Vincent stood in front of the mirror and nervously fiddled with his white gold-tasseled dress. As a paladin who has been on the front line of the battlefield for a long time and wears armor, he is not interested in such fancy aristocratic clothing. Muscles
His clothes were tightened, making him look quite distorted. Due to the knight competition, Vincent will attend the banquet before the opening of this event as a guest. What he is least used to is this kind of all-out atmosphere.
In the big scenes of nobles, those nobles who have higher eyes than the top will make him very uncomfortable. This group of people who only value family background will not look at him seriously at all.
So Vincent was alone most of the time on such occasions.
"It looks pretty good~ Stop pulling this off." A gentle voice came from behind Vincent, and Vincent was stunned for a moment - he saw a woman dressed in pure white.
The girl in the dress came over and carefully smoothed out every wrinkle in Vincent's clothes. Then she took a step back, looked up and down, and nodded with satisfaction, "As long as you behave naturally, no one will
I’ll find fault with you.”
"Freya!" Vincent looked stunned, as if he had seen something impossible. "Why...are you here? How is the front line?"
Yes, although she was very beautiful at this time. But his first reaction was not to praise women like those gentlemen, but to think of his own job - Freya is the deputy commander of the Knights of the Dawn, and also his most recent
A capable right-hand man, in every previous war against Carretta, Vincent led the soldiers to charge into the battle, and Freya was responsible for the tactical command and strategic layout. It can be said that without Frey
As the mastermind of the Dawn Knights, it would be impossible for the Dawn Knights to win the honor of being one of the three major knights in the kingdom!
Because of the constant friction with Carretta, the Knights of the Dawn are usually stationed on the front line and rarely retreat from the front line. The reason why Vincent agreed to Sophia's request and introduced her to the king was because there was Fu in the Knights of the Dawn.
Leya is taking charge of the situation. Even if Kaleta attacks, as long as the opponent does not have a legendary existence, Freya can easily block it - even if a legend attacks, she can still hold on until he brings reinforcements to support!
In a sense, Vincent can only be regarded as the spiritual leader of the Knights of the Dawn and a deterrent to the enemy. His illustrious military exploits on the battlefield frightened the enemies and he was worshiped by the knight class, especially the civilian knight class.
The person with real power who actually leads the entire legion is the seemingly gentle and weak girl in front of Vincent. The reason why he is so relieved that Freya takes over all the military affairs of the Knights is that she does have the ability in this area.
On the other hand, it was because she and Vincent had grown up together in the church and were practicing doctrinal partners, so they knew each other well. By chance, Vincent joined the army, and Freya followed shortly thereafter.
came and helped him get to where he is today.
However, Vincent never expected that Freya would abandon the Knights of Dawn and come to Blake at this time! Isn't this nonsense! He didn't understand her behavior at all. According to his understanding of the girl,
She would not do such an inappropriate thing. He wanted to know what happened. Without Freya on the front line, who could command those unruly boys? What if Kaletta came?
What to do about a sneak attack? This will bring shame to the motherland and tarnish its glory!
As if she knew what Vincent was worried about, Freya smiled and explained: "Don't worry about the Knights of the Dawn. Carreta has submitted a fair truce agreement by the Alkari Council to the border. There will be no peace agreement in a short time."
The war broke out. Those children's nerves have been tense for too long, and I have arranged for them to go home for a month's leave."
"Why did Carreta suddenly ask for a ceasefire?" Vincent thought solemnly of what Sophia had mentioned - it couldn't have happened so quickly, could it?
Freya shook her head slightly and said: "The specific situation is not clear, but the information obtained by our spy said that all the Kalreta legions deployed on the border fronts of Blenno and Kalreta have been deployed to the north of Kalreta.
, I don’t know what happened there - did Sybil say anything to you? Is it related to Carretta’s current movements? "
It was Freya who persuaded Vincent to meet Sofia in the first place. Otherwise, given Vincent's rigid character, he might have stayed on the front line and refused to leave.
"That's right, Ms. Sophia asked me to introduce her this time because of this incident." Vincent told Freya about the disaster that Sophia said would "subvert the entire continent."
Freya frowned and pondered for a long time, then raised her head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there is still a Carretta between Vincent Dix and Blaino. Even if those undead really appear, Blaino will have enough
There will be time to react. And when the Alkari Council cannot stop the undead, it will definitely notify the entire continent. By then, the humans will definitely not be the only ones fighting against the undead."
"If that's the case, I'd be relieved. I hope it won't happen so soon... at least we'll have the preparation and time to rush to the rescue."
Freya's analysis made sense, and Vincent felt a little relieved, and his expression was obviously much more relaxed. He thought of something, and asked curiously: "But... Freya, why don't you go back first?"
Where is the town of Harlei? I think... Godfather already misses you very much."
Harlei is the town where the church that adopted Vincent and Freya is located, and it is also the place where the two grew up together. In the church monastery, the kind old priest is like a father to them.
When it is not particularly urgent, they will take a short day to go back to visit him. Although in recent years, with the increasing number of frictions on the front line, the day to go home has been delayed again and again.
"Haha~ I won't feel at ease if I leave you alone in such a big city, you are a country person~" "Country person" was the contemptuous name given to Vincent by some nobles in the past, and Freya also used it to make fun of him.
Vincent was embarrassed, "Besides, if you attend the kingdom dinner, don't you need a dance partner? You see, I even put on a dress specially."
Vincent was even more embarrassed, and also had nothing to say... He had never thought about dancing when he was invited to the banquet before - he had learned swordsmanship and riding, studied the teachings of the Goddess of Light and related to it.
He had matching magical skills, but he had never learned to dance! He remembered that he once led the army through a small village and saw the passionate dances of the girls and soldiers, but this kind of behavior was in his eyes
It's always about "appreciation" rather than "experience", let alone a social event for aristocrats? If you have to drag him to dance, he will definitely make a fool of himself in front of everyone... But fortunately, Vincent is usually on the front line, participating
There are very few opportunities for nobles to have banquets like this...
"This is not what I expected...Freya." Vincent muttered, "Just like I didn't expect you to appear in front of me in a dress..."
After all, he just refuses this kind of thing most of the time, or it should be said that Freya does it for him most of the time. After all, asking her to do things is definitely more useful than being alone.
...Only now - on occasions in the name of the royal family, he would participate in such gatherings, so that his experience in this area is indeed insufficient.
"Are you surprised?" Freya said with a smile.
"Yeah." Vincent smiled bitterly and scratched his head, but admitted directly, "But more importantly, I'm still happy..."
He looked at Freya in front of him - more often than not, he would still not regard her as his adjutant, but as the girl who had lived and studied with him since childhood and helped him get out of embarrassing situations many times.
Now that things have happened, the little blond priest who gently helped him bandage his wounds in his memory has turned into a tall and graceful girl in front of him. She is still helping him solve these things that are a big trouble for him. It is really a bit embarrassing.
.
"I'm flattered by what you said~" As if she was showing off her dress, Freya turned around in a circle with the hem of her dress, and said with a playful smile, "The dress is really troublesome~ If possible
, I want to wear armor to the ball, so that there will be fewer people inviting me to dance - you think so too, right? My Lord Vincent?"
Vincent sighed as if he had met a close friend: "That's right! Although wearing armor is a bit tiring, it is much more comfortable than such awkward clothes!"
Freya smiled and did not continue - Vincent is Vincent, and the focus of his attention is always different from the answer he wants. But this is okay...
"Get ready to go! Vincent!" The door was pushed open unceremoniously. The two turned around to see Sofia in a dark purple evening dress. Compared with her usual casual dress, she put on light makeup and carefully dressed up.
Sophia, with her hair tied up, looked like a different person! If it weren’t for her rude push of the door, just standing there, she would have been thought to be a noble lady from some family. “Huh? Who is this? Ah!
Little Fleur! She’s grown so big! I almost didn’t recognize her!”
Sofia opened her arms and moved forward, giving Freya a big hug. Freya responded with a smile: "Long time no see, Lady Sybil."
"Don't call me so unfamiliar~ Just call me sister Sofia!" Sofia had seen Vincent and Freya when they were young. Compared to Vincent, Sofia obviously liked the smart Freya more. "What? You can't worry about it.
That wooden head, you came all the way here? You are really the same as before..."
"Sister Sofia, too." Freya smiled gently, glanced at Vincent and said, "She is still running around every day... Speaking of which, is the situation at Dix's side serious? Carletta has already
All the main forces have been transferred to the north."
"Come so fast?!" Sophia was obviously a little surprised. The smile on her face faded and she asked seriously, "Is there any more news?"
Freya shook her head, frowned and said: "There is only so much information from Kaletta, but there seem to be some credible rumors from the Kaletta mercenaries - for example, the small town on the northern border of the Kingdom of Kaletta has
It was destroyed by an unknown monster, or the army in the northern part of Kaleta could not withstand the sudden attack of an unknown army. It must be a fish that slipped through the net from Dix, right?"
"That's it...it seems I have to hurry up my schedule..." Sofia estimated that she could only notify the orcs at most, but the elves and winged people might not be able to catch up. I hope Kaletta can hold on for a while longer...
"Don't say these depressing words for now." Freya stroked her long hair that was scattered in front of her shoulders, and restored her gentle and calm smile before, "We will be attending the banquet in a while, are you ready to walk there?
"
Vincent's face froze - because he was busy worrying about the banquet, he forgot to prepare transportation such as a carriage! Subconsciously, Vincent wanted to ride there! Seeing Vincent's expression, Sophia's face also darkened.
Come down - this idiot is not really planning to walk over, is he?!
"I knew it would be like this..." Freya sighed, shook her head, and said to Vincent, "Let's go, I've prepared the carriage."
"Ah! She really deserves to be Freya!" Vincent couldn't help but admired, "But there are six of us going here, can we sit in the carriage?"
"Why are there so many people? But it should be okay if we squeeze in, right?"