"Big guy?"
Thinking of what happened in Lake View Manor, Xia De subconsciously thought of the descent of God. He showed a little panic on his face at first, and then he remembered that the relic, the Profane Cross, was on him. This was the one he used to steal...
"I don't know what you're thinking, but judging from your expression, you're probably wrong."
Miss Carina reached out and touched Shade's forehead with her slender white fingers.
Miss Sylvia added as she flipped through Shad's manuscript:
"It should be some kind of relic, a location-type relic. It is not clear what it is yet. It will appear completely in the center of Lake Schluch around 8 to 10 tonight. At present, only we know about this matter. The witches have a perception of elements and relics beyond normal levels."
"That's probably the situation."
Miss Carina said, handing her wine glass to Shade, motioning Shade to taste it. Shade then drank up the red wine at the bottom of the glass, while Tifa continued to pour the wine.
"Do we need to cancel the banquet? After all, there are so many ordinary people here."
Shad asked.
"No, the opponent won't be particularly strong. And as you know, the characteristic of location-type relics is that as long as you don't go inside, you won't be affected too much. In order to protect Margaret Anjou who was attacked in Huntington, the church arranged a team of ring wizards to protect her. If something really goes wrong at that time, the two of us and the church's ring wizards can handle it."
Miss Carina said, and Shade was relieved. He handed the goblet filled with wine by Tifa back to her. From her attitude of being relieved that Ajelina was going to play in the manor, it was known that the witch really felt that there would be no danger.
"Besides, even if there are problems that cannot be solved, don't you still have me here?"
The Duchess added jokingly, wiggling her fingers as if to intentionally show her nails to Shade.
Miss Sylvia raised her eyebrows. She felt that there was something else behind what Carina Cavendish said. Considering that Shade could go to Huntington at any time and that he had the flame from Sister Develyn of the Spiritual Order, the young witch thought it was necessary for her to investigate what happened in the Mountain City in the autumn.
"I am only a fourth ring, I don't have the power like you guys."
Xia De said casually, but he still had some concerns in his heart:
"What exactly is the reason for this anomaly? The appearance of a location-type relic, is it really because this manor has always had bad luck?"
"It's not clear yet. If I have time, I'll go to the parliament and see if I can find the speaker. She is very knowledgeable about this phenomenon."
Miss Carina shrugged and continued to sip the wine from the glass that Shade had taken a sip from.
It turns out that the probability of accidents happening in the city where the first chosen person, Yin Luna, resides is much higher than in other places.
The two witches still had a lot to discuss, so Shade didn't stay here for long and left soon. After Shade closed the door, Miss Carina asked Miss Sylvia half complainingly:
"He didn't even compliment my nails. I made them using the formula you gave me. Aren't they beautiful?"
Miss Sylvia didn't know how to answer. Even though she knew before this that Shade had an affair with this powerful lady, she had never thought that their relationship had reached this point:
"Um... ... "
"Miss, maybe Mr. Hamilton is just attracted to other parts of your body. You have a lot more to catch his eye today than just your nails."
Tifa said softly, and the Duchess smiled with satisfaction, holding her glass and looking at the manor courtyard in the sunset:
"Tifa, I really don't know what kind of love potion the knight gave you. But, you do have a point."
Miss Sylvia took a sip from her wine glass to cover up her expression. In her heart, she was reconsidering what the appearance of Shade meant to the Witch Council. But thinking of the young gentleman's appearance just now, his tough measures when facing the "Pantanar Evil" statue in Huntington City, and the manuscript in her hand, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart:
"However, Shad Hamilton does have the ability to attract witches."
On the other side, Xia De had already left the third floor with Xiaomia. Because the horse race that Ajielina invited him to participate in had not yet started, Xia De took this opportunity to go to the courtyard to get some food for himself, wanting to fill his stomach first, after all, there were still many things to do tonight.
The Eisberg family definitely spent a lot of money on this banquet. Although it was already winter at the end of the Frost Descent Month, one could still see fresh summer vegetable salads and seasonal fish shipped from the West Coast on the table.
As for the five-layered cake, it didn't seem like anything special when viewed from upstairs, but when he really stood by the table and looked up, Xia De felt that he would never see a dessert of this size again in the near future.
But the big cake that firmly attracted Mia was not the most attractive thing in the long table area. At the end of the long table near the entrance of the mansion, hundreds of red paper boxes were piled up into a small mountain, filling the ground and a small piece of the table.
A variety of guests, dressed in vintage robes, casual suits, red cardigans and waistcoats, gathered around and laughed, watching people try to open the boxes.
This is the traditional "Lucky Red Box" of Delarion's wedding banquet. Guests can open the box at will, but no matter what comes out, they must carry the contents with them for the whole night. Although there are a few valuable souvenirs in those boxes, most of them are toys for tricks.
The nobles loved to play such "pranks" at wedding banquets, and people would even compete to see which family had the more unique "lucky red box" prepared for the wedding.
Shade saw his friend Baron Lavender in the crowd. The last time he saw him was last week when they played Rhodes at the Prophet's Association to thank him for introducing business. The baron opened the box and took out a doll in a skirt that was smaller than the size of his palm. Amid the laughter, he put it in the chest pocket of his formal suit with some depression.
People laughed more happily.
"Shad!"
Baron Lavender also noticed Shade eating, waved and walked over, then encouraged him to try it too:
"Only a truly brave person would do that!"
He encouraged, and Xia De looked at the doll with its head sticking out of his chest with a smile, and handed him a glass of red wine:
"I heard that an unlucky guy opened the box and took out a donkey ear hairpin, and actually wore it for the whole night."
"That donkey ear is now a unique souvenir that can be sold for 50 pounds. Oh, Shad, as the champion of the big city players, you should believe in your luck."
Baron Lavender continued to persuade Shad, and thinking that he would be fine for the time being, he really walked over. When the curious people saw Shad, they shouted "Hamilton of Rejade" and exaggeratedly talked about the "expensive" souvenirs that the Asberg family might have prepared.
“Are there donkey ear hairpins this time?”
He picked up a box and prepared to open it. Baron Lavender, who was following Shad, smiled and replied:
"I heard there are cat ears."
"If a cat ear hairpin really comes out, I'll put it on my cat."
As he said this, he touched Mia, who was still tilting her head and looking at the big cake. The cat ignored Shad.
Shade was lucky enough to find a pink scarf in the box. Although it was inappropriate for a man to wear it, Shade still put it in his chest pocket, leaving a corner exposed, which made Baron Lavender, who had a doll on his chest, very disappointed:
"Look, the Rhodes card game hasn't even started yet and I'm already starting to have bad luck."
Counting that there were still ten minutes before the horse race officially began, Shad made an appointment with the Baron to meet over a game of Rhodes, and headed for the gate of the manor.
Bright and warm lights were lit in the tents, illuminating the world in the last rays of the setting sun. Ropes with colorful flags were tied to almost all the buildings in the courtyard and garden.
After taking over the manor, the Esberg family renovated the courtyard, creating a number of ground canals that were not very dense but interconnected. The width of the canals was about a quarter of an adult's step. Although they were very shallow and could only submerge small animals like Mia, stone slabs were still placed above the canals to facilitate walking.
Under the unclear moonlight, outside the bright tent, there is a canal with floating green leaves and petals from somewhere. The water in the canal is even running water, directly connected to the fountain and the Schluch Lake behind the manor.
Although Xia De had never seen a similar decoration style in this world, he had to admit that although this would greatly increase the maintenance cost of the manor, it did improve the landscape level of the entire manor.
"By the way, can you swim?"
He asked as he looked at the bustling tents. Different sounds of music intertwined together. The invited bards played and sang cheerful music in the tents. The gas pipes lying across the ground outside the tents lit up the gas lamps, illuminating the various colorful ribbon decorations hanging at the door of the tents. The guests dressed in various styles under the colorful flags smiled and enjoyed the hustle and bustle of the night.
This wedding banquet will surely be talked about for many years.
"Meow?"
The cat stood on Shad's shoulder and meowed softly, but no one knew what it meant.
"Mia last took a bath nearly two months ago. Although it is winter now, the temperature is not particularly cold. Maybe it is necessary to give it another bath."
Xia De talked to himself, and the "she" beside his ear chuckled but did not respond.
“It’s so lively~”
Looking up at the surroundings, the luxurious enjoyment and the fire of civilization were vividly displayed before his eyes. Although it was just a wedding banquet, in Xia De's opinion, it was able to fully demonstrate the small cluster of fire that was the most prosperous civilization in this world and this era.
"Civilized~"
Thinking of the possibility of the end of the world, he couldn't help feeling a little melancholy. He looked up at the entrance of the manor. In the last rays of the setting sun, Princess Ajelina Cavendish was already waving at him with a smile.
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