Chapter 4087: Wei Ge

Facing Luvia, Wei Ge still felt some nervousness, though she didn't know why. She greeted them with polite words as she approached, and everyone in the foyer returned her greetings.

Luvia stood beside Xia De, carefully studying Wei Ge Astryli, whose appearance was indeed stunning—even among witches, she ranked among the most beautiful—and then smiled and said:

"Danister's praise is accurate; Miss Astryli's beauty is even more astonishing than Xia De described."

She extended her hand to Wei Ge:

"Luvia Anater, pleased to meet you."

"Good afternoon, Miss Anater."

Although Wei Ge always believed no normal person could be more beautiful than herself, she admitted that Luvia's purple eyes were indeed more captivating than her own.

Lost in thought, she unconsciously shook Luvia's hand, then froze slightly—she wasn't wearing gloves.

Direct contact with a ten-ring warlock like Luvia would still affect Wei Ge, but brief contact wouldn't be significant. Yet Wei Ge clearly sensed that this Miss Anater was unaffected at all.

In Wei Ge's perception, this wasn't due to Luvia's body resisting her power—it was as if some quality within Luvia Anater's soul directly immunized her against Wei Ge's "Chaos Effect."

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Wei Ge staring at her, Luvia asked curiously. Wei Ge realized her rudeness and quickly shook her head; Miss Yiluna and Dorothy were also meeting Wei Ge for the first time, so Wei Ge went to greet them as well.

Xiris, who had come with Fan Nisha, had previously met this witch, so Wei Ge didn't speak much with her. She then invited everyone to rest in their respective rooms upstairs; dinner would begin shortly.

The Fragrant Manor was large enough that everyone had their own room, and Miss Jia Lin Na unsurprisingly noticed that Xia De's room was beside the manor's main bedroom—the Northern Duchy's duchess even suspected whether Wei Ge's bedroom had a secret door leading directly to Xia De's wardrobe.

Luvia and Dorothy had prepared fresh clothes for Xia De to stay overnight, but Xia De didn't need to pack much—since Winnie had come along, many tasks no longer required his own effort.

So while everyone returned to their rooms, he took the opportunity to speak with each person—or rather, wandered around carrying Xiao Xiao Miya. He first visited Yiluna; after Ajilina came to see Yiluna, he went to Luvia's room. When he arrived, Luvia was arranging her hair before the mirror.

"Wei Ge Astryli is even more beautiful than you and Princess Lei Lei Qianya described—I can understand why Miss Jia Lin Na is so wary of her."

She smiled at Xia De, who replied:

"There's no need to worry just because of appearance—I'm not the type who cares much about looks."

"Yes, yes—if you cared deeply about looks, you'd be talking to Miss Jia Lin Na right now, not me."

"Luvia~"

"I'm merely admitting my own appearance can't compare to those witches—but I don't envy them."

Luvia finished arranging her hair, turned, and embraced Xia De—then released him before Xiao Xiao Miya could complain.

"Tonight I'll be divining here with Bella, but you need to know another thing: Joey Barton and Marilyn Hendel will arrive in Arcadia tomorrow. They won't enter the city—they'll stay at the inn in Greyrock Pass Fortress."

"Since we're not leaving tonight, if you have time tomorrow, come with me to meet them."

Luvia had summoned them to deal with Wei Ge's mother's soul. Since Luvia gave the divination result, Xia De had begun equally suspecting everyone around him as the female alchemist.

Now that the "professionals" were arriving, Xia De still felt a pang of regret they couldn't accompany him to the club tonight—he believed Wei Ge's mother would likely appear in some way during the Leather Club incident and offer Wei Ge guidance and aid.

While Xia De chatted with Luvia, Wei Ge had planned to speak further with Danister, as she was intrigued by the "Red Moon Witch." But at the door, she discovered Floria was already there—the artist and the manager were conversing, clearly familiar with each other.

So Wei Ge didn't disturb them and went to Miss Jia Lin Na's room instead. Miss Difa didn't use the maids' help; she packed for Miss Jia Lin Na alone. Miss Jia Lin Na, like Luvia, was gazing in the mirror—but instead of arranging her hair, she was selecting her dinner attire.

"Wei Ge, I thought you'd put me in the room farthest from Xia De~ I didn't expect my room is just one door away from his."

Miss Jia Lin Na said to Wei Ge in the mirror, who covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed softly:

"Even if I placed you in the deepest chamber of the crypt, could I stop you from going to him if you wished?"

Miss Jia Lin Na smiled:

"You understand well. By the way, your soundproofing should be good—I hope you, living next to Xia De, don't hear any noises tonight."

"You!"

Wei Ge's face flushed crimson with anger; she took several deep breaths, then coughed softly again:

"Miss Jia Lin Na, this is my home. Didn't you receive education when you were Princess? In someone else's house, you don't have relations with their lover."

"I never did—who'd dare tell a Princess such things?"

Miss Jia Lin Na replied, and Wei Ge truly felt angry:

"After he returned home last night, haven't you... had enough yet? Don't tell me you just closed your eyes and slept."

Miss Jia Lin Na continued studying her dress in the mirror, letting the hem sway to check its effect:

"Last night Xia De took me swinging on the swing—it was quite delightful."

"Swinging? But you said Xia De's house had no yard—where did you swing... ah!"

Realizing something, Wei Ge's face turned bright red; she dropped the topic immediately—Miss Jia Lin Na was clearly showing off.

"I want to talk to you about Luvia Anater."

"Oh? What do you want to discuss? Praise her beautiful eyes? Xia De was indeed enchanted by those purple eyes."

Miss Jia Lin Na looked at Wei Ge in the mirror:

"If you have any bold ideas, don't voice them—her position in Xia De's heart is special. It's not that he loves her more than us, but men always remember their firsts deeply~"

"Can you stop always bringing up this topic?"

Wei Ge protested:

"I'm not talking about that—I want to ask you, what's Luvia Anater's background? If she can stay by Xia De's side, she must have some exceptional qualities."

"Her divination ability is extremely powerful."

"You've already said that—I want to know other things."

Miss Jia Lin Na finally turned from the antique floor mirror and sized up Wei Ge:

"Everyone has secrets—if you want to know, you can ask her yourself."

But Wei Ge shook her head:

"It's not proper to ask someone's secrets on first meeting. I've just noticed something... oh, I sense this Miss Anater also has the Chaos talent, and her talent isn't inferior to your great-niece's."

"You're saying this too late—only pure maidens can become witches. Xia De acted too soon, and I don't think Luvia even wants to become a witch."

"You keep saying things like that—do you think I'd be jealous? Then I won't ask... but Miss Anater's eyes really are beautiful—I've never seen such purple eyes before. She seems easy to get along with. Miss Jia Lin Na, do you think she'll like me?"

Wei Ge asked hesitantly, and Miss Jia Lin Na laughed.

"What kind of question is that? Why would Luweiya not like you?"

She felt that Weige was actually quite amusing sometimes; no one had ever thought to ask a question like that before.

"Because I'm so beautiful. A Miss as beautiful as me getting to know Xia De — wouldn't all the Misses who aren't as beautiful as me feel a sense of crisis?"

As she spoke, Weige flipped her hair again and, with one hand on her hip, answered with great confidence. So Miss Jia Lin Na retracted her earlier assessment — Weige Astley was still just as narcissistic as she remembered.

At six in the evening, the lively banquet officially began. The huge round table on the first floor of the Fragrant Residence was finally put to full use today. The witches were all very happy to be reunited, and Weige, in high spirits, even took the initiative to propose a toast. Everyone else raised their glasses in response, giving Weige plenty of face.

A sumptuous dinner covered the entire table. Xia De sat down beside Weige, and while chatting with everyone during the meal, he asked a peculiar question:

"This table is so big — if I wanted to reach the food right in front of Bella, it would be very inconvenient. Why can't someone invent a simple device that lets everyone reach all the food?"

His original intention was to mention something like a "revolving glass table," which was very common in his hometown, but Bella, whose name had been brought up, laughed and said gently to Xia De:

"Well, of course it's because no matter what you want to eat, we're all willing to deliver it to your lips personally."

A wave of laughter rippled around the table. The witches praised Bella's answer and teasingly asked Xia De what he wanted to eat right now.

Xia De had originally assumed that Weige's relationship with everyone wasn't actually that great. Taking the dinner as a chance to observe, he discovered that she could chat and laugh with every single person, and even smilingly praised Ajielina's performance over the past two days to Miss Jia Lin Na.

The unity of the Witches' Parliament exceeded Xia De's imagination. Of course, he only realized later that Weige was able to blend in with everyone so smoothly simply because, all because of Xia De, they regarded her as family too.