Chapter 360: Diplomatic Dinner

The last to arrive at the banquet hall was Antoine II, and the dinner officially began after his arrival.

The first was the welcome speech by Antoine II.

Antoine II says:

"Your Excellency Nessario, Head of the Legation of the Kingdom of Rurik, Distinguished Envoys to Bischberg, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

"It is a great pleasure to be here with all of you to talk about friendship and witness this historic moment.

"Your Excellency Nessalio, today's gathering is a reflection of our spirit of mutual respect, the Kingdom of Rurik is one of the oldest countries in the world, and the Kingdom of Bischberg is a young and vibrant country. It's easy to focus on the unpleasantness of history, but we should also not forget the values shared by both peoples – the reverence for the gods, the belief in creating a future through hard work and sacrifice, and, more importantly, the desire for a better life.

"I believe that as long as we are guided by the gods, we will have sincere fellowship and honesty, and we will create a new situation unprecedented in history.

"I propose that let us raise a glass together - to deepen the friendship between the two peoples, to achieve peace and prosperity, and to realize the dreams of the future of ourselves and our children and grandchildren!

β€œdui?g?chui!”

Charles, Diana, Nessario, and Artoria, who knew the Demon language, were stunned for a moment, and when they saw Antoine II's toast, they realized that the last Demon language he spoke meant "Cheers", and God knows which two-knife Demon language scholar taught Antoine II, so they raised their glasses like other guests who couldn't understand the Demon language.

After everyone had tasted it, it was followed by Nessario's speech.

Naisario says:

"Your Majesty Biantoine, distinguished friends, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,

"The fact that we are gathered here today is of great significance to enhancing friendship and cooperation among the peoples of all countries and promoting world peace and development.

"Here, on behalf of the Government of the Kingdom of Rurik and the people of all Rurik nationalities, and in my own name, I would like to extend my most cordial greetings to all the guests and friends.

"Just now, His Majesty Antoine delivered an important and enthusiastic speech, and I speak highly of His Majesty's speech.

"The peoples of Rurik have lived on this land for thousands of years, just like the peoples of the human race, such as elves, dwarves, orcs, and fishmen.

"In these thousands of years, we have had some things that have brought sorrow to people of all ethnic groups.

"Now, we, the people of all ethnic groups in Rurik, are willing to lay down the burden of history and work together with the people of all countries and nationalities to march towards a brilliant and brilliant tomorrow under the five basic principles of 'mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence'.

"Let's raise our glasses again and toast to the bright future of this world!"

After the speeches of both sides, the banquet officially began.

Antoine II and Nessario were talking in whispers, and Avis, who was sitting next to Charles, also found him.

Regardless of his position, Avis, who is a soldier, is interested in the war that is taking place in the south, but due to the increasingly tight news blockade of the elves, he does not know the details of the war like everyone else, so he naturally finds Charles.

Charles had reached an agreement with Antoine II today, and since Alan had "made a mistake in his adventure and caused the Maccaden family to suffer", Charles would handle the matter in the manner of an adventurer, without involving political considerations.

This is already the biggest concession that Antoine II can make on this issue, and Charles has no objection to this, anyway, there are no laws and regulations that prohibit adventurers from carrying tons of rockets, right, it's a big deal that the "organ will bang the" at that time.

In addition, the transportation line of Charles's wool business will pass through Avis's territory, and he does not want to stiffen the relationship with Avis.

As the maids served the appetizers, Charles began to answer Avis's questions.

Charles said: "Osm's fish-man water fights are top-notch, but on land they are only a little better than salted fish. ”

He didn't deliberately suppress his voice, and the people next to him could hear it, and the envoy of Osme sitting diagonally across from him naturally heard it.

The Osme envoy glared at Charles, and Charles said indifferently while eating the appetizer: "For example, I have a share of the credit for their former marshals when they were killed, the salted fish they call themselves 'the flower of famous generals' was killed by me, and the head of the one who is known as the most capable of the new generation seems to be called Eugene was cut off by me, and their prince was almost killed by me, it's a pity." ”

Bischberg is mountainous, and the dishes at the dinner are mainly mountain delicacies.

The appetizer of the dinner was a grilled mushroom roll, which was roasted in the leaves with shredded mushrooms and a kind of shredded herbs.

The Osme envoy wanted to say something, but he could only shut up when Charles counted the results, and then tried to kill the other man with his gaze.

Charles didn't care, and the other party's gaze didn't affect his taste of the roasted mushroom roll in the slightest.

Avis raised his glass and said, "Cheers to the valor of the Earl of Maccaden!"

Abner, who was sitting on the other side of him, Abt on the other side, Linda, and several of the surrounding envoys all raised their glasses, but only the envoy of Osim remained motionless.

After the appetizer is served the appetizer, and because the river is not far from the south, the river fresh also appears on the table.

There are three clocks on the plate, which are usually divided into three equal parts of two finger-sized fried fish, each with a different taste, each drizzled with sour juice, sweet and spicy sauce, and only sprinkled with salt, and some vegetables between the fish.

Charles answers questions about fish-man tactics as he eats small fish that is crispy to the scales and bones.

He shook his head and said: "The tactics of the Osmus army are still very distinctive, from my master Her Royal Highness Elizabeth to the veterinarians of the baggage team, we often can't figure out why they are so stupid, and they always like to engage in so-called conspiracies that we can see through at a glance, and then give us war exploits one by one. ”

Everyone in the audience laughed except for the envoy of Osme, and even Antoine II and Nessalio, who had just finished the conversation, smiled.

"This gives my master a headache. Charles continued to shake his head, "Because everyone's military merits have risen too fast, many comrades-in-arms who should be promoted to ten commanders according to their military merits can only be honest soldiers now." ”

At this time, the maid began to bring the first course, which was a soup stewed with snail meat and the meat of an unknown bird, and it could be seen from the hint of magic contained in the bird's meat that it was a monster.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Charles suddenly took out a knife from the storage ring, which scared the security guards in the banquet hall almost to do it.

Linda didn't react because the reflex arc was a little long, and her eldest brother and second brother suddenly turned white, but the third brother Ives was interested in Charles's unruly knife.

"I gave it to you. Charles said to Avis lightly, "This is the weapon used by their prince Jenny, and it accidentally ran away from me." ”

This knife was not the one that almost killed Charles in the first place, but the one that Charles used when Jenny and Churchill were almost killed in the latter part of the battle in which Charles was almost sacrificed to the gods.

The knife was later given to Churchill when the spoils were distributed, but Churchill felt that he was unhappy with the knife that had been cut off himself, so he gave the knife to Charles in exchange for the right to use Charles's small magic crystal cannon until Charles left the Elven Tree Sea.

Originally, Charles wanted to put this knife up for auction and slap Jenny in the face, but he suddenly found that it would be better to take this opportunity to send the knife out today.

No, the crowd of onlookers first watched as Ives happily took over Charles's continuation, and then focused their eyes on the envoy of Osme, whose hands were already trembling with anger.

The dinner is still going on, the second course after the first course is today's main course, this barbecue platter made of different monster pieces of barbecue is the soul of today's dinner, and those who know how can eat the monsters on the plate are not easy to deal with.

At this time, the eldest prince Abner asked Charles, "Have you ever seen the fish-man girl of Osmu?"

"Alas......" Charles sighed, and anyone could hear the deep sadness in his sigh, and the mask on his face changed to a sad expression at the same time.

On the other side of the table, the envoys of the Truton Kingdom and the Hayfeth Kingdom snorted coldly at the same time, glaring at the envoys of Osmu, who was breaking out in a cold sweat.

"It was a sad story. Charles said in a deep voice, "Their stories shouldn't be at this happy dinner." ”

Antoine II found the question of the three fish-man envoys and asked, "What kind of story can make you so sad about Maccaden?"

Nesario followed, "Don't worry about me, McCaden. If it's against justice, I think we can get justice for them. ”

After the two bigwigs of today's dinner spoke, a circle of princes, princesses, and envoys from various countries nodded one after another.

Charles shook his head, and then said, "Neither I nor my elven companions can imagine that someone would give the kind girls of their own country to the devil as playthings, even if many girls are ravaged to death, they don't care, just to make a trivial alliance with the devil." ”

As soon as Charles's words fell, everyone's eyes were focused on Nessario, the humans did not know that the demon had betrayed the kingdom of Rurik, and the main participant in the kidnapping that occurred during the day today was the demon.

Nessario said to Antoine II: "I have come to inform you and other nations that the evil and greedy demons have betrayed their oath more than three hundred years ago, betrayed the peoples of the kingdom of Rurik, and established the kingdom of Cuyavia in the land they have occupied. Nowadays, there is plenty of evidence that Cuyavia has extended their black hand to the east of the continent. ”

At this time, the envoys of the two fish-man kingdoms, the Kingdom of Tronton and the Kingdom of Hyfes, told Antoine II that the two countries would invite the nations of mankind to form a joint investigation team to thoroughly investigate Osim's serious violation of justice and justice.

Charles looked at the Osme envoy, then held out his thumb and made a throat-slitting motion.