Chapter 117 The Marquis' Welcome Party (Part 2)

If you want to gain a foothold in the upper class, the most important thing is reputation.

A very good reputation is the passport to the upper class.

Therefore, no matter whether the nobles are kind and benevolent or vicious in their hearts, they all pay great attention to superficial articles, just like the Baron Tyre, who spent more than half a year's budget to win a little face for himself for a moon celebration. '; Therefore, participants in a banquet like the Marquis of Vauban are even more cautious.

After all, apart from the Marquis of Vauban himself, there are also big figures from other counties in the four northern counties here. Once he or she makes a fool of himself, his or her reputation will inevitably spread throughout the four northern counties in the shortest possible time, and become the gossip of people. Talking material, laughing stock.

Therefore, at this time, the young lady of Baron Till's family could already predict how she would be treated.

Sarcasm, ridicule, and harsh evaluation!

Moreover, not only herself, but even her father will be blamed in this way.

Thinking of the scene when my father faced these censures.

The young lady of the baron's family hates to die now.

Because, she knew very well how life would be worse than death for her father.

The body is still leaning forward uncontrollably, and the despair in the bottom of my heart is becoming more and more intense - obviously, if I fall here, the lady of the baron's family will do something unexpected but reasonable among the things to come.

Undoubtedly, at the age of the Baroness's lady, she has not yet understood the value of life.

And just when she was about to make a certain decision, her forward body suddenly stopped——

Not really. own stop.

But a strong palm. On her forearm.

Dee, Dean? !

The lady of the baron's family was astonished. Looking at Dean who appeared in front of him at some point, supporting his arm, and before the lady of the Baron's family could recover, Dean's palm went down and grabbed the palm of the lady of the Baron's family. , and, bent down and saluted: "Miss Lily, can I have the honor to dance with you for the first time?"

The voice was clear and clear, and the guests around the inner court could hear it clearly.

It further covered up Dean's extremely low voice——

"Refuse me!"

Dean's voice can only be heard clearly by the lady of Baron Tire's family.

The lady of the baron family, who was full of gratitude and even had a little inexplicable emotion, was ready to open her mouth to agree to Dean's request, but what Dean said after that made the lady of the baron's family startled.

"hurry up!"

Dean urged.

Several extremely oppressive sights in the inner court have appeared again. Obviously, he has no chance to remind the young lady of the Baron's family in front of him again.

After all, the sight that makes Dean feel oppressive is not only brought about by power and status, but also by strength.

Fortunately. The lady of the Baron's family did as he was told——

"I'm a little tired, I just want to rest!"

The young lady of the baron's family had a stern face. Said coldly.

"That, that, what a pity..."

With a look of helplessness after being rejected, Dean shrugged, and once again stood behind the Baron's lady without a trace.

From beginning to end, Dean behaved like a young man who admired, couldn't wait, and then was rejected--the same as those young people who are in love at a banquet.

For this reason, some men in the inner court who had such experiences cast a sympathetic look at Dean one after another, and many men who were deeply touched even raised their glasses to Dean from a distance to express that they should not be discouraged.

The young lady of Baron Till's family attracted even more attention.

In noble banquets, girls and ladies with competitors will always be "surrounded by butterflies". This is an unchanging truth - just like male antelopes will duel for female antelopes.

The same is generally true in the circle of nobles.

However, the young lady of the Baron's family, who had just experienced a 'rejection' from Dean, was not in such a mood, and she didn't even have a perfunctory mood. After entering the inner court, she directly rejected no less than five people with a cold face. After thinking that they were men who were far better than Dean, this made those men quiet for a while.

However, the look in the eyes of the baron's lady became more and more hot.

What you can't get is always the best.

This also seems to be a truth.

At this time, Dean was already in the corner of the banquet—the most inconspicuous corner, casually holding two pieces of pastries to fill his stomach.

In Dean's view, the banquet in front of him is far less important than filling his stomach.

"The banquet hasn't started yet, and Captain Dean Ken is a little anxious!"

A voice came from beside Dean.

"A little man like me will not be noticed—you say, don't you, my lord the Marquis?"

Dean, who had already heard the footsteps, said without raising his head.

In this inner court, the only one who can be called a marquis is naturally only the owner here, the Marquis of Vauban.

"Smart young man!"

Said the Marquis of Vauban.

In fact, when the young lady of Baron Tire's family was about to fall, Dean suddenly appeared and made a rescue without any trace. For the Marquis of Vauban and those interested people, Dean was far more attractive than the lady from the Baron's family.

At least, it's worth noting.

And for young people who can pay attention, the Marquis of Vauban has never been stingy with his praise.

"You are also very wise—at least, I never thought of using such a way to 'spur' the lords under me!"

While eating the pastry, Dean spoke vaguely, unable to tell whether it was flattery or sarcasm.

In fact, when Dean found that the inner court was full of guests, he already guessed what the Marquis of Vauban wanted to do—it was nothing more than to beat his subordinate lords well when holding a private auction.

Let them be in full view first. Nervous. It better be a little embarrassing. Then, he came forward to resolve the tension and even embarrassing things of these subordinate lords.

Then, it is to gain more loyalty and praise from the lords.

This kind of thing is no stranger to Dean - he has never experienced it, but he has seen it countless times.

After all, following behind the Grand Duchess. Dean had attended countless parties.

And almost, one out of three or four times, such a bridge will appear.

Of course, at that time, the Grand Duchess and he were both the ones giving pressure.

Therefore, Dean was not surprised at all that the Marquis of Vauban would use such a method.

Even, it was because the other party used such a method that Dean chose to help the lady of the baron's family - even though he was in the same camp, Dean could not truly embarrass the lady of the baron's family.

but. The presence of the Marquis of Vauban was also the real reason why Dean chose to make a move.

after all. In his capacity as the head of the guard, it would be too difficult to get close to the Marquis of Vauban, unless the other party came to him on his own initiative.

Fortunately, Dean, who is familiar with the opponent's character, knows what to do.

Just like at this moment——

"Young man, you are smarter than I thought!"

After hearing Dean's words, the Marquis of Vauban glanced at Dean in surprise. Obviously, he did not expect that Dean would be able to see through his intentions.

Although such means, in the eyes of every lord, are easy to understand.

But for a young man, it is definitely not something that can be understood by just looking at it.

Unless someone tells him, or he has experienced too much...

The first possibility was easily ruled out by the Marquis of Vauban.

After all, he didn't believe that his arrangements for today would be leaked to Dean, because only a few people knew about the arrangements for this banquet, and the loyalty of those few people had been verified countless times.

Well, that leaves the second one!

After thinking of the second possibility, the Marquis of Vauban couldn't help but look at the young man in front of him - the straight body, even standing there, eating the pastry with his head down, reminds people of a javelin; he is considered handsome His appearance is more of a cold feeling, which makes his originally immature face look very mature, making people unconsciously ignore his original age.

If it weren't for the fluff around the mouth, no one would think it was a young man.

On the contrary, it should be a knight who has experienced many battles.

Especially those eyes are really fresh in the memory. They seem indifferent, but they are not angry and majestic. Anyone who looks at them will feel layers of pressure.

The Marquis of Vauban was very familiar with such eyes.

Those lords who are in power, and generals who command thousands of troops, all have such eyes.

And the young people in front of them are definitely not these existences.

It could only be the cultivation of the family, and after contacting the news he had obtained about the strength of this young man, the Marquis of Vauban confirmed his guess more and more.

"Dean Ken...Ken, it's your mother's surname, what about your father's?"

The Marquis of Vauban asked with great interest.

"Until the glory of my ancestors is restored, I will not say and inherit that surname!"

Dean, who had been prepared for a long time, said this.

"really!"

After hearing Dean's words, the Marquis of Vauban showed such an expression—after all, the Marquis of Vauban, who worked hard to revive the family after a family like Dean's collapsed, was the Marquis of Vauban in his life. I have seen too many; some of them have succeeded, while others have spent their lives in obscurity.

But no matter what, they are working hard.

For such hard workers, the Marquis of Vauban has no ill feeling.

"If you need anything, you can come to me! Or, we can have a good chat when you're 'knight baptism', after all, 'knight baptism' is very important, especially for young people like you Say, even more so!"

After leaving such a sentence, the Marquis of Vauban walked towards the center of the inner court, and Dean watched him silently - of course Dean would not naively regard this as an unbreakable promise, although the Marquis of Vauban said such words , but this kind of discourse is limited to simple and convenient help.

As for beyond?

That definitely needs to pay an equal price.

The reality of nobles far exceeds that of ordinary people.

But what does it matter?

Dean had at least achieved his original purpose - to get to know the Marquis of Vauban.

And this is one of the biggest purposes of Dean's trip.

After all, only when he got acquainted with the Marquis of Vauban, he had the opportunity to meet his teacher, the Grand Duchess; also had the opportunity to reverse the defeated war.

And 'Knight Baptism'?

Dean naturally has his own arrangements, but definitely not in the banquet hall, he needs to go to the places he is most familiar with.

Ding, Ding...

The old man who looked like a housekeeper tapped his cup.

"The most loyal servant of the Emerald Kingdom, the most respected lord of Vauban County..."

After the lengthy opening speech, the banquet began.

But Dean, who was standing in the corner, had already flown his thoughts elsewhere.

You know, when he came to Vauban, he didn't come to participate in this private auction.

However, fortunately, the private auction will be held tomorrow, and tonight is just the beginning of a simple banquet, which will not last too long.

ps

first update~

Want to eat meat! ! ! I'm so weak! ! !

Decadent want to eat all kinds of meat! ! ! (To be continued..) u ()