Chapter 8: Going to the Feast
The Earl of Drow's Palace.
The huge and magnificent Earl's Mansion, in front of the four main gates of the south, east, west, and north, stood a team of extremely disciplined palace guards. Looking around at the people attending the banquet, they were either nobles or presidents of large chambers of commerce, all of whom were well-known characters in Black Rock City.
Along the way, Ezreal and the other two arrived, and there was an endless stream of vehicles on the road.
And everyone was even more discussed, knowing that compared to Ilanluo, the marginalized viscount, Count Drow was one of the three major forces in this Black Rock City, and even the nominal supreme decision-maker of this Black Rock City, the Black Rock City Lord, tried his best to curry favor with him. What kind of person could have allowed him to greet him personally? What's more, the other two great forces, who had been very at odds with Count Drow, actually came to the banquet together, and even found someone to buy some treasures as gifts at a high price at any cost.
To make the three major forces in Black Rock Castle go to such great lengths to fight each other, the identity of this character from Kyoto is by no means ordinary.
Faced with this question, Ezreal did not have the slightest curiosity to learn. If it was said that a princess from the royal family of the Brook Wind Empire was there in person, then Ezreal was still a little interested, but considering the identity of the princess of the Imperial Empire, who would be bored enough to stoop down to this small city?
Upon arriving, Ezreal looked at the long line and twitched the corners of his mouth. This is not the Black Rock Academy, the viscount has no privileges, not to mention that compared to the big guys around him, the viscount of Ilanluo is clearly a small commoner. And Viscount Elanro didn't say anything about it with interest, but just took Ezreal to join the ranks as a matter of course.
The bored Ezreal looked around at the aristocratic girls who had come to the banquet, it was really good, who said that the aristocratic girls must be as beautiful as flowers? Especially when Ezreal accidentally aimed at the daughter of a certain viscount, he was almost shocked.
The figure that is far more than 1.5 times his own, with an unknown number of freckles, plus those two grinning front teeth. Even more frightening to Ezreal, when the stout aristocratic girl saw that Ezreal seemed to be smiling at her, she shook her skirt very shyly, and then smiled shyly at Ezreal. Suddenly, Ezreal's stomach pounded, and he almost threw up his breakfast. Ezreal immediately paralyzed, no longer showing his charming smile.
Viscount Elanro looked at Ezreal, who looked around, but did not have any trace of the excitement that a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child should have, and said with a rare joke: "Ezreal, I originally thought you would lose your temper, but I didn't expect you to have such a calm aristocratic atmosphere at such a young age. ”
Ezreal actually wanted to say in his heart: "I'm already paralyzed, can I still get excited?" but, thinking about the consequences of saying this, Ezreal smiled very chicly: "The gold and silver nests are not as good as their own kennels." ”
Indeed, if the Count's Mansion in front of you is compared to a luxurious giant villa, then the Viscount's Mansion is a simple little hut. But Ezreal, who is an explorer, doesn't care about this at all, if he cares, as early as the time of Valoran, Ezreal can have a residence that is a hundred times more gorgeous than the count's mansion in front of him. And for Ezreal, a place to sleep is enough, so why bother with that boring shell?
Ilanro nodded, and stroked Ezreal's little head with his powerful palms, his heart was full of relief, compared to other nobles, he could give Ezreal too few things, and there were even some things that Ezreal needed to obtain himself, which was really incompetent as a father. Fortunately, Ezreal has always been very sensible and obedient, and has never complained about anything.
That unlucky guy never dreamed that Viscount Ilanro would uncharacteristically stroke his little head, but while Ezreal was slightly moved, he couldn't help but be a little depressed: My flowing and handsome hairstyle is completely ruined!
I don't know how long, it was finally Ezreal's turn and the others, and after Ilanro presented the gift, he took Ezreal's little hand and walked into the Earl's mansion.
The banquet is divided into an inner banquet and an outer banquet, and the difference between the two is that the inner banquet is in the hall and the outer banquet is in the courtyard.
There is no doubt that the protagonist usually chats with the host during the banquet, either fights without saying a word, or signs some unknown contract with a wicked smile. And Ezreal, who has always used "handsome people like me are usually the protagonists" as his mantra, felt that he could no longer play according to the old routine, and should change to new tricks. Man, why is it human? That's because he thinks, he creates, he changes.
So, as the "protagonist", Ezreal made a plan in his heart, first hold his troops, eat and drink at the banquet, and wait for the master to come to him.
When coming to the banquet, the lowest-ranking existence of the nobles like Ilanluo would find the most marginal corner to sit down without being reminded by others, so as not to cause something unpleasant to each other at the banquet and affect each other's Yaxing.
And Ilanluo, who has been a viscount for many years, naturally knows this, and at this time, another self-aware person called the former's name. Viscount Ilanro glanced back at this fellow practitioner, squeezed out a smile on his face, waved his hand and signaled Ezreal to play at will, and then came to the side of this "fellow fallen man from the end of the world" and began to have a cordial conversation between the two sides.
Ezreal pouted at this cutely little and walked away disapprovingly, so as not to disturb the communication between the two confidants.
Compared to adults, the children of nobles like Ezreal can feast at will. But don't break into the inner banquet from the outside banquet, and the inside banquet from the main seat. On the contrary, there are not too many rules for the main banquet to enter the inner banquet, and the internal banquet to enter the external banquet.
The banquets are generally attended by two types of people, the nobles or the presidents of small chambers of commerce, and their children do not know each other like the big powers, so most of them are young girls, and the teenagers gather together after their own separation.
As the most beautiful man in this stormy continent (the above is Ezreal's self-styled and has nothing to do with the author's own opinion), how can Ezreal disappoint so many beautiful and moving girls and go down the wrong path of sharing a table with other teenagers? When he came to the remaining ten meters, Ezreal suddenly recalled the scene above, and couldn't help but shudder, and then made a decision in his heart that he admired a little: wait and see, and then take the seat.
After staggering a few steps, Ezreal walked and looked at each of the girls at the banquet with her corners. Maybe it's because of the previous fright, as long as it's an average-looking girl, Ezreal thinks it's okay. Suddenly, Ezreal's gaze froze
"Fortunately, I had the foresight and did not go to the feast, otherwise I would not have decided to eat this meal. No matter how good your appetite is, you can't stand the ravages of a group of dinosaurs. ”
Ezreal, who was secretly shouting in his heart that he was lucky, did not look back, and went straight to the ranks of the teenagers. However, when he arrived at the banquet, he found that the seats were so full that he couldn't even squeeze out the space to make a chair.
Am I going to stand here stupidly and watch others eat delicious food, no, how is this possible? If there are no delicacies from the mountains and the sea, then what is the point of my trip?
Extremely unwilling, Ezreal approached the butler of the Earl's Mansion and politely asked him to add a single feast.
Hearing Ezreal's request, Mr. Butler was momentarily stunned. Although you are a down-and-out nobleman, at least you are still a nobleman, so why don't you show your face as a noble!!man?
After being stunned for a moment, Mr. Butler's first reaction was whether this guy was crazy with hunger, the second reaction was to refuse, and the third reaction was that the young lady had instructed him not to make any trouble during the banquet. Well, such a bizarre matter is still handled by Miss.
And the daughter of the Earl of Zhuoer, who was originally entertaining guests at the banquet, was instantly amused when she heard Mr. Butler's report on the matter, and such a strange thing appeared among the down-and-out nobles. After a moment's thought, the count's daughter remembered how much her father valued the feast, and thought that more was better than less, and agreed to Ezreal's unreasonable request.
Ignoring the astonished stares around him, Ezreal focused on himself feasting and drinking. However, after all, his father is here, and in order to save some face for him, he should be a little more gentle when eating. As a result, one dish was served after another, and Ezreal continued to eat with aristocratic etiquette.
If Ilanro learns of Ezreal's idea, he will definitely be angry and laugh, you are all out of the ordinary, and you said to save me some face? Of course, Ilanro in the corner looked at Ezreal at the single table, and his old face couldn't help but blush, fortunately far away, otherwise he wouldn't be the laughing stock of the entire Black Rock City tomorrow?
Picking up the wine glass with a slight tremble, Elanro still talked and talked cordially with his friend next to him with a smile and a smile, as if he didn't know about it.
As the "protagonist", Ezreal suddenly felt a hint of murder when he was eating meat and drinking very gentlemanly, and then moved his body to the right. I saw that the small pink fist that came out of nowhere brushed shoulders with Ezreal's thin body and bones, and directly slammed into the table in front of Ezreal, whipping up the feast.
And this scene naturally alarmed all the people in the entire compound, and they all turned their eyes away, with a hint of playfulness flashing in their eyes.