The New Civilization of Witches
Chapter 102: The Honeysuckle and Deer Family (Part 1)
After nightfall, Elk Manson lit up brightly, holding his invitation, Petrov was greeted in the hall.
A banquet to celebrate the 3rd birthday of the young lady of the Deer family, Aurelia has just begun.
Only people with prestigious or aristocratic backgrounds in Longsong Stronghold were allowed to attend the banquet.
As for the Count himself, the birthday banquet was also very important. Wool carpets were scattered throughout the hall and all the treasurers wore uniforms that were custom-made to be easily recognizable.
After all, it was Aurelia's sixteenth birthday, which meant she reached the age of marriage.
String music rang out throughout the hall, and the servants walked among the crowd and distributed glasses of wine.
The steaming food was placed on a round table spread out within the hall.
Aurelia, the protagonist of the birthday party wearing a walnut dress and standing in a corner of the hall surrounded by a group of friends, seemed to be chatting with them.
This is a new popular trend to celebrate, coming straight from the King's city. Previous banquet held like this:
Usually, there was a long wooden table placed in the hall and all the guests sat at the table, waiting for the chef to serve the food.
Then a large bowl with whole pork and chicken is served with butter and bread.
In addition, there is also a two-sided fried egg served along with a large pot containing lettuce leaves.
But a few years ago the king came up with a new way to celebrate and today it now imitates a new style but only in form.
For example, the glasses given are all made of different colors, not glasses that are usually transparent.
In it, the wine was unable to bring out its soft color. Round tables are also covered with white tablecloths, not the greasy tablecloths they use.
For cooked food, the Deer family still serves the old western style – very greasy and rough. Seeing this, Petrov shook his head, the cook could at least cut the meat into small pieces.
As usual, Petrov had already filled his stomach in the house before, as he did not want to cut the large flesh like a surgeon.
She was invited to this birthday party as a representative of her family, so she had to eat at least a mouthful of this oily food, she said,
even if it was just to save face. After all, Petrov did not want to be a joke for the women.
"For a long time no see, man," Suddenly his neck was hooked by someone from behind,
“I heard you've been appointed Duke's envoy?
How to harvest ore in Border Town. You can steal a lot from the usual".
Hearing this familiar voice, Petrov immediately knew that it was Rene, the second son of the Deer Family,
who was determined to become a knight, even though there was no territory he had to manage, idiot.
As a friend, Rene would be considered "not bad", but Petrov still did not want to talk about what he had met in Border Town. So he changed the subject, so,
“Aren't you supposed to be in a camp in the Cold Wind Mountains right now?
I thought you were sitting in a tavern and shaking.”
“Sial,” Rene pushes Petrov away,
“it looks like your mouth can't say a word of praise. This time, I can't even enter the New Holy City.
The day before departure for the border guards, I was infected with the flu and had to lie down for an entire week in bed."
“Good, you seem to have improved compared to the last time, but skipping the trip saved a lot of the inconvenience of the guards.”
"This time you're wrong" Rene said suddenly, while a mysterious smile spread across his face.
“If I do not lie in bed for a week because of the cold, I will now lie on the ice wall of the New Holy City forever.”
"What do you mean?" Petrov raised his eyebrows in confusion.
"Listen, I have something to tell you," Rene the second son of the Deer family approached Petrov's ears and whispered, ''Rene said,
"The New Holy City is about to fall, demonic beasts could even rush to the center of the city, if the church is not in time to release their strongest warriors, they will not be able to hold the city.
But during the fight, the forces of the four kingdoms had suffered heavy losses, only a few soldiers from the Cold Wind Mountains could come back to life.
In just a month, there are many wives who become widows, without savings ... "
He blinked his eyes, then stretched out two fingers,
" and now they'll get two silver royals as compensation.
“Are you sure this news is true? What happened to the border guard?”
“Of course, I have seen it with my own eyes, when God received the news that he fell ill.”
Rene shrugged, “For the guards.
Now the North urgently needs an experienced army, if not for my call to go home, I will lead the cavalry army now.”
Not that the point of importance, Petrov thought inwardly, the border guards of the Cold Wind Mountains were also the main defense against the Church's Judge Army,
now the generals and soldiers of the four kingdoms are buried in Hermes, if that doesn't feel like a conspiracy, then I don't know what happened.
If they plan to attack us, the Northern Kingdom of Graycastle is now like a nearly naked woman,
"How many soldiers are missing in the Army of Judges?"
“They are not much better than the other four forces, think about it, they always rush forward like a fanatic.
On the other hand, if the Army of Judges does not attack, the soldiers of the other four kingdoms will definitely not move,” Rene said with disdain.
“Knight should not be like this, always talk about honor, but when they have to face the demonic beast, retreat like a little girl.”
“You mean knights like the one in front of me now?”
Perot smiled, maybe I just thought too much about this.
Even if the Church wants to start a war against the North, it will have nothing to do with us here in Longsong Fortress. Should the new king have a headache from thinking about this.
“Unfortunately, until now, no one received my loyalty, or, maybe they did not have the qualifications to accept me,”
Rene stopped, looking towards the door,
“People of the Wolf Family have come, to me ' I will just greet them, and then I will return.”
"Go, but don't come back."
"Oh, that's right," Rene replied as he looked back.
"Have you noticed the handkerchief in the invitation?"
"Did you put it in?" Petrov asked.
“Oh, if it were me, I would only give you two-day-old socks,”
Rene shook his finger, “That's, it was my sister's personal decision. Although the age difference is a bit far, but as long as there is an intention;
I can only say that you should not wait for my friend. After all, you are already twenty-two years old now. ”
Petrov gave him a dirty look, but Rene just whistled innocently, then turned around and laughed away.
After taking a glass of wine from an attendant, Petrov walked himself into a corner, while quietly looking through the crowded hall.
He noticed that Aurelia was still busy talking to her friends.
But at the same time as himself, he also looked at himself in secret, so that for a moment, their eyes met.
But soon after Petrov saw that Aurelia quickly changed her gaze and on her cheek appeared a red touch of embarrassment.
Petrov in return just smiled kindly. In his view, the other was just a little girl. Suddenly, the sound of fierce discussion came from the other side of the hall, attracting the attention of everyone present.
"What! He dared to say that?”
"Cornelius, that coward, unexpectedly did not even dare to let out a fart, he had just returned with his tail between his legs,"
said the man with the loudest voice,
"Demiliate the entire Longsong Fortress!"
Petrov knew the man, if he remembered correctly he was called Simon Elliott, a member of the Wolf Branch Family, who was also married to a very beautiful woman.
Petrov had seen the woman once, she was really charming.
“It looks like you have a way to solve the problem.” Someone tease.
“I may not be able to do it myself, but if you can make Duke pay attention to this ridiculous affair, I can't believe Roland Wimbledon still dares to act so rampant again!”
Hearing the familiar name, Petrov was startled and started to follow the conversation, very interested.
