Chapter 213: Project Rose
Today is the first day of the new year, countless torches are lit on the streets of the imperial capital, circuses, song and dance troupes, and jugglers from various places are working hard to perform in every exchange in the city, and the citizens of the imperial capital are also enjoying the pleasant time in front of them with a relaxed mood.
The Imperial Palace's Imperial Palace is probably the busiest place tonight, and there will be no grand celebration tonight, Queen Catherine will also present the prize to the winner of the Royal Athletic Tournament herself, and it is said that there will be a lot of talk about the wedding of the champion and the archon. Although the people of the imperial capital were concerned that their roses were about to be picked by a certain lord from distant Cassano, no one dared to say anything against that lord's performance on the royal viewing platform today.
Ryan stood alone in a corner of the dinner hall, he put on a brand new robe today, this mage robe was covered with a variety of bright silver silks, it looked like a sky full of stars, it was designed and made by Ryan himself, his own mage robe, Ryan gave him a simple name, called "Star Robe".
The bright silver silk threads on the robe seem to be inlaid with Mithril filament, but in fact it is not like that, but Ryan asked the magic tailors to mix the spider silk of the Spider Queen with the human face of the Spider Queen mixed with Mithril filament, in other words, the entire robe is a magic carrier.
Since the entire robe was designed and made by Ryan himself from head to toe, no one except Ryan himself knew what magic arrays were arranged on this robe, and after the costume symbolizing Ryan's identity was made, the president of the Imperial Capital Magic Guild had also personally inspected the dress, but because the whole dress was made of very pro-demon materials, in other words, the whole dress itself was an extremely complex large magic array composed of countless magic arrays, and Hamfest was already dazzled by just looking at one sleeve, so he gave up this ideaγ
Ryan, who has a cold and arrogant appearance, looks even more outstanding after putting on this "Star Robe", and all the guests present are ashamed of themselves, plus the prestige of Cassano's overlord Fabia is far and wide, so no one dares to approach Ryan who is standing on the edge of the windowsill, and they all avoid him as much as possible, and even if they speak, they try their best to keep their voices low, so as not to affect Ryan's mood.
The only one standing by Ryan's side is Vivian, this outside world rumors are that Ryan's private favorite beautiful woman fetches all kinds of food for Ryan, and personally feeds Ryan to taste, those lustful men who see it have dry mouths, but they are more likely to immediately lower their heads, and then quickly walk away, lest Ryan see their ugliness and kill them here on the spot.
Ryan made this appearance of being unapproachable, mainly to suppress the ecstasy in his heart, because in a few minutes, Catherine would present him with the championship emblem, and he Ryan would justifiably propose to Faras, and the two lovers would finally come together after all the hardships.
If there was one person at the dinner party who understood Ryan's mood at this time, it could only be Vivian, she knew that the man she loved was about to throw himself into the arms of another woman, but she was still happy for Ryan in her heart, because she knew that Ryan had been waiting for this moment for 3 years. As for Vivien's own future, she didn't really care, anyway, as long as she stayed by Ryan's side every day, Vivien was already satisfied.
Ryan chatted softly with Vivien while tasting the food that Vivien had brought over, Cassano was only eligible to attend today's dinner party, Ryan didn't want Barbara to get involved in these messy things too early, and Adams was going to stay at the Lion King's Pride Hotel, so it was only the two of them who were actually there.
"Her Majesty the Queen has arrived!" A loud voice from the retinue came from the gate, and the beautiful melody immediately played, the beautiful Queen Catherine was the first to enter the party hall, and about 10 meters behind her was the other protagonist of the night, Faraz, and Farrath's teacher Victor, and at the end, it turned out to be Orlando, the head of the Royal Knights.
Queen Catherine is the most eye-catching focus wherever she goes, not only because of her beauty, but also because of her ability to communicate, often just a few words, Catherine will speak to the other party's heart, and occasionally a casual word will make the person who talks to Catherine grateful to the ground, eager to dedicate her life to Her Majesty Catherine.
Catherine knew that the highlight of the night was Ryan, so she only said a few words along the way, and it only took a few minutes to get to Ryan. Looking at the arrogant, cold, and handsome Cassano overlord in front of her, Catherine had a strange feeling in her heart, as if she was standing in front of a long-lost friend.
"Strange, how could I have such an idea?" Catherine's face did not show any expression that had nothing to do with relief or happiness, and she said to Ryan in warm words: "Mr. Fabia, I feel very much your support for the Imperial Capital, and I would like to express my gratitude to you and your Cassano people on behalf of the tens of millions of people in the Imperial Capital. β
Ryan wanted to put the delicate baby in front of him to death immediately, because she was actually a lich on the surface, but unfortunately everyone was deceived by Catherine's appearance except for a very few people. With the same smile on his face, and even a hint of peeking at Catherine's beauty in his eyes, Ryan replied loudly as Fabia, who played it: "Everyone says that Her Majesty is the most beautiful woman in our empire, and she really deserves her reputation when I see it today." It's a pity, it's a pity......"
"I don't know what it's a pity?" asked an unknown nobleman next to him, playfully.
"If I had seen you a few years earlier, there would have been no such thing as a Queen Majesty on this continent. Ryan almost showed the desire in his heart naked, which was completely consistent with his lustful Fabia image.
"Ah!" The guests present who heard Ryan's words were all surprised, they didn't know how to deal with this embarrassing scene, it stands to reason that someone should immediately stand up and accuse this Fabia of being bold and daring to blaspheme Her Majesty, but everyone has long been shocked by Ryan's performance today, and Ryan has been covered with human lives after coming to the imperial capital, so everyone obediently closes their mouths, and no one will think that their lives are long.
Catherine was teased by Ryan in front of her, her face changed slightly, but this was just her subconscious reaction as a queen for her own dignity, and Catherine herself did not have any disgusted thoughts in her heart, at this moment of fire, Faras's voice sounded behind Catherine: "I think, Mr. Fabia probably can't do 'going back in time', right?"
"Hahahaha, just kidding!" Ryan said with a laugh.
Seeing that the embarrassing situation in front of them was resolved with a single sentence, everyone couldn't help laughing, and the whole dinner soon entered a happy and peaceful atmosphere. Faras still greets Ryan as much as she can in courtesy, but her words still show that she still regards Ryan as her ally, not as her so-called husband.
These details of Faras were seen by Catherine, and she decided to immediately highlight the matter of Faras's marriage, which embarrassed Faras on the spot. If Faras refuses immediately, then the lustful Fabia may also turn his face immediately, and if Faras agrees, it means that Faras betrayed Ryan for a strong ally, and then Catherine will add fuel to the fire and use other means to undermine Faras's prestige in the imperial capital.
At this time, the Fabia Magister from Cassano was constantly pestering Faraz, making Faraz tired, Catherine rarely saw Faraz's expression, and she was not busy announcing for a while, she had gently put down the crystal cup in her hand, but after seeing Faraz's embarrassment, Catherine was in a happy mood, and picked up a new crystal cup again, slowly tasting the delicious Bordeaux.
Unexpectedly, a man dressed as a servant walked quickly to Faraz's side, he whispered a few words in Faraz's ear, Faraz immediately dropped the crystal cup in his hand to the ground, the sound of the crystal cup breaking immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the hall, and even the royal band that was playing quietly stopped.
"Ah, I...... I'm a little uncomfortable. After Fabia, who had a very strange face, said this, she immediately turned around and left in a hurry, and the Fabia who was very attentive next to her followed closely behind and seemed to be ready to send Faraz to rest, but Faraz's speed was quite fast, she almost ran away from the hall, and the Victor ** master walked up to Fabia very skillfully.
Because of Victor's identity as a ** teacher, Fabia can't be lazy no matter how lustful he is, so that Fabia can only regretfully watch Fabia's back disappear from his field of vision, and he chatted with Victor listlessly.
Catherine saw all this in her eyes, she felt very sorry that she was withdrawn by Faras, in such an environment, if Catherine announced Faras's marriage again, the effect would be quite poor, and Catherine also saw some clues from Faras's face just now, Faras was definitely not uncomfortable, but an unexpected surprise, that was a kind of ecstasy that was forcibly suppressed, as if she ......
"Not good!" Catherine suddenly remembered a possibility, the more she thought about it, the more likely it became, if it wasn't for the return of Ryan, who had been missing for three years, how could Epharas's concentration be out of shape in public, and if Faras was pretending to be sick and running away, the expression on her face would definitely not be that kind of surprise, it should be a relieved expression.
"It must be Ryan! There are only two things that Farah can be so happy about now, and Luke's soul has long been imprisoned by me, and he can't wake up. Catherine said to herself, "No, I can't let her see Ryan, or my identity will be revealed, what should I do?"
Catherine still had a smile on her face, but her eyes had already scanned the hall several times, and when her eyes once again fell on Victor, the ** master who was entangled in Fabia, a risky plan was born.