Because the distance was too far and there were curtains covering them, the witch could not tell whether the man behind the curtains could trigger the witch's curse, but she felt that the figure was clearly her male companion tonight. She didn't know why Shade just went to the bathroom and kissed the princess of Delarion:
"Is it him?"
Megan followed Miss Carina to the end of the corridor. The Duchess "reprimanded" her niece, who came out from behind the curtains, wiping her mouth and lowering her head without saying a word:
"Look at you, Ajelina. You threw the honor and dignity of the Princess of the Cavendish family out of the window, didn't you? What were you doing just now?"
Megan knew why Miss Carina was so angry, and she instinctively defended her:
"Carina, I think you shouldn't be too harsh on Ajelina. A noble girl of this age always has her own sweetheart."
The red-haired witch turned her head and glanced at her:
"Meghan, do you know what you are saying? Have you forgotten that the Speaker said that he would try to train Ajelina to be one of us? Can we easily get in touch with men? Ajelina, do you know how big a mistake this is? Are you so shameless? Kissing a man, oh, my Ajelina, the whole family will be ashamed of you, and the members of the parliament will cover their faces and spit on you. How will your family and friends look at you?"
The red-haired witch had a serious expression. Although these words were scolding Ajelina, Megan clearly felt that they were talking about herself. She was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.
"Tell me, who was that man just now?"
The Duchess asked sternly:
"I'm going to get rid of him right now. As long as he doesn't exist anymore, we can just pretend that what happened today never happened."
"But... ... "
The little princess in a blue and white dress put her hands behind her back, lowered her head and refused to speak, so the red-haired witch took a deep breath:
"You don't want to say it, right? Megan, come with me. I hope you can forget what happened tonight. It was really terrible."
As they spoke, the group headed in the direction that figure had left. Miss Carina and Megan walked in front, followed by Tifa, Ajelina, and a group of maids.
The seventeen-year-old princess looked at the tall black-haired head maid and found that she was also looking at her. They looked at each other and pursed their lips in tacit understanding, and they both saw similar expressions in each other's eyes.
As the Duchess hurried after him, she was still lamenting:
"I can't believe what would happen if our respected Excellency knew that one of our members had an affair with a man. Megan, don't you think so? The Excellency is very close to you."
"I... Her Highness Ajelina is not yet... The Speaker will probably do it himself..."
Megan felt her mood getting heavier. She was a little upset at this moment. She just wanted to stop the group from chasing forward. She wanted to ask Miss Carina what she was going to do, but she didn't expect the red-haired witch to ask first:
"Meghan, if it was you who found out someone else in Parliament was having an affair with a man, what would you do?"
They walked quickly through the corridor, and at the next corner, Miss Carina sniffed lightly and chose to turn left.
The smart Megan and Audrey should have found this matter strange, but the constant hints and mental pressure from Miss Carina had made them lose their usual rationality and wisdom:
"Is it true love?"
"certainly."
The Duchess nodded affirmatively, so Megan said hesitantly:
"If I find a lady who really has that kind of weird hobby and likes disgusting things, I will feel disgusted... Yes, I will definitely feel disgusted. But I will probably pretend that I didn't see it, and even hope that the lady and the man she likes can be together... I respect every sincere love."
If she let go of her perception, she would find that the maids behind her, like the little princess, all had strange expressions on their faces, but everyone was enduring it.
"Even if this love conflicts with your interests?"
Miss Carina asked again, and Megan thought she was talking about obstructing the Witch Council, so she nodded:
"If I really found out about this kind of thing, as long as it's true love, even if it conflicts with my interests, I will give my blessing."
The Duchess was now satisfied.
Following the trail, the group returned to the banquet hall. Because Miss Carina was the protagonist of the banquet, she could not bring her maid to search everywhere, so she took Ajelina to the lounge upstairs for questioning and asked Megan to wait in the banquet hall.
The brown-haired witch felt that this arrangement was very strange, but before she could figure it out, Miss Carina left. She walked forward alone, and at the moment when wisdom and inspiration were about to burst out, she saw Shade standing by the window and waving at her.
"Oh, sir, do you remember that you are my male companion?"
The original suspicion turned into anger in an instant, and Megan walked over immediately with an aggressive look:
"Don't tell me you just went to the bathroom!"
"I... ... "
"Do you know who you've messed with? You're in real trouble."
"I... ... "
"Stop talking about this, come with me, I will take you to meet my friends now. Next you will know who I really am."
At this point, his tone softened a little, and he looked at Xia De with an uneasy look in his eyes:
"I hope you can accept it."
Xia De then held her hand and blinked rapidly:
"I'm always here for you... and I hope you can accept that."
Unfortunately, she didn't understand Xia De's last reminder.
The back door of the banquet hall leads to a lounge area that is not open to general guests. The stairs at the end of the corridor in the lounge area lead directly to the third floor, which is also the rest room arranged by Miss Carina for herself.
So Megan took Shade to the third floor and saw Tifa and other maids guarding the door of the grand lounge.
"The lady is inside."
Without her asking, the black-haired head maid took the initiative to speak.
Megan took a deep breath. Although what happened tonight was different from her original plan, she finally reached this step.
She introduced Tifa:
"This is the girl I mentioned."
Megan pointed at Shad, and Shad and Tifa looked at each other, both trying to control their expressions.
"Tell her to wait here for me. I have something to say to Karina."
So the door opened, and Megan walked in alone, with Shad's worried expression.
The Duchess in the room was talking to the princess. When she saw Megan come in, the little princess lowered her head and temporarily retreated to the corridor.
The door was closed, and the witch sat opposite the witch, with Megan facing away from the door. There was a glass coffee table between them, and the light from the crystal chandelier above illuminated all the details on their delicate faces.
The Duchess asked suspiciously:
"What happened to you? Why did you come in so suddenly? Did something happen downstairs?"
"No, I want you to meet my male companion now."
Megan asked seriously.
"That girl?"
Miss Carina asked, then nodded slightly:
"Okay, then I'll let you meet the person I mentioned that I like. This is a good opportunity to introduce each other. Maybe they will have something in common..."
"Karina!"
Megan transformed into Audrey. She suddenly raised her voice, stared at the other person with wide eyes, and her heart was beating fast:
"I'm not kidding you. I have something important to do. I'm not interested in seeing that pretty female bard you found from who knows where."
"You still have a stubborn bias against me..."
Originally, the twin witches could still remain calm, but the mental cues since tonight, the pressure she had endured, and the carelessness of the man in front of her still caused her to burst into a rare emotional outburst:
"Listen to me! This matter is very important, very important! I met an extraordinary person, yes, he is just outside the door! Now, right here, I am tired of the banquet, tired of your little girl's young love, tired of things going wrong tonight. Now, I want you to meet him!"
She stood up suddenly.
"You are so excited, my dear Megan."
Miss Carina showed a sympathetic expression on her face, and she gently consoled:
"No matter what happens, I will support you. Look at you, how can you still look like an elegant and noble lady? Megan, we are members of the parliament, and I will always support you. You are too excited, calm down, don't you have the seat of wisdom and knowledge? You have to remember that controlling your emotions is the most important condition for having wisdom."
The red-haired witch took a few deep breaths:
"Come on, breathe in and out with me, this will help you adjust your mood."
Audrey also gasped, then slowly sat down and covered her face with her hands:
"Karina... I'm sorry, I lost my composure just now."
Then he looked up again, feeling like he was meeting the woman in front of him for the first time. Somewhere in his heart, he felt sorry for his previous prejudice against her, but he also knew that he was a little too excited:
"I'll calm down."
"It's okay, have a drink."
Miss Carina stood up and took a bottle of unlabeled red wine from the cabinet behind her. She poured it into three glasses and let one of the glasses float towards Audrey.
"Thanks."
The latter thanked him quietly and was curious about why three glasses were poured. Miss Carina took a glass herself and put the remaining glass on the coffee table. She sat down again and suggested:
"You're so excited. No matter who you want me to meet, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stay rational and solve the problem. Calm down and have a sip of wine. I'll let you meet my one first. Don't forget to praise me a few more times and wish me happiness."
She smiled and took a sip of wine, and that bright smile made Audrey and Megan instinctively feel that something was wrong again.
"No problem, that smile on your face is weird. Go meet her, I really need to calm down first. I finally found my happiness, I will bless you."
Audrey said softly, taking a sip of the wine. In an instant, the taste of red wine filled her entire mouth and rushed to her brain. The taste made her stunned. She instinctively felt that this nearly perfect wine seemed to be something she had drunk somewhere before.
Carina Cavendish smiled and said:
"Meghan, Audrey, you said that yourself."
"Um?"
The brown-haired witch was startled:
"What did I say?"
The Duchess, who had been looking forward to this moment all night, would not give her a chance to react. Miss Carina finally said to the door:
"Tifa, let my young and handsome knight, the champion of the Ring City Riding Tournament, the great detective of Tobesk, the ace agent of MI6, the man loved by the moon, the winner of Tobesk's Blood Feast, the nemesis of the fishmen in Coldwater Harbor, the hero behind the balance of life and death in Midhill Castle, the mortal enemy of the evil creatures in Pantanal, the friend of the land in Randall Valley, the cat keeper of St. Teresa's Square, the man who is loved and loved by the witch, come in. I want to introduce my colleagues in the parliament to Shade."
"How many people do you like? And what did you just say?"
Audrey asked suspiciously, and Miss Carina stood up and walked quickly towards the door. The door was pushed open at this time, and the red-haired witch hugged the man who walked in.
Shade and Audrey looked at each other, and Shade could clearly see the momentary doubt in the witch's eyes, followed by the shock that surged like a tsunami. She seemed to see the moon falling to the ground, or a pet cat turning into a girl, or King Larousse III holding hands with King Lion and dancing a social dance.
The excessive shock made his head numb, and he didn't even understand the logic of everything at the first time. Seeing that he probably wouldn't be hit, Xia De pursed his lips:
"Good evening, Carina. Good evening, Megan, Audrey. And I don't like the title 'Cat Keeper of St. Teresa's Place.'"
Audrey looked at the red-haired witch who was hugging Shade's arm. The latter couldn't suppress the smile on her face:
"Meghan, Audrey, thank you so much for bringing my lover to the party. Oh, please bless us, we truly love each other, the magic of the old god - the god of love, has proved this."
Audrey took a few steps back and raised her right hand to cover her forehead. She looked at the smiling Carina Cavendish, then turned to look at Shade who looked apologetic. All of a sudden, all the weirdness of tonight came to her mind, and the strange conversation just now had an answer.
"I wish you happiness, Karina... If you fall in love with the person I bring to you, I won't object... I hope the witch and the man she loves can be together... Even if there is a conflict of interest with me, I will bless her..."
"He is... You have already... I am not the first one to discover him..."
Thinking of her own entanglement and troubles, and everything she had just said, Audrey's face changed drastically, and she made a strange sound with her throat:
"You, you..."
The color of her face changed from red to white, from white to black, from black to yellow, from yellow to green, and finally to red. Anger, joy, shame, happiness, doubt, anxiety, and other emotions that she herself could not distinguish surged into her heart. Audrey felt dizzy for a moment. Seeing that her expression was not right, Shad hurriedly wanted to come over to support her, but Miss Carina did not let go. Instead, she lifted Shad's chin and gave him a light kiss.
Seeing this scene, Megan breathed deeply, and unknowingly, her right hand had grabbed the clothes on her chest.
Carina Cavendish smiled at Audrey Edwards and Megan Edwards and asked the question she had been preparing for half a month:
"This is the person I want to introduce, Shad Suellen Hamilton, my lover, my beloved. By the way, I unexpectedly met him in Tobesk last summer, almost a year ago."
She raised her eyebrows:
"Speaking of which, he recently investigated in the Green Lake area and said that he met another witch, but that witch had been disguising her identity and age, so I asked him to investigate who that witch was. Who is that witch? It's really curious... Let's not talk about this for now. Audrey, you just said that you would introduce someone to me next. Who is that person?"
After a deliberate pause, she placed a hand on Xia De's shoulder, with an exceptionally bright smile on her face:
"Dear Miss Apothecary."