The time they spent in the nightmare was not short.
Annan and Maria left quickly - they were going to prepare for tonight's banquet. Although Kafni had nothing to do for the time being, after Annan left, there was no need for her to stay.
In addition to Noah's royal family and cardinals, this banquet will also invite Noah's local nobles.
But the banquet itself has no meaning.
No political issues will be discussed at this banquet, and it is impossible to introduce any nobles to Annan - because now Noah does not have a new king at all, and the heir does not have the power to introduce "his own faction" to Grand Duke Annan.
This banquet is not even a ball - because whoever has a better relationship with Annan and who can dance with Annan may affect the current tense political situation.
Just those lower-class nobles who are not well-informed.
The high-ranking nobles and the royal family also knew in their hearts... how close the relationship between Kaifni and Annan would be. As the host of the banquet, the eldest princess certainly could not use this banquet to strengthen Kaifuni's authority.
——Although Annan and Kaifuni directly confirm their relationship in public, it is not conducive to Kaifuni's maintenance of authority; but if the relationship is more ambiguous and vague, just "the relationship is very good and they fall in love at first sight", it will be more harmful.
Good for Kaifuni.
This is the wonderful thing about the "distance" between people.
In order not to break the balance, the eldest princess could only place Annan in the position of an "elder". They held this banquet as if it were a banquet for a certain saint or a righteous pope.
The attendees were divided into two levels. One was the "royal family" and the "cardinal" or above-level clergy who could sit next to Annan. All the nobles, ministers, and bishops were waiting around.
They sat at least thirty steps away from Annan, and even had to be stopped by palace guards. They also had to arrange isolation rituals to prevent assassins from getting in.
——Just like the audience on the stage.
Staying in the same room as Annan from afar...this is considered to be participating in the banquet.
And in such a public place, it is impossible to discuss anything important.
For example, one of the main tasks of Annan's visit this time... is to rebuild waterways and restore cross-border trade agreements.
Obviously this kind of thing cannot be discussed in this situation.
The so-called partition walls have ears.
Those who want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, those who want to cause trouble for their own reasons, those who want to help, those who want to take advantage - if such important information is leaked before it is finalized, I am afraid the situation will be
It immediately became a mess.
In the same way, it is impossible for anyone to release any valuable information at this semi-public banquet.
——The purpose of holding this banquet is just to "prove that the current friendly relations between the two countries".
Naturally, no one will cause trouble.
Because the Pope from Sir Silver will also come this time——
The last time Annan saw Sir Silver's pope was at the funeral of Henry VIII. They looked at each other from a distance and nodded lightly. Because the occasion was serious, they didn't even go over to say hello and say hello.
Strictly speaking, this is the first time they have met.
Annan was also a little curious.
Salvatore's identity is rather embarrassing at this time.
As a transcendent who is destined to enter the gold level, he is even the master of the tower in his country, and the holder of the extremely rare "alchemist", an ancient profession. His status is not at the same level as that of ordinary wizards.
But from another perspective.
After all, Hugo, the master of the tower, has not yet resigned. After all, he is still the son of the tower and the "successor of the tower master."
The owner of the tower is about half a level higher than the royal heir - lower than the king and the pope, but higher than the eldest princess. And the son of the tower is higher than the cardinal... or even ordinary
The number of district bishops is even lower.
After all, Son of the Tower is a dynamic title. It belongs to the Wizard Tower's "most promising person of the contemporary era", but it may be replaced by someone with more promise at any time.
Therefore, from this perspective, he is not even as reliable as the heir of an ordinary nobleman - because he may be suddenly overthrown before he succeeds to the throne.
With Salvatore's current status, it is impossible for him to show that he has a friendly relationship with Kafni, let alone show his close relationship with Archduke Annan in front of the nobles and bishops.
Speaking in his personal capacity, at most he can only watch on the outer edge of the banquet - or even if too many people come, he can only stand at most.
That would be meaningless.
Therefore, Salvatore did not intend to attend this banquet...or in other words, he was planning to use this time to do something.
When Salvatore entered the nightmare before, his thinking was confused for a long time.
Of course he himself would not remember such a thing - but his shadow kept him awake. This was what she told Salvatore.
And after he woke up from his room as "Bella".
He saw a man with gray hair and gray eyes sitting in front of his bed, with his fingers crossed in front of him and his legs crossed looking at him.
——Salvatore recognized it immediately.
That is the notorious wanted criminal, [Professor Wolf] Frederick Wolfheart.
"Do you remember everything I told you before?"
Professor Wolf said to Bella: "Now, the time has come.
"Remember your mission - use Dmitri's trust and love for you in exchange for the stability of the Principality of Winter."
——Are you teaching me how to do things?
Salvatore was about to reply so unceremoniously.
Before he could say anything, he was immediately held down by a shadow.
The shadow took control of his body in the blink of an eye, and showed a hypocritical and cowardly look towards this man who could tell at a glance that he was a liar, saying "Okay", "Yes", "My lord", "Thank you"
"Some words that made Salvatore couldn't help but frown.
But Salvatore also knew that this was role-playing.
So Salvatore endured the discomfort and quietly watched the shadow performance.
At this time, the introduction of this nightmare also appeared in his mind.
After roughly understanding what Bella had agreed with Professor Wolf... and when the shadow fooled Professor Wolf away, Salvatore threw the agreement behind him.
——He still remembered that he entered the nightmare mainly to help Annan deal with Fufu.
Although I don’t know if the tragedy writer and Fufu collaborated, but at least Professor Wolf and Fufu are the same people - Fufu did not communicate with Bella in the whole process, but the content of Professor Wolf’s bewitchment of Bella was about Fufu
advantageous.
In other words, Fufu and Professor Wolf seemed to have reached an agreement outside of this nightmare.
This should be to avoid rituals and rules. To prevent Bella from being able to participate in the gambling ritual because of her connection with Fufu... The Tower of Thousand Faces does have such rules.
But at this time, Salvatore had an idea that had nothing to do with this nightmare.