Whispering Verse

Katcha!

Thunder streaked across Tobesk as the first rain of the spring, which began on Tuesday evening, continued into Wednesday morning. But this is a good thing. Every rain in spring is very important in this era when most people are still struggling to make ends meet.

At 8:30 in the morning on Wednesday, raindrops hit the windows and made a rhythmic sound. Although it was a bit cold outside, the mansion in Carina Manor was still warm and dry as usual.

The gas lamp is still turned on even during the day, allowing the dim early morning scenery to remain outside the house. When the witch walked into the restaurant with the maids after washing, she immediately saw Lesia sitting at the dining table, using a fork to poke the frosted pancakes on the plate.

Carina Cavendish's brisk steps instinctively paused, then with a smile on her lips, she continued walking towards the inside of the restaurant and sat down opposite Lesia.

Her Royal Highness the Princess, who had arrived early in the morning, also looked up at her, looked at the witch's outfit, looked at the gorgeous red dress, the diamond earrings on her ears, and her fair and rosy skin, and then said lazily:

"As much as I hate to admit it, you look several years younger."

"Little Lecia, you say this as if I were very old."

The duchess smiled and said to her grandniece as the maids pushed the dining cart to bring her breakfast.

Shade left around seven o'clock, and when she asked Tifa to help her put on makeup and take care of her hair in the bedroom, the witch of course noticed that she seemed to be looking younger and more beautiful. Therefore, I spent a little longer in front of the mirror to put on my makeup this morning than before. Even if the witches are unparalleled in beauty, no one would not like to become younger and more beautiful.

Not only her appearance, she was also quite proud of her decision and actions yesterday, but she didn't know how to show it "normally". When Tifa brought the cup with hot milk to the table, Miss Carina finally thought of a question:

"Lecia, why do you appear here at this time? Is there something important?"

Lesia glanced at her with a scrutinizing gaze:

"Yes, someone stole my things. To be precise, I received a letter from Miss Luvia Anat this morning, and she asked me to come here to take a look. At that time, I guessed what happened here .”

Although she didn't know what Shade had experienced yesterday, at least she asked the maid in the manor where Shade slept:

"So, how do you feel?"

Her Royal Highness the Princess asked in a frivolous tone. The witch thought for a while:

"Don't talk like that, Lesia, where is Princess Cavendish's demeanor? But honestly..."

He tapped his fingers lightly on the side of his face:

"very nice."

Raindrops were beating on the glass window of the restaurant. Miss Carina nodded after speaking. When she looked at Lesia, the smile on her face became even stronger:

"In other words, pretty good."

"Tsk~"

Lesia made a very unladylike sound. In fact, it was the same as what Miss Carina said to Shade yesterday. Her great-aunt had already contacted her through Dorothy, and the two parties reached an agreement. Certain concessions from the witch gained her consent. After all, Shade promised Lesia to let her know about this in advance.

"Of course it's very good. My vision has never been wrong."

Lesia said and looked at the newspaper on the table again:

"So, we will be a family from now on."

On the front page of the newspaper, the Kingdom's minister of state, the Marquess of Worcester, announced this year's fiscal reform and stimulus package. The page facing outwards writes about the upcoming border negotiations with the United Kingdom of Kasenlik and the 1854 Tour of Torbesk Equestrian Competition.

"family......"

Carina nodded, but immediately reacted:

"Lecia Cavendish, weren't we a family before?"

"You know what I mean."

Lecia said that since the matter had already happened, she would not say anything more. After all, it was still uncertain who would suffer in this matter. However, she was a little curious about other things, so she lowered her voice and asked, sticking her head out from behind the newspaper:

"I heard from the maid here that you... entered the room at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, and you didn't even have dinner."

This topic made her blush a little:

"So...you guys...until midnight?"

Blush also rose on the witch's face, and the crazy memories of last night's fierce, passionate, rough and gentle also came flooding back:

"Of course not. Shade has just recovered from a serious illness due to the incident in Randall Valley. How could I ignore his health? Moreover, our knight is too... brave. Although I He is twice as high as him, but... it seems that he really learned a lot of skills from you... It was only until midnight, and then he hugged me and rested together. It felt really good Warm and reassuring.”

"It's amazing what you can do without the Evergreen Leaf."

Lesia covered her face with the newspaper, not wanting others to see her expression:

"I don't know what kind of thaumaturgy Shade has learned. His physical fitness is really astonishingly high."

These words reminded the maids present of the astonishing scene of "giving their heart" yesterday afternoon.

"No wonder you like to be with that writer lady..."

The duchess was mumbling.

Lesia then looked at Tifa behind Carina:

"I thought you would find someone to help. Knights serving the royal family sometimes need the tenderness of princesses. Don't just think about yourself."

The black-haired maid had an expressionless face and acted as a personal maid.

Carina looked behind her, then shook her head slightly:

"This is not what you said. I remember that you didn't like sharing since you were a child. However, I told Shade last night that I don't care about my apprentice and personal maid, as long as he doesn't take the final step and occasionally flirts. . Lesiya, you are still young, and you can’t just give men whatever they want.”

But in fact, the above reasons are all lies. This was actually done to "retaliate" for what the maid and her lover did in the bedroom during her "business trip" to the Pantanal at the end of last year.

"Just figure it out for yourself. I hope you won't regret this decision."

Lesia shook her head. She knew how powerful the black-haired maid was:

"Also, I'm curious about what you asked Shade to do before four o'clock yesterday? I heard from Luvia that he set aside a whole day yesterday to prepare to help you, so why did he end up on your bed?"

"I asked the knight, the duchess who served him, to offer treasures. The endless fountain of wine, the chalice, the philosopher's stone, the king's crown, and his heart."

Thinking of this matter, the witch couldn't restrain the bright smile on her face:

"Later late at night, I lay in his arms and listened to his heartbeat, and listened to him tell the story of the origin of those treasures. You see, it was fate that gave me instructions. No, it was fate that followed my ideas."

"You're so boring."

Lecia said, and then thought about how last year, she also left clues step by step for Shade and Dorothy to find, and finally met in the sea of ​​flowers at home:

"But, do you really want to take away so many good things from Shade?"

She asked again, and the witch shook her head coolly:

"Of course not, I just asked him to find it for me to see, and I didn't ask him to give it to me. Do you think I sold myself? Oh, little Lecia, this is not the thinking of women in the new era. "

Lesia smiled and continued to read the newspaper, ignoring her.

Miss Carina lowered her head and scratched the fried egg with a table knife, and then said:

"However, I did leave three of the five treasures. I asked him to take away the Philosopher's Stone and the Crown, which might be useful if he held them; I kept the relic [Vase of Dionysus] to commemorate this incident. ; He said that he could still make the golden Holy Grail, so I kept it. It had the ancient rune of [Youth] on it. There are records about it in the council's materials and Shade's [Secret of Immortality], saying Maybe it will allow me to prepare an elixir of immortality in a certain sense, which is of great research value; finally, and most importantly, I left it last night..."

She met Lesia's probing gaze and blinked:

"His heart."

The corner of Her Royal Highness the Princess's mouth twitched:

"Is Shade going to the Randall Valley again? Eat quickly, and follow me into the city after dinner."

"He said he would go to Dawn Church to find his priest friend first, and then go to Randall Valley to deal with the last thing. Do you want to invite me into the city? What, do you want to communicate with me? Go shopping for clothes together? Or, Go to the opera house?"

The witch was in a really good mood today. She glanced at the scenery outside the window:

"Since it's raining outside, I think we can plan more indoor activities."

"Of course it's not about communicating feelings. Luvia wants to meet us. Yes, the three of us. Dorothy Louisa has something to do and can't come. That purple-eyed fortune teller is not easy to deal with at all. You stole it. Have you figured out how to deal with other people’s things?”

"Isn't it the same for you?"

Carina Cavendish said, but she did feel a little uneasy in her heart.

Although Luvia Anat's ring magician level is far lower than hers, her background is even lower than that of the Cavendish girls. But facing this soothsayer, she always felt that he was definitely not as simple as he seemed.

What's more, although Shade didn't say it, the epic story of his choice to pursue the Chosen One initially seemed to be related to the mysterious soothsayer.

"I know that you are a witch in the Witch Council. Even if you think that fate allows you to make crucial decisions, with Shade...will your identity as a witch be okay in the future?"

Lesia suddenly asked again, and the witch nodded:

"At least, I don't feel anything is wrong. Apart from being in a good mood, there is no difference from usual."

Before Shade left this morning, she and Shade even tried to enter the parliament again. Of course, there was no one in the council at such an early time, but experiments have proven that a further relationship with Shade will not affect the witch's power.

She even discussed with Shade in the council, prohibiting Shade from taking his relationship with her any further and revealing it to anyone except Lesia, Dorothy and Luvia. Moreover, when meeting other witches, the two of them Keep a certain distance.

The superficial excuse was to prevent them from being too intimate and their relationship being discovered by the Speaker or other witches whom Shade didn't know. But the real reason is that once Sylvie Avora, Vanessa Benanis or Emma Sylvia knew that it was okay to do this, she didn't dare to think about what would happen.

"You'd better hide the smile on your face. I don't know what will happen when I see Luvia later."

Lecia said, and then there was silence on both sides of the table for a while. The Cavendishes each ate their own breakfast. Only the occasional footsteps of the maids and the sound of rain outside the window continued.

But in the end, Her Royal Highness couldn't help but be curious, raised her head and asked again:

"Did you try yesterday..."

She made a rather complicated gesture with both hands. The witch looked at it for a while before understanding it, and asked in surprise:

"You actually tried this?"

Lesia had a look of contempt on her face, lowered her head and continued today's breakfast. The duchess looked at her and suddenly smiled, feeling that the days to come would be more and more interesting.