Please wait a little longer, Lord Knight!"

The officer hid the iron plaque in a drawer and put it away, and then shouted as if he had just woken up from a dream as if he had just woken up at the back of the departing knight of José.

"Forgive me, our Lord Cheya of Dingbei City has prepared another banquet for a noble knight like you, in the house behind this hall. The Duke said that although the place is a little shabby, he has done his best to prepare some food for you warriors, and I hope you will enjoy it. ”

In order to make the knight of José stop and tell him to finish his sentence, the officer did not hesitate to move his precious buttocks, and chased him from the inner court to the outside.

Knight José then turned around and nodded at the officer.

"We will thank the Duke for his kindness, when will the banquet start?"

The officer wiped a handful of sweat from his head.

Because of the name of his attendant, the knight in front of him will definitely be known all over the city by those little knights who dare not go to the battlefield and like to gossip, and if he does not agree to attend the duke's banquet, or if he does not even inform the knight of the southern expedition to attend the banquet, then his sin will be great.

"Just tonight...... But if you don't have a place to stay, you can go there first, the knights and his son are all there, and I'm sure the Duke's hall will shine because of your participation!"

Probably because he was overjoyed, the officer's flattery poured out as if he didn't want money.

Although the knight of José obviously did not accept this set, it was not to blame for the many people who were polite, so the officer did not leave any bad impression in his heart.

In the time since his return, the citizens of Abbasquia have not known how much more fanatical and enthusiastic they are now.

It was only after the officer had retreated with a smile on his face that Knight José showed a somewhat smug look in front of Vidia.

"Let's go, you haven't been a guest of the duke's yet, have you?"

Vedia, on the other hand, replied with a look of disdain.

He was indeed a man who pursued honor, but he never thought of relying on his father's alms to obtain this honor.

Not to mention trying to curry favor with the aristocracy.

"If attending a duke's banquet can make you complacent, I think maybe you can become a duke. ”

This is the most powerful ridicule of the José Knight, and he fully reflects that the little that the Jose Knight did back then was clear to even a child.

It was as if the self-esteem of the knight Jose had been pierced at once, and his smug face suddenly turned red, as if he had been hit in the vital part of the face, and the skin under his entire face was bleeding heavily.

"This ...... Who told you that? You...... Know everything?"

The José knight couldn't be called angry, but he didn't know when he started talking, and he became a little stumbling.

This was a little surprising to Vidia.

"It's just a rumor, but I didn't expect it to be true. He swallowed hard and continued.

"They all said that you could organize troops from the Duchy of Connaughton by following the Duchess's path, but I didn't expect this to be true. ”

José Knight's pupils diated slightly for a moment, and then quickly condensed.

He first pretended to look around, and noticed that no one could observe the conversation between father and son, and then he raised his fist in some shame, and said:

"Hey, you squire, don't take a gun for the master, forget it, and think about what you don't have. Do you want to know the truth about the Duke of Connaughton's borrowing of troops? Then I will tell you the truth! The Duchess of Connaughton, the daughter of the mayor of Joyce's family, died soon after she got married, and since then she has been busy with the management of the territory, and has not had much time to return to her hometown. ”

"Let's put our minds away! I'll see how you get what you eat. ”

Naturally, Vidia observed his father's subtle movements, but he didn't pay attention to them.

After all, he hadn't remembered anything about his mother since he was born, and after all these years, he was glad that Knight Hossai had developed a new relationship.

I just don't know what the reason is. After so many years, all the knight brothers who returned from the southern expedition seem to have encountered some shackles in terms of feelings.

In General Marcus's estate, Vidia also learned more about the Knights' brothers, and he was somewhat surprised to find that most of the knights, although loyal to the emperor's orders, had established a powerful militia for the center in their own domains, and had not lived a life of extravagance and corruption, but they all had a basic common characteristic.

He did not marry again and have children.

This made Vidia very curious, after all, if they all had such a son like the knight of José, it could be regarded as a sign of more loyalty to the empire, and the lord gave birth to a descendant for the emperor, and it was also one of the responsibilities of the lord to continue to defend the territory.

But when he wanted Marcus to bring it up, Marcus didn't care about anything else. It's just that the knight Jose is young, and it's normal to have a good boy like you, but for old men like them, they often don't have so much interest in marrying a wife and having children.

This is, of course, nonsense.

There is more than one case of the wedding of the rich in the town, and the old man who married at an advanced age, which Vidia attended in person.

In this era when having many children is considered a blessing, how can anyone not like to have children?

Somehow, Vidia also noticed that he had been spinning back and forth in his mind lately, and in the past, he could not hesitate to swing his sword at his enemies.

And now, he would rather spend an entire afternoon thinking about his father's marriage.

"What are you doing in a daze, Vidia? We've already made it to the front hall, and Master Joyce has taught you the etiquette of meeting nobles, right? I have to admit that you have a better future than me in this regard, and this thing is ten times harder to learn than fencing. ”

The José knight's rambling words interrupted Vedia's thoughts again, and it seemed to be the norm.

It reminded him of the days and nights he had spent with Conan.

"Seems like it's that nerd who gets this weird problem?"

He replied listlessly, and walked into the similar building as Knight José bowed his head.

After entering the room, Vidia began to understand what a "duke's banquet" was.

In his own right, Vidia still consciously distinguished himself from those noble boys in the countryside, but the moment he stepped into the hall, he sincerely gave birth to an "eye-opening" feeling in his heart.

Even in the middle of winter, the duke's hall was still filled with the scent of flowers.

Vidia wasn't sure where the scent came from, but he felt that the fire in the hall didn't seem so dry and pleasant anymore with the floral scent, but really gave him a feeling of spring.

The banquet had not yet begun, and there were only a few people sitting in the hall, but when they saw Knight José and Vedia walk in, a man came up to greet them.

The man is about thirty years old, and he has the standard appearance of a northerner, although his figure is not tall, but it definitely gives people a strong feeling, and under the silk dress, it is very natural to see the bulging muscles.

"Two guests, Wood of the Cheya family, have seen you. ”

When he spoke politely, his voice was stumbling and compact, although his face showed a "gentle" expression, but the whole person's movements were more like trying to knock down a bear with his bare hands.

And when the Jose knight saw such an unruly owner, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He really didn't like those who were proficient in court etiquette, not to mention that it wasn't his forte.

With a pleasant smile on his face, the knight took Wood's outstretched hand with one hand, while the other hand directly hugged his shoulder, patted his face several times, and praised: "What a boy! I am the Knight of Jose from Valuno, and I am glad to meet you, Mr. Wood, a warrior!"

Hearing the praise of the Knight José, Wood's face turned obviously red, and when Vidia saw this, he quietly pulled the edge of the Knight José's cloak, and then bowed to Wood with a fairly standard court etiquette.

"Lord José's squire, the apprentice knight from Valenor, Vidia Bengel, has met Lord Wood. ”

Only then did Wood put away his somewhat flustered look, first shook his hand vigorously with the José Knight, shook his arm, and then nodded in the direction of Vedia, and after opening his mouth, he showed an embarrassed look that he didn't know what to say.

However, as a guest, the knight of Jose had no fear of life at all.

"If all the nobles of Grand Prius can do the same to you, what danger will we have to worry about the Empire?"

This surprised the people present, of course, the people here were not referring to Wood, whose face was starting to turn red again, but to Vedia, who was standing on the sidelines and watching the play.

In his stereotype, although his father was not good at etiquette, he was at least a very tough knight, and although he was not necessarily good at contemplation, he would never go up to socialize with others like this.

He's a clean-cut man of action, not a "cheering knight" who is particularly keen on socializing and is good at touting others.

Vidia decided to break the embarrassment.

He looked at some of the bits and pieces of snacks that had been placed on the table, but his heart was secretly broken.

"If it weren't for the fact that I'd heard a lot about dim sum from Conan's scum, I'd have doubted that these things were dinners. ”

I don't know what regional culture it was in, but the delicate pastries on the duke's long table looked like a hodgepodge.

There are neatly arranged cheeses with a special salty aroma, but there are also crepes drizzled with honey.

There are smoked jerky, but there are pies sprinkled with flower petals.

........................

If you look at the type of food alone, it's a feast, but if you look at the combination alone, it's too unprofessional.

Vidia prefers to attend Mayor Hams' banquets, where they will place a few simple snacks on the long table so that they don't go hungry and don't eat too much to interfere with the meal.

But at least at the duke's banquet, he did not see the virtue of "moderation".

And Wood, who had been talking to the José Knight awkwardly for a while, finally pulled out of the José Knight's enthusiasm and received the hint from Vidia's eyes.

He laughed twice in embarrassment and said

"I appreciate the time I spent talking to you, but ...... If you'd like, I'd like to have you eat and talk, and that's ...... I...... My responsibility!"

When he said this, his cheeks turned red again, as if he was relying on his own memory to recite something.

The Knights didn't care about any of that, on the contrary, the environment made him feel at ease.

He let go of his grip on Wood's shoulders, and then led Vedia to swagger down beside a few of the guests who had already taken their seats, grabbed the same nice snack, and munched on it.

Most of the guests who arrived first around were originally like this, and looking at their dress, Wei Dia felt inexplicably disdainful in his heart.

"It's all the northern blood of the Great Prus. ”

And although he grew up in the north, he was never considered a northerner.

According to his good friend and rival Conan, apart from his eyes that seem to have something to do with the orthodox Great Prussians, his whole facial features seem to have nothing to do with the peoples of the Northlands.

As for the knight of José, well, when it comes to his indescribable tribal childhood, even he himself cannot call himself a descendant of any people, but can barely call himself "the Great Prus".

Originally, these northerners showed different degrees of vigilance on their faces after seeing the two faces from the south sit down, but after seeing the appearance of the Jose knight eating, they quickly relaxed.

The other, who looked very similar to Wood, but was younger, took on the duties of his master.

"Have fun, everybody. I'm another boy in Cheya's family, Rudolph Cheya, but my brother and father like to call me Ribo. ”

Unlike his older brother, the young man seemed to be born with social skills, although he looked a little thin.

Under his unremitting guidance, in just three or two sentences, the knight of José and the counts who arrived first flattered each other as if they were brothers.

If there was one word for Vidia to describe this man, it would be that way.

"It was a man who even had a smile on his eyes. ”

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