The countess held Shade's arm and told the story of ancient witches blessing children. She subconsciously wanted to discuss the problem of witches being unable to leave offspring, but she swallowed the words before she reached her lips.
She doesn't want to talk about this kind of topic here.
The Hawthorne family put a lot of effort into this banquet, but in fact the seven most critical people who participated in the banquet left the banquet hall after the banquet started. Old Earl Hawthorne had already prepared something similar in his house.
In a room similar to a conference room, after representatives of each of the seven major families arrived with their confidants and took their seats, the door was locked from the inside, and Old Earl Hawthorne asked the most critical question:
"Now, what are we going to do?"
Three earls, two viscounts and two barons were all present. The seven people here were the real people in charge of the city. But no one spoke immediately. After a silence of looking at each other, it was Miss Belindle who finally smiled.
said:
"Since the elders are unwilling to speak, let me, the youngest junior, make a suggestion."
Although she calls herself a junior, she is not polite at all when she stands up to speak. Of course, Shade has no seat. He is standing behind the countess with Miss Matilda.
"When I was young, I regarded dragons as legends, and I never thought that my generation would be responsible for repaying the power and wealth bestowed on my family. But now that things have become like this, we have to accept the reality. How about that?
, Do you agree with my previous proposal? Since everyone knows something, why not take out those family secrets and parchments passed down from generation to generation. Since our seven surnames have gone through such a long time together, this time we are still standing
Aren’t we together?”
"Earl Belindel, but... are you really sure that the one who appeared at the dock last weekend was a dragon?"
The chubby Viscount Wright asked while wiping his sweat. Shade usually used the adjective "chubby" to describe some fat people. This time he used "chubby" because the person was really fat. The others sat in ordinary-sized seats.
Of the chairs, this Viscount's chair is the only one with a wider and thicker style.
Looking at his body shape and considering the medical technology of this era, Shade doubted that the other party would survive more than ten years.
"We have also heard some news from the church, but indeed, there is no definite evidence yet to prove that a dragon really appeared that night. We want to believe that dragons really exist, but we must not be careful. This may be
Willendale's Conspiracy."
Viscount Silver also said that this viscount was the only lady among the seven people present, except Belindel. However, although she took care of herself and the cosmetics were helping her cover up her skin color and wrinkles, looking at her age, this viscount was already almost there.
Fifty years old.
"At this time, is there any point in denying this kind of thing? Are you expecting the church to publish a newspaper to tell the citizens that creatures like dragons really exist?"
Baron Wood asked angrily, Mr. Shade had met him on the night of the card game. Director Anlos said that the Wood family had a good relationship with MI6, and the Witch said that the Wood family could be regarded as Belindel's allies, so if
Not surprisingly, Baron Wood and Shade have the same position.
"It's better to be more cautious. After all, we are all just ordinary people. Even if we enjoy the highest power in this city, we are still just ordinary people. I think it is best to make sure that the dragon really appears."
The Baron Black who spoke was a gloomy middle-aged man with a mustache and white gloves. Although it is not good to judge a person by his appearance, Baron Black's appearance is probably that of an actor who specializes in playing villains in opera performances.
After hearing what they said, Miss Belindel snorted:
"Sure enough, even though I had thought of this before coming here, at this point, if you are still worried about what you are holding and don't look at the more distant future, can you really still be considered a noble of Yuewan?
?”
"If you don't care about what you have in your hands, you can take out Princess Margaret's profit-sharing business and let everyone do it together. The destruction that is bound to come in the legend of Mingyue Bay is right in front of you, but the Belindel family is
You still only care about eating alone. By cooperating with the heirs of the Anjou royal family in such a business, we have no doubt that you are flattering the Anjou family, and we already trust your performance enough."
Viscount Wright continued to wipe his sweat and said, and the expression on the countess's face became more and more gloomy:
"Earl Hawthorne, Earl Eddington, what do you think?"
Today, among the seven major families, only they and Belindel can claim to have complete control over Yuewan, so in fact, what they say has the most weight.
As the owner of this place, Old Earl Hawthorne spoke first:
"I agree with your point of view, we really need to look to the future."
"but."
Shade thought to himself.
"However, it is also very necessary to determine whether what appeared last Sunday was really a giant dragon. The two things can be done together. I know that everyone has access to the church, the archbishop and priests of Yuewan Diocese, and the seven major
The family relationship is very close, and we can always find out something. This is impossible in other places, but this is Moon Bay."
"Besides."
Earl Hawthorne also looked at the others with a smile:
"Everyone is getting into Ring Warlocks, aren't they?"
All the people sitting had different expressions. Baron Wood raised his eyebrows:
"Earl Hawthorne, there are some things that don't need to be made clear. Since the death of Mr. Charles Wood of the Wood family in 1581, there has never been a magician in the seven major families. Our power only comes from the inheritance of our ancestors.
We want to protect these, so we sit together and stand together at this moment."
"So we have to unite."
Earl Eddington finally spoke at this moment, but I don’t know how many people are laughing in their hearts because of the word "unity":
"The situation in the Old Continent is unstable now, and Willendale will attack us at any time; the roar of the dragon seems to have sounded, and the disaster in Moon Bay may be just around the corner. Everyone contacts the church to find out the truth about the dragon. As for Belin
Earl Del proposed to collect the documents and secret texts collected by various families."
He observed the expressions of others present:
"This involves to some extent the past events and each family's own secrets. I think it is okay to compile the documents, but it is not mandatory to produce as many documents as possible."
The countess snorted again, sat down again and crossed her arms, but did not express any objection. She had long known that these people expected "limited cooperation", and she just wanted to make sure what everyone knew.
.Once she gets those secret texts, she can do a little divination to know where the library where those texts were originally hidden is.
"I have no opinion."
Then the witch said:
"But as we sit here tonight, instead of going out to attend the banquet, we must reach this consensus: We all believe that the arrival of the dragon will destroy the legend of Moon Bay. It is not just a legend, it is a fact that will happen.
"
People who originally had opinions on other things nodded together, with serious expressions:
"Yes, we all agree that this is not a story, this is the future."
"We don't know exactly what our ancestors encountered or what they promised, but we know what they got. The stories of the past have become the past, and everything must be repaid in our generation. Earl Hawthorne, have wine
?"
The countess asked the owner of the manor, who nodded with a smile:
"Of course."
The servant left and came back, seven wine glasses were lifted by seven hands. Shade and Miss Matilda retreated to the wall like everyone else, watching their respective loyalists stand up at the table and raise their glasses:
"First, Yuewan belongs to us."
"Second, Yuewan will definitely belong to us forever."
"Third, Willendale can gain our allegiance, but cannot get anything beyond the promise."
"Fourth, the sacred covenant will always be maintained. We can be enemies, but we will not be the ultimate enemies."
"Fifth, when the sword needs to be raised, the sword must be raised together, and the blood must flow out together."
"Sixth, we have no retreat, even if we die, we will die in Moon Bay."
"Seventh, even the ancient dragon cannot take away what we have. Moon Bay is our Moon Bay."
The seven people drank the wine. The first seven people had met the dragon together in ancient times and created Yuewan together. Time flies, the sea changes, and the wind takes away the stories of the past. High-rise buildings stand tall, and steam gushes out countless people.
Years later, in this small room, although the former bloodlines had different plans, they were still willing to recognize the covenant of their ancestors.
"Everything in Yuewan, past, present and future, will belong to us!"
"I thought we could really discuss some countermeasures tonight."
After the secret meeting ended, everyone returned to the banquet hall in their own way. When the dance music started and Shade danced with his arms around the waist of the blonde countess, he finally said:
"I can understand the short-sightedness of ordinary people, but it is still like this now. It seems that everyone is hiding a lot of secrets."
Belindel's secret is that the head of the family is a high-level witch, which means that no matter what happens, the family has the possibility to continue. But what kind of secrets other families have, Shade can't tell yet.
"I don't expect these ordinary people to have any foresight."
The Duchess looked at the man in front of her. She was probably happiest at this time tonight. The more she cooperated and worked with the young and handsome man in front of her, the more she understood that she really needed him:
"Huh, either, they have more and in-depth knowledge about dragons than I do, and they think they can take advantage of this matter on their own; or, someone gave them a promise and told them about this matter.
Several will fall, and the winner will divide the worldly power that the ring wizards don't care about."
The dance music was very soothing. Shade put his hand on the countess's waist, and the countess' head leaned forward until it was lying next to his ear. This made the two dancing people seem to be dancing in the same way as others.
Flirting. Although it doesn't seem wrong to say so.
PS: Although there will be double the number at the end of this month, I still ask for votes (face covering). If the ranking in the monthly ticket list is too low during the month, it will not be conducive to attracting new readers.
