The Carnival, the traditional festival of the German region of the Holy Roman Empire, begins at 11 o'clock on November 11 of the previous year and lasts for 40 days before Easter the following year, lasting for several months. This obscured by the name of the festival is the fact that from November onwards, the vast majority of Germany is unable to carry out work such as farming, logging, etc. Both the farmer and the carpenter have nothing to do at home, and this is the only way to squander the time that they have no choice but to do.

During such festivals, a large number of hungry and cold people still die, and the loss of work often means the loss of a source of livelihood, and winters in Germany are no more merciful than in other regions. Even though it is called sacred, there are still many places that the Lord cannot see, and there are still many people who are struggling in pain.

But those who were suffering had nothing to do with the German aristocracy, they did not care about this, only when such a carnival would begin and when it would end. How should the nobles celebrate and communicate with each other. At Stuttgart Castle, this year's regular Carnival dinner and ball will take place in the castle on time.

Count Tustaff's cordial gesture among the nobles was recognized by many nobles, and this time the ball was attended not only by the nobles from the vicinity of Stuttgart, but also by several counts from as far away as Munich with their families a few days earlier. It is said that two of the nobles in the House of Nobles in Magdeburg were already on their way to Stuttgart.

It was an open secret that the Emperor's health was deteriorating, and with the Emperor's death, there would be a very drastic reshuffle of power within the Holy Roman Empire. Before this turbulent storm arrived, each nobleman was re-examining their situation. They need to reduce their own enemies. Increase your allies. Even such an ally may be far away from itself. But for these nobles who are always in fear, it is also precious.

Because of this, the ball held by Count Tustaff was also an opportunity to communicate with the upper nobles of the empire. Tustaff was not the only one who wanted to think about the way back, but also the elders of the House of Lords.

The Count of Stuttgart was going to take advantage of the ball to befriend the nobles of Saxony and Bavaria at the same time, and find a way for his two sons to obtain their own status through marriage. Similarly, the marriage of the eldest son is imminent and needs to be seriously considered.

If the emperor dies and the entire Holy Roman Empire is thrown into chaos, it will be too late to discuss marriage. It is important to first identify suitable allies through marriage, so that there will be mutual help and support in the future.

At noon on January 12, Xiao Yan finally waited for his two "maids". Relying on the oracle of the "Lord", Xiao Yan was able to send some simple messages to his servants at a fixed time every day. Those were instructions that had to be fulfilled by servants. When the servant completes these commands, he will receive a double reward. One from one's own master, one from some kind of message released by the oracle. In the long run, these servants will be swayed by the fact that they are addicted to this reward, and they will doubt and be free to maintain themselves. Compared to humans, dragons would have been subject to this reward for a much longer period of time, but the oracle had long understood that the time to become a slave was not one lifetime, but seven lifetimes.

These two red dragon maids had already sensed Xiao Yan's notice underground, but at this time, the underground kingdom was already boiling, and at least ten legends had entered the underground kingdom, and the red dragon, who had lost his legendary qualifications, had to be careful. In the end, under the leadership of the black dragon, it took a few days to break away from the underground kingdom from those legendary surveillance voids. It was only after this that the two maids were escorted all the way by the black dragon to the dwarven village.

"I'm glad you're here too, I'm missing a butler."

Xiao Yan looked at the black dragon and said, "I want to make a big fuss, I don't know if you are interested in this?" ”

The human form transformed by the black dragon is also impressive, in the underground kingdom, the face of the black dragon is hidden in the dim light most of the time, and it is not clear at all, and now, this life with a tall and thin human body finally fully shows its human side in front of Xiao Yan. This is a middle-aged male face that looks "full of taste", and the facial features are very ordinary, but there is an indescribable sense of vicissitudes in it. The brown eyes look very deep, even if you just look at them, you feel like you can't help yourself, and these eyes are even more likely to make people sink deeper than those blue or black pupils.

There are no scars on this face, and the two-handed-mustache looks decently groomed, but there is a kind of historical accumulation hidden in the skin of the face that looks well-maintained. Xiao Yan believed that letting such a black dragon go to the social circle of the aristocracy, even if he didn't have to introduce himself, he could ensure that the black dragon was surrounded by a large group of women. The women would have been chattering and asking the black dragon to talk about the past, and then kept signaling with their eyes that the black dragon would be better able to talk to one of them alone. However, such thoughts were quickly interrupted by the black dragon, who was puzzled by Xiao Yan's suggestion by appearing in the form of a tall and thin human, and he frowned and asked, "Let a legend make a big fuss here, do you want this place to become a second Dead Sea?" ”

Hearing the black dragon's rhetorical question, Xiao Yan's eyebrows raised slightly, and said, "I am really surprised that you actually know about the Dead Sea." But I don't need to say that you also know that it's best not to use any legendary liliang in Stuttgart, first, there is no need for this, and second, it is too close to the Black Forest, and a large-scale legendary havoc will only make those beings in the Black Forest target you. ”

The black dragon smiled slightly and said, "Haode, as you wish, I don't use the identity of a legend to appear. But I'm more interested in, what exactly do you want to do? ”

"Make a big fuss, I said, I want to make an unforgettable impression on the nobles, and I want them to remember forever who I am, and know that they can't attack the Rose Leader. Only then will I have time to do what I have to do. ”

The black dragon didn't ask any more questions, he turned his head to look at the dwarves coming and going in the dwarven villages, and said, "Corey." ”

"What?"

"I mean, my name is Corey."

Xiao Yan glanced at the black dragon, nodded and said, "Not bad name, simple, easy to remember." ”

"I should have had a long, long name, just like humans, the longer the name, the more noble the status, but then I found out that my name was so long that I couldn't even remember it. In the end, I'll have to go for a simpler name, at least it doesn't sound that bad, does it? ”

Xiao Yan nodded and said, "Of course, it's easy to remember." Well, my esteemed butler, Mr. Corey, in order to illustrate what we are going to do tonight, and what you need to do, we must now have an intense special training. ”

After speaking, Xiao Yan turned his head to look at the red dragon who was a little nervous on the other side, and said, "And you, from now on, you must have the consciousness of being a maid, not the consciousness of the red dragon." Don't act rashly without my orders, and of course, when I give orders, don't stop as long as they don't take it back. ”

In winter, the daylight hours are always very short, and before 6 p.m., the whole Stuttgart Castle is already in darkness. Almost at the same time, the gates of Stuttgart Castle began to be lit with huge butter candles. Around these candles, there are crystal lampshades carved by dwarves, so that the flames of these candles do not waver even in the cold wind.

Then, melodious music slowly spread from the castle, which was especially beautiful to the nobles, but to the humans outside the castle, in the low wooden houses, it was a terrible thing to disturb dreams. Lacking enough firewood and warmth, the poor would finish their dinner as soon as it was getting dark and go to a thin quilt to sleep against the cold. But now, the melodious music kept the poor people from sleeping, but they could only take a sip on the ground, and then wrap themselves tighter, and even their heads were shrunk into the quilt. I wanted to use this method to retain some warmth and make the harsh music quieter.

At that moment, the sound of the hooves of galloping horses suddenly broke through the silence outside the castle and stopped at the passage leading to the castle gate. The suddenness of this magnificent carriage made the knights and guards of the castle stand on the highest guard, and the guards on the bell tower were already holding on to the ropes, ready to strike the bell.

This is very normal, in the Middle Ages, there were very few horse-drawn carriages in the evening, limited by the field of vision, and now the icy weather, if you are not careful, there will be a tragedy of car crash and death. Thus, although it was a dinner on the 12th of January, by noon at the latest, the guests of the Count of Stuttgart had already gathered in the castle. In other words, the carriage that appeared at the corridor of the castle at this time was definitely not a guest of the earl, but a sudden visitor in the truest sense of the word.

It's impossible not to be suspicious of a sudden visitor at such a time.

Two knights drove their horses from the guard post on the other side, and one of the knights bowed slightly to the carriage and asked, "May I ask who it is?" ”

Suddenly there was a coquettish laugh from the carriage, which sounded indescribably soft and glutinous, and just listening to it made people feel that their bodies were beginning to feel crispy. (To be continued......)