Demacia Xiongdu, Royal Palace.

The court dinner hosted by King Jarvin III was held as scheduled, and the guests who came to the banquet were either rich or noble, especially the extremely beautiful ladies who carried their very beautiful ladies and relatives, which made the banquet hall like a garden full of flowers.

This level of banquet is extremely rare even in Demacia, and now it is the first time, not for anything else, just to climb the branches and be a phoenix.

The golden candlesticks on the banquet table were lit brightly, and the rare delicacies were neatly arranged on white tablecloths by the court maids, and neat plates, knives and forks were placed next to them for people to take advantage of.

It's just that the king and the main guests of the banquet have not yet appeared, so naturally there will be no unsightly guests to dine at will.

In the quiet waiting, the door of the corridor leading to the palace was slowly pushed open by the guards, and Gavin III, wearing a jeweled gold silk cloak and a luxurious jade crown on his head, walked side by side with Lester in a black and red imperial marshal's dress, followed by their respective ladies and families, and it is worth mentioning that Tiana, who was wearing a ceremonial dress, was also in the ranks of the [Emperor's] ladies and daughters, with the three daughters of Sindra.

A small number of men are focused on the emperor's daughters, and most men and all women are focused on the faces of the gods of the young men around Gawain III.

The princess and son of Gawain III and the three of them stopped on the high platform, while Jarvin III and the much-anticipated Lester came to the throne and each picked up the wine glass on the silver plate of the maid.

"Thank you Aiqing for coming to the banquet, when the guests gather, please allow me, an old man, to say a few more words,

At a time when the kingdom is developing peacefully, there are signs of war on the mainland.

For the sake of peace between the two countries, His Majesty the Emperor Leicester personally sent an envoy to the kingdom regardless of the danger, and the King sighed for such a monstrous courage, so he signed a peace treaty with His Majesty Leicester, and this dinner was for nothing else, it was to wash the dust for His Majesty the Holy Emperor Leicester,

For the fearless courage of the emperor, this first cup! I salute His Majesty Leicester! ”

"To Your Majesty Leicester!"

The guests in the audience raised their glasses one after another, and Lester also took a sip of his wine glass, nodded and signaled to everyone, so that many of them had poor concentration.

When Gavin III drank all the red wine in one gulp, the king's maid unhurriedly filled it again and silently retreated.

"Now that the whole situation has been decided, peace has come to the beautiful and sacred land of Demacia, and from now on the two countries will be like brothers, not only in trade, but also in the close military alliance between Germany and Nuo,

The world is so big, no matter which country or state dares to invade Noxus or Demacia, it will inevitably provoke a joint counterattack from the two countries!

The second cup, toast the friendship between the two countries! The friendship between Germany and Norway will last forever! ”

"The friendship between Germany and Nuo will last forever!"

After drinking the second glass of wine, Jiawen III was already three points drunk, and when the maid added the wine again, Jiawen III laughed self-deprecatingly.

"This third cup, I should pay tribute to all Aiqing!

Presumably you have also heard that in order to strengthen the friendship between the two countries, Demacia and Noxus are about to marry.

It's a pity that this king failed to give birth to a beautiful princess to marry His Majesty Leicester as a concubine, otherwise how could there be this banquet? From this point of view, you should thank this king! ”

The crowd laughed and cheered on Gallvin III, but Lester laughed and said nothing.

"Marriage candidates can only be selected from among the nobles of the kingdom, and this banquet is also a meeting, any young lady who has not come out of the cabinet can come forward to show her style, if she can win the favor of His Majesty Leicester, she may become the wife and concubine of His Majesty Leicester as a princess of the kingdom,

Ladies and gentlemen, you should seize this rare opportunity, and now I announce that the banquet has begun! ”

The court musicians began to pluck the strings, but the melodious and relaxed Demacian minor did not allow the staggered banquet to maintain some peace, but rather made each other hostile to each other like a fuse.

Now that the shield royal family has expressed its submission, between the upward and downward effects, the Demacian nobles do not have much hostility towards Noxus, and the doves have the absolute upper hand.

Because of this, bringing his daughter to the nobles of Demacia is naturally not to eat this royal dinner, marrying his daughter to become a genius with his back to the empire is the fundamental purpose.

It's just that how to show her daughter's excellence and make her stand out from a dozen equally excellent aristocratic ladies has become the most critical issue.

At this moment, the banquet has begun, but there is no way out, and most people are waiting to see what others will do.

However, this is not difficult for Fiona, the unicorn daughter of the Laurent family, who has always known how to seize the opportunity.

The heroic girl wore her long, burgundy hair into a high ponytail, and unlike other competitors who came in court dresses, Fiona wore a sky-blue battle skirt transformed from a women's swordfighting satin skirt.

The battle skirt perfectly shows off a pair of tight and slender legs and lotus root-like jade arms, coupled with sky blue crystal high heels, which makes Fiona, who is already tall, stand out from the crowd.

At this moment, compared to her appearance, Fiona's tall figure and warrior temperament are more eye-catching.

Fiona saluted Lester with impeccable swordsman's manners and drew Demacia's sword cleanly.

"Your Majesty Lester, the youngest girl's name is Fiona Laurent, I have heard that the Empire is martial arts, and I would like to show you my admiration for you by performing a Demacian sword dance."

Without speaking, Lester just smiled and nodded, Fiona felt a little disappointed, but it didn't show it on her face.

The musician's movements paused for a moment, and then the strings of the lute were slightly impassioned.

Fiona wielded her silver sword in the open space of the banquet center, her steps were light and sharp, like a proud swan dancing on a frozen lake, especially the girl's feet were still a pair of high heels, which showed the subtlety and beauty of the sword dance.

After the dance, Fiona stood with her sword in her hand, looking up expectantly at the man on the high platform to make an evaluation.

Lester clapped three times and commented Yoyo.

"The sword moves are gorgeous, but the sword momentum is a little immature and weak, lacking the meaning of a swordsman, but on the whole, the flaws are not concealed, although there is no intention of a fighter, but there is a dancer's heart, Miss Fiona, your sword fighting dance is very beautiful, I like it very much."

"Thank you!"

Fiona smiled and walked over to her father, looking up proudly.

"Well done! Give your dad a long face."

Sebastian lowered her voice and gave her little girl a thumbs up, and Fiona giggled, picked up a piece of steak and took small bites.

After Fiona left, the banquet was a little cold for a while, and most of the aristocratic ladies asked themselves if they couldn't be as pleasing to the eyes as Fiona's concubine ingenuity, especially Fiona had just left on the front foot, and the gap between the two sides was even more obvious when she came on stage at this moment.

Noticing that Gavin III's face was not very good-looking, staring at the Mediterranean nobles who were supporting the center somewhere, Lester secretly felt amused.

Sure enough, the next moment, the daughter of the Mediterranean nobleman stepped forward with a smile on her face.

"Rai, Your Majesty Lester, my name is Sabrina Murray, and I am here to present you with a dance."

Before the performance began, everyone in the audience noticed the gap between Sabrina and Fiona, which is not only the difference in figure, appearance and temperament, but also an absolute confidence in controlling themselves.

Fiona drew her sword and looked extremely harmonious, but Sabrina's costume and temperament gave people a sense of disobedience, probably like an ugly duckling dancing in a swan's skin.

Lester still didn't speak, just smiled and nodded.

The music played, and Sabrina began to dance, judging from the dancing posture, there were still some basic skills, but unfortunately when you looked closely, there was nothing outstanding.

"I, I'm done, thank you, Your Majesty Lester."

In Sabrina's expectant eyes, Lester nodded faintly, and Sabrina smiled hard and faded away.

Sabrina's [cold reception] made the other noble ladies even more uneasy, and at this moment they couldn't help but regret that they couldn't go up to perform earlier.

The banquet hall continued to be cold, and Jiawen III's eyelids jumped, and he had even seen some aristocratic girls who had given up on themselves and began to feast and drink.

What's the matter? When did the Laurent family produce such a good girl?

Just as she was hesitating whether to force the roll call with her eyes again, a little girl wearing an ordinary aristocratic dress and long hair with a sky blue shawl came forward with a stringed instrument that she had never seen before, the stringed instrument was taller than the girl herself, and it was hard to believe that the girl could control such a large guqin.

When she came to the empty space in the center, the little girl with extremely gentle eyebrows and eyes pursed her lips and stood in place without saying a word, looking up at Leicester, who was high above, as if she was a little overwhelmed.

"Give her a stool to put on her side."

Lester squinted his eyes and whispered, and the banquet maid moved a wooden stool and placed it in front of the surprised little girl.

Glancing at Leicester in a daze, the little girl bowed to Lester with the piano in her arms, put the piano on the stool, and was about to pluck the strings with her little hands, but the evil words came all over the world.

"Whose family released an uneducated child? She didn't even introduce herself, so disrespectful to His Majesty the Holy Emperor, was she dumb? ”

"It seems to be a wild child adopted from Ionia by the newly promoted noble Bouville family."

"The Bouvier family? What kind of bullshit aristocracy is this? I've never heard of it. ”

"Your Majesty seems to have invited only the big nobles, how did a minor nobleman like the Bouvier family sneak in? And brought a rude little mute? Was he trying to humiliate His Majesty Garvin and His Majesty Leicester? ”

As if this could suppress Fiona's sword fight, the discussion grew louder and louder, and the little girl lowered her head and shrank her head like an angry bag, which was really pitiful to me.

Seeing that there was a lot of discussion in the banquet hall, Jiawen III could only stand up with a calm face and show that he was the culprit who let the little nobles in.

"Barrett Bouvier, is this what you call a genius adopted daughter? That's how you fool this king with such a little mute? ”

After Gavin III spoke, Barrett Bouvier, who had been silent on the sidelines, stood up and saluted.

"Your Majesty, everything I said is true, Suanna's piano skills are extremely superb, as long as you let Sauna play the piano, you will definitely fall in love with Suanna's piano sound......"

"Enough! No more tricks on your vile lies! Now, get out of here with your dumb adopted daughter! ”

"Your Majesty, I beg you to ......"

"Guards!"

The impatient Gawain III felt embarrassed and began to call for the guards, Barrett Bouvier looked dead, and the little girl named Shana began to sob silently.

"Wait."

At this moment, an abrupt and majestic voice came into everyone's ears, and everyone looked in the direction where the voice came from, but it was the guest of honor in the mouth of His Majesty Jiawen, Lester, the Holy Emperor of the Noxian Empire.

The two guards, who were about to set up Barrett and Sauna, stood still and looked at Gawain III, and after receiving Jarvin III's instructions, they stopped moving.

Leicester slowly stepped down the platform, and the guests along the way got out of the way, staring at the most distinguished man with a puzzled gaze, a little curious about what he was going to do.

Coming to Sauna's side, under Sauna's tearful and pitiful gaze, Lester squatted down and gently soothed the little girl's soft hair with the palm of his right hand, until Sauna's face was red like two delicious apples, and Lester smiled and told the truth that caused an uproar.

"This stringed instrument is called [Sanhua], and it is a magical instrument cast by the gods in ancient times."

"What!? It's actually a magic instrument? So that little mute ...... Is the little girl an evil mage? ”

"Oh my God! The Bouvier family actually adopted a mage as an adopted daughter? Barrett! Have you been in cahoots with the mage for a long time? How many more mages do you have in your family? ”

Even Gavin III cast a cold gaze, and in the face of questioning, Barrett turned pale and clenched his fists at a loss.

"Barrett, did you know that when you adopted Sona, she could do magic?"

There was murderous intent in Gavin III's eyes, he could allow the mages of Noxus to be guests of honor in Demacia, but he would never allow any nobles to violate Demacia's prohibition of demons, for him, this was a betrayal, a punishable act.

The teary-eyed Sona also turned her head to look at her adoptive father,

[Sona, I'm sorry, Saana, I'm sorry for you! 】

In an instant, Barrett was cornered, thinking of his wife Lestara and daughter Kahina, the man's clenched nails cut his fingers, but his face changed to a look of remorse, and he knelt on the ground with a pop.

"Your Majesty! I swear by the glory of the Bouvier family! I swear I didn't know she was a mage when I adopted Sauna, she had always been well hidden, and she had deceived the Bouvier family! ”

Nodding noncommittally, Gavin III looked at Leicester again.

"Your Majesty Lester, what do you think of this little trickster who knows magic?"

At this time, Suanna's eyes were hollow and she had lost her divine light, and she had lost everything after being abandoned by her adoptive father.

"Play the piano, Sana, play a tune for me."

Lester stood up and smiled.

"If you can make me cry, I can make a wish come true for you."

(End of chapter)