"Oh, I thought everyone would be waiting patiently, it's a shame they missed the feeling of surprise." Evelyn had approached the group, but her words were not entirely correct since, to the new surprise of those present, Evelyn also had changed her clothes.
She was wearing a long black dress similar to the one Sofia had worn, the differences were that it was somewhat worn and with an open part, leaving her legs free, which were covered by a pair of stockings of the same color that ended in a pair of slippers to game with her set. An eyepatch covered one of her eyes, possibly because of the theme she had in mind, and her beautiful purple hair was pulled back so that her face was even more visible. In one of its arms was the familiar monkey-shaped stuffed animal, and it was also wearing an eyepatch as well as a cloth around its head, and lastly, its other arm was covered in the same way as Gaius's with the same fur.
Evelyn was actually very curious at the moment as everyone's eyes were focused on her, but before she could ask, she simply hugged Gaius's arm before speaking again.
"I think I can listen to all your opinions later since time is ticking. Come on, Gaius." With some difficulty, both Evelyn and Gaius started to walk away, and the difficulty lay in the fact that Gaius had lost the color in his eyes, and he was just letting himself be dragged by Evelyn toward the curtain that would lead them to the platform that was already incredibly familiar.
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"Er... I must say that my sister's designs are becoming more normal..." Sofia's voice was the first to be heard after a deep silence fell after Evelyn and Gaius walked away.
They all nodded toward her as she could understand what she really meant, and they fully agreed with that opinion.
"Yawn... I feel a little sorry for Gaius. (Did someone threaten him to come here?)" Karina also couldn't help but say what she thought so, although not all she thought.
"I know, he must have a lot of stage fright." Blake had seen Gaius's way of acting for a long time, the reason why he didn't want to come to Evelyn's catwalk in the first place was still in his mind, and after much thought, that was the most plausible reason he could come up.
But those very words that she had just said caused the three girls near him to look at him somewhat confused.
"Oh, that's right. Blake has been living in the town for a long time, it seems that he knows it." Sofia covered her mouth a little as a small laugh wanted to come out of her mouth due to the situation.
"Even so, I think it's all quite obvious, I'm surprised he hasn't figured it out already. (Maybe Blake is a bit slow in that regard…)" The conversation between the girls discussing all this had not taken long to appear, and although Blake was to one side, he felt very confused by what he was hearing... But everything would be very clear in the instant that Raven turned her gaze to Blake and let out a few simple words...
"Gaius likes Evelyn." And with just that... Blake felt a bucket of ice water fall on his head as it had all made so much sense.
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In the end, the event went on and ended relatively normally, needless to mention that everyone was surprised in their own way due to the last set of clothes that Evelyn showed off accompanied by Gaius, but the applause and cheers came at the same time.
Perhaps Blake could not fully enjoy the event, but he felt that having participated in it had already been enough for him, he had also caught sight of Lynn's figure sitting next to Sherman, but he had quickly averted his gaze as he did not want to have much to do with her…
As the person in charge of everything, Evelyn remained on the platform after finishing modeling and Gaius returned to change, she thanked once again and finished everything indicating to the public that he could retire.
The movement of people all over the place was enough for Blake to understand that he had nothing else to do, he saw how some people approached Evelyn to congratulate her on both the event and her birthday, and the honest smile on her face Her face indicated that she was very grateful.
Evelyn had also taken it upon herself to thank all the models personally, even seeking approval to participate next year, though some had already run away because of it.
The atmosphere was still lively, but it was quite obvious that the number of people had dwindled as time progressed, so Blake decided to do the same, and once he got out of the huge mansion, he quickly teleported back to his beloved home.
"Sigh... I thought it would be a quiet day, but in the end... Well... I must say it was quite entertaining." Blake felt a little mentally tired, and his bed looked perfect to fall on top of and let the day go on... But he had quickly seen the time to check something. "Hmm... I have time."
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Leaving Blake to his own business, night had also come throughout the town, some people had already decided to go to bed and rest due to the long day, but you could still see some buildings with the light on indicating that it had not arrived time to sleep, but especially, one of the rooms in the Sainte-Coquille family mansion could draw the attention of anyone who was taking a night walk, not only because the light was also on, but also because of the small pressure that was around the area caused by the two figures that were inside the place.
[Progress… Saved.]