A group of people came and went.

Except for Elaine's parents and uncle's family, the rest of the people are almost all distant relatives who depend on their two families, whether in the Faustan Kingdom or in the Omore Empire, it is common for them to go to noble relatives to seek a living.

Several servants took the luggage in Locke's hand, in addition to Ai Lian and his personal belongings, there were also gifts bought by the two of them for their relatives in a 'joint venture', after all, Locke was the first time to meet the 'woman's parents', and it was not appropriate not to bring something.

Elaine's parents were very happy with Locke's behavior of buying gifts, and now there are not many people like him who know how to talk politely and temperamentally.

How does Locke know what temperament, this is all due to the accumulation of his relationship with Angelina and Grace and others, and it is subtly influenced, not to mention anything else, at least after arriving in the O'Moore Empire, no one who knows Locke connects him with civilians.

As for those gifts, Locke can only say that it didn't cost him a penny, and they were all bought by Ailian.

The Uncle Bissel glanced at him with deep meaning, and Locke, who had been talking happily with Elaine's parents, did not say much, and the old man followed behind everyone.

The place to stay is the castle of the Elaine family, although it is only a small town, but the castle in the middle of the town is very beautifully decorated.

This is a castle that is very different from Faustin Castle and has a strong cultural atmosphere of the Omoor Empire.

Locke unconsciously compared this castle with the castle of Baron Kaidozi that he had visited during the Faustan Kingdom, and came to the conclusion that each has its own merits, and although the rough and simple castle suits him, this kind of castle that is more comfortable to live in seems to be good.

The dinner was held in the castle, and Elaine's parents seemed to want to throw a grand welcome party for their daughter, but on the other hand, they didn't want to snub Locke's guest.

The singing and dancing gala salon, coupled with the pastries and tea delivered by the endless stream of maids, did not make Locke's mood fluctuate too much, whether it was in the royal capital of Faustin or the party experienced at Joaquin's house, it was more than a grade higher than this.

However, Locke prefers the cosy atmosphere here, because there are no nobles to bother him, and he does not need to engage in hard entertainment, just eat and drink his own.

"Young man, you often attend such evenings?" said Baron Bissell, with a glass of rum.

"Yes, but I prefer the relaxed atmosphere today. Locke held up his wine and clinked glasses with the old man.

The specialty of the O'Moore Empire is rum, and Locke prefers a sweeter wine, and it would be better if there was ale, but unfortunately it was exclusive to the commoners, and it was rare to see ale at such aristocratic gatherings.

The appearance of ale wine means that the host of this banquet is a down-and-out nobleman, which will cause ridicule from other nobles.

The white rum and the red wine glasses collided in the air, and the old and the young smiled at each other and drained the glass in their hands.

Locke can be idle here and look around, but Baron Bissell cannot, in addition to him and his brother two nobles today, there are also a lot of lords and noble knights in the territory, and there are even barons who came from the next territory to attend the party, all of whom need to be accompanied by the two brothers.

Nodding at Locke, Baron Bissell left with his glass.

Looking at the old man's appearance of talking and laughing among the nobles, Locke unconsciously thought of the Baron Kaidozi of the Faustin Kingdom, his former boss, they are all the same kind of people, Locke sighed.

"Why are you sitting here?" Elaine in a white dress appeared in front of Locke, "Don't you want to meet the young talents who know us here?" Ailian's mouth was more of a teasing tone.

Locke was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head: "I'm not interested", it was the first time he saw Ai Lian wearing this kind of dress, so he didn't pay attention to it for a while.

Unlike Locke, who can sit here in a low-key manner, Ai Lian is one of the focuses of tonight, and before she can say a few words to Locke, several groups of aristocratic young people come to talk.

Looking at the way Ai Lian talked to them, they should all be familiar with each other, and most of them are the children of the nobles in this neighborhood.

Although Locke had tried his best to keep a low profile, he still attracted the bright and dark eyes of the people around him, who wanted to see what the characteristics of the young man who got out of the same carriage as Ailian.

It's a pity that they were disappointed, Locke can't be said to be ugly, but he can't be handsome, if you have to say the merits, Locke's eyes are very bright, giving people a feeling of being very mental, and the relationship between joining the army all the year round, Locke's physique is stronger than these aristocratic young people.

The party still maintains this more easy-going atmosphere, the gathering of local nobles, compared to God, there are always rules of this and that, and Locke is more relaxed and comfortable from the beginning of the banquet.

Until...

"Oh, I heard that Miss Ai Lian has returned from the imperial capital!" A middle-aged male voice came from the door of the banquet hall, and I saw a middle-aged nobleman with a cold face and a hooked nose striding in.

Behind him was an emaciated young man, and behind the two of them were a large number of nobles, judging by the number, there were more nobles than those present at the banquet.

The originally empty banquet hall suddenly became a lot more crowded, and the atmosphere became much stranger.

"Viscount Seamarks, welcome!" Baron Bissel put down the rum he was holding and gave him a cordial hug.

Then he smiled at the emaciated young man next to him, "This is Weilong, I haven't seen him for a long time, he has grown taller, and the young man is a lot stronger." As he spoke, he patted the young man on the shoulder.

Viscount Simak originally heard that Ai Lian was back, so he brought his son to recognize his future wife, but he didn't expect to hear on the way that there was a young man who came back with Ai Lian, and Viscount Simak had a bad premonition at that time.

And when he heard that the young man had come back in the same carriage as Ailian, Viscount Simak's face darkened even more, and these nobles behind him were not all small nobles under his leadership, but many of them came to join in the fun, watching his jokes as a viscount.

It is said that he does not stretch out his hand and does not hit the smiling face, Baron Bissell smiled and talked to his father and son, and Viscount Simak is not good at keeping a dark face.

There were too many nobles around, and Viscount Simak looked at the banquet hall for a long time, but he didn't see Locke sitting by the window.

"Uncle Bissel, where is Elaine, show me quickly. The emaciated man said to the silver-haired old man. Although he had never seen Ailian, he had admired this high-achieving student of the imperial capital who walked out of John Thurston for a long time, and he had long wanted to kiss Fangze.

"Ailian, come and meet Wei Long. The silver-haired old man smiled and beckoned to Ailian, who was standing behind his parents.

After Ai Lian reluctantly walked over, Viscount Simak asked casually, "What about Ai Lian's classmate from the imperial capital, bring it out for me to meet, but I haven't seen the second student of the Royal Academy of Princeton except Ai Lian." ”

Before Viscount Simak's words fell, the nobles who were originally in the banquet hall unconsciously looked at Locke who was sitting by the window, and Locke heard Viscount Seamark's words, of course, he had to stand up at this time.

"Hello!" Locke stood up, walking from the window from a distance, and stretched out his hand to greet the Viscount Simack.

Viscount Simak did not take the hand handed by Locke, but squinted his eyes for a long time before he spoke: "You are a nobleman?!"

As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked!