Whispering Poems

Chapter 1563
According to the original plan, after Xia De had a short rest, the group set off and left the camp.Dorothy was not good at riding horses, so Shad carried her on horseback, and Tifa and the other two maids rode three other horses.

The group spent a rather leisurely afternoon in the suburbs in early spring. Dorothy, who was not good at riding horses, took Shade and invited him to a horse race on a deserted country road, and agreed that the loser would agree to win. One request.

No matter how stupid the outsider is, he knows that this kind of competition can never be won without "she" reminding him.Sure enough, when Dorothy crossed the finish line first, the wish she made in Xia De's ear was:

"Knight, I will stay at your house tonight."

In addition to riding horses, they also found a piece of woods nearby that did not belong to anyone, had a picnic near the creek, and had afternoon tea.The maids were invited by Xia De, and after preparing the tea set and snacks, they all sat on the tablecloth.

Dorothy was very interested and invited them to chat about their respective stories and the opportunity to become Miss Galina's maid and follower.And she herself also talked about the past of living alone after graduating from a women's college and before becoming a well-known writer.

It was also at this time that Xia De knew that after Dorothy graduated and moved out of Louisa's house, she had spent a period of somewhat embarrassing days because she had no income.If the current landlady was not willing to lower the rent so that she could continue to live, she would have moved out of the apartment on Quill Avenue long ago.

This is why Dorothy, even though she has made a lot of money from "Hamilton's Detective Stories", still doesn't think about moving to a better place.In her words:

"Unless I get married, I won't move from there. Oh, even if I get married, I will continue to rent the place, and go to drink tea with my friends on weekdays, or store some unnecessary items .”

When he said this, he glanced at Xia De, and the maids all pursed their lips and laughed.

Lazy Cat was not happy about being taken out of the house and tent, but was willing to take a walk on the tablecloth with his teatime snacks, but still resisted being near where the stream was.

Shad talked to the girls about his plan to visit Ms. Mia Gold, and Tifa asked curiously:
"Speaking of which, what does that Miss Gothe look like?"

Although Xia De and the lady from afar have been in communication for more than half a year, but he really doesn't know what Miss Gothe looks like.

"I did send that lady a photo of me and Little Mia."

he said, and Dorothy was joking:

"Maybe that lady saw your photo and decided to let Mia stay with you for a longer period of time. In this way, she has a reason to continue to develop a 'pen pal' relationship with you."

This joke pleased everyone except Shad, but it also gave Shad a lot of inspiration.He has always suspected that there is actually something wrong with the commission left by Detective Sparrow.Now that I am going to that remote remote town soon, I will naturally have an answer soon.But if for some reason, this trip fails, then he can ask for Miss Gothe's photo to determine whether she is normal.

"But for no reason, how am I going to ask for a picture of a single heir to an ancient family?"

Xia De was troubled again.

Winter comes and goes quickly. Although it is still early spring, even the wind in the countryside outside the city is already very warm.Xia De chatted with the girls about their lives, and even the maids were willing to reveal their troubles to Xia De.

Dorothy seemed to deliberately bring the topic to Tifa, so Tifa also satisfied Dorothy's curiosity.While five people and a cat were eating jam-filled biscuits, the dark-haired maid said:

"Miss knows most of the things between me and Xia De."

Goldilocks grinned, and the other two maids, Rachel Delevingne and Miss Courteney Michelle, snickered.

"What exactly did you do?"

Dorothy asked again, pushing Shad to keep him away, and having Tifa whisper the answer in her ear, something that even Rezia didn't know.

So, Tifa blushed and whispered a few words in her ear.A faint blush appeared on Dorothy's lightly made-up face.She bit her lip and looked at Shad while letting Tifa continue talking, which made Shad want to plunge into the stream in front of him and hide under the water to avoid those eyes.

The leisurely time always passes quickly. When the sun sets, the brilliant sunset glow illuminates the five people by the stream, and each of them is covered with a golden glow.

Before going out, Xia De turned the camera in the basement into a toy and brought it out.Seeing that the scenery was just right, I invited the girls to take a group photo together.

Time-lapse photography technology already exists in this era, but the second-hand equipment Shade bought from the "Steam Bird Daily" newspaper does not have such a function.Fortunately, ring warlocks also have the skills of ring warlocks. Xia De let Tifa hold Mia, the four girls stood up together, and Xia De prepared behind the camera alone.Press the button of the spotlight and press the shutter of the camera at the same time.

Then he put down everything in his hands, and came among the girls:
"get ready!"

He said, and then touched the [Lord of Longevity] on his finger:
"The Breath of Time!"

With the gray air being sucked into the nasal cavity, the state of the camera and spotlight was accurately restored to the moment when the photo was taken tens of seconds ago.

As the lights flickered again, the five people and one cat were reflected together on the film.

Afterwards, they first returned to the "Edward III Arena" to meet other maids, and then returned to Galina Manor in a carriage.

The Duchess had already returned at this time, and she was originally dissatisfied with Tifa for returning so late, but seeing that she brought Shad over, these dissatisfaction disappeared.

Xia De and Dorothy had dinner in the Duke's manor. After the meal, Xia De and the witch talked about the future negotiations between the two countries in the study.Although the witch wanted Xia De to stay tonight so that he could go directly to the arena tomorrow morning, Xia De still wanted to go home and live.

By the time the carriage took the two of them to Saint Teresa Square, it was already eight o'clock that night.Considering that there will be an exhausting event like horse racing tomorrow, Xia De did not arrange any evening activities.Although Dorothy did not participate in the competition today, she was also a little tired.So after washing up, the two locked Mia in the closet, and then went back to the bedroom to get ready to rest.

Only an hour later, at around nine o'clock in the evening, Xia De, who was lying on the bed with his arms around the blonde girl's slender waist, unexpectedly heard the sound of the door opening from downstairs.Soon, the girl with purple eyes appeared at the door of the bedroom.

She obviously didn't expect Dorothy to be here tonight. She thought that Dorothy would not stay overnight because Xia De would have a game tomorrow.When she looked at the scene in the bedroom where the lights were not turned on, she happened to meet Dorothy's eyes with long blond hair disheveled on her snow-white shoulders.

"Good evening, Lu, Luvia!"

Miss Writer felt that she was a little out of strength, but she still greeted her intermittently and politely.

"Uh, need help?"

The purple-eyed girl asked with a reddish face, and after getting a definite answer, she also walked into the bedroom and joined the two entangled figures.

(Mia is running.)

"So, do you guys know that Shade is going to compete all day today?"

At the dinner table on Tuesday morning, the duchess, who had entered the city early because of a meeting, said to the two girls who looked very good in a very stern tone.

The rich breakfast was prepared by the maids, and Shad and Mia sat opposite the witch.

"I thought he had a rest when he came home yesterday."

The witch said again that what was really angry was that Xia De refused to stay overnight in her manor last night, and that she saw a surprise bed full of beds in the bedroom after she came to No. [-] Saint-Terraine Square this morning.

"This should have no effect on Shad, Galina, you should trust our knight."

Luvia said, and patted Xia De on the shoulder:

"When you got up this morning, didn't you also see that he was still quite energetic?"

So the blushing witch did not continue to "reprimand":
"Even if it doesn't affect you, you can't do the assassination of Earl Lewis yesterday, Shad, do you know? Speaking of which, it can't be you"

Today's event is horse racing, and the schedule is still divided into morning and afternoon.The event in the morning is for all the players to start together, starting from the "Edward III Arena", and conduct a long-distance cross-country horse race along the pre-planned track. It is estimated that it will take at least one hour to complete the race, and the end point is also in the Edward III Arena .

Because it is a horse race that surrounds the surrounding area, it is possible to know who is leading each moment by observing the race with a telescope from a high place in the arena.For contestants like Xia De, the competition in this event is not only their own riding skills, but also the horse's endurance and their own way recognition.

Although the track is a country dirt road rather than a complete field, and at every fork in the road, road signs and ribbons are placed for instructions, but there are still players who run in the wrong direction every year.Last year, someone even rushed all the way to downtown Tobesk, and when he was reminded, he was almost at Silver Cross Avenue.

Because of the horses involved, there were some situations before the race started.

During the preparation stage, when Xia De was confirming the harness in the stable outside the tent, he heard the news that the horses of Baron Ordu from Leon County had suddenly loosened and could no longer move.

"It happens like this every year. Some of the popular runners' horses have various accidents before the race. Before the horse race last year, there was even a horse that was walking on the road and suddenly foamed at the mouth and died."

The middle-aged groom with a scar on his left eye said beside Xia De, and Xia De asked:

"Is there no one who cares about this kind of thing?"

"Of course someone will investigate later, but the game is over by then, isn't it?"

The groom said, and continued to comb the hair of the big maroon horse that was said to have the bloodline of "Uldur Ann Mountain Mustang". This was specially prepared by Miss Galina for Shad:
"But you don't have to worry about this kind of problem. With His Excellency the Duke behind you, no one would dare to use this method against you."

The middle-aged groom said with a smile, then lowered his voice slightly:
"Usually only outsiders will be unlucky, and this can be regarded as a 'tradition' of festivals and competitions."

(End of this chapter)