The melodious sound of the piano fills the dance floor.

The lampposts around them glowed softly, the marble floor beneath their feet was polished so smooth that Hathaway's crystal dancing shoes made a crisp sound on them, and the two danced to the faint beat.

Surdak didn't know much about this kind of ballroom dancing, he could only follow Hathaway's footsteps with all his attention, his body was very stiff, and he always had to look down at his toes, always worrying that he would step on Hathaway's skirt.

He hadn't even been able to savor what it was like to have his arms around Hathaway's waist, but he felt a faint rose perfume keep creeping into his nose.

With a fair and smooth forehead, he looked down at her face from top to bottom, in addition to having a pair of magnificent green eyes like jewels, Hathaway had a straight nose and just the right proportions of her face, especially after being carefully dressed, it made people feel a little amazing.

Hathaway tilted her head slightly, looking at Surdak with a smirk.

She had already dominated Surdak and danced three dances in a row, provoking the sisters of the Luthor family on the dance floor to stab her with their eyes, but they were just thinking about it, Hathaway was the most favored.

By the time of the first dance, Hathaway knew that this guy couldn't dance at all, but it didn't matter, she could take him with her, give him enough hints, and then the two of them slowly spun around the dance floor, and by the time of the third song, Surdak was obviously much better and could already keep up with her dance steps.

Beatrice was a little eager to try next to the dance floor, she was still worried about Hathaway in the backyard just now, but she didn't expect Surdak to appear directly at the ball, and at this moment she was still the guest of honor of Marquis Luther.

There are a lot of nobles attending the ball tonight, and the eyes of some young nobles fall on Hathaway, they really want to drive away the nobleman who danced three dances with Hathaway in one breath, the beloved daughter of the Marquis of Luthor rarely attends this kind of dance after dinner, there are only a few pieces in a ball, this guy occupies three in one go, and the rest depends on Hathaway's mood, and the chance of rejection will inevitably increase greatly.

When the song stopped, Hathaway took Surdak's hand and walked over to Beatrice on the edge of the dance floor.

In the chaotic crowd, a gorgeously dressed woman stood up and stopped Hathaway, the woman had a beautiful face, and looked a few years older than Hathaway, standing in front of Hathaway and unceremoniously said to her:

"Hathaway, you can't keep possessing him, you should rest for a while, at least give Baron Surdak a chance to get to know the other sisters."

Hathaway looked at Mabel, the Seventh Lady, with a cold look in her eyes.

She was a very ambitious woman, and at one time threatened her mother, Lady Marianne, in the family, but since the last time she secretly prevented Marquis Luthor from participating in the Battle of the Kempato River, the Marquis Luthor was so angry that every time he remembered that battle, his face would be gloomy and terrifying.

Hathaway ignored her, she was a grudge-loving person, and she would not forgive the woman in front of her because it had passed so long.

She directly pulled Surdak to Beatrice, stuffed Beatrice's hand into Surdak's palm, and said:

"Beatrice, I'm tired, you come for me!"

Beatrice pursed her lips and lifted her skirt and curtsy Surdak, her white breasts a little dazzling.

Surdak also leaned over and saluted, smiling slightly at Beatrice, the two of them did not speak very tacitly, Surdak thought it was also very good, and he would circle around the dance floor with familiar people, at least he would not be too nervous, and he would not be embarrassed by having no topic to talk about.

Beatrice is taken off the dance floor by Surdakla and soon disappears into the chaos of the dance floor.

Madame Mabel caught up from behind, and with an angry look on her face, she accused:

"Shouldn't it be Baron Surdak's right to dance with whom? Hathaway, you can't do that, you're too overbearing. ”

Hathaway stood on the edge of the dance floor, took a glass of cider from a waiter's hand, and took a gentle sip on it.

She said to Mrs. Mabel, "It's my business, Mabel, and you have no right to accuse me. ”

Mabel's eyes widened, and she was a little out of breath at Hathaway's counterattack, she clenched her hands tightly together, and said angrily, "You actually talk to me like that!" ”

Hathawayy ignored her and sat down on the empty chair next to her.

Seeing that Hathaway didn't care about herself at all, Madame Mabel really had no means to coerce Hathaway, and she couldn't even tell Marquis Luthor about it, lest he feel that he was always playing right and wrong in front of him, Madame Mabel could only leave angrily.

She was almost stunned by Hathaway.

A handsome young nobleman, encouraged by his friends, plucked up the courage to go up to Hathaway, and he bent down and invited Hathaway, "Miss Hathaway, could you please do a dance?" ”

Hathaway looked at the young man in front of her in surprise and refused directly: "Not interested! ”

“……”

The young man stood a little embarrassed, not knowing how to continue the topic for a while, but he didn't want to just turn around and leave.

……

Madame Marianne and the Marquis de Luthor sat together, and Madame Annabella sat on their side.

Wherever Hathaway went, she was the focus of the young people's eyes on the field, but there were not many people who dared to walk up to touch her head, and Lady Marianne whispered to the Marquis of Luthor on the side: "Look, you are the one who spoiled Hathaway." ”

Marquis Luthor smiled heartily, shook his head disapprovingly, and said: "Those guys have nothing to do all day long, except for wandering around, they are idle every day, not to mention Hathaway, even I can't get used to them!" ”

Lady Marianne said with some concern, "But Hathaway always needs to have a few friends, and I don't want her to be isolated in aristocratic circles......"

"All it takes is one or two best friends." Marquis Luthor said with another wave of his hand.

Someone kept coming up to Luthor to say hello, and the conversation between them was going on and off.

When Hathaway walked out of the dance floor holding Surdak's hand very naturally, Mrs. Annabella raised her eyebrows, looked at the Marquis of Luther, who still didn't know anything, and asked, "Ferdinand, he is the young nobleman you agreed with in advance to meet Hathaway?" ”

Marquis Luthor nodded.

He didn't expect that Hathaway, who had always been dismissive of young aristocrats, would not reject Surdak, which was a good start.

"What's wrong?" Luthor looked at Lady Annabella and asked.

Lady Annabella would not say anything about it, but held the teacup to her lips and said vaguely: "If you had made it clear beforehand, perhaps there would not have been such a big twist and turn." ”

The Marquis of Luther did not understand the meaning of Madame Annabella's words, although the Marquis of Luther was in a good mood tonight.

After an opening dance with Mrs. Marianne and a dance with his sister Mrs. Annabella, he sat on the sofa and chatted with Mrs. Annabella and Mrs. Marianne, who had been close friends in the past, and whose relationship had become more intimate over the years.

When people reach middle age, there are naturally middle-aged people who are troubled, and the magic potions in the market are not easy to buy.

……

The Seventh Lady Mabel sat down, and the more she thought about it, the more indignant she felt, she felt that Hathaway was deliberately targeting her, and when the ladies next to her talked about Hathaway, they said:

"At the beginning, she made a marriage contract with the Baron Sidney of Highlandza, and then the young nobleman died in Warsaw, and now this young man is still from Highlandza, it seems that Ferdinand really has a different view of the young nobleman of Highlandza!"

Hearing that Madame Mabel actually talked about Baron Sidney at the ball, that was almost the last thing Marquis Luthor wanted to mention, several ladies immediately changed their colors when they heard this.

Lady Sisi kindly reminded: "Mabel, be careful that these words are heard by Marianne. ”

Mrs. Mabel saw that everyone was so frightened that she almost stopped the current topic because she had said something out of the ordinary, so she leaned back on the sofa sullenly, and said a little unwillingly: "Well, I won't be stupid enough to say it in front of her, but when it comes to our husband who loves Hathaway too much, you see when he has been so pleasant with our daughter, Hathaway has made such a big fuss, and in the end he was just grounded." ”

At this time, Mrs. Sisi said with some emotion: "Yes, in Ferdinand's eyes, he only has Hathaway's daughter!" ”

Mrs. Mabel, seeing that the ladies were all shrunken quails, refused to show their hearts, and proposed: "Sit here and make a noise, or we will go back to playing cards." ”

"Actually, I'd like to sit for a while......"

After a short silence, someone refused.

……

Beatrice, with her round face, was obviously much bolder than Hathaway, and she almost pressed her face to Surdak's arms, so that they both stood with their feet crossed, and she put her hands under Surdak's armpits, hugged Surdak's shoulders tightly, and placed Surdak's hands on her plump waist and hips.

She didn't hide her feelings at all, and asked in a low voice:

"How long can you stay here?"

Surdak felt like he had better hurry up.

A few more dances like this may have left that remote mountain village behind.

Melodious music, gentle women, and sweet fruit wine can quickly and completely corrupt a determined warrior.

So he said to Beatrice: "If there is nothing else, I will take the nearest magic airship to Highlandsa, there are a lot of miscellaneous things there, and the remnants of the rebels are still wandering around there, and if you don't go back, you can't rest assured, and it will be the harvest festival in a while." ”

"Back in Highlandza, don't forget to write to us!"

Soon the ball was coming to an end, and the Marquis of Luthor called Surdak to him again, and said directly to him:

"This time you go back, you have to prepare well, at least the garrison of the territory should be established, now that wars are breaking out everywhere in the Green Empire, it is the time for us to establish meritorious deeds, how comfortable do you think the life of the nobles is, what kind of position they stand in, what kind of responsibilities they have to shoulder, and what kind of support they need, you can write to me and tell me that this side of Bena City is much richer than Hylanza City."

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

Surdak replied earnestly.

……

When Surdak left Pena City, Hathaway and Beatrice went to see them off at the airport docks.

At this moment, a large number of witchers gathered in Bena City again, and the crystal key of the Bradbury family was stolen for the second time, resulting in the secret of the Red Dragon Treasure being unable to hide, and many witchers and adventure groups and mercenary groups began to collect a large number of clues in Bena City.

In the past few days, the thieves' union in Bena City has made a lot of money, and just a few inside pieces of information have been sold hundreds of times.

On the contrary, in the depths of the barren land outside the Paglos Pass, there are not only some adventuring groups, but also some lone wolf demon hunters.

Their arrival has suddenly turned the village of Wall, which is located on the outside of the mountain pass, into a small supply station, but it has also added a lot of unrest to the barren land, and those adventure groups and mercenary groups are not good people.

However, in this barren land, the greatest wealth of the people is the golden wheat fields in the fields, and neither the adventuring party nor the demon hunters have any interest in these villagers, who have almost nothing.

Surdak was most worried about the rebel knights who had no fixed home, Andrew had seen them at the junction of the barren land and the desert, but at that time the desert was too windy and sandy, and those rebels risked their lives to burrow into the sandstorm and get rid of Andrew's tracking, and then they couldn't find the rebels anyway.

Listening to Andrew, several more salamanders were found in the Lava River Sulfur Mine in Pusbag Mountain, and the ogre Gulitham rushed to deal with it.

The militia regiment in the Badlands has been in existence for almost three months.

During this period, there was no action except to go to the village of Vol to receive three pockets of grain.

Seeing that the autumn harvest is imminent, Surdak has also begun to prepare for the militia battalion training plan behind.

Boarding the magic airship, I just saw a magic airship on the opposite tower platform, a magic airship had just landed, and a group of young people dressed as adventurers jumped off the side of the airship, which caused a group of people on the platform to exclaim.

Surdak waved Hathaway and Beatrice below the tower, reluctantly leaving the docks before turning around and walking back to the cabin of the magic airship.

It didn't take long for the floating device on the magic airship to slowly turn on.

The crew put away the ropes tied to the dock.

The airship shuddered, and then all the ropes slowly tightened.

The magic airship slowly rose into the air, and soon entered the channel in the wind layer, the sails swelled, the magic airship drove at full speed in the air, and after seven days of steady flight, it finally arrived at the city of Highlandsa.

This time and again, although everything went smoothly, it was the end of September when we arrived in the city of Highlandza.

The city of Highlanza is preparing for a large celebration of the harvest festival and the coming-of-age festival. Christie's wedding had long since ended, and he didn't seem to have received the invitation, standing on the tower of the airport, looking at the castle at the highest point of Highlandsa City, Surdak inevitably felt a little uncomfortable.