Viscount Kane's family, which even sold the castle, is really down. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Today was his daughter's 16th birthday, and there were only about 30 people at the banquet, most of them with fake smiles on their faces and sarcastic expressions in their eyes.

Wu Ming came relatively late, and arrived in a carriage when it was almost dark.

Ford, the old butler, was in charge, and walked into the living room with the gift, and the person who received the gift was actually the wife of Viscount Kane, and there was no butler at home who even greeted the guests.

"Thank you so much for coming, I'll want two more drinks in a moment." Viscount Kane was well-maintained, looked to be in his thirties, and wore a tight-fitting crewneck sweater.

Now, four months have passed since Wu Ming came to the world of the gods, and he has entered the autumn harvest season from early summer.

Outside the window, the autumn rain was falling, and the room was lit with a fireplace, and the light of the fire and candles were intertwined.

Wu Ming is not a person who likes to be polite, he shook the windbreaker on his body and said with a smile: "There are not many guests today?" ”

The daughter's birthday party, put in the civilian class, can invite more than 30 people, it is not a lot.

But among the nobles, such a big event, but more than thirty people were invited, such a banquet can be said to be very shabby.

"Everybody has something to do, and a lot of people don't have time to get over." Viscount Kane smiled a little bitterly, still trying to save face.

Wu Ming smiled when he heard this, Viscount Kane's family has been inherited for hundreds of years, and no professional has appeared in the last two generations.

Just look at the Percival family, Viscount Charlotte would rather find his illegitimate son than allow the family to be inherited by ordinary people, just because ordinary people can't support the façade of nobility.

If there are no professionals in the following two generations of Viscount Kane's family, a century-old family can only disappear.

After all, the connections accumulated over hundreds of years will also fade over time.

There have been no professionals for two generations, so that Viscount Kane's family has reached the brink of collapse, and the reason why it has not fallen is because the family that has been inherited for hundreds of years is deeply rooted, and there are other nobles secretly supporting it. However, looking at the current situation, we know that there is always a time when favors run out, and only about 30 people come to the birthday party, which is a very red flag in itself.

"Today is Xiaonu's 16th birthday, I am very happy that everyone can come to cheer, everyone here is my most sincere friends." The banquet began, and Viscount Kane spoke first.

There was faint applause around, and many of the guests attending the banquet had perfunctory looks on their faces.

Viscount Kane smiled stiffly, clapped his hands, and motioned for the maid to bring the dinner.

The dishes are hearty, with roast turkey, roast duck, suckling pig in sauce, bear's paw in honey, lamb chops, beef cumin, and excellent tuna.

Wu Ming looked at all this coldly, and found that the maids who served the dishes were all a little clumsy.

This gave him a guess that maybe these maids were not real maids, but relatives such as Viscount Kane's niece, who came to support the scene temporarily.

A viscount, so down-and-out that the housekeeper can't afford it, and the maid uses her relatives to support the scene, it's intoxicating enough to think about it. I really don't know where the 220,000 gold coins that Viscount Kane sold the castle were used by him, and that money is not a small number.

"I've seen all uncles and aunts..."As the dishes were served, today's little birthday star also appeared.

The daughter of the Earl of Kane, a little girl with a round face and freckles, wore a purple tight-fitting dress, some tight clothes, and forcibly squeezed out a shallow chest groove, but she was not pretty.

Her gaze swept over the crowd and saw that there were only thirty guests, and with a faint look of disappointment and embarrassment, she seemed to understand what this meant.

"Be happy, honey." Viscount Kane forced a smile and kissed his daughter's forehead.

The little girl looked disappointed, bit her lip, and nodded silently, but her eyes were a little red.

This meal, the food was not lively at all, but there was a strange sense of depression.

Viscount Kane told two jokes in an attempt to liven up the atmosphere, but in the end it also ended in failure.

Wu Ming held a wine glass and occasionally chatted with the neighboring nobles, talking about some topics that were not nutritious.

He can see that the so-called aristocracy is a product of boredom, especially the down-and-out little nobles, who are simply useless except for the glory of their ancestors.

On the contrary, these minorities hold the rights of the majority and enjoy treatment that civilians cannot enjoy.

I really don't know if those great nobles who have inherited from the gods are also like this.

If so, Wu Ming felt disappointed, because when he came to the Holy Light City, what he wanted was not to be drunk and dream.

"I heard that the son of Duke Bauhinia, who is only 18 years old this year, is already a World War II professional, and he can suppress two or three opponents of the same level with one electric sword in one hand, which is really powerful!"

"What is the son of Duke Bauhinia, the really powerful person is Princess Angela. Three years ago, Princess Angela turned to level 9 for the second time, and now I'm afraid she has achieved the hero level, and she is only twenty-six years old this year! ”

"Princess Angela was born into the royal family, and the son of Duke Bauhinia was born a great nobleman, and they should be powerful. If you want me to say, the young generation of the Holy Light City, but also look at Viscount Duncan, he went to the Magic Empire alone, and was recognized by the guardian of nature among the four sages, and he is a very rare druid spellcaster among humans, and becoming a hero is not a sure thing! ”

In the small talk, several nobles talked about the leaders of the younger generation, and one by one they had different opinions.

Wu Ming was very interested in these stories, and sat on the sidelines to listen to them well.

If Tiprague is a novice village, the Holy Light City is a high-level map.

In Tiprague, a one-turn professional is enough to run amok, and a second-turn professional is a hegemon-level existence. But here, second-turn professionals are the mainstream, and third-turn heroes are not difficult to see, and the overall strength has risen by more than one layer.

Especially the mage named Duncan, Wu Ming was particularly interested.

He had studied the transformation technique of the druid, and was curious about how much incredible power this spellcaster inherited from the druid. Because druids are different from other professions, they believe in the gods of nature, and they usually have strange means, and they are very famous among special professions.

"Garth, you shouldn't be twenty years old this year, right?" When Wu Ming listened to the story, he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder.

Looking back, I saw Viscount Kane holding a wine glass and said, "I heard that His Majesty the King intends to organize a group of teenagers, no more than twenty years old, to go to the Magic Empire for exchanges. This is a good opportunity to show your face, and those who can go are estimated to have fame and fortune, so I think you can try to sign up. ”

"What kind of communication is this?" Wu Ming hadn't heard of this, so he asked with great interest.

Viscount Kane thought for a moment and replied, "It seems to be a visit to the Mage Tower, the collection of the Four Great Sages, and some civil matters, I don't know about the rest." ”

The Magic Empire is next to each other from the Holy Light Empire, but although the former is called an empire, it does not have a title like a king.

The entire Magic Empire, from top to bottom, is controlled by the Mage Guild.

In addition to the four sages who live behind the scenes, the people who are in charge on the surface are the guild presidents and the council of senior mages.

Moreover, the overall structure of the Magic Empire is also different from that of the Holy Light Empire.

Over there, there is no such thing as nobility, the people who enjoy the privileges are mages, and the whole country is also a machine in the service of magic, ranking first among the eight empires in strength, and the land area is more than three times larger than the Holy Light Empire.

"The four sages comparable to the gods, the huge army of peerless mages, and the alchemy system that complement each other, such a country is really worth visiting." Wu Ming's eyes flickered slightly, such a good opportunity, I'm afraid there should be a lot of people who want to go, and couldn't help but speak: "What are the conditions for registration?" ”

"There must be a recommendation from the nobles, and it must be a professional, and finally it will be selected by the way of the competition." As soon as Viscount Kane said this, Wu Ming's interest suddenly decreased greatly.

He was not interested in standing in the ring, like a monkey, playing for the authorities.

Moreover, Wu Ming's current strongest combat power is mainly concentrated in two aspects, namely the transformation of the black dragon and the coercion of the soul.

The former, a professional who can transform, has only heard of druids, and he is not a druid, and it is estimated that he can shock the jaws of countless people after transforming.

As for soul coercion, this is a means only available to gods and demons, when Wu Ming faced Colt, he used incomplete soul coercion, and was mistaken for the Devil Lord by the other party.

The devil knows what the people who see him will think of him if he uses this power again in front of these people.

If these two means are not used, he is just a newcomer who has just entered the second turn, and it is difficult to say whether he can win a place below the threshold of twenty years old.

After all, the population of the entire Holy Light Empire is estimated to be around two billion, and the number of professionals is one in a hundred, and there are at least a few million people. Among these millions of people, it is not a simple matter to fight for a hundred places to go to the Magic Empire, and it is estimated that it will not work without revealing the hole cards.

"We'll talk about it then." Wu Ming snorted and no longer dwelled on this issue.

Viscount Kane didn't care, he just said it casually, he belonged to the kind of person who had nothing to say.

In the final analysis, he didn't think that Wu Ming would be able to get a quota, because this kind of grand event organized by the king would not even have to participate in the second turn, and it would be humiliating to change careers once he went.

In Viscount Kane's thoughts, Wu Ming is at most a turn, and the possibility of a second turn is very low.

The banquet gradually dispersed.

When Wu Ming left, it was still raining outside, and the old housekeeper Ford held an umbrella for him, and the two stood at the door waiting for the carriage to pick him up.

"Sir, do you want flowers?" While waiting for the carriage, a weak voice suddenly sounded in my ears.

Wu Ming lowered his head and looked next to it, and found that it was a civilian little girl, hiding in the courtyard to avoid the rain, holding a flower basket in her arms, obviously out to sell flowers.

The little girl looked to be twelve or thirteen years old, with no shoes on her feet and patches on her clothes. He was holding a huge basket of roses, lilies, and tulips in his arms, and it didn't seem to sell much.

"Master, you just buy one, it's raining today, and there are so few people who buy flowers." The little girl said pitifully, sniffing hard, not knowing whether she was sniffing the fragrance of the flowers or the smell of roast duck wafting from outside the manor.

Wu Ming didn't know why, and suddenly thought of the little girl who sold matches.

Although it is not yet winter, and it is raining rather than snow, the situation is very similar.

Separated by a wall, the down-and-out aristocrats are still big fish and meat, and the fireplace is burning with a warm fire.

Outside, the children of poor families can't even afford to wear shoes, and compared to these real poor people, Kane's own downfall is nothing.

"You're such a good boy." Wu Ming took out a silver coin and threw it in the little girl's flower basket.

The little girl was overjoyed, looked at the silver coins in the basket, and said timidly: "Sir, five silver coins for the night, we can play together." ”

Wu Ming: "......"

The world is sinister, and there is nothing to say.