Chapter 486: The Cavendishes

"Your Highness."

Xia De looked very seriously at the Princess in front of him, who looked at him with a slightly flushed face.

"I want to tell you..."

He lunged forward, hugging Lei Qianya and entering the room.

But he didn't rush forward; while hugging the sixteen-year-old girl, he exerted force with his feet, and the two turned around at the same time, Xia De crossing his hands behind the Princess.

Boom!

Swish!

The gun in his right hand accurately hit the head of the man crouching in the corner on the right. Although Xia De hadn't practiced shooting, the man was simply too close to Xia De.

The four Luo De cards in his left hand flew out. Under Xia De's deliberate control, the four cards didn't go so far as to directly cut the opponent's throat, but instead hit the opponent's wrist and the finger on the trigger respectively.

With another bang, although the trigger was still pulled by the enemy behind the door, the pain caused them to lose their aim, and they didn't hit anyone.

"One last one!"

His right thumb cocked the hammer of the Luger revolver. Xia De's left hand, which had originally been hugging Lei Qianya, now, following his body's rotation, reached around from behind Lei Qianya and pulled her right hand, bringing her to his side after she spun a circle.

This made it easier to aim and also allowed him to block the muzzle of the last enemy.

After turning, he raised his gun to face the front. The third enemy, who hadn't been dealt with in the first moment, didn't fire back in the short time, but instead held a gun to the young maid's head, hiding behind the maid.

Although this man in the black hat was much larger than the maid, with Xia De's marksmanship, he really didn't have the confidence to hit the enemy with one shot.

Xia De looked at the opponent, pointed his right hand to the side, and pulled the trigger—

Boom!

Smoke came out of the muzzle, and the man behind the door clutching his wrist was hit in the chest by a shot. Because of the impact of the bullet, he hit the wall behind him. He raised his gun and wanted to fire again, but his hand didn't hold his gun, and the gun was knocked away by a plate thrown bravely by the maid who was close to him.

Xia De cocked the hammer for the third time, looked at the man in front of him, and pointed his right hand to the lower side.

【Off, a little lower. Yes, that's it.】

Boom!

The man behind the door leaned against the wall clutching his chest, his head tilted, and he slowly fell down.

Xia De still stared unblinkingly at the man in the black hat hiding behind the maid:

"Your Highness, please take your servants and leave here first."

He cocked the hammer, still looking forward but firing again at the right side with a bang. The corpse twitched; Xia De was preventing the opponent from playing dead.

If everyone else left, then even if Xia De used the power of a Ringed Shushi, there would only be one maid as a witness, and this situation would be easier to handle.

"No, no one can leave, otherwise I'll shoot her!"

The man widened his eyes and panted, his eyes full of bloodshot, and his face was a look of collapse. Xia De hadn't closed the door when he rushed in with Lei Qianya just now, and the sound of gunfire had already spread:

"Don't be nervous, friend, maybe we can talk. Look, I have no weapons."

Xia De stared at him, and to show sincerity, he even released his right hand, letting the revolver fall to the ground. For him, using a gun to kill was the least efficient method.

"Also, throw away the cards on you! I saw it just now! Your cards can kill!"

"No, I didn't use cards to kill just now."

Xia De didn't directly deny this point, reached into his pocket, took out a stack of cards, and handed them to the Princess beside him.

"More!"

The man hiding behind the maid said loudly.

He probably just wanted to try it out, not expecting Xia De to reach into another pocket and hand his spare cards to the Princess as well.

Actually, he could only attach the miracle 【Treasured Item】 to one deck of cards; the opponent was really overthinking it.

"More!"

Seeing that Xia De really had preparations, the man said again.

Xia De hesitated for a moment, unbuttoned his coat, and threw the 【Gun of Kindness】 tucked at his waist onto the floor.

"That's really all of it."

He tried to sound as sincere as possible, and before the opponent could refute, he said:

"Let the Princess leave here, you can hold both of us as hostages."

"No, no one can leave."

The hand holding the gun was trembling; Xia De was very worried that he would accidentally pull the trigger of that Glas pocket single-shot pistol.

"Hm? MI6's service pistol? That group of people selling arms finally got into trouble?"

Although Xia De was surprised, he didn't show it. But the blonde maid held by him was truly nervous; she bit her lip and closed her eyes, her head tilting desperately away from the muzzle.

Footsteps had already appeared outside the door, and the sound of the opera had also stopped after the second gunshot. Xia De knew he couldn't lose:

"Lei Qianya, take your servants and leave."

Xia De said again, then felt the sixteen-year-old Princess standing behind him:

"Mr. Han Mi Er Dun, I'm a little scared."

She hid completely behind Xia De, pulling on Xia De's clothes and saying this, her voice very loud. And, Xia De actually heard the click of a firearm safety being opened under her voice.

His eyes continued to meet the man holding the gun:

"Don't be afraid, I will protect..."

Boom!

The gunshot rang out from behind, accurately hitting the center of the black-hat man's eyebrows.

The maid screamed and ran away from the corpse. The man widened his eyes, not even having time to leave a last word, and the corpse fell heavily to the ground.

"This..."

Xia De turned to look back. Lei Qianya was hiding behind him, with a bright smile on her face, holding a small golden lady's pistol with smoke coming out of the muzzle.

The trigger of the pistol seemed to be made of gemstone, and the gun body might be gold-plated. This kind of highly decorative small lady's pistol could only hold three bullets, including the one pre-pressed into the barrel, and was a weapon used by women in high society for self-defense.

Lei Qianya smiled shyly at Xia De, then unladylike lifted her skirt, revealing the black small leather shoes and white long stockings under her skirt.

The garter on the right side was gone. She put the gun back into the small leather holster on the white lace leg ring hanging on the left side:

"Knight, it's a good thing you asked for my garter. When I reached into my skirt to take the garter just now, I was just able to take the gun from the holster and hide it in my sleeve."

She lowered her skirt and looked up at Xia De. The maids were walking and running around, calling for others. People outside the door rushed in, looking in surprise at the messy and tragic scene in the room.

On the red carpet in the center of the room, sixteen-year-old Lei Qianya was looking up and smiling at Xia De. That smiling face almost completely overlapped with Jia Lin Na and Lei Qianya.

"Knight, tell me quickly, how did you throw the cards as weapons? Oh, that scene just now was really dashing."

"I..."

Xia De took his cards from her hand in a daze:

"It's not a steam bomb, it's a pistol... The girls of the Cavendish family are truly amazing."

(Xiao Miya running...)

Half an hour later, the opera house had been heavily surrounded by police from the Ridewich field and agents from MI6. Several high-power gas lamps were evenly distributed around the opera house, making the entire Tobesk Grand Opera House look like it had suddenly gone from night to day.

And outside the opera house, royal attendants surrounded the carriage, in which sat the two Princesses and Xia De.

Lei Qianya, wearing a fire-red long dress, covered her forehead, having basically learned about tonight's events from Xia De's description. And they remained here, waiting for MI6 to finish questioning the specific situation before they could leave.

"So what exactly happened? Was this another operation by the Grey Gloves?"

Xia De still didn't understand.

"No, no, not the Grey Gloves."

Lei Qianya had a headache:

"It still has to do with my brother, Sax Cavendish."

"Hasn't he already been arrested?"

"But his henchmen are still there."

Lei Qianya said. After Lei Qianya appeared, she had been behaving very obediently, as if she were afraid of Lei Qianya.

"Yes, some people's interests are tied to Sax Cavendish. Now that I have returned to Tobesk, my father's sentencing of my brother is about to begin, and some people want to fight to the death."

Lei Qianya sighed:

"Although there were no special marks on the three people just now, and the firearms used were MI6's standard weapons, there aren't many people who would be forced to use such means. It will be investigated clearly."

Xia De noticed that Lei Qianya had been calling her brother by his name.

Lei Qianya hadn't gone out without guards, but her guards hadn't been with her in the third-floor box, but were on alert in other positions on the third floor and downstairs. And the bloodstains Xia De saw just now were the blood of those murdered guards.

But even if he hadn't appeared, Lei Qianya wouldn't have been in danger. Besides the Princess herself carrying a small pistol, there were a large number of Tobesk high-ranking military officers sitting in the audience downstairs in the opera house tonight, said to be a collective entertainment activity organized by the Tobesk Veterans Club.

In fact, at the same time as the standoff on the third floor, the corpses of the murdered Princess guards had already been discovered by people, so this not-so-rigorous kidnapping operation was destined to fail.

Because it involved the royal family and MI6 service pistols had appeared, this matter would be led by MI6 and investigated together with the police from the Ridewich field. As a key person, Xia De also had to accept questioning, but it was hard for him to explain why he appeared here tonight.

But fortunately, before Director Anluosi appeared, Lei Qianya took the initiative to suggest that she had invited Xia De to watch the play tonight. Lei Qianya looked at her, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the end, she said nothing, instead bending over and coming from her sister's side to Xia De's side:

"Really, tonight is our first meeting in Tobesk. I specially chose the dress and originally planned to give you a surprise."

Lei Qianya's attire tonight was indeed beautiful; Xia De had already praised it when they met just now.

"I think we won't have time to be alone tonight."

She said in front of her sister, her beautiful eyes meeting Xia De's. That look was very similar to Duo Luo Qian's, but not completely the same.

"Xia De, Lei Qianya and I will return directly to the Yodel Palace in a moment. I think the next time we meet will have to wait until my mother's birthday banquet next Wednesday. You must come."

Saying this, Lei Qianya hugged Xia De, and only let go after a long while.

Xia De smelled the perfume on Lei Qianya; it seemed she had really made a lot of preparations for her first meeting with Xia De after returning.

"Really, to have encountered such a thing."

Saying this with dissatisfaction, Lei Qianya looked at her sister again, who had an obedient look:

"Sister Lei Qianya, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned this at this time, but I heard that Mr. Han Mi Er Dun and Aunt Jia Lin Na..."

"Oh, that woman."

Lei Qianya's attitude toward Miss Jia Lin Na was the same as usual. She shook her head:

"Lei Qianya, you really, why did you run to the South City to watch the opera so late?"

She took on the attitude of a sister, and the little Princess immediately didn't dare to speak, but Xia De felt that she must be saying in her heart that her sister also ran here so late to meet a man.

"Xia De, Lei Qianya and I have a very good relationship; you can trust her."

Lei Qianya said to Xia De again, but didn't explain the connotation:

"In the future, if you have something and can't find me, and can't find Duo... finding Lei Qianya is the same."

"Yes, Mr. Han Mi Er Dun, I will try my best to help you."

The sixteen-year-old Princess looked up and smiled at Xia De.

Voices came from outside; it was Mr. Anluosi who had arrived and was inquiring about the situation from the guards brought by Lei Qianya and the police who had arrived in advance. Xia De then thought of another thing and took out the garter in his pocket:

"Princess Lei Qianya, I was really offensive just now, returning this to you."

Although it wasn't good to take out the garter in front of Lei Qianya, it would be even worse if he took it home. Moreover, Xia De didn't want Lei Qianya to think he was a garter collector. ===== CHAPTER 487 =====