Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 216

2021-07-25

Chapter 216 Interview with Solitaire and Bayas

Standing and letting people take pictures is actually boring, and keeping While smiling, Shade's eyes swept through the crowd.

So, he once again saw Miss Bayas in the banquet hall of brightly lit. This time is definitely not an illusion. The brown-haired female warlock is wearing a long dress. When Shade saw her, she immediately made a silent movement, then turned her head and plunged into the crowd, seemingly not wanting to let Shade know about her. doing what.

"At least she didn't dress up as a maid this time."

Shade whispered inwardly.

Shade didn't see Miss Bayas again for a long time. After the complete Knight awarding process, Shade, under the arrangement of the squires, stood with several dukes, waiting for the king to present the awards to the others who received the Medal of Honor.

He was holding the antique Knight long sword in his hand, his fingers constantly rubbing the ruby on the scabbard. This is just an ordinary item. Even if it is properly maintained, the erosion of the years still makes this sword useless at all.

During the boring waiting process, Shade thought about hanging the sword in the living room of Room 1 on the second floor, so that every guest who came to entrust it could see it.

Only two people received the Medal of Honor, and they were awarded separately. After that, the dozen or so people who received special awards did not have the honor to be awarded by the king. They went on stage together and were jointly awarded the "Tobesque Special Contribution Medal".

As for those without medals, such as Captain Rades, they just read their names and thank them for their contributions to the king. But this is enough for the captain, and this honor is enough to wash away his title of "Captain with Eight Guns". After tonight, Captain Ladds will be able to pack up and wait to be notified.

This whole process has gone down, and the time has gone from seven to eight thirty.

The busy king will not make more stops here, but will return directly to the city, as for the other dukes, they have their own plans.

It was probably because Miss Galina had a special conversation with Shade, and the other dukes also had a few words with him, so they knew each other. Because of the curse that Demoness is carrying, Miss Galina rarely appears in public, and her attitude at this time is undoubtedly showing that Shade is someone she likes.

After the awards are over and the king leaves, the banquet officially begins.

The dukes returned to the third floor together. Immediately afterwards, a group of people gathered around and wanted to chat with Shade. The reporters also followed with notepads. Shade received the business card in just ten minutes. , actually more than what was sent out today.

Augus' priest warned that public interviews were necessary, so Shade had to take turns answering everyone's questions.

Even when someone asked what he was thinking when he stopped the bullet, Shade, who had already been asked in a dizzy manner, opened his mouth and said:
"Everything will die, and people will welcome it. Come and die."

Immediately sober his head, he threw away the idea of searching for the heavier mountains in this world:

"Perhaps a person's value is limited, but when he does more than When you contribute to your own value, your personality and soul will be sublimated at this time."

Shade didn't know what he was talking about, but looking at the people around him, he knew that at least he didn't say anything. wrong. Of course, next, I did not forget to praise the importance of the royal family to Delarion, praise the righteous god [Mr. Dawn], and at the same time help the church to publicize the Holy Prayer Festival.

In short, Shade is really not used to this kind of social occasion.

It took forty minutes to get rid of the reporters, and when he was finally able to get out, before the men who wanted to chat with "Miss Galina's close ministers" gathered around, Shade was surrounded by a group again. Young girls surrounded.

Shade makes a few polite words with the girls before someone wants to talk to him "alone in the garden" or to hear him tell some "detective stories" in private.

Shade is not stupid, of course he knows what it means, but he is very uncomfortable with the enthusiasm of girls and can only shirk other things. But Rao was like this, and some handkerchiefs were still stuffed in his hands, and the addresses were written on the handkerchiefs with lipstick or powder.

"You have to get used to this, Mr. Hamilton, no, Lord Hamilton of Rejed."

Lavender Baron, who came to play cards with him, greeted him with a smile.

"Are all girls so enthusiastic these days?"

He didn't know what to do with those handkerchiefs.

"It's not passion for you, it's passion for who you are, and your relationship with Miss Galina. Now the Duchess of Saladir, it's almost a gesture that you're hers, Oh, what a lucky guy, did Miss Galina like you?"

He smiled ambiguously, while joking, patted Shade's shoulder, and then took the sword Shade walks towards friends.

From the first floor of the banquet hall to the second floor, Miss Beas, who I saw half an hour ago, can't see the silhouette again. Although Shade was worried, nothing happened when she met her last weekend, and now that Miss Galina is on the third floor, she didn't have to worry about the sudden occurrence, so she was invited to the Lord of the Rings game with Lavender Baron and friends. .

These gentlemen have the best position in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor of the banquet hall, occupying the sofa and coffee table. Sitting here and looking out, you can see the night view of the city of Tobesque and the starry sky on summer nights.

But people are more concerned about the Lord's card. When Shade and Lavender Baron walked through the crowd at the banquet, they still congratulated Shade a few times in turn. Although most of the people present have titles and their status is higher than Shade, who only has the title of "Knight", the importance of the Duchess makes his status not as simple as Knight.

After the hospitality was over, Shade was urged to show the new special card.

Every gentleman was very excited under the gas light, Shade took out the cards in his pocket, and took out the other three special cards without touching the [Ancient Fairy Tale Match Girl] that Lavender Baron knew well:

"Look."

He took out [Northern City·Lenghuigang City], [Old Continent Eastern Landscape·Tees Lake] and [primordial Steam Engine·Mark 9] , people pass each other and tell what they know about the history of the three cards in the past.

There were some of them who knew that Shade had [Founder Silvermoon] after attending the Duke Lucas Lords game last Sunday night. Now that Shade has taken out these three cards, and there are some people who heard about the deck that day but don't know who they are, they think that the owner of the rumored founding series cards is the young detective.

Lux Baron is one of those people who thought of it after seeing three cards. But Lavender Baron didn't know, just excitedly told people that he had seen the [Northern City, Coldwater Harbor City] at the Auction House ten years ago.

When I heard that Shade got the cards from an old professor, I guessed the buyer of the year, and later resold the cards because of the financial situation, and lamented that Shade's luck was very good, these have special rules. Although the price of playing cards is not particularly high, it is not necessarily available if you want to buy it.

Shade is the protagonist tonight, and of course people let him pick opponents to play. After inquiring, Shade did not choose an acquaintance, but chose to let the younger Cobble Baron in the entire group compete with him.

Corboll Baron is only about thirty years old, and I just heard from Lavender Baron that he is a nobleman inherited from his father. This Baron belongs to the richer aristocracy, hobby antique collection and Rhodes cards, and has a full five special cards in his hand, so Shade wants to see it.

Then the two sides of the game sat down with each other, and the others sat on the sofa, or stood behind the players with their arms folded over their chests, ready to watch the game.

This corner on the second floor of the banquet hall suddenly became lively, and from time to time people would come to join the onlookers. According to the "common sense" popularized by Lavender Baron to Shade, at a slightly high-end banquet, someone will play Rhodes in the corner, which is also part of the culture of this era. The Rhodes card, which was originally issued by the Prophet Association to make money, has become an important part of the civilization of the Sixth Epoch.

For foreigners, the foreign world without entertainment is undoubtedly very boring. The mysticism books and the elaboration of the power of the ring warlock are fun, but occasionally find some other entertainment. Shade's attitude towards Lord's cards has gradually undergone subtle changes. At least tonight, he still enjoys playing cards in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows watching the night scene.

There are 54 cards in a deck. Of course, Shade will not put [Founding Silver Moon] in it, so the deck has four special cards, while Cobble Baron has five special cards in the deck. Although the two do not gamble, they just simply enjoy the fun of playing cards, but the people watching them bet each other on who will draw the first special card.

The answer is Shade, [Ancient Fairy Tale Match Girl] appeared first. Although he failed to trigger the special rules, the points themselves helped him win the game. And Baron's special card Moon 13 [Pirate King Skeleton Captain Victor] only appeared in the fifth game.

The special rules of this card are very simple, throw a 20-sided dice, if the number of points is less than or equal to 10, the number of this card is adjusted to 22; if the number of points is greater than 10, the number of points can be adjusted to 13 , 1 two numbers to adjust.

It can't be said that this card is useless, it can only be said that there are very few situations where it can be used.

Baron has been exposed to Rhodes since he was a teenager and is a real Rhodes expert, while Shade is purely luck. As a result, although Shade won more, the overall result of the game between the two sides can barely be called evenly matched.

Cobble Baron was even more interested in this tense game, and even suggested that both sides bet on their own special cards, but Shade politely declined:

"I rarely gamble."

As he spoke, he looked up and saw Miss Bayas again at the stairway leading to the first floor. She seemed to be forcibly pulled by someone. He grabbed his hand, dragged him and was forced to walk to the first floor.

“en?”

He widened his eyes and stood up and sorted out the cards in his hand:

“Everyone, I’m sorry, I have something else to do, just a moment. Come back."

Pointing upstairs, the others understood nodded, thinking he was going upstairs to meet the great characters. So the long-awaited Lavender Baron took Shade's place.

The expensive antique Knight long sword that cannot be used is left here for the time being, and Shade walks to the entrance of the stairs. Looking back, I saw that the people by the floor-to-ceiling windows were nervously paying attention to the game, and no one looked towards this side, so they quickly walked down the stairs.

Whatever happened to Miss Beas, he couldn't pretend he didn't see it.

(end of this chapter)