Arthur never left the academy after coming out of Harry Sr.'s magic tower.

After the New Year, Goli and the others will also rush back before the New Year.

Arthur just used this time to sort out the gains in martial arts and magic cultivation in the past two years, and some questions that he couldn't figure out before could take the opportunity to ask the professors of the academy for advice.

Professor Ogu is still the same as he was back then, and he is often clear about some problems in Arthur's martial arts.

Some doubts about magic, Arthur had planned to ask Professor Shalene for advice, but when he arrived at the library, Old Jack told her that Shalene had been gone for a while, and he didn't know if she would return.

Hearing the news of Salene's departure, Arthur was inexplicably a little disappointed.

The years of cultivation flew by, and before I knew it, the New Year of 798 had quietly arrived.

After Golie and Huey came back, they got together for a small time and then went their separate ways, and they were all going home for the New Year. Only Arthur and Joan were left alone in the academy.

Arthur noticed that Joan had been in a much lower mood since he returned, and asked Joan a few times in private, but Joan flatly denied it.

Arthur thought that he was going to spend the New Year with Joan, but he unexpectedly received an invitation, a New Year's ball invitation from the Grand Duke of Ross's mansion.

Arthur has always disliked to participate in dances, drinking parties and other social activities among nobles, but this time he can't refuse, otherwise Golie will fight hard with him when he comes back for the New Year.

Arthur didn't even wear a dance dress, and when he appeared in front of Joan wearing a cyan military suit with the Starfall Sword on his back, he almost didn't laugh to death.

"Viscount Jiayong, if you wear this outfit to the New Year's ball, you will be the most talked about joke in the circle of the Imperial nobility in the next ten years. ”

For Joan, who was smiling forward and backwards, Arthur was completely indifferent, and did not feel that there was anything wrong with his dress.

"Are we going to dance with those ladies of the aristocratic family, not with them?"

"Do you still need to dance?"

Joan looked at Arthur like a fool, "Boss, New Year's ball, do you think you need to dance?"

"Forget it, I'd better wait for Golly to come back for the New Year to clean me up. Arthur was so frightened that he immediately flinched.

But Joan is unwilling to give up, let him and Arthur spend the New Year in the academy, and he will die of boredom.

He lent Arthur a set of dark aristocratic gifts and dragged him away.

In order not to lose decency, Joan even hired a delicate beast cart pulled by a white-haired camel beast in front of the academy, and the two of them went by car.

When they arrived at the door of the Grand Duke's Mansion, they found that they were still the most shabby.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the cars and horses in front of the Grand Duke's Mansion were flowing, and the worst cars were all driven by the four beasts, and the carved cars were covered with canopies, gold and silver ornaments, which were extremely luxurious.

Joan embarrassedly asked the coachman to stop the car far away, and the two walked to the main entrance of the Grand Duke's mansion.

Greeting guests at the entrance of the Grand Duke's Mansion was Ney Rose, Grand Duke of Ross and deputy commander of the Warsong Legion. Ne Ann is in his thirties, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and his appearance is dignified, quite like the demeanor of the young Duke of Ross.

Unlike several other families that have led to open and secret battles between the younger generations because of the position of heir, the Ross family has set the identity of Naian's heir early. Let the future Grand Duke and the commander of the legion personally greet the guests, and smile and salute every guest regardless of dignity and humility, it can be seen that the Ross family is not only heavy on martial arts, but also does not break the rules.

Arthur and Joan were young and light, and they wanted to sneak by. I didn't want to be Nell, but I took the initiative to greet him, "The two should be Viscount Jiayong and Qiong Gongzi, the two sons can come, my father and little sister must be very happy." ”

Arthur and the others did not expect that Ney knew them, and not only that, but also personally led the two of them to the mansion for a while, and handed them over to the servant who led the way, before returning to the gate to greet them.

The servant led the two to the banquet hall of Rose's house.

In addition to being large enough, the banquet hall of the Grand Duke of Ross was not very luxuriously decorated, not to mention that compared with the other Grand Dukes, many marquis' families were more luxurious. But the banquet hall of Grand Duke Rus's house would impress any guest, and the walls of the hall were covered with all kinds of blades and monster skulls.

The banquet had not yet begun, but nearly two hundred guests had gathered in the hall, including many young men and women of Arthur's age, all of whom had come with the elders of the family.

This kind of grand ball is not only a place for nobles to socialize, but also an occasion for the younger generation to get to know each other and get married.

Ross's servants carried silver trays from guest to guest, serving drinks and cold meals.

Arthur dragged Joan around the hall without seeing a single acquaintance. The two of them shuttled through the hall to attract the attention of many young girls. Dressed in a white dress, Joan Zhi was handsome and unexpected, and returned a polite smile to every gaze that came his "loved by everyone" to the extreme. Although Arthur, who is dressed in a black dress, is not very handsome, he also has sharp and angular facial features, and because of the experience on the battlefield, he has more heroic spirit of a battlefield boy than Joan, which also aroused the hearts of many young girls.

But Arthur turned a blind eye to these stares, muttering in a whisper, "Why didn't Huey and Moral come?"

"Do you think that orc would be interested in attending this kind of ball, even if Golly fought with him, he wouldn't come. Moral wanted to come, but the Welsh kind of outburst was not eligible to attend the Grand Duke's ball. ”

"Then why are you participating?"

Joan smiled, "My son's participation is to save face for the Ross family." ”

Arthur wanted to ask the reason, but suddenly the music started, and the Grand Duke of Rose appeared with the Duchess, and the Grand Duke was followed by his beloved daughter Golly.

The moment he saw Golly, Arthur almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

For the first time, Goli wore a dark red pleated dress, which exposed her neck and most of her shoulders, and Bai Jian also wore a red crystal pendant around her neck.

Golly's outfit looks very pretty with her white skin and short brown-red hair. Maybe it's because he's used to Golly's usual military uniform, but Arthur wants to laugh no matter how he looks at it.

Golly herself may not be used to this dress, and she looks very reserved when she walks beside the Grand Duke with her head bowed. If he saw the smile on Arthur's face, he would probably rush over and strangle him.

As is customary, the New Year's ball will officially begin with a toast from the Grand Duke of Rus.

Archduke Ross raised his glass and first introduced several marquises, generals, and even a grand magician of the Wizards' Guild who attended the banquet, and then suddenly raised his tone, "We are also honored to invite His Excellency Viscount Arthur Shillo, the Terran hero who broke into the orc wasteland and assassinated the son of the lion king. ”

All the eyes in the banquet hall turned around, Arthur's head suddenly became bigger, how did he somehow become the focus of this banquet?