Lily thought that after leaving Castile, the man who was always straight face and preoccupied, she didn't need to participate in those false and unscrupulous social activities. However, things don't always go their way, and being in a humble camp makes her feel like she has returned to a lavish dinner party in Rand.

But she felt that she didn't hate social activities now, probably because the center of people was no longer her, which gave her room to breathe and observe everyone with interest, especially the center of attention next to her, Marianne West.

Marianne was an energetic girl, and Lily felt that she was full of energy, but only in the training grounds.

Marianne really enjoys socializing, she makes everyone smile and can talk to everyone. It only took her a few days to turn Alyssia, Natasha and Emma into her best friend group, and in addition to Lily's close relationship with Alyssia's sister and sister, she still has a sense of distance from Natasha and Emma, which is simply a superior judgment.

However, at this time, Lily is Marianne's best social assistant, compared to the other three rookies who have never entered a social situation, although Lily does not like it, but she has a lot of experience, she can easily judge Marianne's attitude towards the comer, and then insert or interrupt the topic at the right time, giving Marianne a chance to escape.

Today's ladies' activity was berry and mushroom picking, and it was really a light and boring game for the women in the camp, who were mostly awakened. Anyone familiar with Yorktown's spring hunting tradition knows that the first three days are just a process of getting young people acquainted with each other, and the real highlight is to come.

Since last night, Marianne has been invited to go out to pick together, and Marianne has not refused to come, and all of them have agreed.

After Marianne and the Baptiste family reached a cooperation in the steelmaking and railroad business, those with a long-term vision began to tell their future generations to befriend Marianne and the brothers. In particular, those who are slightly familiar with the personalities of their siblings know that the younger brother Greyfus is a nerd, and the older sister Marianne not only has some business talents, but also has quite a lot of means, and it is she who has left her parents and expanded the family business a lot.

In the Empire, there are many examples of powerful women controlling the voice of the family, and the more sophisticated people have seen that Marianne is likely to control the entire West family in the future, and their uncle is a second ancestor who is not enterprising.

Therefore, even if there is no suitable man in the family to marry Marianne, they do not delay in telling their daughter that she must have a good relationship with Marianne. If you still want to covet Graves and the large family business he inherited, you need to win the favor of Marianne, and it is said that his brother is obedient to her, and is an indispensable part of the strategy of his brother.

It was in this atmosphere that a berry raiding party of more than forty women left the camp.

As a woman who grew up in the New World, most of them have been riding horses since childhood, so this is a cavalry team, and it can be described as well-equipped.

Steed:

It is a mixed breed of all animals, with high shoulders, long legs, fast burst speed and good stamina, most of them are specially selected solid-colored young and light-toothed mares, and there are some theories on the pedigree of several of them, such as the father has won the horse race, or the grandparents are the king of horses at the level of the shaper.

Armour:

A haute couture hunting outfit with a slim double-breasted cashmere jacket with large lapels, a vest and shirt underneath, tight breeches and high leather boots on the bottom, and a bowler hat or top hat.

Even though the dress is uniform, the girls still play with the details. For example, the hem length of the jacket, the lace decoration of the shirt leader, the hips of the breeches are not covered, whether they are half foreskin or full of skin, and the material and style of leather boots.

As for the color, not to mention, more than 40 girls can wear hunting clothes in thousands of purple and red colors.

Weapons:

The standard weapon is a short whip with a wrist, more than two feet long, with a wooden handle and leather tips. They can also make many changes to ordinary gadgets, such as the material of the whip rod, preferably a spiritual plant with its own fragrance, and the whip body should be made of sturdy exotic beast bison skin......

All in all, the equipment of this group of women's troops may not be worth the investment of an armored heavy cavalry, but it is enough to equip a second regiment of rangers.

During the spring outing of the women's cavalry regiment, people kept riding to Marianne's side to talk, and they were soon replaced by others, and Lily was generally on her right side, which was a seat that Marianne deliberately reserved to avoid being attacked from both sides. The other side of the second half of the trip was occupied by a girl named Vanessa for a long time, until the team reached its destination.

Lily listened intermittently to Marianne and Vanessa's chat, only to learn that this girl was actually the sister of Mayor Hoffa, from a noble family in the Northern Regions, and was said to be very close to the royal family.

Could it be that this girl is Marianne's chosen future brother-in-law?

Twenty years old, the same age as Graves, tall, with long legs and arms, looking at her figure, she is a typical Northern woman, with a cheerful and unpretentious personality, completely different from the southern women that Lily is familiar with, if a southern girl speaks loudly like her, it will be considered uneducated.

Lily carefully observed the details and judged that she should also participate in the hunt in three days, which women rarely do. Lily's judgment is based on her riding posture and riding boots.

Vanessa barely used a whip at the very least, holding the reins with one hand at will, and relying more on her feet to control her horses, a common denominator for skilled cavalry, who often had to fight with their hands free, whether it was archery or knives and spears.

As for her body easily rising and falling with the pace of the horse, it is the state of only veteran riders.

Her riding boots were knee-covering, lined with metal shin guards and knee pads, and the eldest lady on an outing would not wear such riding boots, which were intended for battle.

When the warblers and swallows scattered to pick raspberries and mushrooms, Lily couldn't help but ask Vanessa, who was standing up, "Will you participate in the hunt?" Miss Vanessa. ”

Vanessa crouched beside a bush and put the blue berries in her pocket, saying, "I'll participate, I killed a steppenwolf with my own hands in last year's hunt, but this result can't compete for the championship." ”

She used the word "knock", and Lily began to worry about the future of Graves' family life, what a delicate little girl.

Vanessa was curious about the female companion who had been kept by Marianne's side, and asked, "Miss Lily is from Castia, how did you meet Marianne, and are you her business partner?"

Lily replied, "I met Medis when I was passing through her on a tour, and I thank her for taking care of her. ”

"That's right, she's been working on the mines in Medis for the past two years. So Miss Lily knows Graves, too, can you tell me what kind of person he is?"

Lily suspected Vanessa of seeing herself as a rival, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I don't know Mr. Graves very well, but my fiancé and he had a good conversation, and they went out hunting together today." ”

Vanessa immediately smiled and said, "Oh, it's mainly my brother's fault, he always said that I should have more time with the West siblings...... Ahh

Vanessa abruptly interrupted the conversation and looked to the other end of the meadow.

Lily followed her gaze, and it was another group of women, and this morning the girls had set out in two groups, Marianne was one group, and now it was another group of people who came on horseback.

Marianne saw the men too, and walked up from behind, standing next to Lily and Vanessa.

The first of the people was a girl with black hair and a small face, who sat on her horse and said condescendingly to Marianne, "I said, Marianne, how did you find such a large raspberry bush? Can you share some experience?"

The thick-eyebrow woman beside her preemptively said: "What other experience can she have, who can make a fortune, and it doesn't count the first time she has participated in the spring hunt." ”

Lily thought, this is a bad person!

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