Chapter 9: The Dinner
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Therefore, this matter is still a joke in the communication between nobles, and it cannot be true.
When Chris figured it out, he laughed it off.
The next day, Chris, who was meditating, received an invitation to a dinner hosted by Viscount Clive.
Looking at the invitation's "... Lord Chriss, and Miss Erin, must appreciate the light...", Chriss raised his eyebrows in astonishment—
Oh no, what Erin said has come true!
The mood in Kib had changed slightly with the upcoming dinner at the Viscount's Palace, and there had been a noticeable increase in carriages of all kinds, and the nobles living in various parts of Kib had begun to arrive en masse from their estates outside the city or from nearby cities.
This banquet invited all the nobles with a little strength in Kibu Town, and because it was a formal banquet, the nobles would also bring their wives and children to attend, so the number of participants exceeded more than two hundred, and this was only the number of nobles and their families, if you count the private soldiers, butlers and servants they carried with them, the number would have already exceeded two thousand.
It was a "dinner party", and in fact everything had been prepared since a few days earlier, and in the early morning of the twelfth day, nobles and knights began to participate.
During this period, "banquets" were actually common among the "noble" class, and although "gluttony" was listed as one of the seven deadly sins by the Temple of Light, the nobles still generally liked to show off their strength through hunting before the banquet.
Therefore, before the start of the dinner, a group of nobles had already ridden war horses and took their hounds to the hunting area outside the town of Kibu, and in the afternoon, they returned to the banquet with wild boars, wild deer and rabbits and other food hunted by their subordinates, and were the first to receive the first cheers and applause.
Dozens of open tents have been erected in the quiet back garden, tables are neatly arranged according to status, and the "dance floor" in the middle of the banquet hall is customary, and the musicians of the band have begun to adjust the instruments in their hands.
As the sun sets, the aristocrats begin to walk into the venue dressed in gorgeous costumes.
It was at this time that Chrisse and Erin entered after their father, Earl Darnell, and, as usual, Chris's mother did not attend the dinner.
Viscount Clive and his wife personally greeted the supreme ruler of the territory at the door, and the family was full of enthusiasm.
It wasn't until the Chrissian family was welcomed into the main arena that they continued to greet the guests at the door.
As soon as he walked into the venue, the waiter at the door announced loudly: "Count Darnell is here with his son and young lady." ”
Everyone in the room turned around.
Several nobles greeted him and began to greet him politely and respectfully.
At Darnell's motion, Chris and Erin simply bowed away and walked to the circle next to them.
Banquets among nobles are almost always social gatherings without much meaning. The role of those "baronesses" or "viscountesses" is more to do their own "vase" role, with well-cut long dresses and delicate and gorgeous jewelry in a silent competition, in the slightly hot weather, those white flowers under the low-cut collar have become a scenery that the men present are willing to enjoy.
In contrast, the children of the young nobles seem much simpler: they do not participate in the conversation between the adults, most of them form a circle, because the nobles live in their own territory all the year round, so most of the lord's children come here is also a "blind date", when the nobles are intrigued, the heirs who have just reached adulthood or underage have begun to contact and test each other, laying the groundwork for more marriages and cooperation in the future.
After all the invited nobles had arrived, Darnell, as the lord of Kib, did not speak any nonsense impassionedly, but simply gave a speech and announced the opening of the feast.
The servants began to bring the same freshly cooked meat and fruit to the table, and were not required to sit at the table all the time, so most of the nobles began to talk quietly with their glasses after a few bites.
The feast proceeded slowly to the accompaniment of the band, and Chris was dragged by Irene into a circle of young people.
The young heirs left their parents in full costume and formed circles of their own, arguing and playing, and many of the young aristocratic girls pretended to be mature and quietly watched the Chriss siblings with their glasses in their hands.
Before she could get to the front, Erin greeted the ladies on the other side in a loud voice: "Katyusha!"
A girl slightly older than Erin replied, "Erin, come!" and her eyes swept over Chris's face.
Chriss, with an indifferent smile, walked slowly up to them, all the girls were a little shorter, and saluted in unison with their skirts in one hand: "Hello Lord Chris!"
Lord is a general term for nobility, theoretically, in all formal occasions, all male nobles can be called lords, especially the children of nobles like Chris, who do not currently have a title, but are a future quasi-viscount, and some people who do not have a title in the Empire or the Temple of Light but are in important positions can also be called lords.
In the aristocratic circles that advertised "ladies first", the process that should have been given by Chris was preempted by these ladies, and if it weren't for Darnell, Chris knew that all this was just delusional.
The Count was not large, but he was the lord of the territory beneath his feet, and as his son, Chriss would be on the same level as the nobles who were courting the lord at this time.
Most girls are precocious, and Chris, who is not currently engaged, is like the most dazzling "golden beetle son-in-law" in his previous life, in fact, even if Kris is engaged, I am afraid that before Kris gets married, he will be coveted by all unmarried girls in this territory.
The girl at the head should be a year or two older than Chriss, blonde hair and blue eyes, in a white evening dress, in the white gauze gloves that match the dress, slender fingers are reserved and elegantly pinching a glass of wine, the lips are plump, the corners of the mouth are smiling, and the eyes are staring at Chris's eyes affectionately.
But Chris's eyes couldn't help but be fixed on her chest.
How could there be such a low-cut dress!
Chris secretly exclaimed.