That evening, as soon as the king arrived at the banquet hall, he went straight to Elizabeth, and pulled her out of the circle of the ladies, and dragged her aside.

The aristocratic ladies looked at each other, and then began to scream at the same time.

Pulling Elizabeth aside, the king immediately lifted the bell sleeves of her skirt to confirm that the defensive bracers were indeed on the girl's wrists.

He then checked Elizabeth's skirt again to make sure she wasn't wearing a whalebone skirt.

Elizabeth lowered her voice and said, "What the hell is going on?" Twelve electors, eleven of whom were present, and a bunch of nobles were brought, and my brother would not have done anything on such an occasion. At most, he used snakes at night to scare those who were hostile to him. ”

Wang asked in a whisper: "Who are the hostile electors?" ”

Elizabeth whispered, "The one who is cutting the steak is the Duke of Miratheon, and next to her is her wife, who is a warlock like me, but with a higher ring count than me." Next to her was their family's court mage. Do you know how many mages there are in this one? It's going to be fine. ”

Wang: "Go ahead and tell me who else is hostile to your family." ”

Elizabeth could only continue: "The one holding the wine glass is the Duke of Vulture Valley, and the Southwestern War was fought on his territory. So he had a very close military connection with the emperor, next to his wife, and it was their family's court mage who was eating cheese.

"Then there is the Duke of Mountain Eagle, who also formed a friendship with the emperor in the Southwest War, and his court mage is his wife. Then there is the Duke of River Valley, whose court mage was killed by Xiaobai, so now there is no mage to follow. ”

Wang nodded slightly.

That's when he noticed that Bruce was looking at the side. After meeting his gaze, Bruce grinned.

Then the Duke stood up and raised his glass: "Everyone! Now I propose to raise a glass to the hero who ended this war, the beloved disciple of the legendary archmage, the great mage king! ”

And all the people stood up and raised their glasses.

Bruce continued: "Not only did he and his friends defuse the most dangerous offensive, but he also personally captured the dog emperor who actually broke the rules! ”

Most of the nobles raised their glasses together, but the king noticed that of the lords that Elizabeth had just named, only the Duke of the Valley was raising his glass, and the others were only symbolically toasting.

The king bowed his head and asked in Elizabeth's ear, "Look at the Electors who support your family, do you think they are convinced by your second brother?" ”

Elizabeth also whispered, "Those dukes and their ladies are old foxes, and I can't see through their thoughts." But I saw through the children they brought with me at once, and they were very disdainful. ”

Wang: "I see, that's what I thought." ”

Elizabeth whispered, "No." It's too risky. ”

"Others think the same way." The king replied.

"Look!" Bruce exclaimed, "Your Excellency the Archmage is whispering to my sister in public!" Looks like my Warlock sister has to marry into the Archmage Tower! After the marriage between I, Kosania, and the legendary archmage's mage tower, I don't think even Monrovia dares to despise us! ”

This time, there were very few people who echoed Bruce.

Suddenly, a young nobleman stepped forward and asked, "Is he really the disciple of that archmage?" Is it just because he can turn into a dragon? I got the news that he has a staff artifact to turn into a dragon! ”

Wang: "That's true. ”

This time it turned out that many people would not be able to fix it, and the young nobleman who questioned him also hesitated, and Elizabeth took advantage of this moment to introduce in the king's ear: "That is the third son of Duke Luan, and Luan is our ally." ”

The third prince of Lu An continued to question: "Then do you admit that you are an impostor?" ”

Wang: "I don't see any logic here. However, I can prove my identity in a simple way. ”

After saying that, he took out the dimensional bag.

As soon as the dimensional bag came out, all the spellcasters gasped, and among the non-spellcasters, the well-informed dukes also became serious.

Wang introduced: "This is a gift from my uncle. It will come back to me at any time, and if someone takes possession of it in some way, such as killing me, the bag will return to my uncle. Then my uncle will come back with the demon army and destroy everyone who has hurt me. ”

Duke Luan's son didn't know anything about this dimensional bag, after all, he couldn't see the magic aura, and he wasn't as well-informed as his father's.

Xiao Luan: "Hmph, it's so mysterious, you can't die on the spot!" ”

At this time, Duke Luan stepped forward and gave his son a slap: "Presumptuous! How can you be so rude to the disciples of the legendary mage! ”

Xiao Luan covered his cheeks, very aggrieved.

The old Duke of Luan turned around and toasted: "Your Excellency, I apologize to you for the rebel." ”

Wang: "It's okay, I don't care. ”

As he spoke, he put away the dimensional bag. Elizabeth pinched his elbow: "You're too ostentatious like this." Remember, don't take out this dimensional bag in the future without my permission. ”

Wang: "Huh? Looks like I'm the captain, right? ”

Elizabeth: "I'm your employer. ”

Wang: "Okay, I see. ”

At this time, the music started.

Bruce clapped his hands, "Alright, let's get started!" According to the rules, I and the lady of the guest of honor should lead the dance, and my sister, who was the guest of honor and acting hostess, was the second to enter the dance floor, but today the situation was special, and Ruth, the daughter of the Duke of the Vale, who had just been engaged, took over the duties of hostess!

"As for the guest of honor, of course, it is the in-laws who are engaged today, my father-in-law!"

As he spoke, Bruce walked over to the Duchess of the River Valley, who was his mother-in-law, and held out his hand: "Can you please do a dance?" ”

The Duchess, of course, was not stunned by the scene, and took Bruce's hand and stood up.

The Duke of Rivervalley walked up to his daughter and stretched out his hand to her.

In this way, two pairs of guests of honor stepped onto the dance floor and danced to the music.

Amid the cheerful music, a young nobleman came to Elizabeth: "Can you dance with me?" ”

Wang: "No, she can't go. She had to stay with me. ”

As he said this, he put his arm around Elizabeth's shoulder, as if he was afraid that the girl would be snatched away.

The young nobleman waved his hand to himself and turned away.

Elizabeth whispered, "You won't let me go because you think something is going to happen, right?" ”

"Or else? It's safe to stay with me, and the deterrence I just had just had to be somewhat useful. The king continued to observe the ball.

The first song lasted a full fifteen minutes, and everyone except the dancers was holding wine glasses and discussing something as they drank. In the midst of the noise, no one noticed the conversation between Wang and Elizabeth.

Towards the end of the song, the bard, who had been thrown out of the door by Gautrek at the Tavern of the Three Boars, reappeared before the king and princess.

"Hey!"

When the king saw him, he was shocked: "I like women!" The man is too senior for me! ”

The bard looked puzzled: "What? ”

Despite the inexplicable reaction to Wang, the young man kindly recommended himself: "I may not have seen so much, and my music and acting skills are not very good, but I still hope to witness a legend!" ”

The king shook his head, took Elizabeth a little farther away, and said to the bard, "If you want to see the legend, you will soon see it to-night." ”

Just at this time, the song ended. The band in the orchestra pit has temporarily stopped playing and taking a break, and it's time for the bards to take the stage.

For the feast, Bruce brought in all the bards from all over the city.

The young man rushed to the stage where the bards were performing with a rude, and shouted: "Everyone! I, the lark of the Monrovia Conservatory, present you a song suitable for a banquet! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of rain suddenly drifted in through the open window of the banquet hall. The servants immediately ran in and closed the windows of the rain.

Elizabeth, as the landlord, said to the king: "It is early summer, and at this time it is common to rain so much at night. This is normal. ”

At this time, the king heard the exclamation of the duke's fiancée from the master's table: "Father! ”

**

Time rewinds a little.

After the first track, Bruce returns his mother-in-law to her position, then returns to her place and picks up the glass.

His new fiancée, Ruth, has been sent back to her place by her father.

"You're such a bad guy." Ruth said, "I came up with the idea to have my dad dance with me!" The last time I danced with my dad was a little girl! ”

Bruce laughed, "You'll thank me for my kindness later." ”

"Mind? It's a joke, right? Ruth scolded, and then she suddenly noticed something.

She looked solemnly at Bruce's hand holding the wine glass, and gently flipped open the duke's sleeve with her slender fingers.

Chain mail, bright chain mail reflecting the bright candlelight in the banquet hall.

Ruth looked at Bruce in disbelief: "You ......"

Bruce smiled slightly: "I said you would thank me for your heart in the future, right?" ”

Ruth stood up violently: "Dad! ”

Bruce hugged her and directly gagged his fiancée's mouth with a kiss.

There was an uproar at first, but then there was an uproar. Because the kiss attracted attention, no one noticed that the mage of the Duke of Vulture Vulture suddenly clutched his throat, as if choking on cheese.

No one even knew that the cheese had been specially prepared after obtaining information that the mage liked cheese.

Just as the long kiss attracted everyone's attention, the maid, who had been serving the plate to Duke Miratheon, suddenly drew a dagger from under the plate, plunged it into the duchess's chest, and kept drawing the knife and inserting it again.

There were more than a dozen bloody cuts on the Duchess's chest in an instant, and the sorceress didn't have time to scream before she died.

The Duke's mage threw down his glass and was about to take action, only to find that he didn't know when the spellcasting kit had been cut off. He immediately turned to magic that only required gestures and words, but was suddenly gagged and stabbed several times in the waist.

The trigger is not activated, because the trigger is equipped with a carved wooden figure, which must be on the mage for the trigger to take effect.

As long as you steal the villain infused with the trigger, the spell will be invalidated.

The Duke himself noticed the anomaly at the latest, and before he could shout "Assassin", he was hit by seven or eight crossbow arrows.

At the same time, the crossbowmen on the second floor lowered the baffle and opened intensive fire on the targets below.

The only court mage who activated the trigger spell summoned seven illusions, and as a result, the illusions were all shattered in an instant by the accumulation of crossbow arrows, and the remaining crossbow arrows were all inserted into him.

The Duke and his relatives, who were not the targets of the attack, reacted quickly, after all, they were all experts who had been trained in counter-assassination since childhood. Everyone fell to the ground.

Finally, Bruce's long kiss ended.

He threw away his new fiancée, who had been completely discouraged by the sudden situation, like a rag, picked up the wine glass on the table, and took a sip.

The other six Electors slowly got up from the ground, looking in disarray.

The bard, standing on the bandstand, froze in place with the rude, his knees trembling.

Casander, who didn't know where to hide, appeared. The king immediately recognized the spell-casting materials in his hand, which were specifically needed for the mage to interfere with the mage's druid magic spells.

Archmage Langdon is also holding a scroll in his hand and preparing to tear it.

It seems that the whole process was too neat, and it was not the turn of the druid and the archmage to make a move.

Bruce's fiancée finally reacted and shouted, "Murderer! ”

Duke Langdon said leisurely, "You should thank me, now you are the Duchess of the River Valley." You and my children will rule over two dukedoms. Of course, we don't have children yet, and the river valley leader still has to take care of it personally, and I've already chosen a candidate. ”

Fiancée: "Murderer! I'm not going to have a baby with you! ”

"Why, Your Excellency the Duke of the Valley Lord, do you want to break the marriage contract? In front of all the Electors? No, it's not good. You know, if your family dies, my fiancé will have the right to inherit it. ”

The Duchess of the Valley was so angry that her mouth trembled.

Bruce: "Come on, my fiancée seems to be very emotionally unstable, take her down to take a sedative, and then take her to the bedroom to take care of her." ”

The duchess said angrily: "Shameless! ”

Bruce poured himself new wine and smiled, "Your father attacked us first." It's not your turn to be shameless. ”

Several maids of five big and three thick appeared and forcibly drugged the duchess, and then carried her away.

**

Elizabeth was in the king's arms, looking at the duchess who had been taken away, and her face was sympathetic.

The king reminded her, "This is the enemy." Although I also think it's a little ruthless, but now the emperor really has no cards. ”

**

At this moment, Archmage Lu An was nervously holding the scroll, his eyes staring directly at his master.

Duke Luan shook his head, then stepped forward to pick up the wine glass on the table.

He was the first of all the guests to leave the bunker formed by the overturned table.

Bruce looked at him calmly.

He raised his glass high and exclaimed, "Cheers to the victor!" ”

Bruce slowly stood up and raised his glass: "Cheers to our empire!" ”

"Cheers!"

Outside the ballroom, the rain was pouring down.