Leicia caught Shad's voice. The red-haired girl raised her head and looked at the girl on the stage who was monologueing:
"Yes, let me show you how a small folk group interprets the modern meaning of the old fairy tales of this era. Oh, Shad, shut up and watch the show."
As he said this, he took Xia De's right hand with his left hand and held it tightly. Although Xia De didn't quite understand what the connection was between holding his hand and asking him to shut up, he still watched the show obediently.
The performance started at 7:20 and ended at around 9:10. To be honest, although Xia De didn't know much about the art of opera, he could still see the difference between the performances here and those in regular opera houses. However, such folk troupe performances allowed the actors to be closer to the audience, which was completely different from watching the show with a telescope in a distant box.
This more authentic and simple performance was recognized by the audience. After the performance, the actors received very warm applause when they took their bows.
After the show, the audience discussed the content of the performance and left in twos and threes. Xia De and Leixia were in the last row, so they left last. Before they left the yard, the girl who had not yet removed her makeup and was holding the hem of her complicated dress hurriedly walked through the door on the low wall and came over:
"Wait a moment, please, Detective Hamilton!"
Leicia held Xiade's hand, so Xiade stopped and turned to look at the girl in her twenties curiously:
"Hello, do you know me?"
The girl with makeup smiled and nodded:
"Yes, Miss Louisa mentioned that you would come tonight, and that you must be the most handsome one. Before I went on stage, I was wondering if I could tell who you were. As soon as I saw your face just now, I knew you must be Shad Hamilton."
This was the first time that Shade had encountered such a way of praising someone. At least Lecia, who was standing next to him, had a smile on her face.
"Thank you for coming to our performance. Miss Louisa is very supportive of our Jasmine Opera Company."
She bowed to Shade, who quickly stepped aside:
"You can go and thank Dorothy in person."
"Ms. Louisa never lets us thank her."
She continued, without further interrupting Shade:
"We know you are very familiar with her. Would it be convenient for you to pass this to her?"
She handed Shad the script for tonight's performance:
"Ms. Louisa said this is her teaching material."
Lecia, who was standing by, smiled and squeezed Xia De's hand, and Xia De knew that this would be used in class next Saturday.
"no problem."
"So farewell, Mr. Hamilton. And farewell, pretty red-haired lady."
She did not delay Shade and Lecia any further and said goodbye to them politely. Shade and Lecia also said goodbye to her and then left the yard together and returned to the street.
"How does it feel?"
Because it was late at night and there were not many people on the street, Her Royal Highness the Princess boldly took Xia De's arm.
“Great show, great date.”
"You see, I'm not always busy with my own business. The appointments I arrange are not always at the opera."
She seemed to be trying to explain to Shade why she hadn't come to see him often recently, but Shade suddenly kissed her on the corner of her lips. Touching her lips, Leisia was stunned for a moment, and then a flower-like smile bloomed on her face.
They boarded a carriage at the Anthem Square and returned to No. 6 Saint Teresa Square. Shade thought that after Leicia stayed at home for a while, she would take the initiative to ask to return to the Yodel Palace. After all, he rarely saw Leicia staying overnight outside the Yodel Palace except on weekends. But when they entered the second floor of the house, the enthusiastic girl hugged Shade and threw him on the sofa.
This action is exactly the same as Ajelina's.
Shad had no chance to speak that night, and he didn't even get to greet Mia when she poked her head out of the bedroom. Leicia fully showed him the passion of a princess, and that ardent feeling made the two souls embrace each other more closely, showing each other's feelings in the long and lonely night.
When the Monday morning sunlight shone through the gaps in the curtains into the bedroom on the second floor of No. 6 St. Teresa's Square, Resia opened her eyes and looked at the familiar ceiling. She once again felt how great it would be if she could really become Dorothy, throw away the glory and power of her family, and stay with Shad as a commoner girl.
At this time, Shade had gone to the kitchen to make breakfast, and Mia followed him, trying to make some "appetizers" before eating. Leicia sat up lazily from the bed and simply combed her messy red hair with her hands.
I tidied up the buttons of my ruffled pajamas and was about to go to the bathroom to wash up when I heard a familiar voice:
"You actually let Xia De cook?"
"Um?"
This is not the voice of "another me", but more like the voice of Dorothy.
"Dorothy?"
Leicia asked in surprise, looking around the room, and then realized that it was impossible for Dorothy to be here before the Day of the Red Butterfly.
She tried asking in her heart, and after getting a positive answer, she confirmed the identity with some little secrets that even Xia De didn't know.
"Before you fell asleep last night, I found that I could suddenly hear your voice."
Dorothy was standing in the bathroom of her apartment in Quill Street, and her voice was explaining to Lesia in her bedroom at number six in St. Teresa's Place:
"This is not mandatory. With the control of mental power, we can easily open and close this kind of cross-space conversation. It is even more convenient than our active exchange, but it also requires us to jointly control the opening and closing. But if you don't pay attention, this kind of whisper is not easy to detect. You were too engrossed last night and ignored me at all, but I listened for several hours..."
Even though she was very familiar with it, Leisia still blushed.
While Lecia went to the bathroom to wash up, Dorothy, who was also washing up in her apartment, taught her how to achieve this convenient conversation at any time. For the sake of her sleep quality, the writer tried to explore this new ability for several hours last night.
In order to verify the safety of this kind of conversation, Leicia even maintained communication with Dorothy and walked around Shade a few times. But apart from Mia looking at her curiously, Shade didn't notice anything unusual.
So at the breakfast table, Resia told Shad about her new "connection" with Dorothy in a tone of telling her something new. In the morning of this new week, Shad, who was originally in a good mood, suddenly changed his expression. But in order not to worry Resia, he suppressed his worries and did not show his emotions too much:
"Your connection continues to strengthen?"
"Yes, although we could exchange souls to communicate information before, it is not as convenient as this after all."
The beautiful princess was very happy with this change:
"Wait until Dorothy and I learn how to transform the 'heart sounds' into real voices. Then, even if one of us is not with you, we can still participate in the conversation... Oh, Dorothy said it's not possible. She tried it last night, and it wasn't 'heart sounds', but something more complicated, so it couldn't be transmitted."
Xia De pursed his lips, not knowing what to say. Leixia saw his emotions:
"Are you worried?"
"Of course I am worried. Besides, it doesn't look like you guys actively want to merge, but rather a natural change."
Leicia looked at him with a smile, as if she wasn't worried at all about losing her current self and becoming another person:
"Knight, then go ahead and act to 'save' your princesses. Dorothy and I will fully cooperate with all your requests as long as you think it is in our interest. Even for you, we would not choose to become a human being."
She shook her finger at Shade:
"I have only one request. You must not tell anyone else about the peculiarity between Dorothy and I. Right now, only you and the pair of red butterflies at Midhill Castle fully understand this matter. I don't want anyone else to know about our affairs."
"I see."
Shade said with his head down.
"But why?"
After sending Resia, who was leaving with the film in the hallway, to the carriage that Ajelina was riding in, he looked at Mia who was high up and spoke softly.
Xiaomia meowed, not understanding what it meant. The "she" beside her said gently:
This is indeed not their own choice, but a natural process of further integration of the soul and the "other self". Last night you had a close contact with the soul of Leithia Cavendish, and the entire transformation process was observed.
"Why didn't you last night..."
Telling you this, could you suddenly stop and say to Lesia Cavendish that you want to leave now and ask Luvia Annette for help to solve the problem
Xia De thought about the scene:
"It's funny. If I had done that, well... I would have been knocked unconscious and not woken up until this morning."
He closed his eyes and patted his face to calm himself down. He planned to take the last demon gold coin and go to Luvia to inquire about the situation.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of Mia jumping up the stairs. He opened his eyes and saw the cat trotting to his feet, meowing and wanting him to pick it up. When Shade picked up little Mia, the orange and white cat meowed docilely, squinting its eyes and rubbing its face against Shade's chest.
A smile appeared on Shade's face:
"I always feel like you're too smart to be a cat."
But Mia's action still calmed Xia De down:
"You can't solve the problem by being anxious. Now that the problem has been discovered, it's better than knowing nothing at all."
He gently rubbed the cat's head and walked towards the basement.