Chapter 1461: Veronica's Serenade
In the world of Vares, where the performance method is still dominated by medieval solo chanting, and most of them only focus on melody and despise harmony, Roland is "amazed" from ear to eye when he sees such an orchestra with a distinctly baroque style.
The music is just the "appetizer" to warm up the audience, and the next big meal is the main event. Parnia Fort sits on the beachfront, and the delicacies on the state dinner table are, of course, seafood. The salt-baked lobster is more than two feet long in a delicate boat-shaped porcelain plate, the salmon roe in a large bowl of pure gold carvings is piled up like a bowl of crystal clear pink pearls, and the creamy crab meat is shivering and seductive under the light of the chandelier blessed with the "Undending Flame". Not to mention the white and red wines that accompany the meal, both of which are of the highest quality ageing that Parnia Court is proud of.
While the guests and hosts indulge in delicious food and wine, court jesters, poets and singers, as well as scantily clad and bewitching masked dancers, take on the stage one after another to entertain themselves. These performances were all wonderful, but the most surprising thing for Roland was that Her Royal Highness the princess planned to perform in person, and whispered in his ear, "Only the performance is for him to enjoy", which made him look forward to it.
After the banquet was followed by a ball, Veronica, fearing that her prince would be snatched away by the ladies who were like wolves, pulled Roland to dance three dances in a row, and then left the stage early, and personally sent him to the palace room, where he performed behind closed doors to perform a talent that had been specially cultivated to welcome the prince's visit!
Roland took a glass of wine, sipped with his back against the balcony fence, and watched with great interest as Veronica solemnly opened the piano case, carefully holding out the violin that looked very precious.
In the "Serenade" for more than three minutes, Her Royal Highness the Princess pulled out two wrong notes...... But it doesn't matter, a fool cares about these details. Looking at Veronica's demeanor of concentrating on playing the violin, it was difficult for Roland to equate the quiet beautiful girl in front of him with the naughty girl who walked on the wall, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
As the sound stopped, Veronica put down her bow and stuck out her tongue in embarrassment: "That's all I can do...... My mother thought I was clumsy, and I only taught me for more than half a month and then quit complaining, which is ridiculous! How could I be stumped by a small bow? It's obviously my mother's own lack of patience and blames me for being stupid, it's really unreasonable! ”
"It's only been half a month of practice to pull it like this, which is already very good." Roland casually put down his wine glass and walked up to Veronica to comfort him softly, "Lady Theodora must be very talented in playing, and it would be difficult for a strong man to ask you to be as quick as she was when she learned the piano. ”
Veronica shook her little head and muttered with mixed feelings: "After all, I lack musical talent!" ”
Roland couldn't help laughing: "In fact, like you, a lively and active character who can't be quiet for a moment, it is not easy to learn the piano patiently, before listening to your performance, I can't imagine that you, a naughty ghost elf, also have an elegant and demure side, in short, thank you for playing, this is the most beautiful gift I received in Parnia." ”
Veronica listened to him, jumped up happily and spun around twice, then tapped his shoulder with the bow and shyly said, "Fool, the reason why the ghost elf has changed for you is because she fell in love!" ”
Roland's heart was hot, and he couldn't help but take her into his arms and kiss the girl's petal-like fragrant and tender lips.
Veronica was startled at first, instinctively retreating and dodging, but when Roland respected her wishes and tried to release her arms and remove her lips, she changed her mind and took the initiative to put her toes on her toes and kiss him, wrapping a pair of jade arms around his neck.
The young prince and the princess kissed for a long time, and the moonlight shone through the carved window lattice, through the silk curtain on them, and the sweet atmosphere was like a fairy tale.
The clock struck suddenly, and Veronica was like a frightened rabbit, shivering with fright. Roland let go of the girl's soft and hot body, stroked her chin with his fingertips, and said with a smile: "It's dark at night, do you want to stay and witness the miracle?" ”
"What miracle?" Veronica asked curiously.
"Watch me transform into a werewolf in the moonlight." Roland replied solemnly.
"Huh? The wolf of the pervert? Veronica was not stupid, seeing his wolf ambitions, she fled to the door with a shy, "When did you promise to make me a deputy concubine, and then see you become a werewolf, dear, good night." Before the words fell, he ran out of the door with a smoke.
The next morning, when Roland got up to wash, the door suddenly opened, and Veronica broke in as if nothing had happened.
Roland remembered that he locked the door, but after thinking about it, this girl was an expert in unlocking, and it made no difference to her whether she had this door or not, and counted down Her Royal Highness the princess while shaving: "Remember to knock on the door first next time you come in, so as not to see something you shouldn't see." ”
"It's a pity, I just came for the 'shouldn't see', I didn't expect you to get up so early." Veronica grinned and pasted it up, hugged his waist, and pressed her cheek against his back to coquettishly, "Mother invites, if you don't mind, come to breakfast, it's just our family of three and you, let's talk at will." ”
"It's an honor." Rather than the extravagant banquet of last night, Roland would prefer to attend such a family dinner.
The Vlads didn't treat Roland as an outsider, and the breakfast atmosphere was very harmonious, but Mrs. Theodora's smile was a little ambiguous when she saw her baby daughter joking with him, obviously not believing her daughter's claim that there was only a "pure friendship" with Roland, and was happy to see the two further develop their intimate relationship.
After breakfast, Veronica probably wanted to show that she was diligent and made tea for her family and Roland. Roland complimented her on her craftsmanship and then turned to the point, taking the opportunity to talk to the Vlads.
The main purpose of his visit to Parnia was to negotiate the construction of the Southern Railway between the Kingdom of Kolas and Parnia, and the second was to ensure that Parnia would provide more export shares of the Magic Crystal to the Far East to meet the energy needs of the Far East's fast-growing industry.
The Vlads welcomed in principle greater cooperation with the Far Eastern government represented by Roland, but there were some differences on the details of cooperation. For example, in the matter of building a railway, according to the plan proposed by Roland, the two sides are responsible for building a section within their respective countries, from the Great Falls to the capital of the desert region "Mochizuki City" is almost 1,500 miles, and from the border line where "Mochizuki City" is located to Parniabort is almost 500 miles, the two sides are responsible for the amount of railway engineering is about 3:1, after the completion and opening of the railway, the two governments jointly established the "Southern Railway Operating Company", and the company's shares are also divided into the two governments according to the ratio of 3:1.