Whispering Verse

The lights were still on on the stairs, but the lights in Room 1 on the second floor were turned off. When Shade entered the door, he turned on the light. The flowers were still piled up in his living room, and the candles on the dining table had been extinguished.

Lecia was not seen, but Dorothy was sitting on the sofa waiting for Shade. Her expression returned to normal, and she no longer looked like she was crying just now.

"what happened?"

Shade asked. Dorothy shook her head, but did not let Shade sit down:

"Lecia and I talked about a lot of things just now, including you and Luvia."

"ah?"

Shade was taken aback, and his good mood immediately fell to the bottom. However, Dorothy would know about this matter sooner or later, and it was not inappropriate for Lecia to tell her:

"Yes, we."

"You don't have to explain it to me. I always thought that if Luvia lived her life with the attitude of shouldering a huge responsibility, she would definitely become an old girl who could never get married. I didn't expect that she would do it so quickly."

Dorothy must have drank a lot of the fruit wine prepared by Shade, and there was an unusual blush on her face:

"Xia De, the red butterfly that just led the way was your illusion?"

"Yes."

"You hateful, dirty, handsome butterfly that attracts flowers"

She squeezed out a sentence of unknown meaning through her teeth, but there was no disgust for Shade in her eyes.

The blonde girl pressed her hands on the sofa:

"If you wanted to stay and have dinner with us just now, we wouldn't let you leave. Why did you go downstairs alone?"

"How about that? This is your time, and I won't interrupt such a thing."

Shade thought for a while:

"Maybe our relationship is very close, but you and Lesia, you and me, these are two different kinds of close relationships."

Shade made the distinction very clearly:

"Maybe our relationship is very good, but that doesn't mean that your relationship with me is everything in life. There are other important people and important stories in life, such as you and Lesia. What just belonged to you was The time is just like what you told me today - girls need secrets."

The blonde writer had a bright smile on her face. She was wearing light makeup, a long dress, and her face was flushed due to being slightly drunk. She was really beautiful at the moment:

"Xia De, sometimes I really feel that you are very good."

The voice was so low that it was almost drowned out by the sound of rain outside the window.

"Of course I'm pretty good."

Shade nodded immediately. He was also very satisfied with his planning and performance today.

"So, can you still provide me with stories in the future? Help me make "Hamilton Detective Stories" longer and more interesting?"

The blonde asked again over the sound of rain.

"Of course, why not? The story I experienced is so interesting. It is also my wish to present the story to more people after hiding important information."

Feeling the cat under his feet pulling at him, Shade bent down and picked it up:

"Dorothy, I read every issue of your serial in "Steam Bird Daily". Your stories are very good. You will definitely become the most famous popular novel writer in this era of steam."

"Then we have to walk together in the future."

Dorothy said softly.

"Dorothy, this is a very strange sentence, and generally speaking, I would think that this kind of words is very unlucky. But of course there is still a long way to go. This is only an initial solution to the problem that you can't meet. You and Lei There are still many, many problems to be solved between Qiya."

Shade said, and Dorothy suddenly smiled for some reason. But before Shade could ask, the blonde girl shook her head:

"You are really. If it is a hundred and twenty points, I would like to give you a hundred and twenty points. Lecia is in your bedroom. She has something to tell you."

She stood up and "snatched" little Mia from Shade's arms:

"It seems to be something related to the royal family, so don't take this cat with you."

"Is it related to the royal family?"

Shade nodded and walked into his bedroom.

There were lights on outside, but no lights on in the bedroom. The desk chair was pulled to the side of the bed. Lesia, wearing a gorgeous princess dress, sat on the chair with her back to the window, bathing in the faint starlight and moonlight in the rain. The silver crown sparkled, but it was still not as shiny as the princess wearing the crown.

Lesia sat under the moon, looking at Shade across the bed in the bedroom:

"Have you finished talking to Dorothy?"

"Well, the bedroom door was open just now. I don't believe you couldn't hear the noise outside."

Shade pointed out this, and the red-haired princess shook her head slightly:

"That's not okay, Shade. Sometimes you have to learn to listen to the ladies."

"Okay, we're done talking. Dorothy said you had something to say to me, related to the royal family?"

"Yes, my sister Mona Cavendish is getting married next month, and I hope you can accompany me to the wedding."

Shade thought for a moment before remembering who "Mona Cavendish" was. There were so many sons and daughters of Fire-Leaper Larus III. Except for a few who actively participated in government affairs, Shade couldn't remember the others clearly.

If Shade remembers correctly, Princess Mona Cavendish is only one year younger than Lesia, and is considered the same age as the stranger's body:

"Of course, no problem. You can inform me of the specific time and place."

Lesia nodded, stood up and walked to the window, turning her back to Shade and looking out the window. The side bedroom faces the kitchen window, which is the side away from Saint Teresa Square, which is the direction of the Jodel Palace.

From Shade's bedroom, you can see the silhouette of Yodel Palace in the moonlight rain. Strong winds and heavy rain hit Tobesk in the long night in late autumn, and the city became a little blurry:

"Shadow, do you know what I've always wanted?"

Her voice became much colder.

"that power."

Miss Carina and Shade mentioned this:

"The power of the Crown."

"Yes."

Lesia turned to look at Shade and looked at him sharply:

"Don't you think this is strange? I understand."

"Is this strange? You are also a direct descendant of the Cavendish family, and you also have the right to inherit the throne. Although I don't know how much you want, you are indeed qualified to fight for it, and you have done a lot so far. good."

Shade praised, Lecia did not smile because of this, but asked seriously:

"Hamilton of Rejed, do you really think my thoughts are normal?"

"certainly."

Shade nodded immediately:

"This is an era of change, everything is changing. Steam factories are rising from the ground, urban life is changing with each passing day, black smoke is covering the sky, and large freighters are galloping between the two continents. This is an era of change, an era of steam , those brass-colored pipes and the new inventions that are being added every moment are the evidence. And in the era of change, people need new leaders. I am not saying that your father did not do well enough, but young people have their own ideas, That’s right too.”

Shade himself was convinced by himself, and he nodded:

"Lecia, you are qualified to fight for everything you want."

".Everything you want."

The red-haired princess finally smiled amid the violent rain:

"Yes, I have the right to do this. So Shade, will you always help me on the next road?"

"Of course, haven't I always done this? Just like the difference engine drawings a few days ago."

"Yes, you did very well, very well."

But this sentence was not said by Lesia, but by the girl behind her.

Shade turned his head in surprise and found that Dorothy had walked into the room and closed the door from the inside. The blonde girl had a shy expression, and in the darkness, her green eyes looking at Shade seemed to be glowing.

After closing the door, there was no light at the door. She stood in the shadows and looked at Shade, and she stood in the moonlight and looked at Shade.

The rain was pouring, and a white light suddenly flashed under the starry sky, followed by a rumbling sound.

"Mia."

"In the living room."

Dorothy said softly:

"Knight, your teachers will teach you the most important lesson tonight."

"Um?"

Shade hurriedly looked at Lesia in front of the window, but as soon as he turned his head, a ribbon with lace flew over. The warm silk ribbon is Lesia's garter. Although she is also a little shy, she is much more generous than Dorothy:

"Hamilton of Rejed, you are a knight of the royal family and have declared your allegiance to the royal family."

Said the red-haired girl under the moonlight.

"um, yes."

"Tonight, you will serve your princess."

She stretched out her hand to Shade with a serious look on her face, her fingers slightly bent, as if she was inviting Shade to dance on a rainy night.

Shade opened his mouth slightly, but didn't react for a moment.

【Don’t you understand? 】

"How could you not understand, but..."

"Shadow!"

Dorothy's voice came from the door again. When she turned around, another garter with body temperature was thrown over:

"We are not shameless, but since you have truly fulfilled your promise, we are willing to honor ours."

He reached out to untie the white hair tie on his hair, bit the ribbon with his mouth, raised both hands at the same time, and untied the other hair ties that tied the long blond hair behind his head. The green eyes have been looking at Shade, and in the shadow of the door, those eyes are really shining.

"But."

"You have to think carefully."

There was another voice behind me, and I looked at Lesia again under the moonlight. Her Royal Highness the Princess took off her crown and placed it on the window sill, which was constantly being beaten by raindrops. Then, her hands slowly opened the ribbon around her waist, biting her lips lightly, with a smile in her eyes, and her movements were very slow:

"Tonight is the first time Dorothy and I touched each other."

Looking at Dorothy again, the blonde girl in the shadow at the door bent down and took off her little black leather shoes and neatly placed them on the side of the door. He straightened his waist, put his long hair back with his hands, and then untied the belt of his dress:

"This is a day worth remembering."

The princess in front of the window took off her high heels amidst the sound of rain and put them on the window sill next to the crown. She turned to look at Shade:

"So, we decided to play some, some out of line, games that girls shouldn't play."

Shade turned his head back and forth to look at them. They were all approaching Shade:

"And you, not because of gratitude, nor because of tonight's throbbing, just because"

"You have three choices, knight."

Miss Writer walked towards Shade beside the bed in the shadows, with a shy expression on her flushed face.

"First, go out now and spend this rainy night with your cat."

Another white light flashed outside the window.

Her Royal Highness the Princess walked towards Shade beside the bed under the moonlight, her face full of excitement and smile:

"Second, your closet is big enough. Maybe you can rest in it, give us your bed, and watch our game tonight."

The rumble of thunder echoed through the city, and the sound of rain became more violent.

Shade glanced at the closet in the corner and immediately shook his head.

"third."

He could no longer tell who was speaking. He could only hear the sound of clothes falling to the ground on both sides:

"Play a game, knight. I'd love to know."

".Can you tell us apart?"

"Although Luvia is one step ahead."

".But two people can't be compared to one person."

".I heard that you were promoted to the fourth ring."

".I hope your physical fitness can keep up with your promotion level."

".Two fifth-ring sorceresses are not so easy to deal with."

".Tonight, don't get us wrong."

".if wrong"

".There will be a small punishment."

Shade felt a little dizzy. He bet that the two people walking towards him were constantly exchanging bodies:

"you."

"Shut up, my knight."

"Shut up, my detective."

"Aren't you willing to walk the rest of the way with us?"

"It's been a long road, and we've chosen you."

"Know our secrets."

“Understand our desires.”

"Tonight, you will help us touch each other."

"Tonight."

"We are all the princesses you want to serve."

I don’t know who chuckled:

[In a moment, do you need help to identify whose inner being you are touching? 】

There was the sound of cat claws scratching at the door, and white electric light cut through the night sky, illuminating the dark bedroom. In the rumbling thunder, the young foreigner was already enslaved in bed by the sorceresses.

He looked at the girls amid the lightning and thunder, smelling two different but similar perfumes:

"How am I going to apologize to Luvia?"

"Shad, I hope Luvia has helped us practice your skills."

The curtains of the four-poster bed fell, and the violent sound of rain blocked all the sounds in the bedroom, but it could not cover the overlapping figures inside the curtains.

Although it was raining, March was still high, lighting up the small window of Saint Teresa Square in the rain.

The raindrops were densely climbing down the glass at night, which was truly disturbing. The weak moonlight also slightly illuminated the high heels and the small silver crown on the windowsill. The moonlight passed through the elegant arc below the high heels, and the crown and the fine raindrops on the glass were reflected together in the heavy rain. A faint light.

The hollow center of the crown is inlaid with an oval ruby. The ruby ​​gleamed under the moonlight, flanked by symmetrically spaced smaller white diamonds. The shape clearly resembles a butterfly with spread wings, flying under the moon.