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The lights in the ballroom dimmed, and the lighting here was somewhat similar to the arrangement of the Grand Theater, with the same fluorescent stone lamp plates, and then the guò servants pulled ropes in the corners and raised the light plates to adjust the brightness.

At this time, the light panel in the center of the ballroom was raised, and the fluorescent light was focused on the staircase, which was the staircase that led to the hall one level above.

"I've kept everyone waiting. ”

Franklin appeared at the top of the staircase, and slowly walked down in the glow of the fluorescent light.

He was not alone, he was holding the hand of a man, but not a noblewoman or a beautiful woman, but a little girl, who was his daughter Agatha.

In three years, the former little Luo Li has grown into the prototype of a girl, she is wearing an evening dress that is carefully made for her, without the baby fat of the young girl's face, but the chin is pointed, and when the head is slightly raised, the more obvious.

Now is the official start of the ball, and from this moment on, the ball of the general nobles will have three stages.

The first is that the host does the first dance, and it will be an honor for Franklin, as the host, to invite any woman present.

After this dance, the invitees will form a queue, usually with their partner or a temporary dance partner, or if they don't have one, they can also be invited at the dance immediately, as long as the other party agrees.

In the midst of the music, the queue will dance like butterflies through flowers.

And after this queue of dancing is the free invitation to dance, at that time people can freely invite other people they like, at this time into the social **, but also the aristocratic men and women hook up with each other, between men and women** moment, a lot of ** is produced in this way.

Everyone was speculating who Franklin would invite to his first ball, and even Catherine, who had set her sights on Wang Qinian early on, couldn't help but feel a slight jump in her heart.

"For this first dance, I'm going to dance with my favorite little Agatha. Surprisingly, Franklin did not invite any Cheng, but instead took Agatha's hand in his hand and raised it into the air, indicating the chosen object.

The musicians played the dance music, and Franklin led his daughter to dance.

Everyone present applauded, although this choice was unexpected, but it was not unexpected, because Franklin had no intention of remarrying for more than ten years, and the choice of his daughter as a dance partner at the ball showed that this was still the same.

Although it is good to be able to take the opportunity to climb Franklin, if you can't do it yourself, others don't have a chance, then there is no loss, almost everyone present thinks so.

Agatha was a little rusty at first, but she quickly got used to it, and after three years, she also grew a lot taller, from only Wang Qinian's chest to now at Franklin's shoulder level.

Wang Qinian also applauded gently, and he also liked this little girl who could be called his student.

In the past three years, Agatha has not only become a young girl, but has also become a magic apprentice, and with the help of elven language to learn and participate in elven magic chess, as an opportunity to act as a "nest of wild creatures", it is very likely that next year her magic will be enough to support her to build a spell model and become an official mage.

Franklin looked at his daughter lovingly from beginning to end, not so much that Agatha was his dance partner, but that he, the father, was willingly cooperating with his daughter's still youthful dance steps.

After the dance, Franklin walked back to the platform above the dance floor with his daughter, Agatha looked down on the stage with a slight blush of excitement, and her eyes swept over Wang Qinian, who raised his fist and shook it as a sign of encouragement.

The guests on the dance floor burst into thunderous applause, even if not sincerely, but only desperately applauded at this time.

Franklin stretched out his hands and made a gesture to hug everyone, "Everyone, please." ”

The people on the dance floor began to form a queue automatically, according to the general convention, at this time, the queue was arranged according to the status and the relationship with the main family, and occasionally there were those that did not conform to the habits of the nobles, and there would also be aristocratic butler roles such as the head of the city lord's mansion to be adjusted in time.

The guests began the procession with their dance partners, with the men standing on the left and the women on the right.

Wang Qinian's dance partner is Lizibao, but he didn't go to his place immediately because of some small accidents.

Viscount Philip made an invitation to Catherine to be his temporary dance partner at the ball, but suddenly another gentleman also offered her.

"Are you?" said Philip, looking at him suspiciously.

"Introduce myself, I'm Count Sheldmont of Mordor. The gentleman held out his hand to Philip.

"Modo?" Philip's face changed suddenly, but he still shook hands with the other party, but his eyes quickly moved from Catherine to Philip.

"Yes, I arrived here two days ago. Xue Demeng said quietly, and then he invited Catherine again: "Miss Catherine, can you dance with me?"

"Wait, I need Miss Catherine to be my dance partner, too. Philip was awakened by the presence of Count Schedermon.

"I will not give up, there are not many beautiful dance partners like Miss Catherine. ”

The words of the two became more and more intense, just now they were two steady and polite noble gentlemen, but in a blink of an eye, they seemed to be twenty years younger, and they became two enthusiastic young people who would not hesitate to duel for the sake of their beloved girls.

This sudden change also affected the people around him, who stopped to watch.

Earl Sheldmont and Viscount Philip stared at each other like two fighting cocks, talking about competing for Catherine, but neither of them looked at Catherine again.

The guests could vaguely sense that the apparent confrontation between the two did not seem to be entirely for Catherine, but they also couldn't imagine the real intentions behind the two.

Catherine was already stunned, if at the beginning the two of them asked her to be a dance partner, which made her feel euphoria and vanity, now it has become panicked and overwhelmed, even if there is an element of courage and adventure in her character, at this time she can only cover her face with her hands, and she can't think of how to solve the problem in front of her, and the words of the two are still escalating.

"This is at stake in the interests and glory of Asturias, and I will not back down. ”

"Me too, it's in Modo's interest. ”

"Hmph, when will Mordo be on par with Asturias?"

"Under the light, all are God's people, do you need me to remind you that the call for holy war has begun?"

Philip was slightly moved when he heard the call for jihad, and Count Schedermon was reminding him that the call for jihad had begun, and that if Asturias threatened to use force at this time, he would have to consider the consequences of this. In this regard, the only authorization he received before his mission was to visit the value of the Free City, and to observe the attitude of the other party, to contact Franklin, and to try to persuade the other party to belong to Asturias automatically, and did not have the authority to declare war on the interests of the place.

Of course, Edward would not lightly authorize him to declare war, because in Asturias' estimates, the biggest opponent was the orcs, and it was not a trivial matter to authorize the two major tribes of the orcs to declare war.

Unexpectedly, he met Count Sheldmont of Modo first, and the two of them alluded to the Free City and the Mithril Mine by inviting Catherine to dance, and both expressed their unyielding declaration of sovereignty.

Philip did not have a real mandate to declare war, but this did not prevent him from using the power of Asturian to suppress the opponent, which often worked under normal circumstances, after all, Mordo's power was far from being comparable to that of Asturias.

But this time it failed, and Count Sheldmont not only refused to back down, but also countered with a call for jihad, reminding Philip that Asturian had to think about the consequences when jihad was imminent.

Although Philip had gritted his teeth in his heart, he had to soften a little, because he did not have the authority to declare war after all, and Schedermon's words also worked, the holy war was indeed about to begin, and it was indeed impossible for Asturias to do anything to Modo because of a mouth cannon now.

"Well, then, it's up to Miss Catherine who she chooses!"

The two looked at each other and Catherine, throwing the problem at her.

Although she doesn't know why this is happening, Catherine, who knows that she has become a key person, can only secretly complain.

These two nobles were probably among the most prominent figures at the ball, and although Catherine was personally biased towards Viscount Philip, who was willing to speak well for her in front of Wang Qinian, if she really did so, she would definitely offend Count Sherdmont to death.

Fortunately, someone broke the siege at this time.

"Hahaha, of course Miss Catherine is my dance partner!"

Catherine couldn't help but fall into a stupor, and with this wanton and arrogant voice, a man of different height, an orc, to be precise, squeezed into the circle of the dispute between Sheldmont and Philip.

This orc was dressed in an elaborate Terran banquet suit, and if you didn't look closely, you would really think of a somewhat rugged Terran man, but when he got closer, he had obvious silver hairs on his face and arms, as well as the shape of his face, all of which showed Wolfe's unique signs.

"Orcs!" Philip said angrily.

Xue Demeng did not look angry, but frowned.

Wolf gave an exaggerated salute in front of Catherine, didn't look at the two competitors, and said directly to the stunned Catherine: "I, England likes your Shadow animation very much, can you be my dance partner?"

"She's my dance partner!" said Philip angrily.

"Really?" the orc gave Philip a contemptuous look, and then said directly, "Can you beat me?"