Chapter 868: Ritual
The two banquet halls are staggered between cups, and the atmosphere is slightly different. Where men gather, it is clear that there are two kinds of minds. There are those who want to befriend Grand Duke Kavey, and of course there are political opponents with different positions.
You can't blatantly smash the field, and you have to drag it back. Who is it rumored that in the past year or so, Grand Duke Kaveh has cooperated with that magician to the point where he has to build a second warehouse to put money.
Although it is not known what the actual situation is, and it is not clear what kind of business they are working together - the purchase and sale of cars, local sales are not yet fully supplied, and it is certainly impossible to sell them for export, but the fact that half of the Duke's Guard is placed in the holy city of Estali cannot be faked.
As the strongest force on the table of the Grand Duke, it will not be an inconsequential little thing that is sent to take care of half of it. Therefore, the people who gathered, regardless of their position, wanted to hear the details from the nobles close to the Grand Duke.
In the women's banquet hall, all the attendees peeked around, trying to find the two protagonists of the banquet. Some people want to get close to talk and win some friendships; Of course, there are also people who want to step on the field. I want to teach a yellow-haired girl a lesson, and a magician who doesn't know what to call it. In their eyes, except for the nobles who are higher than their own status, the rest of them are not in their eyes.
It's just that the two protagonists, the younger one, made an appearance at the opening and hid back in his room.
In preparation for today's ceremony, the Marquis of Baran returned to the Duke's castle a few days early. Although everything around her seemed familiar, she couldn't be reassured at all. So on weekdays, I hide in my room again as before.
The difference is that she still steps out of the room when necessary. Compared with the situation in the past, when she was unwilling to leave, the Marquis has improved a lot in the eyes of the Grand Duke.
As for the other older protagonist, she is not in the castle at all. As a magician with flashing magic, it is of course necessary for this irritating ritual to appear when it appears. Her time is precious, and she has a lot to do, so she doesn't need to waste too much here.
Although, in someone's eyes, Fen spends as much time in a daze as she sleeps. The rest is allocated to the trivial things of life, as well as her so-called business. But even so, her efficiency is quite impressive. Touching things all at once, it is worth a few days of busy work for others.
So all of you in the women's banquet hall can only be disappointed after all. Who called the two protagonists of this banquet is not the same as the habits of ordinary nobles.
When everyone had almost finished their meal, it was time for the ceremony to begin. Musicians, both men and women, reconvened in the men's grand ballroom. And the female aristocrats are also dressing up, ready to join the ceremony on this side.
The waiters moved quickly and methodically evacuated the self-service bar. At the same time, the bowls and plates containing the bones and bones were quickly collected and the venue for the next ceremony was arranged.
In fact, most of them are related to magicians, and the ceremonies that decide to pass on their apprenticeship are usually carried out in secret. After all, when it comes to magic, there are some secrets that shouldn't be known to outsiders, or that shouldn't be interfered with.
Public occasions attended by nobles were more like notices and announcements than actual ceremonies. In other words, the main family, that is, Kawei Gong, came forward to announce that his granddaughter would follow the great magician Fen and learn magic, and it would be settled. So when the old people said that there was a ceremony to hold together, it was not really any ceremony arrangement, but just an excuse for the nobles to get together to eat and drink.
However, when the long table that was originally used for eating and drinking was cleaned aside. On the left side of the throne belonging to the Grand Duke, a long-backed chair with no inferior specifications was placed, and everyone felt that this time the matter was not so simple.
Trumpeters from the army sounded an impassioned piece of music in unison. For the non-stop stimulation of new things, the nobles present are no longer surprised. Everyone calmed down and quietly watched what new tricks the Grand Duke had come up with.
Stepping in unison, the momentum of the iron boots landing on the ground was very amazing, and the heavily armed duke's guard entered the banquet hall in two columns. This, of course, caused a commotion, and even the nobles who were opposed to the Grand Duke had a conspiracy theory in their minds about whether the Grand Duke was using his granddaughter as an excuse to clean them up in one go.
The Duke's Guard, of course, did not make any drastic moves, splitting the crowd from the middle and expanding to the left and right, opening a path. Of course, his actions were cautious, for fear of damaging any nobleman here. And the nobles were quite cooperative, giving up the position where the Duke's guard was to stand. It means that as long as you have a normal brain, you should not have a hard time with a warrior wearing plate armor and a sword at your waist.
At the same time, led by the sound of Harumi's piano, the improvised orchestra played a majestic march. Although in someone's ear, there are still some fragments. But in the midst of music never before seen in this enchanted place, the Grand Duke of Carvey appeared from the entrance of the banquet hall with one of the protagonists of the day, the Marquis of Baran, in his arms.
However, before everyone noticed, Fen quietly appeared on the bench to the left of the main seat. The sitting posture is relaxed, the demeanor is natural, and a red four-spirit suit sets off her already very gorgeous, even more dusty. But as long as you notice her, you will feel that under her unearthly temperament, there is a momentum that looks down on the common people.
The Grand Duke of Kaveh did not take his granddaughter forward, but let go when he reached the end of the road opened by the Duke's guard. And this group of elite knights drew their swords and put them on the shelf, building a road with a sword arch.
As the Marquis walked forward, the knights lowered their swords and stood in front of them, turning their backs to the Marquis of Balan. Originally, someone wanted to use this action to express the girl's intention to move from nobility to another status. But how others interpret such actions, it is not something he can control.
When the marquis finished walking through the sword arch, a deacon dressed in black squire clothes walked out from the left and right. One of them holds a plate with a beautifully crafted mage's shawl on it. Naturally, the marquis was draped by a maid to symbolize her entry into the world of magic.
In the hand of another deacon was a large tray with a small tray and a bowl of tea on it. The Marquis picked up the tray, walked cautiously to the lich, and bowed down to offer tea.
Because there is no habit of kneeling in the Lost Land, someone will not force a girl who wants to learn magic to do this kind of humiliating action for the natives of the Lost Land. Asking a nobleman to bend down a little is already quite a concession.
"Teacher, please have tea." The Marquis of Baraam spoke for the first time in front of everyone, dispelling the rumor that she was a mute.
It's just that for the tea in front of him, Fen didn't take it for the first time, but hesitated for a moment. Just when everyone thought that things had changed, she finally rolled up her sleeves, stretched out her green jade hand, and took the bowl of tea.
In fact, the reason why the lich is half a beat slower is because she is thinking about a question: why do you need to use tea to learn the arts? Is it bad to use coffee, or soda. That man will always hold on somewhere inexplicably.