Although the Thorn of Eros alone is still far from the "two-in-one" that Shade wants to achieve, desire tells Shade that once Shade finds a way to fuse their bodies, then activating the "Thorn of Eros" at the moment of fusion will be enough to achieve the complete "two-in-one".
"So it's this magic."
Mr. Upton, not knowing what Shade wanted to do, nodded:
"This is the real secret of our order. It is a divine art born from the soul's strongest desire to 'protect' due to emotions. Even now within the Rosicrucian Order, only the former presidents and believers like us can really access it. But today we can make an exception. Mr. Watson, do you have time? If you have time, we will prepare the ceremony for you now. I think that with the blessing of our Lord, there should be no possibility of failure in learning the ceremony."
This is a genuine divine art, so the learning ceremony can only be held with the participation of the believers of the God of Love. Xia De had nothing to do today, so he naturally nodded in agreement.
When everyone stood up to prepare for the ceremony, Mr. Richard reminded:
"Only true love can bring out the power of this magic. Mr. Watson, are you sure that the person you love also loves you?"
"certainly."
Xia De was quite sure, but after a brief pause he asked another question:
"Can this magic be used on multiple people at the same time?"
The believers of the God of Love were stunned for a moment before they understood the meaning of this question.
"you... ... "
Ms. Hope took a deep breath and suppressed the thought of whether it would be blasphemous to teach the divine arts to the man in front of her:
"Although there is no exact record, in principle, it should be possible."
In fact, in addition to being used by multiple people, Xia De has other "new ideas" for this magic, but he was too embarrassed to ask, and instead planned to try it himself after returning home.
In short, with the help of the three old god believers, the study of the Thorn of the God of Love went quite smoothly. However, since the ritual study took too much time, it was already noon when we finished.
So the four of them had lunch together, during which Mr. Richard mentioned that if there were any issues related to "it" in the future, they could always come to them for help. Although they could not lead the internal affairs of the Rosicrucian Order, at least they had a lot of autonomy in matters related to "Love God".
After lunch, when Xia De was about to leave, the two brothers Fulan came in from the door of the hotel again. They came back to get some information at noon.
Seeing Xia De, the two went to their room in the hotel with Xia De and talked about what happened last night.
"Yes, your aunt and I were at Green Lake last night. Your ancestors showed up again."
Xia De described the demon, which made the two brothers look very ugly. However, since the Rosicrucian Order has decided to take the initiative to expose the identities of the two brothers to the Orthodox Church, as long as they do not take the initiative to approach Green Lake, there should be no safety problems.
"Speaking of which, the Carsenrick delegation arrived here this morning, as I remember. It's past lunch time now. Have Duke Simier, Prince Samuel Anjou, and Princess Margaret arrived?"
After finishing the business, Xia De asked this question again, and sighed half-truthfully:
"In fact, the best leader of the Carsenrick delegation should be Prince Andre of Anjou, who visited Tobesk six years ago. It's a pity that Prince Andre has been in poor health in recent years, otherwise there would be no need to send a prince and a princess at the same time when a duke is leading the delegation."
Shad didn't know much about Samuel Anjou, the current Grand Prince of the United Kingdom of Carsenrick. He only remembered that when he was in Midhill Castle, the gray-gloved spy "Professor Higgins" who helped him after his death actually wanted Shad to deliver the information of the difference engine to Samuel Anjou.
"We've already arrived. We were called to meet them. We arrived at the train station at seven in the morning, but the train was late. We had to wait for three hours. It was really unbearable."
His younger brother, Charles Foran, complained, unaware of the reason why Shad asked the question.
Of course, Shade didn't think about meeting Margaret and Miss Sylvia today. They had just arrived in the Glass City after a long journey, and they probably needed some time to rest and meet with local nobles and officials. There was no need for him to disturb them at this time, as there would be plenty of time later. Margaret was not the leader of the delegation, and she had much more free time than Miss Carina.
After that, Shad first threw away the crystal shoes and went home from Michaela Blast Furnace City, and then went to Green Lake Hotel from the basement. This was much faster than taking a carriage from the south shore of Green Lake to the north shore.
As for returning to Green Lake City, of course, we have to go visit the red-haired Duchess. Since she arrived last night, she should have received those guests she had to meet this morning, so she probably won't be so busy in the afternoon.
Besides, if Xia De really didn't go to see her today but met at the banquet tomorrow night, the witch would be angry.
After Miss Carina and her group arrived, they lived in the Rose Manor, which was a private property of the royal family. The manor was located in the relatively prosperous city center of Green Lake City, and was quite close to the Green Lake Hotel.
Shade didn't say he was coming on Thursday afternoon, so naturally no one would greet him. The manor looked very busy, with carriages and serious-looking people rushing in and out of the gate, and the royal guards responsible for protecting the Duke, local police and even the army squad that was drawn out were patrolling around all the time.
Instead of disguising himself as a visitor, Shade transformed himself into a cat and slipped through the gap in the fence.
The layout of this kind of manor building is mostly similar, so Shade easily found the study on the second floor. However, he did not enter the room, but climbed up to the window sill on the second floor along the steam pipe wrapped in the insulation layer.
Just when he was about to raise his paw to knock on the glass, he saw Tifa opening the lock on the windowsill and planning to open the window for ventilation.
The black-haired maid looked at the silver cat outside the window, blinked, and her black eyes slightly curved, revealing a bright smile. She opened the window and stretched out her hand to the silver cat, but Shade easily dodged it, and the cat then entered the room through the window.
"Oh! Cat!"
The witch holding a teacup on the sofa immediately saw the cat that broke into the room, but before she could stand up, Shade had already jumped off the windowsill and turned back into human form:
"Good afternoon, Shad. I figured you'd come this afternoon or evening."
She said this with a hint of disappointment, but her smile soon returned to her face. She patted the sofa beside her and motioned for Shade to sit over.
In addition to Tifa and Miss Carina, Ajelina was also in the study, but she was sitting behind the imposing brown lacquered leather desk checking the documents that were almost piled up into a mountain. The little princess also looked up and greeted Shade, and then continued to look at the documents. Miss Carina explained:
"Since Ajelina is here with me, I'll let her be my secretary for now. Here are the documents and speeches that will be used tomorrow. Let her familiarize herself with them in advance. In fact, she should have started studying in advance on the train, but some confidential documents are only available here."
She stretched out her hand and put her arm around Xia De's neck as he sat down. Xia De looked at the pretty face so close to her and asked curiously:
"Hasn't Tifa always been doing secretarial work?"
"Yes, but that's daily secretarial work. The workload during the negotiations is very heavy, and I don't want to tire out my head maid. Besides, it was Ajelina herself who said she wanted to learn something."
The white nose sniffed at Xia De's neck, and when she didn't detect any other perfume, she smiled with satisfaction. The smiling golden eyes stared at Xia De for a few seconds, then closed her eyes and kissed him.
Tifa poured tea for Shade, while Ajelina watched the scene quietly. When the kiss ended, the witch smiled and asked about what happened last night:
"I didn't have a chance to talk to you last night in the reeds, but Audrey was very interesting. You don't know what she said to me after you left."
She smiled, but still so elegant:
"This is getting more and more interesting. Oh, by the way, are you okay? I didn't expect you to actually fight with the thirteen-ring warlock on Green Lake during the night of the lunar eclipse. No, it should be said that you fought with two of them. You performed very well."
"I'm fine. Rather, the lunar eclipse has given me new strength. Sister Develyn and the guardians were right."
Xia De shook his hand, and the light of the silver moon flashed by:
"All my powers concerning the moon have been enhanced and are permanent."
The witch smiled even more:
"It's not surprising that the chosen ones can predict this. They may see the world differently from us, and they themselves are not normal people. Compared to them, little Yin Luna is much more normal... I don't know when she will get here, but it will be soon."
She spoke softly, picked up the teacup and handed it to Xia De. While Xia De was drinking tea, she continued:
"Since you're okay, let's continue talking about Megan and Audrey? Do you know what she said? She said you are a beautiful, elegant, noble, and very capable lady, and she said you are definitely not my type."
Even Tifa beside him smiled. Although Shad wanted to laugh as well, he knew it was wrong.
"Now that she's made you feel funny, you're not going to play that joke on her?"
"How is that possible?"
The Duchess shook her head decisively, her long red hair swaying:
"I'm ready. You will attend the party tomorrow night as Megan's female companion. I'll have Tifa call you away during the party. You don't have to do anything, just listen to me."
"I still feel..."
She raised her index finger and placed it in front of Shade's mouth, staring at him with her beautiful golden eyes:
"At least you have to listen to me on this matter. Also, do you want to answer now, what did you do to Megan and Audrey? I can clearly feel that her body and soul have undergone tremendous changes. She is tending towards... perfection. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that she said last night that you, this 'girl', are her lover. What a good trick, Mr. Knight."
Ajelina continued to "eavesdrop" on the conversation, and then learned that Shade had successfully seduced a great witch again:
"Shad is getting closer and closer to taking control of the entire Witch Council... He is really amazing."