The Illuminati’s action of summoning the Silent People did not delay their “daily business” of hosting weddings.
Three days later, at the engagement ceremony between Gokan Crownguard and Miss Fiona Laurent, the Illuminati Bishop of Xiongdu Diocese stood in the position of host with a cheerful face.
Because the Crown Guard family has always been relatively low-key and the area of the manor in Xiongdu is limited, the engagement ceremony was arranged to be held in the Illuminati church - there was no way, there were too many guests who came to congratulate!
Even if the nobles are a mess at their jobs, they are always clean when it comes to intrigues.
The Crownguard family, which had never had a good relationship with the side branches in the past, this time supported a family of relatives from Mithril City with great fanfare. Maybe this represents a change in their attitude?
You know, in the past nearly ten years, the cooperation between the Crown Guard family and the Royal Light Shield has been too close for the nobles.
Model Noble is a great name, but for ordinary nobles, it is similar to "children of other people".
The Crownguard family's attitude of fighting the battles, not contesting the credit, and rushing forward when the country is in trouble has made many nobles feel extremely uncomfortable - even though Ogesha is smooth and clever, the Crownguard family is among the nobles.
There is still a sense of being somewhat out of place.
As a noble, if you don't make money, strive for merit, or support your relatives, what are you going to do?
Are you going to fight for the throne?
If it's an invitation to fight for the throne, then it's fair to say that the throne of Demacia is not the same for all generations. Although the Lightshield family has produced kings for several generations, it's not a bad idea to slow down and toss a little at this time.
but……
However, the Crownguard family is still famous for its loyalty, and there are not many descendants. The only descendant of the generation is Galen - considering Galen's naive character, which is well-known in the capital, this is not a fight for the throne at all.
Look.
This made the nobles of Xiongdu feel a little uncomfortable.
Ogesha complained about Peter, saying that his uprightness led to his unpopularity.
But in fact, the main reason for this poor popularity should be that Pete doesn't know how to live in peace...
In this case, if given the opportunity, the nobles would be happy to cause some trouble for the Crown Guard family - but unfortunately, this family is really ruthless, the men are all loyal and loyal, and the ladies are all good at dancing, so they can't cause trouble even if they want to.
arrive.
In Demacia now, there are no "unfounded things".
Therefore, when it comes to the Crownguard family, I don’t know how many nobles will complain in private about "the king's loyal dog"!
But this time, the "King's loyal dog" of the Crownguard family finally began to help the other branches seek status!
How could such news not make all the nobles excited?
The Crown Guard family is finally going to be like us and become one of us!
This is only right, nobles should be responsible for their own families!
It is precisely based on this expectation that even if this is just an engagement ceremony for a branch family, almost all the nobles in the capital of Demacia are out in force.
Come, join us and act like a true noble - stop being the king's loyal dog!
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Because of their expectations, the polite smiles of the noble guests were somewhat sincere.
However, as the protagonist of the ceremony, Fiona didn't even smile politely.
This is her engagement ceremony.
But she seemed like an outsider.
She is not the one who calls the shots.
And the person she was engaged to was a playboy whom she completely despised.
Although Fiona's father, Sebastian Laurent, is very optimistic about Gao Kan and believes that Gao Kan's communication skills will allow him to rise rapidly in the aristocratic circle of the capital, in Fiona's eyes, Gao Kan
Just a waste.
Absolute waste.
His abilities might allow him to become a private in the Dauntless Vanguard, or a squad leader in the Rangers, but Fiona could not appreciate this level at all.
Even when they met for the first time, because of Gaokan's habitual frivolity, Fiona gave him a blow without mercy on the spot - in the name of a duel, she easily knocked away Gaokan's sword.
If it weren't for the fact that the other party was a guest, Fiona would have even scratched the other party's playful smile on the spot!
Unfortunately, this show of force seems to have had the opposite effect.
After realizing Fiona's amazing swordsmanship, Dili chose this daughter-in-law.
He and Sebastian hit it off immediately, and the two quickly agreed on the marriage.
For Dili, he got a daughter-in-law who can fight. With Fiona's swordsmanship, she will definitely have great achievements in the army in the future.
For Sebastian, the Laurent family has climbed onto the branch of the Crown Guard - the current Laurent family is no longer the family that frequently produced swordsmen three hundred years ago.
In the competition, the Laurent family has no results, and the dazzling sword dance waltz is becoming increasingly inappropriate for this era. If no changes are made, the decline of the entire family will be a matter of time!
If you have the opportunity to hold your thigh, you must seize it firmly!
In this way, a political marriage was finalized in which each side got what they needed.
As the person involved, Fiona was the last one among almost everyone to know the news - many guests even received the invitations earlier than she knew she was going to be engaged.
Fiona is naturally unwilling to accept such a magical realist fate.
You know, since she was a child, she has been going against all the expectations placed on herself.
Her mother found the best craftsmen in Demacia and made her a lifelike doll. However, Fiona gave the doll to her maid, turned around and picked up her eldest brother's sword, and forced him to secretly teach her
fencing.
Her father hired ingenious tailors and cutting-edge designers to tailor-make colorful clothes for her, but Fiona made a straw man herself, put clothes on the straw man, and used them as tools for practicing thrusting and blocking.
object.
Fiona is also proud of Laurent's surname, but she is even more eager to use the sword in her hand to prove that Laurent is no less than anyone!
Then, at the age of eighteen, she learned the ridiculous news that she was about to get engaged - Fiona couldn't accept it no matter what.
She tried to reason with her father, and she swore that she would use her sword to win glory for her family, and that she did not need to marry to gain status.
But Sebastian turned a deaf ear to her words and just kept telling her that she wanted to be a noble lady after marriage.
In the end, the father and daughter finally separated on bad terms.
It was obviously the eve of the engagement, and while the family was busy preparing for the ceremony, Fiona was wiping her sword.
Now, she appeared at the engagement ceremony, looking at the joyful guests with an expressionless face.
She didn't know what these guys were happy about, and she didn't want to know.
The guests actually didn't care what Fiona thought. Even if she looked frosty, no one cared.
Many marriages between aristocrats occurred after a fight between the two men.
No one cares about those poor mandarin ducks.
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According to their status, there are more and more guests.
Finally, as the representative of the Crown Guard family, Laxana Crown Guard, who had just turned thirteen, officially entered the venue, and the king's messenger with the light shield emblem arrived, the bishop as the host officially announced the start of the engagement ceremony.
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With the soundtrack of the choir, the ceremony was carried out in an orderly manner one after another. Gaokan was extremely excited, while Fiona was like a puppet on strings.
In the parents' speeches, both Dili and Sebastian expressed their recognition of their children and praised each other's family's glorious history.
One after another engagement tokens were also displayed to the guests - Fiona looked at these "her favorite dolls" and "the books she had read the most" with a blank face, and felt an indescribable ridiculousness in her heart.
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No, it should be said to be absurd!
When have you ever played with dolls?
Do you have any favorite books?
Unfortunately, no one cares.
Finally, amidst warm applause, the engagement ceremony came to the final stage.
The bishop, wearing a black robe, stood between Gaokan and Fiona and asked the last two questions.
"Mr. Gaokan Mianwei, are you willing to work hard to prepare for marriage and make a commitment to marriage?"
Gao Kan's eyebrows were beaming, and even though he was pretending to be calm, Fiona still saw his impatience.
"I do."
"Ms. Fiona Laurent, are you willing to work hard to prepare for marriage and make a commitment to marriage?"
Fiona smiled for the first time, her smile was like a spring breeze blowing through the snow-capped mountains, warm but still cold to the bone.
