December 30, 1379 in the Metland Glory calendar.

Early in the morning, more than two dozen giant war airships circled over Hyderabad.

The soldiers carried large wooden stabs and sprinkled handfuls of gray-white crystalline medicinal powder into the thick clouds.

Miraculously, the heavy clouds over Hydrderabad dissipated.

The bright sun shone down, melting the snow and ice in the city.

The clergy, clergy in robes, lined up from St. Cloud's Cathedral and St. Maya's Cathedral, walked through the streets and recited the blessing scriptures.

Each clergyman was accompanied by two well-dressed and cute children.

Holding donation boxes made of oak and osmanthus wood in their hands, they followed the procession with big smiles.

The citizens of Hydrerabad, taking advantage of the rare good weather to get out of their homes.

When they meet these clergy, they will walk up with a smile, take out the coins, recite the holy name of Mu or Mutesste, and throw the coins into the donation box.

Gold, silver, and copper clanged.

The sound of banknotes being dropped into the donation box is 'rattle' and sounds quite cute.

There are also wealthy and wealthy men who directly stuff the straight checks into the donation box, and the checks fall in the donation box, making a soft 'da-da' sound, and the clergy who leads the team shouts loudly with a bright smile: "You are blessed, honorable lord!" ”

A little past twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

Surrounded by a large group of knights, several specially made four-wheeled carriages slowly moved west along Marsh Street.

On the first carriage, Hesse accompanies Tifa and Wima.

In the second carriage, Joe, who was dressed in a full army dress and was dressed up and down, was sitting in the carriage with a smile, looking out at the street scene through the window.

Dressed in a long blue silk dress, with a bun on her hair, a small thorn flower on it, and an antique antique corsage on her chest, Mrs. Mary, who was said to be a family heirloom inherited by her old grandmother, was sitting next to Joe with a smile, looking Ferdinand on the other side.

Ferdinand, who is usually unkempt and sloppy like a vagabond, is also dressed up very neatly today.

A set of dignified, solemn, conservative and rigid traditional court dresses of the Delen Empire were worn on Ferdinand's body, with more than two dozen glittering medals and badges in six rows on his chest, which also set off his more wise and martial spirit.

It's just that today's Ferdinand, he sits on the saddle with a straight waist, his whole body is tense, and his face is stiff, like a lonely rabbit who has been thrown into a tiger cage and is being stared at by a colorful tigress.

Even, there was cold sweat on his forehead that kept oozing out.

There was a dull, stiff smile on his face, which he had maintained for a quarter of an hour.

Ever since Old Lady Mary appeared at the Palace of Apophis, and was invited by Jo to ride in the same carriage as Ferdinand, Ferdinand had kept smiling like this.

"Are you feeling unwell?" Joe withdrew his gaze and greeted a stiff Ferdinand.

"Oh no, I'm just, rejoicing." Ferdinand coughed lightly: "I...... It's been years since I've attended Hydrera's New Year's celebrations. ”

The old lady Mary on the side also coughed lightly: "Ah, so am I." ”

Joe's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Old Lady Mary in shock: "Have you been to Hydrera?" Ever attended a New Year's celebration there? ”

Old Lady Mary raised her head and smiled triumphantly, "Oh, when I was younger, I worked as a cook at Hydra Palace for a while. Aha, do you know His Royal Highness Mata XIII, he likes my trout soup the most. ”

Ferdinand closed his eyes hard.

Joe looked at Old Lady Mary in surprise: "No wonder your craft is so good, it turns out that you have been a chef in Hyderabad!" ”

Old Lady Mary shrugged her shoulders: "But, what later...... Forget it, forget it, don't talk about it. ”

She opened the car window, a cold wind blew in, she poked her head out of the window, and looked seriously at the Hydra Palace not far away: "The boys are doing a good job, today's Hydra Palace looks exceptionally beautiful." Tsk, is it because I am in a particularly good mood today, I feel that today's Hydra Palace is much more beautiful than what I have seen on weekdays. ”

Jo leaned in too, and he put one hand on Old Lady Mary's shoulder, and looked toward Hydrera.

"Wow!" Joe opened his mouth in admiration.

Ferdinand opened his eyes, and his dull smile changed a little.

He gave Joe a meaningful look - Old Lady Mary was in a particularly good mood today? Oh, oh, really, hell.

Old Lady Mary tilted her head slightly and stared at Ferdinand with a deep gaze.

The strange expression of meaning on Ferdinand's face shattered suddenly, and the folds on his face quickly unfolded, bloomed, and quickly transformed into an incomparably bright smile.

Joe's eyes widened, staring fiercely at Hydrera.

Today's Hydra Palace is indeed different from the past.

The heavy walls of the palace made of huge stones were cleaned, and every stone, every crack of the stone, shone in the sunlight.

On the high city wall, a heavy metal shield was hung at the entrance of each city wall battlement.

On the shield of the upper abundance and the lower sharpness, there is a hideous relief of the hydra.

The hydra opened its mouth, revealing its sharp fangs, and its ruby-encrusted eyes reflected scarlet fire in the sunlight, visible for miles.

Underneath each shield, an iron-gray curtain hung down.

The long curtain with a swallowtail hung from the top of the wall to the bottom of the palace wall, almost touching the ground.

On the edge of the heavy curtain is a circle of brilliant thorn patterns, and in the center is also a hideous Hydra badge, and around the huge Hydra badge is a thin line of blood-colored ancient handwriting-

'As far as the eye of the hydra is the territory of Delen'!

This is the slogan that the founding emperor of the Delun Empire, after a certain drunkenness, drew his sword and danced wildly, and shouted to a group of courtiers.

The second emperor of the Delun Empire directly engraved this sentence of his father on the imperial seal of the empire, and used it in various official documents, and even on many diplomatic documents, this sentence appeared many times.

This sentence also caused many border conflicts between the Delen Empire and its neighboring countries.

But the Delenian Empire doesn't care.

Today, it is a celebration banquet to welcome the New Year, and this domineering and arrogant drunken raving sentence is so grandiose and hangs on the palace wall of Hydra Palace.

The brilliant sunlight shone on the iron-gray curtain, and this circle of blood-colored words shimmered in the sunlight.

The south gate of Hydra Palace opened, and a group of court knights in heavy armor lined up on either side of the gate.

Dozens of court officials, dressed in ceremonial dresses, stood at the palace gate, smiling to greet the arriving guests.

Richly decorated four-wheeled carriages, surrounded by a large retinue, continued to converge from all around Hyderabad. The richly dressed dignitaries stepped off the carriage proudly, and with a bit of triumphant arrogance, handed the invitations to the palace officials at the palace gate.

In the sound of respectful greetings, these dignitaries and nobles, under the leadership of the palace officials, walked into the Hydra Palace slowly.

Their retinue and guards followed a fork in the palace wall to the back of the Hydra Palace, where a special rest area was opened for them.

The carriage of Joe and his party stopped at the gate of the palace.

The door opened, and Ferdinand, with a big smile, stepped out of the carriage first.

Merlin, the head of the Delun Empire's court, was already waiting at the gate of the palace with more than a dozen palace officials. Seeing Ferdinand get out of the carriage, Merlin quietly walked up and saluted Ferdinand.

"Your Highness, you ......"

Merlin's face twitched suddenly, and then, with great difficulty, he swallowed a mouthful of spit, and the huge Adam's apple rose and fell violently.

"Okay, Merlin, leave me alone, I'm familiar with this little scene, I know what I should do." Ferdinand said to Merlin very seriously: "Ah, Hesse, Joe, and Tifa and Weima, they are not familiar with Hydra Palace, you send a few shrewd fellows to serve well." ”

"By the way, this Lady Mary, she used to be a cook at Hydrala Palace, do you still have an impression?"

"She was a guest invited by Joe. Ha, well, good service, dear Merlin...... Leave me alone, aha, I saw a couple of old friends, and I'm going to get over it. ”

"Don't worry, I won't run around today, and I won't be able to run away, will I?"

Ferdinand sighed and shrugged his shoulders.

Then he bowed deeply to Old Madame Mary, and then jumped up like a spring, spread his legs, and ran towards an old man who had just stepped out of the carriage not far away.

"Hey, old fellow, how's your luck lately? Someday, let's have another round, shall we? ”

Ten Hydra guards quickly followed Ferdinand!

Today, Ferdinand is still accused of 'colluding with heresy and robbing the Royal Bank', and he is still a 'suspect', and no matter what, it is impossible to let him run around.

Not to mention, how many people in Hydrderabad want to dig something out of Ferdinand these days.

Merlin smiled brightly, and he nodded to Old Lady Mary, "Lady Mary? Ah, I remember you...... Today, of course, it's a pleasure to have you at Hydra Palace. Uh, you're a guest invited by Joe? ”

Old Lady Mary smiled very quickly, and she nodded vigorously.

Joe patted his belly and smiled at Merlin, "Ah, today is our good day, we're going to be knighted, aren't we?" However, I didn't know anyone well in Hyderabad, and I didn't even have many friends. My grandmother is my only friend, so of course I can only invite her! ”

Merlin continued to smile brightly.

He turned around, swept his gaze over a group of shrewd and capable henchmen behind him, shook his head, and then turned to Hesse, and continued to smile brightly: "Then, Your Excellency Hesse, please come with me." Here, a special lounge has been arranged for you. ”

"Of course, you can also walk around, today's Hydra Palace is very lively."