The Whispering Verses Chapter 1716: Matchmaking and banquets
Shad rarely delays things forever, so in order to continue investigating the words that Crow Yin left for him from the fifth era, he went to Green Lake early on Friday morning, and arrived at Green Lake at seven o'clock in the morning. Half a day later, at the entrance of the Kasenlik Embassy in Green Lake City, the Fulan brothers were waiting.
He revealed his identity to the two brothers, and then the three of them entered the "Moss Tavern" not far away. Even among Green Lake's generally relatively new buildings, this tavern is surprisingly old. But this is also the business characteristic of the tavern. Entering here is like going back to more than 200 years ago.
Early in the morning, when there are the fewest customers in the pub, even the bartender behind the counter looks drowsy. The servants were cleaning up the garbage left by the last group of guests who had been drinking all night before dawn, while the cook in the kitchen was having breakfast with the helpers in the corner.
The three declined the "Green Moss Beer" offered by the yawning bartender. After each ordering a cup of hot tea, they sat down against the wall. Shade didn't waste any more time to say pleasantries, and first took out their bloodline identification report:
"Your great-uncle, Alphonse Edwards, was indeed not an adopted son."
"I think the blood of the family is more important than whether the great uncle is a member of the family."
The two brothers looked at the results on the report in surprise:
"Are we actually half-elves?"
Although the obvious elf blood of the two brothers is not as high as Megan and Audrey, it barely exceeds 10%, and they are indeed considered half-elves. It's just that the elven blood of Edwards doesn't seem to show up much in appearance. At least from their appearance, they don't have features like pointed ears at all:
"It should be considered. Keep this report to yourself. It may be useful in exploring your own talents in the future. I came to you this time because of another matter."
"Please tell me."
After Shade introduced them to Megan, the two brothers' attitude toward Shade was obviously more than just respect and fear, so their communication became smoother:
"I know you are members of the [Rosicrucian Order], oh, don't be so surprised, this is not difficult to investigate. I think you have not been discovered by the church to be descendants of the Edwards family, [Rosicrucian Order] ] He must have contributed. That’s right, I want to talk to [Rosicrucian Society] about something related to a certain old god.”
"Excuse me, what's going on?"
My brother Eric, who wears a monocle on his right eye, asked.
“I accidentally learned a prayer statement related to the cult of the old **** [God of Love]. I hope to find a believer of this old **** to explain it...You will not be her believer. Right? ”
Although the two brothers were very pious when they saw them at [War and Peace Church] last time, Shade still asked. Eric and Charles both shook their heads:
"We are not, we believe in [Peaceful Father]. Sir, your investigation is really detailed. Now very few people know the connection between the old god's sect and us. Although we are considered [Rose] A relatively core member of the Rosicrucian Society, but I don’t know much about it. However, in order to protect and help the two of us, the [Rosicrucian Society] plans to send people to the local area, and those who will come will definitely be highly respected members of the organization. ..."
Shad guessed that this was also related to the Chosen One. Even if [Rosicrucian Order] did not intend to control the Chosen One themselves, they certainly would not care about it at all.
"Sir, I will introduce you to meet next week. The time is uncertain. If there is news, we will contact my aunt to inform you about it."
Eric said, Shade nodded:
"Then I'll trouble you."
"This is not troublesome. However, we actually have something to ask you."
The two brothers said hesitantly. They looked at each other, and Charles, who was wearing a monocle in his left eye, asked hesitantly:
"That's right, what is your relationship with our aunt...?"
They didn't dare to ask Megan directly last time. The elder put more pressure on them than Shade, the "high-level warlock".
"Relationship? Well...it's hard to explain, but you can assume that your aunt and I have total trust in each other, and there will be a bigger breakthrough next week. Closer than best friends. relationship."
When he said this, the two brothers understood.
Shad did not stay in Green Lake City for long. After all, the banquet at Yodel Palace in the evening still required serious preparations from him. Although the theme of the banquet was to bid farewell to the second negotiating delegation led by Miss Carina, in fact, what was more important to Shade was the Day of the Red Butterfly.
To participate in such an important banquet, a female companion is needed, and Shade's female companion was directly selected as Dorothy. He has also informed Luvia about this in advance and hopes that she can help take care of little Mia tonight. The purple-eyed girl agreed and told Shade to have a good time at the banquet.
Xia De didn’t know if this was really her blessing.
Nothing very interesting happened at the banquet this Friday. As a central social figure, Miss Carina is quite busy and does not have much time to spend with Shade. Except for the moment when she introduced several important members of the negotiating delegation to Shade at the beginning of the banquet, Shade never spoke to her again before the dance started at around nine o'clock.
Not only Miss Carina, but also the King and Queen Diana participated in this important banquet. This should be the highest-profile banquet in Tobesk City since 1854, and all the participants are important figures who can directly affect the order of the entire kingdom.
Xia De even thought with pleasure that, except for reporters and servants of the royal family, maybe his status here was the lowest.
Outlanders have very little experience with this kind of banquet. Seeing the formal and serious atmosphere of the banquet, he originally thought that Lecia's "date" plan would not go smoothly, because he really couldn't figure out how he could do it without being caught. Concerned about the situation leave the ballroom.
It turned out that Lecia was the better player. At about 7:30, Dorothy was called away by Lecia, while Shade was behind the crowd watching the exciting Rhodes game going on at the Rhodes table. sports. Suddenly someone called him from behind, and then the maid told Shade that Queen Diana wanted to see him.
When the maid arrived at the seating area in the southeast corner of the banquet hall, Queen Diana was already surrounded by people. The pregnant queen's condition was now a little visible, and she was holding the hand of Agelina sitting on the right, smiling and praising her daughter's intelligence and beauty with the duchesses.
Lecia said that her mother, Queen Diana, treated almost all children equally, but she loved Agelina the most. Agelina, as the originally scheduled princess by marriage to the royal family, was able to reach the age of seventeen without being engaged, which also meant that the queen was showing favoritism.
"Look who's here? It's our knight."
Seeing Shade being brought over, Queen Diana smiled and introduced Shade's identity to the ladies whom Shade didn't know. Nowadays, not only everyone in the city knows about Shade and Miss Carina, but at least everyone has heard about it. After Shade was forced to greet the women who were wearing all kinds of makeup and perfume, Queen Diana talked about the reason why she came to Shade:
"Agelina has always admired you."
She said cheerfully, patting the back of Agelina's hand who lowered her head shyly:
"You happen to be here for the banquet. How about walking with Agelina in the garden and telling your story? Young girls always admire young gentlemen with stories, and I noticed Your female companion is not here for the time being, and Duke Carina also has some things to do, so it’s time for Agelina to introduce you to Yodel Palace.”
The surrounding noble ladies did not feel there was any problem with this arrangement. After all, the relationship between Shade and Miss Carina was already a fact, and most people here also knew about the king’s arrangement for Agelina. I thought it was Queen Diana who wanted to bring the two parties closer and help her daughter realize her dream.
So, Shade left the banquet hall with Agelina naturally. After arriving in the quiet but beautiful Yodel Palace garden under the moonlight, Dorothy, who was wearing a red dress, and Lesia, who was wearing a gold dress, were already waiting for Shade.
The writer lady and Her Royal Highness the Princess stood side by side, surrounded by bushes full of roses. The alternately planted red and blue roses made them even more charming than usual.
"Sister."
Agelina pursed her lips and greeted the two people standing together under the moon, feeling that their figures were so tall. Dorothy smiled and pushed Lecia, and Lecia took a step forward:
"You did well, Agelina."
As expected, it was Lesia who came up with the idea of asking Shad to take a walk in the garden.
"I wish I could help you."
Agelina said softly, holding her hands together behind her back. She glanced at Shade and wanted to say goodbye, but Lesia stopped her:
"Why are you leaving in such a hurry?"
She took out a very small golden pocket watch from the waistband of her skirt and took a look:
"It's seven forty now. I want to see Shade in my bedroom at eight twenty."
She put the pocket watch into Agelina's hand, and then winked at Shade:
"We don't want to miss the dance that starts at nine forty. If Aunt Carina can't see you then, she will punish us all."
He smiled and patted Agelina on the shoulder, then kissed the side of Shade's face.
The writer also smiled and said:
"Shad, I have prepared some interesting activities, but don't forget the time while walking."
Then the two held hands and walked towards the other side of the garden. The maids are waiting for them, and the two of them will wait in Lesia's bedroom for the knight's arrival.