Queen Isabella's arrival gave Claudia great confidence, as she did not hesitate to approve of her plan to hold a ball.

The Empress seems to have found a trace of herself in the young Countess de Stini. Before marrying Deliot, Isabella, like Claudia, was confident and self-reliant about this strange world. She is adamant that as long as she puts in the effort, she will be rewarded. She treats this complex world as a simple method of addition and subtraction, completely ignoring any variables that may arise at any time. Her nominal married life gave her a fatal blow, and Isabella finally came to her senses, and she gradually realized that planting melons does not necessarily get melons. But her psychological endurance is dozens of times stronger than that of ordinary people, and although the emperor never gave her true love, Isabella still always tries to touch her husband with her tenderness. After so many years, she finally woke up as if from a dream, and suddenly realized that she would not succeed one day from the death of the old Duke Borot. She wants to stay away from the boring and impersonal court life that has been boring for more than ten years, she wants to come out to relax, change herself, pull the time back to the fragment of a young girl, and wash her increasingly rigid body.

Isabella and Claudia share the same belief and strive to make this masquerade the best it can be. She had left the city of Cesar in such a hurry that she had brought nothing with her anything to help, but the female officers around her were all ingenious and artistic. Their arrival greatly reduced the intensity of Claudia and her maid Catherine's work, and in the days that followed, almost all worthwhile, viable ideas were born from them.

The city of Birti can now be truly regarded as a gathering of distinguished guests. Among them, of course, there is no one more noble in terms of status than Queen Isabella, and in terms of seniority, there is no right in terms of Albert's mother, Lady Charlotte.

Together with Claudia, the two of them form the iron triangle of the other gender, just like Albert and Iros, and Raeder.

Mrs. Charlotte had no interest in masquerade because she had just experienced the loss of her husband, but she could not resist Cosette and Catherine's prodding, and reluctantly agreed to join the somewhat crazy bandwagon in order not to disappoint the two young girls.

There are several things that play a very important role in decorating a woman's charm and tenderness, one is a beautifully made hand fan, the second is a hat of the right size, and the third is a wide enough skirt. These things are the enduring trend of the Bodi continent, and each of them has its special meaning wrapped in it. The hand fan represents the agility of a woman, and if the fluttering posture is elegant enough, it can give the onlookers a beautiful enjoyment. A hat of the right size can bring out the noble temperament of a woman's face, and whenever the girls smile because of various trivialities, it will be like a megaphone, magnifying this effect several times. As for the wide skirt, of course, it is to provide enough space for reverie, because the waist and legs of women are always the paradise of men's dreams, and heaven is almost always hidden deeply. The voluminous skirt gives all young girls the opportunity to dress themselves up as angels and let men go through purgatory.

These items were a bit difficult to prepare for the city of Birti, which had just experienced the earthquake, but the women's determination often burst out with amazing energy at the critical moment, and they made full use of the ancient precept of doing it themselves, gathering sand into a tower, and within a few days, they even had enough spare time to prepare some bow ties and gloves for the men.

Albert had been noncommittal about the matter, but since Mrs. Charlotte was involved, he changed his position and tried to do what he could. His main purpose was to give his mother an opportunity to relieve some of the anguish in his heart, and as for the ball itself, he was still not very interested.

In a few days, Claudia finally became the real protagonist of the city of Birty, and she frequently appeared in public with her elegant and quiet dress, and her sharp mind was fully displayed in front of the world. She was supported by Empress Isabella and the Princesses of the Duchy of Borot, and in this regard, she managed to raise her appeal several notches.

The people of Birti seem to have forgotten all about the earthquake and the rebellion of Kentan, and they only want to have a dance party that is unparalleled in the world, so as to add infinite brightness to their ordinary life.

General Iros kept complaining to his necromancer in a gloomy tone: "What a madness! At such a critical juncture, you can still think of a masquerade party! The woman's view is so terrible! The emperor really played the harp, and recklessly said 'let her go', these three words are so powerful that we are now passive, and there is absolutely no way to limit this absurd thing." ”

Complaining is complaining, and Iros himself still has to participate in it, because Queen Isabella has already made her opinion clear, whether it is the Duke of Borot or the general of Kentan who came to negotiate peace, they must appear on the stage at this ball. All people in the city can bring their own props to participate as long as they are healthy and have enough time. Iros himself is certainly no exception.

Due to the busyness of the countess these days, it was almost impossible for Talen Crawford to be alone with her. As Albert's most trusted military advisor, he obviously became a little careless at this moment. He was carried away by his blind and sudden love, and he didn't have time to think carefully about the current situation. Was it true that General Raeder had only come to sue for peace?

Albert himself had privately raised this concern with his great military advisor, but Tarun did not think so, and he told the young duke not to be too grassy, after all, even if the other party really had any conspiracy, the initiative was firmly controlled by his side. No matter how brave General Raeder was, he couldn't have made a big storm in the city with the only two people around him. When Albert heard this, he only nodded silently and stopped mentioning the matter.

The upcoming masquerade has now gathered the attention and interest of everyone in the city of Birti, and everyone is like a child who longs for candy from the hands of an adult, leaving all worldly distractions behind for the time being.

That day was destined to be an extraordinary day from the moment the sun first rose. The weather was exceptionally sunny and the wind was exceptionally gentle, and the people from all over the city of Birti gathered early in front of the large open-air stage. They all showed an eagerness to try their hand at the ball, vying to be the real focus of the ball.

Claudia was wearing a blue one-piece pleated dress of her own design, with a low neckline and a heart-shaped fluorite necklace strung by silk threads around her neck. Her hair had also changed from her usual style, and the whole thing was curled and knotted, and then many beautiful curls were divided according to the appropriate thickness and distance. The increase in the hairline made the countess appear more mature and noble than ever. Her appearance immediately attracted the unanimous admiration of everyone, this is really a Peugeot's incomparably captivating stunner in the world.

Although Queen Isabella and Lady Charlotte are not as stunning as the countess, their mature and charming charm also makes everyone feel like they are bathed in a spring breeze.

After the necessary opening remarks, the band began to slowly add to the melody of the dance music, and the crowd immediately and accurately covered their faces with the carefully prepared masks like clockwork alarms.

Claudia is at the center of the limelight, and even when she hides her entire face, she is still the center of gravity. She held the hand of every stranger and danced her dress as best she could, she danced more than anyone else, more cheerfully than anyone else, but she was still the most energetic.

Everything around her was spinning, everything was falling apart. The melody of the music changes from fast to slow, and from slow to fast, all of which is difficult for Claudia, who is born with musical cells and dancing talents.

The queen and Mrs. Charlotte, due to their status and age, did not actively participate in it, but sat in the specially provided seats and silently admired the vitality of the young people from the side.

Catherine and Cosette had already danced like crazy, and their clothes were not as bright as those of the countess, but they were so fitting and eye-catching that their dancing partners kept whispering in their ears asking for their names and ages. Under the mask, there are no strangers, because everyone's hearts are tightly bound together through merry dance steps.

Catherine's mind was filled with the illusion that she would be able to get together with Duke Albert, but the ball scene was so big that it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to be so coincidental. Deliberately searching for one's true love under a mask can sometimes be a very painful thing.

In contrast, Cosette was clearly undistracted, and although she thanked Xiao Ah for his help at the Brown Bear Tavern in her dreams, she did not try to win the young duke's heart as her best friend did. She was already Mrs. Charlotte's daughter-in-law, and this fantastic fact was far beyond her imagination of reality, and she knew how to stop in moderation, and would not ask for anything too ethereal.

Queen Isabella and Mrs. Charlotte were constantly talking about trivial matters, and the social scene between the young people seemed to them to be a magic mirror of turning back time, from which they could get a glimpse of their past.

Their identities and ages keep all cowards at bay, but a burly guy who suddenly appears bravely breaks the rules. I saw that he used his standard, capable movements and magnetic voice to ask the queen to accompany him to dance, and his black and white mask constantly evoked strange associations, as if hell and heaven were encased in it.

Mrs. Charlotte nodded at the Empress, meaning to accept the invitation, while Isabella herself hesitated.

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