When he saw the invitation letter in his hand, Chino was a little hesitant at first.

If he is really a man of this world, of course, he will go without hesitation, and it would be a fool not to seize this opportunity.

But don't forget, he's a refuser and faces reincarnation invasions all the time.

In the next wave of reincarnation invasions, the brand of the refuser has given a hint to the area in advance, and the range of movement of the refuser is limited to Twilight.

Twilight City is in the easternmost province of Beacon, and Wangcheng is in the cardinal province in the southwestern hinterland, thousands of miles apart.

The timing of the reincarnation invasion is not fixed, for example, there is a few days between the first and second rounds, and almost 4 months between the second and third rounds.

This time I went to the royal city for a banquet, and if there was nothing to do in the whole process, it would be fine.

It would be a terrible thing if there were people at the banquet and the reincarnation invasion here suddenly started.

Let's not talk about whether he has time to rush back, even if he can, as a small administrator, he dares to leave the banquet in the royal city without permission, which in itself is an extremely unfavorable thing for his superiors.

It's very tangled, it's risky to go, but it's not okay not to go.

The Regnome family gave face so much, and directly listed him as a special guest, if he didn't go, what would the family think?

Moreover, going to the banquet can get to know many decision-making authorities, which is of great help to resist the invasion of reincarnation in the future, which is a godsend.

Chino thought about it, and he definitely wanted to go, but the reincarnation invasion could not be guarded against.

If there is really an invasion halfway, then you can use the excuse to receive an urgent report of the military situation, informing everyone that Twilight City has been attacked.

In the face of the threat of visitors from outside the sky, I believe that those in high positions can distinguish between the most important and the most important, and when the time comes, they may not care about the departure from the banquet, and they will also send heavy troops to assist in the defense.

Thinking of this, Chino sent a letter back to Resakhar, saying that he would arrive at the cold valley of Tayu Province on the 29th of Huixue, meet him, and go to the royal city together.

After sending it, Chino thought of the letter mentioning that he was asked to prepare a birthday gift for the "Nine Princesses".

Although Chino has read a lot of books in this world, most of them are history books, literary masterpieces, military works, etc., and he does not have a deep understanding of the customs and customs, and he does not know what the gift-giving customs of Doguland are.

He asked Paladin, Baiza, and Lugo what they would give a girl for her birthday.

Paladin said he would send a custom oil painting.

Baixa said that he would send the best milk wine from the desert.

Lugo said that he would hunt a wolf, cut off the wolf's head, and send it to the woman to hang in the bedroom.

The first gift is too common to be oblivion.

The second gift was too cheap, and the princess did not lack a bottle of milk wine.

The third gift should be some irreversible damage that occurs during brain development.

Chino didn't count on the three straight men of steel, he bought some good wine and went to visit Liszt Huff, the treasurer.

Liszt was very well informed, and as soon as Chino arrived at the Treasurer's Mansion, he had already greeted him outside the door early: "Your Excellency, welcome to the Humble House!" ”

Chino raised the wine in his hand and said with a smile, "How many drinks together?" ”

"My pleasure~"

Liszt is a smart man, or the Hitch family has been dealing with moon coins all year round, they are all smart people, he knows that Chino himself can't just "have a few drinks", so he takes Chino to the back room, and asks all the servants to leave, not to approach without permission.

The two sat down by the warm fire, and Liszt said in an envious tone: "Your Excellency, I heard that you have been invited to the New Year's banquet in the royal city, I congratulate you in advance, you should be the first person to attend the banquet as an administrator." ”

Chino: "You're well-informed. ”

Liszt: "Haha, those of us who deal with moon coins naturally have a wider range of news channels than others. Do you have any questions for me this time? ”

Chino: "The Archon of Resahar asked me to prepare a gift for the Ninth Princess, but I don't know much about this princess. ”

Liszt: "The Nine Princesses refer to Solandel van Dogolander, the youngest daughter of the king, who is about to turn 12 years old, and her birthday falls on the 30th day of Huixue, and the king always holds her birthday banquet with the New Year's feast. ”

Liszt thought for a moment and continued, "As for the gifts, I personally recommend not giving those valuables. You also know that the royal family is not short of money, and the jewelry you bought by embezzling your family may be just ordinary goods thrown into the treasury in the eyes of the royal family. Hearts are more likely to win favor than expensive - especially this 12-year-old girl, innocent and ignorant, a golden moon and a blowing candy, the latter can make her more happy. ”

"That's what I thought too. Chino pondered, "Does the Ninth Princess have any hobbies?" ”

Liszt said slowly: "The ninth princess is lively by nature, and I heard that she did not like to read fairy tales since she was a child, and preferred heavy historical books and literary works. By the way, she is very talented in music, she learned piano at the age of 5, and after only 3 years of study, her skills have surpassed that of court musicians. And no matter what the tune is, she can memorize it as long as she listens to it once, and she can catch it immediately if someone else plays a wrong scale. Therefore, it is often said that her ears have been kissed by the gods. ”

According to Liszt's description, Solandale should have an "absolute sense of tone", able to accurately distinguish the notes, intervals, and chords heard without reference tones, and distinguish between different sounds with small differences.

Chino's fingers throbbed on the table, his mind full of thoughts.

If you're a music wizard, it's best to give music-related gifts.

But the question is what to send?

Send her a piece of Beethoven?

The tunes themselves are certainly fine, but they belong to the great man, not to him.

It's okay to play, but if you give it as a gift, it's disrespectful to a great man.

But if it's just playing, it will inevitably look too cold.

Chino thought about it, and suddenly had an idea.

Pregnant.

After a few drinks with Liszt, he got up and said goodbye: "There is a lot of disturbance today, thank you for your advice, I know what to send." ”

Liszt didn't ask much: "Then good luck to you." ”

After returning to the executive mansion, for the next 11 days, Chino kept himself in his dormitory, leaving all official business to his subordinates, and spending 20 hours a day playing the piano.

The sound of the piano in the dormitory is basically intermittent and repetitive, often repeated many times, constantly calibrated before continuing to push forward.

The sound of the piano sounded like this for 11 days, and in the end it was pleasant and ethereal, like a dream.

On the night of the 24th, Chino slept well.

In the early morning of the 25th, he got up early, picked up a quill, and composed a book of the songs he had played on the 11th.

This piece is Chino's own composition, rhythmically similar to the mini-rondo form of "To Alice", simple and smooth, with alternating chromatic notes like soulful whispers.

After writing the score, it was time to choose a name.

Chino's idea was to pay homage to the end, and simply called the song "To the Nine Princesses".

But as soon as he finished writing "To", he stopped.

After a long silence, he settled on the name of the piece by one word—

"To the Little Princess".