Chapter 422 Chapter 390 Crashing Questions

The dinner in the Tulip Duke's mansion has been prepared. The old butler, Made, was in charge of organizing the exquisite food, the gorgeous banquet venue, and even the garden outside the castle was filled with golden tulips that symbolized the family's glory.And all the waiters put on new clothes, and the musicians from the family agency in the castle played soft tunes. At the moment of the banquet, because the host, Duke Tulip, is not at home.Therefore, the future Duchess, Miss Vivienne, who has already decided her role, greeted the guests one by one as the hostess. but…… Obviously, the shy little silly girl seems very uncomfortable with this role.

Tonight Vivienne put on a set of white evening dress specially made for her. Although this pure white evening dress complements her innocent and pure temperament, it is a pity that the little girl who seems to be used to wearing the white robe of the great magician , I am very uncomfortable with this kind of clothes that expose the shoulders on both sides and the whole back in the back. Although there are two well-dressed female etiquette teachers standing behind, quietly reminding the hostess in a low voice to greet and salute every guest who comes, it is a pity that the little silly girl seems to have no aura at all at this moment... In fact, It seems that all her talent and aura are only reflected in her magical attainments.

Although there are fireplaces with burning flames on both walls of the banquet hall, and the temperature in the room is very warm, Vivienne still can't help but want to reach out to pull the skirts under the shoulders from time to time... and the clothes on the back for decoration. Those tassels seemed to itch when brushed against her body. The two poor female etiquette teachers behind them could only cough in a low voice to stop the female magician's movements... Because in this kind of banquet occasion, if the hostess scratches her head by herself, it is very impolite and disgraceful .

Vivienne has already welcomed six guests at the entrance of the banquet hall... Fortunately, as her future duchess, not every guest is qualified for her to welcome them.It's a pity that Mr. Philip has already told Vivienne secretly that there are two important female guests who must be greeted by themselves in order to show respect. Vivienne felt that not only her shoulders and back were itchy, but even her ankles were aching. Du Wei...he personally designed a kind of small leather shoes for women with high heels, which Du Wei called "high-heeled shoes", which really showed the charm of women when worn.Vivienne was fortunate to be the first to try it on. Sure enough, after putting it on, the woman's body naturally leaned forward because of the high heel, and unconsciously she would straighten her waist and chest, showing off her beauty very well. Curvy charm of a woman.

It's a pity that if you wear this kind of shoes for too long, you will be a little tired. Vivienne is suffering from such pain now, and she can't help but want to bend down to take off these shoes twenty times in her heart, but her cold shoulders and back are cold and itchy, and such revealing clothes make her feel uncomfortable. She seemed to be uncomfortable under the watchful eyes of the crowd—unfortunately, she was still the hostess tonight, and almost half of the people focused their eyes on her. (I will never wear this kind of clothes again in the future...) Vivienne made up her mind, but when she recalled the gentle and intoxicated eyes Du Wei looked at her when she tried it on for the first time, the little silly girl felt like Yitian, I couldn't help but added a sentence in my heart (if you must wear it, then... only wear it for him to see!)

Nod, smile, even if it's almost a stiff smile.When saluting, you have to keep your neck gracefully bent like a swan... In Vivienne's opinion, this kind of movement is even more difficult to learn than the most obscure magic spells. (I would rather recite the Thunder Summoning spell a hundred times, or copy "The Complete Book of Intermediate Spells" a hundred times) There are also two representatives of business groups from foreign aristocratic families who are quite powerful in the Desa province, and they keep getting close to Vivienne, trying to please the future duchess.These two guys were buzzing, and Vivienne was obviously impatient, but she still kept a smile on her face.

Sigh... These two guys, in order to please me, actually tried every means to find out what I like the most... Do you want to give me a gift? My favorite thing is that you two disappear now... However, for the sake of Du Wei, Vivienne, who is determined to be a good wife, still cheers up and works hard to fulfill her "duties" as a wife. Well, for Du Wei... I, I want to be a good wife! At this time, the musicians outside blew the music, which means that the last distinguished guest has finally arrived. Vivienne took a deep breath, and motioned to the etiquette masters on both sides. After the two gently pushed open the door of the banquet hall, Vivienne finally saw the target she was waiting for.

Hmm... how is it three?Isn't it two? Leading the way is the future Princess Regent, Miss Delly, and possibly the future Empress.This famous southern beauty wore a long sea blue dress, which made her look as dazzling as a sapphire.In the bright eyes, there is a crystal gaze. As soon as the door was pushed open, Miss Delly's eyes were locked on Vivienne - um, this is the fiancee of the Grand Duke Tulip?The witch? Compared with the gloomy and weird magicians in my impression, this girl is unexpectedly sweet. Although her body is a little stiff, it seems that when she bends down to salute, her movements are a bit out of shape, but that pure and pleasant appearance... ... No wonder he won the love of Grand Duke Tulip.

Don't female wizards all wear pointed hats, like witches? Miss Delly's eyes just swept across Vivienne's body, and then immediately flicked to stare at the hostess, which was very impolite. But the people behind seemed to have completely forgotten the etiquette. Princess Louise was dressed in a white evening gown. When she first saw Vivienne, she was stunned. A thought suddenly came to mind... Du Wei refused to marry him because of this girl? Her Royal Highness the Princess is dressed in a white evening gown, and the makeup on the gorgeous long dress makes her look full of wealth and magnificence, and she also wears a crown of jewels that symbolizes the status of a princess—although it is hidden The identity came here, but before today, probably because of the secret comparison in the woman's heart, the princess decided to wear a jeweled crown to attend.

But as soon as she saw Vivienne, Princess Louise regretted it. The girl in front of her was pitifully jerky, standing there pretty, with a blush that seemed shy and shy on her cheeks, her eyes were as pure as a newborn deer, but her facial features were so exquisite that it made people pick Not a single blemish.Her whole person is like a natural flower. And myself... the princess immediately regretted it.The color of my own dress is the same as the other's, but the gorgeous style, standing in front of Vivienne at this moment, seems to be reduced to a kind of artificial vulgarity. Even the priceless jewels on the wrists and necks seemed to be as heavy and tacky as shackles at this moment.

But this future duchess is so elegant that she doesn't seem to have any artificially carved crystal stones... Oh, what kind of necklace is she wearing around her neck?Just a very simple chain with a small, unremarkable gem hanging from it? ... If it is said that Princess Louise was only stunned because of the comparative psychology of being a woman, then Luoxue, who was attending the banquet as the princess' male companion tonight, the elf king's surprise far exceeded his expectations! ! Originally, the elf king always seemed to be calm and calm, standing beside Princess Louise. Although his hand was still impeccably holding the princess's hand lightly, his eyes were staring absent-mindedly. On Vivian's face. That look, as if seeing something unbelievable.Such eyes looked Vivian from head to toe, and from foot to head, and finally, Luo Xue's eyes stayed on the necklace pendant on Vivian's neck. This... this stone, could it be... Multicolored stone? Is it the strongest magic gemstone that stores magic power?The magician's most precious treasure?It's just hanging around your neck so casually? You must know that the continent where the criminals live has few products, especially the rare and precious minerals. Even ordinary iron ore has to be carefully calculated and saved, so that the huge army of the criminals cannot be equipped with the most basic weapons. And armor, after capturing the holy mountain, they had to excavate the holy mountain made of pure iron to make weapons. As for the gem crystals used in magic, that's not to mention!Even among the elves, known for their magical abilities, only high-level elves are eligible to wear props such as magic crystals. And this human being... actually hangs such a big colorful stone around his neck? In addition to this gemstone, there was a trace of excitement in the Elf King's eyes that even he couldn't suppress and control... No, maybe it wasn't purely excitement, it seemed that there was something else faintly! The atmosphere of the scene became a little stalemate for a while. What made the two court etiquette teachers behind Vivian sweat secretly was that the hostess who had already warned her so well, seemed to have forgotten all the etiquette all at once, and stared straight at the two guests behind her. , as if also stunned. Vivienne was stunned, which was actually justifiable. She hasn't forgotten her manners, it's just that... Mr. Philip told himself that among the two female guests tonight, he thought it was the future princess, Miss Delly, and the other was Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, the younger sister of the current regent. But the problem is... that Miss Delly, Vivienne has already identified it. After all, her blue eyes are an obvious feature. Can…… Can…… Of the two behind, which one is Princess Louise? Don't blame Vivienne for being confused. Because tonight, the appearance and attire of the elf king Luoxue were indeed easily misunderstood. The elf king whose appearance is so beautiful that even women would feel jealous, possesses the flawless beauty of the elves.And the mysterious, luxurious and delicate nature unique to the elves is perfectly combined into a special charming temperament in him.In addition to this deceptive appearance, the Elven King's clothes seemed to make it difficult for people to identify men and women. The robe worn by the Elf King was deliberately cut at the waist, showing his slender waist, but the hem seemed to be loose, and it looked like a skirt.And those gorgeous lines above add a bit of femininity and beauty.Coupled with his slightly slender figure, it is a perfect combination with temperament. It really confuses Vivian. Of the two "female guests" in front of you, which one is the princess?To whom should I salute? The two court etiquette masters in the back were about to collapse... To their surprise, it was not surprising that Vivian, who was unfamiliar with etiquette, forgot to salute. But why was Princess Louise stunned?This princess grew up in the royal family and received the strictest court education since she was a child! Fortunately, soon, Vivienne's rescuers arrived. "Louise, oh, dear Louise, I was surprised to hear of your arrival today." The voice came from behind Vivienne, and immediately, Mrs. Liszt walked slowly with a charming smile, and easily came to hold Princess Louise's hand. This beautiful woman had just the right smile on her face. With a smile, she wore a violet evening dress, which brought out her charming charm best. Mrs. Liszt's rescue made Vivienne feel relieved immediately, and quickly bent down to salute the princess. At the same time, she did not forget to cast a grateful look at Mrs. Liszt. "Dear Lan, I haven't seen you for a long time. The last time I saw you was riding a horse in your manor in the north two and a half years ago." Wei An returned the salute, and said in a reserved tone: "Miss Vivian, you don't need to be too polite. You are the future Grand Duchess, and now you are also granted the title of court title. You don't need to be too polite to me." Mrs. Liszt looked as usual, but secretly glanced at Vivienne. After receiving Vivienne's grateful eyes, Mrs. Liszt smiled secretly. But then, she couldn't laugh anymore! Because the elf king Luoxue had just recovered from the shock of staring at Vivian, but when he saw Mrs. Liszt approaching, the elf king fell into even greater shock! ! The Elf King stared at Mrs. Liszt with naked eyes almost undisguisedly, an inconceivable look flashed in his eyes, and then his breathing became a little messed up. Because of her beauty, Mrs. Liszt has been stared at by such men countless times in her life, but this time, she also faintly felt a little strange.Because the people around Princess Louise (forgive her, even the smart Mrs. Liszt did not recognize the gender of Luoxue), looked at her eyes, definitely not the kind of greedy and surprised ordinary men who covet her beauty His gaze doesn't look like the jealousy and envy cast by a woman... There seems to be an extreme surprise in this look... It even seems to have a hint of... anger? ! This kind of gaze seems to be calm, but it seems to be able to see directly into one's heart through one's own eyes - this, what kind of gaze is this! Mrs. Lister panicked in her calm heart, and soon she adjusted her breathing, as if smiling and said, "Louise, who is your companion?" "Oh, this is Mr. Luoxue from the north. His identity is very mysterious. I am also very curious about Mr. Luoxue's background." With an understatement, Princess Louise revealed to Mrs. Lister that "I am also I don’t know the exact origin of this falling snow” message. Luoxue had completely calmed down at this moment. The Elf King took a breath, smiled like a flower blooming, looked at Vivienne, lowered his head slightly, and said softly: "Dear mistress, I hope that my arrival will not come soon. Not an audacity." His soft voice, with a touch of magnetism, is extremely pleasant.Vivian hurriedly returned the salute with what the etiquette teacher taught, and smiled stiffly: "That's my honor." Afterwards, the nervous little silly girl finally recalled all the etiquette taught by the teachers, and quickly turned around to lead all the distinguished guests into the banquet hall. But at this moment, Luoxue had already moved the princess's hand calmly, slowed down quietly, and landed beside Mrs. Liszt. He breathed out lightly, a trace of pure elf magic power carefully bundled his voice into a thread, and it quietly fell into the ear of Mrs. Lister alone. His voice was still soft, but with a hint of coldness. However, to Mrs. Lister's surprise, the language spoken by this elegant and beautiful Mr. Luo Xue was not the language of the mainland at all! "#$^%^&$^&^..." A very short sentence fell into Mrs. Liszt's ears. She was taken aback for a moment, and then she was at a loss. After a moment, the expression on her face turned into shock and fear! Naked horror! "Don't let people see... the half-blood elf!" Luoxue's cold voice reached Mrs. Liszt's ears again. Mrs. Liszt's body trembled slightly, and then she immediately lowered her head, afraid that others would see her face, but only she knew that there might not even be a trace of blood on her face now! ... Although the banquet was well arranged, it was the most boring thing for Vivienne.Fortunately, she has two distinguished guests, Princess and Miss Delly, by her side, so others dare not disturb her easily.The identity of Her Highness the Princess was quickly recognized, and immediately became the focus of everyone. Vivienne, the hostess, was finally able to hide away a little more easily. At this time, to Vivian's surprise, Mrs. Liszt left without knowing when.She originally wanted to thank her for her help just now.But his eyes swept across the audience, but he couldn't find Mrs. Liszt. Miss Delly stood beside the princess, and the two were skillfully dealing with a group of courtiers. "are you tired?" A soft voice came from beside her, and Vivian turned her head to see that Luoxue was standing behind her. He didn't know when he came quietly, and even Vivian didn't notice his approach. "Well...it's okay." Vivienne maintained a polite smile. The lines of Luo Xue's face were very soft, with a pair of eyes that looked like sparkling jewels, she looked at Vivien quietly, her eyes were direct but not ostentatious. "You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen." Luo Xue smiled gently, and then said calmly: "Dear hostess, can you satisfy a small request of my guest?" "Eh? Please tell me." Vivian was taken aback for a moment. "To be honest, I'm also bored by this kind of occasion." Luoxue's smile was extremely appropriate, and even his voice seemed to be subdued by a very soft rhythm: "In my opinion, actually You don't like this kind of situation either." Vivienne had a good impression of this strange beauty in her heart, but she didn't know how to answer, so she smiled slightly. "Exactly, I heard that this city was built in only three months. And this castle is even more a miracle among miracles. Can you show me around?" Luo Xue asked quietly. Vivian blinked her eyes, then lowered her voice, and said in a low voice: "Anyway, I think they won't be able to get away for a while, so let's walk away quietly for a while, so no one will notice." Although Vivienne was not very happy in her heart, she remembered what the etiquette teacher said today, "try to meet the appropriate requirements of the guests". It should be regarded as an "appropriate request" to show guests around your home. Vivian nodded.Then, the Elf King smiled slightly, made a light gesture, and pointed to the side door closest to where the two were standing, and Vivienne nodded. They easily got out of the hall, and not many people noticed their departure.After leaving the banquet hall, Luoxue breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, human life is really troublesome. Is this kind of banquet the nobles' favorite enjoyment..." "Huh?" Vivienne seemed a little at a loss for this sentence. Luoxue raised her eyebrows, and immediately said: "I heard that the Duke of Tulip was originally from a family of martial arts. I think there must be some rooms dedicated to displaying weapons in this castle. Can you show me?" "Weapons?" Vivian was stunned... Would this beautiful and slender person also be interested in weapons? But the request of the guest is the honor of the host.Vivian could only pull herself together, and led Luoxue out of the banquet hall, passed through the center of the castle, and came to the door of a room on the other side. Gently pushing open the door, Vivian stuck out her tongue: "This is the only weapon exhibition hall in the castle. Du Wei actually doesn't like martial arts. So...we don't have a lot of weapon collections. " Walking into this room, there is still a lot of space inside. On a high metal shelf in the middle, there is a spear with an astonishing shape lying flat!The spear exudes a faint black light, and it is made of high-quality refined iron. And obviously, this super long spear is an imitation.It is a one-to-one sample imitated based on the legendary knight's spear "Longchinus Spear". It is not uncommon for many aristocrats to have such a thing in their collection of weapons, even if it is just arty. But when Luo Xue saw it, a strange light flashed in her eyes. He walked over slowly, even stretched out his hand, and stroked the spear slowly.When his slender fingers held the spear, it was as soft as a musician's fingers playing an organ. After a long time, Luoxue sighed a long time: "The spear of Longchinus...the most powerful artifact in the legend, the real artifact...in the battle of gods ten thousand years ago, the most loyal and powerful legendary spear of the goddess. The holy warriors in the world used this spear to defeat the enemies of the goddess, those... other gods. This is a divine spear stained with the blood of the gods..." Vivian blinked her eyes. Luoxue's voice was very low, as if she was talking to herself. Vivian only heard a small part of it, and she didn't quite understand what the other party meant. Luo Xue came back to her senses, immediately let go of her hand, and turned around to look at the surrounding walls. Du Wei made his fortune selling all kinds of high-end weapons in the business shop in the empire, so there are naturally a few exquisite masterpieces here.It's just that these things are far more gorgeous than practical.It looks gorgeous, but it's actually very fragile.For example, those armors and hollowed-out patterns are hard to say how much real defense power they can have. But... This style of being gorgeous but not fatal, on the contrary, greatly suits the taste of the elves.Luo Xue looked at them one by one, and was quite interested, and even commented on the flaws of a few of them from time to time, and not from the perspective of weapons——from the perspective of artworks. "If this engraving is three points deep, the overall effect will be more..." After looking at seven or eight collections, Luoxue's eyes fell on the long sword in the middle of the wall in this room. This is the tallest weapon rack in the room, with two golden shields standing on both sides, one person tall, engraved with flame tulip patterns. But what didn't match this gorgeous backdrop was that the sword in the middle seemed too mediocre. The scabbard is made of high-quality metal, including high-quality animal hides, but it seems to be a bit old, and there are some scratches on the metal scabbard, and even the animal hides—although they have been well maintained, are not Some denitrification. And on the hilt of the sword, there are ribs one by one, so that the person holding the sword can control the weapon more powerfully... This is not a collection anymore, it seems to be a real weapon... But what is strange is that, in this house full of gorgeous weapon collections, this real weapon is the only one that seems to have nothing outstanding . This is just a very ordinary long sword. Luo Xue seemed to be a little curious, he couldn't help but want to reach out and touch the hilt of the sword, and even wanted to pull it out to take a closer look at what was so special about this sword - it could be placed in the most important position in this room? Just before his hand touched the hilt of the sword... Behind him, at the door, a peaceful voice came in, with a hint of laziness. "Sorry, but you can't touch that sword." Following this voice, a person walked in slowly. Hearing this voice, the expression on Vivian's face changed from shock to infinite joy in an instant. She immediately turned around, stared at the person in disbelief, and finally exclaimed. "Ah! Du, Du Wei...you, you're back?!" "Yes, I'm back." Du Wei's smile seemed to hide a trace of exhaustion, and he walked over, first lightly embraced his little fiancée's waist, and then calmly looked directly at Luoxue. Du Wei's eyes did not reveal the slightest change of mind, as deep as the sea. The two looked at each other. "Hi, you must be Grand Duke Tulip, and I'm Luoxue." The Elf King said slowly. "Oh... I already knew your name from my subordinates before I came in, honored guest." Du Wei nodded, but then, he suddenly asked a straightforward question. "Uh... Excuse me." Du Wei scratched the hair on the back of his head in disregard of his appearance, and said with a smile, "This... what makes me very confused is, are you a man or a woman?"