Lily sat between Freya and Sophia. Because it was too crowded, Lily couldn't help but look at Fan opposite with a bulging face... Because it was inconvenient to reveal her identity, Aurelia did not follow, so the four-person carriage
There were only five people... Vincent and Fan sat in a spacious place, but Lily was miserable...
Seeing Lily's miserable expression, Sofia smiled and teased: "Lily, do you want to sit on sister's lap? It's uncomfortable to sit like this, isn't it?"
"No... no need! I'm not a child..." Lily shook her head decisively - what a joke! Although I'm a bit younger, I'm already in my forties! Over forty!
"Then do you want to sit in Fan's arms? Look at him directly like this?" After hearing Sophia's words, Fan's face immediately turned red: "Hey! Don't get involved with me again!
"
"I don't want it! It's fine to sit like this!" Lily glared at Fan angrily, and Fan spread his hands to express that he was really just innocent...
The dark blue dress that Fan is wearing today was worn by Vincent when he was young. Although there are some differences in body shape, it looks a bit big on Fan, but Fan says it doesn't matter. Fan and Vincent are also afraid of the aristocratic banquet.
——Vincent has participated in it several times, but this is the first time for Van. Compared to Van, Lily is obviously very adaptable to this kind of scene. After all, the vampires of the Toledo family generally like this kind of atmosphere.
A banquet...but the food at the banquet would seem more...unusual in human society? Well, it is not ruled out that some humans would like to have a living person on the dining table...
The Palace District is the smallest of the five Blake districts. The carriage took about thirty minutes to reach the banquet location. Vincent and Van got off the carriage first, Vincent was elegant but seemed a little stiff.
He stretched out his hand. Freya smiled, put her hand on Vincent's hand, held the long skirt in her other hand, and jumped out of the carriage easily.
Fan obviously didn't know what to do. After a while of fussing around, he also imitated Vincent and wanted to pick up Sofia and Lily. Sofia couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw Fan's antics, but she still managed to save her face.
Van's hand lifted the skirt and got off the carriage... As for Lily - so Lily still wanted to complain about her skirt! This is not the size that an evening dress should have at all! It's too short!
Ignoring Van's outstretched hand, Lily jumped off the carriage - her skirt was short enough that she didn't need to carry it with her hands at all!
But in this way, Lily immediately became the focus of the surrounding nobles - whose family does this child belong to? There is no ladylike style at all... And is this dress too revealing? At such a young age...
Lily looked around with a gloomy face, and the nobles immediately turned their faces away - but the news about Lily soon spread throughout the noble circle. When they heard that she came with Vincent, the nobles suddenly realized
Appearance - no wonder! He turned out to be a companion of a countryman! No wonder he is so barbaric!
"Human with fish lips~" Lily snorted, turned her head and sulked angrily.
This time, in addition to the contestants, there were also the recommenders or family members of these contestants. The nobles would always find a way to get together to have a party or something. The nobles of Blaino no longer respected it as much as they did when the country was first founded.
After being honored, they became more and more corrupt as they got used to their arrogance and extravagance.
After handing over the invitation, the waiter led everyone to the outer hall: "Mr. Vincent, you and your female companion will stay in the outer hall. Mr. Fan and Miss Lily, please come with me..."
The banquets for contestants and introducers were separate. The introducers had a large number of people, so they were placed in the outer hall, while the dozens of contestants were arranged in the inner hall.
After leaving Vincent and Sophia, Fan became a little nervous - just now he could learn from Vincent how to deal with these big scenes, but now he can only take one step at a time... Fan turned his head
Glancing at Lily, Lily seemed extremely calm. She walked gracefully, raised her chin slightly, and followed the waiter unhurriedly... If you ignore the clothes on her, she looks like the daughter of a wealthy family... Look.
Seeing the behavior of his companions, Fan seemed even more nervous, his expression became stiff, and his actions became like a robot...
"Idiot, relax your whole body!" Lily couldn't help but feel ashamed when she saw Fan in such a state. She quietly turned her head and whispered to Fan, "Don't be so nervous! They are just food with one head and two legs like you...
…Uh, I mean humans…”
Hearing Lily's words, Fan Ninjun couldn't help but smile, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and his movements became more natural... Although his whole body was still tense, at least it was not so obvious!
The inner hall is not big, only about one-fifth of the outer hall. There is a long dining table in the hall, and some exquisite snacks and fruits are placed on the dining table. When Lily and Fan arrived, there were already people of all kinds coming here in twos and threes.
Such contestants, most of them were standing in small groups in the corner holding wine glasses and chatting. Although there were chairs around the dining table, there were not many people sitting there. Lily looked around and came with Fan on her arm.
A girl with long golden brown hair was sitting at the dining table, eating grapes leisurely: "Excuse me, can we sit here?" Lily asked with a smile.
The girl raised her head in surprise. She didn't expect that someone would come over and strike up a conversation. After all, there are many empty seats around this table. If you want to sit down, you can just find a place instead of running to a stranger.
.However, the girl obviously had no taboo. After being slightly surprised, she nodded in agreement: "Please feel free to do so."
It's not meaningless for Lily to sit next to the girl - Lily and Fan Chu arrived here and don't know much about Blaino. From everything in the hall, it can be seen that this group of contestants obviously has their own small circle. If they go up rashly,
If you inquire about things, you may not get any useful information - on the contrary, you are more likely to be ridiculed because of your clothes. The people sitting at the table are either unsociable, or very aloof and disdainful of the company of others.
I'm afraid there are no people who are really hungry and want to eat something to cushion their stomach.
After Lily observed around, she eliminated a few nobles who were obviously stinky at first glance, and among the remaining few who were not gregarious, the girl's leisurely demeanor was in sharp contrast to the timid appearance of the others.
!Lily decided to recruit her into the team, maybe she could get some important information or get her help in the competition in the near future.
"My name is Lily N. Toredo, nice to meet you." Lily smiled implicitly, making Fan Qing beside her shiver involuntarily - completely unlike the usual Lily!
"I'm Ling...ah! Ahem!... Lilsey, yes, my name is Lilsey..." The girl seemed to choke on her grapes because of Lily's sudden self-introduction, and coughed violently, "Ahem
Cough...Sorry, I choked. My name is Lilsey, hello, Miss Lily."
"Sister Lilsey..." Lily kept her smile unchanged, but complained about this strange name in her heart... "Why is Sister Lilsey sitting here alone?"
Lilsey raised her eyebrows, picked up a grape between her thumb and forefinger and threw it into her mouth. She chewed it slowly and swallowed it before saying, "I don't think I'm alone. My companions are all outside. What's wrong? Lily"
Is the lady interested in me?"
Lily's smile became even thicker. Regardless of Fan secretly pulling her behind him, he continued: "Actually, we just came to Blake not long ago, so there are some things we want to ask."
Lilsey curled her lips, picked up another grape, and rolled it back and forth between her index finger and thumb, with no intention of eating it: "You're straight to the point. But I'm not a local either - well, that's right.
! Just look at my hair. I’m just a mixed-race daughter of a local noble family. I don’t know anything about too secretive things~”
"It's not too secretive..." Lily leaned closer and asked in a low voice, "What are the more difficult opponents in this competition - such as people who were already famous before this conference?"
Fan covered his face behind Lily - can you give you a real answer if you ask the other party so straightforwardly? You must know that she is also one of your opponents! I'm afraid no one will be kind enough to provide information to your opponent!
But Lily didn't think so, and just continued to stare at Lilsi. Lilsi played with the grape in her hand for a while, then threw it into her mouth and ate it: "There are indeed many difficult people... there are indeed many of them. You
Did you see the person sitting over there on the left front?"
Lily looked in the direction Lilsey pointed, and there was sitting a blond young man who looked a little cramped. The dress was obviously old, and there were some seams in the joints. It didn't look like it was
Someone like a great nobleman. But when Lily looked at him, he raised his head as if feeling something. After seeing Lily, he nodded politely.
"And the idiot who laughs the loudest among the noisiest group of people." Lilsey said to Lily calmly without raising her head. Although it was very plain, Lily could feel Lilsey in it.
of disgust and revulsion.
Although she didn't point out the location specifically, Lily still found the person Lilsey was talking about - a young man with blond natural curly hair and wearing a crimson dress who was laughing loudly.
In his gloved hand, he was holding a glass of red wine. Although there were many people in the hall talking quietly, he was the only one laughing so wildly. However, no one in the hall stood up to criticize his behavior.
This shows the strength and status of this young man.
"That guy is really annoying, who is he?" Lily also frowned in disgust. What she hates most is this kind of arrogance!
Lilsey sneered lightly and said to Lily with a smile: "He? Arrogant? He has the capital to be arrogant. He is Nils Bledino, the son of Duke Bledino, who is only twenty years old.
He has reached a high-level level at the age of 2... You don't know, Lord Bladino, right? He is the younger brother of the king of this country and the duke of the kingdom."
"What? Doesn't that mean he is interested in her cousin?" Lily's eyes widened, she covered her mouth and whispered, "Nice job... uh... I mean, it's crazy..."
Lilsey shook her head, casually picked up the glass of fruit wine next to her and took a sip, then said: "Princess Irelia is the king's only heir and the future queen of the Kingdom of Blaino. As long as she marries Irelia
Being a princess is equivalent to owning the entire Kingdom of Bruno... However, because Princess Irelia has not been getting married since she came of age at the age of fourteen, many nobles in the kingdom complained a lot about this.
This time the princess personally asked to select a guardian knight. In the eyes of these nobles, it was an implicit invitation to marry... Really, it was obviously just a farce... Most of the guys who came here were eyeing the throne, and they all did it.
Daydreaming about kingdoms and beauties is so stupid..."
"Uh... that..." Fan felt a little embarrassed, with cold sweat dripping from his head - Lilsey's voice could not be lowered, so many people around heard her remarks and cast hostility towards the three of them.
His eyes! "It's not nice to say it so bluntly, isn't it?"
Lilsey sneered and put the wine glass down heavily! The loud noise attracted more people's attention: "What? They do this and don't allow others to talk about it? It's really ridiculous! Forget it, let's not mention the annoying things.
Okay, let me continue the introduction..."
No... I think it's better not to say it anymore. It's better to leave now... After the scene just now, many people around have already stared at this place! Those terrifying eyes made Fanru shine on his back! He quietly pulled Lily's arms.
The corner of his clothes signaled her to leave this place of right and wrong quickly!
"There is one last person worth introducing..." Lily ignored Fan's little movements and listened to Lilsi's words attentively, "There is the person at the end of this table who seems to have completely ignored us."
Lily turned around and saw a man with long blond hair wearing a black dress with gold tassels and red edges sitting at the end of the table, eating snacks with his head down slowly and carefully, as if the snack was something rare in the world.
Lilsey’s voice was not quiet, at least Lily would have been able to hear her if she sat in that position, but the man was holding a knife and fork while eating the snacks on the plate - just eating a snack was so formal
What?!
"Also, I would like to remind you." Lierxi shook the fruit wine in the glass, lowered her voice and said with a smile, "In my opinion, the real arrogant is you~cute and smart Li~Li~little
~Sister~”
Hearing Lilsi's words, the smile on Lily's face did not change at all. She stood up and bowed slightly and said, "Thank you very much for your advice, Sister Lilsi~ Let's go, Van~ I have to go to the bathroom."