"Quack, quack, big black bear, of course she didn't mean to. She was afraid that she would scare you by being ugly, so she hid. Suddenly, a shrill duckling's voice rang out beside him, and it turned out to be Tarta, the son of Viscount Harris, who was speaking.

Hearing the harsh mockery in these words, Eugen suddenly frowned rather displeased. The upbringing and quality of the person who spoke were too poor, and it sounded like a spoiled bear child.

Sure enough, when Viscount Harris heard his son's words, he didn't reprimand loudly, but only reminded in a low voice: "Tarta, you can't talk about her like that, whatever she says is your sister." ”

Tarta seemed to have a strong hostility towards Mia, he didn't mean to listen to his father at all, and still said in a sharp voice: "Cut, why don't you let me say that she is ugly." It's really unlucky, why do I have such a sister, an ugly and black big black bear. ”

With that, Tarta also grimaced at Mia. Mia looked aggrieved, and her head was lowered to her chest. But she never said anything, just silently endured the ridicule.

When Eugen saw this scene, his mood became a little heavy. This phenomenon is by no means an isolated one, and women are not treated the same as men in this era. The mere fact that the title of nobility is passed on to men and not to women is enough to illustrate the problem.

Although the aristocracy promoted respect for women, more often than not, women were treated as a vase. Only men are considered heirs to the family, and the real power is in the hands of men.

This is the tide of the whole era, and Eugen asks himself if he has the power to change. He simply thought about the question of the heir to Charles VI and could not help but worry about the future of the empire.

Mrs. Harris was completely in a natural way, and there seemed nothing wrong with it, perhaps even she herself was disgusted with this daughter.

Knowing the situation of this family, Eugen really had no interest in continuing the conversation, so he stroked his forehead and said, "I'm sorry, Viscount Harris, I feel a little uncomfortable, I need to go and rest first." ”

Viscount Harris wanted to keep it, but in the end he didn't say anything, just glared at Mia viciously, obviously thinking that Mia's actions made Eugen disgusted.

Eugen didn't want this poor girl to suffer because of his own unjustified disaster, so he patted Viscount Harris's arm and said, "You don't have to blame Miss Mia, I'm really a little unwell. I'll go first, you guys have fun. ”

Eugen then turned and walked away, Mia standing still, looking at his back gratefully.

......

Bidding farewell to Viscount Harris, Eugen did not leave first, but walked around the banquet hall.

The main hall of Schönbrunn Palace is very large, with three parts: the front hall, the main hall and the inner hall from the inside to the outside. In addition, there are a number of side rooms on both sides, and these rooms also have various entertainment facilities.

Older gentlemen and noblewomen have decreased energy and weakened physique. Therefore, it is not too crazy to play too much at the banquet, but more often it is talking to others.

For the most part, the protagonists of the banquet are the young people, with the girls wearing off-the-shoulder evening dresses and the boys wearing tight tuxedos for easy movement. To the rhythm of the music, the boys took the girls' hands and stepped into the center of the vast ballroom, dancing in the flickering candlelight.

Under the impetus of alcohol, the energetic boys are jealous of the same beautiful and generous girl, arguing so much that they even threaten to fight a duel.

The girls gathered together, laughing and chattering about the demeanor of a viscount or count's heiress. More often than not, of course, they're talking about makeup and food.

It's just afternoon, in order to make the banquet more atmospheric. The servants drew up the finger-thick gauze curtains, then lit candles and pretended that the summer night had arrived.

At this time, the banquet hall can be said to be very lively, but these are only foreplay, and the real climax of the banquet will not come until the evening.

All the participants of the banquet also retained their strength and were ready to save it for the evening. Even the two noisy young men didn't seem to pour out all their anger.

Eugen stood alone on the second floor of the hall, holding a wine glass in his hand and watching the lively scene in the banquet hall. He didn't get involved, perhaps because the soul didn't belong to this era, and Eugen always felt a little at a loss in the face of such a scene.

Even if he was the protagonist of tonight's feast, even if thirty percent of the topics they talked about were about him, it all seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Taking a sip of the Bordeaux wine in his glass, Eugen squinted his eyes slightly, like a melancholy poet, and thought, "Well, we have to get the electricity and lights out quickly." I couldn't even see what the girls downstairs looked like in the damn candlelight, and I didn't know if there were any pretty ones inside. ”

"Hello, are you Count Eugen?" A crisp female voice rang out behind Eugen.

After encountering Viscount Harris's family, Eugen deliberately found a corner location on the second floor of the hall, just to avoid some boring acquaintances. Unexpectedly, even so, he was still found.

Before turning around, Eugen couldn't help but think of a rough man with ----a scruffy beard, dressed in women's clothes and wearing braids, picking his nose and saying to him, "Do you think I won't find you if you hide here?" You are wrong, your melancholy eyes, your embarrassed beard has already betrayed you. People like you are like fireflies in the night sky. ”

Thankfully, the heartbreaking image didn't happen. Eugen turned around and saw a very ordinary girl. The girl was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with some tiny freckles on her face, and was dressed in a fluffy and wide white veil, and her long black hair was tied up in a small bun.

"Yes, I'm Eugen. Hello little sister, is there anything you want me to do? Eugen bent down to look at the little girl in front of him, and said harmlessly.

The little girl's smile was pure and sweet, as clean as a blank sheet of paper. A pair of fawn-like meek eyes stared at Eugen and said, "My brother asked me to give you this battle book, and he said that he would challenge you. ”

After saying that, the little girl held up a letter in her hand and handed it to Eugen's hand, and her movements were a little restrained, as if she was a little embarrassed. Eugen reached out and took it, and the letter was a napkin with a few large characters written crookedly on it---- Challenge. The content also generously proposes that Eugen can specify the rules of the game, and the payment is made: Baron Jacobs Calvin.