king of the castle

Chapter 343 New Year's Ball

Three days later, the annual New Year's Ball officially began. 【】According to the tradition of Thorne Kingdom, the annual New Year's Ball is one of the biggest celebrations of the royal family.Except for the nobles who are far away on the border and escaped due to urgent business laws, other nobles will go to the palace to participate in the New Year's Ball.Even those nobles who are old and weak and have traveled long distances in real law will entrust the first heir to participate to show their respect for the royal family.

For the royal family, the New Year's Ball is also one of the important means to exchange feelings with the nobles and stabilize the rule.I don't know how many alliances between the royal family and nobles were reached at the New Year's Ball. Of course, there were as many noble ministers who were dismissed after the New Year's Ball. In the end, even their own lives and the entire family became political struggles. victim.

Of course, all of this is happening in secret. On the surface, the New Year's Ball has always been glamorous and held in a harmonious atmosphere.After all, this ball is the face of the royal family and all nobles, and no one will destroy this tacit understanding.

However, the atmosphere of this year's New Year's Ball was a little tense. Compared with previous years' New Year's Ball, the calm, luxurious and luxurious scene was much bleak.In the past year, too many things happened in the kingdom. First, the undead creatures invaded the Forlund Peninsula; then the orcs invaded Kent; The nobles were all worried.

Some particularly pessimistic people have even begun to doubt whether the Thorne Kingdom can continue to be maintained. Under such circumstances, everyone's enthusiasm for participating in the New Year's Ball will naturally decrease, making this annual event seem a little deserted.

Although in the eyes of veteran nobles, this year's New Year's Ball is really shabby, but for Roger, who attended for the first time, this ball is already extremely luxurious.The original magnificent main hall of the palace was newly decorated. The guests were dressed in the most expensive clothes. The men all looked handsome and extraordinary, while the ladies were dressed like flowers and butterflies. They gathered together in twos and threes in the hall and talked in a low voice.The servants and servants are busy but politely walking through it, providing the most considerate service to all the guests, and the musicians are playing soft music to entertain the guests. It is an annual event of the Kingdom in every way.

Wearing a new dress, Roger walked slowly into the hall under the guidance of the servant.Although the dress was tight and complicated, it was uncomfortable to wear, but Roger could only bear with himself.Since you have come to this world, you must act in accordance with the rules of this world in some respects.Everyone else is wearing dresses, and if you casually wear casual clothes by yourself, it will naturally cause others to look down on you.Roger has long passed the age of cynicism, and naturally he will not compete with the habits of the whole world on such trivial matters.

Sophia is Roger's companion today.Dragon Girl chose a bright red dress as usual, and the close-fitting long skirt showed her fiery figure to the fullest.There was a slit on the side of the skirt that was almost as high as the thigh. When Sophia walked, her strong and straight legs were looming, which attracted the attention of several men.The deep opening on the back of the dress reveals Sophia's delicate white skin, which is even more attractive against the red dress.

This outfit, coupled with Sophia's glamorous appearance and seductive style, immediately made her the most eye-catching female guest at the ball.Many nobles have already been inquiring secretly, wanting to know the origin of this alluring person.Of course, there are people who are trying to figure out what Roger is doing. If this young man is just an important little nobleman, someone will definitely want to take such a beautiful woman away from him, and it is even worth turning against Roger for this.

Roger didn't take these envious and jealous gazes to heart, he was just looking for Vettel's trace wholeheartedly.According to Roger's plan, it was to reveal Vettel's true colors in public at the ball, so that he could be killed in public, and no one would dare to come forward to accuse him.

However, the high-ranking Vettel obviously will not come so early, so Roger has not been able to find the target for the time being.However, he was not in a hurry, but carefully recalled the list given by Anna, and searched for the diehard supporters of Vettel's faction in the crowd.Now that we are going to completely turn our backs and fight, we must eradicate all hostile forces. It is not Roger's style to do half of things and leave the other half.

While Roger was looking for the target, Sophia was chatting and looking around.Sophia didn't like participating in this kind of dance very much. Instead of wasting time here, she might as well go back to sleep.But under Roger's strong request, Longnu had to attend this kind of chatting occasion, which also made her feel a little bad.

However, Sophia was born with a charming appearance, even when she was in a bad mood, there was still an indescribable temptation in people's eyes.Several young nobles were swept away by Sophia's gaze, and all of them felt their hearts beating violently. They all felt that this beautiful woman's gaze carried an obvious invitation, and they all walked towards Sophia involuntarily.

"Oh hehehe..." When the faces of these nobles were all written, Sophia smiled softly at Roger: "Come on, let's have some fun!"

Knowing that in Sophia's eyes, these nobles are no different from ants, if any blind guy really annoys the Dragon Girl, it will definitely cause a big trouble today, so Roger quickly warned her: "You can Don't mess around, we have important things to do here today!"

"Got it, you're so talkative!" Sophia replied impatiently, but greeted the nobles with a smile all over her face.

"Huh... I think something big is going to happen today." Looking at the swaying back of the dragon girl, Roger couldn't help but sigh softly: "I hope it doesn't affect my plan..."

Just when Roger secretly sighed, the etiquette officer at the door announced loudly: "Minister of the Royal Affairs, Your Excellency Sebastian Vatelhould has arrived!"

The voice of the etiquette officer lifted Roger's spirits, and he hurried to the door of the hall.Vatel, dressed in a luxurious dress, strode into the main hall of the palace, and the nobles he met along the way saluted him respectfully.Vettel returned the salute reservedly, with an air of complacency.

Vettel has every reason to be so proud.Since forming an alliance with the Barton family of the Senate, his power has far surpassed the Duke of Hamilton, and he has become the most powerful person in the kingdom besides Alonso III.In fact, even the king has to take Vettel's opinion into account in many aspects at present, otherwise even he will be in trouble.

Under Vettel's operation, a group of nobles who did not deal with him will go to the southern front after the New Year's Ball.Vettel had already arranged that these guys would all "sacrifice their lives for the country" in the war. At that time, Hamilton could only fight alone, and would soon be kicked out of the core of the kingdom's power circle.

Vettel was imagining the day when he won a big victory, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth involuntarily.But when his eyes fell on Roger not far in front, his smile immediately turned into a sneer, and his eyes revealed a hint of murderous intent.

"This bastard must die!" Vettel cursed viciously in his heart, looking at Roger with a calm demeanor.

Vettel knew very well in his heart that the grievances between himself and Roger were not just as simple as political struggles.From the moment he knew that there was Roger, Vettel wanted to put him to death.But this country boy from the Lund Peninsula didn't know what kind of shit luck he had. Even though Vettel deliberately targeted Roger many times, he was not eliminated, but gradually became prosperous step by step.This made Vettel feel even more threatened, and he has made up his mind to use this opportunity to fight against the desert country to get rid of him.

Vettel was thinking like this in his heart, but he greeted Roger with a friendly smile on his face, and greeted him proactively: "Baron Lee, we haven't seen each other for a long time, how are you doing?"

"Thanks to you, Marquis Vatel." Roger sincerely smiled at Vatel: "I've been doing really well recently!"

"Hehe, there are so many things to do in the Kingdom this year. After attending the New Year's Ball, Baron Lee will be heading to the southern front." Vettel became angry when he saw Roger smiling. Thinking that his going to the south was a foregone conclusion, Vettel couldn't bear it. He couldn't help saying: "I received a report that the soldiers of the desert kingdom are very cruel. They will behead all prisoners of war they catch. Baron Li, you must be careful, don't fall into their hands!"

This damned bastard, when he is about to die, he still wants to be angry, buddy, which one of us will lose his head first!Of course Roger knew that Vettel was deliberately angry with him, and couldn't help but cursed in his heart.

But on the surface, Roger did not show the slightest displeasure. Instead, he said with a flattered expression: "Thank you for your reminder, I will be very careful and come back safely."

Vettel obviously felt that Roger hadn't been stimulated enough, so he immediately laughed and said, "Well, it's best to come back safely, just in time for Miss Anna Hamilton's wedding!"

"Anna's wedding?" Vettel's words startled Roger, but he still forced himself to be calm: "I didn't hear that Miss Hamilton was engaged."

"Oh, not yet." Vettel explained to Roger deliberately pretending to be enthusiastic: "Jenson, the heir of the Barton family, has always liked Miss Hamilton. This time he will also go to the south to fight. Come back to propose to Miss Hamilton, won't you be in time to attend the wedding when you come back? Haha!"

Although Roger knew that Vettel said this deliberately to anger himself, his mood immediately turned bad.Jenson's proposal to Anna will definitely not be groundless. The Barton family has a lot of influence, and they now have the support of Vettel. If Jenson returns with military exploits, it will be difficult for even the Duke of Hamilton to refuse this proposal. marriage.

Of course Roger would not allow his woman to marry another man, and to stop this wedding, he had to weaken the Barton family first.This made Roger's urge to kill Vettel even stronger, wishing to attack him immediately.

Just when Roger was eager to try, the etiquette officer suddenly announced loudly: "King of the Thorne Kingdom, His Majesty Fernando Alonso III has arrived!"