Section 296: Dinner
Shival's interest today is high.
This is not only because he had a good chat with Master Hugo all day today, and he feels closer to this master, but also because his sister Shannie actually took the initiative to ask to have dinner with him!
Among the sons of Aubrey, the lord of Douala, Shanni is a very special being.
It may be because of her blue super beauty, it may be because she is the only daughter of Aubrey, or it may be because her peerless appearance is a powerful weapon for the Campbell family to completely enter the top aristocratic sequence of the kingdom, anyway, Aubrey, the city lord, is very fond of this daughter, it can be said that she is responsive, and her status is faintly higher than her two elder brothers.
Yesterday, for example, his sister played a game of disappearance without permission, causing a small storm in the castle and alarming his father.
Although Shanni came out on her own today and did not let this turmoil continue, if Shival dared to do so, it would undoubtedly be greeted by a sharp rebuke from her father. But Senny was different, not only did her father not reprimand her, but comforted her, which was absolutely impossible for Byron and Xival to enjoy.
Shival did not complain about this, but he understood it very well, because according to his father's hope and arrangement, it was possible for his sister to become the future queen of the kingdom in the future!
So Sival always tries to please his sister consciously or unconsciously, but unfortunately his sister has not had a good relationship with him, which makes him very regretful, the only thing to be thankful for is that Xianni is not only like this to him, but also to Byron, this sister of theirs is so cold, which makes his heart somewhat balanced.
Shival was used to this situation, but what he never expected was that his sister, who had always been cold and lazy to pay attention to their two older brothers, suddenly sent someone to have dinner with him today, which really made Shival overjoyed.
Is this sister of mine extending an olive branch to herself?
Shival doesn't know.
Although he didn't know what his sister was thinking, of course Shival would not refuse Shanny's request, and accepted it very happily, which is why Shanni is present now.
It may be the good fortune that this Hugo master brought to himself.
Shival even thought so when he introduced the two sides to each other.
Otherwise, why didn't Xianni do this sooner or later, but only after Master Hugo and his party stayed in the City Lord's Mansion?
This made Xival's attitude towards this Hugo master even more enthusiastic, and Master Hugo's reaction also made him think more highly of this master - this master was calm and did not have a trace of waves when facing Shanni!
The beauty of Shanni is obvious to all, with a series of titles such as Northland Rose and Northland Pearl, and has conquered a large number of northland aristocratic youth. Her beauty even haunts the second prince, a royal child who is accustomed to seeing countless beauties, and it is self-evident how beautiful she is.
This kind of beauty is extremely lethal, up to eighty years old, down to eight years old, as long as it is a man, Shival rarely sees anyone who can not move his eyelids.
Among the people that Sival has seen, only two archmages and one archduke can not change their faces when they meet Shanni for the first time, and this Hugo master is the third, which naturally makes Xival think even more highly of this Hugo master.
He didn't know that Ji Ruoxi was a woman, and she was not a human being, she was a dragon, so she naturally couldn't change her face.
Xival was too utilitarian, and his attention was completely on Ji Ruoxi and Xianni, so he didn't find that in addition to this Hugo master, Hugo's father didn't change his face when he saw his sister, including Hugo's wife, of course, this Lady Shalia is a woman, so there is nothing to say.
Of the four Norman and his party, only Pirneau's eyes were shining, as if he had seen a rare treasure, and his eyes were completely attracted by Shanni, and he couldn't take his eyes off it.
But no one looked at him, not at Shival, not at Shanny.
On the surface, Shanny's eyes wandered, and she was smiling with a dignified and elegant appearance, but in fact, she was secretly watching Norman.
Yes, that's him!
Although he looked like a real woman now, he couldn't mistake this body shape and face.
Senny had dressed up so carefully to-day, and when it took a whole hour to choose her clothes, she could be said to have prepared herself to the best of her best, and came to the feast with trepidation, and met Norman as she had expected, but the result was much to her dismay: the gentleman did not seem to be interested in her, and she could not see any of the eyes that she was familiar with.
For this gentleman, she was no different from everyone else in her well-groomed, and he didn't even bother to look at her.
He has been looking at Shival longer than he has been looking at himself!
This made this already anxious girl feel even worse at the moment.
โ...... Please take a seat. โ
After the introduction, Xival invited everyone to take a seat, and several people sat down in order, among which Xival naturally sat in the main seat, Xianni sat next to his right hand in the first place, and the others sat down in the order of Ji Ruoxi, Pirno, and Chen Qinghe, and Norman, as a "woman", sat next to Xianni.
According to the aristocratic dining etiquette, the exquisite dishes were served one by one, more abundant than the previous ones, and the chef of Xival also stood aside to serve, and each dish would explain the name, origin, and characteristics of the dish to everyone.
"This dish is a double-color fresh taro soup with simple ingredients, the main ingredient is Weinstein's specialty double-color fresh taro, and other auxiliary materials are not used as much as possible, so as to present the taste of double-color fresh taro to the greatest extent. In addition, the taste of double-colored fresh taro is a little too heavy for ordinary people, and the use of stewed soup can not only present the unique taste of double-color fresh taro, but also minimize the excessive heaviness of direct consumption......"
"Durouye steamed and grilled spiny spinosaurus steak. Most of the meat on the body of Spinosaurus is really not suitable for cooking, it is too tough, even if it is not processed, it is difficult to eat, but few people know that there is a palm-sized piece of meat behind the heel of the Spinosaurus d'Ground but it is very used to eat, there are only four pieces on each Spinosaurus, the taste is very tender, delicious and juicy, the only drawback is that there is a slight unique earthy smell, but Duluye can remove this earthy smell very well......"
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Yesterday there was no such person, but today there is, it can be seen that Xival does attach great importance to his sister, more than to this Hugo master, and for this reason, he has released all the ultimate.
The chef's explanation was only the ingredients, and he only said when he was serving, and at other times he stood quietly on the side, never speaking out of line, and the few people at the banquet did not just eat and did not speak, but under the guidance of Shival, the conversation of several people was endless.
"Did you notice the vision in the sky last night?"
It was a great conversation that something so strange had happened last night, so after a few words, Shival brought the conversation to it.
Pirnault just shook his head and said with regret: "No, I was asleep at the time, and I didn't see such a vision, it's a pity." โ
Xival smiled and asked Ji Ruoxi, "Master Hugo, what about you?"
Ji Ruoxi also shook his head and said in a muffled voice: "No, I'm asleep." โ
Shival sighed, "It's a pity, such a vision is really rare in a thousand years, and the whole night sky is as bright as day, and it is a little more than half an hour. โ
"For this reason, I have searched through the ancient books today, but I have not been able to find any relevant records, and I have asked several learned people in the castle, and no one knows if there has ever been such a scene in history......"
Xival is still quite able to speak, even if Ji Ruoxi is silent according to her character's personality, he can continue to talk endlessly.
Listening to her brother's words, Xianni just lowered her head and quietly cut the meat chops in front of her, quiet and virtuous looks can be called a model of a lady, but her heart can't help but think of the scene last night: when the sky lit up, she happened to look at the "lady" beside her, and saw his whole body clearly.
Including the most intimate parts.
At the thought of that, Shannie's cheeks flushed slightly, and her right hand involuntarily increased its strength, and the knife slashed at the plate with a slightly harsh sound, drawing Shival's attention.
"Shanny, what's wrong?"
Seeing the reddish appearance of Senny's cheeks, Shival stopped his words, and wondered a little, "Is it hot?"
Shanni met Shival's gaze and nodded calmlyโas long as she wasn't facing Norman, the girl was still calm.
"It's a little hot. โ
It's winter, and it's still a little hot? Although a corner of the restaurant is also on fire, the effect is not so strong, is it? I'm still a little cold.
Shival was puzzled, but he didn't continue to ask, turned his head again, and continued to talk endlessly, and finally stopped talking for a long time.
At this point, Shanni spoke.
"Sharia, did you see a vision of the sky last night?"
Shanny asked, looking sideways at Norman.
This made Shival a little surprised in his heart: when did his sister, who had always been cold, take the initiative to talk to others, especially such a country woman who was contemptible at first sight.
But he immediately thought to him whether there was really anything remarkable about this country woman whom he looked at and secretly despised? Otherwise, why would such a capable man as Master Hugo marry her? And now his sister, who had always been cold, took the initiative to talk to her at the first meeting? That Pirneau hooked up with this woman who could not afford any sexual interest in looking at her.
Maybe he should try to take the initiative to find out, maybe this country woman really has something special, but he didn't find it because of the prejudice of her appearance.
Shival has a lot of mental activity, and Norman has more mental activity.
Although he looked like he was eating, he was actually having a big battle in his mindโโ and most of his mental power was entangled.
It is really not a way to always divide most of the spiritual power to suppress those spiritual powers, so does he still want to cultivate spiritual powers? And this is not only related to the cultivation of spiritual power, but also related to the cultivation of magic power.
In the case of the need to dedicate a large amount of mental energy to suppress those souls, the effectiveness of his meditation was greatly reduced. In the past, he could meditate almost like a perpetual motion machine, but now, he could only squeeze out some time to meditate every day like an ordinary mage, which greatly slowed down the expansion of his mana sea.
Therefore, for the sake of his strength growth, the problem of this part of the alien soul cannot be left alone, and it must be solved as soon as possible, and Norman has been thinking about the solution to this problem in the process of going out to collect materials today.
The first thing he thought of was to get those souls out of his body: it was like a few uninvited guests suddenly breaking into his house, and as the host's house, the first thought was to kick them out.
But Norman didn't know how to catch it.
It wasn't the first time he had been exposed to this kind of thing, as Stanley had been invaded in his consciousness when he had cast that powerful spell on him when he was in Jebel Danner. But although he had experience, he didn't know how to fix it at all that time, so he cast a forbidden spell in a daze and resolved the crisis, he can't try to cast a spiritual storm now, right?
He also tried to touch those souls with his spiritual power, wanting to use a push to see if he could squeeze them out, even if he couldn't, he would be able to squeeze them out of the spiritual world into his body.
But those things really can't be squeezed out.
Those things have no substance at all, and as soon as his spiritual power goes up, the two sides are entangled, and they can't be pushed out at all except for allowing him to understand the information contained in those consciousnesses more deeply.
It didn't work, but it was this entanglement that gave Norman another thought: could he eat the consciousness?
This thought has been irrepressible since his lifetime, and the more he thinks about it, the more reliable it seems to be: these things are essentially spiritual power, and when they didn't mobilize too much spiritual power to strengthen the main consciousness before, they almost fused themselves, so on the other hand, if they are strong enough, can they be able to fuse them in reverse?
If it really happens, this will turn a crisis into an opportunity, and in this way, it will greatly enhance his mental power!