Standing and letting others take pictures is actually boring. While maintaining a smile, Shade's eyes were scanning the crowd.
So, he once again saw Miss Bayas in the brightly lit banquet hall. This time it was definitely not an illusion. The long-brown sorceress was wearing a long dress. When Shade saw her, he immediately made a decision.
Silently, she then turned around and plunged into the crowd, seemingly not wanting Shade to know what she was doing.
"At least she didn't dress up as a maid this time."
Shade whispered in his heart.
For a long time, Shade did not see Miss Bayas again. After the complete knight conferment process, Shade stood with several dukes under the arrangement of the attendant.
Waiting for the King to award other people who have received the Medal of Honor.
He was holding the antique knight's sword in his hand, and his fingers were constantly rubbing the ruby on the scabbard. This was just an ordinary item. Even if it was properly maintained, the erosion of the years still made the sword useless.
During the boring wait, Shade thought of hanging the sword in the living room of Room 1 on the second floor, so that every guest who came to entrust it could see it.
There were only two people who received the Medal of Honor, and they were awarded separately. Later, the dozen or so people who were specially commended did not have the honor of being awarded by the king. They came on stage together and were jointly awarded the "Tobesk Special Contribution Medal".
As for Captain Rades and other people who did not have medals, their names were just read out to thank them for their contributions to the king. But this was enough for the captain. Such an honor was enough to wash away his title of "Eight-Gun Captain"
.After tonight, Captain Rades can pack his luggage and wait for notification.
After this whole process, the time has gone from seven o'clock to half past eight.
The busy king will not stay here longer, but will return directly to the city. As for the other dukes, they have their own plans.
Probably because Miss Carina specially chatted with Shade for a few words, the other dukes also talked with him for a few words, so they knew each other. Because of the curse that the witch carries, Miss Carina rarely
Appearing in public, this time's attitude undoubtedly showed that Shade was the one she took a liking to.
After the awards were given and the king left, the banquet officially began.
The Dukes returned to the third floor together, and immediately a group of people gathered around wanting to talk to Shade. Reporters also followed with notepads. The number of business cards Shade received in just ten minutes was actually more than what was sent out today.
Even more are going out.
Priest Augustus had warned that open interviews were necessary, so Shade had to answer everyone's questions in turn.
Even when someone asked him what he was thinking when he stopped the bullet, Shade, who was already dizzy from the question, opened his mouth and said:
"All things are mortal, and people will all die..."
My head immediately sobered up and I threw away the thought of searching for the heavier mountains in this world:
"Perhaps a person's value is limited, but when he makes a contribution that exceeds his own value, his personality and soul will be sublimated at this time."
Shade didn't know what he was talking about, but seeing the people around him nodding, at least he didn't say the wrong thing. Of course, he also didn't forget to praise the importance of the royal family to Delarion and praise the Righteous God.
[Mr. Liming], at the same time, he helped the church promote the Feast of Holy Prayer.
In short, Shade is really not used to this kind of social situation.
It took a full forty minutes to get away from the reporters, and when he was finally able to escape, before the men who wanted to talk to "Miss Carina's people" could surround him, a group of young girls surrounded Shade.
After Shade exchanged some polite words with the girls, some of them wanted to "talk alone in the garden" with him, or wanted to hear him tell some "detective stories" in private.
Shade was not stupid, of course he knew what it meant, but he was very uncomfortable with the girls' enthusiasm and could only shirk other things. But despite this, some handkerchiefs were stuffed in his hands, and the handkerchiefs were covered with lipstick.
Or the address is written on the makeup.
"You have to get used to this, Mr. Hamilton, no, Lord Hamilton of Rejed."
Baron Lavender, who came to play cards with him, came over with a smile.
"Are all girls today so enthusiastic?"
He was holding those handkerchiefs and didn't know what to do with them.
"I'm not passionate about you, I'm passionate about your identity and your relationship with Miss Carina. Now the Duchess of Saladir has almost made it clear that you are hers. Oh, what a lucky guy.
,Did Miss Carina take a fancy to you?"
He smiled ambiguously, joking while patting Shade on the shoulder, and then led Shade, who was holding a sword, towards his friends.
Arriving from the first floor of the banquet hall to the second floor, Miss Bayas whom I saw half an hour ago was nowhere to be seen again. Although Shade was worried, nothing happened when he met her last weekend, and now Miss Carina is
On the third floor, there was no need to worry about any emergencies, so I was invited to participate in the Rhodes game played by Baron Lavender and his friends.
These gentlemen have the best seats in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor of the banquet hall, occupying the sofa and coffee table. Sitting here and looking out, you can see the night view of Tobesk City and the starry sky on a summer night.
But people were more concerned about the Rhodes cards, but after Shade and Baron Lavender walked through the crowd at the banquet, they still congratulated Shade a few times. Although most of the people present had titles, their status was higher than "
Shade holds the title of "Knight", but the Duchess's regard for him means that his status is by no means as simple as a knight.
After being polite, he urged Shade to show off the new special cards.
Under the gaslight, every gentleman was very excited. Shade took out the cards from his pocket, without touching the [Ancient Fairy Tale Pygmalion] that Baron Lavender was familiar with, and took out the other three special cards:
"Look."
He took out [Northern City, Coldwater Port City], [Eastern Scenery of the Old World, Lake Tees] and [Original Steam Engine, Mark 9]. People passed it around and told each other about the history of the past appearance of these three cards.
Some of them were already aware of Shade's [Original Silver Moon] because they attended Duke Lucas' Rhodes game last Sunday night. Now that Shade has taken out these three cards, some of them have heard of it.
The person who told me about the deck that day but didn't know who it was made me think that the rumored owner of the Founding Series cards was the young detective.
Baron Lux was one of the people who thought of this after seeing the three cards. But Baron Lavender didn't know it. He just told people excitedly that he had seen it in the auction house ten years ago.
That one [Northern City·Lengshui Port City].
When I heard that Shade got the playing cards from an old professor, I guessed that the buyer had later resold the playing cards due to financial conditions, and lamented that Shade was very lucky. Although these playing cards with special rules were not expensive,
It is very expensive, but even if you want to buy it, you may not be able to buy it.
Tonight Shade was the protagonist, and of course people asked him to choose his opponent for the card game. After asking, Shade did not choose an acquaintance, but chose to let the younger Baron Cobol in the group compete with him.
Baron Cobble is only about thirty years old. I just heard from Baron Lavender that he inherited the title from his father. This baron is a relatively wealthy noble who likes collecting antiques and Rhodes cards.
There are five special cards, so Shade wanted to see them.
So the two players sat down with each other, and others sat on the sofa, or stood behind the players, with their hands folded on their chests, ready to watch the game.
This corner on the second floor of the banquet hall suddenly became lively, and from time to time, people would come over and join the crowd of spectators. According to the "common sense" that Baron Lavender popularized to Shade, at any banquet of a slightly higher standard, there would always be people playing robbers in the corner.
The German cards can be considered a part of the culture of this era. The Rhodes cards originally issued by the Prophet Association to make money have become an important part of the Sixth Age civilization.
For outsiders, a different world without entertainment activities is undoubtedly very boring. Although the occult books and the improvement of the magician's power are interesting, you must occasionally find other entertainment activities. Shade's attitude towards Rhodes cards,
As a result, subtle changes gradually occurred. At least tonight, he still enjoyed playing cards in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows while watching the night view.
There are 54 cards in a deck. Of course Shade will not put [Original Silver Moon] in the deck, so the deck contains four special cards, while Baron Cobol has five special cards in the deck. Although the two do not gamble, they just
They simply enjoyed the fun of playing cards, but the people watching them bet with each other on who would draw the first special card.
The answer is Shade. [Ancient Fairy Tale·Match Girl] appeared first. Although the special rules were not triggered, the points themselves helped him win that round. And the Baron’s special card Moon 13 [Pirate King·Skeleton Captain Victor]
It only appeared in the fifth game.
The special rules of this card are very simple. Throw a 20-sided die. If the number is less than or equal to 10, the number of this card is adjusted to 22; if the number is greater than 10, then the number can be adjusted between 13 and 1.
It cannot be said that this card is useless, it can only be said that there are very few situations where it can be used.
Baron has been playing Rhodes since he was a teenager and is a real master of Rhodes, while Shade relies purely on luck. Although Shade won more, the overall result of the game between the two sides was barely enough.
It's called evenly matched.
Baron Cobol was even more interested in this tense card game, and even suggested that the two sides gamble with their own special cards, but Shade politely refused:
"I rarely gamble."
As he was talking, he looked up and saw Miss Bayas again at the stairs leading to the first floor. She seemed to have been forcibly held by someone, and she was dragged and forced to the first floor.
"Um?"
He stood up with his eyes widened and sorted out the cards in his hand:
"Everyone, I'm sorry, I have something else to do and I'll be back in a while."
As he spoke, he pointed upstairs, and the others nodded in understanding, thinking that he was going upstairs to meet the big shots. So Baron Lavender, who had been waiting for a long time, took Shade's place.
The expensive antique knight's sword that couldn't be used was left here for the time being. Shade walked towards the stairs. He looked back and saw the people at the floor-to-ceiling windows nervously paying attention to the game. No one looked here, so he walked down quickly.
Up the stairs.
No matter what happened to Miss Bayas, he couldn't pretend he didn't see it.