In the two banquet halls, the atmosphere was slightly different. In the place where men gathered, it was clear that there were two kinds of thoughts. There were those who wanted to curry favor with Grand Duke Carvey. Of course, there were also political opponents with a different stance.
They couldn't brazenly crash the party, but they had to drag him down. After all, there were rumors that Grand Duke Carvey had made so much money from his cooperation with the Wizard that he had to build a second warehouse to store the money.
Although they didn't know what the actual situation was, nor did they know what kind of business they were doing together – the local sales of cars couldn't be fully supplied, so of course, they couldn't be exported. But half of the Duke's guards were in the Holy City of Estali, this matter couldn't be faked.
As the Grand Duke's strongest force, it couldn't be a trivial matter that he sent half of his guards to watch over. Therefore, the people gathered, no matter which side they belonged to, hoped to inquire about the details from the aristocrats close to the Grand Duke.
In the women's banquet hall, all the participants were secretly looking around, trying to find the two protagonists of the banquet. Some people wanted to talk to them and win some friendship; of course, there were also people who wanted to trample on the party. They wanted to teach a lesson to a silly girl and an unknown Wizard. In their eyes, apart from aristocrats of higher status than them, everyone else was nothing in their eyes.
But of the two protagonists, the younger one only made an appearance at the opening, and then hid in her room.
In order to prepare for today's ceremony, Marchioness Barland returned to the Duke's castle a few days early. Although everything around her looked familiar, but she couldn't feel at ease. Therefore, she hid in her room as usual.
The difference was that when necessary, she would still step out of her room. Compared with the situation in the past where she was unwilling to leave, the Marchioness had improved a lot in the Grand Duke's eyes.
As for the other older protagonist, she wasn't in the castle at all. As a mage who could use the Blink Spell, he would only appear when it was necessary for him to perform such a troublesome ritual. Her time was very precious, and she had a lot of things to do. She didn't need to waste too much time here.
Although in someone's eyes, Fen spent as much time in a daze as she did sleeping. The rest of her time was allocated to the trivial matters of life, as well as her so-called business. But even so, her work efficiency was quite astonishing. Touching here and there for a while was equivalent to a few days of hard work for others.
Therefore, the ladies in the banquet hall could only be disappointed. After all, the two main characters of this banquet were different from ordinary nobles.
When everyone was almost done with their meal, it was time for the ceremony to begin. The musicians, both men and women, gathered in the male banquet hall. The female nobles were also getting dressed and preparing to join the ceremony.
The waiters moved quickly and methodically removed the buffet counter. At the same time, he quickly put away the leftover bowls and plates that contained the meat and bone fish bones, and arranged the venue for the next ceremony.
In fact, most of them were related to Mages. The ceremony to decide on the apprenticeship was usually held in secret. After all, it was related to magic, and there would be some secrets that should not be known by outsiders, or should not be disturbed.
In public occasions where nobles were present, it was more like a notice or announcement rather than a real ceremony. In other words, the main house, namely Duke Carville, announced that his granddaughter would follow Great Mage Fen and learn magic, and then it was over. Therefore, when the old man said that there would be a ceremony or something, it was not really a ceremony, but an excuse for the nobles to get together to eat and drink.
But when the long table that was originally used for eating and drinking was cleared to the side. On the left side of the main seat that belonged to the Grand Duke, there was a bench that was not inferior in size. Everyone felt that this time, things were not so simple.
The buglers from the military played a piece of impassioned music in unison. The nobles who were present were already used to the constant stimulation of new things. Everyone calmed down and quietly waited to see what new tricks the Grand Duke would come up with.
Stepping in unison, the momentum of iron boots on the ground was very astonishing. The fully armed Duke's Guard entered the banquet hall in two columns. This, of course, caused a commotion. Even the nobles who were in opposition to the Grand Duke had a certain conspiracy theory in their minds. Was the Grand Duke using his granddaughter as an excuse to get rid of them in one go?
Of course, the Duke's Guard did not make excessive moves. They separated the crowd from the middle and opened a path to the left and right. Of course, their movements were very careful, for fear of hurting the nobles here. And the nobles were quite cooperative, giving up the position where the Duke's Guard was supposed to stand. That is to say, as long as they were sane, they should not clash head-on with warriors wearing plate armor and swords at their waists.
At the same time, with Halloumi's piano as the lead, the temporary military orchestra played a majestic march. Although in a certain person's ears, it was still somewhat scattered. But in this music that had never been heard before, Grand Duke Carville, holding one of today's protagonists, Marchioness Barran, appeared at the entrance of the banquet hall.
However, when no one was paying attention, Fen quietly appeared on the settee on the left side of the main seat. Her sitting posture was relaxed, her expression natural, and her red Four Spirits uniform made her, who was already very gorgeous, even more otherworldly. But as long as one paid attention to her, they would feel that under her refined temperament, there was an aura of disdain for the common people.
Grand Duke Carville did not take his granddaughter forward. Instead, when they reached the end of the path opened by the Duke's Guard, he let go. And this group of elite knights drew their swords and set up an arched path of swords and swords.
As the Marchioness moved forward, the knights put down the swords in their hands, stood in front of her, and turned their backs to the advancing Marchioness Barran. Originally, a certain person hoped to use this action to express the intention of the girl moving from her aristocratic identity to another identity. However, how others interpreted such actions was not something he could control.
When the Marchioness finished walking through the arched path of swords and swords, deacons dressed in black attendant uniforms walked out from the left and right. Each of them held a square tray with an exquisitely made mage shawl on it. Naturally, a maid put it on the Marchioness, symbolizing that she had entered the world of magic.
Another deacon held a large tray with a small tray on it. On the small tray was a bowl of tea. The Marchioness picked up the small tray and walked carefully to the Lich, bowing as she offered the tea.
Because there was no habit of kneeling in the Lost Land, a certain person did not force a girl who wanted to learn magic to do such a humiliating action for the natives of the Lost Land. Asking a noble to bend her back a little was already a considerable concession.
"Teacher, please have the tea." Marchioness Barran spoke in front of everyone for the first time, dispelling the rumor that she was a mute.
However, Fen did not accept the tea in front of her immediately. Instead, she hesitated for a moment. Just when everyone thought that things had changed, she finally rolled up her sleeves and reached out her slender hands to take the cup of tea.
In fact, the reason why the Lich was half a beat slower was because she was thinking about a question: Why did she have to use tea to become an apprentice? Wasn't it better to use coffee or soda water? That man always persisted in inexplicable places.
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