128. The Duke's Luncheon
Rand followed the court baron into the side hall, and finally saw the king of the dragon kingdom, Dusen White Owl and Li Qi Red Dragon.
The king's face was full, his light blue eyes were piercing, and the golden crown on his head was decorated with animal shapes, and he was dressed in a large red gown with numerous medals.
His Majesty the Golden Knight is nearly 4 meters tall and looks like a giant to Rand.
In contrast, Prince Li Qi, who is at the level of a great knight, looks very kind, the prince's face is very close to His Majesty, but his eyes are beautiful golden, showing his identity as a dragonborn.
Prince Li Qi was dressed in a crimson gown, with the duke badge that had just been conferred on it, and the star gemstone medallion on a red background of the Dragon Kingdom was very conspicuous on a sapphire ribbon.
Rand was the first nobleman to be canonized for his exploits, and when he walked before the king, he felt the pressure of the Golden Knight.
Rand knelt down on one knee, and Wang Gang tapped Rand's left shoulder with his scepter, and the canonization of Rand was over.
"Well done, it's been a long time since the entire kingdom has won a battle like yours," King Dusen whispered to Rand as Rand got up.
"Thank you, Your Majesty" Rand, who felt the tremendous coercion, was almost speechless.
"Liel told me, you young people communicate more with each other," after Dusen finished saying this unfinished sentence, the king's chamberlain took Rand to Duke Richie's side.
"Viscount Rand, it's a pleasure to meet you, I hope we can talk more about the luncheon." Li Qi's smile was kind and graceful, and at first glance it was the result of good court training.
"As you wish, Your Highness," Rand could only force a smile in comparison.
After receiving the title, Rand was led directly by the court baron to a banquet hall, that is, the place where Duke Li Qi had luncheon, Li Qi and the king still had at least two hours to travel, and before the banquet really began, Rand could only chat with acquaintances in the banquet hall.
The banquet hall is located on the periphery of the palace and is a separate circular building with a dome, and after entering the building, the periphery of the building is a buffet table, with some tables in the middle and a place for performances and dancing in the middle.
In this banquet hall, which was several times larger than the Blue Dragon Family Ballroom, Rand met everyone he knew in the royal capital, including his own knights Dugan, Tierney, Medici, Antrechi, and even Master John, who was in charge of the knightly qualification examination.
With so many acquaintances showing up at the same time, Rand felt like a conspiracy was going on against him.
Master John was holding a new novel to communicate with Rand's boss, Count Corbyn, "Captain, I have recently been reading a new book "The Legend of the Dragon Knight of Surdak", which is the latest work of the author of "The Legend of Master Jiga", which contains elves and succubi. ”
"Look at this illustrated version, how beautiful!" As he spoke, John turned to the illustration of the succubus, and he didn't dare to touch the pages of the book with his hands, for fear of breaking it.
"Old John, your hobbies haven't changed at all." Corbyn said with a smile, his eyes not taking off the illustration for a moment. "You love the illustrated version of the hero's story."
"Hey, Captain, haven't you changed yet?" Not to be outdone, John "likes to see the story of a little knight who marries a noble daughter and becomes a great lord." ”
The two gray-bearded old guys were really dancing and happy when they communicated, making the acquaintances around them want to pretend that they don't know them.
"Dugan, it's not my delusion, are there so many teachers in so many schools here?" Rand specifically approached Dugan to confirm what the teachers of the Blue Dragon School were bringing over.
"You read that right, all the teachers with the surnames of the great nobles received invitations." Dugan also frowned, counting the people present in his heart.
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"Hahaha, Gureya, you're really joking, who could be more suitable than Ling?" "That's right, you and Li Qi also grew up together"
Amid the chatter, a group of women in red dresses walked into the banquet hall, and they were like a burst of flames, igniting the atmosphere in the banquet hall.
There were a total of 16 women in this group, led by a height of 2.6 meters, about the same as Li Qi Lanlong, who had just been promoted to the rank of Grand Knight, she had brown hair, heroic eyebrows, eyes like light blue gems, and as soon as she entered the hall, she scanned the audience and stayed on Rand for a few seconds.
"My lord, that lady is the wife of His Royal Highness Li Qi, the newly canonized Duchess, the Grand Knight Sushi Lanyuan," Dugan whispered to Lante.
"Grand Knight?" Rand was a little surprised, "This king is just different." ”
"Susie Lanyuan is a rare genius knight even in the entire empire, and it is said that her mount is a griffin."
"Rich!" Since Rand came here, he had never seen a flying monster.
The women behind Suhi came in with the taller Guria Blue Dragon, the tall dragon girl blushed and lowered her head, and suddenly heard a girl around her talk about the "Galloping Horse Plain", and when she looked up, she saw Rand Galloping Horse who was looking at her, and her face turned even redder.
"Surrounded by her maids?" For the first time, Rand saw Grua so shy, so he could only continue to ask Dugan.
"Look at what you said, those are the concubines of Duke Li Qi" Dugan's tone was so calm that Rand was a little surprised.
"Are they all his concubines?" Rand thought to himself, he had already known that he had given Li Qi some tonic at that time, and even the great knight would not be able to deal with the 16 female demon supporters coming in turn.
"No wonder" Rand muttered quietly, no wonder the high-ranking nobles must be high-level, otherwise their own harem will not be able to cope with it.
"My lord? The Duchess is coming," Dugan reminded Rand, and then hurriedly saluted Suhey.
Susie Lan's steps are obviously in line with court etiquette, but in Lanter's eyes, she is like a knight eyeing her opponent.
"Viscount Rand?" Before he got to Rand's side, Suxi took the initiative to smile and say hello.
"Greetings, Duchess" Rand tried his best to use the most standard court etiquette, for fear that the duchess would provoke a thorn.
"Li Qi always told me that you stood up in front of the barbarians and are really an example for the nobles of the kingdom."
"It's my pleasure" Rand had the illusion that the Duchess was not good at being false and wrong, and that she was so blunt to compliment herself that she was more troublesome in the future.
"People like you didn't stay in the royal capital, Li Qi and I are very sorry" Su Xi's eyes stared at Lante, as if waiting for him to speak.
Naturally, Rand didn't dare to speak, so he could only smile, trying to get through this little time.
"But it doesn't matter if you're far away in the Galloping Horse Plains, I have a cousin, who is also your classmate at the Blue Dragon School, and now she is a junior knight" Susie looked at a girl not far away, "She has always wanted to know you, I will introduce her to you in a while"