As Shade spoke, he turned his head slightly to look out the window at the early spring night in Tobesk, watching the dim light of the gas lamp on one side of the street passing by the side of the carriage:

"Carina, if the count has a minor accident locally, will it affect the negotiations?"

"Of course, it will cause diplomatic problems, but if it is not local, it will be fine."

Shade nodded:

"I see."

Miss Carina looked at his thoughtful look and said:

"This is the first time I've seen you taking the initiative to make bad decisions. In my opinion, you are the kind of person who... doesn't care much about the law, but values ​​morality very much."

Shade continued to look out the window:

"I never consider myself a good person in the traditional sense, so this allows me to have a more flexible moral bottom line. I have done a lot of bad things, and I am even better at breaking into the void. Besides, my heart is not made of stone.

Yes, isn’t it normal to be angry about something and hate or hate someone? I read an interesting love story in Randall Valley, and then I understood that you should cherish the person you love. Don’t worry, I don’t

He would kill someone for such a trivial matter. But since the count himself is not a good person, and I am very idle recently, I might as well find something to do for myself."

The beautiful witch then bit her lower lip:

"Does this count as being jealous because of me?"

Shade turned his head and blinked:

"Now that I have made a breakthrough in our relationship, of course I will be jealous because of you. Just like what is written in those palace erotic novels, if you want me to duel with others for you, I will not refuse.

"

"I didn't expect you to read that kind of novel. I thought only Agelina would like it... Do you know? Now, you have never made me feel like you are a living person.

.”

This sentence sounded strange, after all, Shade had always been a living person. But he had no chance to express his doubts, because Miss Carina took the initiative to hold his hand and kissed him.

The carriage drove towards St. Teresa's Square in the night. It was ten o'clock in the evening. It must be that tonight will be another peaceful night.

The following Friday will be the registration time for the "1854 Tour of Torbesk Equestrian Competition". The registration deadline is this Sunday. Although there is still a long time, Shade decided to complete the registration today.

Process, he is not someone who puts things off until the last day.

This morning, he was not woken up by Mia. This was not because Shade woke up earlier than the cat, but because the cat who slept in the guest room with the maids did not have time to get into the room. It was waiting for the maids in the kitchen.

Make breakfast.

Although there was no "Mia alarm clock", Shade still woke up on time at 6:30. He yawned and wanted to get up, but the red-haired lady hugging his neck lazily pulled him back into the quilt.

:

"What are you doing waking up so early? Let's sleep a little longer."

The end of her voice when she spoke with her eyes closed was very similar to Lesia's tone when she acted coquettishly to Shade. Shade wanted to get up. After all, there were still many things to do today, but the witch grabbed the handle and pulled him back.

Under the quilt:

"Really, being so energetic so early in the morning makes me wonder if I wasn't charming enough last night."

As he spoke, he hugged Shade, causing the two of them to not leave the bedroom until half past seven.

Although outsiders are already familiar with living alone, it is still very nice not to have to make breakfast by themselves. And Miss Carina, who is used to life in manors and castles, does not have any other opinions because of the simplicity of the Shade family, and she and Xia De

We had breakfast together at the dining table.

Speaking of which, thanks to the large number of guest rooms in Shade's house, otherwise the maids and ladies who followed the Duke would have had no place to stay last night.

At the breakfast table, when Shade was holding a newspaper in one hand and touching Mia with the other, the witch across the table suddenly asked:

"Speaking of which, is your badge a little different?"

"Yes."

The Detection Witch's badge was originally made by Miss Carina for Shade, so of course she could see it. However, Shade was not wearing the badge at this time. Before going to bed last night, he took off the badge and put it on the bedside.

Up:

"The space left by the ancient gods - the furnace in the center of the earth."

He briefly described that space, and the witch listened carefully as if it was something new, but had no intention of going to see it after the meal. However, when Shade sent her and the maids downstairs, the duchess stood in the hall.

After looking at the house, he suggested:

"When spring comes and the weather is nice, do you want to renovate your house? You can stay at my place temporarily during the renovation period."

"Renovation? Why do we need to renovate? Wasn't it renovated last year?"

Shade asked curiously.

"Oh, it wasn't decoration last year, it was just to make the house from dilapidated to habitable. You can think about it yourself, I think Lecia, Louisa and Anat will not object to it."

She said lightly, then approached Shade and kissed the side of his face:

"Speaking of which, did you forget to give me something?"

She asked again with a smile, and Shade blinked suspiciously, so the voice of "her" in his ears almost appeared together with the movements of the maid next to him.

【key.】

Tifa made a gesture of turning the key to open the door.

"Oh yes."

Shade suddenly understood, took out the key from the cookie box in the shoe cabinet, took one off the iron ring and handed it to the lady in front of him:

"Carina, this is the spare key to my house."

The witch smiled and took it away, and instead of handing it to Tifa for safekeeping, she stuffed it into the pocket of her skirt:

"If you encounter any trouble recently, remember to come to me at any time. Although I may be a little busy during this period, at least I am not like little Lesia, who can only see you once a week."

She said goodbye to Shade in a good mood, and then boarded the carriage at the door of Shade's house. Shade held the door open and watched the carriage go away on the front steps, and then realized in hindsight that what she said

"Trouble" probably refers to Shade's desire to trouble the Earl of the Southern Kingdom.

【Do you have any plans?】

she asked softly.

"Of course there is, but we'll have to wait until the time comes. After all, plans can't keep up with changes."

Shade did not close the door immediately, but looked at the scenery in the foggy square, and then stretched out uncivilized at the door of his home.

When preparing to go home, the neighbor's door happened to open. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith were dressed as if they were going out.

Now that we have met, it is natural to say a few words about the recent weather. The old man, who was once the chief secretary of the Kingdom's Ministry of Finance, also asked Xia De with great interest:

"Hamilton, do you want to sign up for this year's riding competition around the city?"

"certainly."

Shade said with a smile, and then received blessings from the neighbors. When he closed the door, he thought of last year's "1853 Big City Players" from the riding competition, and from "Big City Players" to the doctor before the competition.

The bets placed and the money earned.

"Hmm~"

Shade nodded slightly and decided to discuss this matter with Dr. Schneider during the group study meeting tomorrow.

The only important thing this Friday is to sign up for the competition. This time no one sent Shade a special invitation.

As usual, Xiao Mia was unwilling to move at home, so Shade could only go out by himself. The registration location was on Silver Cross Avenue, in the room on the left on the first floor of the city hall.

Shade originally thought that the process would be simple, but he didn't expect to know that he had to queue up to get a number after he arrived. Probably because it is a similar situation every year, a row of chairs was placed along the wall of the corridor for gentlemen who came to sign up to sit.

Come down and wait.

The city hall in the early morning was very deserted. Although the civil servants had already arrived at their posts, most of them were reading newspapers or chatting with each other to understand the situation. In the corridor on the first floor, there were only people waiting to sign up and the portraits of "outstanding civil servants" hanging on the walls.

His eyes seemed to be staring at them closely.

Although according to the rules, anyone can register for this competition, in fact, the entry threshold for the "Tobesk Spring Ring Riding Competition" is much higher than that for "big city players".

Contestants from Dacheng players only need to have a genuine deck of their own and pay the registration fee to participate, but the riding competition needs to prepare their own horses and armor. As for the one-handed knight sword and bow and arrow, it is decided by the organizer.

to provide.

For people living in this era, even ordinary nobles may not be able to prepare a complete set of usable armor and horse gear, let alone ordinary citizens. Therefore, this is actually a game for the nobles.

Shade is now considered a "famous" in Tobesk City. When he sat down to wait, someone around him recognized him. The gentlemen waiting for the number to be called greeted each other and complimented each other, and then chatted casually.

Get up, or communicate with each other about this year's competition.

A man who calls himself "Baron Leipzig of Windsor Castle" revealed that this year's race schedule may be different from previous years. His Majesty the King has new ideas, so there may be new projects added. And Tobesk's local horse business

Baron Oliver told everyone that there is only one death indicator for this year's competition:

"My wife's cousin does paperwork at Ledwich Stadium. He told me that because His Majesty was greatly annoyed by the death of two players in last year's schedule, he ordered the Ledwich Stadium to be prepared for the game this year.

, if the death quota is exceeded, our police chief, Mr. Feynman, will be in trouble."

The baron said with a smile, and Viscount Chekov, who was wearing a red coat, white knickerbockers and a feathered hat, said:

"I remember the two deaths last year. One died of tetanus after the game, and the other died of a cold infection during the game. In previous years, there would not have been such heavy casualties."
To be continued...