The Mermaid Castle of the Robeck family is undoubtedly one of the most dazzling treasures in the Silver Tide City.

This imposing mansion is not so much a castle as a palace complex, full of ancient Lotta-style buildings, with its ingenuity and elegance, with its continuous columns and arches, beautifully decorated large domes and reliefs, squares with beautiful statues and elegant gardens with mermaid fountains, which are the subjects of the Robeck family mansion.

Of all the palaces of the Robeck family, the most famous is the "Mermaid Castle", which resembles both a shell and an open sail - the shape of the shell is taken from the ancient legend of the world, which says that the world's first mermaid was born in a huge shell.

This palace with a shell-shaped roof perfectly blends the temple style of the ancient Losta Empire with the dome art of the glorious Holy See, reaching a vivid height in practicality and artistry.

The Mermaid Family's castle is a world-renowned castle that is only open to guests for the grandest ceremonies or the most distinguished guests.

Therefore, today, the grand ball held to welcome the arrival of the "Holy Maiden of Heavenly Song" was arranged by the Robeck family in the most beautiful palace of this silver tide city with the grandest, most respectful and warmest attitude.

As the first family in the Silver Tide City, the "Queen Family" without a crown, the influence of the Mermaid Family is unquestionable. The banquet held in the mermaid family naturally attracted countless nobles, knights, scholars, clergy and other high-class people.

What's more, the theme of today's banquet is to entertain Her Royal Highness the Supreme "Heavenly Song Holy Maiden". The presence of this great man, who was second only to the Pope in the Church of Radiance, made almost all the nobles of the Silver Tide City feel glorious and glorified, and they almost sharpened their heads, and tried by all means to participate in this grand banquet. If nothing else, even if she was looked at from afar by Her Royal Highness the "Heavenly Song Holy Maiden" at the banquet, it was enough to go back and boast to your descendants for a lifetime.

At this moment, at the gate of the mermaid family, on both sides of the towering bronze statue, the corridor dedicated to stopping the carriage has been densely packed with all kinds of carriages. These carriages carry a variety of coats of arms and emblems, all of which are painted with shiny paint, and are more or less decorated with gold threads or stripes, and each one looks more elegant than the other.

The Robeck family is an open and romantic family, and in the grand ball specially held to welcome Her Royal Highness the "Holy Maiden of Heavenly Song", almost most of the nobles and knights of the "Silver Tide City" were invited, and even some of the leading figures of the Chamber of Commerce were invited—of course, out of the dignity of the nobility, they must have some aristocratic blood.

At this moment, the Robeck family is shrouded in countless silk ribbons and costumes, and on the long corridor composed of marble columns and arches, every one meter, a thick candle burns, and the continuous candlelight will decorate the entire mermaid castle into a brilliant sea of stars, which complements the night sky in the sky, and is beautiful.

And in the center of the castle, the mermaid hall with its shell-shaped sail dome is the centerpiece of this sea of celebration.

In the spacious hall that can accommodate hundreds of people to dine together, dignified and elegant dance music is playing, men and women dressed in full costume are talking comfortably in elegant music, gentlemen praise the beauty of ladies, ladies enjoy gentlemen's compliments, the atmosphere is warm and joyful, full of the atmosphere of aristocratic banquets.

According to the tradition of the aristocracy, the banquet is naturally indispensable to dance, and as the protagonist of the banquet who is ceremoniously entertained, he has the right and obligation to dance the first lead dance. However, the noble status of Her Royal Highness the Holy Maiden of Heavenly Song, as well as the religious significance of the "Oath of Chastity" she symbolized, allowed her to completely ignore any rules of the nobility, and no one dared to make a blasphemous and rude request to dance with Her Royal Highness.

Therefore, although the atmosphere of the ball was very warm, as the core of the ball, Her Royal Highness the Holy Maiden of Heavenly Song only sat on the main seat, and under the introduction of the mermaid duke, the host of the banquet, she received the nobles of the Silver Tide City in line like a king receiving courtiers.

And just when Carl guided Lucy to take the mage oath and accidentally triggered the power of the ancient parchment book, he kept a kind smile and received His Royal Highness Angela, the holy daughter of the heavenly song who had made the noble pilgrimage, with a kind and holy attitude, suddenly seemed to sense something, raised his head slightly, and his eyes as green as the lake were filled with a trace of surprise and curiosity.

"I'm sorry, Lord Robeck, I'm a little tired, let's pause for a while!"

Her Royal Highness the Holy Maiden of Heavenly Song raised her hand slightly, gently covered her mouth with silver lace gloves, made a somewhat tired look, and said gesturely.

"I'm sorry, I was negligent!"

The patriarch of the mermaid family, Lord Duke Robeck, hurriedly apologized, first waved his hand to stop the nobles' visit, and then said courteously: "Your Highness, please go to the back and take a rest, the mermaid family has prepared the best lounge and prayer room for you." ”

Her Royal Highness the Heavenly Song Holy Maiden nodded slightly, got up and left gracefully, and walked into the lounge that had been prepared for her.

The lounge is on the right side of the hall, and it is not a large space, but it has already been decorated according to the preferences of Her Royal Highness Angela.

In the small lounge, a crystal chandelier hangs on the semicircular dome covered with snow-white velvet carpets and images of the "Ascension of the Holy Maiden", and a soft halo of light spills down from the dome, as if the room is from heaven, bringing a soft milky white glow to the whole lounge.

"Go and ask Master Artest and Archbishop Ludwig to come over!"

As soon as she walked into the lounge, Her Highness the Holy Maiden of Heavenly Song commanded.

After a while, a big man from the Inquisition, dressed in a black cloak and wearing scarlet gloves, and an old man with snow-white hair and beard, wearing a bishop's robe with gold trim on a white background, walked in.

"Salute to you, Your Highness!"

The two clergy, as soon as they entered, first saluted Her Highness the Holy Maiden. Then, the big man of the Inquisition, wearing a black cloak, took the initiative to ask, "Your Highness, have you found anything?"

"Discovery? Nothing special to discover!"

In front of the insiders of the church, Her Highness the Holy Maiden of Heavenly Song took off her holy, noble, and kind disguise mask, sat down relaxed on the sofa covered with snow-white cushions, and said quite casually: "Of course, the nobles of the Silver Tide City are not pious, and many of them are quite depraved in life, and there are also people who trade with the dark power in exchange for power-but, aren't all the nobles like this now? ”

"Degradation can be tolerated, but heretics must die!"

The black-cloaked ruler of the Inquisition said in a low but firm voice: "It is our duty to guard the night until darkness for our lord and sweep away the shadows in the darkness. The City of Silver Tides has accumulated too much darkness over the years. In the past fifty years, more than ten times as many magical apprentices have been born from this place as in other dioceses, and I have reason to suspect that there is already a fairly powerful mage organization lurking here, and that there must be a considerable number of powerful people who provide them with refuge......"

"It's my fault!"

Archbishop Ludwig, who had a white beard, took the initiative to take the responsibility and criticized himself: "As the archbishop of the diocese of the city of silver tides, it is my dereliction to allow so much darkness and sin to breed in the diocese, and I will state my fault to His Majesty the Pope and the Cardinal Conference." ”

"Actually, it's nothing!"

Her Royal Highness the Heavenly Song Holy Maiden waved her hand disapprovingly and said, "It's just some magic apprentices who spontaneously awakened and obtained some relics of the Magic Empire, so you don't need to care too much." It's not the dark age anymore, even the ancient magic empire at the peak of that year, isn't it also wiped out under the light of the Lord! ”

"Of course, just ordinary magic apprentices, of course, don't care, who can guarantee that there will not be a terrifying figure like the blood mage - Trodria among these magic apprentices?"

"Three Holy Spirit Priests have returned to the Lord's arms, thirteen Cardinal Archbishops have been killed, six Golden Knights have fallen, and the Knights Templar have lost four squads, not counting the losses of the noble lords who assisted the Church's operations...... The damage done by a single Blood Mage is comparable to all the losses the Church has suffered in the past fifty years combined. ”