Chapter 893: Keeper of Secrets

The Gwent tournament at Lake View Manor was one of the most important games of this banquet, especially since Xia De, the 1853 Champion of the Great City Player, had promised in advance that he would definitely participate.

The Gwent tournament would be held at ten o'clock in the evening, so the three of them reading in the room only lasted until about nine-thirty before it ended.

After tidying up, the door that had been closed for more than an hour was opened. Dorothy, with a flushed face, left the room first, clutching a book.

She bumped into Tifa in the corridor, but because she was walking with her head down in shyness, she didn't even look at who was wearing the maid dress.

The writer lady brushed past Tifa in the corridor. Black-haired maid Miss Tifa stopped curiously and looked at Dorothy's back. When she turned around, the door that had just been closed was opened again. Princess Lei Qianya, who was full of energy and whose fair skin was as lustrous as milk, also walked out.

The maids waiting at the door nodded to Princess Lei Qianya. Princess Lei Qianya adjusted the silver crown on her head and smiled to thank her personal maids. As soon as she turned around, she saw Tifa looking here. The latter asked respectfully:

"Good evening, Your Highness Princess Lei Qianya."

She noticed that Princess Lei Qianya's hairstyle had changed.

"Oh, it's Miss Servit. What are you doing? Didn't Miss Miss Jia Lin Na let you go to the banquet to stroll around?"

It could be seen that Princess Lei Qianya was in a good mood. Under normal circumstances, she would not take the initiative to talk to Tifa.

"Your Highness, Miss asked me to find Mr. Hamilton. There are some important things to inform him."

Princess Lei Qianya's mouth curled into a smile, pointing to the room she had just walked out of:

"He is inside, you can go in directly..."

She said, and was about to take her maids away from the third floor, but after walking two steps, she turned her head and asked Tifa:

"How do I look now? Are my attire and expression normal?"

Tifa's expression remained unchanged:

"Your Highness, you look radiant. Although you are not wearing makeup, you are even more charming than the ladies who are wearing makeup."

"Is that so?"

Princess Lei Qianya smiled and touched her face, and only then did she truly leave the third floor. Tifa stood there watching Princess Lei Qianya leave, and then entered the room.

"Meow~"

In Princess Lei Qianya's lounge, the man's shadow covered the black coat lying on the carpet. Then a hand reached out, picked up the coat, patted it slightly, and draped it over the chair.

Xia De, who was only wearing a white shirt on his upper body, straightened his collar, and then opened the wardrobe door of the bedroom, letting Mia out of the wardrobe.

As soon as the wardrobe door was opened, the cat rushed out. It called out aggrievedly. After being held by Xia De, it expressed its dissatisfaction with its voice.

It was just that before Xia De could comfort his cat, he heard laughter coming from the bedroom door.

Turning to look, the black-haired maid Miss stood smiling at the bedroom door. Although she was just a maid, she also wore light makeup to accompany her mistress to the banquet. Her lips, painted with lipstick, were exceptionally full, and her eyes under the black eyelashes were full of smiles.

The bedroom window was open, and the night breeze blew on the two of them. Tifa looked at Xia De, who had an embarrassed expression, with a smile:

"Miss and Miss Sylvia have something to find you."

"Hmm... did you... meet Princess Lei Qianya in the corridor?"

"Yes, Your Highness looks to be in a good mood."

Tifa said with a smile, as if she didn't think too much at all, but Xia De couldn't believe that she couldn't guess anything:

"The three of us were reading together just now."

"Yes, reading... it must be very hard, right? Two female sorcerers..."

The smile on Tifa's face became even stronger. Seeing Xia De's embarrassed look, she said:

"Miss and Miss Sylvia are waiting for you. Rest assured, I won't say where I found you."

After finishing, she took a small metal bottle about the thickness of a thumb from her skirt pocket. Because it was stored close to her body, the bottle still had the warmth of her body temperature:

"Perfume. I think compared to letting Miss smell the perfume of Your Highness Princess Lei Qianya and another lady on you, it would be better for you to have my perfume on you."

She handed the small bottle to Xia De, and when Xia De took it, she also scratched his palm.

Xia De didn't know what to say:

"Tifa, you really..."

The maid Miss suddenly reached out, pressed her right index finger to his lips, then brushed the black broken hair by her ear with her left hand, and blinked her left eye at Xia De. The two were very close at this moment. Xia De could see the smile in her eyes and his own reflection in her eyes:

"No need to say thank you to me."

【She is the witch with the most means around you, right?】

"Her" voice could always ring at the most appropriate time.

Tifa knocked on the door and led Xia De into Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's lounge. When they entered, the two witches sitting on the sofa were discussing the topic of the Chosen One.

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na sat on the fabric long sofa, and Miss Sylvia sat on the short sofa with her back to the window. So Xia De sat opposite Miss Sylvia. The room was brightly lit. Xia De handed Mia to Tifa, and then sized up Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's expression.

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na sniffed suddenly, and then turned to look at her maid:

"Tifa, I let you find Xia De. It seems you really made full use of the time."

The black-haired maid Miss lowered her head and said nothing, gently placing Mia on the back of the sofa, and then preparing a teacup for Xia De and pouring tea.

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na was also just teasing, so she didn't pursue it. Instead, Miss Sylvia looked at Xia De, and the young detective defended himself:

"Everyone has the freedom to enjoy the banquet."

Tifa's hand pouring tea shook. The cool maid almost couldn't hold back the smile at the corner of her mouth.

"Yes, a young gentleman and a maid having an affair. If you had sprinkled the perfume more evenly, I might have really believed it."

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na shook her head at Xia De with a smile, very satisfied to see the surprised expression on his face. She did not answer Miss Sylvia's curiosity at this time, but said to Xia De:

"Let's get back to the point. Just now, Sylvia and I contacted the Council to ask if there was a reasonable explanation for the abnormal phenomena in Lake View Manor tonight. The situation is very interesting. The Speaker conducted divination and believed that this matter is related to the Apuna Library."

"Apuna Library" was a small-scale sorcerer group that had a good relationship with the Five Gods Church. Because they were suspicious of the Three Great Colleges spying on their library knowledge, they had a very bad relationship with the Three Great Colleges. Xia De had heard of them in the Natural Church in the narrow space during the Battle of Mid-Hill Castle, and he also suspected that among the stone slabs of "Time Perception" divided into three parts, one-third was in their hands.

"What does this have to do with the Apuna Library?"

Xia De asked suspiciously.

At this time, most of the maids in the room had gone out, leaving only Tifa and Miss Sylvia's servant.

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na deliberated on her words:

"The Speaker used some special means to confirm that the Apuna Library has a fragment of the poem of the 'Chosen One of Knowledge and Wisdom', and it is a quite important fragment of the poem. The things happening tonight are related to a certain ritual corresponding to the fragment of the poem."

"Chosen One ritual?"

Xia De's eyes widened suddenly. He did not expect that he had not encountered the Chosen One yet, but someone had already reached the final step.

"Of course it's not the final ritual. The things about to happen tonight are related to the 'Keeper of Secrets' who gives five tests recorded in the 'Undead Secret Technique'."

Miss Sylvia said.

Xia De frowned slightly. He could not imagine how the wedding banquet of Lake View Manor would be involved with this kind of thing.

"The Council currently only has this information. The Speaker let the two of us decide the next action."

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na also said. She grew up in Tobesk when she was young and knew the vicinity very well:

"Schluch Lake has no lake island, but I think there will be one soon. Since it is related to the Chosen One, after the relic officially appears in the center of the lake in a while, Sylvia and I will go to see it ourselves."

"Did the Apuna Library inform the Church? They are only a small-scale sorcerer group. Do they want to control the Chosen One themselves?"

"The Apuna Library's action this time was absolutely not notified to the Five Gods Church in advance."

Miss Sylvia was very sure about this:

"So far, although there are sorcerer teams from the Church in Lake View Manor, they are here to protect Margaret, and there are only two high-ring sorcerers among them. If the Church knew that something related to the Chosen One was about to happen here, there would absolutely not be only these people. But since the Speaker can get the current information, maybe others can also get this information. I think that inside the banquet, I am afraid that many dangerous guys have already mixed in."

Xia De resisted the urge to nod, because Dr. Schneider clearly belonged to the "dangerous guys":

"What do I need to do?"

"This matter has nothing to do with you. Enjoy the banquet."

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na said, and then pointed to Miss Sylvia:

"Emma and I are here; there is no reason for you to solve everything. You don't need to do anything. Just protect your own safety."

"Do I really not need to do anything?"

Xia De confirmed again.

The witch nodded:

"Most of the things in the past were done by you. Sometimes I feel that I am too harsh on you. I will tell you what happened in the center of the lake in a while. You just wait in the manor."

After finishing, she looked at Tifa:

"Tifa, you go play Gwent with the Knight. He was right just now; everyone has the right to enjoy the banquet. Don't say that I am too harsh on you. No need to refuse. I will go to the center of Schluch Lake with Sylvia in a while; you don't need to follow."

Tifa only hesitated slightly, then nodded:

"Yes, Miss."

So Xia De also stood up to say goodbye and left here with Tifa.

After the door was closed, Miss Sylvia asked:

"Listening to your meaning, Mr. Hamilton has always played a big role in the past Chosen One events?"

"Big?"

Miss Miss Jia Lin Na raised her eyebrows.

"His story, you mean..."

"His stories..."

Even if the Great Witch thought of these stories, she felt incredible. After all, when she met Xia De for the first time at the Lucky Southern Cross Club on a summer night, he was a genuine one-ring sorcerer.