In the northwest of East Chester County, at the confluence of York Mountain and the Hoyin River, in a spring-filled valley, stands a dark castle.
It is not very tall and majestic, nor does it appear magnificent, but it has an artistic atmosphere and comfortable and exquisite beauty that is inconsistent with the times.
Around the castle, there are smooth roads paved with bluestones, and neat and uniform lawns spread to both sides. On both sides of the castle, there are exquisitely maintained orchards and farmland, but it is worth paying attention to how to take care of these.
The ones who harvest the crops are not tenant farmers or servants, but tiny goblins that are only the size of a palm and have wings like butterflies.
If there is any flaw, it is that the road is too narrow.
Although it is obviously no problem for people to walk, it is definitely not enough for the carriage to drive normally, which seems to be very fatal for a noble manor.
However, this does not seem to be a problem for this castle.
It was approaching afternoon, and on the path paved with bluestone slabs, an abrupt light group rose from the gaps in the stone slabs, condensing into a simple door in the air.
The door slowly opened, and a girl walked out of the door, looking at the exquisite castle in front of her with some novelty.
However, this kind of observation did not last long. She followed the smiling path to the black door and gently knocked on the door knocker carved with an animal head.
A crisp and penetrating sound came from the knocking of the door knocker. Soon, with the atmospheric door rubbing sound, two rows of maids and an older man appeared in front of the girl.
, a housekeeper with a gentle smile and meticulous temperament.
"Welcome, ma'am."
"Ah, I'm here for a tea party, and here's the invitation..." The girl seemed a little nervous. After a moment of hesitation, she took out an invitation and handed it to the butler.
The butler took the invitation respectfully, then nodded and said:
"Please follow me. Several other ladies are already waiting in the garden."
"Okay!" There was a hint of shame on the girl's face, but she followed immediately and passed through the passage that was not spacious but not dark and cramped. The girl was led by the housekeeper to the back garden. At this time, she was in the back garden.
There were already many people sitting around the round table in the center of the garden. When they saw the girl arriving, one of the ladies in a lotus skirt immediately said:
"Let me tell you, Xio will definitely step over here!"
"Forsi! Roen's custom is to be five minutes late, but I arrived on time!" Xio said dissatisfied, but still walked up a little unreasonably, and then looked at Audrey who was holding a tea party today and said:
"Miss Justice, is it okay if we use Mr. Devil's house for a tea party?"
"It doesn't matter, I have permission to use this castle, and the invitations sent to you are also signed with it. Also, just call me Audrey." Audrey showed off with a little show off that she had been wearing it.
Hanging on his waist was a castle key that looked more like a decoration than a key. Then he waved his fan and said:
"Everyone is here, let's get started!"
"Okay, meow!" Lily immediately stood up and prepared to make tea. Audrey was very embarrassed when she saw this and immediately said:
"Just sit down and let Maria come..."
"But aren't we going to discuss the topic of giving birth? Isn't it good for Maria and the others to listen?"
Lily tilted her head and spoke the lines of a social terrorist without any scruples. After hearing her words, even Sharon, who was not serious about words, could not hold back any longer. She frowned and corrected:
"It's about relationships."
"Yes, yes! And it's not my problem, I was just brought here by Fors!" Xio, who had just sat down, muttered something in a low voice, but Lily said nonchalantly:
"Isn't the purpose of dating just to have babies?"
"..."
"Okay, you can prepare if you want." Audrey, who was overwhelmed by Lily's social terrorist attribute, could only make a compromise as she was the organizer of the tea party and could not use the instant fainting technique.
Watching Lily start to make tea happily.
"Ahem, there are no men here anyway. You can say whatever you want. Well, there is no arbitration. No one will talk nonsense about what they heard!" Audrey, as a lady who has received all the aristocratic etiquette education, quickly
After recovering from the chaos caused by Lily, she made her opening remarks for the day. Several ladies around the round table glanced at each other, but for some reason, no one spoke first.
But soon, Melissa, who was also pulled by Audrey to make up the numbers, suddenly opened up the situation:
"I don't have any problems myself. The main problem is with my second brother, who is totally troublesome. The eldest brother is already married and he doesn't even have a girlfriend. I kindly arranged it for him, but he didn't know where he went.
…”
"Looking at the best, maybe he actually has someone he likes, but you just don't know about it?" Xio sighed with some emotion after hearing Melissa's words:
"Just don't be like my brother!"
"Your brother? Isn't he a trainee lawyer in a law firm? And I haven't heard you say that!" Fors looked at Xio in surprise. Generally speaking, if this best friend has any troubles, she won't be able to do it.
Did you tell yourself?
"Of course you haven't heard what I said! You haven't returned to Backlund at all in the past two months, okay?!" Xio rolled her eyes at Forsi, but Forsi just scratched her cheek and said, "I went out to collect information."
Gone" expression.
Seeing her look like this, Xio didn't say much and brought the topic back to her troubled brother——
"It has nothing to do with work, the main thing is that he has been too close to Sherman recently!"
"Sherman? I remember she was the waitress at the bar in the East District, right? She has a good personality and is popular, and she's not a street girl. You don't mind that she comes from a poor background, right?" Forsi didn't know.
The truth cast a suspicious look, and other people's attention immediately focused on him.
Although at this time, except for Melissa, the craftsman of Sequence Six, everyone is at least a demigod, human nature still makes them happy to gossip.
"How is that possible! I have been poor after all. If it was just about my background, it wouldn't be a problem at all. The problem is that Sherman is a man!"
Xio said with a broken face, and angrily took out a piece of snack from the snack shelf, and took two bites like a hamster, before finally feeling relieved by the comfort of the delicious food.
"Man? That's not right! I have seen her, she is definitely...wait, you mean, witch?" Forsi finally reacted, but Xio shook her head vigorously:
"If it was just a witch, I would admit it. After all, we were friends before, and she also belongs to the type who initially recognized her gender as female. But the problem is, she can switch between the two genders!
"
"How is this done? Is he a high-sequence fortune teller?" Edwina, who was just listening to ordinary gossip, immediately became interested. Based on the knowledge she has mastered, it seems that among the sequences she knows so far,
Only fortune tellers can truly change gender status.
"It's a substitute, meow!" Lily, who was chewing dried fish, made a cute ending sound, pointed at herself and said:
"Just like I can turn into a cat, Sherman's substitute can turn into a woman!"
