She Is Not a Witch Chapter 42: Hazy Moon
Titania, the residence of Earl Howard.
The large mansion is like a small palace, and the neat lawn is cut with the exquisite floor to present an elegant and generous landscape. After the Janitor Guard stopped searching and trying suspects recently, the place has also resumed its former lively.
Today the guests of Earl Howard's big banquet, many nobles in the imperial capital were invited to come.
In the empire, the earl can be said to be the top rank among the nobles, but the duke is actually too rare and there are only four, and their status is similar to that of the king. There are four categories of titles in the entire country, duke, earl, viscount, and baron. In addition, the lord only bestows honorary titles with outstanding talents or honors, not hereditary titles.
The promotion of the title is by no means an easy task. In fact, in peacetime, the title basically does not change, and some nobles with small titles are even in danger of slipping. The historical background of each large-scale knighthood is generally the empire's external expansion, which is why the expedition a few years ago attracted so many people.
Today, nearly a thousand years after the establishment of the empire, there are no more than 100 families with earl titles, while the earl families who still maintain the corresponding status and real power are hovering around 60-70.
Such a rare and noble position symbolizes power, wealth, status, etc., and this is why they often have a great influence.
"Welcome everyone to come to my mansion as a guest."
The slightly fat Earl Howard, with his smooth back combed and dressed in a specially tailored black dress, stood on the central staircase in the hall, opened his hands, and greeted the many guests below.
His voice is not hurried or slow, with a kind of calmness peculiar to a superior person. His blue eyes slowly sweep over these invited people, looking for someone who is interested in chatting today.
For a nobleman like him, wealth is no longer a problem. As long as he doesn't engage in treason, his status will basically not change in the empire. The earl's title was inherited from birth, just like his parents and grandparents, naturally, and destined. They all received guests in this luxurious hall. He had seen his grandpa do this since he was a child, his father did it, and he does it today.
You want to say that you are bored, but there is no, he is very comfortable with this kind of scene, like a heritage engraved in the blood, he enjoys everyone’s flattering greetings and words, as long as he sits at the table in the banquet, he will A steady stream of people came over and told him the latest and interesting things. And he only needs to taste the wine slowly, nodding occasionally to express his commendation 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 the boring time.
Today, after simply entertaining these guests, he walked slowly to the fixed corner, where the vision is excellent, and it is not very eye-catching (self-thinking). When he was not an adult, he just sat here and fell in love with Ai. Marilyn, Viscount Rand's daughter, later became his wife as a matter of course.
After the waiter mixed him with the orange Cointreau, he gently sniffed and sighed the fragrance that has not changed over the past ten years, then raised his hand slightly, and the waiter next to him immediately stepped back knowingly. Then a man in a tuxedo stepped forward.
"Master Earl, good evening. I am delighted to see that you are still healthy."
"Okay, hewlett. Tell me something interesting, have you lost money recently." Howard waved his hand.
Baron Hewlett was a follower he was familiar with when he was a child. Although he has average skills, he has been thinking about making a fortune since he was a child. Over the years, he has built many new industries, but unfortunately he always loses more. Sometimes when you are short of money or have nowhere to go, you will find him here.
He is not interested in Hewlett’s popcorn industry at all, but every time he hears that the process of losing money is also a funny thing, he doesn’t let his followers stop him.
"Wise and honorable Lord Earl, I have recently discovered a new wealth of business opportunity." Hewlett made the familiar tone as soon as he came up, and Howard couldn't help but lift his beard.
"Well, old man, let's talk about it." He changed his position and cocked his legs.
"I wonder if you have heard of a caravan that has just arrived in the imperial capital recently. They are the Lagertis Chamber of Commerce and have brought many mysterious products from the East."
"Orient, it's wonderful." Howard slowly tasted the wine, remembering the shock when he saw the map of the world in his grandfather's study when he was a child.
The East is a remote and vast world. People in the empire knew about it, but they didn't know it very well, so it was full of various ideas 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, and every household has them. Eastern women’s skin is smooth and has no body odor, and does not age all year round. It's like a world.
Although Howard had never been to the East, he still collected a lot of books depicting the East, travel notes, etc., which described a lot of real or imaginary things, which made people feel like falling into the clouds and infinite reverie.
"This time they not only brought oriental silk and porcelain, but also brought many things that have not been seen in the East before." Hewlett knew that the Lord Earl was interested in the East.
"There are light gauze feathers that can shine through the candlelight, the medicine that can make people live for a hundred years, the wine that makes people dream of the past, the dolls dancing on the tabletop, and the clouds show the east. The strange pearl of the wonderland..." The baron exhausted his vocabulary and imagination to describe things that have never been seen before.
Despite the desire to hear in my heart, Howard still maintained the superficial expression, nodded gently, expressed a slight approval, and then interrupted this appropriately.
"Although it sounds good, who knows the truth or not, hey..." He sighed pretentiously, then cast his eyes slightly.
"Of course it is true, I saw it with my own eyes." Seeing that the earl was interested, Hewlett responded eagerly.
"Furthermore, the eldest lady of the Lagertis Chamber of Commerce is extremely beautiful, like a bright moon in the sky, like a rare gem, which makes people’s eyes impossible to move."
"Oh, how beautiful it can be." Howard smiled. The most indispensable among the nobles are beautiful women. They sit on land and wealth. The maids around them are carefully selected since childhood. The description is no longer sensitive.
"Uh...It's like...comparable to the old princess." Hewlett couldn't find a good analogy, so he could only say so.
"Such praise, tell me, how much did you charge the lady." Howard's beard curled up again.
The daughter of the Landsworth family, the former princess, and the future white queen, the face of Frosia is the most beautiful and peerless appearance of the nobles and commoners in the imperial capital in their lives.
Although the princess was very indifferent to social interactions and rarely attended banquets, even if she said a word in the mansion, what she wore every day was a topic that all the emperors talked about at that time. Countless aristocratic ladies and women obsessively follow the trend of her dress and dress. Whether it is identity, appearance, talent, etc., this is a ceiling-like figure in the entire empire. There are almost no shortcomings, and it is the most perfect in countless people’s dreams. Object.
And Hewlett actually used the later white emperor as a metaphor today, which is too far-reaching to flatter. When Howard heard this, he shook his head secretly, and raised some doubts about the Eastern things he had said before.
"The adults must believe me, it's really not half false." Hewlett showed an anxious and anxious look on his face.
"Okay, okay, for the sake of an old friend, I don’t care how much benefit you receive from that lady. After that, I will ask the butler to give you an invitation, and you will forward it to that lady. ."
"But what I am interested in is not her looks, but the oriental things you mentioned before. I hope this time I will not be disappointed."
"And I would like to remind you in advance, don't play any tricks to fool me, but I have seen a lot of real treasures in the East, if you do that, you are insulting me, understand?"
"Your honorable Lord Hewlett, I understand. How could I deceive you, Hewlett will always be your most loyal follower." After receiving a reply, the downturned baron became calm and respectful. Bend down, then stepped back with a smile on his face.
Looking at the back of this childhood playmate, Howard shook his head slightly, then tapped on the tabletop.
Next person. He wanted to continue to hear what interesting news the next guest brought to him.
"Good evening, Lord Earl."
"Good evening, Mrs. Winnessa."
A graceful lady sits down, and the fine jewels on the jewelry in front of her reflect the colorful glitter under the light, but the more eye-catching is the slim and smooth silk dress, which will be graceful His figure is revealed, and the silver embroidery on it is vivid, giving people a mysterious oriental charm.
"I came here today and actually wanted to introduce a friend to Lord Howard."
Familiar words were played out again, and the legend about the mysterious and beautiful chamber of commerce lady began to spread in the imperial capital.
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A few days later, in the evening, the courtyard where the Lagertis caravan was located.
Lorraine Hill is now dressing up in front of the mirror, preparing for the dinner tonight.
Thanks to the publicity of the people these days, the reputation of this caravan quickly spread in the imperial capital. Some great nobles also became interested in this Miss Lacey and sent invitation letters one after another.
But Lorrain Hill didn't want to visit one by one. Not only was it time-consuming and laborious, she also liked to attend various banquet invitations so frequently, and was watched by people with all kinds of eyes for a long time.
If it weren't for this plan, it would be necessary to actually attend the banquet to see the situation in the upper empire. She might not even have the idea of showing her face. Although sensitivity is helpful in practice and fighting, it will only make Lorraine more shy in such an unfamiliar social situation.
Woo, if only there was a stand-in. Seeing herself in the mirror gradually being dressed up by the two maids beside her, such a thought suddenly floated in the girl's heart.
"Okay, miss, it's sorted out."
"Thank you Yugolia." The girl woke up from her imagination and looked at herself in the mirror.
Today she is wearing a white and blue exquisite long dress with a white base and dotted with blue and white roses. The waist is also tied with a light blue belt, and two light ribbons are hung on the side. . The overall style is pure and fresh, with the golden hair like warm sun, just like the morning sun in winter.
In today's empire, which prefers red and black, such dressing can be said to be quite different, which brings a strange shock to people.
After dressing up, Lorrain Hill and the two maids walked down the stairs and slowly walked outside the courtyard, where a special white carriage had been waiting for a long time.
The body is decorated with a few vines, and the surrounding is decorated with flame yellow and pure white roses. The horse is also two handsome unicorns, and they are lightly knocking their hooves on the ground at this moment to pass the time.
"Good evening." The girl greeted Vio, who was driving, and then came to the two unicorns and stroked them lightly, recalling the way Frosia taught her in the past to comfort these two natural sequences 5 Unicorn.
Long ago, the unicorn was a rare beast that lived in the forest. Later, it was domesticated by the elves, and the number only increased slightly.
Later, the forest elves and humans jointly established a nation, and a group of elves or humans with both bloodlines were born. They have gradually become a bridge between the two races, and the most famous one is the Landsworth family, a unicorn Duke of the beast. This family of dukes guarding the east of the empire has always been rich in poets and artists. It is the most moderate family of the four dukes and has an excellent reputation among the nobility.
Nowadays, the Landsworth family has even more unicorns than the Mori elves, and there are a number of elite knights in the east, cruising the vast and peaceful land.
After comforting the two unicorns temporarily borrowed from the forest spirits, Lorrain Hill and the maids boarded the carriage, and then the two unicorns drove the white rose carriage towards the silver moon street where the nobles gathered Go.
The carriage turned around the street in the envy and curious eyes of passers-by, stepping into an increasingly tidy area, where there are no longer various stores on both sides of the street, but a long and narrow iron fence, revealing the lawn and garden. Emerald green trees.
These are all private residences belonging to the nobles. Many great nobles in the empire have their own residences in this area~IndoMTL.com~ It is convenient to participate in meetings, hold positions, or face saints in the imperial capital.
"Miss, Lord Howard's mansion is here." Vio's voice came from ahead, and the carriage slowly stopped.
Looking through the car window, the mansion is full of lively figures at the moment. Many nobles are dancing at the banquet, and the melodious and soothing music can be heard a little far away.
It seems that the banquet has already begun. Lorrain Hill thoughtfully, then slowly stepped out of the carriage supported by the maid.
The white shoes are like exquisite works of art, with light pink ribbon flowers dotted on the side. The cross ribbons show the slenderness of the calf. Follow the white stockings upwards, and the white and blue rose skirt. One has a dream The beautiful girl stepped into this mortal world.
"Pull...Lagertis Chamber of Commerce, Miss Lacey is here~"
The attendant recovered from the shock, anxiously announced his name, and then many eyes gathered and looked at the door to the outside world.
In this way, a young girl in a white and blue rose dress came into everyone's sight, and her footsteps were like ripples on the lake, rippling in her heart, making people's heart jump and sing loudly.
If the daughter of the Landsworth family is a sun jewel diamond wrapped in a golden flame rose, then this girl is a flawless moon surrounded by clear roses, hazy and dreamy, making people fall in a dream.
"Perhaps, they really didn't exaggerate."
Earl Howard, standing on the stairs, opened his mouth slightly in surprise, and then felt a magical sense of mission spreading in his body and mind.
Perhaps, this girl will change all wind directions in the imperial capital. Because even he couldn't refuse the beauty of such an alluring city.
In the aristocratic world far away from the sufferings of the world, only beauty and power are the universal existence, and this girl has one of them.
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