Chapter: 43. The Surging Night
This dress, Miss Shaya wants to wear, but Miss Sephira doesn’t want to wear it!!
Today is the night of Xialet’s birthday party.
At this moment, Xue Fei is expressing endless resentment towards this restrictive outfit!
“Ah, this dress is so uncomfortable! Uh…! My waist, my waist… it feels like it’s going to choke me!”
“Come on, Xue Fei, just compromise a little. I’ve already reserved the loosest style for you. The heels were intentionally made shorter; try them on in a bit. Look at me, I’m wearing something even worse, so just be satisfied.”
In the villa on the outskirts, night has fallen.
Xiya is helping Xue Fei tighten the straps of her dark blue dress in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror. As soon as the strap is pulled, Xue Fei feels like she no longer has a waist!
If only Xue Fei had taken a good look at her reflection in the mirror, she would realize how dreamily cute she looks in that elegant dark blue dress.
Even the Little Holy Sword leaning against the wall is flickering with golden light to express admiration.
“Lady Xue Fei looks so beautiful! I want to wear a dress too… but unfortunately, my magic isn’t sufficient today, so I can’t come out!”
“Whose fault is that? You wasted your magic at the palace before, so you deserve this.”
“Ugh…! Heartless Lady Xue Fei, I liked you too!”
“Scram!”
Just as she was struggling with the dress, she hears Xialet expressing flattery. Xue Fei walks over unhappily, barefoot, and kicks the Holy Sword hard.
The sword shook with a crisp sound, and this time, Xialet actually protested.
“Lady Xue Fei, please don’t do that.”
“Oh? The perverse one suddenly woke up? Now you know what it’s like to be kicked?”
“No! I can’t feel anything inside the sword! Please wait until I come out before you kick me! Kick my butt hard! Please!”
“……”
Xue Fei retracted her bare foot.
Holding up the overly long hem of her dress, she sat on the ground and quietly put on her shoes.
Damn.
Even though I’m the one kicking her, I feel like I’ve lost out; she’s profiting from it.
After putting on the customized high heels that Xiya arranged for her, Xue Fei stood up, walked a couple of steps side to side, and stomped her feet.
Guess what, ehhe, these shoes are not as uncomfortable as I imagined!
The shoes matching the color of the dress are both comfortable and beautiful. Besides being stylish, jumping around won’t cause a twisted ankle.
In fact, Xue Fei’s shoes are hardly what one would call high heels. Xiya was worried she couldn’t get used to them, so she specifically had a maid from the Light Family design a new style.
If what Xue Fei is wearing can be called child-sized high heels.
Then Xiya’s could be rightfully called real high heels!
The wine-red color is nearly the same style as Xue Fei’s, but in a larger size with a longer dress.
Unlike Xue Fei, who still has her long hair down, Xiya has her golden hair tied up today, making the already mature golden-haired beauty seem even more dignified and elegant. Looking at Xiya like this, Xue Fei feels completely refreshed.
After circling around Xiya and inspecting her, Xue Fei decisively gives a thumbs up!
“Beautiful! Really, Xiya, even though I can’t get used to wearing the dress, it looks great on you!”
Xue Fei loves a famous saying from her past life — “Do not impose on others what you do not desire yourself.”
“Really… nice? I thought this color might be a bit too bright. Yours looks better. Haha… you see, when you squat down, you look just like a blue rose.”
“Looks good? Then scale my outfit up a size and make a set for me!”
“Scale up…?”
Xiya’s gaze naturally shifts to Xue Fei’s almost flat chest.
Hmm… she can’t help but ponder the meaning of scaling up.
Xue Fei is also staring at Xiya’s curves that can support the soul of the dress.
Her brows twitch more and more, her expression twisting.
“Uh… Xiya, your gaze seems a bit impolite.”
“Sorry… I just thought, Xue Fei will definitely grow up.”
“When I turned eighteen, Mother said the same thing to me, but now, she doesn’t say it anymore.”
“……”
This topic might become a bit too sentimental, so it’s best not to discuss it.
In fact, both Xue Fei and Xiya’s dresses are quite modest, not exposing their backs, shoulders, or legs, but featuring intricate patterns on the dresses instead.
Xiya’s dress is adorned with red roses woven with thread, while Xue Fei’s is blue.
Unlike some girls at parties who dress flamboyantly, their dresses are more aligned with formal attire.
Although they lack some of the dynamic versatility, in terms of elegance and beauty, they surpass in every way.
After all, Xiya’s temperament already overshadows the enhancement the dress could provide her. Xue Fei believes no matter where Xiya goes, she will always be the absolute focal point.
Ready to go, Xue Fei stands up, adjusts the long skirt, and reaches out her hand to Xiya.
“Let’s go, Xiya! To eat your family’s cake… cough, to celebrate your birthday!”
“Yes… it’s about time.”
Xiya takes Xue Fei’s outstretched hand while looking back at the clock.
It’s getting late; indeed, it’s time to leave.
But since they are about to set off, there’s something that must be said~
“Xue Fei.”
“Uh-huh?”
“If you keep eating doughnuts on the way, you won’t be able to eat cake later, you know?”
“Huh?”
Xue Fei looks at the doughnut in her left hand and then smiles as she looks up.
“I won’t! Haven’t you heard? Sweets go into another stomach, just like storing magic, it doesn’t affect anything!”
“But cake is also a sweet, right…”
“…! You reminded me; I’ll keep quiet now.”
Doughnut, I’m sorry for you.
Once I finish the cake, I’ll swallow you whole.
The two girls walk out of the villa hand in hand, heading into the moonlight.
Like the magic cast by moonlight, as Xue Fei steps out, her shimmering silver hair sways behind her like the Milky Way, suddenly transforming from the roots to the tips into smooth, flowing, deep black hair, dancing in the wind.
Xue Fei temporarily conceals herself.
Miss Shaya, let’s set off!
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The banquet organized by the Light Family is surely stylish.
The Komir Royal Grand Hall is welcoming its most grand annual gathering.
With the status of the Light Family, the Hero is the family’s symbol.
The Hero’s birthday, naturally, is the feast for the entire family.
Xiya arrives in a carriage, stopping not far from the main entrance of the grand hall, and peeks through a small crack in the curtain to check on the situation at the grand hall entrance.
The grand hall is beautifully decorated, with royal banners hanging on the outer wall and the emblem of the Light Family next to the royal flags.
This illustrates the close and inseparable connection between royalty and the Light Family.
At the entrance, two middle-aged butlers dressed in sharp tailcoats stand upright, wearing professional smiles as they check the invitations of guests entering the grand hall and confirm the identity of each person entering.
Surrounding the entrance are soldiers from the palace castle standing guard, armed and vigilant.
This birthday banquet is more fittingly described as a gathering of high nobility rather than just a party.
So Xiya feels exhausted…
But fortunately, having this little one by her side can dispel any worries!
“Xue Fei, we should get off… huh? What’s wrong?”
Just as she was about to remind Xue Fei to get off the carriage, she finds Xue Fei lifting the curtain on the other side, seemingly gazing at the sky.
Hearing this, Xue Fei lowers the curtain, turns around and shrugs, her expression nonchalant.
“Nothing much, just a slight ominous premonition, like I feel something troublesome is about to happen.”
“Ominous…? Really! What’s going to happen? Do we need to take any countermeasures?”
“If I knew what it was, it wouldn’t be called a premonition… Xiya, you’re so silly.”
“But…”
“It’s fine~ My premonitions are usually not very accurate. Like I have a feeling I won’t catch any fish, but in the end, the big fish always end up in my hands!”
“That’s because you directly jumped into the lake to catch them…”
“Exactly! A premonition is a premonition, and reality is reality; it doesn’t matter~ If anything happens, we’ll talk about it then. Come on, come on, I need to hurry and see how big your family’s cake really is!”
“Hey?! Wait for me! Don’t run ahead, you can’t get in without me guiding you!”
“Hehe, then you better hurry up!”
In the dark sky, the moonlight seems a bit dimmer, and the night appears to be swirling, restless.
As Xue Fei runs, her sharp gaze glances back, as if to pierce the boundless night sky.
Yet in the blink of an eye, it turns into a nonchalant smile as she turns back to wave at Xiya to hurry inside.
Nothing can stop me from going to confront that big cake now!
