Whispering Poems

Chapter 3189 Pajama Tea Party

Megan and Audrey held hands, one sitting on a short sofa and the other sitting on the soft armrest of the sofa. The two sisters talked about their separation from Speaker Adele Isabella not long ago:

"I said I had a beautiful lover and that there was an important family gathering to attend at the end of the year, so the Speaker asked me to hurry up and prepare. In my opinion, maybe next year or the year after, she will appear on the sofa or chair in this living room, wearing a nightgown and laughingly chatting with us about travel stories."

Even Shade smiled. Although this was meant to tease him, the outsider really hoped that, as Audrey said, Adele in the past life could celebrate the end of the year here with everyone.

Grandma Cassandra sat in the middle of the sofa, watching the scene in front of her with satisfaction; Miss Elizabeth held a teacup and glanced at the maid Tifa standing beside her. This maid was the only pure-blooded human she had seen in the Fifth and Sixth Eras who had a better figure than herself.

Flora, who hated her family but longed for a warm family life, was thinking about whether to draw this scene tonight as a souvenir, while Xiwei asked Xia De curiously:

"Come to think of it, although I have known you since last summer, your relationship with us was not that advanced at that time. How did you spend the year-end festival last year?"

Xia De's back was facing the fire of the fireplace. He sat cross-legged on the cushion, with Mia lying on his legs, and Grace and Helen on his left and right. I don't know if it was the heat of the fireplace behind them that made the two sisters sweat, but Xia De felt that they smelled very good.

By the way, girls of this era usually wore loose sleeveless petticoats made of light fabrics such as cotton or silk, and corsets to create a thin waist and graceful curves under their nightgowns. Tonight, no one wore stockings under their nightgowns, so when he sat down and looked, it seemed that there were white legs hidden by nightgowns everywhere.

So he had to be careful not to let his eyes linger on one spot for too long, and he was almost certain that Carina's occasional movement of pulling her skirt up a little and shaking her feet was intended to embarrass him.

"The Pantanal War had just ended at the end of last year. The only witches I knew were Carina, Xiwei, Granny Cassandra, and Sylvia.

I remember that on the day of the New Year's Eve last year, Carina asked the maids to prepare a ready-made meal and send it over at dinner time. Dorothy was going home to celebrate the holiday with her family, so Luvia and I had the New Year's Eve dinner together. Although it was very warm, it would definitely not be more lively than tomorrow. "

Shad recalled, but in fact he and Luvia did not spend that day alone. After dinner, Leithia and Dorothy came to visit one by one amid the fireworks in the city, and then the three girls and him.
"So what are your plans for the year-end festival this year? Tomorrow will probably be very busy during the day, so what are you going to do after the year-end dinner?"

Xiwei continued to ask. When Xia De spent a month and a half preparing year-end gifts for the girls, he had actually considered this:
"It's almost impossible to find any shops or restaurants open at the end of the year. How about we have dinner together at home tomorrow and ask Grace and Dorothy to open the portal to the woodland so that we can go to the hot springs together?"

The black-haired boat girl smiled and said:

"Soaking in hot springs at the end of the year is a very novel activity. But after the battle in the woodland, we invited you to go with us, but didn't you want to go?"

"That was then, but now it's a holiday."

The girls were very satisfied with this arrangement, but they had to return from the woods at 11 o'clock tomorrow night. After all, everyone hoped to celebrate the New Year together in Xiade.

The arrival of the festival and everyone's gathering put everyone in a good mood. That night, the "pajama tea party" in the living room lasted until after ten o'clock. Although everyone wanted to continue chatting, they were finally urged by Xia De to rest:
"We still have a lot of time tomorrow. Although we are all high-energy, staying up late is not a good habit."

So the girls went back to their respective rooms, the witches who shared the bathroom quarreled with each other, and the girls who lived in the same room discussed their schedule for the next day.

The maids lived on the first floor of 6 and 7 Sainte-Teresa Square, but they also had to take turns on duty in the kitchen to prepare midnight snacks or tea for the ladies upstairs.

At around eleven o'clock, the lights in all the windows of the two houses went out one after another. The house that was bustling just now suddenly became deserted, with only the flame in the fireplace still roaring softly.

Some of the girls crawled into their quilts and closed their eyes and fell into a deep sleep, some wanted to read for a while before going to bed, and some listened to see if there would be any unexpected footsteps in the house.

In the living room of Room 1 on the second floor of No. 6 St. Teresa's Square, the maids had already dealt with the fire in the fireplace and returned to the first floor. Megan, who came without even wearing slippers and stepping on the air, listened carefully for a while before rushing into Shade's bedroom.

Seeing that Xia De was still awake, lying on the pillow and turning his head to look at her, Megan smiled and said:

"I'm not Megan or Audrey, I'm Flora who transformed into Miss Edwards~"

Then the beautiful head of the Duchess that had just been hidden came out from under the quilt, and Karina, with her red hair tied up behind her head, reminded:
"I already said this last night. Also, didn't you say you were going to bed? Why did you sneak over to Shade's place?"

Naked Audrey walked out from behind Megan, who was wearing a nightgown, and walked towards the bed with her sister:

"Karina, didn't you sneak here too?"

So the red-haired witch hiding in the quilt corrected:

"I didn't sneak over here. After the lights were turned off, I didn't even go back to the bedroom next door. I followed Shade straight back here."

She squinted her eyes and smiled at the Edwards ladies:

"Guess what I was doing?"

"Is there any need to guess? We would do the same thing anyway."

Megan and Audrey took off their slippers, and Xia De lowered his voice to remind them:

"You two, I mean you three keep your voices down."

"Yes, yes, Shad, so you are responsible for controlling my mouth. Karina, move aside a little and don't be so selfish. Shad, what are we going to do tomorrow night?"

"Didn't we agree to go to the Moon Sanctuary together after dinner?"

"I think Audrey meant what happened after the hot springs."

"We'll see what happens tomorrow. We're not leaving Tobysk right after tomorrow night. We still have a long vacation, so we can..."

Audrey kissed Shade while her sisters and Carina were busy together. The witch looked at Shade with a smile in her eyes. What she wanted now was not a plan.

(Sister Devereine praying.)

Time came to the last day of the busy year of 1854. When Shad got up early in the morning to attend the year-end festival activities at the Dawn Church, most of the girls in the family were still sleeping in. After all, this was a real holiday for them.

And when Shad took the year-end souvenirs given to him by Reverend Augustus and Bishop Owen, went to the cemetery to visit Detective Sparrow Hamilton, and returned home before lunch, he found that only Carina was left at home:
"Flora took Xiwei and Miss Eliza to see the street scene of Tobesk at the end of the year. Megan accompanied Grandma Cassandra to the auction house. Dorothy couldn't have dinner at Louisa's house tonight, so she went home to visit her parents. I hope Professor Louisa won't regard you as a dissolute knight who deceived their daughter. Luvia received a letter from the Prophet Association ten minutes ago. The Association wants to contact her."

She smiled and took Shade's hand:

"They won't be back at lunch time. I'll leave the maid to prepare dinner. Please change your clothes and accompany me to the Yodel Palace after lunch."

"What are you doing at Yodel Palace?"

"Today is the end of the year, and I have to show up at the Yodel Palace. I'll take you to see my nephew, and you don't have to say anything, just think of it as accompanying me for a walk."

Her tone wasn't strong, but that smiling expression made it hard for Xia De to refuse.

"Carina wants to confirm your identity in front of the royal family. There should be many great nobles of Drarion in the Yodel Palace today, right? Let them all meet you during the year-end festival. Apart from Carina's own little thoughts, there is actually no harm in doing this."

Bella's voice came from behind. She used the relics from Yuewan to come to the Duke's manor in the suburbs. Then the Countess of Yuewan who came in a carriage could of course see what Carina was thinking:
"Good afternoon, Shad and Carina. Don't mind me. I've been busy this morning.

After getting up, she immediately dressed up and gave a speech at the city council. After the speech, she received representatives from various regions and towns in the Yuewan area. Finally, she ran to the dock in the cold wind to visit the widow who had lost the mainstay of her family in the shipwreck.

"Good afternoon, Bella. Thank you for your hard work."

Shade gave the blonde countess a hug:
"But what about visiting a widow? A relative of the Belindels?"

"Of course not. This is a charity event to cooperate with the newspaper interview. This is my first year as the leader of Yuewan. Even with the legal principles you gave me, I have to show some of my uniqueness.

But the inland city of Tobesk is indeed warmer than the coastal Moon Bay. You guys go and do your work. If there are other guests coming later, I will help you receive them. Oh, is that Flora's painting on the wall? What is she doing?"

Miss Owl said that she was going to see the northern cities at the end of the year with Xiwei, but in fact she was of course hiding from Danister who might come at any time.

PS: The picture in this chapter is "Count Moon Bay - Bella Belindel".