The dressing table and mirror will not be taken away by Miss Carina now. Someone will send them directly to Carina Manor in a while. Now that the matter of the relics has been dealt with, the witch and Shade continue to chat about recent events and the registration for tomorrow's city riding competition.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and the maid's voice came from outside the door:
"Miss, Mr. Nesser, the theater manager, has brought the two actors here."
The witch smiled and looked at Shade:
"They are here, and they are in costume. Shade, do you want us to give you a room so you can be alone with them? For an hour or two? Although I have great power here and can allow you to take them home if you really want to threaten the theater and the troupe, I am afraid your reputation will be ruined."
"Please stop joking. I don't remember ever making such a request."
Shade shook his head:
"Besides, with you by my side, why should I think about any actress?"
This statement is very honest. No matter how beautiful the actresses in the theater are, they cannot compare to the appearance of the Great Witch.
As expected, Miss Carina smiled:
"Then let's just meet briefly, take a photo and say a few words. Then, we'll go home."
The golden eyes looked at Shade:
"I've been looking forward to tonight for a long time."
The door opened, and two ladies in costume walked in rather uneasily, seemingly wondering if Shad Hamilton was planning to do something indecent. The actresses knew Miss Carina was here, so they bowed as soon as they entered.
After receiving the answer that they didn't need to be so reserved, they greeted Shade uneasily. The witch, who was obviously malicious, said:
"All servants, go out. Tifa, you go out too, and close the door from the outside. Shade and I will have a few words with these two ladies here. Also, no matter what noise you hear inside, don't open the door. If we don't go out for a long time, don't disturb us. Hamilton from Rejade wants to... have a deep talk with them."
She said with a smile, and then Shad saw expressions of astonishment on the faces of the actresses and the theater manager Mr. Nesser outside the door.
The corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and he opened his mouth to stop her:
"Don't bother, we'll just disturb you for a few minutes."
Then he looked at the red-haired Duchess:
"Karina, don't make fun of me."
"Really, I thought you liked this."
She held Xia De's hand and said this. Xia De was really worried about what the tabloids would say about him in the next few days.
All Shad wanted now was to go home, so he spoke a few words to Miss Merry Jones, who played the knight, and Miss Alita Lawless, who played the knight's lover, and then suggested taking a photo with them.
Shade had never met these two ladies before, and they had only heard rumors about "Duke Carina's lover". Today was also the first time that Shade met them. They were a little reserved at the beginning of the meeting. Even though Shade asked not to close the door, they still doubted whether they would be forced to do something next. But after seeing Shade's face, the worry and uneasiness gradually disappeared, and they even showed a considerable degree of happiness when Shade asked to take a photo.
It was easy to borrow a camera in the opera house. Chad invited Miss Carina to take a photo with him, but the Duchess refused. So he could only stand between the two actresses and take the photo. Because he knew how to develop the photos himself, and he didn't want his photos to be circulated, he directly took the negatives and asked the two opera singers to sign their names for him in his notebook.
This seemed like a normal meeting between drama fans, and no one suspected that the real purpose was the makeup mirror in the corner.
While Shad was holding his notebook, discussing the opera he had not listened to just now with the two ladies and praising their singing and acting skills, a theater servant hurried over from the other side of the corridor and whispered a few words in the ear of Mr. Nesser, the theater manager at the door.
Although the sound was very soft, a ring sorcerer could still hear it if he wanted to.
Shade raised his eyebrows and looked at Miss Carina standing beside him. Witches don't like to interact with men, but they have no problem communicating with beautiful women. The latter naturally heard the sound outside the door. She thought for a moment and nodded to Shade, so Shade asked Mr. Nether:
"Do you have any urgent business to deal with?"
The middle-aged man, who was a bit fat, was sweating more on his face. He hesitated and didn't want to say anything, but when he remembered that there was a duke from his country in the room, he could only wipe his sweat and said:
"There is another person who wants to see Miss Jones and Miss Lawrence. It is Earl Lewis of Carsonrick. I will refuse him now, so please don't worry."
Earl Lewis was the noble who came on behalf of the United Kingdom of Carsenrick to discuss the time and place of negotiations with Delarion.
"It seems that the earl of the South can also appreciate the opera of the North. Let him come directly. This room is not small."
Xia De said with a smile, it seems that Miss Carina wants to meet the earl in advance. After all, she may be assigned to handle this matter.
The servant left in a hurry, and five or six minutes later, dense footsteps were heard from the corridor again. Then, a nobleman in his forties, who was fatter than the theater manager Mr. Nesser but taller than Shade, walked into the dressing room followed by a crowd of people.
His eyes were green, and his hooked nose and deep sunken eyes made him look extremely cold. He was the kind of guy who looked unkind. Combined with his noble status, it was very appropriate for the Earl of Lewis to be sent to prepare for the early stages of the negotiations.
Among the crowd following him, Shade saw the same five-ring warlock he had seen on the rooftop. Combined with what Miss Carina had said, it was obvious that they were the twin sons of Marquis Forlan, brothers Eric and Charles Forlan.
However, they looked no more than twenty-five or twenty-six years old, but Miss Carina said they were already thirty-one.
Xia De didn't expect to see them again in such a short time, but fortunately they didn't recognize Xia De.
"Good evening, Duke Carina."
The tall and fat Southern Count entered the room without even looking at Shade, and walked towards Miss Carina. But he was stopped by Shade before he could go over:
"Good evening, Lord Lewis."
He smiled and said:
"I'm sorry, but you should have heard that Miss Carina doesn't like to come into contact with strange men."
He extended his hand to the southern nobleman, who looked down at Shade's hand, his own white-gloved hand remaining motionless:
"Who are you?"
"Shad Hamilton."
Shade said, while the latter frowned:
"You are the one..."
His eyes turned to the two actresses in costume standing nearby, still ignoring Xia De's gesture of extending his hand to shake hands.
So Xia De also withdrew his hand:
"It's great to meet you in the theater. Would you like to talk to these two ladies? Their singing and acting skills are really great."
Lord Lewis glanced at him, then said to Lady Carina:
"Since Duke Carina is here, I won't bother you any more. Duke, let's meet at the Yodel Palace on Saturday."
After saying that, he ignored Shade and turned around to leave with the servants behind him. However, Mr. Foran, who was wearing a monocle on his right eye, showed an apologetic expression to Shade and hurriedly followed.
"Let's go too."
Shade said to Miss Carina, and the witch nodded. After Shade said goodbye to the actresses, she left the dressing room with Shade and prepared to go home:
"Earl James Bert Lewis has a very bad reputation even within Carsenrick. Simply put, this man is quite lustful."
When the carriage carried them into the thick night, the witch introduced what had just happened:
"He is a distant relative of the Angevin royal family, and his family controls the salt business in Carsenric. Since he was young, he has had a bad reputation in Willendel City. To this day, people still call him 'lecherous pig James' behind his back. Yes, he was this fat when he was young. If we hadn't met them today, I'm afraid that even if he hadn't taken those two beautiful girls away, they would have been in trouble later."
After she finished speaking, she saw that Xia De frowned and didn't respond to her words, so she asked curiously:
"Why, are you unhappy about someone offending you? This is normal. After all, the identity of a knight is nothing to a true noble. Although most of the nobles you meet on weekdays are humble and polite, there are also disgusting nobles. However, if you can convince Leicia, Dorothy Louisa and Luvia Annette to let you and I hold a wedding..."
Tifa, who was sitting next to her, pursed her lips to prevent herself from laughing, while Shad said:
"I noticed that the way that guy looked at you just now was very strange."
The witch was stunned, and the smile on her face became even more intense:
"You're talking about this. I'm used to it. Since I came of age, I've been the most beautiful unmarried noblewoman in Tobesk. Girls like Leicia combined can't compare to me. It's normal to attract some flies' attention, so I don't like to show up usually. This is not the first time I've seen James Lewis, and I know what kind of person he is... What are you thinking about?"
She smiled and grabbed Shade's hand:
"Oh, my knight, this is the first time I realize that you are such a petty person. Are you angry?"
"Of course, I extended my hand but he refused to shake it, and he also had feelings for you. Not to mention that this person has a bad reputation and must have done a lot of bad things. Isn't it normal for me to be angry? Maybe you haven't noticed, but I don't have too many enemies to worry about, because they are all dead."