Whispering Poems

Chapter 3192: Year-end Dinner

Outside the glass window, a red light point rose rapidly, and then exploded into brilliant fireworks over the city. The girls at the table all looked at the window with smiles, and then wondered who accidentally lit the fireworks at this time.

It's not completely dark yet, so this is not the time to set off fireworks.

In the reflection of the glass, the elf girl with pointed ears came over and pulled Shade from behind:
"Shad, what are you thinking about?"

Xia De adjusted his expression slightly. He didn't want to be the one who spoiled the fun in this festive atmosphere.

"I was thinking about how I got to where I am today. Looking back, everything seemed to be going smoothly along the way. But if I think about it carefully, maybe if I took a wrong step, I wouldn't be where I am today."

The blonde elf also looked at the interior of No. 6 Saint Teresa's Square reflected on the glass window. She liked the current atmosphere:

"But you've made it this far, haven't you?"

"Ah~ Emilia, stop whispering to Shade here, come and help put the chairs in place."

Iluna pulled Emilia away. Shade looked at himself in the reflection of the glass for a while, then smiled and reached out to touch Mia. He turned around and hugged Luvia who happened to pass by behind him. The fortune teller blushed and gently pushed him away:

"There are so many people here, don't disturb us. We will finish our meal soon, please wait a moment."

In the upper right corner of the glass window, the moon has emerged in the last twilight of the evening. Although the silver moonlight cannot fully illuminate the lively and festive home at this moment, the moon has always been with strangers.

At 1854: in the evening, the Hamilton family's year-end dinner officially began.

Around the long table covered with white cloth, even Tifa and Matilda were asked by Shade to sit down. The girls and ladies dressed in gorgeous clothes all had smiling faces, and their smiles were more attractive than the sumptuous meals and expensive gold and silver utensils.

Xia De wanted to make the banquet more relaxed and warm, rather than as serious as in the past, so he suggested that everyone choose seats at random by drawing lots, instead of just sitting with their best friends.

Correspondingly, he would not sit at the main seat at one end of the dining table, but would be seated by Luvia and Dorothy in the middle of the long side on the north side of the dining table.

So, next to Grandma Cassandra were Miss Hayley Aurora and Miss Bell, and Luvia was diagonally opposite to Shade and next to Miss Swift. Although there was a pointy-eared elf on the left of Iluna, on the right was Flora, whom she was not very familiar with.

The Great Witch of Death seemed very interested in Iluna, and Shad hoped that she would remember the lesson learned in the afternoon.

"Say a few words first and then we'll eat."

Coincidentally, Jialina sat on the left side of Xia De, and the suggestion she made to Xia De was unanimously agreed by everyone. Although Xia De didn't want to make the family dinner at the end of the year too serious, since so many people came here together, he also wanted to thank everyone.

"Don't thank us, say something else."

Dorothy said with a smile as she sat on the far left side of the long table, next to Megan and Tifa.

"Thanks must be said, but I can say less."

Shade picked up the wine glass and stood up, so the maids in charge of serving him temporarily retreated to the wall, and the girls at the table stopped talking. Everyone looked up at him, and even the cat lying on the table waiting to be fed stared at Shade with wide amber eyes:
"1854 has come to an end. I have experienced a lot this year. From the trip to Randall River Valley in the snow at the beginning of the year, when I met Vanessa and Hillis, to the trip to Green Lake in the spring to explore the secrets of the Edwards family, the adventure in Moon Bay in the summer, when I met Bella, and the adventure in Vista Woodland in the fall, Flora and Danister helped me a lot.

And of course, Emilia has always been with us on our adventures this year. Emilia and I met in Randall Valley, and she has been with us this year, except that she has not been involved in Randall Valley. ”

Every time he mentioned a girl's name, he would raise his glass to them, and the girls would naturally raise their glasses in response.

“And at the end of this busy year, all the family members I care about and who care about me came together in this house to celebrate the holidays.

At this moment, I think of my 'uncle' Sparrow Hamilton, who held my hand and left me alone here on the sickbed in the summer of 1853. After a year and a half of journey, I didn't expect that I would be so lucky to meet you when I was wandering around in this house. "

The sentimental stage was over, and Shade raised his voice slightly:
"We will walk through 1855 together, just as we have walked through the past. There are only five bars left in the grand movement of "Whispering Poems". If there are still four chosen people in a year like in 1854, perhaps at this time next year, we will be facing the final story."

He thought of Resia, Ajelina, and Margaret who were not here:

"But no matter what the final story is, I hope that next year at the end of the year, everyone can still gather around the table like today, and more people can celebrate the end of another busy year with us at this moment."

"Shad, are you giving us a heads-up that you'll be messing with more girls in the future?"

Megan asked with a smile.

"I mean the princesses who are not here! I hope they will not be absent next year."

Xia De immediately refuted the rumor, and then a mix of pleasant laughter rang out around the table:

"Ahem, please be quiet. Anyway, 1854 is coming to an end, and I'm glad that everyone can come to Tobesk to celebrate the festival with Mia and me. Don't worry about your figure tonight, please enjoy the food.

Of course, I would also like to thank Tifa and the maids whose names I can and cannot name for their hard work, whether it is cleaning the room or preparing dinner. "

He toasted again to Tifa and the maids standing by the wall. Tifa raised her glass to toast back on behalf of the maids. The girls in black and white maid skirts standing by the wall put their hands together in front of them and bowed together in the direction of Shade. The uniform movements were quite pleasing to the eye.

"So does anyone else want to say something?"

Xia De asked again. Seeing that everyone just smiled at him without responding, he raised his glass again:
"So--"

Everyone stood up, the shadows of their arms intertwined on the table. Although the wine glasses could not completely touch each other, at this moment, as the words in the knight novel said, everyone's hearts were together:

"Happy New Year!"

The Hamilton family's year-end dinner officially began. Except for the red wine provided by Shade, all other dishes were prepared by the Northland Maids.

As the atmosphere of the dinner became more and more heated, the night fell completely without anyone noticing. The sound of fireworks gradually sounded outside the window, as if they were counting down to 1854. Even though the snowy night sky was still shrouded in haze, the lights of thousands of households in the city could almost illuminate the night sky above the entire city.

This was a memorable night. At this time last year, the girl with purple eyes was sitting opposite Xia De at the dining table, and at this time this year, everyone gathered around Xia De.

Holding a glass goblet, listening to the sound of fireworks, the music from the gramophone and the conversations of his family, Shad ate his dinner while looking at everything on the table.

He recalled the gentle kiss he and Luvia had shared on the dining table at this time last year. He looked at Luvia with some apology, but found that Luvia was chatting enthusiastically with the flaxen-haired young witch apprentice and didn't even look at him.

[You already knew she didn't care.]

"Her" voice was still clear amid the girls' voices. On the ears of Shad's shadow illuminated by the fire, the [Tears of the Moon] seemed to flash for a moment, and Shad's answer was:
"Whether she minds or not has nothing to do with whether I feel guilty or not."

"She" smiled gently as usual:

【Happy New Year, my dear stranger. 】

"Happy New Year my dear"

He thought for a long time but couldn't figure out how to address "her", so he simply treated the sentence as finished.

"What are you thinking about? Have a drink with me."

Jialina beside him grabbed Xiade's wrist and forced Xiade to touch her wrist, with a smile on her face:

"You just thanked my maids but didn't thank me. I treated you to this dinner."

As she "complained" like this, her legs under the tablecloth rubbed against Shad lightly.

"Yes, thank you, my dear Carina."

Xia De responded with a smile, clinked his glasses with Jialina again, and stopped thinking about those messy things.

"Meeting you is the greatest luck in my life."

Tonight is a special day, so Shad did not restrict Mia's food intake, but his generous behavior made the cat feel suspicious while eating; and for Emilia, tonight is her first year-end dinner after adulthood, so the elf, who usually is not allowed to touch even low-proof fruit wine at home, was a little greedy for wine, but put down the glass timidly after being looked at by Danister.

Even though she was the chosen one and the reserve elf queen, she was still afraid of the majesty of the administrator.

"I brought something good!"

It was 7:10 in the evening. Seeing that the atmosphere was just right, Xiwei nodded to her niece. Then Miss Hailey Aurora stood up and left for a while. Not long after, she returned with a small oak barrel with an iron hoop that was slightly bulging at the bottom and slightly shrinking at the top.

The oak barrel is not very big, but because of its classic shape, everyone can tell that it is a wine barrel.

"Relic?"

Shade felt the whispering element.

(End of this chapter)