Chapter 35: The Baron's Banquet (I)
He was looking at the medieval town with great interest, but on the road ahead was a tall man in a tight tunic and silk waistcoat, and long boots. Not far away, the man was already touching his chest with one hand, bowing back with the other, and greeted with a smile:
"Good day, ladies and gentlemen. Hello. ”
Seeing the appearance of the comer, Bauer showed an expression of surprise in his heart, and Jin Shaolan was also in a hurry, because he had already recognized that the glasses on the face of this polite blonde white man were the styles launched by Rodenstead at Berlin Fashion Week at the beginning of this year, it can be seen that he is probably also a contractor, and at this time, the man with gold wire glasses introduced himself with a smile:
"I'm Finley, and it's a pleasure to meet you. Excuse me for a moment, my master, Baron Flintre, who has asked me to come and take the liberty of asking if he has the honour to invite the three of them to dinner with him and his family. ”
Bauer also seemed to have expected this, and nodded. "Hello, Finley, I'm glad to meet you too. What happened to Old Fsom? The old man had never been willing to leave the matter of inviting guests to others. He asked the familiar old man in a brisk tone.
"This autumn has come earlier than usual, Mr. Ball," Finley replied politely, noticing Jin Shaolan's gaze, and he squeezed his eyes and returned a tacit good-natured smile. He did this very naturally, and in the eyes of the two mages, it seemed that he was secretly teasing his immediate superior: "Ellis steward (old Fsom's name) had a particularly bad cough because of this, so the old man also got angry and confined him to the mansion to recuperate. Otherwise, his old man has always refused to let the Flintrey family have the slightest possibility of being rude in front of people, how can he be willing to let a hairless junior like me take this risk? ”
Ball let out a hearty laugh, he patted the gold-rimmed man Finley on the shoulder, and couldn't help laughing, "Alas, this is really the old Fersom we know, it's hard to think that he is still the same old age!" As I was naturally more than happy to do so, I was flattered by the hospitality of Baron Flintley. But I still have something to be sure, are you sure that the baron's invitation is to 'us'? It's a bit rude, but you know I'm not offending you, Finley. ”
"We'll be happy to serve you, Mr. Ball." Finley smiled and bowed, nodded at Jin Shaolan again, and replied, "Actually, the lord has specifically mentioned this companion of yours, and he hopes that this one will be willing to come with you and Lady Tabesa (you are Lady Tabesa, it is an honor to know you), and he very much hopes to receive a visitor from a foreign country and listen to anecdotes about the scenery and people of your hometown. ”
It seems that since the three of them set foot in the town, because of the uproar caused by the bright and gorgeous clothes and the "alien" in the eyes of the plot character, someone has already run to inform Baron Flintre, who must be the head of the town. In addition, the Nightmare Mark has also explained to Jin Shaolan that because his elven disguise only works on the plot character, and this is a privilege for him as a seeded player, they will not get this information from the story character's speech when the contractor is present.
Just like the friendly gold-wired glasses man Finley, what he heard from the baron was "foreign visitors" (which was also in line with Jin Shaolan's oriental appearance), and Jin Shaolan guessed that the baron's original words must have been very interested in the very rare high elves in the southern part of the continent.
Jin Shaolan couldn't help but hesitate. Finley's appearance and conversation are very impressive, but the fact that he is a contractor makes people a little suspicious. Jin Shaolan hasn't forgotten that when he first entered this world, the Nightmare Mark gave him such an explanation: "This scene is a peaceful scene, and the contractor will not drop any items if he is killed" - doesn't this nakedly indicate that the contractors can kill each other, and today's experience during Alterak's service for Dalaran also shows that the contractor and the contractor are in a cooperative relationship on the whole, but they are also competitors to a certain extent.
And his "dual identity" is destined to inevitably talk about the High Elves and their kingdom Quel'Salas in the communication with the Baron Flintrey family, and the Nightmare Mark proves to him that Finley can't learn his "true identity" from the plot characters, but it can't help but leak secrets like the words that come out of Jin Shaolan's own mouth.
Another thing is that since he is an adult spirit in the eyes of the plot characters, he has to hold back and make his behavior conform to the style of an adult spirit. It was not uncommon to have a good conversation with the two mages of Dalaran, Tabesa and Bauer, who had grown up as close and sincere allies who had been regarded by the High Elf Magus as young and inquisitive and good at learning.
- However, this is limited to mages to a certain extent. Although the friendship between the two races is deep, this does not mean that the High Elves, who pursue exquisite elegance and magnificence and have superb technology, will associate with the rural nobles of a human country on an equal footing, even if they have a kind attitude towards the human peasants: after all, even among the human race, there is a saying "dragons do not live with snakes" to indicate the invisible barrier between the different classes - you want to say that this is obviously a prosperous town? No, no, no, in the eyes of the elves of a long civilization, there are really few settlements established by humans that are not "countrymen", and there are few of them who are not "countrymen" except for mages.
So whether he wants to accept the invitation or not. If you refuse like this, it seems to be very abrupt and extremely rude=. =
As if seeing his hesitation, Bauer opened his mouth to invite Jin Shaolan to go to the banquet with the two of them. "Anyway, you haven't decided where to stay tonight, have you?" "Why don't you come with us to the Baron's Court for the night," he said, "and Flintrey is a man of great interest and knowledge, and even the Stormwind library has a dozen of his manuscripts - and besides, this man who loves food so much has a lot of amazing delicacies at his dinners." The handsome mustache squinted his eyes and paid attention to Jin Shaolan's reaction with his spare eyes, and seeing that he was obviously listening carefully, Brother Bao became even more colorful: "Tsk, I really yearn for the dazzling dishes in his house, the sparkling silver tableware, and the wine of the month from the wine club......"
Jin Shaolan couldn't help but waver.
But at this moment Tabesa also gave him a heavy blow: she casually brushed her long hair and said,
"Speaking of which, the almond pudding I tasted at the last time I was a guest at Flintre's house was really memorable. Thick chocolate powder on top, fluffy texture ......"
Jin Shaolan had no ability to resist, and followed these two scheming mages to the appointment happily. He also told himself, "I didn't mean to attend this dinner party, but I was hungry ......."