Duke Jordani?"

"Yes, this is Duke Jordan, the father of Adu and Winnie. He is now developing the market for you in the High Court, and the results are ...... It's going to take a little bit of time, you know. ”

In front of Jones, the tall and burly Blood, who had white and green hair like his children, saluted Jones in a friendly manner: "It's a pleasure to meet you...... Sorry, I don't know what to call you. Young Master Jones, Earl of Dracula, Duke, Prince, or whatever. You don't seem to have announced your knighthood to the public. ”

"I'm glad to meet you too. Jones bent down in the same kind way and returned the salute: "Maybe Uncle Jordani you can call me Jones, just call me Jones." I really haven't announced an official knighthood. ”

"I am honored that my son and daughter are in the same fraternity with you, and thank you for the opportunity you have given me, it has made my already cold blood boil again!

"You're welcome, I should thank you. ”

"Alright, don't bother Uncle Jordany. We're going to have to go shopping. With that, Adair patted Duke Jordan lightly on the shoulder.

"Okay. Duke Jordani nodded in understanding and left with his glass.

Jones said with emotion: "I didn't know that you actually handed over the development of the Gaoting Market to Yadu's father. ”

"Maybe there's more to think of?" said Adair, leading Jones through the crowd at the ball. Some have noticed Adair and Jones, others have not.

However, even if they noticed, they didn't know who these two people were. In fact, very few people know Adair and Jones here.

Suddenly, a crisp female voice came from behind her: "Oh my God!

Frightened, Adair quickly turned around and made a gesture to silence.

Luckily, the music at the ball was playing at its climax, and the sound didn't attract anyone's attention.

Standing behind them was Belle Rizzo. Not...... It was one of the members of the Brotherhood of Adair, the dark-haired girl. The one whose father was in business with the elves. Yes, she, including Adair and Jones, is the best-looking of the eight members of the Brotherhood.

At this moment, she was wearing elaborate makeup, standing in the crowd in a black evening gown, looking at Jones with wide eyes and horror. It's like a black rose blooming at a ball, it's incredibly beautiful. Even the shocked look was full of a different taste.

"Be quiet!" Adele hurriedly rushed towards her.

"What's wrong?" Belle asked, lowering her voice.

Adair lowered his voice and replied, "I'll take Jones out for a walk and feel the atmosphere of the High Court, do you want everyone to know that the Lord of Giant Snake City is here?"

"Uh...... Okay, I see. Handing the glass in her right hand to her left, Belle reached over to Jones and smiled, "Welcome! Oh my God, Lord of Megasnake City. The families of the High Court who have unmarried daughters will go crazy. ”

Jones stepped forward and kissed the back of Belle's hand: "Why are you all so concerned about my marriage?"

"Is anyone else concerned about your marriage?" asked Adair.

"Tess, she just said she was going to marry her cousin to me. Jones spread his hands.

"And then?"

"I refused. ”

"Well done!" Adair gave Jones a thumbs up and said, "When you get engaged, you turn down countless girls." There's nothing more stupid than giving up an entire forest for the sake of a tree. We need to keep the girls hopeful and screaming all the time! Now, let me see who the prettiest girl is and introduce her to you! Wait a minute!"

As he spoke, Adair craned her neck and began to look around.

"Is there something you're doing here?" Belle asked Jones in a whisper.

"For the hearing. Jones replied.

"Oh, I know this, and the whole High Court knows about it. I mean, what are you doing at this ball? Are you meeting any important people?"

Jones looked blankly at Adair, "Adair, are we here to meet anyone?"

"Who? No, no. I've said it all, just to give you a feel for the High Court. Adair replied casually.

"Hmm...... So who is the owner of this ball? Maybe we should meet him first. ”

"No, we can't see him. ”

"Why?"

"If we see him, he will find out that he doesn't know us at all. ”

Belle on the side was stunned: "You participated in the dance party but you didn't know the master at all?"

"Yes. Adair winked and smiled.

"I thought you wanted me to meet Uncle Jordani and Belle. Jones was equally shocked.

"No, it's just a coincidence. I've picked a random castle where the ball is going on and brought you in, and I don't really know who the owner is. ”

"And how did you get in?" Belle asked blankly, "You don't have an invitation." ”

"I came in with the crest of the Sambo family, I don't know it, maybe my cousins, cousins, uncles and uncles do? It's like opening a gift, you don't even know what's in the box before you open it, don't you think it's exciting? ”

Jones and Belle were speechless about this.

"Okay, now there's good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"Good news. ”

"The good news is that the prettiest girl in the audience has already met us, and she is standing in front of us, Belle!"

"Where's the bad news?"

"The bad news is that the prettiest girl in the audience is actually Belle, we're in the wrong place!"

......

Two kilometers away, on the other side of Koteong Mountain.

A magnificent castle with an extremely large area.

In the spacious and delicate garden, several shackled elven gardeners are carefully trimming the flowers.

On the second floor of the castle, Tess was watching from afar through the window, her face gloomy, as if she was far from relieving herself from the conversation she had just had.

Isidore sat on the couch behind her, crossed Jiro's legs.

"Sister, do you think he is serious? ”

"What do you think?"

"I ...... I don't know. It's true that he's the Lich King's adopted son, but as far as I know, he didn't have much support before. It doesn't seem to be particularly favored. The Lich King is now locked in a confrontation between Heaven and Hell. It shouldn't be possible to have the extra strength to help him. But when he said he was going to declare war...... I don't feel like he's joking. This makes me wonder. ”

"There are more than a million 10,000-year-old lichs living in Megasnake City, and if you count the less than 10,000-year-old lichs, the number will be several times more. The level of support is insignificant. ”

"That's the most incomprehensible part. The Lich King is confronting Heaven, and he actually has the leisure to put more than a hundred 10,000-year-old Lich in Giant Serpent City. Is he so confident that he can defeat Heaven? Or is there some other purpose?"

Tess's eyes narrowed into a slit, and she stood motionless in front of the window and looked into the distance. It seems to be lost in thought.

"I can't think of a reason why he rejected us. Is it already in place? The Nicklaus family has already done it? I think there may be quite a few holes in our intelligence. ”

Isidore looked up and looked at his sister's back with wide eyes.

......

At an unknown ball, Belle takes Jones' hand and walks to the center of the dance floor.

Honestly, even if you don't know who they are, the duo is conspicuous enough. Although Belle is still underage like Adair, she belongs to the bloodline that is about to become an adult, and in terms of height, she is almost no different from a normal adult bloodline. As for Jones......

Well, he's two heads shorter than them, and he looks like a child.

Well, in the Bloodline, Jones was originally a child.

They gave each other a standard salute, and the two held hands and danced gracefully to the music played again.

The bloods all around them looked at them with puzzled expressions.

"I thought you would come tomorrow, but I didn't expect to come today. ”

Adair said come early to get around. In the unlikely event that the hearing is not effective, I may not be able to appear in the High Court in the future. ”

"Well, it seems so. People around you are talking about you these days. The lord of Mega Snake City is about to go to the High Court for trial. ”

"I'm not here to be tried, I'm here for a hearing. ”

"I know, but that's what they say. I think you can tell the hostility in there. ”

"Yes, very clear. ”

"You've offended a lot of people, and the point is, you've refused to see them. This makes you lose the opportunity to pull a faction and fight a faction. The blood clan of the High Court has never been united, and if they have any strong points, it must be infighting. Endless infighting. If you can attend prom like this regularly, maybe there will be people who will be willing to stand up and support you. ”

"It's going to be tiring, and I don't have time for anything else. ”

"Well, whatever you want. ”

"Why are you in the High Court?"

"I've been here for a year now because of business things. You haven't been to the Brotherhood for over a year, have you, if it weren't for Adair handing over some of the business you've received from you, we'd have thought you'd forgotten about us. Didn't Adair tell you that he gave me the matter of Serpent City's purchase of some rare materials in the High Court?"

"He said it, but he said leave it to your father. ”

"That's what he thinks, but I don't. I'm not as stupid as the Jordani siblings, who give the opportunity directly to their father. I decided to do it myself. I want to save myself some dowry. After all, I'll soon be an adult. The point is that I just added a younger brother two years ago, so it is impossible for my father to give me a lot of dowry. ”

"Okay......" Jones pouted helplessly.

I have to say that although the height of the two people looks extremely discordant, they both look good and match when they dance. Of course, this is mainly due to the fact that Belle dances really well.

While dancing, Belle looked at Jones with a smile on her face and asked softly, "Don't you really know how many people want you as a son-in-law?"

"I really don't know. Jones shook his head.

"Now you know, just shout, 'Jones, Lord of Megasnake City, is here. You'll be the center of attention in no time, and you'll be lined up to invite you to his house and introduce you to their daughters. And most of those who don't invite you are because they don't have a daughter. ”

"Really?"

"Of course, I want to do both. Gentle, thoughtful, intelligent, and the prettiest girl in the audience at this unknown ball. Well, that sounds pretty good, right?"

"I ...... We're sixty years apart, and you're almost twice as old as I am. Jones's face flushed, "Maybe you can consider Adair." ”

As he spoke, Jones looked in Adair's direction. Following his gaze, Belle also looked towards Adair.

Not far away, Adair had already hooked up with two blood girls who didn't know where they came from. Yes, this guy hooks up with two as soon as he hooks up, which is more ruthless than a certain mercenary.

"Thankfully, if I look for him, how many rivals do I have to have? It's not bad for him to be a brother, but he doesn't agree with it when he's a partner. I don't want to be either caught every day or on the way to catch it. Then again, I'm not a knight, but there's one thing I really appreciate about chivalry. ”

"Unswerving to the death of what you love. The two said in unison. As he spoke, he laughed knowingly.

"You're a knight, and you must have a lot of knight friends. Why don't you introduce me to one?"

"It's quite a lot, but they're all lichs. Do you want it?"

"Skeleton shelf, forget it. Maybe you should develop your members of the Knights of the Silver Moon among the Bloodlines and introduce them to me. It would be better if his title was above the duke. ”

......

Melodious dance music fluttered, and the blood clans at the dance party danced happily and staggered.

After dancing three songs in a row, Belle took Jones' hand and left the center of the dance floor.

Before they could reach the edge of the dance floor, Adair appeared behind them, held them with both hands, and then forced them to look behind them.

In the distance, a tall Bloodline man with oily brown hair and a mustache in a brown dress was watching them from afar. And he raised his glass and walked towards them.

"See? The guy who is looking at you. ”

"See, what's wrong?"

"He's the master of the ball, so it's time for us to go. ”

Dragging Belle and Jones, Adair ran away. Running made the owner of the ball look dazed, holding his glass, at a loss.

......

"Yo ——!" didn't even get into his own carriage, and Adair dragged Jones on the mountain road, looking out at the boundless city-state below the mountain.

Belle chased after her with her long skirt.

"Well, isn't that interesting? Actually, I like the court, especially when they don't know who I am. ”

"How do you know it's the owner of the ball?"

"The two sisters told me. ”

"Sister, but they look older than you. ”

"No, you're wrong. All the unmarried women are my sisters. You should think like I do. ”

Jones was helpless: "I thought you would take me to meet the key people non-stop, but I didn't expect ......"

"Isn't that great? How long has it been since you've been to a prom, you haven't danced to your heart's content? Things will always work out, and life will always have to go. You can't just keep your head down all day and you'll miss out on a lot of interesting things. For example, the High Court, for example, a strange ball. ”

"But I don't think the Court is interesting. It's interesting to you, Adair. Jones said with a smile.