She Is Not a Witch Chapter 43: Golden Honey Plum Wine
"Welcome beautiful Miss Lacey."
Earl Howard clapped his palms as he walked down the stairs. This was the first time he took the initiative to greet a guest tonight. Before, it was usually the guests who took the initiative to say hello to him.
The originally lively hall became quiet and noisy. The volume of everyone's speech suddenly decreased, and then they started discussing with each other in a low voice.
"Who is that girl?" Several ladies asked each other in low voices.
"It's so beautiful, indescribably beautiful..."
"Which family is this, why have I never heard of it before?"
"It seems to be a lady from the chamber of commerce who arrived in the imperial capital recently."
"A merchant's daughter? Why does she have such an aura? It doesn't feel like it." A lady wearing a lace veil shook her head.
"That business has a background of forest elves. The concept of time of elves is different from ours. Maybe they are influenced by elves."
"It makes sense, it does have the natural and flawless charm of the forest elves."
"Did she just come out of the Emerald Forest? She's like a fairy in the forest." A low exclamation sounded from time to time in the hall.
"Huh, maybe this one also has elven blood, just like the first daughter of the Landsworth family."
"There are always many beauties among the forest elves."
"Wow, the outline of that side face is so perfect, I really want to find a pen to draw this scene!" A noble man who prefers art looked excited.
"I can't do it anymore, my right hand is burning like fire, it is calling me to seize this dreamy moment." He eagerly rubbed his fingers, trying to draw something.
"Perhaps you should find the servants on the side and ask them to prepare canvases and paints for you immediately, haha." The friend on the side smiled lowly, but his eyes did not leave the girl who approached slowly in the hall.
"It's perfect." He was also somewhat intoxicated.
Lorraine Hill raised his head slightly, nodded to Earl Howard on the stairs, and immediately felt countless eyes focused on him, and those eyes seemed to be real, which made the girl feel a little uncomfortable.
No matter how many times I see this kind of scene, I am still a little concerned and not used to it. The girl thought inwardly, filtering out other irrelevant people in her pupils, trying to think about other things in her mind, and diverting her attention away from these sights.
When her footsteps moved to the middle of the hall, a waiter stepped forward, "Dear Miss Lacey, please go this way."
He gestured sideways, opening a path for the girl in the crowd.
Lorraine Hill looked forward, and saw Earl Howard walking slowly towards him.
Then the hall resumed its former bustle, and groups of dancing figures began to appear on the dance floor. However, compared to before, 90% of the topics in the hall now revolve around this mysterious girl who just appeared, and people's curiosity and thirst for knowledge are burning like a raging fire.
"Nice to meet Miss Lacey."
Although Howard has a higher status, this time he bent over very gentlemanly, as if he wanted to kiss his hand.
It's a pity that Lorraine Hill pretended to deflect his gaze to avoid the other party's plan, and two hands in white silk gloves gently lifted the hem of the skirt, resolving this invisible embarrassment with a return gift.
"Mr. Howard, good evening, it is an honor to attend your banquet." The girl in the rose dress can be described as meticulous in her etiquette, just like a classical noble daughter.
Lorraine Hill learned a lot of knowledge from Trinasha, which naturally included the etiquette and customs of the True Red Empire and the Mercury Dynasty. Now the empire is just following the past.
Seeing this scene, Howard's eyes changed slightly, and then he smiled and asked the girl to sit down, and the two began to chat briefly.
As Earl Howard, who is good at socializing, he didn't ask some sensitive questions when he came up, but slowly chatted about small things such as the climate of the imperial capital and whether he was used to life, and then exchanged his food preferences and tastes. Interested etc.
In this way, slowly, the atmosphere gradually eased down.
Papa, Howard clapped his palms lightly, praised with a smile, and asked the waiter at the side to bring over the wine during the conversation.
"I don't know what flavor Ms. Lacey prefers. I have quite a complete range of things here. As long as you ask for it, I can try my best to meet it."
"Then have a glass of Jinmi Liguo Bar." Originally, Lorraine Hill wanted to order some juice, but considering that everyone in the hall drank all kinds of alcohol, he didn't want to be too out of line, so he changed it to a light drink. Light fruit wine.
"It turns out that Miss Lacey also likes the taste of Jinmi Li. What a coincidence. In fact, my wife also likes it very much. Every year, she asks her friends in Cuibi Province in the south of the empire to prepare several barrels of newly brewed fruit wine for her."
"Although Jinmi plums are also produced in several manors near the imperial capital, the taste is not as good as the sweetness that is unique to the south when spring and midsummer alternate. I don't know if Miss Lacey likes Jinmi plums that are ripe for a few months What about?"
"About June 9th to 15th, Jinmi Li is fresh and delicious." The girl's pupils blinked slightly, and her eyelashes trembled slightly.
Golden honey plums are not produced in many places in the western continent, at least in two counties in the southern part of the empire, and they seem to be available from June to August, but in fact, only those who really pay attention know that the best of them That batch is only available for a handful of days in June. Later, the taste changes due to ripeness or rainfall.
Except for the extremely picky nobles, ordinary people would not be particularly concerned about such matters.
While the two were talking, the attendant brought two glasses of fine wine specially, and put the bright yellow and transparent fruit wine in front of the girl.
"Let Miss Lacey taste it to see if the taste is satisfactory, haha." Howard picked up the glass of purple wine he wanted ~IndoMTL.com~ and waved it slightly in the palm of his hand, then pointed his beard and smiled.
This Miss Lacey looks really unusual, she shouldn't be that kind of counterfeit, this kind of conversation and knowledge are really beyond the reach of ordinary people, he secretly evaluates and thinks in his heart. In the seemingly ordinary exchange just now, he was actually constantly analyzing the girl's background and preferences to see if it matched what she said.
Although Howard's extraordinary strength is mediocre and he doesn't have any other special talents, his vision and knowledge are not bad based on his many years of experience in making friends and seeing and hearing in the upper class of the empire.
This Miss Lacey was that rare combination of beauty and reason, which made him happy and disappointed.
Happily, in the aristocratic circle, after seeing countless hypocritical girls who wanted to pass off as fake girls to squeeze into the upper class, such a refreshing existence suddenly appeared. What is disappointing is that such a rational beauty may not be easily swayed by her own power, and her appearance will also attract more powerful competitors.
Sure enough, when the two were talking at the small table by the dance floor, several noble youths who couldn't hold back finally walked over together. Their own titles and strength may not be as good as Earl Howard, but the family behind them is not bad, and they are handsome and youthful that Earl Howard can't match.
"May I invite you to a dance, my beautiful lady."
A young man with blond hair back uttered a voice, like a chant from an opera house, and invited the girl sitting at the table with a standard posture. And behind him, several 'good brothers' are also eager to try, and they seem to have the same plan.
After his words fell, countless eyes in the audience peeked over here, countless young hearts began to tense and hesitate, and many voices began to secretly bet on who would be able to dance with this girl tonight.