Chapter 21: The Banquet
The night sky of Merry City always looks a little weird, and the black sky is diffused with a faint red glow, which looks a bit like the scene of the demon gate that the necromancer is talking about. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info However, maybe this just means that tomorrow will be cloudy, but in short, the people who live here will never take a second look at it, after all, who will look up except for the person with nosebleeds?
The scene in the street was bustling, like the scene of Noah's first arrival, the endless shouting, the endless sight, many richly dressed people were heading in the same direction with them, slowly following behind the dozens of escorts of His Highness Ole.
Oryel rode a horse as white as snow, wearing white gloves, holding the reins, his eyes stared straight ahead, his golden dress shining faintly, lined with the deep background color of the night dome in the distance, inexplicably a little lonely.
Noah was still wearing Eric's clothes, feeling the gazes from both sides of the street, and couldn't help but shrink his neck, at this time he followed the escort infantry behind Ole, complaining a lot about letting himself walk with these infantrymen, and then, he felt that Ada should be with him, at least not so awkward, even the fitting dress suddenly felt a lot bigger.
I don't know what Ada is doing now, wait, what does that have to do with her, why did she suddenly think of her, could it be that she was infected by her stupid IQ like an idiot? Just as Noah was thinking wildly, he had already arrived at the gate of the Doge's Palace.
From a distance, there were many people standing at the door, and Ole, who was walking in the front, suddenly raised his head slightly, glanced at the sky, and his shoulders shook slightly in a very small amplitude, and seemed to sigh slightly.
Merry City stayed for many days, thinking that tonight such a black and gray field dome without moonlight Ole was the first time to encounter, the edges of the backlog of clouds were reddish, like blood shining, faint but dazzling, those crowds had different expressions, but he was beyond ordinary eyesight, and no matter what kind of expression he saw, he then squeezed out a smile, relaxed, laborious, warm or indifferent, cordial as before? No, like when I was a child, I saw floating oil stains in the small ditch behind the castle, false and disgusting.
However, Ole had an incomparably friendly smile on his face and bowed slightly.
The group of people were like vultures smelling the smell of carrion, and they rushed to come, Noah couldn't distinguish the mixed footsteps, mixed with the countless footsteps in the crowd, in fact, there was no difference, but he felt that some of them were extraordinarily obvious, like a stuffy drum slowly beating in his heart.
The leader was a middle-aged man with a fat body, and the flesh on his face was piled together, and perhaps because of this, his smile was more kind and kind, and his eyes were so small that he almost wanted to use the word search, and the person next to him was Pol.
The legendary warrior who was expelled from the Temple of the God of War followed the middle-aged man respectfully at this time, and the middle-aged man did not have much strong energy fluctuations, plus those fat fat, Noah knew with his ass that he must be just an ordinary person.
I saw that the middle-aged fat man stopped when he was still four or five meters away from Ory, bowed and saluted, and his head was almost attached to his fat belly: "Long live the Silva Empire, it is our honor that Your Highness can come." ”
Although he is fat, his voice is deep and powerful.
Ole turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: "Long live the Silva Empire, Your Excellency the Governor is polite, I am here to enjoy the banquet, I am afraid that many people are dissatisfied with me when you greet me like this, hurry up and go in." ”
This middle-aged fat man is really Andre, Noah suddenly noticed that Pol's cold gaze was shooting towards him from time to time, as if it was quite a warning, or to convey the message that you are back in your hands, but he didn't find Eric in the crowd, and it was estimated that he should entertain guests inside.
Ole courteously greeted several important people around Andre one by one, and entered the banquet hall together at Andrei's invitation.
The banquet hall is very gorgeously decorated, the light diffused by the crystal dome illuminates the whole hall as if it were day, the long four rows of tables on the left side of the door are filled with all kinds of food, there are tableware on the side for people to eat, the sexily dressed maids hold wine glasses and shuttle flexibly through the crowd, the porcelain white floor is smooth and dust-free, reflecting the shining light of the dome, the whole scene is like a dream.
There were thousands of people in the banquet hall, and it could be said that almost all the magnates of Meili City were here, and the heaviness in Ole's heart was slightly relaxed, he felt that Andre should not dare to openly provoke under the witness of so many people, but he was wrong.
As soon as he took a step into the banquet hall, a tall figure stopped aside, this person with blonde hair and a handsome appearance, it was Pol.
I saw him staring at Ole tightly, blocking the way with one hand, and he didn't smile: "Please Your Highness, you and your subordinates untie your sword." ”
Ole snorted coldly and stared at Andrei, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, because many people had already set their eyes on this, and even quietly speculated in their hearts, as a representative of the royal family and the heir to the throne, what should he do at this time?
Defend dignity and reprimand or compromise, no matter what kind of Andrei's slap in the face has been successful, in a sense, he is conveying this kind of signal, you, the heir to the throne, are nothing great to me, he succeeded, so he immediately straightened up his face, his small eyes shone coldly, and his majestic voice almost attracted the attention of the entire hall.
"Pol, how can you treat Your Highness like this!
The hall suddenly fell silent, like boiling water freezing instantly, and only Andre's words "not retreating" echoed in the hall.
People looked at Ole, surprised, frowned, chuckled, whispered, thousands of expressions flashed in Ole's eyes, and a drop of cold sweat slipped down the corner of his forehead.
Pol sneered in his heart, but on the surface, he did not back down, and bowed down and said awe-inspiringly: "Lord Duke, as the captain of the guard, I have to take on the responsibility of protecting the safety of everyone present, I naturally trust Your Highness very much, but where my duty lies, I hope Your Highness can cooperate with my work." ”
Andre waved his hand, his face was full of anger, and he was about to speak, but Bol waved his hand, the anger in his eyes quickly extinguished, a sincere smile appeared on his face, and he said calmly: "Since it is your duty, I will untie the sword and cooperate, but my sword is very precious, Duke Andrei must know that in a sense, it is my symbol, so you must kneel down to bear it, otherwise I can't hand it over to you." ”
A trace of hesitation flashed in Pol's eyes, he looked at Andrei, Andrei nodded slightly, gritted his teeth, knelt on the ground and raised his hands.
"Greetings. ”
"This Pol, relying on some of his strength, doesn't take me seriously, so that Your Highness can laugh..."
Noah was not far from Ole, Andre whispered in a low voice, Ory didn't seem to care, there was a faint smile on his face all the time, people gathered around him like stars holding the moon, and the gorgeous dress was glorious and generous under the light of the crystal dome, as if this grand feast was only for him.
A farce of course, a drama of course, people who have a heart don't know it, and people who don't have a heart to eat, drink and have fun sincerely.
Noah walked into the hall far away, and the farce was also interested, and he felt more and more that this group of people was hypocritical to the extreme, and the scene at the door was like a clown acting, in the final analysis, it was not that Ole's strength was not good, if the strength was strong, let alone a sword, it was to bring an army in, and Andrei's old thing would definitely not dare to let go.
A person wandered around the dining area, eating a lot of food, but he couldn't find the white truffle and sturgeon caviar in Eric's mouth for a long time, so he was inevitably a little disappointed.
At this moment, a boy with slightly curled hair and clear eyes like water walked over, his face was a little pale, he looked very weak, and he was holding a tall glass in his hand, it was Eric.
For the first time, Noah knew that the amber transparent liquid was called champagne, compared to the spicy rum and bitter wheat beer, and at the instigation of Eric, he liked this sweet taste for the first time, of course, the legendary lord Noah in the future would prefer wine, especially the rabbit's foot wine made by the rabbit's foot orcs in the Nialu region, which is naturally a later story.
Just as he was complaining that he had not found the white truffle, a bald and slightly chubby middle-aged man suddenly intervened, his body trembled slightly, and it was a series of "hehe" laughter.
"Maybe I shouldn't have taken the liberty of bothering, but it's a coincidence that you're talking about white truffles, and I happen to be passing by, and I happen to have a small piece of delicious white truffle in my hand. ”
Behind him was a slender green-haired woman, with long pointed ears revealing her elf identity, the woman was wearing a dark green gown, her bumpy and delicate figure was extremely revealing, her deep eyes were full of enchanting light, and her delicate face exuded an astonishing beauty, which was an ethereal and almost divine beauty.
Eric bowed slightly, Noah looked at the middle-aged man in surprise, of course, his eyes were more focused on the elf woman, but he listened to the middle-aged man continue: " Oh, today is really the day when Lady Luck is attached to you, hehe, it's an honor to be able to introduce myself again to Master Eric, my name is Cilic, I am a merchant in the Alliance Commerce, of course, you can also call me Ciri, because the pronunciation of Qi always reminds people of the disdain of the orcs snoring, hehe, this beautiful young lady next to me, named Anastasia, is from the Ancient Magic Forest. ”
Anastasia bowed slightly, her voice ethereal: "It seems that you should take out that piece of white truffle, that is the focus of their attention." ”
Eric whispered on the side: "Alliance Commerce is a recently emerging commerce organization, with tentacles all over the Tian Yuan Continent, and he is one of the three giants of Alliance Commerce. ”
There is no difference between her and him in the lingua franca of the Tian Yuan Continent, so Noah doesn't know who Eric is referring to, and is more curious about the name Anastasia, the Ancient Enchanted Forest?
Ciri laughed when he heard this, smiled at Eric's short introduction, patted his bulging belly and said, "Haha, that's right, that's right." ”
Saying that, he took out a red crystal box from his fat pants, Noah had never seen a white truffle like anything, looking at Ciri's solemn look, coupled with Eric's previous rendering, Noah was looking forward to this white truffle.
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