The banquet time has come, and the girl standing in the corner has disappeared inadvertently. However, Lily did not relax her vigilance and still maintains the usual elegance of the vampires (is it really true?) sitting at the table and tasting the fruit~
Ah! Unlike some cannibal races with black eyes and red pupils, it is great to be able to enjoy delicious food!
With Lily's reminder, Fan seemed much more stable. After all, even if he lost in the first round, he still had to get into the ring! If he was eliminated in a place like this, wouldn't all his determination so far be in vain?
Already?
Most of the nobles gathered in the corner in twos and threes have already taken their seats, waiting for the banquet to begin - it is said that this banquet will be addressed by the princess herself... Although Princess Alicia is rumored to be unparalleled in talent and beauty, the real thing among the people present is that
I'm afraid not many people have passed her. We can only imagine Alicia's beauty from the portraits circulated in the palace.
Almost everyone is staring at the balcony directly in front of the second floor of the inner hall, because Princess Alicia will walk out from there. The connection between the balcony and the room is covered with a layer of purple gauze, making it difficult to see clearly.
What exactly is in the room... But not everyone's attention is focused there, such as Lily who is enjoying the food, Lilsey who is leisurely drinking fruit wine, and Long Hair who is still immersed in eating snacks with a knife and fork.
Beautiful man - come on! You can actually eat something as big as a palm! A turtle can eat it faster than you!
The gauze moved slightly, and two maids who looked to be only eleven or twelve years old lifted the gauze on the left and right, and a girl wearing an extremely gorgeous red gold-rimmed princess dress and a small golden crown slowly walked out of the room.
They walked out. Everyone held their breath, and even Lily looked up curiously - but Lilsey and the long-haired man still didn't respond. One continued to drink and the other continued to eat.
The girl is about sixteen years old, with long golden wavy hair hanging down to her waist, her eyes as blue as the sky are slightly closed, and her pale golden eyelashes like butterfly wings are drooped, as if she cannot adapt to the bright light in the inner hall.
.If Lily were to judge, this girl would definitely be considered beautiful even in a two-dimensional world where beautiful girls are everywhere! The round and soft oval-shaped face, the exquisite nose bridge and the moist and delicate mouth...
If this was a purely natural appearance without makeup, then Lily would probably give her a 9 points!
Looking down again, the breasts that made Lily disappointed were not big among her peers, but they looked perfect with the girl's slender waist, as if any more would make people feel cumbersome. Lily noticed the girl's belt
There is also a long sword on her shoulder. Obviously, this girl is not as weak and weak as she seems, because the sword does not have many gorgeous decorations, and the marks on the scabbard also show that the owner of this sword often
use it.
The girl walked to the balcony guardrail, her slightly closed eyes slowly opened, and the first words she spoke shocked Lily: "Lily N. Toledo..."
"Huh?" Lily subconsciously wanted to stand up, but was immediately pushed down by Lilsi. The girl continued to speak slowly: "Nils Bledino..."
Lily screamed badly - was it because of what happened just now? She wanted to be punished in public? It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter... It was the idiot who provoked me first. If the princess didn't show favoritism, she shouldn't punish me. Lily
So comforting myself.
"Lon Hellman... Lilsie... Lucica... Van Genos..." The girl was still announcing her name unhurriedly, and everyone's eyes changed from surprise to confusion——
Is Her Royal Highness the Princess planning to call everyone here?
However, the princess obviously did not call everyone. After calling the twenty-fourth person's name, the princess paused and said lightly: "I invite the above twenty-four people to have dinner with me. Others please move outside.
Hall."
Those whose names were not read were shocked - they had guessed to some extent that they had lost the qualification to enter the knight competition. Most people vaguely knew the reason, but there were still people who were dissatisfied! They had fallen out with Lily before
This was the case for Niels' follower who was caught in the conflict. He stood up with a pale face and asked tremblingly: "I don't understand! Your Highness! Why... why did I fail like this! I need to know the reason!"
"Presumptuous! Who allowed you to speak to Her Highness the Princess like this!" Nils turned his head and roared like an angry lion, "Hurry up and apologize to Her Highness the Princess!"
"Lord Nils! I..." The young man's face suddenly turned pale - even Lord Nils has given up on me? But... But Lord Nils clearly...
"It doesn't matter." Princess Alicia glanced at Nils lightly and continued, "Remember the purpose of your coming here. One of you will become my guardian knight. I don't need to disrespect the lady.
A knight doesn’t need a perverse dandy, let alone someone who dares to question me!”
Alicia's sharp gaze caused the young man to collapse to the ground immediately! Drenched in cold sweat and unable to focus, he sat on the ground and trembled, his mouth trembling as if he wanted to say something, but immediately a group of waiters came over and stopped him.
He dragged him away. The other people whose names were not called looked at each other and followed the waiter dejectedly and left the inner hall.
The originally crowded dining table suddenly became spacious. Lily, who was squeezed between Fan and Lilxi, also breathed a sigh of relief, not only because she finally didn't have to clamp her body to sit on the bench, but also because she actually got the chance.
She is qualified to participate in the competition - but Lilsey is really mysterious. She seems to know a lot of inside information. It seems that she needs to collect another set of information...
"Everyone here..." Princess Alicia glanced around, her eyes paused for a moment in two places, as if to confirm someone, then she frowned and continued, "Please allow me to wait for a moment.
Take a rest and I’ll come down to have dinner with you all in a while.”
Almost everyone was stunned - generally speaking, the royal family and the nobles have dinner, and it is impossible for the royal family to sit at the same table as the nobles! Most of the time, the royal family will sit in the room on the second floor for dinner.
, even on the first floor, a special table will be prepared. Because a noble assassinated the king at dinner before, the royal family members are more careful about having dinner together.
But no one saw the waiters bring the table in. It was obvious that Her Royal Highness wanted to share a dining table with everyone...
After a while, Princess Alicia, wearing a red-bottomed floor-length dress with gold coins, walked slowly over with a calm but arrogant smile on her face: "Lilsie, why don't you come and sit with me?"
Lilsi next to Lily smiled, walked to the head of the table with the wine glass, and sat down on the left side of the princess. At this time, Nils was about to stand up and sit on the other side of Princess Alicia, and Ai
Licia looked at Lily: "And you, Miss Toledo, are you interested in coming to talk to me?"
Lily pointed to her nose in disbelief: "Me?" She had just met this princess! How could she be so reassured about her? Although she was the only woman in this group of people besides Lierxi, her identity was unknown.
Is it really okay to sit next to people with unknown motives?
Alicia nodded slightly and motioned for Lily to come over. Glancing at Niels, whose face was ashen, Lily left Van's side and sat on the right side of the princess.
Observing Alicia up close, Lily came to a conclusion - it turns out that this face is not purely natural! Although it is just light makeup, it is still makeup, right? Makeup is comparable to plastic surgery on earth, so she doesn't have it
Lose! That’s right! That’s it!
Lily, who was concerned about this strange thing, didn't notice the trace of resentment in Niels's eyes, but even if she noticed it, I'm afraid she wouldn't care about it - Fish-lipped human being~ You are just cricket food~ Who
Do you think about food?
The long-awaited delicacies were finally served, and Lily couldn't wait to try the royal delicacies from another world! Although this place really wanted to be Europe in the Middle Ages, it was obviously much more developed than the Middle Ages! At least it was what she ate in the hotel.
The food tastes extremely delicious, and the food will not be tasteless because of the lack of spices and condiments. It is obvious that this world has put a lot of effort into studying food.
Although on Earth Lily would eat some garlic to make herself look "strong" among vampires. But Lily actually hates such pungent food. Unfortunately, the first dish was buttered onions.
Soup...Lily doesn't like to drink it.
Seeing Lily's bitter look, Alicia couldn't help but smile and said, "What? Doesn't it taste good?"
Lilsey bit her spoon, knocked on the table with a straight face and said, "It's not a good habit to be picky about food. Only by eating more vegetables can you grow taller. Be good and obedient. Hey... my little sister is just like you."
I like to eat vegetables, but why are today’s children so picky about food?”
Lily looked at Lilsey who was coddling a child with a black line on her head, scooped a spoonful of soup with a silver spoon, blew it gently and put it into her mouth. The rich aroma of the cream and the unique umami taste of onions,
Coupled with the seasonings that Lily can’t even taste, it makes people’s appetites instantly whet their appetite!
"It tastes really good~" Lily drank happily, and soon she drank all the small bowl of soup! Licking her greasy lips, Lily began to look forward to the next dish!
Seeing Lily's appearance, Alicia's originally distant smile turned real: "Is this Lily N. Toredo?"
"Huh? What's your advice, Princess?" Lily couldn't help but blush. She almost forgot about this at the palace banquet. If she was so excited, she would be laughed at.
"Your name is very strange..." The smile on Alicia's face soothed Lily's uneasy heart, "What does the N between your first and last name mean? After all, most civilians do not have surnames.
And the names of nobles are just a combination of surname and first name..."
Lily was suddenly shocked - ever since she came to this world, she has habitually introduced her full name! She did not expect that the name structure in this world is completely different from that on Earth! Modern European names are generally given names + self-chosen names
First name + last name, and self-chosen names are usually abbreviated. However, since she said her name, no one who heard it expressed any doubts, which made Lily think that this name is natural. But in fact, it is because of the big name.
Most people who know Lily's full name either don't care or know that she comes from another world.
Lily rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Actually, Lily is the name I gave myself~ Because I disliked my father's bad taste in naming, but I couldn't do without this name, so I had to abbreviate it." Facts.
On the contrary, the N in the middle is the self-named name. The full name is Nicole, which means winner.
Alicia looked at Lilsey, who shrugged and continued to drink the soup. Alicia turned back to Lily and said, "Although you didn't tell the truth, I will just believe you."
Well. I'm looking forward to becoming friends with this interesting kid like you."
Seeing her lie being exposed, Lily couldn't help but blush. Although this was not a big deal, the shame of having her lie exposed was still there.
Lily's little habit of rolling her eyes before lying makes it difficult for her to successfully deceive the other party. Although many times the "deceived" party will not care about that level of lies, but speaking out directly like Alicia
is the first so far.
"You are very courageous, Lily." Alicia touched Lily's head and changed the topic soothingly, "You should know that here, your strength is the lowest. Why do you choose to participate in the selection?
?Are you confident that you can protect me?"
Lily, who was in a state of shame, responded in a low voice: "I didn't want to win first place... I prefer the pegasus as the third place reward..."
Hearing Lily's words, Alicia couldn't help laughing - she is such a cute and honest child: "Oh? Why do you want to take third place? Isn't it good to be my knight?"
Lily shook her head and quickly denied: "No, that's not the case... I am very self-aware of my strength. I'm afraid I won't be able to get the first place. But if it's the third place... maybe I can give it a try.
." Thinking of Pegasus, Lily's eyes were full of yearning - that kind of beautiful and lovely creature is simply amazing!
Alicia smiled without saying a word and asked the waiter to continue serving the food. At the banquet, except Alicia and Lily who were chatting and laughing, everyone else sat upright and quickly processed the food in front of them without saying a word. The princess
The beauty is beautiful, but judging from the previous methods and courage, it is not easy to deal with. Anyone who wants to take this opportunity to win the favor of the princess, and then let the princess open the back door to directly become the princess's guardian knight, or even her husband, is very worried.
——There are only twenty-four people left. If you try hard on your own, you might still have a 24-quarter success rate. If you fail to gain the princess's favor, you may not even have the chance.
PS: PS: It’s so wise to code three chapters in advance and go hunting! Peach-haired beast! Here I come!