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Under the blue sky at dusk, the sound of pigeon whistles crossed the sky above the capital of knowledge, and the smoke rose straight from the chimneys of houses all over the city, and the smoke was stained with golden brilliance under the sunset, like a hazy and illusory forest.

The city of knowledge is busy at sunset, with vendors hurrying to the last hours of the day, shouting and trying to reduce the amount of their stocks, and people who leave work are walking home and shuttling between the streets and alleys. On both sides of the street, most of the shops are closed, and only a few are still holding out in the twilight, receiving the last customers of the day.

Compared to the other four districts, the North City is different. For the people of Beicheng District, dusk is just the time to get dressed up at home, and only the rising moon signals the arrival of the busiest phase of the day. Today, however, the North City is unusual, and before the sun sets, horse-drawn carriages of all kinds of decorations, ordinary and ornate, pass by the streets, all aiming at the same place - 3 Avenue de Manias.

Manias Avenue is a quiet and beautiful street in the North City, and it is also the street where the nobles and the rich like to buy real estate among the people who come to the North City for art pilgrimage. But there has always been a strange phenomenon on Avenue de Manias, where the owners of the three buildings No. 1, No. 3 and No. 5 have never appeared here, and have remained in a state of mystery, and few people know who the owners of these three buildings are. Today, of course, the mystery is revealed, all three buildings belong to the Marquis of Snape, and the reason why he bought three buildings at once is simply because he doesn't like to be neighbors with others.

Step onto the Avenue of Manias and you will be immediately impressed. The street is 80 meters wide alone, and if you count the auxiliary roads on both sides, the width is even close to 100 meters, which can accommodate twelve horse-drawn carriages passing side by side. On both sides of the street, there are two rows of tall plane trees, more than 30 meters high trees stand on both sides of the street, and the numerous leaves turn into golden colors in the autumn wind, weaving a fine grating under the setting sun.

Outside the plane tree, there are neatly arranged patches of lawn, each lawn is a square with a length and width of 500 meters, separated by a wooden courtyard wall in the middle, and a metal fence is used as a courtyard wall facing the street.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, a horse-drawn carriage approached from a distance, turned the corner, and stepped onto the Avenue de Manias. The carriage is very ordinary, it can even be said to be too ordinary, it is completely a rental carriage rented from the car dealership, if there are people who are more familiar with the business of the car dealership, you can even find that even the driver who drives the car is temporarily rented by the car dealership. But, even so, no one would underestimate the people in the carriage, for their target was also 3 Avenue Maniyas, the focus of the Capital of Knowledge tonight. Being invited to tonight's ball by Marquis Snape is a status symbol in itself, and no one would dare to underestimate it, even if it is a ragged walk.

The carriage moved slowly and stopped in front of the gate of 3 Avenue de Manias. Seven or eight splendid carriages and three or four other, extraordinary-looking horses, were already parked in front of the wide gate, and it was evident that some of the guests had arrived early. The driver of the carriage was restrained, carefully drove the carriage, and stopped at the designated position under the guidance of the greeting attendant, for fear of scratching those expensive vehicles.

On the carriage that had arrived, the coachmen were all dressed in ceremonial clothes or uniforms, and sat in their respective royal seats very well, waiting patiently for their masters, and at this time they saw the new companion and the ordinary carriage, and they all looked at them with interest. Not only the coachman, but also the family of four, who had just stepped down from the carriage that had arrived before, saw that the new carriage also stopped, and stood in front of the gate, waiting with a little curiosity, wanting to see who would take such a carriage to the appointment.

The carriage stopped, and the well-trained black-clothed waiter quickly caught up, bent down and respectfully opened the carriage door. A solid black lacquered boot sticks out of the door and steps on the solid wood steps laid out under the carriage, and a man slowly walks out of the compartment with the click of the heel of the boot. Above the black boots is a pair of silk trousers with gray straight stripes on a black background, and a dark belt buckled at the waist. She wears a white shirt at the bottom of her upper body, and the collar of the shirt is the most popular lace at the moment. In addition to the white shirt, he wore a silk vest with gold filigree print on a black background, a silver corsage pinned to the waistcoat, and a long dark purple trench coat on the outside. At the wrist of the long trench coat, the white cuffs of the shirt are exposed, and with the movement of the arm, a pair of black gloves are worn on the hands. The man had short blond hair and a black wide-brimmed top hat that swayed with his head.

The man stepped out of the carriage, stood in place and was silent for a few seconds, stretched out his hand to tidy up his clothes slightly, then turned around slowly, took off his hat with his left hand and pressed it lightly on his chest, and stretched out his right palm upwards in the direction of the car door, bowing slightly and waiting.

Soon, a small hand with white silk gloves was placed in the palm of the man's outstretched hand, the fingers were slender and agile, and the contour of the palm was soft, the only regret was that the hand shape was slightly thicker than that of ordinary women.

The man gently held the small hand in his palm and led a lady out of the carriage with a focused expression.

On her feet are black high-heeled boots, and she wears a thick silk one-piece dress with two halves on the placket, the sides of the placket meet in the center of the front, and the white background is set off by sparse horizontal and vertical black fine straight lines. Although it is a one-piece long dress, it is actually only a set, and the top and bottom are separate, so they can be worn separately. The lower body of the long skirt is a straight long skirt, and the upper body is actually closer to the male collar dress, the collar is turned out, the front and back of the collar are pure black colors, and under the dress on the upper body, it is also a white women's shirt, with a black printed narrow tie around the neck, and a purple women's top hat on the head.

The man gently helped the lady down the steps and stood on the flat ground, and then put the top hat on his head again. The woman smiled appreciatively at the man, stretched out her left hand and put it on the man's arm, and her right hand passed in front of her, holding her left hand. The man smiled and nodded at the woman, and the two walked side by side towards the open metal fence gate in front of the lawn.

A family of four who had stopped at the gate for a while, wanting to wait for the new guests to accompany them, couldn't help frowning when they saw the dress of the woman who got out of the car, stopped staying, and turned around and walked into the gate. They knew that the clothes worn by women were indeed dresses, and they were very solemn dresses, but almost no nobles or rich people would wear that style of dress, because of the particularity of that dress.

That kind of dress is called a female knight's dress, and it is specially designed for female knights who are professionals. There are many professionals who do not like to wear ordinary aristocratic dresses when they attend formal banquets or balls, but when they enter the banquet in a variety of messy leather armor, they will not show enough respect for the host of the banquet, so more than a thousand years ago, someone designed several special dresses for female professionals, which can bring out the characteristics of the profession without losing the beauty and solemnity, and this one in front of me is one of them.

Although the status of professionals is very high in the Yala continent, the noble family of four in front of them is obviously not prepared to be too anxious about the two new professionals, because in the Yala continent, the nobles and professionals, especially the high-level independent professionals, have not been very friendly.

As a nobleman, it is synonymous with nobility, and has always been measured by blood, family, status and power, in their eyes, the commoners in all territories should obey them and belong to them, and the professionals, especially the high-level professionals, obviously do not think so, in the world of professionals, everything is respected by strength, only strong strength can get more people's respect, and only strong strength can get more right to speak.

Since 2,000 years ago, there has been a constant contradiction between the two ideas, the aristocracy does not want to see the high-level professionals talk to them on an equal footing, but their own people are not able to mass-produce high-level professionals, the strength is not enough to suppress the other party, and many times they need the assistance of the other party. As a professional, there are not many of them, and there are various family and personal involvement, which often requires the assistance of nobles, which eventually leads to a delicate balance between the two sides. The aristocracy gave equal or even higher courtesy to the high-ranking professionals, and the high-ranking professionals joined the power of the nobility in exchange for a strong income.

However, there is still a group of free and independent professionals who do not want to be attached to the aristocracy or the rich, and they often form groups spontaneously and make money through their own abilities. The original mercenaries and adventurers, and even the major professional guilds were composed of these independent adventurers, and the higher the level of the professional, the more such independent professionals.

For independent professionals, the aristocracy has no countermeasures, their strength is far beyond common sense, and it is impossible to suppress them, and if they want to buy them, they are only willing to accept employment, and are unwilling to join the power of the aristocracy to become subordinate, which leads to the aristocracy and the rich are very disgusted with this uncontrollable force.

It's a pity that disgust is disgust, and the proportion of independent professionals is still very large, especially after the establishment of neutral places, this proportion has been increasing every year, making the aristocracy and the rich hated and helpless.

In this case, some old-fashioned aristocrats simply turn a blind eye to the independent professionals, do not have any intersection with them, and treat them as if they do not exist, so there will be a scene where a family of four sees the two people who are professionals turn around and leave.

The two looked at each other helplessly and smiled, followed behind and came to the door, and the man handed the invitation card in his hand to the waiter who registered the guests in front of the gate. The welcome glanced at the invitation, his expression became more respectful, and he secretly made a gesture, and the two waiters behind him who led the way walked quickly to the two of them and bowed down to guide the two of them.

The welcome bowed to the backs of the two and shouted, "The Adventurers' Guild, Nelly's Adventures, Miss Catherine Coe Field, and Mr. Panness Wood are here!"