In the height of summer, the mansion next door to Lisandra's family is always lit up and music is wafting at night.

"Is there anything I need to pay attention to when I meet Mr. McCarthy?"

Lisandra felt a little tired after returning home after a long journey from work.

But since the other party took the initiative to invite him, he was surprised and felt that the opportunity was rare.

Going to the palace next door is also a rare relaxation.

Maybe tomorrow I can tell the princess about it as a new insight and an interesting story.

The only thing that made Lisandra feel a little nervous was that she wondered if the other party would be too unattainable demons, after all, in the mouths of demons, its existence was too mysterious.

"Don't worry about anything, he's not what you think any demon is."

The serious butler Luca showed a rare smile, and said after a short pause.

“……”

Lisandra followed the butler all the way down the path, and her vision instantly widened from the trees.

In the azure garden, men and women are like night moths, wandering among whispers, wine and stars.

On a tidal night, visitors can be seen jumping from the water's edge into the blue waves, or bathing in the moonlight on the beach, and several magic boats paddling white ripples in the harbor and dragging wakeboards.

Luxurious magic vehicles are transformed into buses, which travel to and from the city under the moonlight, picking up and dropping off guests.

Trained and swift gardeners use rags, brushes, hammers and gardening scissors to clean the garden and transport fruit peels and other garbage out in real time.

Lisandra remembers that every morning when she set out for the palace, she would see dozens of baskets of freshly picked Demon Fruit from growers on the outskirts of Nekalis.

Walking through the garden outside, she understood when she walked into the restaurant, the fruits were split in two, the core was removed, and only the flesh was left, and the magic guide in the restaurant could squeeze hundreds of cups of cold fresh juice in half an hour with the simple operation of the attendant.

Standing in the lobby of this restaurant, Lysandra's eyes were instantly drawn to the splendor above the sky.

The three-dimensional reliefs carved on the dome are like stars, and the magnificent wall lamps reflect the light-colored stone carvings, and countless bright light marks are carved on the pure chalk stone floor.

Reflecting up and down, it is like being in a god's generation.

She couldn't help but marvel at what a demon had left behind.

And between the banquet tables, the silver candlesticks glittered in the firelight, reflecting the shadows of the light dancing in the air, and the richly dressed demons were holding a dinner party, they toasted to each other, and the sound of laughter and conversation echoed in the banquet hall.

Gold is drunk and luxurious.

Unlike the declining nobles like Lysandra, the other guests here seemed to be the real upper-class magnates of Nekalis today, and the few demons she recognized were the demon ministers she didn't even dare to greet near the palace on weekdays.

The halo made her feel a little dizzy for a moment.

When she came back to her senses, she found that the butler had said goodbye and gone far away, and began his busy work, and one of the corresponding attendants had begun to come to her side and guide her through the banquet.

The bar is busy, and the wine trays are constantly being handed out by the waiters like flying.

Lisandra was the first to set foot in McCarthy's home.

She believes that there are not many guests invited tonight.

It's a membership-only custom restaurant, and Lisandra doesn't even know what the threshold is to become a member of this restaurant, she only knows that if she wasn't a neighbor of Mr. McCarthy, she probably wouldn't have set foot in such a palace.

"Lei Mingqing Gareth Nocta, as an emerging nobleman, needs the noble bloodline of the royal family to prove the gold content of the Nocta clan, and this preparation is not small."

When the voice reached Lisandra's ears, it was probably because she had limited concerns and understandings, so she passively filtered through the noise into the few words she could understand.

"The Greenwald family has a better chance of winning, Orion Greenwald's background is too deep, and it is said that he has found the strongest craftsman in the demon world to help him."

"I think it's Esmoderd Belfargo, who is a civil servant, who is the most artistic in his own right, and perhaps the most promising to impress the princess."

"In order to let the demons win, Luo Qing has made a lot of concessions, as long as the painting is submitted to the sealed golden cabinet on the first floor of the palace regency hall in the next week, and the ceremony will be opened by Luo Qing on the day and fair, and let the princess openly choose her favorite painting."

The lobby echoed with laughter and joy, casual greetings, forgotten introductions, and warm chats between demons who didn't know each other's names, and all kinds of demon celebrities changed rapidly, sometimes swelling due to the addition of new demons, sometimes scattering, and then regrouping.

It is difficult to predict the time and play of painting on the spot, so Luo Qing simply let the big demons work together in their favorite field and hand it in before the ceremony finalizes the strings.

Falling Qing naturally judged who the magic on the painting belonged to, and when the painting was completed based on the nature of the magic.

"Anyway, in a week, at the princess's selection ceremony, we will be able to see the results revealed."

Lei Mingqing's Nocta family, Mistqing's Greenwald family, and True Nightqing's Belfa family have all been in contact with Lisandra to a greater or lesser extent these days, so she is particularly impressed by these names.

Lisandra knows that with her own ability, she may not have contact with the family of the great demon clan at the top of the demon world in her life, and the only time is probably because of her current position.

The royal ceremony of the princess's selection of paintings, many celebrities in the demon world in this restaurant may be invited and qualified to participate, and Lisandra is also fortunate to be able to accompany the princess.

Just like she was invited to this palace restaurant at this moment, it was also one of the few accidents in this life.

"By the way, shall I meet Mr. McCarthy?"

Lisandra was uncomfortable navigating through the crowd of demon celebrities, not daring to bump into other demons or get their attention.

"We don't always find Mr. McCarthy here anytime soon, but I think you, as an invited guest, must want to meet you."

The squire explained kindly to Lysandra.

Lisandra nodded.

She noticed that there were always demons in the lobby talking about McCarthy, but none of them seemed to know much about this McCarthy, and after curiously asking where Mr. McCarthy was, they roamed freely, as if they were in a paradise.

Even these real demon magnates have never seen McCarthy's true face, so do they really have a chance to meet this neighbor?

"But tonight's consumption is all borne by Mr. McCarthy, except for the limited number of meals, you can enjoy all the rest, please enjoy yourself in the restaurant without worrying about anything."

After a brief introduction to the matters in the dining room, the soldier-like attendant also left to devote himself to his work.

Next, Lisandra tried to ask a few nearby rich ladies who seemed to be easy to talk about, and asked about McCarthy's whereabouts.

She still wanted to find her neighbor, after all, she was holding a note signed by "Rocky McCarthy", not a membership credential.

The rich ladies all responded with surprised eyes, saying that they didn't know, but they were slightly interested in her.

"Did you come personally from Mr. McCarthy?"

They looked Lisandra up and down, a little suspicious.

"Of course not, of course not."

Lisandra waved her hand one after another, smiled embarrassedly and walked away.

Now she feels more and more that "Rocky McCarthy has invited her" seems to be a mistake, and it is difficult for other demons to believe it.

If I don't see Mr. McCarthy tonight, I'm afraid it will be quite embarrassing.

So, Lisandra secretly walked towards the dessert table, where she did not seem bored and lonely.

"I don't know if I can take it along a little bit and bring it to the princess."

She stared at the cat's head crème brûlée dotted with black rose petals and raspberry jam, and muttered in an imperceptible voice.

The top layer is a crunchy pastry shell, and the bottom layer is a delicate cream bridle, embellished with fragrant rose petals and sweet and sour raspberry jam.

The grade of this restaurant should be worthy of the status of a princess.

It's like it's made for princesses.

Just as Lisandra was about to feast on her boredom.

Suddenly someone called her name.

"Lisandra Puckley?"

“……”

Surprised, Lisandra stopped reaching for the pudding and looked in the direction of the sound.

I saw a blonde-haired female demon standing on the wide marble staircase connecting the second floor, as if she was looking down on the lobby on the first floor with contempt and curiosity.

"Uh, hello."

Lisandra shouted, walking over to her.

She felt that no matter who the other party was, as long as it was a rare demon clan, she needed to accept a conversation at this moment, no matter how better it was to talk to a stranger passing by.

Although but.

This is a demon classmate she doesn't really want to meet, Tia Nocta.

When you go to school, if you are a poor student, then the other party is an excellent student.

And he is a descendant of a nobleman who exists in name only, but the other party is a great nobleman of Demon King City who is impeccable in every aspect, and he is Lei Mingqing's cousin.

"I didn't expect to see you here."

The blonde demon nobleman said absentmindedly when he saw Lisandra.

She shook Lisandra's hand indifferently and with a domineering attitude.

"Haha."

Lisandra touched the back of her head innocently.

I've always been honest when I'm in school.,If you can be obedient to other demons, you'll try to be obedient.。

Although she knows that the other party looks down on her, she will accept it.

"But I did hear that you've been helping Luo Qing recently, and it seems that you're playing with that princess?"

The blonde aristocratic lady asked.

"Not really."

Lisandra felt that it was not because she knew herself too much, and that the princess really regarded her as a friend.

"What kind of demon is she?"

Tia, a blonde aristocratic lady, asked as she led Lisandra to the second floor.

Her pace was slightly quicker, and Lisandra, who was following her, was more like a follower.

"Very good demons."

Lisandra didn't know how to specifically describe Princess Huberian, a demon who didn't look like a demon.

"Heh, it seems that there is really nothing to look forward to for you to make such an evaluation."

The blonde aristocratic lady Tia chuckled, folded her arms, and led Lysandra into a small circle like a little follower,

"It's my brother who has wronged me, and he may have to marry such a useless princess of the previous generation of demons."

She shook her head.

Just thinking about the fact that his cousin Lei Mingqing, as a demon general, had to compete with other big demons for a half-demon princess who could play with inferior nobles, he felt very ridiculous.

If it weren't for the fact that the princess had a little bit of the old royal bloodline in her body, and the current demon world couldn't produce a new Nine Seals Great Demon Clan to activate the new king's bloodline in a short period of time, no big demon would really be willing to marry her.

For them, the nobles, the last princess is just a multiplication machine full of profits.

“……”

Lisandra tried to refute something, but her throat began to grunt, thinking that on this occasion it was Mr. McCarthy who had invited her, and that the owner of the palace had not yet appeared, and that it would be inappropriate for her to act rudely and annoy the other guests by acting rudely first.

But there's no denying it.

The fate of the princess is indeed not in the control of the princess herself.

She Lisandra couldn't shake the result even more.

If there is really such a demon who can save the princess and love the princess deeply, Lisandra feels that she will be happy for the princess, but unfortunately, there is no demon who can protect the princess like a knight in a fairy tale.

In this era, in the demonic world where materialism is rampant and erosive, only interests and power are supreme.

Demons who are in a "high position" but can still maintain their hearts and are not devoured by desire are rare.

Not to mention those big demons who really have the strength to marry the royal family.

(End of chapter)