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Chapter 38: Chapter 38: After the Celebration Banquet

Angie's eyes fell on the black-robed entourage, and his pupils trembled.

Slade, who was fully two meters tall, walked into the hall with him one after the other, and it seemed that the former was a little cuddly.

While the man was taller than Slade, he was also four or five times the width of a normal person.

But this incomparably huge body was tightly covered by a larger black robe, and the entire face was covered by a pitch-black mask engraved with complex red patterns, which could be described as completely invisible.

Along with this person's steps, the huge black robe on his body began to shake slightly, which made Anji realize that something was wrong.

The upper part of the robe seemed to be pushed up high by the unknown object inside, while the rest of the robe more or less collapsed inward, appearing completely empty.

If you insist on describing it, it's as if this person secretly clamped several hula hoops under his arms, and then put a layer of fabric on the outermost layer.

It is also because of this that his body looks unusually wide.It's hard to imagine what the people under it look like.

Although curious, Angie didn't look any further - because Slade was walking towards her.

"Surname, have you figured it out?"

Angie bowed and saluted, bowed her head and replied:
"Back to Lord Slade: I've already decided on a surname, and it's called Gresque—Angie Gresque."

Slade looked at this subordinate who was obviously more polite than usual, and didn't speak for a while, only smiled suddenly after a few seconds of silence.

"Angie Glaske. You really can be lazy."

Angie still maintained a respectful appearance, but actually felt a little embarrassed.Because she really didn't think about what her surname should be, so she chose "Gresque", which is very similar to "Glosque", and dealt with it casually.

Seeming to see through her embarrassment, Slade didn't say much, but just reminded: "The celebration banquet is about to start, find a seat and sit down. Jasil, you should go too."

Angie was wondering, when she saw Jessie beside her raised her skirt and saluted Slade, then turned and left.

At this moment, she finally realized that as a maid, Jasir was never able to attend the celebration banquet with people of high status.

This made Angie feel a little uncomfortable.

Slade watched the girl leave without saying anything, and then led the two people behind him to the innermost long table.

Without Jasile as a caring military advisor, Anji began to feel a little at a loss——

Which table should she sit at?
The location of eating is an ancient subject for human beings.While Angie doesn't know which table she should sit at, she also doesn't want to sit with strangers.

This is a rare banquet, and she doesn't want to be spoiled by strange people.

Angie couldn't help frowning in thought.Just then, an "old" friend appeared in front of her eyes.

"Angie, congratulations on becoming a knight."

Scott came up to congratulate enthusiastically, but found that the other party was staring at him with glowing eyes, and couldn't help shivering.

"Scott~" Angie stepped forward affectionately, and made an intimate voice: "Which table are you sitting at?~"

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After everyone was seated in their seats, a loud horn sounded from the highest point of the Shutterward palace, which resounded throughout the castle.

The banquet officially started.

At this time, on the innermost and most honored horizontal table, sat Slade, Lady Quicksilver, the strange man in black robe, and the red-haired Earl Gleason Nogo.

The seat at the vertical table closest to them sat Barton and some people Angie didn't know.

And Angie got his wish and sat between the two acquaintances, with Sean on the left and Scott on the right.They are just ordinary knights, so naturally they can only sit at the farthest position from the upper seat, that is, at the end of the vertical table.

But these matters of power can't stop Angie's desire for food at all.Since coming here, there have been all kinds of dry bread all day long - soaked, moldy, and even cursed.

For her, this was a torture comparable to ten tortures.

Now, there are metal dinner plates, a knife and a spoon in front of everyone.Watching the two people around him wipe the tableware with the white bread on the table, Anji followed suit, but muttered in a low voice with guilt:
"This white bread, can I secretly take it away and eat it?"

After all, she had never seen such a soft bread before, and it was a bit reckless to use the "precious one" as toilet paper at this time.

Scott glanced at Angie with some disgust and sighed.Sean was a little more empathetic, and comforted her patiently, as long as it was taken away after the banquet, no one would find out.

The first thing served by the servants was wine for appetizers before the meal.Angie carefully raised the delicately carved iron goblet and took a sip.

The taste is somewhat different from modern wines, with a strong sense of sourness, but she is not an expert, so she can't taste good or bad.

The second course was an oatmeal porridge, but it was light gold in color and presented very well.Although Angie was not interested in it, and even felt that the taste was too weak, he also paired it with wine and drank it up.

After that, it finally came to Angie's long-awaited meat session.

I saw a few servants hurriedly placing a square table covered with a huge food cage in the center of the aisle.When they lifted the lid, the aroma of barbecue overflowed instantly, echoing throughout the hall.

Angie stared at the golden roast suckling pig, his eyes glowed, and his hands on the table were tangled together, fidgeting, as if he was going to rush out and take the whole pig down in a second.

Just when the girl was immersed in the smell of meat and couldn't extricate herself, Scott bumped her lightly twice with his elbow, and said in a deep voice, "Angie, calm down, Lord Slade is watching you."

Anji's body shook, and he swallowed embarrassingly without looking at the woman sitting at the end.

No... why didn't Slade go to see the delicious golden pig, but to see her?
Sean sighed, "Don't worry, the servants will bring the meat later."

Time passed minute by minute, falling on Anji, as if years had passed.She stared closely at the servants who were still finely cutting the meat, her eyes gradually became dry, and some crystal tears appeared in her eyes.

At this moment, Angie seemed to hear a faint laughter.Following the voice, it was the expressionless Ms. Mercury sitting upright.

Realizing that something was wrong, she glanced around quickly.

Slade, who was sitting next to Ms. Quicksilver, seemed to have a slightly raised mouth.

Gleason Nogo, who was also sitting at the top, met Angie's eyes and smiled slightly, with a hint of "tolerance and understanding" in his smile.

And the black-robed gentleman still didn't take off his mask, so he couldn't see his expression clearly.The other guests didn't pay much attention to her, an unknown girl, but Barton looked at her unobtrusively, with a particularly bright smile.

"..."

Angie retracted her gaze without any trace, and restrained her emotions seriously.

In the following time, neither the crispy roasted golden pig nor the stewed squab could bring about any emotional changes in her appearance.The girl strictly followed the aristocratic dining principles such as "put the meat into the mouth with three fingers" and "insert a knife into the barbecue and dip it in salt".

She could still feel the sight that occasionally fell on her, but she never heard that hidden laughter again.

After the meal session is over, the guests should disperse and stay.

Although the process was a bit of a prison sentence, Angie had a good meal for the first time and was still in a happy mood.

She secretly packed the white bread and the last served cheese and hid them under her skirt before walking up to Slade and having a polite chat with him.

Just as she saluted and left, she was stopped by Slade.

"Where are you going?"

Angie thought for a while, and answered truthfully: "I want to go to Jasil."

Slade glanced calmly at the girl's hand that was clenching the hem of her skirt, and there was a rare smile at the corners of his usually cold eyes.

"She has no shortage of food. Come and meet me in the lobby on the top floor tomorrow morning."

Anji hummed obediently, then saluted and left, and quickly left the hall, then murmured in an empty corner:
"This guy is fine!"

In the end, Angie, who didn't believe in evil, took the bread and went to meet Jasil.

Jessie enthusiastically accepted the food, and explained to Anji with some embarrassment:

"Actually, Lord Slade has asked the kitchen servants to leave a portion of food for me when there is a banquet... Occasionally, Lord Slade will let me eat with her. So you don't have to worry about me. ~"

It turned out to be the case.

Anji didn't say anything more, but it was hard to avoid some bitterness in her heart.

It turned out that the worst person was herself.

After being comforted by Jasir, she walked through the long and dark corridor of the tower, and when she returned to her room, she found a delicate white box at the door.

Anji opened the box and took a look. Inside were ten shiny gold coins and a note with beautiful handwriting:
"This is your reward."

Angie tilted her head in confusion.She couldn't figure out how that woman wrote such characters with her "claws".

She went to the door, looked around, and after making sure that no one was passing by, she locked the door firmly, and then carefully stuffed the box under the bed.

Then the girl opened the sack containing Elijah.

"Dear master, you are finally back, Elijah is waiting for you—"

Angie stopped its nonsense in time and asked a question:
"Eriah, what do you mean 'blood smells strange'?"

　Ah, the description of the man in black in this chapter is really changing and changing, changing and changing!

　　I have a very specific picture in my mind, but I just don't know how to describe it.

　　This is a version that has been changed ten times.

　　But these were changed before release.

　　After the chapter is published, I basically won't change it anymore, and I will only modify one or two words at most.

　　(Talk about an off topic)
　　cover! ! !

　　Change, okay, la!
　　Akimbo very proudly!
　　But it seems to be still under review?I don't know how long it will take to be released.

　　Personally, I think it looks pretty good, I don't know if you will like it.

　　———Today’s thank you session! ———

　　Thank you Xiao Xu please keep the excellent 2 recommended tickets,

　　Thanks to book friend XXXX (ending with 0472) for the 2 recommendation tickets,

　　Thank you so much~
　　


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