"...Huh?"

Elodie blinked and opened her mouth slightly.

Did I hear it wrong? What did I hear... Elodie looked like this.

To Elodie who was so surprised to show such an expression, Qingden repeated what he just said with a calm attitude and a clear smile in his voice:

"Elodie, let's go to the fireworks display."

At the end, Qingdeng paused and then added:

"Now, since Mr. Angoulême and Mademoiselle Leroy think you are asleep, I will secretly take you to the fireworks display. When you have had a good time, I will secretly take you back."

"Take me to the fireworks display...?" Elodie murmured blankly, "How do you take me there?"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Elodie realized that she had asked a stupid question.

At this moment, Qingdeng sneaked into her boudoir by climbing through the window... Isn't it obvious how he was going to take her out of here?

Sure enough, Qingden smiled and answered exactly as Elodie expected:

"Of course I climbed through the window behind my back."

Qingdeng turned around and glanced at the window that was dyed silvery white by the moonlight.

"Fortunately, the windows in your room are big enough and the building is not particularly high."

"Master, wait, wait a minute!"

Because the mood swings were too intense, Elodie subconsciously raised her voice... Elodie, who later realized that her voice seemed a bit too loud, covered her mouth tightly and turned her head to look.

The door behind you.

After confirming that the corridor outside the room was quiet and that she had not disturbed Anthony and Leroy downstairs, Elodie let out a sigh of relief and then raised her gaze with panicked eyes again to look at Qingden.

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"Master, you...are what you just said true? Can you really...can you secretly take me to the fireworks display?"

Elodie's tone was cautious...

She wanted to touch something, but was afraid of accidentally breaking it, so she used gentle movements as if she didn't even dare to scratch the dust off - Elodie's expression and way of speaking at this time were similar to this feeling.

"Do you think I'm the kind of person who is so boring that I would go to all the trouble to sneak into your room at night just to amuse you?"

Qingdeng made a small joke and then changed to a serious tone.

"Elody, did I tell you? I'm going to the fireworks display tonight too... with my friends."

"I've thought about it seriously - I'm going to the fireworks display tonight anyway, so I might as well take you with me."

"My friends and I have agreed that they don't mind having a cute little companion tonight."

"Well..." A shrinking look slowly appeared on Elodie's face, "In other words - are you going to play with the master and your friends... Master, my hair... shouldn't be...

Will it offend some of your friends?"

After saying that, Elodie raised her hand and smoothed her long, light blond hair with some curls at the ends.

The hair color is very different from that of East Asians... This is synonymous with "foreigners".

Qingdeng said quickly:

"Those friends of mine...although some of them look vicious, none of them are bad people with bad personalities."

"There is no idiot like that who hates foreigners without thinking."

"So Elodie, you don't have to be afraid of contact with them."

"If you really can't get along with my friends...then you can always follow me and Okita-kun."

"Do you remember Okita-san? Okita-kun is here tonight."

"Okita-kun?" Elodie's eyes lit up slightly.

Two months ago, when Qingteng was hospitalized in Renyitang to recuperate, Elodie, who came to visit Qingteng, met several times with the director who often came to the ward to take care of Qingteng.

Both of them are very cheerful and fun-loving girls, so they have quite a lot of topics in common.

Every time the two girls meet, they talk happily.

Elodie and Souji chatted very well, and Souji also liked this blond lolita who had a similar temperament to her.

After learning that the director-general with whom she was close would also be accompanying her tonight, Elodie's face immediately became more energetic.

But... in the next moment, this vitality turned into a strange look.

Under this strange look, Elodie's whole face became a little strange. She turned around and looked at the door behind her again.

When Qingdeng saw this, he thought to himself:

——As expected, she would still worry about being discovered by Mr. Angoulême and Mademoiselle Leroy and sneaking out...

Elodie's depressed expression lingered in his mind, and he wanted to do something for his only disciple... It was only for this simple reason that Qingden suddenly planned to "sneak Elodie out"

With his bold plan, he rushed to the residence and sneaked into Elodie's room without any trouble.

Judging from the overall content, Qingdeng's plan is actually quite comprehensive.

First of all - Qingden knew that Anthony and Leroy, the master and servant, did not have the habit of "checking the bed" in the middle of the night to see if Elodie had slept.

This is also natural.

Which normal family would frequently go to their children's and young master's rooms to check on each other's sleeping conditions?

In other words - if Elodie is secretly taken away from home, they may not have to worry about their bold move being discovered by Anthony and Leroy until dawn.

Secondly - after taking Elodie to the fireworks display, Elodie's safety issues...

Just kidding! Who will be with Elodie at that time?

Aoto, Souji, Kondo, Hijikata, Inoue, Saito, Nagakura, Harada, Todo...

The all-star lineup of the Trial Guard Hall is here.

With this combination alone, let alone three or two unorganized and undisciplined anti-barbarian warriors, even if an anti-barbarian group suddenly appeared in its heyday, Qingdeng would have the confidence to take on the opponent.

However, no matter how perfect the plan is, it still needs the consent of the parties involved.

The way Elodie looked back at the door at this moment made Qingden subconsciously think that this child must be feeling an instinctive resistance to disobeying Anthony's order.

After all, Anthony is her grandfather who she depends on for life.

How good the relationship between the grandfather and grandson was, Qingden saw it for all to see during the days when he became Elodie's swordsmanship teacher.

After all, Elodie is still just a child who is not familiar with the world. It is normal for her to feel anxious and uneasy about her behavior of deceiving Anthony.

Qingdeng, who was thinking this way, was about to say something——

"...Eh, hey hey hey hey..."

A chuckle filled with excitement reached Qingdeng's ears.

"Sneaking out in the middle of the night...it seems very interesting...!"

Elodie turned around sharply.

The sapphire-like pupils were shooting out with azure light full of excitement.

The corners of his mouth turned up in a cute arc. Even though he tried hard to suppress his lips, laughter still overflowed.

There is no sign of any anxiety or uneasy conscience at all...

Elodie's appearance was completely different from what he had just expected, and Qingden couldn't help but be stunned.

"Master, if we set off to the fireworks display venue now, how long will it take for us to come back?"

"Well……"

Qingden recovered from his daze due to Elodie's questioning. He took out his pocket watch with a slightly mechanical and stiff movement and looked at the time.

"If you leave after watching the fireworks...then you can come back in 2 hours at most."

"2 hours...okay...!"

Elodie pecked the little head hard, then raised a smile full of expectation - the eyes that she and Qingden looked into were shining with extremely strong emotions.

This "emotion" is called "eagerness to try."

"Master, let's go quickly. If we get to the conference site early, we can play more things...!"

"Play and see everything you want to play and see as soon as possible, and go back early to prevent Grandpa and Miss Leroy from finding out that I have sneaked out of the house."

"Ah, wait a minute, I have to change clothes."

"You can't go out wearing an exotic nightgown..."

As Elodie said this to herself, she kicked off the slippers on her feet and ran to the closet opposite the foot of the bed. She opened the door with a click, revealing a lot of things inside.

The inner cabinet walls had to be completely covered with all kinds of clothing.

"..." Qingden stared blankly at Elodie who was rummaging around in the closet with great interest... After a moment, he burst into laughter.

——Yes...how could I forget...!
To be continued...