Chapter 216: Rite of Passage
"Ladies and gentlemen, you must know the purpose of my invitation to this ball today, yes, today is the coming-of-age ceremony of my daughter Dinah, I sincerely hope that she can find her favorite partner today, please show more, our Brown family is looking forward to a good son-in-law. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
After the singer on the stage finished singing, the lights in the entire hall were all extinguished in an instant, leaving only the headlights shining on the stage, Alder walked from the stairs next to the stage to the center of the stage, took the microphone handed by the butler next to him, smiled and looked around the people in the hall, especially after staying on Watson's body behind the crowd for a while.
After he finished speaking, there was a lot of cheers under the stage, and I don't know if it was because he was about to see the pearl of the Brown family or because of the benefits that he could get after becoming the Brown family, but the scene was still very enthusiastic.
Standing by the window, Watson leaned against the edge of the window, holding a chocolate cake that he had just taken from a passing waiter's tray, and his eyes were also looking at the staircase on the second floor, where the light was concentrated, and a looming figure was standing on the edge of the aperture reflected on the floor.
The slender white calves first appeared in front of the eyes of the people in the hall, and then even Watson felt a little amazing Dinah stood in the middle of the halo, plump but not broad, delicate and fair face, so that the nobles present gasped involuntarily, and Watson could see a few young people in tight pants pouting their buttocks directly, I don't know if they wanted to hide something.
Bowing to the people in the hall, Dinah enjoyed the feeling of being in the limelight, but the smile on her face inevitably stiffened as her father's advice swirled in her mind, but it didn't matter, as the daughter of the Brown family, she had to take responsibility for the future of the family.
Casting her eyes on a few predetermined targets, their flushed faces and eyes full of love and desire, Dinah knew that she was halfway through her mission, and the other half...... Although the young president standing by the window was also looking at him, he was not surprised to say that through the layers of lights, Dinah seemed to be able to see some unhappy expressions on his face.
"Viola, let go of your hand! I wonder if it hurts to pinch like this? Please, I just looked at it twice, and I didn't do anything. ”
Slapping off the hand on his waist, Watson looked helplessly at Viola who was standing behind him with an unhappy face, it was obvious that he had knocked over someone's vinegar jar by looking at Dinah just now, and now he was wrinkling his nose and trying to put his hand on the soft flesh of Watson's waist again.
"Hmph, who made you keep staring at that Dinah, if I look better than her in that dress!"
"I know, it's not that I haven't seen it, this Alder has also seen it, I'll see what the other noble forces on the Kandas's side are like later, pay attention to the conversations between those older people, and you should be able to get a lot of gossip from it...... These messages are much more credible than those on the radio. ”
This kind of banquet, in addition to the young people playing with each other, there is also the exchange of information between the elites of the older generation of Candas from all walks of life, it can be said that the people gathered in Brown Manor today are almost half of the upper class of Candas, and some of the information in their heads is quite useful.
This kind of banquet is naturally indispensable for dancing, and the second floor of the castle is the place where the ball is prepared, after Dinah showed her face, everyone began to go upstairs, Watson and Viola followed the last step of the crowd upstairs, trying to avoid the attention of others, but the clothes on their bodies were really conspicuous, and the people walking in front of them had to turn their heads to look at them from time to time, and their faces were all looking like they wanted to lean over but didn't dare to do so.
At this time, on the periphery of the castle, more than a dozen heavily armed figures were standing under the fence outside the manor, and beside them were several patrol guards who had fallen to the ground.
"Potter, what are we going to do later? I paid a squire from Brown Manor to ask about it, today is the coming-of-age ceremony of Alder's daughter, most of the nobles of Candas have arrived, and there are quite a lot of guards here, so let's come in at this time...... There won't be any problems. ”
A strong man with a scar on his face, holding a long-handled giant axe against the wall, looked at the brightly lit castle through the iron railing.
"Hmph, it's just this time to come here to show the strength of our alien blood organization, isn't it? And even a fool like you thinks that it will be difficult for the guards to get in tonight, won't those guards have the same idea? Don't worry, we are here to wreak havoc today, to buy time for our other brothers to go to the garrison prison to save people, the bigger the trouble, the better, there are so many nobles and big businessmen here, I don't believe that those policemen don't come out to help. ”
Wearing a pair of special eyes, two narrow pistols hanging from his waist, and a large-caliber firearm on his back, Potter held a telescope while observing the arming situation in the castle while answering questions from the men next to him, and his upper body leather armor also seemed to be specially made, with large gaps on both sides of the shoulder blades behind his back.
"Captain, when we go in...... Kill or destroy, or steal something?"
"Hmm...... Anyway, you can do whatever the momentum is, by the way, don't you wait a while, according to the information collected in the organization, there is a strong man at the rank of a soldier behind Alder, although the strong man is not young, but his strength is not something that one or two people on our side can resist.
When the fight starts, you must make sure that you don't get left alone, if anyone finds that non-commissioned officer, report it immediately, don't think about killing him, don't forget that this is in Brown Manor, if you meet him outside, with our three divisions, eight apprentices and senior can still try, in this kind of place we must always ensure that we are not surrounded by those guards. ”
After saying that, Potter glanced around the people around him, and after making sure that everyone was listening, he gave a look to the little man next to him.
He nodded, and immediately reached out and touched the masonry of the fence, these hard masonry automatically began to loosen and collapse from the iron rod under his touch, and it only took two or three minutes for the wall under the iron railing on this side to be about half a meter high and shattered into a ground of sand and gravel.
"Your ability is really useful, you just need to touch any wall. ”
The man with the axe in his hand stretched out his strong arm to push all the sand and gravel into the wall, clearing a gap for creeping into Brown Manor, patted the little man next to him and said.
The group crept into Brown Manor from under the iron railings that still attached to the walls, and took advantage of the darkness to get closer to the castle.
It's just that they don't know that from the moment they entered Brown Manor, two pairs of eyes have already looked at their place, needless to say, naturally Watson and Viola who are standing at the window because they don't want to be invited to dance inside.
Watson didn't go back to tell Alder what he meant, on the one hand, because Alder kept glancing at him with his eyes just now, which always gave him an uncomfortable feeling, making Watson feel as if he wanted to do something to himself, so he was very defensive of him.
On the other hand, Watson wanted to see the guardian of the Brown family, that is, the non-commissioned professional who helped Alder win the position of head of the family, as well as the several non-commissioned professionals later recruited by the Brown family mentioned in the information of the Demon Hunting Guild.
Yes, as the biggest force in Kandas, of course, the Brown family can't have only one old scholar-level powerhouse in charge, although they cover it up well, but the Demon Hunting Guild has already infiltrated the entire Candas's intelligence network and still captured that in the past two years, there are two more professionals at the level of the scholar who have taken refuge in Brown Manor.
But from the beginning of the banquet to the present, Watson has used his own perception to perceive all the people in the castle, and has not found any other scholar-level powerhouses.
It stands to reason that these guardians of the Brown family would be present for such a big scene, but their presence was delayed, which made Watson wonder if Alder was planning something.
Combined with the unknown people he saw crawling in through the wall, Watson was even more sure of his suspicions, and he was determined not to tell Alder about his discovery, and the idea of leaving as soon as possible turned into staying to see what he was planning.
"Hello, you're Lord Watson, aren't you? Why don't you go in and dance?"
A crisp voice came from behind him, looking away from the group, and Watson turned to find that behind him was Alder's daughter, Dinah.
"Uh...... Some people are not used to the noisy environment inside, hehe, I can't dance, if someone invites me, it will be a bit embarrassing, Miss Dinah, why don't you stay inside, today you are the heart of the audience. ”
Watson looked at Dinah, who was feeling a little shy inexplicably, and reached out to pinch Viola's hand, which was groping around his waist, and said.
"Who is this?"
Dinah was about to look up to reply, just in time to see Watson and Viola fighting, swallowing the words back and asking instead.
"I'm Watson's wife, is there anything wrong with Miss Dinah?"
Watson, who was about to speak, was pulled by Viola's hand at the corner of his clothes, and when he turned his head to look at her, he felt Viola's hand had taken his arm again, and leaned on his shoulder with a happy face and said to Dinah.
What could Watson say about this? Can he still tell Dinah that Viola lied to her? If he really said that, Viola would probably have to make a fuss when he went back today, so he could only pinch Viola's suddenly red face and nodded to Dinah.
The flush on Dinah's face immediately faded, she wanted to rely on her beauty to conquer this young demon hunter, the strong man is always attractive and this young and handsome strong man, to be honest, Dinah, who knows her future fate, thinks that if she marries this kind of person, it will definitely be a very good result, but unfortunately she hasn't opened her mouth yet, and even his wife has popped up...... (To be continued.) )