Not a Witch
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"You don't know the background of those great nobles. They have been operating in their respective fiefdoms for hundreds of years, and their bloodlines and interest grids are so broad."
"The west wind that Clancia faced back then was not such a large country. Besides, the witch of the stars has long since disappeared in the struggle between the sun and the moon."
"If there is no fate-changing starlight fall, everything will not be known."
"It's easy to start a war, but do you know how to end it? After all, the empire is different from Westwind. People live in different places, with different cultures and customs. There are great differences between the north and the south. People in other regions may not agree with your ideas. and ideas."
"Or maybe in their hearts, you are the devil and evil that brings disaster."
"Facing such a country, you are far from enough now." The young man calmly analyzed.
"I know, but everything is moving in a favorable direction, isn't it? Also, when can you join us. I know you, Roque, just like I know my enemy. I know you in the past ambitions and ideas.”
"Although that was a childish thought, it still shows that you have a similar desire in your heart." Tokolin looked into Roque's eyes and sent out his own invitation.
"Me? Huh." Rock wanted to say that he was not that great, and he didn't have too much hope for this plan.
But when it came to his mouth, he became silent again, maybe there were still a little bit of the arrogant words from his youth, buried in a hidden corner of his heart, so he couldn't completely deny it.
What should I do...
Rock looked at the swaying oil lamp and candle on the table, and in a trance, slowly remembered the time on campus.
It seems that there was also a night like this, when he sat in the study room of the library, he was deeply confused about the future and didn't know where he should go.
""I don't know what kind of hero you want to be, but if there is something you want to do that will make everyone happy and better, then do it."
"If you are tired in the middle, you can also take a break. The praise of heroes is certainly attractive, but your own life is also very important. I hope this kind of praise can become an embellishment in your life, rather than a heavy burden."』』
Slowly savoring the words of the girl in his memory, Roque realized that he hadn't gotten rid of the traces left by his youth, or maybe that romantic ideal had been flowing in his dreams.
"It's really boring." Rock shook his head, and then held the outstretched hand again.
"Just think of me as repaying the past for taking away your letter of recommendation. But it's okay, I will only give you limited help, don't expect me to work hard for you."
"In addition, I have quite a lot of identities, and sometimes I run errands for the regent, so don't let me know about some secrets."
"Hahaha, what's the matter." Tokolin and Roque stood up, hugged briefly, and then patted Roque on the shoulder vigorously.
"I will trouble you from now on, good brother."
In the underground room flickering with candles, these two childhood rivals are now standing together, looking at the map hanging on the wall, and telling a beautiful and grand dream.
Time has worn away a lot of edges and corners, but it also slowly reveals the crystal and gold in the sand. There are always some things that you don’t notice on weekdays, but they still appear in your dreams, making people yearn for them and fantasize about their realization. that day will come.
Chapter 42 Misty Moon
Titania, House of Earl Howard.
The large mansion is like a small palace, and the neat lawn presents an elegant and generous landscape under the exquisite floor cutting.After the Janissaries recently stopped searching for and interrogating suspects, the bustle of the past has resumed here.
Earl Howard hosted a banquet today, and many nobles in the imperial capital were invited.
Within the empire, the earl can be said to be the top of the nobility, but the duke is actually too rare and there are only four, whose status is similar to that of the king.The whole country is divided into four ranks, Duke, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. In addition, Lords only bestow honorary titles for those with outstanding talents or honors, and cannot be hereditary.
The promotion of titles is by no means easy. In fact, during peacetime, titles will basically not change, and some nobles with small titles are even in danger of slipping.The historical background of each large-scale knighthood is generally that the empire has opened up to the outside world, which is why the expedition a few years ago attracted so many people.
Today, nearly a thousand years after the founding of the empire, there are no more than 100 families with the title of earl, while the number of earl families that still maintain the corresponding status and real power hovers around 60-70.
Such rare and honorable positions symbolize power, wealth, status, etc., which is why they often have great influence.
"Welcome everyone to visit my mansion."
The slightly fat Earl Howard, with his hair slicked back and a custom-made black dress, stood on the steps of the central staircase in the hall, with his hands open, greeting the numerous guests below.
He spoke in an unhurried voice, with a kind of calmness unique to those in high positions. His blue eyes slowly scanned the invited people, looking for the person he was interested in chatting with today.
For a nobleman like him, wealth is no longer a problem. As long as he does not engage in treason and other things in the empire, his status will basically not change.The Earl's title was inherited from his birth, just like his parents and grandparents, naturally and predestined.They all receive guests in this luxurious hall like this. He has seen his grandfather do this since he was a child, his father did this, and today he himself is doing the same.
If you want to say that you are bored, you are not. He is very used to this kind of scene, just like the inheritance engraved in his blood. He enjoys everyone's complimenting greetings and words. People from other places came over and told him the latest new and interesting things.And he just needs to taste the fine wine slowly, and occasionally nod his head to show his appreciation to the visitor.This is also his favorite pastime. It not only demonstrates the nobility of his family, gains a good reputation, but also kills boring time.
Today, after entertaining these guests briefly, he walked slowly to that fixed corner. The view here is excellent, and it is not very conspicuous (in his opinion). When he was still a child, he sat here and fell in love with Viscount Eland His daughter, Marilyn, later became his wife as a matter of course.
After the waiter mixed the orange-red Cointreau for him, he sniffed it lightly, lamented the unchanging fragrance in the past ten years, then slightly raised his hand, and the waiter beside him immediately retreated in small steps knowingly, followed by a A man in a dress came forward.
"Good evening, my lord count. I am very pleased to see that you are still in good health."
"Okay, Hewlett. Tell me something interesting. Have you lost money recently?" Howard waved his hand.
Baron Hewlett is a servant he has known since he was a child. Although his skills are average, he has wanted to get rich since he was a child. He has developed many new industries over the years, but unfortunately he always loses more.Sometimes when you are short of money or have no way to go, you will find him here.
He wasn't interested in Hewlett's popcorn business at all, but it was interesting to hear him lose money every time, so he didn't let his servants stop him.
"Wise and honorable Earl, I recently discovered a new wealth business opportunity." Hewlett uttered that familiar tone as soon as he came up, making Howard raise his beard involuntarily.
"Okay, old man, tell me." He changed his position and crossed his legs.
"I don't know if you have heard of a caravan that just arrived in the imperial capital. They are the Lagertes Chamber of Commerce, and they brought many mysterious products from the East."
"The East is really wonderful." Howard tasted the wine slowly, remembering the shock when he saw the world map in his grandfather's study when he was a child.
The East is a distant and vast world. People in the empire know about it, but they don't understand it very deeply, so they are full of various assumptions and fantasies.
Some people say that there is wealth everywhere, rare treasures everywhere, porcelain and silk that are more expensive than gold in the empire, every household has it, the skin of oriental women is smooth and has no body odor, and they will not age all the year round, etc. It seems like another world .
Although Howard had never been to the East, his family still collected many books and travel notes describing the East, which described many real or imaginary things, which made people feel as if they were falling into clouds and mist, and had infinite reverie.
"This time they brought not only silk and porcelain from the East, but also many things from the East that they had never seen before." Hewlett knew that the Earl was interested in the East.
"Among them are the gauze feathers that can see through candlelight, the elixir that can make people live a hundred years, the fine wine that makes people dream of the past, the dolls dancing on the table, and the strangeness of the oriental fairyland like clouds and mist. Pearls...." The baron exhausted his vocabulary and imagination to describe things that had never been seen.
Although the desire to listen has long been endless in his heart, Howard still maintained his superficial expression, nodded gently, expressed a slight approval, and then interrupted this man appropriately.
"Although it sounds good, who knows if it's true or not, hey..." He sighed pretending to be regretful, and then rolled his eyes slightly.
"Of course it's true, I saw it with my own eyes." Seeing that the earl was interested, Hewlett immediately responded eagerly.
"Besides, the eldest lady of the Lagertes Chamber of Commerce is extremely beautiful, like the bright moon in the sky, like a rare gem, which makes people's eyes unable to move away."
"Oh, how beautiful it can be." Howard smiled. The most indispensable thing among nobles is beautiful women. They have land and wealth, and the maids around them have been carefully selected since they were young. The description of such appearances has long since disappeared. Sensitive.
"Uh...it's like...comparable to the former princess." Hewlett couldn't find any good metaphors, so he could only say so.
"Such a compliment, tell me how much you charged that young lady." The beard around Howard's mouth curled up again.
The first daughter of the Landsworth family, the former crown princess, and the future white queen, Frocia's face is the most beautiful and peerless that the nobles and commoners of the imperial capital have ever seen in their lives.
Although the princess was very indifferent to social activities and rarely attended banquets, even a word she said in the mansion and what she wore every day were topics that the whole emperor talked about at that time.Countless noble ladies and women obsessively follow her dress. This person is like the ceiling of the entire empire in terms of identity, appearance, talent and so on. There are almost no shortcomings, and she is also the most perfect in the dreams of countless people. Object.
And Hewlett actually used the White Queen as a metaphor today, which is too much to boast about.Howard shook his head secretly when he heard this, and he also had some doubts about the oriental things he said before.
"Your Excellency must believe me, there is really no falsehood." Hewlett showed an eager and anxious look on his face.
"Okay, okay, for the sake of an old friend, I don't care how much favor you receive from that young lady. Afterwards, I will ask the housekeeper to give you an invitation, and you just pass it on to that young lady."
"But what I'm interested in is not her appearance, but those oriental things you mentioned before. I hope I won't be disappointed this time."
"And let me remind you in advance, don't play tricks on me. I have seen many real treasures in the East. If you do that, you are insulting me, understand?"
"Honorable Lord Hewlett, I understand. How could I deceive you, Hewlett will always be your most loyal follower." After receiving the answer, the down-and-out baron became calm and polite, bowing respectfully , and then retreated with a smile on his face.
Looking at the back of this childhood playmate, Howard shook his head slightly, then tapped on the table.
Next person.He wanted to continue to hear what interesting news the next guest brought him.
"Good evening, my lord count."
"Good evening, Lady Vanessa."
A graceful lady sat down, the fine gemstones on the ornaments in front of her body reflected brilliant flashes under the light, but what was more eye-catching was the tight and smooth silk dress, which made her graceful figure It is revealed, and the embroidery of interlaced silver threads on it is lifelike, giving people a mysterious oriental charm.
"I came here today because I actually want to introduce a friend to Lord Howard."
Familiar words were repeated, and the legend about the mysterious and beautiful lady of the chamber of commerce also began to spread in the imperial capital.
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A few days later in the evening, the courtyard where the Lagertes caravan was located.
Lorraine Hill is dressing up in front of the mirror at the moment, preparing for the dinner tonight.
Thanks to the publicity these days, the reputation of this caravan quickly spread in the imperial capital, and some nobles also became interested in Miss Lacey, and sent invitations one after another.
But Lorraine Hill didn't want to visit one by one, it would not only take time and effort, but she also likes to participate in various banquet invitations so frequently and be watched by people with various eyes for a long time.
If it weren't for this plan, she would really need to actually attend the banquet to see the situation of the upper echelon of the empire, and she might not even have the idea of showing her face.Although sensitivity is helpful in training and fighting, it will only make little Lorraine more shy in such unfamiliar social situations.
Oh, it would be nice to have a substitute.Seeing herself in the mirror being gradually dressed up by the two maids beside her, such a thought suddenly crossed the girl's mind.
"Okay, miss, it's sorted."
"Thank you, Eugelia." The girl woke up from her imagination and looked at herself in the mirror.
Today, she is wearing a delicate white and blue dress, with white as the base and blue and white roses dotted on it. There is also a light blue belt around the waist, and two light ribbons hang down from the side.The overall style is pure and fresh, and with the golden hair like the warm sun, it is like the morning light in winter.
In today's empire, which prefers red and black, such a dress can be said to be quite different, and it brings a strange impact.
After dressing up, Lorraine Hill and the two maids walked down the stairs and walked slowly to the outside of the courtyard, where a special white carriage had been waiting for a long time.
The body is decorated with some vines, and the surrounding area is dotted with flame yellow and pure white roses. The horses are also pulled by two handsome unicorns, who are patting their hooves lightly on the ground to pass the time.
"Good evening." The girl greeted Vio who was driving, and then came to the side of the two unicorns, stroked them gently, and recalled the method Frocia taught her in the past to appease the two unicorns of Natural Sequence 5. beast.
A long time ago, unicorns were a rare monster that lived in the forest. Later, they were domesticated by elves, and the number increased slightly.
Later, the forest elves and humans jointly established a country, and a group of elves or humans with both bloodlines was born. They gradually became a bridge between the two races, and the most famous one was the Landsworth family, the Duke of Unicorn.This duke family guarding the east of the empire has always been rich in poets and artists. It is the most moderate family among the four dukes and has an excellent reputation among the nobles.
But now, the Landsworth family raises more unicorns than the elves, and they have multiple elite knights in the east, patrolling the vast and peaceful land.
After appeasing the two unicorns temporarily borrowed from the forest elves, Lorraine Hill and the maids boarded the carriage, and then the two unicorns pulled the white rose carriage and headed towards Silver Moon Street where the nobles gathered.
The carriage turned across the street under the envious and curious eyes of passers-by, and stepped into an increasingly tidy area. There are no longer various stores on both sides of the street here, but narrow and long wrought iron walls, revealing the lawns, gardens, and green trees. .
These are the private residences of the nobles. Many nobles in the empire have their own residences in this area, which is convenient for attending meetings, holding positions, or meeting saints in the imperial capital.
"Miss, Earl Howard's mansion has arrived." Vio's voice came from ahead, and the carriage slowly stopped.
Looking through the car window, the mansion is full of lively people at the moment, many nobles are dancing in the banquet, and the melodious and soothing music can be heard even a little far away.
It looks like the party has already begun.Lorraine Hill was thoughtful, and then slowly got out of the carriage with the help of the maid.
The white shoes are like exquisite works of art, with light pink ribbons and flowers dotted on the sides, the crossed ribbons show the slenderness of the calves, and along the white stockings, there is a white and blue rose skirt, a girl with a dreamy face Step into this mortal world.
"La... Lagertes Chamber of Commerce, Miss Lacey is here~"
The attendant recovered from the shock and shouted his name nervously, then many eyes gathered and looked at the door leading to the outside world.
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