There was not much to describe about the cocktail party that was held a day earlier. Simply put, it was a gathering of the big sponsors to discuss the issue of which side they should support. Even if Baiyi did not care about it, the sponsors themselves thought that it was very important to Baiyi.
Of course, compared to choosing a side, they would rather bet on both sides and be a fence-sitter.
When dusk arrived the next day, the nobles and the rich who intended to send their children to Da Xue arrived at the entrance of the Da Xue in their carriages. Some of them were strangers to each other and some of them had just met each other. In short, the carriages that had the emblem of each family was parked neatly on the street that led to the Da Xue. It was quite an imposing sight to behold. The passersby could not help but stare at the emblem, trying their best to identify which family the carriages belonged to.
When the sky started to darken, Vidomina and Undine, who were dressed up to the nines, appeared at the entrance of the teleportation formation. Both of them greeted the fat sheep with their elegant postures and sweet voices before announcing the rules that each family could only bring a maximum of ten servants into the Da Xue. No noise, no quarrels, and no fighting.
After that, a skinny middle-aged man jumped down from the first carriage. He came from the largest iron family in the Southland, which owned nearly thirty percent of the Empire's mineral veins. Although he had missed out on the quota last year, his family had made a fortune during the recent Realm War. There were a lot of places that needed to be rebuilt, so naturally, the iron business was booming.
After the man got down from the carriage, he picked up his female companion from the carriage and clapped his hands. Immediately, ten servants jumped down from the other carriage and carried a few big boxes that were placed on the roof of the carriage and followed him to Undine. The man bowed politely at Undine and Vidomina and said a few words of compliment before he led his people into the teleportation formation.
Then, the family's carriage left and stopped at the other side, waiting for the families behind them to pick them up.
The families that were at the end of the line were not anxious at all. Whether they could get a spot or not had nothing to do with the time of the entrance. Therefore, they observed the behavior of the people in front of them with great interest, guessing what kind of chips they had in their chests.
By the time the sky was completely dark, all the fat sheep that had come to participate in the banquet — or rather, the auction — had arrived. Only forty-six nobles had come, which wasn't too many. After all, everyone knew Principal Hope's appetite.
The venue was booked at a courtyard in the residential area. Baiyi did not show up, only the butler and servants of the Dole family were there to receive the guests. It was the usual practice for Baiyi to show up only after the last person had entered the venue.
"There are actually more than 40? That's more than I expected, "Baiyi muttered in a low voice as he sat in his room in the mansion.
"Eh? How much did Mr. Hope expect? " Mia, who was sitting beside him, suddenly asked. Little Mia was sitting on his lap, her legs dangling in the air in her black stockings and white high heels. She was wearing a strapless evening gown, and the back of the gown was slightly thinner, revealing a large portion of her fair, delicate skin. Since she was sitting with her back to Baiyi, Baiyi's eyes were a little dazzled.
"Ugh … That's all I'm wearing," Baiyi said with a pained expression. He gently stroked her back and asked, "Aren't you cold?"
Mia shrunk slightly from the touch of his cold gauntlet. She said, "You promised me that I could choose my own clothes tonight! If you were the one choosing, you would have made me look like a nun! "
"I didn't say anything, did I?" Baiyi mumbled guiltily.
Usually, it was the elegant and aloof Warrior who accompanied him to such occasions. Sometimes, it was Aya, the little female dragon. However, Baiyi remembered that he had ruined Mia's party experience last time, and that he had caused her to be laughed at, so he decided to bring her along to make it up to her.
The two chatted casually for a while before Vidomina entered the room. Mia leaped down from Baiyi's lap and stood beside him. Her hands were placed on her abdomen, making her look like a lady from a wealthy family.
"Is everything ready?" Baiyi asked.
"Yes. We were just waiting for you, Godfather," Vidomina replied. Vidomina said as she stood on the other side of Baiyi. Her eyes met Mia's, and both of them smiled at each other.
"Nina is so pretty today!" Mia whispered.
"Mia, too! I want to hug her and rub myself against her," Vidomina replied softly.
As for Baiyi? He softly chanted an incantation and drew a formation in the air with his finger. When the formation was activated, the trio's vision blurred for a moment, and when they could see again, they were already on the VIP stage.
"Welcome, my friends," Baiyi said to the nobles. Immediately, the whispers stopped, and all the nobles listened attentively to Baiyi's voice.
"Everyone knows that I don't really like to host banquets. This is the only one I hold every year, right?" Baiyi stood up from his chair and placed an arm on each of Mia's and Vidomina's shoulders. He took a few steps forward and said, "So, I hope that all of us will enjoy this annual banquet, and that we will all have a pleasant evening together."
"Allow me to introduce you all. This is my student, Mia. She is also my practitioner," Baiyi said, rising from his chair. He patted Mia's head with his hand, which was on her shoulder. Mia's face lit up with a warm smile, and she bowed her head slightly. "It's a pleasure to meet all of you. Speaking of which, this is my first time attending a banquet hosted by Mr. Hope …"
"And over here, this is my goddaughter, Vidomina. I'm sure all of you have heard of her." Baiyi continued to introduce Vidomina. Vidomina bowed slightly, but she did not say anything.
"What a pair of angelic beauties! They look like a happy family!" Someone in the audience chimed in.
"Yes, Mr. Hope is like a father to me," Mia replied with a smile.
However, as soon as she finished her sentence, she realized that something was amiss. Others said that they were like a family, and she admitted that she was his daughter. Then, what about Vidomina? Did she just say that she was taking advantage of the situation?
Fortunately, Baiyi was not a fan of small talk, so before Vidomina could react, he got down to business. "Although we've increased the number of slots this year by five, the number of competitors has also increased. The rules will remain the same as before."
Baiyi's opening speech was a little too simple. The nobles in the audience thought that he would at least talk about the Church, but it seemed like he had completely ignored it.
"However, there are some changes to the process this year. Before you begin to bid, I have arranged a little entertainment program," Baiyi said, snapping his fingers. Baiyi snapped his fingers, and the crowd heard the booming voice of a young man. "The former Dragon Knight has returned!"
'Didn't I tell you to get rid of this stupid voice module? Is this Engineer playing with snakes? ' Baiyi's expression was calm, but in his mind, he could not wait to complain.
Fortunately, there were no more lines that were even more embarrassing. It seemed that the Engineer Walker had also realized his mistake and forcefully turned off the voice module with the game controller. Then, the nobles saw a silent, gigantic, white, spider-shaped magic puppet walk out from behind the scenes.
"This is the newest masterpiece of our engineering school, the Phoenix," Baiyi introduced proudly.
The nobles did not understand why Principal Hope had suddenly released a marionette, but Baiyi did not rush to answer them. Instead, he cast a powerful illumination spell, and a blinding magical ball of light shot into the sky. It was as if a flare had been shot, and the light illuminated the lush forest around them.
Then, the spider marionette took heavy steps and found a secluded spot. The halo behind it lit up, and it fired a light cannon at the forest in the distance.
With the help of the illumination spell, the nobles could clearly see that the forest was engulfed in flames, turning into a sea of fire.
The spider marionette seemed to think that this was not enough, and it activated its combo mode again. The halo behind it fired another gigantic beam of light, sweeping across the forest.
As a result, the surrounding forest was completely destroyed.
Even though they were standing quite a distance away, the nobles could still see the power of the marionette. Their eyes widened with interest. They had seen many marionettes before, and some of them were even bigger than this spider marionette. However, none of them had ever seen one with such firepower. Destroying an entire forest in the blink of an eye? Not to mention, it was a relatively conservative choice. This kind of power was already very tempting.
Someone asked impatiently, "Master Hope, is this a new weapon developed by your Academy? Is it for sale? "
"It's just a prototype. That's not what we're going to talk about today," Baiyi replied. "We'll talk about the details later. Right now, we have other business to attend to."
Baiyi clapped his hands, and the nobles watched as a comical Ragdoll Bear emerged from the other side of the room. It had a round head, a round body, and round limbs. It looked like a little girl's toy.
"Please help me clean up the mess," Baiyi said to Mr. Bear in the fairy language.
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