Chapter 836: Margaret Anjou

"Mr. Watson, I never thought that apple wine could have this taste."

Picking up the wine glass, Mr. Bernhard took a sip of the wine, then squinted his eyes and revealed an expression of enjoyment:

"Not bad, really very good. Mr. Watson, may I ask which winery brewed this fruit wine? I must visit them."

"This can't be said, but I guarantee that this bottle of red wine is as delicious as this bottle of apple wine."

Xia De was very satisfied with this result:

"Send this bottle of wine to that princess, just say it's a gift from a friend, red wine brewed in a winery in the New Continent. Compared to the output of the White River Valley Vineyard, this bottle of wine should be more suitable as a gift."

He reached into his pocket and rummaged, then took out two more bottles:

"Three bottles should be enough."

"You helped me again this time, Mr. Watson. Please be sure to come to my manor for dinner tonight."

Mr. Bernhard said, then stood up, ordered the servant to pick up the wine bottle, and left the restaurant again.

This time, Mr. Bernhardt was away for a full forty minutes. During this period, lunch had already ended, and Xia De sat at the table holding a teacup and reading today's newspaper. Although his Casenrik level was very poor, his mastery of text allowed him to identify the words on the newspaper without any obstacles.

The front page headline of the local newspaper was Princess's visit to Huntington, the subsequent pages were the financial reform announced by the City Hall, which was said to reduce the number of civil servants and change to temporary dispatched workers, and the third page had news of the local winter horse racing competition. As for the advertising area, like the newspapers in the north, there were strange inventions such as "human stretcher", "steam-powered telescopic hanger" seeking investment, or local newly opened shops soliciting business for themselves.

Xia De even saw his fellow detectives advertising in the newspaper and promising that their fees were very low. The outsider had no good impression of such guys who broke the "rules". Malicious price cuts would only make everyone's business bad.

"However, Huntington's detectives seem to be living very well, actually able to find such a large layout to advertise."

Just when Xia De copied the address of "York Little Bee Snack Shop" into his notebook, thinking about bringing some southern snacks to Dorothy and Luweiya, Mr. Bernhard, who finally returned, actually still had a worried expression, even more worried than just now.

The servant pulled the chair for this viscount. After Mr. Bernhard sat down, he held his hands together and asked Xia De, who was considering whether to bring a snack for his cat, hesitantly:

"Mr. Watson, if the princess wants to see you, do you mind going to see Princess Margaret?"

"Hmm?"

Xia De looked up from his notebook in surprise:

"The princess wants to see me?"

Only after saying this did he notice that his voice was a bit loud, so he lowered his voice and pointed to himself:

"Sorry, Mr. Bernhard, I can't be seen by that princess in this kind of place. You know, I will definitely bump into that princess in social occasions in Tobesk. I can't let her see my face in advance. Even if I applied some strange makeup now, she couldn't recognize me, I can't take risks."

"Then what if you change your appearance further temporarily? Make you look more different."

Mr. Bernhard was very embarrassed:

"I know I shouldn't force you to help, but just now the princess tasted one of the three bottles of red wine, and like me, praised your red wine, and then wanted to see you. I'm really sorry, but if it's really not..."

"Wait a minute."

Xia De frowned and said.

【Are you going to see her?】

Whispering in his ears, Xia De resisted the urge to nod and said in his heart:

"If I can really change my appearance on the basis of the witch's eyeshadow and get familiar with that princess in advance, it should also be helpful for my plan in Tobesk."

Think carefully, this is a rare good opportunity. With Mr. Bernhard's introduction, the princess's vigilance at this time is definitely lighter than facing a foreign knight. And taking advantage of this opportunity, Xia De has the opportunity to test the other party's character and temper.

"However, luck is so good? The choice given by that golden rabbit leg is really too valuable. How many rabbits will I dream of tonight?"

While worrying about his sleep quality, he remembered that there was one more thing to ask:

"Mr. Bernhard, do you know that the Anjou royal family also has Ringed Shushi?"

The middle-aged vampire was a bit surprised, but seemed not so surprised:

"Of course I know, wait, you mean, it turns out that the current Ringed Shushi of the Anjou family is her? I thought it was... a correspondence student of Schluch Lake? Don't worry, I won't say it out."

"The other party is a Ringed Shushi, then is it possible for your disguise means to be seen through by her?"

Mr. Bernhard shook his head immediately:

"Don't worry, this is a unique illusion of vampires, belonging to the superposition of racial talent and sorcery. I didn't use it in Midhillburg because once this talent is discovered by the local high-ring Ringed Shushi, they can immediately distinguish my identity, but I bet Princess Margaret is definitely not high-ring, so you don't have to worry. In terms of racial talent, I am still very confident."

Xia De nodded, hesitated for a moment, and put away his notebook:

"That's good, then let's go see that princess."

"Mr. Watson, thank you for your help, this matter is really embarrassing. But please rest assured, Princess Margaret is easy to get along with and doesn't have many bad habits of nobles."

Saying that, he reached out and wiped Xia De's face. Xia De took out the mirror again and found that his appearance had changed slightly. It looked no different from just now, but if he went to recall carefully, it seemed to be two different faces.

On the third floor of the White King Club, rooms are reserved for senior members of the club, and the princess who is preparing to depart for Tobesk by steam airship from here is waiting to meet guests in the room.

Mr. Bernhard talked with the guards guarding the door in the corridor, then the guard knocked on the door and explained the identity of the visitor to the maid who opened the door. Soon, Xia De and Armand Bernhard were allowed to enter. And when Xia De walked into the room, the witch detection badge hanging on his chest finally began to heat up.

This represents that the princess who took the "Difference Engine" data from Xia De's hands in Midhillburg last time was Margaret Anjou.

The lounge for high-end members is even more luxurious than the high-end guest rooms of ordinary hotels, and the red carpet on the floor seems to be pure wool. Only half of the curtains in the room were opened, and Margaret Anjou sat on a single sofa with her back to that window.

She looked about the same age as Xia De's body, with that iconic pale golden hair of the Anjou royal family, and her eyes were somewhat faded light blue, which in Xia De's view was not as deep and divine as Dr. Schneider's blue eyes.

Because it was just daily life, there was no crown on her head, but the long dress still looked elegant and noble. Her eyes were slender, and her eyebrows were more beautiful than the color of her hair. The pale golden long hair was tied together and hung down from the front of the right shoulder, and what impressed Xia De most was her height.

Roughly estimated, it was only a little shorter than Xia De. The outsider had only seen such height in a real Great Witch.

She is not as youthful and energetic as the seventeen-year-old Iluna, not as gentle and intellectual as Dorothy who has become famous recently, and even less as introverted but actually full of passion as Princess Lei Qianya who is also a princess. Her temperament is more in line with the definition of a normal "princess". She is the kind of lady who can connect her with the word "princess" at a glance.

The room had a faint scent of incense. When Xia De and Mr. Bernhardt entered, the princess was holding a Casenrik book in her hand, titled "The Pearl of the North: A History of Tobesk." On the coffee table, besides porcelain teacups and some file bags, there were also three red wine bottles and a glass goblet.

The maid led the two gentlemen to the sofa. After being allowed, the two sat down on the long sofa. Although it was a long sofa, they both chose to sit away from the princess, and eventually Mr. Bernhard was the one closer to the princess.

"Viscount Bernhard, is this the winery owner you mentioned?"

Casenrik, with its very cumbersome grammar, asked this question in a very cultured manner. Margaret Anjou's eyes were sizing up Xia De, and even though Xia De had changed his appearance, because of the blessing of a thousand souls, his extremely charismatic temperament still won him some favor from the foreign princess instantly.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Armand Bernhard answered respectfully while holding his hat, and introduced:

"This is Mr. Xia Luoke Holmes, who runs his own winery in the New Continent. He is a Delarion and has traveled to many places."

Not using "John Watson" is because the name Watson was used by Xia De as a name when Ringed Shushi adventured, and it is best not to be related to the world of ordinary people. And "Xia Luoke Holmes" is the name Xia De signed when he joined the Military Intelligence Agency for the convenience of receiving salary (Chapter 168), which does not exist the possibility of leakage, and even if it leaks, it will not be easily associated.

"Hello."

The young princess nodded slightly to Xia De with an elegant smile, and Xia De said:

"Good afternoon, Your Highness. It is an honor to be received by you. I don't know, are you satisfied with the red wine I provided?"

He deliberately used his very poor Casenrik; this is a small trick to improve favor.

Margaret Anjou looked at Xia De sitting on the single sofa with an elegant smile, and Xia De bowed his head slightly with his hat to salute. This is the first meeting between the outsider and the southern princess, and in Xia De's view, the princesses of this world are not like fairy tales at all.

They are all so independent, intelligent, and shrewd. Most of them don't need their own princes. Whether it is Lei Qianya who has inexplicable ambition for power, or Margaret Anjou who tries to win over the ace spy, they are all more excellent than the princes in the stories. ===== CHAPTER 837 =====