Chapter 108: A Boring Banquet
Compared with the commoners, the nobles are high, and the status of these nobles who can enter the palace in front of them is not low, and most of them have been inherited for a long time.
However, there is also a difference between nobles, and there is also a distinction between high and low, at this moment, in the hall of this palace, many nobles are in groups with their own social circles, most of which are related to their respective status, and around Edras Blackmore, the new marquis, is either an earl or a marquis, and most of them have good power.
Although Song Zheng was invited, he didn't know the nobles around him, so he was particularly lonely in this hall.
After all, as a local tyrant, although he can quickly enter the circle of nobles, he can only contact low-level barons or viscounts, and it is still a little difficult to communicate with these marquis or counts in the capital of Lordaeron.
To his surprise, he saw the woman from the Fernand family in the crowd of nobles, who was mixed in with a group of young nobles, looking radiant, trying to use her charm to attract the attention of the young men.
Of course, Song Zheng's purpose is not to be on these nobles, but to be looking for the person who can decide the fate of Lordaeron - Arthas!
It's a pity that when the banquet started, Song Zheng still didn't find his goal, but Naterinus had already appeared surrounded by a group of people.
"This old man's momentum is quite good, although he is a little older, but his voice is loud, and he seems to be in good spirits......" When Terenus appeared, everyone began to salute him, and Song Zheng had to bow to him in the crowd, and at the same time secretly looked at the ruler of Lordaeron.
Terenus has a high reputation among the human kingdoms, especially the two orc wars won under his leadership, and he also helped the southern kingdom of Stormwind rebuild Stormwind, and if it had not been for Arthas's death, he might have led the Lordaeron Alliance to resist the undead scourge.
It's just that the wiser he is, the more difficult it will be for Song Zheng to realize his plan.
And when he found that Tyrenus was surrounded by a group of old men dressed in aristocratic clothes, Song Zheng gradually lost interest in him and began to focus on eating, anyway, with his current identity, it was absolutely impossible to get close to Tyrenus, and the other nobles had no need to make friends...... Although I know how long these nobles can live.
However, until the end of the party, when Edras Blackmore began his passionate speech, Alsace still did not appear.
This made Song Zheng quite depressed, and finally had the opportunity to come to Lordaeron's palace once, but he did not see Alsace.
As for Edras Blackmore's speech, although it was good and caused thunderous applause from time to time, Song Zheng was not interested in it at all...... He had personally participated in that battle, and knew very well that few of the combat exploits that this guy boasted about were true.
When the ball started, Song Zheng could only stay in the corner and watch these nobles perform...... He never had time to learn how to dance.
In the midst of all the boredom, he was ready to leave early.
But at this moment, he unexpectedly saw a person sitting in the corner next to him.
It was a woman, dressed in a white dress, looking elegant and plain, and her face was extremely beautiful, even more beautiful than Gianna, but the woman in front of her looked much quieter, and there was a faint sadness between her eyebrows, and her alone sat there quietly and looked incompatible with this extravagant and noisy ball.
"Hi there, my name is Konstantin and I'm from Kurtilas." Song Zheng stepped forward to introduce himself, he guessed that the woman should be from some low-level aristocratic family, maybe even a businessman like himself.
After all, with this woman's appearance, she was already in an absolutely overwhelming state in this hall, but there was still no noble child to invite her to dance, so it could only be because her background was relatively poor.
But the woman only looked up at him for a moment and then lowered her head again, and from that indifferent expression it was evident that she was not very interested in him.
"Ahem...... Did you know that the Prince of Alsace will be coming to this banquet? Song Zheng asked a little embarrassedly, knowing that he shouldn't have come to ask this lonely woman sitting in the corner.
"Arthas? He should come...... Do you have something to look for him? The woman finally spoke when she heard Arthas's name, and her voice was very gentle and pleasant, but it was too small to be heard in the noisy ball.
"Oh, I just have a lot of admiration for His Royal Highness the Prince, and I've always wanted to meet him, but I've never seen him appear." Song Zheng said with some confusion.
"He seems to have gone to the barracks to inspect it, and it will take a little time to get back." The woman said quietly.
"...... barracks" Song Zheng couldn't help but be a little surprised by this, he didn't expect Alsace to go to the barracks to inspect during such a grand banquet, which was completely different from his previous guess.
"It seems that Arthas still attaches great importance to the army, no wonder in the history of Warcraft, even if he wants to go to a dangerous place like Northrend, there will still be a large number of soldiers willing to follow him, and that guy's reputation in the army is probably very good." Song Zheng thought secretly.
Alsace had many shortcomings, but as a prince, he also had many advantages, and was loved by the inhabitants and soldiers of Lordaeron before his fall.
Song Zheng didn't know how far away the military camp Arthas was from this palace, and he didn't know when he would be able to come back, so he had to sit down and continue to wait.
Originally, he wanted to communicate with the woman next to him, but the other party had a bland and indifferent look, and he didn't seem to have the intention of chatting with others at all, so that he couldn't find a topic at all.
However, with his good eyesight, he noticed that the delicate necklace around the neck of the woman next to him was actually an ankh of the Church of Light, and the edges of her sleeves were embroidered with the patterns common to priests' robes.
Although those patterns were very faint, Song Zheng had already seen them on Sally's body many times, so he still recognized them at a glance.
"It's a pastor, no wonder I don't like to go to banquets, so I'm just going to ask her again to see if there's any news of Sally." Song Zheng immediately had an idea in his heart, so he stepped forward to talk to the girl again.