In short, although the witch and Mia both showed "bad intentions" during the drug testing process, it also proved that the magic potion of the "cat in the bottle" also worked on Shade. In this way, there is no need to wait for the adventure of opening the time key again the morning after tomorrow.
Since Miss Carina arrived in the evening, she naturally had dinner with Xia De afterwards.
After dinner, she had no intention of leaving. She was originally chatting with Shade in the study about Green Lake and the progress of his investigation, but as they talked, they changed from sitting face to face on both sides of the desk to sitting side by side on one side of the desk; then, somehow, the witch took off her black high heels, put them on the desk in an uncivilized manner, and then put her arms around Shade's neck and sat on his lap; then, when Tifa brought the maids in, changed the water in the teapot and brought some fruit, Shade, who was almost suffocated by her chest, finally got a chance to breathe; finally, somehow, the conversation location changed from the study to the bedroom, and the usually strong Duchess rarely showed her weakness and shyness, and Shade felt that he could never get enough of the smell of the "witch's scent" perfume.
On Tuesday morning, when the witch woke up from her sleep and hugged Shad's neck to prevent him from getting up on time, she asked a very strange question:
"Shad, you said you were doubting your origins. So, is it possible that you have succubus blood?"
The fair right hand pinched the ends of her long red hair and played with the side of Xia De's face.
"What? Carina, why would you think of such a strange question so early in the morning? No, that's absolutely impossible."
Shade shook his head. With the doctor's sensitivity to demons, it was impossible for him not to discover a half-demon bloodline. Besides, the answer of demon bloodline could not fully explain the strangeness of him.
"Then why are you so damn charming?"
This was a love conversation between the two of them. Xia De smiled and kissed her forehead:
"Get up quickly. I have to go to Green Lake to meet the pharmacist who looks like the witch."
"When you hugged me and stroked my back, you mentioned other great witches. You really choose your topics well."
The red-haired Duchess also smiled and answered, but she did not let Shade get up. She lay on her side near the window, looking at Shade, her head and shoulders outlined with golden edges by the morning light outside the window, and her golden eyes became even more beautiful:
"You are such a strange person. Your self-discipline sometimes makes me doubt whether I am really attracted to you."
"Never doubt your own charm. Who can be more charming than the Great Witch? It's just that self-discipline is a way to keep yourself strong. I admire this habit of mine."
"Luvia Annette's charm is probably comparable to that of us great witches."
She said this deliberately, not wanting to let go of Shade. So, just as Tifa and the two young maids behind her walked to the bedroom door and wanted to knock on the door to ask if breakfast this morning should be prepared now, they heard a crisp clapping sound at the same time, followed by the Duchess's surprised cry with other emotions.
The maids outside the door blushed, then smiled at each other. Soon after, Shade and Karina, who was wearing a nightgown, left the bedroom together.
"I may not come to see you too often recently."
At the breakfast table, the witch holding the knife elegantly suddenly said to Xia De, and Xia De raised his head in surprise:
"Are you still angry about what happened this morning? Or about what happened last night? It doesn't matter. Two hours is long enough. I don't care. Maybe you were not in a good mood yesterday..."
So he was kicked hard under the table. The girls in maid skirts around him tried their best to hold back their laughter. They were indeed professionally trained. On the table, Miss Carina still had an elegant expression:
"In a few weeks, I will be leaving for the Green Lake area. Before that, there are a lot of troublesome things that I need to deal with, and there are many unavoidable meetings. You can also understand how important the Green Lake negotiations are. Even I have to put all my energy into dealing with it."
She shook her head at Shade:
"I feel like I have no interest in dealing with those things after staying by your side for so long. So I won't come to visit you often recently... If I don't come to see you, you must not come to see me either."
The red-haired Duchess reminded:
"It's not that I don't want to meet you, I just..."
“I want to get myself back into working shape.”
Xia De finished the second half of her sentence for her, and the witch smiled and nodded:
"You really understand me. I don't want to do this, but there's nothing I can do about it. After the Green Lake incident is over, I will make up for the neglect during this period of time."
The ladies of the Cavendish family have surprisingly similar ideas and thoughts.
So, after Miss Carina repeatedly told Shade not to fail to take the initiative to look for her, Shade saw off the witches after breakfast. However, Tifa, who was the last one to leave, slipped a note quietly before leaving, which made Shade very curious.
That was not a note from the maid asking Shad to have an affair. The black-haired head maid told Shad that he could visit the Carina Manor on weekends and remember to bring a bouquet of flowers or some special small gifts bought in the Green Lake area.
She is really amazing.
she whispered in Shad's ear.
"What?"
It's getting late, you should leave.
The time agreed with the pharmacist was nine o'clock in the morning. Shade spent some time talking to the boy in the trash can at the back door of the hotel, but he still showed up at the door of Green Lake Hotel twenty minutes early. He even looked at the two carriages parked at the door of the hotel with interest. The two drivers were both low-level sorceresses dressed as men. When he pushed the door open, the sorceresses with short brown hair were already sitting at the table under the oil painting of the Green Lake scenery.
"I admire your sense of timing."
As Xia pulled open the chair opposite her and sat down, he praised her softly, and then asked the pharmacist who was putting down the newspaper:
"What's the big news in the newspaper?"
The newspaper was removed, revealing the pretty face of the pharmacist. Her facial features were very three-dimensional, and although this face was fake, it must have been disguised based on a real face.
There was a bored expression on that fair face, and in those bright green eyes, there was a sigh about the boring news:
"The newspaper is talking about the progress of the negotiation meeting. The report said that the two sides have made good breakthroughs on many issues in the first round of negotiations in Green Lake City."
"What do you mean by 'many issues'?"
Shade asked curiously, and the sorceress shook her head:
"I'm also curious about how those reporters could write a whole page of news without any substantive content. In my opinion, before the subsequent delegations of both sides, those nobles who can really make decisions, arrive, the negotiations will not make any more progress on the Pantanal. At most, they will just be repeated arguments on unimportant matters such as the air governance agreement and the liberalization process of academic exchanges."
She sighed and looked at Shade:
"So are you ready? If you are, let's go to the island."
After saying that, he suddenly frowned, then shrugged his nose and looked at Xia De in surprise:
"Why do I feel like I've smelled the perfume on you somewhere before?"
Xia De was shocked. He had clearly taken a shower this morning.
"Do all these sorceresses have such good noses?"
I thought this in my heart, but said:
"Ma'am, I don't have the habit of wearing perfume."
The pharmacist looked at him suspiciously, but because the smell was very faint and she would not get closer to Xia De to smell it, she did not think much about it. Xia De breathed a sigh of relief:
"I don't actually have anything to prepare, except to go on another trip with you. Are you ready? Among the materials for making the key, there are no bones of the feet, flawless amethyst, and flawless obsidian. These three are definitely fine, but have you obtained the blood of the lord, the skeleton teeth of the lord's wife, and the memory of the newborn?"
"For the blood of Edwards' descendants, use my blood. For the skeleton and teeth of the lord's wife, we will go to the island to dig. I have already determined the location. We have not yet obtained the memory of the newborn. I just got the news from my followers last night. Let's go and get it now. It is in the city of Michaela Blast Furnace. It may be a long way. I hope you don't mind."
"No problem, let's go now. But you have followers? I thought you were the kind of solitary ring sorcerer who does everything by yourself, after all."
Xia De stood up and said this. The pharmacist shook her head:
"Important things should be done by myself. I believe in myself more. This is one of my life principles."
Because the pharmacist didn't allow Xia De to get within 1 meter of her, Xia De knew very well that they couldn't sit face to face in the carriage. He thought he would still have to take a boat or a horse, but after he went out, the pharmacist waved her hand, and the two carriages with the "Paradise Island Pharmaceutical" logo drove over.
The pharmacist made a gesture to Xia De, indicating that he should choose one first.
"I say, are you a germaphobe? In order to prevent me from getting too close to you, you even arranged two carriages? When I walked in just now, I was curious why the Paradise Island Pharmaceuticals carriage was here."
If it was their first meeting, the cold sorceress would definitely not respond. But when they escaped from the island last time, their relationship had improved significantly, so in the surprised look of the coachman dressed as a man, the pharmacist actually smiled at him:
"Don't try to test me. I do have a relationship with this pharmaceutical company. If you want to buy drugs in bulk, I can give you a discount. Go ahead and don't waste time. There is still a lot to do today."
Having said this, he turned his back to Shade and warned his two followers with a stern look. Then the two of them got on different carriages, which carried them towards the south.