Although Rawls's status is low, he still has the title of the youngest barrister in Backlund, has a fairly handsome appearance, and is well-dressed as a housekeeper and a valet.
So when he first attended the ball, many noble ladies and ladies talked to him, and the meaning of their words was that they wanted Rawls to invite them to dance. Following the ideas of several noble ladies, Rawls spoke out
Invite them to dance and then get taken advantage of.
Now coupled with the importance of Duke Negan in Lockhard's words, Rawls has directly become meat among the wolves. Even if those aristocratic ladies are still reserved and will wait for Rawls to invite him to dance, those aristocratic ladies will not
will do so.
Looking at the aristocratic women with shining eyes who wanted to communicate with him, Rawls felt that his scalp was numb.
Rawls's eyes lit up when he suddenly saw Todd Wolfe, and he walked directly towards him, giving an apologetic smile to the ladies around him.
"Sir Todd, I am very interested in the Balan feathered snake crown collected by the Wolfe family that you just talked about. Can you tell me more about it?"
Todd had just seen the actions of Lockhard, Duke Negan's secretary, but as a minor, he was not interested in these. When he heard Rawls' words, he waved his hand casually:
"I told you, Rawls, we are friends, there is no need to use those honorifics, just call me Todd." Your Excellency is generally an honorific title for the son of an ordinary earl.
Rawls didn't take it seriously. He just found an excuse to avoid those noble ladies. Moreover, he was indeed very interested in the Fourth Age Balam collection collected by the Wolfe family. He smiled and replied:
"Okay, I wonder, Todd, if you can tell me more about the feathered serpent crown. I heard that it is one of the symbols of the Balam royal family in the Fourth Age."
"I've heard such a statement too." A smile appeared on Todd's face. Few people were willing to listen to him tell the story a second time. "It is said that the descendants of the Bailang royal family in the southern continent of the Fourth Age are a family named Eggers.
, their family emblem is the feathered serpent, and the feathered serpent is one of the symbols of death. Our family also has a mask of the Eggers family, which also has patterns similar to the feathered serpent..."
"What's wrong?"
Rawls, who was hearing the key point, frowned and looked at Todd. Todd slapped his head as if he remembered something. He touched the back of his head with a regretful expression and whispered:
"I almost forgot, my father wants to see you in the second living room."
Todd stretched out his hand and pointed eastward:
"In that direction." After saying that, he turned around and left.
Watching Todd leave, Rawls had the urge to strangle him. You might as well forget it. Did you remember it at the critical moment? What should I do?
Rawls, whose teeth were itching with hatred, forcibly restrained his urge to curse, smiled at the guests around him, took a breath, straightened his dress, and walked towards the east side of the banquet hall.
Audrey, who had just scolded Susie, returned to the banquet hall and immediately became the center of attention among the guests in the ballroom. She showed a polite but distant smile and refused the male guests' invitations to dance again and again.
A young blond girl dressed similarly to Audrey, but with less jewelry, came over and helped Audrey out:
"Audrey, what did you just do? You didn't see what just happened."
Audrey glanced at the girl gratefully and said with a troubled smile:
"Well, Susie was a little scared and hid on the balcony. I went to find it. Jennifer, what happened just now?"
As a spectator, missing the exciting part is not only disrespectful, but also detrimental to the digestion of the potion.
Jennifer is the second daughter of Earl Wayne, with blond hair and blue eyes, a sweet smile and shallow dimples. She covered her mouth in surprise:
"You brought Susie with you. Are you doting on her too much? If Countess Gallia knew about it, she would definitely kick Susie out!"
"How could it be? The Countess is very friendly. She has met Susie many times."
Audrey showed an awkward smile. She originally didn't want to bring Susie, but she thought that today was a good opportunity to act as an "audience" and Susie also drank the "magic potion", so she brought it.
Alas, I just didn’t expect that it was more like the audience than myself. After all, who would notice a dog?
So she could only comfort her friend and tell her not to think too badly of Countess Calia. After all, it was only her father, Count Venn, who was at odds with Count Wolf, and the grudge was very small, so there was no need to take it too seriously.
Others in the husband’s family.
"Okay." Seeing that her friends had said this, Jennifer no longer talked about Countess Calia, but talked about what had just happened, "Do you know who Duke Negan's secretary came to see just now?
?”
"Who?"
She was not here just now. Even as an "audience", Audrey couldn't guess it.
"Rolls Adrian, Backlund's youngest barrister."
Audrey thought of the man in stiff lapels who looked like a barrister who had just talked to Todd. Was that him?
…
With an unlucky look on his face, Rawls avoided the inexplicably noisy garden and walked towards the second living room.
Alas, no wonder Ambassador Backlund was able to hook up with many aristocratic ladies and young ladies. The aristocratic women of Loen are indeed not as conservative as advertised!
Walking into the second living room, a male aristocrat in his late fifties with a beard was sitting on the sofa waiting. He was smoking a cigar and seemed to be in a good mood.
He heard the footsteps and looked in the direction of Rawls. Seeing that Rawls had arrived, he stood up with a smile, used cigar cutters to lower the burning end of the cigar and placed it on the coffee table, laughing loudly:
"Are you Lawyer Adrian? I have long heard that Backlund has a 23-year-old barrister. He is indeed young."
Rawls made a greeting and said with a smile:
"Nice to meet you, the noble Earl of Firmenberg." Firmenberg is the fiefdom of Earl Wolfe, in East Tucker County.
As a conservative and a noble earl who takes pride in his land, Wolfe was very satisfied with Rawls' etiquette. No wonder he became a barrister at such a young age. He nodded with satisfaction and said:
"I have heard from Todd that Rawls is an extremely polite person. He has indeed made a good friend."
"Todd is also very good and knows a lot about the history of the Quaternary Period."
"He's pretty good at this point." Earl Wolfe, who knew what kind of character his youngest son was, touched his beard, "I heard Todd say that you are also very interested in the history of the Fourth Age."
"Yes, after all, at Lincoln's Inn, I was only interested in history, but sculpture and music were not of interest to me."
Rawls told a little joke, which made Count Wolfe laugh again. Count Wolfe, who had studied at the Bar College, naturally understood the internal rules of the college.