The night rain outside the window has been falling, and in addition to the sound of rain, the sound of waltz coming from downstairs also appears from time to time. Xia De is in the closet. He tries his best to imagine what is happening outside the closet, but it is difficult for him to fully understand every scene based on the sound of the conversation.
"Of course the Aurora family doesn't have such a tradition. I just saw a spider. Please allow me to apologize for my rudeness."
The witch said that this answer was very perfunctory.
"I've heard rumors about you, that you like..."
Xia De in the closet could almost imagine how Leicia looked when she said this with a beautiful frown on her face.
"There's nothing wrong with that. I like pretty girls."
Xia De could also imagine the witch smiling as she said this:
"Even, I and a certain royal from Cavendish... She had a beautiful waist."
For some reason, Miss Carina's appearance suddenly jumped into Shade's mind.
"I know, my eldest sister."
Shade guessed wrong, and the princess that Leicia mentioned in a helpless tone was Catherine Cavendish, who was 33 years old and married. The eldest princess of Delarion got married twelve years ago and married the eldest son of the then Royal Field Marshal Duke Hermons Houghton.
The contemporary Cavendish royal family is flourishing, and King Larus III has strong fertility and desire, which is a rare thing in the history of the entire Sixth Century. Shade can't even tell how many brothers and sisters Leicia has, of course, this is also related to his indifference to such things.
"I heard that their relationship is not harmonious, and that little Xuden has some quirks."
Leicia sighed, not sure whether it was because she felt sorry for her sister or because she was troubled by the marriage of the royal family members:
"If it weren't for the pressure from my father and Duke of Shoton, they would have divorced long ago. The only elder who clearly supported her in doing so was Carina..."
Shade believed that Xivi Aurora was in the same situation as himself, both of them made strange expressions because they heard the name of an acquaintance unexpectedly but could not show it.
The twelve-ring witch probably had nothing to do, so she didn't leave immediately, but started chatting with Leicia. Leicia knew that there was someone locked in the closet in the corner, but she couldn't just drive Miss Aurora away, so she could only respond to her questions absentmindedly, hoping that she would understand that she didn't really want to chat.
The witch should be able to understand that Leicia was being perfunctory, but she just wouldn't leave.
With Xia De's physical fitness, standing still for a few hours is no problem. But if he is standing in a strange posture in a closed space for half an hour, he will not be able to bear it.
Especially because of the fragrance in the closet, the urge to sneeze accumulated little by little. He tried to breathe deeply, tried to pinch his nose and breathe through his mouth, but it was useless.
Even if Shad could face the gods, he still had no way to deal with the primitive impulse of sneezing.
What was even worse was that when Xia De stood in the dark, a strange itchy feeling appeared on his neck. He didn't want to make any big movements, so he thought that he could just endure it and it would stop itching.
And when the itchy feeling moved along his neck and gave him goose bumps all over, Xia De suddenly realized that it was not an itch, but a spider crawling along his neck.
"Oh~"
He groaned in pain in his heart. Because of his rich imagination, the hairy feeling all over his body made him want to reach out and kill the crawling bug immediately.
I was worried that the spider would crawl into my ear, but the little thing just crawled up along my neck, then passed through the side of my face and slowly approached Xia De's face.
It crawled across his cheek with a clear goal, and when Xia De reached out to crush it to death, the insect actually accelerated and crawled under Xia De's nostrils.
The itchy feeling combined with the fear of a spider crawling into his nose made Shade subconsciously want to blow air out of his nose to blow the spider away. But this action only accelerated the urge to sneeze that he had been holding back for a long time.
So, in a state of conflict and fear, Xia De finally couldn't help it -
"A-choo~"
It felt really good to let out the sneeze that he had been holding back for a long time. Xia De even politely used his left hand to pull the collar to cover his mouth to prevent contamination of the clothes in the closet.
Although the rain outside was very loud, everyone in the room should be able to hear the sound in the closet unless they had hearing problems.
Xia De didn't get close to the crack in the door to look out in time, so he couldn't see the helpless look on Leicia's face as she covered her forehead, nor could he see the witch's smug smile at this time:
"I knew there was someone in the closet."
The witch with long curly brown hair smiled happily:
"She hid well, but you overlooked a very important issue. My nose is very sensitive, and I am very sensitive to the smell of the sea. The person in the closet should have come in from outside the manor and was close to the sea..."
She was right, the old lighthouse was right by the sea.
"I can smell it, but people outside shouldn't come in. Your Highness, it seems that you already know about the ring wizard, and you have a good sorceress with you. Ask her to come out. I want to see what this very capable girl looks like."
Leixia smiled helplessly:
"Well, since you've discovered it, there's no need to hide it. Really, Miss Aurora, if you had discovered it a long time ago, you wouldn't have wasted so much time chatting with me."
"It's really interesting, isn't it?"
The witch asked, and then saw the maid make way for the door and the closet was opened.
Lightning flashed outside the window, covering the area near the window with white light. The large shadow of the closet door blocked the figure walking out of the closet. When the lightning passed, he had already reached the light of the gas lamp.
"But you guessed one fact wrong."
Leicia also smiled and looked back at Xia De who looked helpless:
"He's not a girl. He's a man of twenty-one."
Shade nodded and threw the skirt belt that had somehow gotten tangled around her arm into the closet behind her.
Looking up at Miss Xiwei Aurora, the stunned expression on the witch's face was not unexpected at all. Seeing Shade up close, it was impossible for her not to notice this fact.
"Good evening, ladies."
Xia De greeted, stood beside the sofa, and began to explain his identity:
"I am Her Highness Leicia's lover, Miss Aurora. We were having a tryst before you came in, so that's why I'm here."
He could reveal his identity as a ring sorcerer, but Lecia couldn't.
The witch put away the surprise on her face and moved in a very unladylike manner, stepping in front of Shade in one step. Then, just as Shade expected, she grabbed Shade's wrist.
"Why is every witch like this?"
Complaining in his heart, Shade sniffed again, pulled the badge out of his collar with his free left hand, and continued to explain:
"Oh, well, since you've discovered my identity as a ring sorcerer, I can only tell the truth."
He winked at Leicia who was trying to hold back her laughter.
"Ms. Aurora, I am actually Miss Carina's man. Look at this, this is the badge Miss Carina gave me, I think you should be able to recognize that it is not a replica. Miss Carina knew that His Highness hated her, so she sent me to monitor His Highness. I am actually a liar who was placed by Miss Carina's side to deceive her feelings."
The degree to which Leicia was trying to hold back her laughter was probably similar to that of Shade who was trying not to sneeze just now.
He said to himself:
"Yes, I am the kind of con man in court novels who is very good at winning the favor of ladies. All of this is Miss Carina's plan. My direct superior is Miss Tifa Servet."
The badge was very clear under the light, the smile on Lecia's face was also very obvious, and the witch's expression of wanting to laugh or be angry but holding back was also very clear.
Although she was surprised and even frightened by the appearance of Shade, but with Miss Carina around, she certainly would not hurt Shade.
"Shad Suren Hamilton."
The witch forced a fake smile on her face, gnashing her teeth and reading out Shad's name very accurately and clearly in the common language of Drarion:
"Do you think that since the Aurora family's business is so big, I won't pay attention to the news about Tobesk?"
The same golden eyes as Miss Carina's looked at Shad's face. This heroic lady with powerful eyes seemed to want to completely imprint Shad's appearance in her own eyes.
She whispered:
"Now I understand. It turns out that Jialina suddenly tested me yesterday because she wanted to protect you."