately showed a bright smile. Although she had agreed with Xia De to "tell a story", today was the "Day of the Red Butterfly" after all. She was still worried that Xia De wouldn't come just now.

"This is what was promised."

Xia De said in a low voice, and Ajielina moved to the side to make room for half a bed, blushing and lifting the quilt to signal Xia De to come over directly. And when Xia De really hugged her, the little princess felt as if her heart was about to jump out of her throat.

Xia De used alchemical props to disperse the smell on his body during the time he went upstairs very civilly. At this moment, Ajielina could still smell a kind of seductive aura naturally emitted by a creature. Although they had done more excessive things before, this time she was truly "stealing" the most precious time of her sister. The excitement and danger made Ajielina feel dizzy, and then she didn't know why she asked:

"Xia De, what did the sisters do with you just now?"

Seeing her curiosity, Xia De let Ajielina lean in his arms and described it very simply:

"Princess Lei Qianya said she wanted to use a goblet, but Dorothy disagreed, saying that using crystal shoes would be more... um, aesthetic."

Ajielina was very soft, and then he realized the truth inside the nightgown. He originally thought that Ajielina wouldn't understand this, but the red-haired little princess understood it immediately. She imagined the scene and the subsequent handling of the crystal shoes, feeling that this winter was really... hot.

However, she didn't continue to discuss this topic with Xia De:

"If sister finds out you sneaked out, how will she punish us?"

Xia De leaned on the head of the bed and answered according to his understanding of Princess Lei Qianya:

"I would probably be complained about, and you... do you still remember the reading club last time?"

Ajielina's face turned even redder. She reached out and turned up the bedside gas lamp that Xia De had just turned on, and then really took a book from under the pillow:

"Then let's start telling the story."

"Is it really telling a story?"

Xia De was quite surprised. Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy had been inviting him to watch "Summer Night Collection" for so long, and he still didn't know what was written in that book at all. He didn't expect that Ajielina said she was going to tell a story, and she actually brought a book and even opened it. From this point of view, Ajielina was indeed more fond of reading than Princess Lei Qianya.

He wanted to take the book, but the little princess in a nightgown didn't let go with a blushing face:

"I'll tell you the story."

She let Xia De see clearly that the cover of the book was the third volume of "Hamilton Detective Story Collection", but after she opened it, the first five pages and the last five pages were indeed that book, but the middle part was completely handwritten and bound by herself.

The red-haired little princess bit her lip, and then looked at Xia De who was holding her:

"I'll read, and you... act out the story, okay?"

She was even a bit embarrassed to look at Xia De's eyes at this moment. Xia De was surprised for a moment, and nodded in "her" laughter to show he understood:

"Can, but is improvisation allowed?"

"Of course, all good actors improvise."

Ajielina said embarrassedly, trying not to laugh, and then she turned around and let her back lean against Xia De, while feeling the strength of her heart beating thump-thump, she asked:

"Then I'll start reading."

"No problem, but I have to go back within an hour."

"Okay, then let's start from the middle part. The summary of the previous story is that the innocent princess accidentally fell into the folk after being displaced, and was saved by an upright knight. Because they were assassinated by killers sent by the princess's political enemies, they accidentally fell off a cliff and fell into the river.

But fortunately, they were both safe and sound. When the princess dragged the seriously injured knight ashore, it was already dark. She lit a campfire and found that the knight was shivering with cold because of injuries and illness. In order to keep the knight's body temperature, she decided..."

Although Ajielina didn't see the crystal shoe that Princess Lei Qianya brought herself—Xia De held the other one—she also played the role of the crystal shoe tonight. Although the story was not finished because of this, she and Xia De agreed that they could continue telling the story when they found a chance in the future.

After all, Ajielina had many good stories.

(Little Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya is running...)

At the breakfast table on Friday morning, Princess Lei Qianya found that her sister had been eating with her head down and didn't participate in everyone's conversation at all. She looked at Ajielina suspiciously, and then looked at Xia De, and then raised her eyebrows to understand everything.

No reason, no evidence, and no need for any logical chain; the sister's judgment of the sister's behavior was just that accurate.

However, she didn't say anything about it, and even felt a bit funny.

And after breakfast, Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya lingered at home for a while before leaving together. There was still half a day left for the Day of the Red Butterfly, and they were going to go shopping for clothes in the city together. The girls' lives were never just Xia De, and they also knew very well that Xia De was not the kind of person who was very willing to go shopping.

Of course, before Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya took Ajielina away, Xia De didn't forget to mention the "leave" on Saturday:

"Saturday night, I am going to perform a very important ritual with Danister, so can this week's night class be postponed to Sunday?"

They naturally agreed, and the girls also knew that Xia De really had important things to do.

After seeing off his "princesses", Xia De went to Saint Byrons again. When he saw Danister in the library, she was reading a brand-new relic containment report. After Xia De sat down on the single sofa, she asked with a smile:

"Why, don't you need to continue to accompany Louisa and that princess?"

Xia De didn't answer this question directly:

"I told them that I will perform the ritual with you on Saturday night."

The red-haired female warlock pursed her lips and smiled, sighing:

"You always seem to understand very well what the girls want to hear. This should also be considered a rare talent. However, you don't need to worry about the ritual. Just bring 【Source of Chaos】 and those three moon stone slabs and wait for me at your house tomorrow night. Although that 'Night Spirit Temple' in Randall Valley can also be considered a moon sanctuary and satisfies the conditions for holding the ritual, it is too far away, so let's go to your house.

I am prepared to directly query the teacher's location in the library. Although according to your statement, we possess the lowest permission, even if we can't find the location, we should be able to get some hints. So Xia De, have you thought about what to query?"

She threw the question to Xia De. Xia De wanted to know many things. He planned to ask in the order of "Secrets of the Moon" → "Chosen One Ritual" → "Ink". If the first question could be answered, the subsequent questions would have to be shelved.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3387 =====