Chapter 5: Princess Alicia's Ball
The Mosenhai Palace is a complex of many corridors and palaces, each of which has a garden or plaza in front of it, which is an independent courtyard and is connected by marble columns and arches with eaves and walkways. First-time visitors to the Mercen Sea will inevitably be dazzled by the corridors and arches painted with elaborate reliefs, and almost think that they have come to the labyrinth of Pan.
In order to ensure order in the court, knights in full costume stood every few meters. Unlike the Ice Crown Knights, who specialize in fighting and killing, they are court guard knights who specialize in guarding the safety of the court, although they are not as elite as the Ice Crown Knights, but each of them is also an official knight who has awakened the blood of knights. Now they are not only responsible for guarding the palace, but also responsible for the etiquette of reception. If any of the guests accidentally get lost, they will be guided by the knight to find their target.
In the center of the Mosenheim Palace, the "Hall of Victory", surrounded by forty-eight marble columns, is the centerpiece of this sea of celebration.
In the grand hall of arcs and arches, court musicians serenade, men and women dressed in costumes talk comfortably in elegant music, gentlemen praise the beauty of ladies, ladies enjoy gentlemen's compliments, and the atmosphere is warm and joyful. When His Majesty Gusta IV brought Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia into the room, the evening officially reached its climax.
This special ball is held, and the protagonist is of course Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia. According to etiquette, the first dance should have started with her. The first man to invite her will be given the precious opportunity to dance with her, and the first man to give an invitation has the privilege of not being denied, as is the default custom of the ball.
Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia is the undisputed first beauty of the Northlands and the undisputed first beauty of the Northland Kingdom, and naturally has countless suitors. Before the ball began, the young knights began to prepare their hands for the privilege of dancing with Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia among the many strong competitors, so immediately after His Majesty the King announced the start of the ball, many young nobles stepped forward and tried to invite Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia to dance together.
However, when each inviter walked up to Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia and was about to send an invitation to Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia, under the gaze of Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia's eyes as deep as the heavenly dome, people actually gave birth to the illusion that they were facing a god looking down on all beings above the heavenly dome, and a sense of inferiority from the instinct of life could not help but rise in the heart, and only felt that the idea of inviting them was a great blasphemy against Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia. Immediately left in shame.
Everyone saw the strange scene, a young nobleman walked up to Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia, and before he could speak, he left with a face of shame. At first, everyone thought that the young nobleman was too shy to have the courage to make a request in front of the perfect Princess Alicia. But when the young people stepped forward bravely, they retreated in shame. Immediately everyone understood that it was not the shyness of the inviters, but that Alicia secretly used some means to get the invitees to leave.
"It seems that if you want to be qualified to dance with Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia, you must not only have enough courage, but also have enough strength!"
"Our young man is outdated, and he doesn't even have the courage to look directly into the gaze of the Celestial Destiny Knight, so how can he be qualified for the opportunity to dance with the Celestial Destiny Knight?"
Seeing the performance of the young man, the elderly nobles and the big knights couldn't help but shake their heads secretly.
They naturally understood that Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia did not use any ability, she only slightly let go of the constraints of her Heavenly Destiny Knight's aura, but the difference in life level would make all the lives below the legendary rank have the illusion of facing a natural enemy, even if Her Royal Highness Princess Alicia only released a trace of aura, it was not something that these young people who had not even stepped into the golden rank could bear.
"Your Royal Highness Princess Alicia, your beauty is like the moon in the sky, can I have this honor to dance with you?"
In the midst of everyone's whispers, a young knight walked up to Princess Alicia and bowed politely to invite Alicia under Alicia's calm gaze.
Everyone was amazed, this was the first person to successfully invite Princess Alicia in front of them, and they all looked at the lucky one curiously.
"Wow!"
"So handsome!"
"What a handsome knight!"
There was an exclamation, and at the first sight of the lucky knight, all the ladies and ladies felt intoxicated. What a handsome knight that is! He had a pair of eyes that sparkled like a rising star, and his long chestnut hair was draped casually behind him, and he was filled with a free and uninhibited atmosphere.
His facial features were exquisite, handsome and almost bewitching, and his snow-white skin was more delicate than that of the purest girl, and if it weren't for his obvious Adam's apple and flat breasts, everyone would have thought that he was a peerless beauty not inferior to Alicia.
At the first sight of this handsome knight, not only did many ladies and ladies feel as if their hearts had been shot by the bow and arrow of the goddess of love, but even many nobles with unique hobbies couldn't help but be heartbroken and swallowed a lot of saliva unconsciously.
"Who is he?"
Many people couldn't help but ask this question, and asked the people next to them about the name of this handsome knight who took the souls of many people as soon as he appeared. Those present were the most powerful people in the kingdom of Rain, and such a brilliant person would definitely not go unheard.
"Ah, that's Lord Andrei, the Golden Knight of the Rhine League!"
Soon someone gave an answer, which caused more screams and exclamations.
"What, he is Andre, the handsome knight of the continent, and his smile can't even resist the stars in the sky......"
"God, I'm not dreaming, the Star of the Rhine, the brightest star in the Rhine, has appeared before me......"
Hearing the exclamations of exclamation from the crowd, the corners of Andre's mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile, and his languid and uninhibited smile fascinated the ladies and maidens even more.
Andre was born into the famous Star-Eye family in the southern part of the continent, which was known for its abundance of beauties and swordsmen. He awakened the Star Eye bloodline at the age of 6, advanced to the Black Iron Knight at the age of 10, and was promoted to the first rank every four years since then, but at the age of twenty-two, he had already become the top Golden Knight in the continent.
He is the same as Princess Alicia, the "Double Dragon Knight" of the Baiotin Empire, the "Earth Horn" Grant of the Holy Fran Empire, the "Eagle of Light" of the Elite Federation, the "Child of the Sun" of the San Jose Empire, the "Knight of the Black Ring" of the Drome Empire, and the "Angel of Light" of the Holy Hyrule Empire.
However, what he is most well-known to the world is neither the name of a genius who rose to the golden rank at a young age, nor his appearance comparable to the first beauty in the mainland. It's his well-known romances.
When he was fourteen years old, he had an affair with a governess who was nearly ten years older than him, and when he was 18 years old, he was a guest in the kingdom of Otre, and he actually abducted and eloped Princess Evelyn, who was about to marry, causing a court scandal that shocked the whole continent.
After being exiled by His Majesty the Pope himself, he began to wander the continent, but while traveling on the continent, he still did not forget to make a mess of flowers and grass, leaving countless romances along the way.
The purpose of such a wanderer who has suddenly come to the kingdom of Grace can be imagined.