Whispering Poems

Chapter 1572 A Romantic Banquet

Shad didn't look back to see what was happening behind him, and he didn't make it to join Dorothy and Tifa.The king's eunuch attendant rushed over, telling Xia De not to take off his armor first, but to follow him to meet the king.

Now that Xia De has won, there is no doubt about this match. Five minutes later, under the standing ovation of everyone, Shad in armor walked up the steps to the highest point of the auditorium.

Queen Diana, Miss Galina, Rezia, and Adelina are all here, and there are a few Cavendish whose names Shade can't recognize.Agelina seemed very excited, Rezia nodded reservedly to Xia De, and Miss Galina said bluntly:
"Congratulations, Shad."

"Thank you."

Xia De said softly, giving the initiative of the topic to His Majesty the King.

It was rare for Shad to see Rezia's father in the study room of the Yordle Palace and places other than the banquet.This taller than him by a head, but looks very dignified man in his 40s is very formally dressed, with a rather thick fluffy red cape studded with jewels behind him.

"Congratulations, Hamilton of Regard, you have shown us your chivalry and superb chivalry."

He said kindly, while the reporters took advantage of this time to find a good location to take pictures.

At this time, the king's attendants had already brought the prepared champion reward.According to the usual practice in previous years, it was a metal shield with Shard's name and the coat of arms of Cavendish-this needs to be prepared temporarily so it will be given to Shard at the evening banquet, and it symbolizes the "1854 Tobesk City Ring City Equestrian Tournament Champion" trophy.

The trophy was made of sterling silver and gold-plated, in the shape of a knight on a horse.

"Hamilton, do you want the award to be presented by Duke Galina, or by my daughter Rezia?"

His Majesty the King asked again in front of everyone. Shade, who was holding the helmet, kept his face unchanged, but glanced at the two ladies whose names were mentioned.Miss Galina is by the king's side. After all, besides the king, she is the most powerful here.And Rezia stood between Queen Diana and Adelina, with a very formulaic but kind smile on her face.

"Fortunately, this matter was discussed in advance, and I was prepared."

Xia De suppressed the little pride in the corner of his heart, and then said very respectfully:
"Since I swore an oath to uphold the spirit of chivalry in the name of Her Highness Rezia before participating in this competition, then please Her Highness Rezia to present me with an award."

This was actually not discussed between Xia De and the girls, but between Miss Galina and Rezia, and it was even related to Leiziya's concession that she didn't mind a further breakthrough in the relationship between Xia De and Miss Galina.

Without asking whether she agreed, Queen Diana gave her daughter a slight push.

Her Royal Highness, who was wearing a sky blue long dress, walked towards Xia De with restraint, and picked up the shield and trophy that symbolized honor under the flashing of the spotlight.

Xia De put down his long sword and helmet, and knelt on one knee on the red carpet to show his allegiance. He could already hear someone talking about tonight's grand banquet.

He raised his head to look at his princess, and Leiziya tried hard to endure the fiery passion in her heart:
"Hamilton of Regard."

She called softly, and at that moment, Xia De seemed to be able to see the fiery flame burning in her soul.

After accepting the title, Shad was finally allowed to leave the arena to meet Dorothy and Tifa in his tent.Goldilocks gave him a warm hug, and Tifa called on the maids to help Shad remove the heavy armor:
"There are no scratches. Just now we all thought that the sword of that relic would scratch this set of armor,"

The trophy that Shade planned to put together with last year's "1853 Big City Players Champion Trophy" was placed on the table by him, and then Miya jumped over happily, and meowed excitedly after being caught by Shade .

"It doesn't know that there is a big meal tonight?"

Shad was joking, and Tifa talked about what happened after Shad left the camp when the maids helped him take off his armor.

The evening banquet will be held next to the King Edward III Arena, the royal estate where the opening ceremony was held last weekend.It was 03:30 in the afternoon. In fact, Xia De had time to go to Galina Manor to have a rest first.

But he didn't leave immediately, but told Dorothy and Tifa about the [Faceless Man].After waiting for a while, sure enough, they soon saw Director An Luosi bringing two ring warlocks, but this time the thirteen-ring warlock from the [Creation Church] was not there.

The director congratulated Xia De for winning the championship, and Xia De returned the dove-shaped pendant and the sword:
"This sword is really useful."

He said with a smile, and after pretending to ask whether the "spy" disguised as a jazz had been arrested, he watched the three of them leave.

"Aren't you worried that they suspect that you are a Ring Warlock?"

asked Dorothy softly.

"Don't worry, I didn't use too much strength, I didn't even dare to use my full strength just now. And, thanks to the serious illness some time ago."

Xia De said, the blonde girl showed a clear expression:
"When Priest Augustus visited you at your home, Bishop Owen of the Dawn Church also sent other people to your home to give condolences. After all, you are also considered a core believer. Since you will suddenly get sick, you must not be a ring warlock. Really coincide."

Tifa asked from the side:
"What will happen to 【Faceless Man】?"

"According to the information I got, he will not be caught, but will hide again and become confused until he completes his self-devouring."

"So what's going on with this angel-level relic? The mainstream view of the church and the academy believes that he probably doesn't have any brothers at all, but he had a disease such as split personality before he became a relic, so he fell into the trap of wanting to make up for it. in all my own crazy desires."

Dorothy said that this was seen from the materials passed by the college to the group.

Shad shook his head, so Tifa asked those low-ring and ordinary girls who were not suitable for knowing the information of angel-level relics to avoid it first.

"[The Faceless Man] did have a twin brother in the fifth era in which he lived. But that brother did not disappear, but was eaten by him."

Shad recalled the message from Grace and Helen:

"I don't know exactly what happened, but when the two merged into one, he went directly from an ordinary man in the fifth era to some kind of inhuman faceless monster whose gender is not even certain. This may be The conspiracy of the evil god may also be some kind of extremely ancient transformation ritual. He completed himself and then went crazy."

"So, the person he is looking for has always been in his stomach?"

"It can be said that these humanoid relics seem to have their own tragedies."

After tidying up at the camp, the group rushed back to Galina Manor to prepare dresses and long skirts for the evening banquet.

The grand banquet that night, in Xia De’s aftermath memories, only the gorgeous banquet hall with lights reflecting everywhere, the brisk and cheerful dance music, and dozens of handkerchiefs and garters that were stuffed into his pockets class of intimate clothing.

At the banquet, he accepted an interview with "Tobesk Morning News". As the champion of this year's equestrian competition around the city, he expressed his thoughts on the chivalry in the steam age.The most sincere part of Xia De's speech was that he hoped that the Rhodes card could be considered as one of the events in the future round-the-city riding competition.

On the first day of the game, there was an accident, and later he was assassinated, and even Earl Lewis, who broke a leg while recuperating, appeared in the banquet hall in a wheelchair.The Furren brothers and the earl appeared together. The preliminary negotiation work has been completed, and they are about to go to the Green Lake area.Taking advantage of the fact that the Earl was temporarily pushed away by the servants, the twin brothers also expressed their congratulations to Shade for winning the championship, and invited Shade to visit their family's racecourse in addition to playing Rhodes again when he had the opportunity to go to Willendale. ——The Foran family is quite rich.

Even though he was injured, Earl Lewis was still trying to get close to the beautiful Duchess of the Northland.Only this time, the foreigner, who had a good reason to show his high spirits, greeted him like he was at an opera house and extended his hand.He didn't wait for the count to shake his hand this time, but took the count's hand quite rudely.

Both Queen Diana and King Larousse III were there at that time, so Earl Lewis, with a reluctant expression, wanted to shake the hands they held tightly out of politeness.Unexpectedly, Xia De smiled at him, and then made a sudden force, and then everyone was startled by the earl's cry.

Of course, Xia De only nearly crushed the bones of his hand, and he still remembered that he shouldn't have much strength.

Although Earl Lewis had an ugly expression at the time, no one reprimanded Shad for it.After all, he is the champion tonight, and it is to protect his lover, so enjoying a small privilege can even be said to be a very romantic move in this kind of social occasion.

Of course, the most romantic moment of the night was when Princess Rezia invited Shad and his female companion Dorothy. After enjoying the dance music at the ball, they went to the waiting room together and asked the knight to show them his beauty again. Superb riding.Rezia kept her promise, and in order to reward Xia De for winning, she not only brought the "goods" sent by Miss Sylvia from Willendale, but also allowed Xia De to do some very outrageous things with live rope tricks.
Because of lack of time, they went to Galina Manor together after the banquet to continue the long-lost Red Butterfly Day.Of course, it would have been even better if there hadn't been an astonishing sound like a gas pipe explosion in the distance that disturbed the interest of the three of them in the middle of the night.

(End of this chapter)