Chapter 908: Busy After the Banquet

"Oh~"

Irregular sleep habits are always annoying. When Xia De vaguely felt someone pulling his hand, he realized that it was time to get up.

It took more determination to open his eyes today. Xia De only vaguely remembered that he went to bed at four or five in the morning, and the time now was 7:00 AM on Wednesday.

"Mia~"

Xia De complained in a low voice, actually blaming himself in his heart for playing too late at the banquet.

"Meow~"

But the cat's voice seemed to come from a relatively far place, and in the cat's call, Xia De heard the young girl's laughter.

Opening his eyes, he saw Difa standing by the bed looking at him with a smile:

"Xia De, the lady called you to eat breakfast."

"Us?"

Xia De, who was sleeping in a daze, paused, and then sat up from the bed violently.

The morning sun shone into the guest room on the third floor of Galina's manor. The early winter warm sun still carried a warmth that made people happy. Snow had piled up thin layers of snow on the window sill, and Xia De, with excellent dynamic vision, could also see that it was still snowing outside. Although he couldn't see the manor's courtyard from the bed, there was probably a layer of snow in the courtyard too.

The bedroom was quite warm, little Mia was lying on the window sill, "looking at" Xia De "like a tiger watching its prey," and there was clearly more than one person on this bed.

He vaguely remembered that after the second half of the night, he played "herding sheep" with people in the garden in the snow, went boating on the reopened Schluch Lake with Ajelina, and finally participated in the sword duel held on the second floor of the manor for some reason, that is, wearing heavy armor and using blunt swords with white ash for safety duels.

After completing the trials of "power, wisdom, and charm," Xia De also rarely relaxed. Except for not drinking excessively, he almost participated in all the activities afterward.

He couldn't remember those bizarre memories and scenes flashing with light clearly. He only remembered Ajelina lifting the hem of her dress to say goodbye to him, remembered Princess Margaret almost laughing unladylike when seeing Xia De's cat "chasing" the manor's cat—those cats foraging at night climbed onto Xia De's shoulder and were seen by Mia.

The memory of the end of the banquet was that the two witches stood by the window looking at the snowy manor under the fireworks, while Xia De sat on the sofa looking at the backs of the two beautiful ladies.

After the banquet finally ended, a small number of people stayed at the Lakeside Manor. Sylvia returned to the manor where they were staying with Princess Margaret, Xia De left with Galina, and by his side was also...

"Oh, is it dawn?"

The red-haired princess on his left side complained with her eyes closed, not caring that Difa was still standing by the bed:

"I don't want to eat breakfast, please don't wake me up before ten o'clock."

Saying this, she shrank her smooth neck into the quilt.

"I don't want to eat breakfast either."

The blonde writer lady on the right side said as if dreaming. That beautiful blonde hair was scattered on the white goose-down pillow, and the morning light outside the window shone on the pillow, making the bright golden hair really shine. Dorothy was not completely awake yet, otherwise, if she knew Difa was standing by the bed, she would absolutely not speak so relaxedly.

"Last night..."

【Do you need me to help you recall?】

"No, no, no!"

Xia De responded in his heart immediately, completely awake at this moment. The Red Butterfly Day was counted from the afternoon of yesterday at the Peace Church when the two girls met for the first time. They naturally would not waste time, so they both followed Xia De to Galina's manor last night.

"Xia De, do you want to eat breakfast?"

Difa asked softly again, as if she didn't feel that this scene was strange at all.

"Yes, I'll go right away."

Xia De felt somewhat embarrassed, and the cat on the window sill had already jumped down, waiting for Xia De to get out of bed and take it to eat breakfast.

Having received Xia De's reply, Difa turned around to prepare to notify the kitchen to prepare Xia De's portion, but stopped again, looking at the girls sleeping with their eyes closed on the bed.

She returned to the bedside again, leaned forward slightly and kissed Xia De.

After releasing him, she pointed to the girls on the bed, then raised her finger to signal Xia De not to speak, closed her left eye and blinked at Xia De, and then left with a smile.

"Hmm..."

Xia De felt that the maid's mood must be very good now.

In short, he did not leave Galina's manor for the whole morning, but talked to the Great Witch about the fourth Chosen One.

It was not until noon that he left with Princess Lei Qianya, Dorothy, and Ajelina. Ajelina also stayed overnight at Galina's manor last night, and Xia De also saw her at the breakfast table, but he was not sure if the little princess knew where her sister slept last night.

The second "Red Butterfly Day" officially ended here, and the writer lady and the princess felt very satisfied this time, and Xia De also had to continue the things in his hands after returning home on Wednesday noon.

First, he used the manuscript paper in his hand to make an appointment to meet with the librarian Miss Danister in the evening, to get the next chance to meet Miss Sylvia normally.

Afterward, he went to Midhillburg from the basement, left a letter at the Blind Home, and discussed with Sister Devlin to visit the Goddess of the Lake in Huntington tomorrow morning together.

After finishing these things, he went around the black markets of Coldwater Port, Midhillburg, and Huntington respectively. When he returned home, it was already Wednesday evening.

Because he didn't get enough sleep yesterday, he was still yawning when walking out of the basement. At this time, the snow in Tobesk had stopped. Because the ground temperature was a bit high, there was almost no snow on the street. The dim yellow light of the sunset shone into the house from the first-floor window, and Mia, who had enough afternoon nap, jumped down from the stairs to welcome Xia De excitedly. The light of the sunset left streaks on its orange fur.

After returning home, Xia De took Mia to the Divination Association to have dinner with Luweiya, and explained what happened at the Lakeside Manor yesterday at the dinner table.

Of course, it was not about divinity, but about the Chosen One and the five 【Sage's Glowstones】.

"So that's how it is. I heard about what happened at the Lakeside Manor last night at the association this morning, and then received a letter from Iluna, but when she arrived at the Lakeside Manor, the matter was already over."

Luweiya held a fork, with purple cabbage inserted on the fork:

"In this way, the Chosen One must have appeared at the Lakeside Manor last night."

"Yes, but there were too many people at the Lakeside Manor yesterday, so it's not easy for the Church and the witches to check."

Xia De said, wiping his mouth with a napkin:

"However, do you still remember the 'Miss Pawo' I mentioned? The six-ring sorceress of the Truth Society, this lady is suspicious. It's not because of her special power, but because she actually met me in both Huntington and Tobesk. From past experience, the Chosen One indeed often meets me."

"This is just a hypothesis, it still needs verification."

Luweiya nodded slightly, but did not intend to waste coins:

"I only need to see the Chosen One to immediately determine their identity. Since this matter happened in Tobesk, I think I have a need to meet that lady in person."

"That's fine."

Xia De said. He did not ask Luweiya how she planned to find Miss Pawo, but believed that the girl with purple eyes must have her own way. In the road of pursuing the Chosen One, the three were cooperating with each other, and Xia De would not think that all things had to be done by himself.

"Luweiya, what I need to confirm now is, do we need to collect 【Sage's Glowstone】? If we need to collect, I can discuss with Miss Galina how to start with the first trial 'Find the person who cannot be seen in Tobesk'."

"I will confirm the identity of the Chosen One, you think of a way for the Glowstone, but don't be too anxious, because..."

Luweiya said softly, looking around:

"Now the Church is also not sure who the Chosen One of Wisdom is, but they already know about the cooperation between the Apuna Library and the Truth Society, so they know about the Sage's Glowstone. Iluna told me that the Church plans to collect the Glowstone first, because 'Sage's Glowstone' can only be gifted once, so once there is a clue, the Church plans to let Iluna become the person who obtains the Glowstone."

Xia De revealed a smile:

"Iluna can get the Glowstone found by the Church, the Glowstone found by the Witch Council, I can also think of some ways to prevent them from flowing into the hands of people who should not possess them."

"Yes. So, what we need to be vigilant about is the movements of illegal ring-sorcerer organizations such as the 【Truth Society】."

The girl with purple eyes nodded, and said softly in her mouth:

"The trial of wisdom and knowledge is absolutely not something that can be solved by brute force, it needs to consider many things."

Luweiya pondered, and Xia De felt that little Mia squatting on the high stool pulled him with its paw, and then continued to lower its head to deal with its food.

The girl with purple eyes smiled, and probed again:

"Knight, what did you do at the banquet last night? All day today, the guests of the Divination Association seem to be talking about you."

"They are talking about me? Oh, yes, the card game I played at the Lakeside Manor last night was truly great!"

Xia De drank a small sip of red wine, with a smile on his face:

"Do you want to hear about the situation of the final card game? Two special cards influenced each other, coming from behind to win, this is a truly interesting card game."

Luweiya said while holding back a laugh:

"No, no, no, Tarot cards only occupied a very small part, they said you were the 'Banquet King of the Lakeside Manor' last night."

"Cough, cough..."

Xia De was choked:

"What?"

"You raised interesting questions, horse riding, guessing riddles, darts, Tarot cards, etc., won so many banquet games, and danced with the beautiful girls of the royal family at the dance. In the rumors, you even made that Margaret Anjou have great interest in you, even holding your hand and not letting you go. Oh, big boy, what did you do last night?"

She held the wine glass, her body leaned forward slightly, and the smile made the dimples on her face more obvious.

"This is all because of the mission."

"Whose mission?"

Xia De thought about it, the Military Intelligence Agency asked him to approach Princess Margaret, the Gray Gloves asked him to protect the princess, the Goddess of the Lake asked him to prove himself, and Miss Danister asked him to approach the Guide Moon.

"Four different missions!"

The bottom of his right palm was against the desktop, his palm was upright, and he extended four fingers.

"You are always so busy."

Luweiya sighed, and little Mia, who was squatting on the high stool, thought Xia De was playing with it, so it pressed its furry paw on Xia De's palm. The cat's paw was very small, and the appearance of patting on Xia De's palm was very funny.

The girl with purple eyes shook the red wine glass:

"But this is also good. Life is so colorful, and with Mia here, although you cannot use the dark door in the basement, we never have to worry about you losing control."

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