"I'm sorry, Master Chris, but for some necessary reason, I had to take you into custody. But don't worry, I'll keep my promise and let you go when it's all over. After confirming that she could no longer ask any more useful questions, Charlotte said to Chris.

"Understandable. Chris seemed to have expected it, "Since you swear by your roots, I naturally believe in your promise." Master Charlotte, ask a question you shouldn't ask, are you ready to go to war with Aven?"

"No, it's not a war, it's just a necessary means for the next persuasion and negotiation. ”

Chris had a smirk.

"What are you laughing at?" Charlotte asked unpleasantly.

"Nothing. Chris shook his head, "It's just that in my opinion, war is also a means of diplomacy and negotiation." ”

- So...... Is this war?

Charlotte heard what he meant, glanced at Chris with mixed feelings, and motioned to the left and right to take him into custody.

The flower farmer followed him in two steps, lowered his head and admitted his mistake in a flat tone, "Young master, your subordinates should be damned." ”

Charlotte knew that he was referring to something wrong with the intelligence, and he pressed his eyebrows and shook his head, "Forget it, just pay attention next time." Keep an eye on Aven to see if he shows any signs of contact with the rest of the forces. ”

"Yes!"

That being said, Charlotte didn't have much hope.

Although the shadow guard is strong, for a half-step legend like Aiwen, there are too many ways to hide from the shadow guard.

It was getting late, and even if it was only Charlotte's astral body here, he had to make a show and rush back to Fort Sava to attend the Praise Festival dinner.

By the time the astral body rushed back to Savoieburg, the square of the outer hall of the castle was already full of traffic. This was still Lawrence with a large number of nobles on the expedition, and if it was a previous year, the number of people attending the banquet would have been at least doubled.

This year's dinner was mostly attended by the families of the great nobles, and Rebecca, as the hostess of the country, had to stabilize the interior while Lawrence was away, and Rebecca undoubtedly did a good job in this regard.

Holding a package on his body, Starlight deliberately bypassed the nobles waiting to enter and went to the apse. Inside the package is Charlotte's New Year's gifts for relatives and friends, which is both a way to hide from people and from his heart.

As soon as she entered the apse, Charlotte was greeted by Vivien Leigh.

She was alone on the stone pillar carved with a silver dragon in the apse, carrying the dragon head sword at her waist and wearing a velvet winter hunting suit, and her eyes suddenly opened as Charlotte approached the apse.

Charlotte knew that he couldn't dodge, so he put the package on the ground, took out a bear doll from it, and handed it to her with a smile, "I just went to the royal capital to buy you a New Year's gift, Vivien Leigh, Happy Celebration of the Festival! Why don't you go and change your clothes? The dinner should start soon." ”

Vivien Leigh took the doll with a complicated expression, and she stroked the doll's plush head. Normally, she would have blushed and said, 'I don't like this kind of childish stuff,' but now, she's not in that mood.

"Thank you......" Vivien Leigh bowed her head and thanked her sullenly, she stretched out her index finger and tapped the bear doll's nose lightly. It was a nose made of black glass beads, and when her green fingers touched the tip of her nose, Charlotte had a new impression of the glass beads, and felt that they were no longer connected with the bear, but like a lonely glass ball, which was gently touched by the little girl in the cold snow, and rolled forward with a cold bone.

"Fervien Leigh......" Charlotte asked, not knowing where that impression came from, "Why?

"Like. Vivien Leigh still had her head down, and this time Charlotte seemed to see a little girl holding a doll in a cold and snowy night—lonely, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

“…… What do you mean?"

"Nothing. With her head down, Vivien Leigh pulled the doll tightly with her five fingers, but she let go again, "I'm going to change my clothes, I didn't have a gift for you this year." ”

She finished speaking and turned to leave.

Charlotte stood there and watched her leave the apse, picking up her package and walking back to her room. In front of the door, he noticed a gift box on the ground about thirty centimeters long and twenty centimeters wide, with a cute bow tied on it.

Starlight picked up the gift box, opened the door, and stepped inside. The main body Charlotte was sitting on the sofa in a black dress, and the starlight body shook the box in her hand and asked, "I guess this is given to me by my sister, right?" ”

The ontological Charlotte can perceive everything about the astral body, but conversely, unless the ontology intended, the astral body certainly has no way of knowing what is going on on the main body's side.

"It's for me!" Charlotte snatched the gift box from Starlight's hand and glared at Starlight viciously, "That's my sister!"

"Mine too!"

Charlotte stopped talking nonsense with this extremely stupid astral body, and he snapped his fingers to disperse the astral body in an instant. Then he carefully opened the gift box, which contained a pair of black open-fingered gloves with the spell pattern of a six-pointed star tattooed on the back of his hand.

The gloves, while unenchanted, are well-made. The finger-baring design doesn't affect Charlotte's finger dexterity when casting spells, and the leather gloves ensure a good grip when using the weapon. All in all, the gift is not precious, but it is the perfect item to combine with the characteristics of Charlotte's battles.

"Is this reconciliation?"

Charlotte smiled a little these days, put on his gloves, put on his image in front of the mirror, and brought gifts to relatives and friends one by one before the dinner.

The last stop was Aven's, Charlotte bumped into Aven, who was just about to go out, and when she handed the gift to Aven, the latter was slightly stunned, and then showed a rare gentleness.

"Thank you for the gift of Praise Day, I also have a gift for you. Evan said, pulling out a slender gift box from his bosom, "I went to look for you in the afternoon, but you weren't in the room at the time. ”

"I went to the royal capital to buy gifts. Charlotte's heart sank, but she still kept a smile and said.

Charlotte's body had been in his room all afternoon, and he was pretty sure that Evan hadn't been to his room at all. In other words, what the Starlight Body did when he went to the royal capital, Ewen probably knew it clearly.

"Can I open it and take a look?" Charlotte didn't dwell on it anymore, at least at the Praise Festival dinner, he didn't want to make any trouble.

"Of course. ”

Charlotte took it apart, and it was a finely crafted pen with Clayderman's family coat of arms carved on it.

"Do you like it?" asked Aven, "I hope it will write more smoothly in your research on the arts, and you can do whatever you want with it, and I sincerely hope that you will enjoy the pleasure of pursuing your roots without being bothered by the accidents and troubles." ”

Evan meant something, and he was still trying to persuade Charlotte to give up Rusen's soul shard.

"I hope so. Let's enjoy this celebration dinner together!"

"Hmm!" Evan nodded and patted Charlotte on the shoulder, "Enjoy!"