Whispering Poems

Chapter 3190 The Shy Duke and the Owl Behind the Door
After having a simple lunch with Bella at home, Shad was taken out again by Carina, but this time he brought Mia with him. He found that he seemed to have neglected the cat during the week at the end of the year and rarely took it out.

The so-called "visit to the Yodel Palace" actually does not have too many goals that must be accomplished. After entering the palace, Carina just took Shad for a walk, and occasionally chatted with people Shad had seen in the newspaper in the garden, corridor or corridor, and then introduced to them what Shad did.

Of course, Shad also met King Larousse III and Queen Diana that afternoon, but not together. He met His Majesty the King in the King's study at 2 p.m., and Shad felt like he always met him here.

His Majesty the King knew about the relationship between Shade and Carina a long time ago, so he was not surprised to see Carina and Shade appear together. Instead, he brought up the topic they discussed when they met at the end of last year:
"Hamilton of Rejade, are you still in touch with Princess Margaret of Anjou?"

"Yes, we correspond every month. Her Highness Margaret did not distance herself from me because of the recent events between the two countries. Instead, she said that she believed that war was wrong."

Larus III nodded behind the desk:

"Anros may send you on a business trip to Willendel this year. You can then contact the princess in private again."

He didn't say anything more to Shad, and when Carina took Shad to meet Queen Diana, it was in a huge reception room at the back of the Yodel Palace, which Shad had never been to before.

Afterwards, Shade found out that it was the Queen's reception room used specifically for receiving female guests of status. And when Carina brought Shade with her this time, there were more than a dozen women of different ages sitting in the reception room.

Macarons, chocolate cookies, strawberry cakes and porcelain teacups covered the coffee table. The ladies and girls dressed up in their best had different looks, but except for Queen Diana, all of them had bright red hair.

Among them were royal princesses whom Shade had known for a long time, such as Resia, Ajelina and Princess Alice, as well as many of Resia's sisters who had already married.

It seemed that Queen Diana was meeting and talking with her daughters before the end of the year - although many of the older princesses were not her biological daughters, and Carina took this opportunity to knock on the door.

Everyone present, including Queen Diana, immediately stood up from their sofas and chairs to greet Carina. The Duchess only responded to Queen Diana and ignored the juniors.

Then the two married princesses who were originally sitting on the right side of Queen Diana but whose names Shad could not remember gave up their seats, and Carina took Shad to sit over there.

The sofa was very soft, and Shad realized that he was not the only man here, because Prince Lorian Cavendish and Prince Guderian Cavendish were both wrapped in small quilts and lying in the cradle to the left of Queen Diana.

Xia De just thought this was some kind of uniquely shaped snack stand.

The princesses, both older and younger, seemed very reserved in front of Carina, but the Duchess herself did not care.

She smiled and told Queen Diana about the incident of running into "Uncle Harold's grandson" in the corridor just now. Although Shad couldn't figure out the relationship between the characters, he knew that she was talking about the man in a white wig who recognized Shad and wanted to pull him to play "Court Rhodes".

The two talked about interesting things in the palace, and then Carina asked about the arrangements of the married princesses for the year-end festival. Finally, she mentioned her real purpose:

"I'm sorry, Diana, I'm afraid I won't be able to attend the year-end dinner this year."

She said apologetically, and patted the back of Shade's hand twice with her lace-gloved hand:
"This knight invited me to a dinner at his house, so even though I'm in Tobesk this year, I won't come over in the evening."

Queen Diana was a little surprised, but she certainly would not force Carina to stay, let alone ask Shad and Carina to stay together to attend the dinner here:

"Then congratulations. I mean, that's great. Doesn't Hamilton from Rheed live not far away in St. Teresa's Square?"

The Duchess smiled shyly with a slightly blushing face, and Shad swore that he saw at one moment that Lecia, who was sitting on the other side, rolled her eyes in an indecent manner.

Although Carina could not attend the royal family's year-end dinner, Resia and Ajelina had no reason to avoid it. So they might show up a little later, which was a small regret for the princesses.

Shade and Carina stayed at the Yodel Palace until 1854pm before leaving. As the countdown to the remaining time of began, the witch's mood became more and more high. She was smiling all day long, and she was in a good mood. She was even in a good mood and did not say any sarcastic words to the depressed Leicia before leaving the Yodel Palace.

By the time the two returned to No. 6 St. Teresa's Square, all the girls who had gone out had returned.

When Shad was carrying Mia up the stairs, he heard the lively noises coming from the second floor. When he reached the second floor, he saw that Danister and Emilia had already arrived.

The living room and dining room seemed to be full of girls, but the administrator did not appear as a mature red-haired lady, but showed her appearance of 18 years old. The pointy-eared elf kept her girlish appearance, sitting in front of the sofa with Luvia, seemingly discussing the topic of "tree sticks".

After seeing Danister, Shad of course looked around for Flora, but after looking around he couldn't find the artist anywhere.

He smiled and hugged the red-haired girl who came over, then waved to Emilia who stood up in front of the sofa, indicating that she could just sit down and didn't need to come over to say hello.

Then he asked Xi Wei who happened to be standing next to him:

"Where's Flora? Didn't you go out together in the morning? I noticed that everyone is back except Flora."

Xiwei also didn't know about the feud between the owl and the administrator:
"Soon after she came back, she said she was going to the bathroom and she hasn't come out since. It's been half an hour. Did she go to take a shower?"

"I didn't hear any water noise. Flora lives on the third floor. I'll go check on her."

Flora was obviously avoiding Danister on purpose, and Shade wanted to end the conflict between the two before the dinner. When Shade said he was going upstairs to find Flora, the red-haired girl said with concern:

"She might be in the bathroom for something. What's the point of you going there alone? I'll go with you. Flora and I have been friends for an entire autumn."

Having said that, he didn't even give Xia De a chance to refute and pulled him out of the living room.

At this time, Carina was still standing at the door of the living room. After she turned around and watched the two disappear around the corner of the stairs, she lowered her voice and asked Xiwei and Miss Elizabeth:

"What's going on with this person? Even though Shade said she would come, what is she doing pretending to be eighteen years old? Is she showing off her youth in front of us?"

Xiwei laughed, and the boat girl understood his thoughts very well:
"Maybe she's embarrassed. After all, she can be considered Xia De's teacher. But she's obviously not here as a teacher, but in some other capacity."

Carina nodded to show that she understood:
"Lecia came over at two o'clock in the afternoon and fixed the portal to the manor, right? Then I'll go back to the manor to see how the dinner preparations are going. Today is the end of the year, everyone should be happy. 1854 has passed, and I will miss it very much."

If there was anyone in the house who was unhappy, it was definitely Flora, who had locked herself in the bathroom on the third floor.

After Shad and Danister entered the quiet room No. 2 on the third floor, they noticed that the bathroom door was closed. When they approached, they were very sure that Flora was inside, so Shad knocked on the door with his fingers and raised his voice slightly:

"Flora, are you okay? Xiwei said you were in the bathroom for more than half an hour."

"Shadow, you're back!"

The voice inside the door was obviously very surprised. Shad was about to say that Danister was right next to him, but the red-haired girl grabbed his arm and signaled him not to talk about it.

So Flora, who finally waited for Shade to return, opened the bathroom door impatiently without any suspicion. After seeing the long red hair outside the door, she screamed and wanted to close the door, but Danister grabbed the door edge.

The witch who had just been promoted to the twelfth level tried hard to pull the door inwards, while the thirteenth ring sorceress used one hand to pry the door open and wrestle with her. Shade hurriedly stopped them, as he was afraid that this door would be sacrificed on the last day of 1854:
"Stop right there, can't we talk it over? What are you doing?"

He reached out and grasped Meneflora's hand, then grasped Danister's wrist, and the girls stopped exerting their strength.

Danister had expected that Shade would come to persuade her, and Flora, who had been hiding behind the door and had not come out yet, was waiting for Shade to appear:

"Dannister, I apologize. I sincerely apologize to you."

Through the crack in the door, she tried her best to express her regret for what she had done:

"When I wrote to you before, I had already realized my mistake. Later, when Shade found out about this, I expressed my sincere apologies to him, and he punished me. Now I want to express my gratitude to you, my dear friend, once again."

At Willendel's funeral, the artist used this proactive apology to gain Shade's forgiveness. But this trick worked for outsiders who were not really angry, but it didn't work for the really angry "Red Moon Witch". She was used to seeing students in school who tried to avoid punishment by verbally apologizing:
"Wait a minute Flora, what punishment did Shade give you?"

PS: Figure 1 of this chapter is "Emilia Elf Form".

Figure 2 in this chapter: "Household conditions at the end of the year in 1854 - 3".