Chapter 16: Arrogance from Lionheart
After the queen and knights' dance, the feast officially began. People are enjoying the food, enjoying the sun, enjoying the music, and enjoying the beautiful day.
Children stuff their pockets with sweets, men fill their glasses with wine, and women keep flowers in their sideburns.
The bold boy invites the girl he likes to dance with, the shy gentleman is still hesitating to express his affection to the young lady of the family, and a pair of old men are already hugging each other, leaning on each other's shoulders, slowly swaying on the dance floor.
The whole royal city is immersed in feasts, laughter, and fairy tales, a fairytale world of wine and food, sunshine and breeze, poetry and dance.
A poet sat drunk by a wine barrel on the side of the street, sitting on the ground, ignoring the dust on his clothes, but holding his biter, playing it, and singing.
"Have you been to Reinhardt?
Lions, swords, knights, and shields.
Do you think that's all there is?
If I have time, I'd like to take you there to see it.
Have you ever been to Reinhardt?
Wine, girls, ribbons, and singing and dancing.
Have you ever seen any of these?
If I have time, I'd like to ask you to stop and take a look.
There is the most fragrant wine, and there is the most beautiful girl.
Golden-red ribbons soared into the sky, and singing and dancing filled the streets.
Have you ever been to Reinhardt?
There, the nicest place on the continent······"
The poet sang and sang and fell into a deep sleep. He had traveled all continents, and he assured that it was the most wonderful city he had ever seen. Not just because of the feast, but also because of the people and the smiles on their faces.
Hatsu walked alone in the crowded central square, and after the dance, Hillman returned to the castle, and Hatsu wanted to go back with him, but Hillman asked her to stay and play by herself for a while.
She said that it would be a pity if she didn't enjoy this banquet at all.
To be honest, I didn't really know how to enjoy it at first, so it became the way it is now. Walking aimlessly in the square, looking at the people around him.
The square is the liveliest place in the city right now, and there is a joyful atmosphere everywhere, and everyone who walks by is full of smiles.
This makes Chu seem a little out of place, but, after all, she is not from this world, is she?
In her world, people have never been so gentle and friendly with each other as they are now.
Walking to a dining table, Chu casually picked up a piece of snack and put it in his mouth.
Then she never stopped, and it didn't take long for all the snacks on the whole table to be put into her stomach, and the children who saw it almost cried out in fright.
Eating the last piece of snack, Hatsu licked her fingers and mouth with satisfaction, and she had to admit that this subtly sweet food had an irresistible allure.
Is this all about enjoyment?
With this understanding that I don't know if something went wrong, I started looking for the next table.
Unfortunately, before she could find anything, a voice interrupted her.
"Chu. ”
The voice came from the side, and when I followed the voice, it was an acquaintance.
In this world, she hardly knew anyone except Hillman at first, but at least, she had spoken a few words to the person in front of her, so she should be considered an acquaintance.
Roland, that's what she called in memory.
Roland walked through the crowd, dressed in a dark blue tuxedo. It was lined with a white shirt, and a square scarf was folded in the breast pocket, and the slightly brown skin was not fair, but it also had a different charm.
The silver man's short hair was combed smoothly, making her look more handsome.
Although she was a woman, she was more attractive than men in some ways, and many of the ladies and ladies present secretly glanced at the female sword master from time to time.
Of course, there are still some eyes that fall on Chu's body.
This was the first time Roland had seen the appearance under the first helmet, and she was also a little surprised at first, if it weren't for the aura on the first body, she couldn't even be sure of Chu's identity.
But that's not what she's calling for this time.
"Is there anything wrong with you?" said Chu as he looked at Roland with some vigilance.
At first I remember very clearly, the last time we met, Roland unabashedly revealed his killing intent to himself.
Roland's strength as a martial artist is not bad, and she is naturally very sensitive to people's emotions and movements, she saw the initial vigilance, and paused, but then continued to walk forward.
She walked in front of Chu, holding a glass of wine in her hand, raised the glass to Chu, and said in a somewhat unfamiliar tone.
"You're dancing very well. ”
It can be seen that she is trying her best to express her kindness, but she is not good at complimenting others.
At first glance, he glanced at the wine glass in Roland's hand, and nodded lightly.
"Hmm. ”
If it's a normal lady, you should be happy to get praise, but Chu is not a normal person.
There was silence.
Both of them were not good at communicating, and stood in place and looked at each other silently for a while.
"So. Maybe the atmosphere was too weird, and Chu Kai broke the silence: "Do you have anything else to say?"
"Hmm. Roland put down the glass she was holding up, she hadn't taken a sip of the wine in the glass, she didn't like to drink from it.
After a long pause, she finally spoke.
"I'm here to apologize, I shouldn't have been so rude to you before, and you proved to be a good fighter. ”
In the previous Battle of Plan, she had witnessed Hatsu's battle, and although she didn't know why Hatsu was beheaded and still didn't die, in her eyes, Hatsu's battle was heroic and fearless, worthy of respect.
Therefore, she has been looking for an opportunity to apologize during this time, and as a knight, she will definitely take responsibility for her actions.
Didn't wait for the first answer.
Roland put the wine glass in his hand on the table, looked at Chu seriously, and said.
"Next time I have the chance, I will apologize to you more formally. ”
With that, he turned around and walked away.
She walked over to the barrels piled up on the side of the street, took a wooden wine glass, poured a large glass of beer, and gulped it down.
Obviously, although she was wearing a dress, she preferred a more bold way of drinking than the elegant way of drinking of the aristocracy.
It should have finally come out with the words that she had been holding back for a long time, and she drank very happily.
However, Roland's behavior was seen by some people who did not know the truth.
In their opinion, this is the case, Roland hesitated to find Chu Pan to talk, as if to say something, Chu was unmoved, and then Roland walked to the side of the street with a depressed face and drank a lot of wine.
Coupled with the previous reverie about the relationship between Chu and Hillman, there were some special rumors later.
There is a story about the relationship between the knights and queens of the two kingdoms.
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By the time we first returned to the castle, it was already evening, and the feast was not over, and it would continue until dawn tomorrow.
At first glance, he walked into the room on the top floor of the castle.
Hillman is found standing by the window, looking through the window at the entire royal city.
The dusk sun stained the streets red, and the crowd gathered in the streets under the setting sun, and the music of the feast seemed to be able to reach the sky, so that the clouds in the sky were all retained, and they stayed there, refusing to leave.
Hillman had a smile on her face, a smile of pride, and her pride came from her country, her people.
She watched for an unknown amount of time.
Facing the crimson sunset, she opened her hands and said to Chu behind her.
"At the beginning, I wanted to bring this feast to the whole continent. ”
She wants to bring this prosperity to the entire continent.
The world is cruel, so the weak cannot survive, which was given to her by her father since she was a child.
But Hillman doesn't want to admit it, she wants to overthrow this cruel world and build a new world, a world where even the weak and gentle can live.
So before that, she will face the cruelty of the whole world alone.
Will she be able to face it?
She could, she never doubted.
Because she's the queen, the queen of the Lionheart.
She was Reinhardt von Hillmann.