Chapter 196: Eating and Etiquette
A large number of uniform-sized cones, meticulously polished from precious multicolored crystals, are arranged in a spiral shape on a silver base and suspended high above the ceiling. When the built-in magic array activates, the cones emit a rainbow-like hue that sets off the entire hall beautifully.
Directly below this luxurious magic lamp is a long table covered with a white tablecloth in the center of the hall. The table is filled with a variety of dishes, salads, fruits, desserts, and drinks...... The abundance of food makes this a foodie's paradise, but the gluttonous characters who hold the huge plates of food piled up like a hill and munch on them do not appear here, instead they are surrounded by a group of richly dressed and elegant manners, their eyes are green, and they peek at the food on the table from time to time, eager to pounce on it and bite it hard, but they pretend to be reserved and hold a goblet of red wine that only contains a little thirst in it, and they are chatting with the equally hungry guy next to them, ostensibly showing off how much knowledge they have, but in fact they are competing to see who can starve more than the nobleman named Noble (9). γ
And on the other side of the hall, there is also a group of hungry guys. They are very exquisitely dressed, their movements are decent, their expressions are very indifferent, but they are not nobles - just look at the instruments in their hands to understand, these people are the legendary migrant workers who go to work, he goes to work, others work overtime, others sleep, he hasn't come home yet, oh no, banquet band members.
In other words, 99 percent of the people in this lavishly decorated hall are idiots who would rather go hungry when there is food within reach of the neighborhood.
So, when she saw that Alicia, who had just arrived at the reception site close to ten in the evening, stuffed her plate with a bunch of food such as roast goose, grilled fish, steak, caviar, vegetable salad, etc., and then held it to the sofa in the corner, munching on it without image in the eyes of others who were almost cramping, Sophia, who had not eaten enough since noon, suddenly felt stupid.
The image collapsed, what is the most important thing to sacrifice the five visceral temples first, didn't you see a young nobleman nearby looking at Alicia with envious eyes and saliva?
It can be seen that looking at Lori and drooling is not necessarily the strange uncle...... Well, please ignore that.
"Granna, come over here. Sophia changed her image of being elegant and virtuous all day, and forced herself out surrounded by a group of nobles who were comparable to flies, closed her folding fan and beckoned to her guard and friend, "Help me get some food at the table, get more, I'm going to talk to Alicia." β
"You just want to eat...... Grana said in a cold sweat on her head, "Does that girl have the skills to make people break their temper, why do you do this every time Your Highness is with her?"
Sophia couldn't help but wonder: "Actually, you can also come together, she and I won't mind sharing the table with you." β
"Your Highness, then you're welcome. "Seriously, I'm already hungry, and I'm afraid I'll scream if I don't eat anything." β
After separating from Grana, Sophia walked straight to the remote corner where Alicia wasβremote, but only relatively. In fact, there is no dimly lit and unobtrusive blind spot in this hall suitable for those cunning and cunning nobles who are good at intrigue and cunning to use all kinds of unseemly methods, and while preventing sudden murders (most of them are poisoning) from being staged here, it also reduces the number of aristocratic boys and girls who become lovers to a certain extent, because they can't find a suitable place to secretly confess.
Countless bloody love emotional dramas have been stillborn before they even start.
"Hmm......" Alicia, whose mouth is stuffed with food and looks like a cute squirrel, tries to say something when she sees Sophia coming, but it all ends up being garbled.
"Those who don't know think that what you just said is some river crabs. Sophia sat down on the couch across from Elicia, leaned back and relaxed, "Are you the only one, but what about the others?"
Little Lori swallowed the food in her mouth hard, took a large sip of orange juice from the cup next to her, and gasped, "We met Mentor Chrissy in the square in the morning, so I left the others to her, and only Cecilia was brought. β...,
"What about Cecilia, why wasn't she with you?" asked Sophia, curious.
"I specially prepared a surprise. It's not yet time for her image to collapse, so I didn't let her follow. β
"Do you know that eating like this will affect your image?" Sophia was almost mad, "I still don't have an education in aristocratic etiquette."
Little Lori waved her hand indifferently: "Those things have a fart, in my opinion, as long as you eat and drink well, have fun, and then find a good person by the way, being pushed down is the real life, by a group of idle old stubborn people who have nothing to do, tossed out blindly, aiming to maliciously consume the youth of young people, waste the food at the banquet, prolong the time of the opening ceremony, fights and private fights, and ink for half a day, the battlefield has to be a single piece of nonsense, and the so-called etiquette is not to be wanted." β
Granna, who came over with a plate, happened to hear it, and immediately said with a smile: "If our royal ceremonial master hears these words, she will definitely faint on the spot." β
"I don't care what she does. Together, Alicia and Sophia helped Grana put the plate on the coffee table in front of the couch, "People who are bound by rules and regulations will never make any breakthroughs, no matter what they do." β
Sophia took the plate and cut the food and said, "Alicia, didn't you mention that Cecilia is here too, so she didn't eat like you?"
"No, Cecilia actually let her eat out before she came in. Little Lori immediately held her head high and made me feel great, "Eat bread and water." β
"Then you're going to come in and you're going to fish and eat a lot of fish, what about the festival?" roared Granna.
"Don't ask me for that thing, I'd have already lost it to the author. β
Sophia coughed twice and interrupted them, "Don't make a fuss, eat quickly, and when the fireworks are set off, we will move the table away from the field and hold a ball." You don't want to make a fool of yourself in front of everyone because you're hungry and weak, do you?"
"It's okay, just turn down someone's invitation to dance. Alicia looked disapproving, "Besides, I don't plan to dance with anyone at all. β
Sophia and Grana suddenly showed their original expressions, and the two of them laughed so meaningfully that little Lori couldn't wait to overturn the coffee table on the spot: "Do you two dare to make public the content of the brain supplement just now?"
"Don't worry too much, that will make you look stingy. Sophia said trying to change the subject, "By the way, Alicia. I've been in the venue for the whole day, why didn't you see Cecilia when you arrived? Didn't she come with you, where did you hide her?"
"I didn't hide it, she was in the venue. Lori lowered her head and began to concentrate on the rest of the food.
Grana suddenly looked around in horror: "It's impossible, I have carefully looked at everyone who entered the venue, but Her Royal Highness the princess didn't say it, even I don't remember seeing Cecilia, could it be that she came in stealthily?"
"Let's laugh at you, even if Cecilia is the kind of super alchemist who can make any kind of potion, she doesn't need to deliberately bother with it. Little Lori gave Grana a blank look, "She walked in from the gate with me." β
Sophia and Grana were caught in the memories at the same time, and after a while, their faces were full of confusion and they shook their heads in unison.
"If you want to fool the enemy, you have to bluff your own people first. Alicia nodded her little head and said with a smug face, "It seems that my preparation for Cecilia is perfect, and I don't even recognize you both." Haha, I can't imagine that you will also have a day when you will look away."
Grana reached under the skirt of her thin dress to pull out the murder weapon, and Sophia next to her also condensed a lot of black gas behind her back, looking so scary.
Alicia hurriedly raised her hand and pressed it twice, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, your face will be wrinkled." Do you see the group of aristocratic girls gathered on the other side who seem to be chatting with each other, but are actually posing POSS to attract the attention of the boys who are circling around the neighborhood like flies?".
The two looked at the little Lori's fingers and nodded.
"Looking inside, the girl in the center who was deliberately isolated by the girls was Cecilia. β
"Poof-" Grana snorted wildly, "Alicia, don't talk nonsense, such a pretty girl, and blonde like you, she's actually your relative, right?
[My "relative" must at least be a traverser, so that it won't be so bland]
"No, Granna. Sophia was much calmer in comparison, "Have you forgotten what color Cecilia's hair is?"
"Uh, golden ......," replied Grana of Waterfall Khan with a blushing face.
Sophia smiled and said to little Lori: "It's really the first time I've seen Cecilia like this, you must have put a lot of thought into it, so that Fabiano, who is wandering around the venue, will definitely notice her even if she doesn't come forward to talk." When the time comes, a few more high-profile people will walk over and greet Cecilia's name, and then everyone will flash gorgeously, leaving Fabiano, who is full of amazement, alone and annoyed...... Alicia, you're so dark."
β...... Why didn't you say a word, I want to be beaten by my imagination, and you say that Fabiano's is black-bellied, hey...... οΌ