Due to the season, many industries were temporarily suspended, and many nobles also took a break from the tedious family affairs and began to socialize a lot, and the city of Bena was filled with balls, concerts, operas, salons, winter hunts, and so on in winter.

The nobles tend to concentrate on communicating with each other during this time, deepening the relationship between each other, and even talking about marriages, discussing various forms of cooperation alliances, etc., the biggest topic this year is whether the Bednar Legion led by Duke Newman is still necessary to continue to hold on to Handanar County on the Warsaw plane, due to the Warsaw Plane War, Pena Province needs to transport a large amount of supplies to Warsaw every month, and half of the elite troops in Pena Province are pinned down on the Warsaw plane, As a result, some of the private planes of the local lords of Bena Province are frequently in crisis.

Due to the frequent wars in the private plane of the native lords of Bena, the Duke of Ryan lost a large number of supporters in the imperial capital, which made the lords of Bena lose the patience to wait for the victory of the Warsaw plane, and everyone began to discuss the plan for the whole year of next year through various gatherings in winter.

The main battle faction of Bena Province now occupies the absolute right to speak in this house, and because of the victory in the Maga Plane War, the lords of Bena Province have great confidence, and the enthusiasm for the war is now unprecedentedly high, but a large part of the nobles insist that the strongest troops in Bena Province should not continue to be stranded in Warsaw, even if they lose some resources, they should withdraw the main forces from the Warsaw plane.

Although the Bussman family is an old aristocratic family in the Green Empire, what good will happen to offending the royal family, although Prince James is not in public, but the South Wind Legion and the Royal Knights have withdrawn all support for the Bussman family in private, which means that the Bussman family will not receive any other support for a long time in the future, except for inviting the private armies of some small and medium-sized lords into the Warsaw plane.

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The Marquis de Luthor hosts several balls each winter.

As the lord of the battle faction of the province of Bena and a member of the House of Representatives of Bena City, the Marquis of Luther's palace hosted a ball that gathered some of the city's top nobles, and after nightfall, many of the invited nobles came in magic caravans.

The courtyard square in front of the castle was full of gorgeous magic caravans, and at this time, many magic caravans were still driving into the Marquis of Luther's mansion, and the two butlers were responsible for coordinating the parking of the magic caravan and the dinner of the people involved.

The manor was surrounded by guards, and only those who had obtained an invitation to the Marquis de Luther could enter the Marquis' Palace.

The halls of the castle were brightly lit, and some of the nobles who attended the ball would bring out the young people of the family, and they would make friends with the young people of other families at the ball, gradually cultivating their own social circle.

The Marquis de Luthor, Lady Marianne, and Mabel stood at the front of the hall to greet the guests, along with Madame Mabel's three daughters, three young ladies dressed in fancy clothes, who were observing the young nobles who had come to the ball, and their eyes were full of irrepressible smiles.

In the past, it was usually Hathaway who accompanied the Marquis of Luthor to greet guests.

Hathaway did not stand at the gate of the ball alone, some nobles did not know why, and thought that the wayward Miss Hathaway had fallen out of favor in front of the Marquis of Luther, and some noble ladies who were not used to seeing Hathaway quietly gloated in the hall, shaking small folding fans in their hands, whispering, laughing, and trying their best to maintain their ladylike posture.

When Hathaway walked down the stairs, the hall was already crowded with guests, dozens of waiters carrying a variety of exquisite food and all kinds of fine wines, shuttling through the hall, as long as there were guests empty-handed, the waiters would come one after another with trays for the guests to choose their favorite liquor.

Surdak didn't walk with Hathaway, he and Beatrice made their way to the hall first.

He had just woken up, had missed lunch and afternoon tea, and was currently empty and needed to fill his stomach with something, and if he walked with Hathaway, he probably wouldn't have a chance to eat at all.

Beatrice brought Surdak out first, and the two of them hid in the corner and ate a large piece of tiramisu, and drank a little apple juice, in order to prepare for this ball, the Marquis of Luthor specially hired the top pastry chef in the city of Bena to make it on the spot. Surdak can't remember the last time he tasted this delicacy.

Surdak was about to put two honey-glazed lamb ribs on his plate when the music in the hall gradually stopped.

The chatting guests also stopped talking, and the hall became quiet, and everyone looked at the terrace on the second floor of the hall.

Marquis Luther stood in front, and the two ladies, Marianne and Mabel, stood behind the Marquis Luther, and the Marquis Luthor leaned on the railing with his hands, and first made a speech, which was nothing more than thanking the guests from all sides, and then took the two ladies by the hand and walked slowly downstairs.

The ball officially began, and the Marquis de Luthor had an opening dance with Lady Marianne.

Just when many young nobles thought that Hathaway might fall out of favor, when the second dance music sounded, the Marquis of Luthor pulled his daughter Hathaway onto the dance floor, and a kind of aristocracy invited the female guests into the dance floor, and the music gradually started......

The three daughters beside Madame Mabel pouted and looked at the dance floor with great resentment, and the three young ladies complained about the partiality of their father, the Marquis of Luthor, but they could not win anything more than they could usually complain.

Originally, the ball got off to a good start, and the Marquis de Luthor actually took the three sisters to the door to greet the guests, which made the three girls feel that maybe their spring was coming, but when the ball began, the Marquis of Luthor pulled Hathaway onto the dance floor, which made their hearts that were a little impatient completely irritable.

Why do you love Hathaway so much, and their sisters are not bad, is it just because Hathaway has blonde hair and blue eyes? I'm not convinced!

"Be careful to be ladylike...... "Mrs. Mabel stood beside her, and quietly admonished her three daughters.

Now the hall is full of young people rushing to the ball, and everyone is putting their best foot forward and trying to make a better impression on the others.

At this time, of course, the low-level expression of envy, jealousy and hatred cannot be revealed.

The faces of the three young ladies who wanted to cry without tears immediately squeezed out a smile, and the smiles were a little stiff.

But when he lowered his head and whispered, he was still talking about Hathaway.

"Why is it still her?"

"That's right! After so many dances, it's our turn, and what are we inferior to that cat's eye slut. ”

"It's ......"

Three girls, you say one sentence at a time, and I will say it endlessly.

Even Madame Mabel was a little tired, and she scolded with a straight face:

"Shut up, someone is coming, pay attention to your temperament, keep a smile at all times, and don't always write your thoughts on your face!"

Sure enough, the scolding still worked, and the three young ladies really agreed in silence:

"Got it, Mother, look at us this time!"

The three young ladies began to chase the handsome and handsome young nobles on the dance floor, but not all young people could catch their eyes.

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At the end of the song, there was a round of applause around the dance floor.

Surdak walked up to greet Marquis Luthor and Hathaway, and Marquis Luthor smiled and handed his daughter Hathaway's hand to Surdak.

It was only when the surrounding nobles began to notice Surdak that everyone began to inquire about his origins, and there were not many young people who could be recognized by the Marquis of Luther, and the Marquis of Luther personally handed over his favorite daughter to this heroic baron, which made everyone even more curious.

Marquis Luthor stood on the edge of the dance floor and said a few words of encouragement to Surdak before being surrounded by a group of other nobles......

This kind of ball is indispensable for this kind of entertainment, the Marquis of Luthor will be very busy all night, and there are even two lieutenants by his side, some important promises and agreements will be written down in a notebook, so as not to forget what he promised at the ball the next day, the Marquis of Luthor prides himself on being a nobleman who keeps his word.

Surdak was seen walking onto the dance floor with Miss Hathaway's slender waist in his arms, and then Surdak's information was quickly picked up.

Yes, the name Surdak was not unfamiliar to the ears of many nobles present, because they had all signed their names and seals on a joint letter of recommendation addressed to His Majesty Charles, and that letter of recommendation was to make a knight named Surdak exceptionally promoted to a third-class noble baron, on the grounds that he had outstanding merits, and he was still a very rare paladin, who had mastered the divine magic perception, equivalent to half a magician......

Although the Marquis of Luthor compensated these nobles for a lot of resources for this joint letter of recommendation, Baron Surdak did rely on them to become a nobleman.

Therefore, when the name 'Surdak' reached the ears of everyone, everyone knew that this young man was recognized by the Marquis of Luthor, so it was no wonder that he was so close to Hathaway.

Just as the nobles were talking about Surdak, a group of noblewomen got together to talk about Hathaway - as the favorite daughter of the Marquis of Luthor, she was not so perfect in the eyes of others, especially in the circle of high-class noblewomen, one of the main reasons was that Hathaway was very rebellious during her time at the High Swordsman Academy in Bednar, and the Marquis Luthor had chosen a fiancé for her, and their marriage contract had been decided.

I heard that it was a young baron named Sidney in the city of Highlandsa, who was not well-known in his own right, but this marriage was made by the Marquis of Luthor and his friend Mondstadt. Count Goss single-handedly facilitated. Marquis Luthor had also met Sidney, and he felt that the young man was not bad, enterprising, and had a talent for combat and command, but he was inexperienced and needed to be baptized by war, and Marquis Luthor thought that he had a chance to become a lord, so he facilitated the marriage.

The nobles of the entire city of Bednar knew that Miss Hathaway did not approve of Baron Sidney, and this matter was troubled for a long time, and later heard that Baron Sidney had died on the battlefield of Warsaw......

In fact, the nobles are still very concerned about this matter, many people believe in the wheel of fortune, some people are born lucky stars, and some people are born with a silver star, apparently Miss Hathaway is not so lucky...... There are always people who bring up the fact that Hathaway's fiancé died on the front line.

Now, seeing Hathaway and Surdak coming together, I am slightly unwilling in my heart, and I always have to say something like this: Look! The green grapes on that vine were sour.