Chapter 196: Serving
Tora is not only the Duke of the Kingdom, but also the auxiliary minister of the court, although everyone knows the grievances between Sreta and Torah, but if she really directly embarrasses Torah, it will make everyone think that Xu Mu did not discipline her sister well.
If the other nobles were prejudiced against Xu Mu because of this, this was not what Sreta wanted to see.
Because of this, Sleta was very irritable, because of the disagreement between her cousins, although she sat upright and polite, and looked at Torah's expression as plain as water, but in her heart she was already thinking about inserting the fork next to the plate into Torah's nose.
As for Betty Rock sitting next to her?
This made Sleta a puzzled, she didn't understand what was going on with this duke, and she looked at her eyes like she was looking at her relatives... This made her a little strange.
Originally, the attitude of everyone at the tea party had become outrageous, but the duke sitting next to her looked at her even more outrageous!
Fortunately, although she and Betty Rock didn't know each other, Sleta didn't get to the point where she wanted to keep Betty Rock in her heart.
In this way, Betty Rock would ask Sresta softly if she wanted to ask, and Sleta would answer whatever she wanted, but the more Betty Rock asked questions, the more strange they became, which made Sreta complain in her heart.
One would ask if there was anyone else in her house, and then another if she had done a magic test...
During this period, Xenia interjected from time to time, and it seemed that the three of them were happy, but Tora sat with a collapsed face and did not open her mouth.
As for the other nobles, they could only listen to their chats, and the nobles who were a little closer to them did not speak at all, but listened quietly, smiling and nodding from time to time.
The nobles who sat far away were casual.
Soon, the food for the dinner was brought one by one, and the food was divided into plates and served in front of everyone.
Sleta is also used to this kind of split dinner, and she doesn't feel like it.
It's just that the dishes delivered are not to her taste, and the steak knife and fork are extremely troublesome to cut.
What's more, it's not a meal at home, and Sleta is upset about it again.
Sleta is not used to using knives and forks, and if she eats at home, there are maids next to her who are specially served, and foods like this need to be cut with knives and forks are all cut by the maids before eating.
But now she has to do it herself, and it is very fun to make Sreta chop and chop around the plate with a knife and fork in both hands, and the steak on the plate is also running around.
Betty Rock had been paying attention to Sresta, and naturally saw that she couldn't use knives and forks, but he didn't mind helping Sleta cut the meat, but it was really inappropriate for him to do this kind of thing, so he couldn't help but smile and asked, "Miss Sleta, do you need to let the servants come up to help you?"
Sleta was a little embarrassed, because she didn't want to embarrass Xu Mu when she was on such an occasion, if it was something that an adult could do, she also wanted to do it as much as possible.
"No... Not necessarily. ”
Xenia was gently waving her knife and fork, her posture looked extremely graceful, obviously trained, and she saw that Sreta was like this, but she didn't speak tactfully like Betty Rock: "Sleta, you don't seem to know how to use a knife and fork?"
Sleta was embarrassed and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, although I use knives and forks at home, I am surrounded by special people to serve them, and meat... I don't need to cut it..."
"Do you want me to have a servant serve you?"
"No need... There was no servant at the whole meal, not even Her Majesty, how dare Sreta do that. ”
"It's okay, I don't mind, and I'm sure others won't mind. Xenia smiled indifferently, "Besides, Sleta, you're still young, you don't have to care too much about what adults think, and sometimes it's important to act in a way that suits you." ”
Sleta hesitated and didn't answer, because she was thinking about whether it would be humiliating to call someone to serve her, or whether it would be humiliating not to even scratch the meat with a knife and fork...
Just as Xenia was about to wave her hand over to the servants of the dinner, Erlan appeared.
Erlan slowly walked to Sresta's side, and respectfully first saluted Xenia, Bettyan and others next to him, and then asked Sreta in a whisper: "Little master, do you need Erlan to serve you for dinner?"
Sleta's face was a little red, and finally decided that it would be better for someone to serve, and nodded.
Erlan smiled apologetically at the nobleman next to him, and then began to serve Sreta to dinner.
It's false to say that you are not nervous, after all, this is not serving Sleta at home, there are Queen Heane and the Duke of the Kingdom watching by her, if you do the wrong thing in the service, it is a trivial matter to lose your face as a commoner, and it is a big thing to lose Sreta's face!
Although he was nervous, fortunately, Erlan, who had a lot of experience in serving Sleta, still completed the task smoothly, and he did not delay at all.
When everything was done, Erlan took a few steps back with interest, too close would make the nobles think they could eavesdrop on them, too far away for fear that Sreta wouldn't see them if she needed help.
Erlan's current distance is just right.
Xenia glanced at Erlan and said, "Sleta, you still brought a maid to the tea party?"
"No, Your Majesty, Erlan is my family's retinue. ”
"Entourage?" Xenia was stunned, "Then yours, retinue, but... It's interesting. ”
Hearing Xenia's teasing, Sleta's face turned red again.
After all, the retinue of the nobles is basically more outstanding or special in some abilities, but I have never heard of anyone who has been accepted by the nobles as an entourage because of their strong service skills.
Er Lan could see at a glance that he was a very ordinary civilian, and even his hands were obviously not people who could carry weapons, such a person could be accepted by the Xu Mu family as an entourage, which naturally made Xenia a little strange.
Sreta didn't want to talk about it either, so she didn't answer the question.
"The main family is just me and my brother and Sister Ailu, and the entourage is only Erlan and Berez, and Her Majesty also said that Sreta is still young, so she brought an entourage with her to the tea party to prevent any accidents. ”
Xenia knew about Bereth and asked with a smile, "Then why didn't you bring Beres here?"
"Didn't Her Majesty last time say that Sleta would have time to return the Power Badge to her brother, so I asked Beres to bring the Power Badge to the Academy of Magic a few days ago. ”
"Oh..."Xenia couldn't help but wake up when she said this, it turned out that Andel said that Xu Mu went to the gate of the Magic Academy to greet someone, and it turned out that it was Beres who greeted her.
However, it didn't take long for her face to become a little puzzled again.
Now that Xu Mu has obtained the power badge, what is he in a hurry to leave the Academy of Magic to do?
The question itself is very confusing, and Xenia will think about it and put it in the back of her mind, because she doesn't have any clue, so she naturally can't guess.