Boom, boom, boom, boom...

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the room.

"Elodie, have you changed your clothes?"

"Well! I just changed it, grandpa, come in!"

After receiving Elodie's permission to enter, Anthony unscrewed the doorknob and pushed in.

"Oh! Elodie, this skirt suits you very well!"

After hearing Anthony's praise, Elodie happily turned around in circles a few more times.

Seeing Elodie's cheerful look, Anthony couldn't help but relax his cheeks and the corners of his mouth.

Today is the 60th birthday of Mr. Bright, the elder of the Edo Residence.

In order to celebrate this rare festive holiday, Mr. Bright, who likes to dance, will hold a grand dance in his mansion tonight.

He was so popular that he invited most of the residents in the residence to come to the banquet, and most of the invitees agreed to the invitation - the Angoulême family was among them.

At this moment, Elodie was trying on the dress she would wear at the dance party tonight.

It is rare to have such a lively large-scale outdoor activity to participate in... This makes Elodie very happy because there are no peers of the same age to play with in the residence, so she can only stay at home for a long time.

Although she can't dance, a child of her age will definitely not have anyone dancing with her at tonight's dance...but what does it matter?

For a child who can only stay bored at home every day, just being able to experience the lively atmosphere of these lively activities is enough to make her jump for joy.

Elodie had been looking forward to tonight's dance several days ago.

Although there are still a few hours before the dance starts, judging from Elodie's current expression... the child's mind is no longer here, and he has already flown to the dance scene at the Bright Mansion.

Looking at Elodie's happy smile now, Anthony's increasingly relaxed corners of his mouth finally formed a soft smile.

——It’s rare to be able to participate in this kind of entertainment... I have to have a good time with Elodie tonight.

This old man who is willing to dedicate everything to his precious granddaughter who has endured a lot of hardships since childhood, thought so firmly in his heart.

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at the same time--

Edo, the intersection between the settlement and the outside world——

A middle-aged man pointed to a donkey cart parked not far behind him, and spoke in somewhat broken English to two settlement guards, both with blond hair and blue eyes, and both carrying flintlock rifles.

Loudly said:

"These are the drinks that Mr. Bright purchased from Mr. Sohachiro Natsume. These drinks are Mr. Bright's favorite sake, and they are all planned to be consumed at tonight's dance!"

The donkey cart the middle-aged man pointed to was dragging a small carriage.

There are a large number of wooden boxes stacked in the carriage, and the wooden boxes contain expensive sake.

Brett loves Japanese sake so much that he would drink seven or eight bottles of sake every day before he would stop.

A dance titled "Celebrating his 60th birthday" will be held tonight... How can such a grand event be without his favorite sake?

So, as early as 2 months ago, Bright ordered a batch of high-end sake with his old partner in the wine business: Natsume Sohachiro.

At this moment, the two guards who were busy negotiating the "cargo release" with the middle-aged man did not notice at this time that they were driving the car filled with the goods that Bright ordered from Natsume Sohachiro.

The driver of the high-end sake... now showed a strange and intriguing smile.

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Edo, in a dark alley outside Natsume's house——

"Uh-huh..."

Qingden heard Kinoshita Mai next to him let out a lovely yawn.

"Miss Kinoshita, do you want to take a rest?"

After glancing at Mai Kinoshita, who was now stretching out her fingers to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, Ayoto raised his head and glanced at the sky above his head.

As early as half an hour ago, the sky was covered with a thick layer of darkness.

The current time...is about 8 o'clock in the evening.

If this time were in the modern era of the 21st century, it would be a time before nightlife had even begun.

But in this day and age, this is the time when wild dogs are basically the only ones roaming the roads.

It's obviously daytime today and the weather is pretty good. The sky is blue and cloudless.

But after nightfall, the weather suddenly became bad for some reason.

The night was covered with clouds, and it was as dark as thick ink. Only some cracks in the dark clouds shed a little light.

Thick dark clouds condensed between the sky and the earth made the light tonight extremely dim and visibility was very poor.

Take the dark alley where Ayoto and Kinoshita Mai are currently hiding as an example. The alley is surrounded by twilight and darkness. The darkness is so dense that it cannot be seen to the bottom, as if a monster will pounce out from it at any time.

"I'm not very tired yet, so I don't need to rest."

Kinoshita Mai quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes caused by yawning just now, raised her little head, and showed a smile of "I'm fine, don't worry" to Qingden.

"...You should take a break for now." Qingden was silent for a while, and smiled helplessly at Mai Kinoshita, "The secret of 'surveillance' is to know how to take turns to rest."

"While I'm still in good spirits, you should take a rest as soon as possible."

"In case we both get tired later."

Anyone who has experienced it knows that "surveillance" is a very tiring job.

Staring at someone or a place for a long time... although this will not damage a person's physical strength, it will bring a great burden to the person's spirit.

Hearing Qingden say this, Kinoshita Mai was stunned. After blinking hard a few times with hesitation on her face, she nodded lightly:

"That's what you said... Then I'll take a short rest now. Tachibana-kun, I'll leave the surveillance of Natsume's family to you for the time being."

After saying that, Kinoshita Mai leaned back, leaned against the alley wall behind her, closed her eyes and rested her mind.

Today is May 20th. If converted to the modern solar calendar, it would now be June.

This year's climate has been quite abnormal. As early as early May, the temperature was already so high that even wearing a single layer of clothing didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

To use a Japanese terminology to introduce...tonight is a veritable "tropical night".

There was a high temperature of at least 26 degrees, making the air sultry and sticky.

The sultry weather made Qingden shed beads of sweat and at the same time... his mood became uncontrollably irritable.

I don't know why... Ever since this morning, a strange uneasy feeling has been lingering in Qingdeng's heart.

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Today’s update is 1.1W words!

Pornography is indeed the first productivity. In order to let Qingto show off in front of Sanako as soon as possible, the author went crazy yesterday and successfully wrote 1.1W words.

Today’s chapter is updated to make up for the owed updates to Baiyinmeng [Handsome is My Handsomeness]. I still owe this book friend 10 chapters to be updated.

The author still owes 12 chapters worth 10,000 words.

Today’s chapter is so lively. Although it has many words, it is also rich in content. The plot is unfolding in a furious way. If you don’t vote for the month, you are really unreasonable (Leopard Head Cries.jpg)

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