"When he returned from the land of ice and snow,

The sky is bright, the leaves are green and the flowers are red,

People sing happily, never to die of sorrow or madness again,

……”

No one cared about the bard's singing, his singing was boring, but the harpist still played merrily, and the white and slender fingers naturally and smoothly plucked the pure and ethereal melody, and the story and ballad of the god of light could continue to be played. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Today's dinner was extremely free and relaxed, but the Adrian family never lost its dignity, although it was just a very ordinary banquet, there should be no less procedures at all, almost all the heads and faces of the Eagle City had people from their families, and more than a dozen people crowded around the round table in the center of the banquet hall, most of them to reach some kind of relationship or some kind of agreement at Melissa's party.

Lord Celtic, the lord of Eagle City, left after his speech, creating a relaxed and pleasant environment for everyone, which meant that the guests did not have to think about dignity, and everyone could talk and drink freely.

Bertreum was chatting happily with his female companion about the food on the table, it was a milk soup, the onion, pork intestines and ham were stewed in milk, seasoned with spices and breadcrumbs, Bertreme talked endlessly about the recipe of this dish and the processing of the pig intestines, the daughter of the owner of the trading fleet covered her mouth and laughed, the owner of the fleet from the smuggling trade was bent on getting an honorary position in Eagle City and being among the upper echelons, so he was very optimistic about his beautiful daughter.

Agnes lazily shook the wine glass in her hand, and the servants filled their glasses with wine from clay pots from time to time, and she listened to the bard in boredom, following the lyrics, and looking at the stained glass of every large window in the hall, which depicted the story of the god of light.

"Hey, sister cat," Melissa sat down next to Agnes at some point, and the gorgeous satin evening dress made Agnes extremely uncomfortable, just as Melissa seemed to be able to see through her inner smile, and Egnes reluctantly replied, "Sister Melissa! ”

"Whether you want it or not, this is extremely necessary," Melissa looked at everyone in the banquet hall, "many things can only be done in this way, more tactfully." She gently touched Egnes's with her glass, "Cheers, my good sister, I'm sure you'll be just as good." ”

"Isn't Bertram great, enough for the two of you!" Agnes looked at the Commander of the Eagle City garrison with disdain, put down her glass, and began to play with the ribbon on the hem of her dress.

"Bertha is a good girl, isn't she?" Melissa smiled with interest, "For her, a smuggler, all the nouveau riche can bring her is those expensive clothes!" She beckoned, and the servant immediately filled it with fragrant wine.

"It's like this wine," Melissa said, staring into her glass, "and the taste is probably unaccustomed to her, and she, like her father, even prefers barley wine with honey, but they're willing to pay more for it." ”

"Bertlem definitely won't take her!" Agnes shook her head, remembering some of her playmates, it was undeniable that the lord's son was still quite popular in Eagle City.

"Hahaha, what are you kidding," Melissa laughed, "Bertram would have taken a fancy to such a country girl, and if it weren't for her father's ship caravan, she would have been a waitress in an ordinary tavern at best, and a little older would have slept with a few silver coins with guests." ”

"I don't like the tone you talk about other people like this." Agnes looked at Melissa, who was not much older than her, but who felt like a noblewoman in her thirties, who had seen them talk about others and speak vulgar words at more formal banquets.

"His Majesty the Regent's foundation in Silvermoon City is far from being as strong as you think, the reason why our Adrian family has been able to survive until now is that it has accumulated little by little, whether you look at it or not, hehe!" Melissa shook her head, "It's all we have to do, and next week, every boat in Courage Bay may be able to help us get the news and cargo we need!" ”

Suddenly, Melissa grabbed Egnes's arm, "You've always done your own thing," Egnes looked at Melissa with hatred on her face, and couldn't help but be afraid in her heart, "Sister, you hurt me, please let go!" ”

"Father, you can go and find out what you want to know, magic, ores, all that bullshit and all that nonsense." Melissa continued, "And we must be the most important force in the family, and endure those things that we simply don't want to do," and then she let go of her hand, "but now I finally understand my father's painstaking efforts, and now is the best time for you to repay the family, my good sister!" ”

"I will do as my father commands," said Agnes, rubbing her arm, for if she were outside, outside the thick walls, she would have cast a fireball spell at once, setting Melissa's clothes and hair on fire, as Agnes had thought more than once.

"That's good!" Melissa laughed again, and she beckoned, and the servant immediately stopped the bard, and Melissa winked at Egnes, "I hope you're ready!" With that, she walked straight to the small stage in the hall and waved at everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen," and as soon as she spoke, the crowd stopped talking, their eyes focused on the most beautiful aristocratic girl in Eagle City.

Melissa nodded to everyone with satisfaction, and praised each guest's illustrious family background and title with gorgeous rhetoric, and Agnes listened with interest, thinking that this is also a science, these young people are very useful, everyone looks like a nobleman, when she was introduced to Bertha, Bertreum politely took her hand, and they waved to everyone together, everyone happily clapped their palms, laughed and whistled, and the daughter of the fleet owner blushed, The feeling of vertigo made her almost lie in Bertreme's arms.

"Now, allow me to introduce an important member of the Adrian family," Melissa continued, "she had never been to our banquet before winter, and now she was old enough to drink as she pleased, and that was my sister, the beautiful Miss Agnes of Eagle City!" ”

Everyone turned to look at her, and Agnes stood up in the midst of everyone's gaze, and waved her hands mechanically, and everyone clapped and nodded at her, and she responded with a polite smile, and she noticed that Bertreum had hit a young man next to her with her arm, and said something with a smile.

There were one or two of them she had seen, regular visitors to Melissa, who were supposed to be very good friends, and they didn't show the same disdain or mockery as before, they all smiled at her sincerely, and she could occasionally hear someone complimenting her looks. Melissa also kept introducing to everyone that her good sister is not only beautiful, gentle and decent, but also talented, has traveled to many places on the mainland, has seen a lot, studied mainland history, poetry.

Finally Melissa finished speaking, Agnes sighed, she felt that she was extremely hot, even her back was sweating slightly, and the newly made dress made her more restrained, for a moment, she seemed to feel like the girl named Bertha, if there was no Adrian family, would she also be the tavern hostess Melissa said, Agnes sighed, raised her glass and took a sip gently.

Then, Melissa said mysteriously, "Next, I would like to introduce you to the most mysterious guest tonight-" Everyone followed Melissa's gesture and looked at the young man beside Bertreme, dressed in a brown dress with gold trim, his curly hair was neatly groomed, and at the age of about twenty, he stood up with a red face, waved at everyone, and behaved elegantly, at a glance, he was a real noble child.

"The great griffon family on the continent, Martin?? Your Highness Leo! Melissa said the name of the noble young man, Agnes was taken aback, and everyone also talked about it, Melissa explained that His Royal Highness Martin is from Silvermoon City, and this trip is Silvermoon City's trade promotion of Eagle City, etc., and finally, she smiled at Agnes, "Agnes, please sit next to His Highness Martin, okay?" Introduce him to the delicacies of Eagle City! ”

The servants immediately began to serve the pie made by adding ginger, pepper, and cinnamon to the fresh herring, as well as sturgeon and whale for the royal family, and everyone admired these delicacies, which are indeed not easy to eat in winter, in addition, there will be barbecue meat, and other stews.

The harpist took the stage alone and began to play some soothing music, and in a few moments Bertlem had taken his female companion to the other guests to chat, as did Melissa, who looked at Agnes and Martin of the griffin family from time to time. "Uh, these dishes taste great!" Martin was the first to speak to Agnes, looking nervous, "I've never eaten fish like this, Silvermoon City is all pickled and smoked cod. ”

"That's right, Your Highness! The long way doesn't guarantee the freshness of the ingredients," Agnes smiled, she didn't have a bad feeling for this guy, this guy seemed to be just a nobleman who took the opportunity to play, she suddenly wanted to know some news from him, any news. "But Silvermoon City's desserts are wonderful, with figs, nuts, hufles, and wine-flavored snacks!"

"Miss Agnes, have you been to our Silvermoon City?" Martin laughed, "You've really traveled a lot?" Awesome, this is the first time I've been out of town, to get here, and then to go to Texasia, you know, it's going on so much that I can't go to a lot of places. ”

"yes, because of the demons or orcs, rumor has it that they will attack soon," Egnes asked, "How's that going over there in Silvermoon City?" ”

"Not good!" Martin shrugged, "Everyone is nervous, but it's okay, just like you have Fort Santeny to the south, and to the west of us, there's the Rust Guard, and my brother is there, uh, in office, he's a Ranger officer!" Have you ever seen an orc? I'm passing through a village that's been attacked by orcs, and it's horrifying! But fortunately, our army will overcome them......"

Martin began to babble about how he had met Sir Jerome on the way, who had led his troops to the Rust Guard to support, and had managed to get through to the end of the feast, when Agnes called out to Melissa, "What am I going to do next?" She was worried about Bibo, and Jerome seemed to know that Bibo might be heading west, and hoped that he would be able to reach Eagle City right now, away from the dangerous place.

"Martin?" Melissa smiled and took the last sip of wine in her glass, "Humble young man, he will stay here for a while, and then, you will be our answer, and you will accompany him to Atlasia!" ”