Three days later, Lux, who had once again regained her aristocratic appearance, finally arrived at Mithril City despite repeated calls.
In order to welcome "their little princess", the local Crown Guard family members held a grand welcome ceremony and banquet at the highest point of the Mithril City Castle.
Lux smiled and rejected the speech prepared by the organizer in advance, and delivered a wonderful speech "improvised", which won a warm applause.
During the banquet, people were drinking and drinking. Although Lux was only twelve years old and only reached the shoulders or chest of most of the guests, her elegance made her the center of the entire venue.
No one knew that behind Lux's decent and confident smile, there was an indescribable sorrow - she could not enjoy everything at the banquet with peace of mind, and many things made her feel uncomfortable.
Fortunately, through Kalya's training, she has gradually become accustomed to this feeling of disguise.
Lux doesn't like to pretend or lie.
But now, she has discovered many things worse than lying - so she is rapidly developing in the direction of Kalya, visible to the naked eye.
Don't lie, just tell the truth selectively and talk nonsense from time to time.
And between these selective truths and nonsense, Lux and Kalya collected a lot of information.
From her dress to her speech and behavior, as long as Lux is willing to observe, she can always find some information she wants. Under normal circumstances, in order to maintain etiquette, no one will stare directly at a person at a banquet and stay silent.
Hehe was thinking on the spot, but with Kalya's help, Lux was able to analyze a large amount of usable information through an extremely ordinary banquet!
Even if she uses noble methods, Lux still has a crushing advantage!
When the banquet was over, Lux returned to where she was staying. She and Kalya had already analyzed a large amount of information.
In terms of clothing, many nobles have mismatches - some of their conspicuous accessories such as brooches and necklaces are very expensive, but there are some details that ordinary people will not notice (such as the straps of boots or the chains of ceremonial armor).
), but they are not wealthy.
Dyed silk straps or gold-plated armor chains are not rude, but they are still significantly different from the other accessories they wear.
However, the things used in these details are actually not expensive, and they can often be passed down and will never go out of style. Therefore, these nobles are probably all guys who suddenly have a lot of money.
There are many such nouveau riche at any banquet, but today there are especially many of them.
Obviously, many people have made a fortune in recent times.
Considering that noble jewelry accessories often need to be engraved with the family's emblem, their production cycle is also very long.
Therefore, the time to get rich must be pushed forward one or two years...
Very good, this is also correct.
In addition, although Lux has been communicating frequently with various people, under normal circumstances, after chatting with Lux for a few words, everyone should seize the opportunity to chat with other people.
Banquets are originally social occasions for nobles.
However, among the nobles who were as busy as butterflies in flowers, there were two people who had been watching Lux silently.
One was an elderly man. Although he was also chatting with others, he seemed to be accepting greetings unilaterally most of the time. His main attention was focused on Lux, as if he was speculating on her.
every move.
The other was a handsome middle-aged man. He dealt with the ladies approaching him politely but at a distance. He stared at Lacus and did not even move when Lacus left.
He opened his eyes as if to figure out where Lux lived.
This is very interesting.
As a small test, Kalya told Lacus about the situation of the two people respectively, and asked Lacus to judge the identity of the two people - which one is the real speaker, and the attitude of the other one is not clear yet.
After Lux thought about it for a while, she quickly came to the correct conclusion.
The old man was the talker, and the middle-aged man stared at her for some reason.
"Looking at their looks, you may have to be busy tonight." Kalya chuckled, "Looking at their impatient looks, I guess they will come to visit overnight today."
"That's good." Lux smiled slightly, "I just happened to have a good rest these days, so it won't be a big problem to chat with the old man more at night."
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Just like Kalya's guess, as soon as Lux finished cleaning up, there was a knock on the door.
"Little Lux, have you rested?" the visitor said in a gentle yet serious tone, "I am Cordora, do you remember me?"
"It turns out to be uncle!" Lux quickly identified him with the old man who was staring at her, "Not yet..."
"Do you have time to talk to uncle and grandpa about disaster relief?" The other party's tone was quite serious, as if he was dedicated to the public good. "You are finally here. The frost here in Mithril City is really too severe. You can only rely on frost to avoid disaster."
Taxation is not enough to make territorial residents feel at ease!"
"Ah, of course I'm free!" Lux followed Kalya's request and put on a flustered look, "Come on, come on."
When she opened the door, Lux saw Cordora with a serious face, and the old man was holding a map in his hand.
Then, when Lux was "at a loss", Cordola kept the door open, strode to Lux's room, and spread the map on the table.
"Those little bastards are still in the mood to hold a party...Oh, Lux, you don't know, the frost here is getting worse every year!"
"Uncle Cordora——"
"Call me Cordola, you are here on behalf of the family, and you are the mistress in Mithril City!" Cordola waved her hand, "Okay, Lux, let's not talk about those things, I will tell you the details
Let’s talk about the frost problem in recent years…”
Next, Cordola looked at the map and began to talk eloquently to Lux for almost an hour. In his words, Mithril City in recent years was like memorizing words at a glance, and everything was inappropriate, especially...
Agricultural production has been hit extremely hard.
The survival rate of winter wheat overwintering is even less than 30%!
Obviously, the old man observed and understood Lacus very carefully. He judged from Lacus's observance of etiquette that Lacus should be extremely concerned about etiquette, so from the beginning, he took the initiative to compete for the rhythm of the conversation and maintained a seemingly
He doesn't follow aristocratic etiquette very much, but he is extremely enthusiastic.
This method of preemption is very useful for those aristocratic ladies who strictly observe etiquette. Disrupting their accustomed negotiation rules allows them to completely follow their own rhythm.
Under Kalya's prompting, Lux perfectly displayed a feeling of being at a loss because the other party didn't follow the rules.
With his superb acting skills, Cordola thought that he had completely deceived this little girl who came from the imperial capital.
As for the specific content of the conversation, Cordola mixed in a lot of agricultural knowledge and terminology, and consciously increased the speed of his speech, hoping to increase the amount of information so that Lux would lose judgment on it.
And Lux's next performance perfectly met his expectations. The feeling of uneasiness as if everything was unplanned, and asking why again and again, made Cordora secretly ecstatic!
Hahaha, that's it - how can a lady who has never been to a farm know anything about frost?
Soon, Kodolatu realized that, under Lux's "helpless inquiry", he began to proactively plan the location of the field trip for her.
"It's best to go here." Cordola took out a pen and drew a circle on the map, "The disaster here is very representative..."
"That's it -" Lux blinked, pretending to still want to hold on, "But I'm not ready yet!"
"There is nothing to prepare for this. Just change into a hunting suit and go to the fields to see if the wheat has suffered frost. Dig out the roots and touch it with your hands to find out!" The old man looked very anxious.
"Once the situation is determined, we can quickly provide disaster relief!"
"Oh, yes!" Lux seemed to be completely led away by the other party, "Disaster relief is the key point!"
After getting a satisfactory answer, Cordola finally nodded. He left the map, gave Lux a few words again, then strode away in a hurry, and even helped close the door.
After confirming that the other party was gone, Lux couldn't help but throw herself onto the bed, completely cover herself in the quilt, and laughed out loud.
Although she has been in a bad mood recently, she felt much more relaxed after watching a clown performance.
"Karya, Karya, look at what he looks like!"
"What a righteous person, what a warm-hearted person!"
"But I'm so unlucky to call such a bastard my uncle and grandpa!"
"But to be honest, if I hadn't visited that place beforehand, I might have been deceived by him!"
"Humph, he must not know that that area was the first place I went to. I personally confirmed that there was no frost there!"
"He really regarded me as a noble lady, and taught me a method that was not at all a way to judge whether it was frost-digging the roots, but he could figure it out!"
"When the time comes, I will expose this in front of everyone and see what he does!"
"..."
"..."
Lux seemed to want to vent all her recent negative emotions at once, rolling around on the bed holding her sword.
And it wasn't until she laughed enough that Kalya spoke slowly.
"Do you really think he is stupid? Or, do you really think he didn't make more preparations?"
"What do you mean?" Kalya's tone made Lux a little confused. She blinked and felt a little strange, "Isn't he stupid? He took the initiative to come to the door and chose a place that was not exposed to frost, hoping to use fake
The way of judgment is hidden from me——"
"He chose that place because it was the closest to the main road and the most convenient place to go." Kalya chuckled, "Also, you saw that there was no disaster there before, but it may not be without disaster now!"
"The temperature hasn't dropped drastically these days?" Lux blinked, "There was no frost before, and there's certainly no frost now."
"The weather hasn't cooled down, but what about the people?" Kalya's voice was bone-chilling, "Now, blow out the candles."
Lux did as she was told and blew out the candle.
"There are no candles in the room, so there is naturally no light." Kalya's voice was extremely calm, like a bottomless spring, "But... is it true?"
Lux wanted to say subconsciously that it was just like that.
But the next moment, she thought of herself, and her whole body felt like she had fallen into an ice cave.
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