mage's dating rules

Chapter 66 The Rainy Season in Langdon Collar
This evening, as soon as the king reached the ballroom, he went straight to Elizabeth, and dragged her out of the circle of the ladies, and dragged her aside.

Those noble ladies looked at each other, and then started to boo and yell at the same time.

After pulling Elizabeth aside, Wang immediately lifted the bell sleeves of her dress to confirm that the defensive bracers were indeed on the girl's wrists.

Then he checked Elizabeth's dress again to make sure she wasn't wearing a whalebone bustle.

Elizabeth lowered her voice and said, "What's the matter? Eleven of the twelve electors were present, and they brought a bunch of nobles. My brother wouldn't do anything on this kind of occasion. At most, he would scare the snake with a snake at night." Those who are against him."

Wang whispered, "Who are the hostile electors?"

Elizabeth whispered: "The one who is cutting the steak is the Duke of Milatheon, and the one next to her is his wife. She is a magician like me, but the number of rings is higher than mine. The one next to her is the court mage of their family. There are Do you know how many mages there are? It will be fine."

Wang: "Go ahead and tell me who else is hostile to your family."

Elizabeth could only continue to say: "The one holding the wine glass is the Duke of Vulture Valley. The Southwest War was fought on his territory. So he has a very close military relationship with the emperor. Next to him is his wife. The one eating cheese is The court mage of their family.

"Then there is the Duke of Shanying, who also forged a friendship with the emperor during the Southwest War. His court mage is his wife. Then there is the Duke of River Valley. His court mage was killed by Xiao Bai, so there is no mage following him now."

Wang nodded slightly.

That's when he noticed Bruce was looking at him.After meeting eyes, Bruce grinned.

Then the Duke stood up and raised his glass: "Everyone! Now I propose to raise a glass to the hero who ended this war, the beloved disciple of the legendary Archmage, the great Mage King!"

Everyone stood up and raised their glasses.

Bruce continued: "Not only did he and his friends defuse the most dangerous offensive, but he also personally captured the dog emperor who broke the rules!"

Most of the nobles raised their glasses together, but the king noticed that among the lords that Elizabeth had just pointed out, only the Duke of the Valley was raising their glasses, and the others were just raising their glasses symbolically.

Wang bowed his head and asked Elizabeth's ear: "Look at the electors who support your family, do you think they are convinced by your second brother?"

Elizabeth also whispered: "Those dukes and their wives are old foxes. I can't see through their thoughts. But I can see through the children they brought. They are very disdainful."

Wang: "So that's the case. That's what I thought. Langdon has suffered heavy losses now, and the only black dragon that can intimidate him almost died after taking a disintegration technique. Most of them are already ready to move. Your second brother probably wants tonight I plan to turn things around with one blow."

Elizabeth whispered: "No. It's too risky. Even he wouldn't do it at this time."

"Others think the same way," Wang replied.

"Look!" Bruce said loudly, "Your Majesty the Archmage is whispering to my sister in public! Looks like my warlock sister must marry into the Tower of the Archmage! I, Kuusania, established a marriage with the Tower of the Legendary Archmage After that, even Monrovia will not dare to underestimate us!"

This time, few echoed Bruce.

Suddenly, a young nobleman stepped forward and asked, "Is he really the disciple of that great mage? Is it just because he can change into a dragon? The news I got is that he has a magical staff and can change into a dragon!" "

Wang: "It is true."

This time, many people could not be dealt with, and the young nobleman who questioned him hesitated for a while, and at this moment, Elizabeth introduced in the king's ear: "That is the third son of Duke Luan, and Luan is our ally. "

The third son Lu An continued to question: "Then you admit that you are a counterfeit?"

Wang: "I don't see any logical relationship here. But I can prove my identity in a simple way."

After speaking, he took out the dimension bag.

As soon as the dimensional bag came out, all the spellcasters gasped, and among the non-casters, those well-informed dukes also became serious.

Wang introduced: "This is a gift from my uncle. It will return to me at any time. Once someone takes possession of it in a certain way, such as killing me, the bag will return to my uncle. Then My uncle will come back with the demon army and destroy all those who have hurt me."

Duke Luan's son didn't know the power of this dimensional bag at all. After all, he couldn't see the aura of magic, and he wasn't as well-informed as his parents.

Little Luan: "Hmph, you're blowing so mysteriously, you can't die on the spot!"

At this time, Duke Luan stepped forward and slapped his son: "Presumptuous! How can you be so rude to the disciple of the legendary mage!"

Little Luan clutched his cheeks, feeling extremely wronged.

The old Duke Luan turned around and raised his glass: "Your Excellency, I apologize to you on behalf of Nizi."

Wang: "It's okay, I don't care."

As he said that, he put away the dimension bag.Elizabeth pinched his elbow: "You are too ostentatious. Remember, don't take out this dimensional bag without my permission in the future."

Wang: "Ah? It seems that I am the captain?"

Elizabeth: "I am your employer."

Wang: "Okay, I understand."

At this time, the music started.

Bruce clapped his hands: "Okay, let's get started! According to the rules, I should lead the dance with the female family member of the guest of honor. The guest of honor and my sister, who acts as the acting hostess, are the second to enter the dance floor, but today is a special situation. The daughter of the Duke of Dale, Ruth acts as the hostess!
"As for the guest of honor, of course it is the in-laws who got engaged today, my father-in-law!"

Speaking of which, Bruce walked towards the Duchess of the Valley, his own mother-in-law, and held out his hand: "Can I ask you to dance?"

Of course the Duchess was not afraid of the scene, she took Bruce's hand and stood up.

With a livid face, the Duke of River Valley walked up to his daughter and held out his hand to her.

In this way, a total of two couples of the guest of honor stepped onto the dance floor and danced to the music.

Amidst the cheerful music, a young nobleman came to Elizabeth: "Can you dance with me?"

Wang: "No, she can't go. She has to stay with me."

While saying this, he put his arms around Elizabeth's shoulders, as if he was afraid that the girl would be snatched away.

The young nobleman waved his hands in a self-deprecating manner, turned and left.

Elizabeth whispered, "You didn't let me go because you thought something was going to happen, right?"

"Otherwise? It's safe to stay with me, and my deterrent just now should be somewhat useful." Wang continued to observe the entire ball.

The first song lasted a full 15 minutes. Except for the dancers, everyone else held wine glasses and discussed something while drinking.No one noticed the conversation between Wang and Elizabeth in the din.

At the end of the song, the bard who was thrown out by Gotrek in the Three Boars Tavern appeared before the king and princess again.

"Hey!"

Wang was shocked when he saw him: "I like women! Men are too advanced for me!"

The bard looked puzzled: "What?"

Although the reaction to Wang was very inexplicable, the young man still enthusiastically introduced himself: "I may not have so much experience, and my music and acting skills are not very good, but I still hope to witness a legend!"

Wang shook his head, pulled Elizabeth a little further, and said to the bard, "If you want to see the legend, you will soon see it tonight."

Just at this time, the song ended.The band in the orchestra pit temporarily stopped playing and took a break to drink water. At this time, it was time for the bards to appear.

For the banquet, Bruce invited all the bards in the city.

The young man rushed up to the stage for the bards with his ludes and said loudly: "Everyone! I, the lark from the Monrovia Conservatory of Music, present a song suitable for the banquet!"

As soon as the words fell, the sound of rain suddenly drifted in from the open window of the banquet hall.The servants ran in at once and closed the sluggish windows.

As a landlord, Elizabeth said to Wang Jie: "It's early summer, and at this time, it often rains like this at night. This is a normal phenomenon."

At this time, the king heard the Duke's fiancée exclaim from the master's table: "Daddy!"

**
Step back in time a little bit.

After the first song, Bruce sent his mother-in-law back to her place, then went back to his place and picked up the wine glass.

His new fiancée, Ruth, has been sent back by her father.

"What a villain you are," said Ruth, "for the idea of ​​having my papa dance with me! The last time I danced with papa was a little girl!"

Bruce laughed: "You will thank me for my kindness in the future."

"Intent? Is it a trick?" Ruth scolded, when she suddenly noticed something.

She looked solemnly at Bruce's hand holding the wine glass, and gently opened the Duke's sleeve with her slender fingers.

Chain mail, the shining chain mail reflects the bright candlelight in the banquet hall.

Ruth looked at Bruce in disbelief: "You..."

Bruce smiled slightly: "I said you would thank me for my kindness in the future, right?"

Ruth stood up abruptly: "Dad!"

Bruce hugged her and gagged his fiancée's mouth with a kiss.

Everyone was in an uproar at first, but then they started booing.Because this kiss attracted attention, no one noticed that the mage of the Duke's house in Vulture Valley suddenly clutched his throat, as if he was choking on cheese.

Not to mention that no one knew that this cheese was specially prepared after obtaining the information that Master Mage likes cheese.

Just when the long kiss attracted everyone's attention, the maid who was serving the plate for Duke Milatheon suddenly pulled out a dagger from under the plate, stabbed it into the Duchess's chest, and kept pulling out the knife and inserting it again.

There were more than a dozen bleeding holes on the Duchess's chest in an instant, and the sorceress died before she could utter a scream.

The Duke's mage dropped the wine glass and was about to take action, but found that the spell-casting material package had been cut away at some point.He immediately switched to using magic that only required gestures and words, but suddenly his mouth was blocked with his hands from behind, and at the same time, he was stabbed several times in the waist.

The triggering technique was not activated, because the equipment for the triggering technique was a wooden figurine carved by himself. This villain must be on the mage's body for the triggering technique to take effect.

As long as the villain imbued with the trigger is stolen, the spell will not work.

The Duke himself noticed something strange at the latest. He only had time to shout "Assassin" before he was hit by seven or eight crossbow bolts.

At the same time, the crossbowmen on the second floor lowered their baffles and fired intensively at the targets below.

The only court mage who activated the trigger technique summoned seven phantoms. As a result, under the shooting of the crossbow bolts, the phantoms were all destroyed in an instant, and the rest of the crossbow bolts were all inserted into him.

The Duke and his relatives who were not the target of the attack reacted quickly. After all, they are all experts who have received anti-assassination training since childhood.Everyone fell to the ground.

In a blink of an eye, all the electors who were not allies—as well as their families and accompanying spellcasters—all fell in a pool of blood.

In fact, in the servants' hall next door, their servants were all killed.

Finally, Bruce's long kiss ended.

He threw away his new fiancée who had completely lost strength due to the unexpected situation like a rag, picked up the wine glass on the table, and took a sip.

The other six electors and their families slowly got up from the ground, looking at the mess.

The bard standing on the bandstand froze in place holding the Lude, his knees trembling uncontrollably.

Cassander, who was hiding somewhere, appeared.Wang immediately recognized the spell-casting materials in his hand, which were materials specifically needed for the druid magic that the mage interfered with the mage's spellcasting.

Langdon's archmage was also holding a scroll and ready to tear it.

It seemed that the whole process was too neat, and it was not the turn of the druid and the archmage to make a move.

Bruce's fiancée finally came to his senses and shouted, "Murderer! You murdered my father, the whole family of Duke Milatheon, and the Duke of Vulture Valley who was holding the wine glass..."

Duke Langdon interrupted her leisurely: "You should thank me, now you are the Duchess of the Valley. You and my children will lead the two duchies. Of course, we have no children now, and the Lord of the Valley still wants to I'll take care of it personally, I've already chosen the candidate."

Fiancee: "Murderer! I will not have children with you!"

"What, Your Excellency the Duke of River Valley, do you want to break the engagement? In front of all the electors? No, this is not good. You must know that if your family dies, my fiancé will have the right to inherit."

The Duchess of the Valley was so angry that her mouth trembled.

Bruce: "Come on, my fiancée seems to be emotionally unstable. Take her down to take a sedative, and then take her to the bedroom to take good care of her."

The Duchess said angrily: "Shameless!"

Bruce poured himself new wine and said with a smile, "It was your father who attacked us first. It's not your turn to be shameless."

Several rough maids appeared, forcibly drugged the duchess, and then dragged her away.

**
In the arms of the king, Elizabeth looked at the kidnapped duchess with sympathy.

Wang reminded her: "This is the enemy. Originally, the emperor had hoped to make a comeback. The six electors who originally supported your family refused to accept Bruce who just came up. After all, they are only allies of the old duke.

"Although the three dukes who supported the emperor did not visit the emperor immediately, they will definitely go tonight. Not only them, but also those electors who support your family will go! All transactions will be completed tonight.

"There are so many variables in tomorrow's trial, maybe the emperor can make a comeback and convict your second brother for treason.

"Although I also feel that this is a bit cruel, but tomorrow there will be no change. All the electors who supported the emperor and the servants they brought over have all died, and the remaining six electors have been shocked.

"The best part is that the remaining electors, plus Bruce himself and the new Duchess of the Valley, just enough to gather the minimum number of people to hold the Imperial Parliament."

**
At this moment, Lu An's archmage nervously held the scroll, staring straight at his master.

Duke Luan shook his head, then stepped forward to pick up the wine glass on the table.

He was the first of all the guests to leave the cover of the overturned table.

Bruce looked at him calmly.

He raised his glass high and praised loudly: "Cheers to the winner!"

Bruce stood up slowly and raised his glass: "Cheers to our empire!"

"cheers!"

Outside the banquet hall, it was pouring rain.

(End of this chapter)