When night falls, the castle is lit with crystal lamps, and there is a long queue of horse-drawn carriages outside the castle gates, and the invited guests arrive one after another, waiting in line at the door of the banquet hall, waiting for the waiters to roll their names before entering the hall in pairs.

Because the royal family specially instructed them, almost all of the nobles with children brought their own children, and those who did not have children brought their outstanding descendants from their families, so that such an important occasion was not only for adults to contact and cultivate relationships, but also for children.

The guests who entered the ballroom greeted each other, and then people of the same status gathered to exchange news.

"Today's banquet is really lively, even the Duke of Feken has come in person, his fief is in the westernmost part of Butlans, and it will take at least half a year to come to the capital." A noble lady in a long green dress widened her eyes when she heard the roll call at the door.

Another lady in red beside her shook the fan in her hand and said, "That's no way, the royal family hasn't held such a large banquet for a long time." ”

Another lady in yellow from out of town didn't know about Tal'an's situation, and when she heard her words, she wondered, "What do you mean by doing a good job for a long time?" Isn't there always a festival that should be held every year? ”

"That's different, it's that day's birthday." The lady in red shook the fan in her hand, covered half of her face, and said cryptically, "It's rare that Your Majesty is willing to hold a banquet today, of course everyone has to come." ”

"That one? Does it mean the little princess Angela, or is it ...... His Highness Ismail? The lady in yellow asked.

The lady in green couldn't help but roll her eyes: "If you know, don't say it, this name is now a royal taboo." ”

Similar conversations took place in every corner of the ballroom, whispering to each other, their eyes occasionally sweeping over the closed door on the other side of the ballroom.

They were waiting for the arrival of the banquet hosts.

Balthazar was surrounded by a crowd, keeping an eye on the time as much as everyone else as he coped with their conversation.

The big pendulum clock goes to the hour and sounds the bell, and at the same time, a horn sounds, reminding the guests that the person they were waiting for has arrived.

The door was pushed open, and the emperor's family in full costume appeared behind the door, and Raymond and Miranda, the most noble couple of Batlans, walked in arm-in-arm, followed by the two older princes, and in the other hand that the couple did not hold together, each holding a boy and a woman.

Everyone saluted the family, but their eyes fell on the two children in shock.

The two children, a boy and a girl, were both ten years old, and their similar dress and appearance to the emperor's family, as well as the hands held by His Majesty and his wife, showed their identity - the two youngest princes and princesses of Battlelands.

But hasn't their little prince been missing for almost five years? - Said that he was missing, but in fact, everyone knew that he was already very lucky, but no one dared to say it in front of the royal family.

But who can tell them why the little prince, who should be gone, appeared in the palace? Did they all see the hallucinations? Everyone was secretly exchanging each other's shocks and speculations, but no one dared to say anything.

As if unaware of everyone's reaction, the Emperor's family walked into the banquet hall, and Raymond raised his glass and said to everyone, "Welcome to my youngest son Ismail and youngest daughter Angela's birthday party, I am honored to have you here. ”

Raymond lovingly looked down at his lost youngest son, and continued to the crowd: "I think everyone knows about the accident that happened to my Ismail a few years ago, but God willing, he is back with us again. ”

Looking at the crowd of people in the audience staring at him intently, Izumi was actually very nervous, but he still bent down towards everyone under the encouraging gaze of his parents, showing a smile - God, the crown of the prince on his head is so heavy, it won't fall off, right?

The royal dresses today are all luxurious gold, the women's skirts are almost a style with only slight modifications in the details, and the same is true for the men's dresses, in addition, all of them wear their own crowns, and everyone else is used to it, so they don't feel anything, but Izumi is the first time to wear this kind of crown composed of gold and precious stones, and the weight of more than a pound on his head not only makes his neck feel strained, but also makes Izumi careless all the time, just worried that it will fall, It would be humiliating for this to happen in front of everyone.

Fortunately, the crown stayed on his head very obediently and did not fall off because of his bending action.

The Emperor's speech continued, but most of the people's attention was on Izumi, and Izumi could feel the doubts and doubts in those eyes, and although his face was calm, there were many people who doubted his identity.

Izumi understands everyone's feelings, after all, it is someone who has almost been confirmed to be dead and suddenly appears, and anyone will suspect it.

But he told himself not to care about these gazes, just focus on his family.

Izumi turned his head slightly, looking vaguely behind him—Electrolux was standing in a hidden corner, smiling at him.

Electrolux took off his cloak very rarely, he didn't know what he had done, his black hair had turned the same brown as him, and his eyes were still black, but they were lighter than the original dark black.

He was wearing an all-white suit, which was a bit like a military uniform, with broad shoulders supporting the water chestnut of the clothes, and tight pants sticking to the slender legs, outlining the sexy curves of the legs below the chest muscles, and the whole person was tall like an aspen.

He laughed without hiding his charm, and it was so electric that even Izumi, who was used to seeing his face, couldn't help but be in a trance a few times.

In this trance, Raymond's speech ended unconsciously, and when Izumi came back to his senses, several royal guards escorted a tray covered with red silk to them.

Quan hurriedly came back to his senses, he had heard everyone say before that he would test his bloodline in public at the banquet, and it seemed that he was going to do this now.

Raymond lifted the red silk, revealing a chalice-like gold item underneath, inlaid with various magic cores and gems.

To Izumi's surprise, there was a very special thing mixed in with the magic cores and gems that were obviously more than just decorations, but they were familiar to Izumi.

The blue-green round gemstone sparkles like a gaze, and there is a faint pale eight-pointed star inside, and in this eight-pointed star, there is a smaller and shorter eight-pointed star, one on top of the other, very beautiful.

The Stone of Awakening. Izumi wouldn't admit it, it was the Awakening Stone he had wanted to prepare for Shanaiduo.

When Shanado was still a Chirulian, he once said that he didn't like to evolve into a very feminine appearance, but on the contrary, he longed to be a handsome Eluredo, so Izumi planned to buy an Awakening Stone for him.

It's just that this kind of awakening stone is not easy to find on the market because it can only be used by Chirulian and Snow Boy, and it is scarcer than other evolution stones.

Although it was a pity, they could only accept this fact, but the appearance of the Awakening Stone was deeply engraved in Izumi's heart, and it was impossible to forget it.

Unexpectedly, he would see the Awakening Stone here, and Izumi began to wonder if there were any other Evolution Stones here.

Without waiting for him to think about it, Raymond had already begun to hold a ceremony for him to "recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors".

With the help of the royal guards, the father and son dropped a drop of blood into the cup, and the magic array engraved on the chalice automatically activated without them doing anything, and soon under everyone's attention, the blood in the cup was devoured, and the body of the cup began to glow with holy light.

There is no text of blood magic, no red thread pulling, only a sudden light.

What does this mean? Izumi looked up at his father.

Raymond smiled and whispered to him, "The grail glows to show that it accepts the fact that you are of royal blood." "And the brighter the light, the purer the bloodline, and this holy light can only show that Izumi is Raymond's own son.

Unless he can sneak up on such a large bastard, then Izumi can only be the real Ismail.

The guests whispered, but there was no longer that obvious suspicion.

Izumi was noncommittal, and after the Holy Grail stopped glowing and was sent down by the royal guards, Raymond announced the official start of the feast, and was pulled by Angela to do the opening dance.

Originally, it was the emperor and the empress who danced the opening dance, but today is their birthday, and this honor naturally belongs to the twin brothers and sisters, but fortunately, Izumi can still dance this kind of social dance - Electrolux taught him special training etiquette before - although the dance is not very good, but children, everyone will not be too demanding.

After the first dance, Anjieya was still unsatisfied, she liked to dance with her brother, but Izumi felt so tired that the hat on his head was too heavy and he needed to rest.

"Shall we take some snacks and hide?" An Jieya's eyes were shining, she didn't like this kind of crowded occasion, and it was best to be alone with her brother.

Moreover, she also noticed that many of the current guests were also children, and as long as she thought that these people would come over to grab her brother with her later, An Jieya didn't want to stay in the banquet hall even more.

Izumi looked up at his parents, who were busy dealing with the guests, and readily agreed to his sister's proposal.

"I'll go get some snacks for you, Your Highness will wait for me in the lounge?" Several waves of aristocratic ladies had been sent off to invite him to dance, and Electrolux appeared out of nowhere as they spoke.

Izumi was so used to his elusiveness that not only was he not frightened, but he also ordered food very unceremoniously.

Although Angela is still very afraid of Electrolux, with her brother here, she has the courage to do the same.

Electrolux gave her a faint look, and after the latter cowered behind Izumi, he turned to get a snack.

Still so annoying, why does Izumi like her so much?