Chapter 53: The Wine Banquet
Returned home. Faraz was surprised to see her father sitting at a table full of sumptuous food, waiting for everyone.
Seeing his little daughter and her friends walk in, Luke smiled and said, "You're welcome, everyone come and sit down." β
Faras asked in surprise, "Father, don't you usually come back late? Why did you come back at noon today?
Luke smiled and said, "Daughter, although I am usually very busy, how can I not care about such an important matter as my daughter going to participate in the Royal Athletic Tournament?"
Faras laughed and said, "That's great. Father, I boasted in the morning that I would like to ask you for help. β
With a slight wave of his hand, Luke motioned for the servant behind him to pour wine for everyone, and said, "Got the information of your opponents, no problem, it will be in your study at dinner tomorrow." β
"Really?" said Faras, "but you don't even know our opponents?"
Luke tapped his hands, the door opened, and four men dressed in very ordinary clothes walked in. These 4 people look very ordinary, there is nothing special, and they belong to the kind of people who will be quickly forgotten after a glance.
The four of them stood respectfully at the door, bending slightly to Luke, who nodded slightly, which was considered a return of the courtesy. Then Luke pointed to Faras and said, "My little daughter, you all know each other. During AtlΓ©tico Royale, the four of you take turns watching the other opponents' matches, and you take detailed notes, then sort them out and give them to my daughter. β
The leader of the four bowed deeply to Farass and said in a deep voice, "Yes, my lord." β
Luke waved his hand, and the four of them went out.
Luke smiled and said, "I'll arrange for someone else to get your opponent's information, so that if you compare the two aspects, the text will be pretty much the same." The rest is up to you to play. β
Faras smiled and said, "Thank you, Father." With that, Faras stood up, stretched out three fingers and gently pinched the crystal cup containing half a glass of Bordeaux in front of him, and proposed to everyone: "Ryan, and the rest of our Lace team, we might as well have a toast to my father." If we offend him, when the time comes, the information will be changed randomly, and we will have a hard time. β
Hearing this, everyone stood up, raised the crystal glass in front of them, and toasted Luke after Faraz. Ryan hesitated for a moment, and also picked up the crystal cup, although he doesn't drink, but it is impossible to shirk this kind of occasion, right? Not to mention that the other party is Faraz's father, so he can only win the scalp and drink.
After drinking, everyone sat down. After a glass of wine, Ryan's face suddenly turned red, and a smile appeared on the corner of Faraz's mouth when he saw it. Luke joked to Ryan: "Ryan, you are good at everything, but this amount of alcohol still needs to be practiced, and it will be useful in the future." β
Ryan was puzzled, he looked at Luke with puzzled eyes, and then turned his head to look at Lass, hoping to get some hint from Faraz's face, but Ryan saw that Faraz's face was also blushing, and he was even more strange.
Seeing Ryan looking at herself, Faraz's face turned even redder, she usually encountered this kind of embarrassing situation, most of them would be anti-customer-oriented, loudly reprimand each other, and also take the opportunity to avoid this embarrassing scene, but today, she just tasted the taste of love recently, and it was her father who made fun of her, and there was nowhere to vent on both sides, so she had to bow her head shyly.
Ryan was even more strange when he saw Farass blushing suddenly, and then lowering his head again, his puzzled eyes swept around, hoping to get a hint.
On this occasion, neither Red nor Oz could have instructed Ryan, otherwise he would have sent it himself to vent to Faraz? and Alendor and Alina did not know much about this, Alina was young, and Elendor had spent many years in isolation, and was not very familiar with some of the etiquette of the nobility.
Ryan's appearance was all seen by Luke, Luke couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, it seems that this Ryan is really simple, compared to those who approach Farath for some purposes, Ryan is almost not picky, although people dare to buy a little worse, but Luke believes that these are just because he came from a remote background, and has not studied in this area, I believe that over time, he will become capable.
Luke smiled, diverted the conversation himself, and said to Red: "Red, it's all up to you to help Faraz for half a year, come, I'll toast you." β
Red quickly stood up, and he said to Luke, "This is what I should do." My teacher has a deep relationship with your father, and you don't have to talk about such trivial things. β
Luke and Red drank their wines, and the servant standing next to them hurriedly added another glass to each of them.
Luke smiled and said to Oz, "Oz, if I'm not mistaken, you must be a warrior." During the competition, the warrior has to rush to the front line, use his body to protect his companions, and even use himself as a meat shield, which is very admirable. β
Although Oz is usually very aggressive, and even a little addicted to wine, but that is just a hobby of his, and when it comes to this kind of occasion, the seasoned Oz naturally knows how to deal with it.
Oz stood up, grabbed the crystal cup, and drank it with his neck tilted.
Luke praised Oz and said, "It's pretty good, but it looks like it's mine, come on, get another big cup." β
Soon, a servant straightened a large horned cup and placed it in front of Oz. Another servant picked up the bottle and slowly poured a large glass of wine.
Oz picked up the horn glass, drank all the wine in one gulp, and then put the cup heavily on the table, and said to Luke, "Good cup, where did this thing come from?"
Luke smiled and said, "That's a lot of wine." I've had this cup here for years, but it's the first time I've seen it all in one gulp. It is said that it was made from the horn of some kind of giant beast in the Northern Talon Grassland, and the orcs of the Northland all drank from this cup, and we humans generally did not drink as much as the orcs, and there were not many of us who could drink it all in one go. β
Oz nodded, for the bold him, it was only felt to use such a large glass of wine, like that kind of small crystal glass, which was only suitable for women and children.
Luke waited until the servant had poured a full amount of wine, he pinched the foot of the crystal cup with the three fingers of his right hand, gently shook the glass, so that the red wine in the glass kept rippling in the crystal glass, and then he put his face a little closer to the mouth of the crystal glass, and his nose slightly sniffed the wine from the glass.