November is a harsh winter month, and the cold winds in Antiphreux, which is far north and steep, seem to turn into a glacial realm at any moment.

The Count Mecklen's garden villa is located on a high ground on the clear blue Donati River, with the "Saxon Wall" carved in numerous reliefs and overlooking the beautiful river that flows quietly.

This is a classical pillar structure villa, which complements the conservative and rigid architectural style of the Holy Heltz Empire, but as Lucien walks through the garden full of lilac "ice elves" and steps into the villa lobby, he finds that it is extremely luxurious, with wave-like curves, broken eaves, unique construction, and exquisite details all together to create an exaggerated sense of distance and layering, which is the luxurious and cumbersome architectural form that originated in the ancient kingdom of Syractic.

The large frescoes on the surrounding walls and ceilings with the theme of semi-naked and delicate women, combined with the piles of sturdy male statues, create an unrestrained and beautiful atmosphere.

Lucien, who is half an artist and a preliminary psychoanalyst, admired the strange and contradictory architecture that was different from the Duchy of Valorit, the Kingdom of Holm, and the Shahran Empire, and secretly assessed: "The younger generation of nobles in the Haltz Empire has become strongly dissatisfied with the old and decaying, conservative and old-fashioned atmosphere of the entire empire, and has begun to yearn for the romantic and depraved luxury life of the neighboring ancient kingdom of Syracuse. ”

"Well, it's a great benefit for the Council and the Kingdom of Holm. ”

Whether it is cities such as Alinge, where the Magic Council is located, or places such as the Kingdom of Holm and the Duchy of Calais that are affected, they are all showing a vigorous development trend. The popularization of alchemy items will also bring about a lot of changes in social structure and humanistic thought, in comparison, the younger generation of the Heltz Empire and all the nobles of the ancient kingdom of Syracuse are almost "drunk and dreaming of death".

Although in this world, it is the high-level and above powerhouses who decide the victory, but without a steady stream of reserve power replenishment, the high-level and legendary cannot remain immortal, and one day there will be a fault in the strength of the power.

"So, born in sorrow, die in peace......" Lucien tugged at an ancient sentence in his heart, and then smiled politely and elegantly. Walk towards the host of the banquet, Denis Mecklen.

"Dear Borak. I thought you wouldn't come. "The delicate Denis had long blond hair, and the red dress was expertly cut and decorated with many intricate details, including openwork patterns and mysterious ruby pins. There are thin silver chains. See him. Lucien was like seeing a "postmodernist artist."

According to Borack, Denis was indeed an "artist" who loved painting and drawing, jewelry and costume design, the same. He also has a lot of common problems as artists, liking men and treating himself as a slender and perfect "woman".

But Lucien understands that he can't underestimate this Denis, he is the first strong man to step into the rank of a great knight in the circle of the young generation of nobles in Antifleur, and now he is only twenty-seven years old, he is already a fifth-level knight, and his awakened bloodline is still a very strong "thunderbolt".

Holding back the discomfort and hugging Denis gently, Lucien smiled, "Why don't I come?"

Denis covered his mouth and "smiled" and said: "It's just an intuition, men are rude and fragile guys, I'm afraid you can't help but clash with Alten, but he is always looking forward to such an opportunity, if he can reasonably 'eliminate' you out of the underground palace before entering the underground palace, then he will be much more relaxed, and a group of scattered monkeys will only submit to the feet of his monkey king." ”

With a twitch in his stomach, Lucien struggled to make his smile appear less stiff, and smiled without a hint of "fear": "It's just a monkey after all." ”

Denis's light brown eyes looked at Lucien in surprise: "Borak, have you gained anything lately? I find that you are completely different from a few days ago, I can feel your confidence." ”

Lucien smiled and said nothing, trying to make himself "unfathomable".

Denis chuckled narrowly, "Things seem to be getting interesting, and I'm starting to think about whether or not I'm going to follow along." Ingratiate yourself with me, Borak, and I'll help you kill Alten when the time comes. ”

The reason why "Borac" accepted the invitation was to encircle Denis, a powerful helper, without stimulating his own blood power.

“...... Maybe Alten will have other helpers. Lucien "showed a little glee."

Denis heeled: "Don't be too happy, I haven't decided whether to participate or not, whether I should help you, my family is not dead, but I am very optimistic about Alten." ”

He looked like he was coming to please me, so Lucien couldn't help but look up at the ceiling, in fact, I really didn't need help......

"Isn't this my dear cousin Borak?" came an exaggerated, strong voice from the doorway.

Lucien, who had already heard the voice when he was secretly observing, turned to look over, only to see a tall blonde man in a gorgeous military dress walking in with a tall, beautiful brown-haired lady in his arms.

The military dress is light black, with a golden ribbon on the right chest, and a row of medals on the left, with a white shirt and white vest inside, which sets off the blonde man's heroic and handsome appearance, while the lady next to him has delicate facial features and elegant temperament, and the light blue evening dress exposes the white and tender pink shoulders and a dazzling milky white, seducing the eyes of most men - Denis also stares there, but his eyes are full of jealousy and envy.

Lucien looked at the blonde man and said with an unchanged smile: "Alten, maintain the image of an elegant and steady nobleman, I don't want others to think that the members of our Plantagenet family like to shout at banquets, without a bit of aristocratic demeanor." ”

"You ......" Alten's eyes stared, in the past few years, Borak, who has cowered or embarrassed in the face of himself, dared to speak sarcastically directly, Duda was right, he really had a great change!

So Alten squeezed out a smile: "Dear cousin, it is useless to have an aristocratic demeanor, our glory comes from our bloodline, and those who can't stimulate our own bloodline don't even have the qualifications to imitate aristocratic demeanor, and you can't paint, don't know music, and can't play the piano." You can't write poetry, you can't do all the fine arts, what's the difference between you and the ordinary townspeople on the street? No, there's a big difference, at least many of them know a musical instrument!"

When Borak was in high spirits, he patronized and contacted other noble children, participated in all kinds of banquets, how could he have time to study art, and after being overtaken by Alten, he was completely immersed in knightly training, who knew that the more eager he was, the more unable to achieve his goal. Instead, he was ridiculed by many nobles as a rude barbarian!

Lucien's attendance at the banquet was just a matter of keeping Brack in the mood. Not to be seen through by the old guys, he has no interest in this boring "fighting game", and according to the gloomy personality that Borak has cultivated in recent years, he will definitely hide the strength of the knight at this time in order to maximize the benefits in the underground palace. So he just smiled and shook his head: "The one who can go to the bottom is the winner." ”

"Yes, dear cousin. I've heard you've been going to the underground black market a lot lately. I must have gotten some good things, that's why I seem so confident, but the help of external forces is always just external forces. There's no way to go any further. Alten deliberately divulged that he had mastered Borak's whereabouts to make himself look confident and majestic.

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and hugged the lady next to him tightly: "And a lady with vision and wisdom, such as Jocelyn, will choose me without hesitation." ”

Looking at Jocelyn, who was blushing and bowing her head, Lucien suddenly had a strange thought, a lady with real "wisdom" would probably make herself a strong person, and then knock the man she fancified and drag her back.

As Lucien pondered how to face this situation with which he could look like Borack, the hall suddenly fell silent, and a blonde girl in a white lace-trimmed evening gown came in at the door, as pure and beautiful as an elf, she was not tall, elegant and lively, and behind her was a woman in a long black dress like an old woman.

"Welcome to my banquet, Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia. Denis stepped forward to greet him and respectfully kissed his hand.

Her Royal Highness the Princess...... Lucien found himself very princessed, having met the princess of the Duchy of Vaorit, the princess of the Elven Court, and now the princess of the Holy Heltz Empire.

Sophia smiled coquettishly, "Denis, if you don't play one yourself, I don't think you're welcoming me from the bottom of your heart." ”

Denis pinched the orchid and pointed: "I hate it, I can't play it well, there are so many people watching, I should ask a man to play it." ”

Lucien almost threw up, his eyes lifted slightly, and suddenly collided with the old woman's eyes.

The old woman's eyes narrowed, as if she saw Lucien's knightly strength.

"I would love to play a song for you, Your Highness the Princess. While Denis and Sophia, the two "good sisters", were talking and laughing, Alten suddenly stood up, and Joceline's face suddenly became slightly ugly.

As we all know, Princess Sophia is an avid piano lover, but because she has no knightly strength and musical talent, she plays the piano very poorly, and she is also the second in line to the throne of the empire, a fifth-level bloodline warlock, and countless noble children are pursuing her.

Denis was stunned, he was just joking, and Sophia's clear and turquoise eyes smiled gracefully without a hint of waves: "I'm looking forward to your performance, Alten." ”

Alten excitedly walked up to the piano in the center of the hall and played the music expertly.

Lucien couldn't help but rub his forehead, isn't this "Dedicated to Sylvia"?

Soon, the music ended, and the nobles present applauded, although Alten was not good at music, but with the control ability of a great knight and special training, it was very easy to play a piano piece well, and whether he could integrate his feelings to a high level was another matter.

Seeing Princess Sophia's beautiful smile of satisfaction, and her green eyes sparkling with dreams, Alten stood up and bowed proudly, and then looked at Borak defiantly, look, you rude barbarian, even if you become the Duke of Plantagenet, you will be a disgrace to the family.

Lucien thought about Borak's impulsive reaction, then stood up with a smile and saluted Sophia, "Your Royal Highness, can you improvise a song for you?"

"You?" said Denis and Alten in surprise at the same time, suspecting that they had fallen for the illusion.

Sophia's stunned expression flashed away, and she smiled with a royal demeanor: "I'm really surprised, I didn't expect you to stand up, but if you can also play beautiful piano music in Borak, then I will be full of confidence in myself again." Can you give confidence?"

Her eyes wandered, her pink lips opened lightly, and her fragrance was slightly revealed, and no one seemed to be able to resist her charm.

"Your Highness the Princess, please listen carefully. Lucien had no idea of her amazing charm, smiled and turned to the front of the piano, pressed his hands on the black keys, and danced slightly.

A beautiful melody that was clearly improvised sounded leisurely, and Denis opened his mouth wide in disbelief that this was a rude barbarian, while Alten turned grim, suspecting that Borack might have benefited from the black market, perhaps with the strength of a knight?

At the end of the music, Sophia smiled and applauded with a delicate smile: "I am full of confidence in myself again, Borack, I didn't expect you to have excellent musical talent." ”

Walking up to Sophia, Lucien smiled politely: "I have a secret about this matter. ”

"Oh, what is it, can you tell me?" Sophia blinked curiously.

Lucien said gentlemanly: "Of course, but only tell Her Royal Highness the princess about you." ”

The other nobles around it were obvious that this bastard was trying to get close to the princess, but they could only watch for the time being, what could be the secret?

Sophia turned her head sideways and smiled, "I can't wait." ”

Lucien put his mouth to her ear and whispered, "If you only play the black keys, Your Royal Highness the princess, you can pretend to be able to play the piano." ”

"Poof......" Sophia thought about it carefully, and suddenly burst out laughing, her smile was as delicate and moving as a hundred flowers blooming, causing Alten and the others to look at Lucien angrily.

Since the black keys are equivalent to pentatonic patterns, there are no complex and rugged notes, and a more classical melody will appear when you improvise casually. (To be continued......)

PS: It's late, change it first and then change it