The Whispering Verses Chapter 1571: Romantic banquet
Shad didn't look back to see what happened behind him, nor did he go to join Dorothy and Tifa. The king's **** attendant hurried over and asked Shade not to take off his armor first, but to follow him to prepare to meet the king.
Since Shade won, there was no doubt about this match. Five minutes later, with everyone standing and applauding, Shade, wearing armor, walked along the steps and reached the highest point of the auditorium.
Queen Diana, Miss Carina, Lesia and Agelina are all here, in addition to several Cavendish whose names Shade cannot recognize. Agelina looked very excited, Lecia nodded to Shade reservedly, and Miss Carina took the initiative and said straightforwardly:
"Congratulations, Shade."
"Thank you."
Xia De said softly, giving up the initiative of the topic to His Majesty the King.
This was a rare occasion for Shade to see Lesia's father in the study room of Yodel Palace and somewhere other than the banquet. This man in his forties, who was a head shorter than him but looked very dignified, was dressed very formally, with a rather thick fluffy red cloak decorated with gems draped behind him.
"Congratulations, Hamilton of Rejed, you have shown us your chivalry and superb knightly skills."
He said very kindly, and the reporters took advantage of this time to find a good position and prepare to take pictures.
At this time, the king's attendants had already brought over the prepared championship rewards. According to the usual practice in previous years, it was a metal shield with Shade's name and the Cavendish coat of arms - this required temporary preparation, so it was only given to Shade at the evening banquet, and it symbolized the "1854 Tobesk City Ring" Riding Competition Champion" trophy.
The trophy is made of gold-plated sterling silver and is shaped like a knight on a horse.
"Hamilton, do you want Duke Carina to present the award to you, or my daughter Lesia?"
His Majesty the King asked again in front of everyone. Shade, who was holding his helmet, had no expression on his face, but he quietly glanced at the two ladies whose names were mentioned. Miss Carina is by the king's side. After all, besides the king, she has the greatest power here. Lesia stood between Queen Diana and Agelina, with a very formulaic but kind smile on her face.
"Fortunately, we discussed this matter in advance and I was prepared."
Xia De suppressed the small pride in his heart, and then said respectfully:
"Since I swore an oath to carry forward the spirit of chivalry in the name of Her Highness Lesiya before participating in this competition, then please ask Her Highness Lesiya to present me with the award."
This was actually not discussed between Shade and the girls, but between Miss Carina and Lesia. This is even related to Lesia not minding a further breakthrough in the relationship between Shade and Miss Carina. Concession related.
Without asking for permission, Queen Diana gave her daughter a gentle nudge.
Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was wearing a sky-blue dress, walked towards Shade cautiously, and picked up the shield and trophy that symbolized honor under the flash of the spotlight.
Shad put down his sword and helmet and knelt on the red carpet at his feet to show his allegiance. In his ears, he could already hear someone talking about tonight's grand banquet.
He raised his head and looked at his princess, Lecia tried hard to endure the fiery passion in her heart:
"Rejed's Hamilton."
She called softly, and at that moment, Shade seemed to be able to see the blazing flame igniting in her soul.
After accepting the title, Shade was finally allowed to leave the arena and met Dorothy and Tifa in his own tent. The blonde girl gave him a warm hug, and Tifa called on the maids to help Shade take off the heavy armor:
"There aren't any scratches. Just now we all thought that the relic's sword would scratch this armor."
The trophy that Shade planned to put together with last year's "1853 Big City Players Championship Trophy" was casually placed on the table. Then Xiao Mia jumped over happily, and Meow excitedly caught it by Shade. Meowing.
"It doesn't know that there will be a big meal in the evening, right?"
Shad was joking, and while the maids were helping him take off his armor, Tifa talked about what happened after Shad left the camp.
The evening banquet will be held next to the Edward III Arena, in the royal manor where the opening ceremony was held last weekend. It was now 3:30 in the afternoon. In fact, Shade had time to go to Carina Manor to take a rest.
But he did not leave immediately, but told Dorothy and Tifa about the [Faceless Man]. After waiting for a while, sure enough, they soon saw Director Anlos coming with two ring warlocks, but this time the thirteen-ring warlock from [Church of Creation] was not there.
The director congratulated Shade for winning the championship, and Shade returned the dove-shaped pendant and the sword:
"This sword is really easy to use."
He said with a smile, and after pretending to ask whether the "spy" disguised as a knight had been arrested, he watched the three people leave.
"Aren't you worried that they will suspect you are a ring wizard?"
Dorothy asked softly.
"Don't worry, I didn't use too much force. I didn't even dare to use my full strength just now. And, thanks to the serious illness some time ago."
As Shade said, the blonde girl showed a clear expression:
"When Priest Augustus went to your home to visit you, Bishop Owen of Dawn Church also sent others to your home to express condolences. After all, you are also considered a core believer. Since you will suddenly fall ill, it will definitely not be the cause of death. Warlock...what a coincidence."
Tifa asked from the side:
"What will happen to [The Faceless Man] in the end?"
"According to the information I have received, he will not be caught, but will hide again and become confused until he completes eating himself."
"So what happened to this angel-level relic? The mainstream view of the church and the academy is that he probably did not have any brothers at all, but had a disorder such as split personality before becoming a relic, so he fell into In the crazy desire to complete myself."
Dorothy said that this was seen from the information passed to the group by the college.
Shad shook his head, so Tifa asked those low-level and ordinary girls who were not suitable for understanding the information of angel-level relics to stay away first.
"[The Faceless Man] did have a twin brother in the fifth era where he lived. But that brother did not disappear, but was eaten by him."
Shad recalled the information given by Grace and Helen:
“I don’t know exactly what happened, but when the two merged into one, he directly transformed from an ordinary man in the Fifth Age into some kind of inhuman faceless monster whose gender is not even sure. This may be the conspiracy of the evil god, or it may be some extremely ancient transformation ritual. He completed himself and then went crazy."
"So, the person he is looking for is always in his belly?"
"You can say this. These humanoid relics seem to have their own tragedies."
After tidying up a little at the camp, the group rushed back to Carina Manor to prepare dresses and long skirts for the evening banquet.
Shad’s memories of the grand banquet that night were only the gorgeous banquet hall with reflected lights everywhere, the lively and joyful dance music, and dozens of handkerchiefs and other items stuffed into his pockets. Intimate clothing such as garters.
At the banquet, he accepted an interview with the "Tobesk Morning News". As the champion of this year's riding competition around the city, he expressed his thoughts on the chivalry in the steam age. The most sincere part of Shade's speech was that he hoped that Rhodes cards could be included as one of the events in future riding competitions around the city.
And Earl Lewis, who had an accident on the first day of the competition, was later assassinated, and even broke a leg while recovering from illness, actually appeared in the banquet hall in a wheelchair. The Fulen brothers and the earl appeared together. The preliminary negotiations had ended, and they were about to head to the Green Lake area. While the earl was temporarily pushed away by the servant, the twin brothers also expressed their congratulations to Shade for winning the championship, and invited Shade to visit their home racecourse when he had the opportunity to go to Willendale, in addition to playing Rhodes again. ―The Fulan family is quite wealthy.
Even though he was injured, Earl Lewis was still trying to get close to the beautiful Duchess of the North. Only this time, the stranger, who had enough reason to show off his high spirits, stepped forward and extended his hand like he did at the opera house. This time he didn't wait for the count to shake his hand, but took the initiative to grab the count's hand rather unceremoniously.
Queen Diana and King Larousse III were both there at that time, so out of politeness, Earl Lewis looked reluctant and wanted to shake the hands held by the two. But he didn't expect Shade to smile at him, then use force, and then the earl's cry shocked everyone.
Of course, Shade only nearly crushed his hand bones, and he remembered that he wasn't supposed to have a lot of strength.
Although Earl Lewis's expression was ugly at the time, no one reprimanded Shade for this. After all, he is the champion tonight, and he is also trying to protect his lover, so enjoying a small privilege can even be said to be a very romantic move in this social situation.
Of course, the most romantic moment of the night was when Princess Lesia invited Shade and his female companion Dorothy. After enjoying the dance music of the ball, they went to the lounge together and let the knight pay their respects to them again. Show off his superb riding skills. Lesia kept her promise, and in order to reward Shade for winning, she not only brought the "goods" sent by Miss Sylvia from Willendale City, but also allowed Shade to do some outrageous things with the live rope trick. .....
Due to lack of time, they went to Carina Manor together after the banquet to continue the long-lost red butterfly day. Of course, it would have been better if there hadn't been an astonishing sound like a gas pipe explosion in the distance in the middle of the night, which disturbed the three people's interest.