At this time, the children had already finished lunch and were heading together to the first-floor lounge for a nap. Silei searched everywhere for Hesta without finding her, when she suddenly heard Santa's sharp shout, "Get out! No male visitors are allowed in here!"
Some sounds of an argument drifted over, and Silei instantly grew alert. She hurried toward the source of the noise, and sure enough, she saw Santa venting her anger on several unfamiliar faces.
Xina was trembling with rage. Her and Dobigny's chess lesson had just ended, and Dobigny's good friend Simon Albareda had happened to visit, so the three of them had sat together to chat—what a wonderful afternoon that should have been, only for some shrew to suddenly charge over!
Santa grabbed Albareda by the collar and was about to drag him outside. Dobigny hastily reached out to rescue him, but with Santa's brute strength, Dobigny couldn't pry her hands loose and could only manage to block her path.
Xina couldn't be of much help, so she simply stood to the side and raged, "What are you! How dare you yell and scream at us here and lay hands on our guest!"
She looked around and suddenly spotted a handy flowerpot in the corner. Xina hurried over, snatched up the empty pot, and raised it to smash it against Santa's head. Silei, who was still six or seven steps away, widened her eyes in an instant. She burst into sudden speed, lunged toward Xina, tackled the girl down before the flowerpot could strike Santa, and snatched the pot away.
"Stop it, all of you, stop!" Silei shouted. "What kind of place is this, why are you fighting!"
Simon Albareda's hair had already been disheveled by Santa. He managed to break free from the woman's grip