Chapter 41: The Dinner Party (1)
Even though there were many questions in his heart, the crowd around him at the moment did not give Charles a chance to stop and ask. In their eyes, Charles is the champion of the athletic tournament at the moment, and he is the most brave and respectable person in the world.
They embraced the Charr enthusiastically, and refused to stop after three rounds of Djerkhara. Charles looked at the crowd below him helplessly, he felt like a small boat, fragile drifting in the surging waves, and there was a possibility that the boat would be overturned and destroyed at any time.
It wasn't until the night approached, when the curfew was approaching, that the frenetic crowd left the charr and went home. Charles smiled bitterly and rubbed his somewhat swollen and sour surroundings, and without looking at him, he knew that his body must have been blue and purple. Just when Charles thought it was over, another crowd rushed in front of him.
"My lord, my master, Baron Raymond, would like to invite you over for a while, but I wonder if you are free."
Before the poor fellow could finish speaking, a strong man beside him squeezed him away and shouted, "My lord, my master is Baron Pierce, and you must not fail to appreciate your face!" “
It seems that the name Baron Pierce does have some effect in the city of Djerkhara, and as soon as his words fell, a few people who wanted to squeeze in silently stepped aside.
The Raymond servant's face turned red, as if he wanted to distinguish something, but he was glared at by the strong man and did not dare to speak. Charles looked at these insignificant little people a little helplessly, and was secretly anxious in his heart: Why hasn't the big fish come yet!
Charles waited for a while, and found that there was indeed no "big fish" on the bait, so he had to prepare to deal with the trouble in front of him first. But looking at the swaggering appearance of the strong man, Charles wanted to follow Raymond's family for no reason. But Charles is not a fool, the strength of the Raymond family is definitely not as good as the Pierce family, maybe the power of the Pierce family in this city of Djerkara is commendable, and there is no need to offend a local nobleman for a momentary battle of will.
Just as Charles was about to euphemistically say that he would first go to Pierce's mansion with the Pierces, and then visit the other families one by one, a gorgeously dressed man in his fifties came up to them, and he politely bowed to everyone present.
He turned to Charles with a smile again, and said warmly and respectfully: "My lord, here is the butler in the palace of Count Atlas, you can call me Hull." My master, Lord Count Atlas, has held a dinner party in his castle, and he very much wishes that a young and promising nobleman of your will be present at this dinner, and I think he will be very pleased if you will grant my master this small request, my lord! ”
Although this man named Hull was just a butler in the Earl's Palace, his words greatly aroused Charles's favor, and Charles hurriedly bent down and saluted back, saying: "Lord Earl is so polite, how can a junior like me be worthy of Lord Earl's concern, and specially sent you to invite me, it really makes me really afraid." Since the Earl has already misloved him so much, wouldn't it be a great rudeness for me to be delicate and pretentious! ”
After speaking, Charles paused, turned to the crowd around him and said: "Everyone, please go back, please be sure to bring a message to your master: Charles is a foreign person, and he can get such love from you, and he is not afraid of it." When today's banquet is over, I will visit you one by one, and please don't blame Charles for being rude. ”
For these people, it is true that they were ordered by their masters to invite the champion of the athletic conference. But the scramble that followed was simply a battle of righteousness. And now, it is the Earl's Court that comes to rob people on the other side, who dares to cross his neck with the butler of the Earl's Court? So they all respectfully and politely didn't even dare to say goodbye, and left one by one.
Looking at their departing backs, Charles turned to the butler and said, "Thank you for coming to relieve me, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do." ”
Hull was obviously amused by Charles's expression, and he said amusedly, "Your Excellency, you are really polite, shall we leave now or will you come back later?" ”
Charles smiled and replied, "How can I bother you to wait for me, I will go and change my clothes and go with you." ”
The butler of the Earl's Court also smiled and said, "You don't have to change it!" It is customary for the champion of the athletic tournament to wear his own clothes to the dinner with the crown. If you have a girl you like at the dinner, you can give this crown to you! I don't think anyone can refuse the favor of a handsome and promising nobleman like you! ”
This has to talk about the art of butler talking, Charles himself is a young man, but he has a foreign nobleman in his identity, so when talking to him, he is both respectful and affectionate, which makes Charles feel that he has benefited a lot.
With his words, Charles was finally relieved, and they walked all the way towards Count Atlas's castle with a smile and a smile, and the patrols who came and went naturally knew Hull, and after a little thought, they knew that Charles, the champion of the athletic conference, was naturally Count Atlas's guest tonight, so they didn't ask, and respectfully let them enter the castle.
It was curfew, and the silence and serenity outside the castle contrasted strongly with the illuminations of the castle inside, with a few bards sitting in the corner, and the sound of cheerful music wafting through every corner of the castle hall.
As soon as Charles followed Hull, the butler of the Earl's Court, into the gate, the doorman on the side had already shouted loudly: "Lord Charr, Viscount of the Reild Empire and friend of Djerkhara, has arrived!" ”
When the crowd gathered at the door heard this, they all rushed up and saluted the charr with their glasses held high. Several bold ladies and ladies took advantage of the crowd to quietly caress Charles's body a few times with their delicate hands, causing Charles to tremble for a while. But their father and brother seemed to turn a blind eye to this, and just smiled at the embarrassed young man.
Charles had never seen such a scene in his life, people respected him so much and yet so lightly, he didn't know what to do, he didn't know what to say, he just stood there in great embarrassment, like a helpless child.
To this day, Charles feels extremely ashamed when he thinks of himself at that time, but no one is born to cope with all kinds of scenes, even when God first opened his eyes, he was just a newborn child.
Elena in the corner looked at Charles, who didn't know where to put her hands at the gate, and her heart suddenly throbbed, the throbbing had been in the arena once, she thought it was just her own delusion, but at this moment this feeling was extremely real and surged back into her heart.
She smiled suddenly, stunningly beautiful, and Charles accidentally saw the face through the crowd, and couldn't take his eyes off it anymore, as if he were in a lifetime.