The lights on the stairs were still on, but the lights in Room 1 on the second floor were off. When Shade entered the room, he turned on the lights. The flowers were still piled up in his living room, but the candles on the dining table had gone out.
I didn't see Leicia, but Dorothy was sitting on the sofa waiting for Shad. Her expression had returned to normal, and she was no longer crying.
"What happened?"
asked Shad. Dorothy shook her head, but did not let Shad sit down.
"Lecia and I just talked about a lot of things... including you and Luvia."
"ah?"
Shade was shocked, and his good mood immediately fell to the bottom, but Dorothy would know about this matter sooner or later, so it would not be inappropriate to let Leicia tell her:
"I... yes, we..."
"You don't have to explain to me. I used to think that if Luvia lived with the attitude that she carried a huge responsibility, she would become an old maid who would never get married. I didn't expect that she would act so quickly..."
Dorothy must have drunk a lot of the fruit wine that Shade prepared, because her face was unusually flushed:
"Xia De, the red butterfly that led the way just now, was it your illusion?"
"Yes."
"You are a nasty, dirty, handsome, flower-chasing butterfly..."
She squeezed out some incomprehensible words from between her teeth, but there was no disgust towards Xia De in her eyes.
The blonde put her hands on the sofa:
"If you had wanted to stay and have dinner with us just now, we wouldn't have let you leave. Why did you go downstairs alone?"
"How can that be? This is your time, I won't interrupt something like this."
Xia De thought about it:
"Maybe our relationship is very close, but you and Leicia, and you and me, these are two different kinds of intimacy."
Xia De made a clear distinction:
"Maybe our relationship is great, but that doesn't mean that our relationship is everything in life. There are other important people and stories in life, like you and Leicia. This was your time, just like what you told me today—girls need secrets."
The blonde writer had a bright smile on her face. She was wearing light makeup and a long dress. Her face was flushed due to being slightly drunk. She looked really beautiful at the moment:
"Shadow, sometimes I really feel that you are... pretty good."
The voice was so low that it was almost covered by the sound of rain outside the window.
"Of course I'm pretty good."
Xia De nodded immediately. He was also very satisfied with his planning and performance today.
"Well, can you provide me with stories in the future? Help me make Hamilton's Detective Stories longer and more interesting?"
the blonde asked again amid the sound of rain.
"Of course, why not? The story I experienced is so interesting. It is also my wish to present the story to more people after hiding important information."
Feeling the cat scratching at him, Shade bent down and picked it up:
"Dorothy, I read every issue of your serials in the Steambird Daily. Your stories are very good. You will definitely become the most famous popular fiction writer of this era, this era of steam boom."
"Then we will walk the road together from now on."
' said Dorothy softly.
"Dorothy, this is a strange statement, and generally I think it is very unlucky. But there is still a long way to go. This is just a preliminary solution to the problem that you can't meet. There are still many, many problems to be solved between you and Leicia."
Shad said, and Dorothy smiled for some reason. But before Shad could ask, the blonde shook her head:
"You are really something. If the full score is 100, I would like to give you 120 points... ...Lecia is in your bedroom. She has something to tell you."
She stood up and "grabbed" Mia from Shade's arms:
"It seems to be something related to the royal family. Don't bring this cat with you."
"Related to the royal family?"
Shade nodded and walked into his bedroom.
The lights were on outside, but not in the bedroom. The desk chair was pulled to the bedside, and Leisia, wearing a gorgeous princess dress, sat on the chair with her back to the window, bathing in the faint starlight and moonlight in the rain. The silver crown was glittering, but still not as bright as the princess wearing the crown.
Leicia sat under the moon, looking at Shade across the bed in the bedroom:
"Finished your conversation with Dorothy?"
"Well... the bedroom door was open just now. I don't believe you couldn't hear the noise outside."
When Shade pointed this out, the red-haired princess shook her head slightly:
"That's not right, Shad. Sometimes you have to learn to go along with what the ladies are saying."
"Well, we have finished our talk. Dorothy said you had something to tell me. Something to do with the royal family?"
"Yes, my sister Mona Cavendish is getting married next month, and I hope you can accompany me to the wedding."
After thinking for a while, Shade finally remembered who "Mona Cavendish" was. Fire Jumper Larus III had so many sons and daughters that Shade couldn't remember the others except for a few who actively participated in government affairs.
If Shad remembered correctly, this Princess Mona Cavendish was only one year younger than Leicia, and was the same age as the stranger's body:
"Of course no problem, you can let me know the specific time and place."
Leicia nodded, stood up and walked to the window, looking out the window with her back to Shade. The windows of the bedroom and the kitchen faced the side away from Saint Teresa Square, which was the direction of the Yodel Palace.
From Shad's bedroom, you can see the silhouette of the Yodel Palace in the rain under the moon. Strong winds and heavy rain suddenly hit the long night of Tobysk in late autumn, and the city became a little blurry:
"Shad, do you know what I've always wanted?"
Her voice became much colder.
"that power."
Miss Carina and Shade mentioned this:
"The power of the crown."
"Yes."
Leicia turned to look at Shade, looking at him sharply:
"Don't you think this is weird? I clearly..."
"What's so strange about this? You are also a direct descendant of the Cavendish family, and you also have the right to inherit the throne. Although I don't know how much you want, you are indeed qualified to fight for it, and you have done very well so far."
Xia De praised, but Leicia did not smile. Instead, she asked seriously:
"Hamilton of Rejade, do you really think my thoughts are normal?"
"certainly."
Xia De nodded immediately:
"This is an era of change. Everything is changing. Steam factories are rising from the ground, urban life is changing with each passing day, black smoke is covering the sky, and large cargo ships are galloping between the two continents. This is an era of change, an era of steam, as evidenced by those brass pipes and new inventions that are added every moment. In an era of change, people need new leaders... I'm not saying that your father didn't do a good job, but it's not wrong for young people to have their own ideas."
Xia De was convinced by himself, and he nodded:
"Lecia, you are qualified to fight for everything you want."
"...everything I wanted."
The red-haired princess finally smiled amid the violent rain:
"Yes, I have the power to do so. So Shade, will you always help me on the road ahead?"
"Of course, don't I always do this? For example, the difference engine blueprint a few days ago."
"Yes, you did very well. Very good."
But these words were not said by Leicia, but by the girl behind her.
Shad turned around in surprise and found that Dorothy had walked into the room and closed the door from the inside. The blonde girl looked shy, and her green eyes seemed to glow in the dark as she looked at Shad.
The door was closed and there was no light at the door. She stood in the shadows and looked at Shad, and she stood in the moonlight and looked at Shad.
There was a heavy rain, and suddenly a white light flashed under the starry sky, followed by a rumbling sound.
"Mia..."
"In the living room."
Dorothy whispered:
"Knight, your teachers will teach you the most important lesson tonight."
"Um?"
Shade hurried to see Resia at the window, but as soon as he turned his head, a lace ribbon flew over. The warm silk ribbon was Resia's garter. Although she was a little shy, she was much more generous than Dorothy:
"Hamilton of Regede, you are a knight of the royal family and have pledged your allegiance to the crown."
The red-haired girl in the moonlight said this.
“Uh… yes.”
"Tonight, you will serve your princess."
She stretched out her hand to Xia De with a serious expression, her fingers slightly bent, as if inviting Xia De to dance a rainy night dance.
Xia De opened his mouth slightly, but didn't react for a moment.
You, don’t you understand
"How could I not understand, but..."
"Shad!"
Dorothy's voice came from the door again. When she turned around, another warm garter was thrown to her:
“We are not shameless, but since you have truly fulfilled your promise, we are willing to honor ours as well.”
Reaching out to untie the white ribbon on her hair, she bit the ribbon with her mouth, raised both hands at the same time, and untied the other ribbons that bound her long golden hair behind her head. Her emerald eyes were always looking at Shade, and in the shadows of the door, those eyes were really glowing.
"But... ... "
"You have to think about it."
The voice sounded again behind me, and I looked at Leisia in the moonlight again. Her Royal Highness took off her crown and placed it on the windowsill that was constantly being hit by raindrops. Then, she slowly untied the ribbon around her waist, bit her lips lightly, and smiled as she moved slowly:
"Tonight is the day Dorothy and I touch each other for the first time."
Then look at Dorothy, the blonde girl in the shadow of the door, who bends down to take off her black leather shoes and neatly places them on the side of the door. She straightens up, puts her long hair back with both hands, and then unties her skirt belt:
“This is a day worth remembering.”
The princess in front of the window took off her high heels in the sound of rain, put them on the windowsill, next to the crown, and turned to look at Shade:
"So, we decided to play some games that were a little bit out of line, games that girls shouldn't play."
Xia De turned his head back and forth to look at them. They were all approaching Xia De:
"And you, not for thanks, nor because of Ji Dong tonight, just because..."
"You have three choices, Knight."
The writer walked towards Shade beside the bed in the shadows, with a shy expression on her flushed face.
"First, go out now and spend this rainy night with your cat."
Another white light flashed outside the window.
Her Royal Highness walked towards Shade beside the bed in the moonlight, with a smile on her face:
"Second, your closet is big enough, maybe you can rest in it, give us your bed, and watch our game tonight."
The rumble of thunder echoed throughout the city and the rain became more violent.
Xia De glanced at the wardrobe in the corner and immediately shook his head.
"third... ... "
He couldn't tell who was talking anymore, he could only hear the sound of clothes falling to the ground on both sides:
"Play a game, Knight. I'd love to know..."
"... can you tell us..."
"... Luvia got there first..."
"... But two people, can't they be better than one person..."
"... ... I heard that you have been promoted to the fourth ring..."
"... I hope your physical fitness can keep up with your promotion level..."
"... Two five-ring sorceresses are not so easy to deal with..."
"... ... Tonight, don't make any mistake about us..."
"...if it's wrong..."
"... There will be a small punishment..."
Xia De felt a little dizzy. He bet that the two people who came over at this moment were constantly exchanging bodies:
"you... ... "
"Shut up, my knight."
"Shut up, my detective."
"Would you like to walk the rest of the way with us?"
"It's a long road, and we have chosen you."
"Know our secrets."
“Understand our desires.”
"Tonight, you're willing to help us touch each other."
"Tonight..."
"We are all princesses you are to serve."
Someone chuckled:
For a moment, do I need help to figure out whose inner self you are touching
There was a sound of cat claws scratching at the door, and white lightning streaked through the night sky, illuminating the dark bedroom. Amid the rumbling thunder, the young stranger had been pushed into fashion by the sorceresses.
He looked at the girls in the thunder and lightning, smelling two different but similar perfumes:
"How am I going to apologize to Luvia?"
"Shad, I hope Luvia has helped us hone your skills."
The curtains of the four-poster bed fell, and the sound of heavy rain covered all other sounds in the bedroom, but it could not hide the overlapping figures within the curtains.
Although it was raining, March was still hanging high, illuminating the small window of St. Teresa's Square in the rain.
The dense raindrops climbed down the glass at night, which was really frightening. The weak moonlight also slightly illuminated the high heels and the small silver crown on the windowsill. The moonlight passed through the elegant arc under the high heels, and the crown and the dense raindrops on the glass reflected the weak light together in this rainstorm.
The hollow in the center of the crown is inlaid with an oval ruby. The ruby sparkles in the moonlight, and on both sides are symmetrically distributed slightly smaller white diamonds. The shape is clearly like a butterfly with its wings spread, flying under the moon.
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