Three days later, the annual New Year's Ball officially began. [ ] According to the tradition of the Kingdom of Thorne, the annual New Year's Ball is one of the biggest celebrations of the royal family. Except for the nobles who are far away from the border and are away due to official business, other
Nobles will go to the palace to attend the New Year's Ball. Even those nobles who are old and infirm and cannot travel long distances will entrust the first heir to attend to show respect for the royal family.
For the royal family, the New Year's Ball is also one of the important means to communicate with the nobles and stabilize their rule. I don't know how many alliances between the royal family and the nobles were reached at the New Year's Ball. Of course, there are also as many noble ministers present.
After the New Year's Ball, he was demoted and dismissed from office. In the end, even his own life and the entire family became victims of the political struggle.
Of course, all of this is done 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 is a bit tense. Compared with the New Year's Balls of previous years, the calm, luxurious, and luxurious scenes are much bleak. Too many things have happened in the kingdom in the past year. First, undead creatures invaded the Volunde Peninsula.
; Then the orcs invaded Kent; then the barbarians in the north were ready to move; and now there was a war with the desert countries in the south. A series of bad news made all the nobles feel uneasy.
Some particularly pessimistic people have even begun to doubt whether the Kingdom of Thorne can continue to survive. Under such circumstances, everyone's enthusiasm for participating in the New Year's Ball has naturally decreased, making this annual event seem a bit deserted.
Although in the eyes of the established aristocrats, this year's New Year's Ball was a bit shabby, but for Roger, who attended it for the first time, the ball was already extremely luxurious. The originally magnificent main hall of the palace was newly decorated, and the guests wore
The most luxurious clothes make all the men look extraordinary, while the ladies look very handsome.
Dressed like butterflies, they gathered together in twos and threes and talked quietly in the hall. The maids and maids walked busy but politely, providing the most attentive service to all the guests, and the musicians played soft music.
Adding to the fun for the guests is an annual event of the kingdom in every aspect.
Roger wore a new dress and slowly walked into the hall under the guidance of the valet. Although the dress was tight, complicated and uncomfortable to wear, Roger could only endure it. Since he came to this world,
In some aspects, you must act according to the rules of this world. Everyone else is wearing formal clothes, and if you wear casual clothes alone, you will naturally arouse the contempt of others. Roger has long passed the age of cynicism, and naturally he will not
Competing with the habits of the whole world on such small things.
Today's role as Roger's female companion is Sophia. As usual, the dragon girl chose a bright red dress. The close-fitting long skirt showed her hot figure to the fullest. There was a line on the side of the skirt that almost reached the top of her thighs.
With the slit, Sophia's strong and straight legs were looming when she walked, attracting the attention of many men. The deep opening in the back of the dress revealed Sophia's snow-white and delicate skin, which was even more attractive against the backdrop of the red dress.
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This outfit, coupled with Sophia's beautiful appearance and seductive style, immediately made her the most eye-catching female guest at the ball. Many nobles were already secretly inquiring, wanting to know where this alluring girl came from.
. Of course, there are people who are trying to find out what Roger is. If this young man is just an important little nobleman, someone will definitely want to take such a beauty away from him. It is even worth falling out with Roger for this.
Roger didn't take these envious and jealous looks to heart. He was just looking for Vattel wholeheartedly. According to Roger's plan, he wanted to expose Vattel's true face in public at the ball, so that he could be seen in public.
Kill him openly and no one will dare to accuse him.
However, the high-ranking Vettel obviously would not come so early, so Roger could not find the target for the time being. However, he was not in a hurry, but carefully recalled the list given by Anna, searching the crowd for Vettel's die-hard fans.
supporters. Since we are about to completely break out and take action, we must eradicate all hostile forces. It is not Roger's style to do half and leave half when things happen.
While Roger was looking for the target, Sophia was chatting and looking around. Sophia didn't like attending this kind of dance. Instead of wasting time here, it would be better for her to go back to sleep. But in Roger's case,
Due to the strong request, Long Nu had to attend such a chat, which also made her feel a little bad.
However, Sophia was born with a charming look. Even when she was in a bad mood, her eyes were still indescribably tempting. Several young nobles felt their hearts pounding when they were glanced at by Sophia.
The ground began to beat, and they all felt that this beautiful woman's eyes contained an obvious invitation, and they all walked towards Sophia involuntarily.
"Oh hehehe..." Seeing the faces of these nobles written all over, Sophia whispered to Roger with a smile: "Come here for something fun!"
Knowing that in Sophia's eyes, these nobles were no different from ants, if any blind guy really annoyed the dragon girl, he would definitely cause a big trouble today, so Roger quickly warned her: "You can
Don't mess around, we have very important things to do here today!"
"I know, you're so arrogant!" Sophia responded impatiently, then greeted the nobles with a charming smile on 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 in a low voice: "I hope it won't affect my plan..."
Just as Roger was sighing secretly, the etiquette officer at the door announced loudly: "The King's Minister, His Excellency Sebastian Watter has arrived!"
The voice of the etiquette officer cheered Roger up, and he hurried to the door of the hall. Wearing a luxurious dress, Wattel strode into the main hall of the palace. The nobles he met along the way saluted him respectfully. Wattel returned the salute reservedly.
, with a complacent look.
Vatel has every reason to be so proud. Since forming an alliance with the Barton family of the Senate, his power has far surpassed that of the Duke of Hamilton, and he has become the most powerful person in the kingdom besides Alonso III. In fact, he is currently the most powerful person in the kingdom.
Even the king has to take Watter's opinions into account in many aspects, otherwise even he will be in trouble.
Under Vattel's operation, a group of nobles who have no dealings with him will go to the southern front after the New Year's Ball. Vattel has already arranged that these guys will all "sacrifice themselves for the country" in the war, and then Hamilton will only
If you can fight alone, you will soon be kicked out of the core of the kingdom's power circle.
Vatel imagined the day when he won the victory, and a proud smile appeared on his lips. However, when his eyes fell on Roger not far ahead, the smile immediately turned into a sneer, and his eyes also turned into a sneer.
Revealing a hint of murderous intent.
"This bastard must die!" Looking at Roger who looked calm, Watter cursed viciously in his heart.
Vattel knew very well that the grudge between him and Roger was not just a simple political struggle. From the moment he first learned about Roger, Vattel wanted to kill him. But this guy came out of the Lunde Peninsula.
I don’t know why the country boy is gone.
What a piece of shit luck, even though Vettel deliberately targeted Roger many times, not only was he not eliminated, but he became more prosperous step by step. This made Vettel feel even more threatened, and he had already made up his mind to use it.
This opportunity to fight the desert country will eliminate him.
Wattle was thinking this in his mind, but his face was quickly filled with a kind smile and he greeted Roger, and he proactively greeted him: "Baron Li, we haven't seen each other for a long time. How are you lately?"
"Thanks to you, Marquis de Walter." Roger smiled sincerely at Walter: "I've been doing very well recently!"
"Haha, there are so many things going on in the kingdom this year. After attending the New Year's ball, Baron Lee will go to the southern front line." Vattle became angry when he saw Roger smiling. Thinking that it was a foregone conclusion that he would go to the south, Vattle couldn't bear it.
He couldn't help but say: "I received reports that the soldiers of the desert kingdom are very cruel and will behead all prisoners of war they capture. Baron Li, you must be careful not to fall into their hands!"
This damn bastard, he wants to make his brother angry when he is about to die. Who among us will lose his head first! Of course Roger knew that Walter was deliberately angry with himself, so he couldn't help but cursed in his heart.
However, Roger did not show any displeasure on the surface. Instead, he said with a flattered expression: "Thank you for your reminder. I will be very careful and come back safely."
Vatel obviously felt that Roger had not been stimulated enough, and immediately laughed and said: "Well, it would be best to come back safely, just in time to catch up with Miss Anna Hamilton's wedding!"
"Anna's wedding?" Walter's words shocked Roger, but he still forced himself to calm down and said: "I didn't hear that Miss Hamilton was engaged."
"Oh, not yet." Walter deliberately pretended to be enthusiastic and explained to Roger: "Jenson, the heir to the Barton family, has always liked Miss Hamilton. This time he will also go to the south to fight. He plans to do it after he has made military exploits.
Come back to propose to Miss Hamilton, won't you just be in time to attend the wedding when you come back? Haha!"
Although Roger knew that Watter was deliberately angry with him when he said this, his mood immediately turned bad. Jenson's proposal to Anna was definitely not groundless. The power of the Barton family was not small, and now they had Watt.
With your support, if Jensen returns with military exploits, even the Duke of Hamilton would find it difficult to refuse the marriage.
Of course, Roger would not allow his woman to marry another man, and to stop this wedding, the strength of the Barton family must first be weakened. This made Roger's urge to kill Walter even stronger, and he wanted to attack him immediately.
Just when Roger was about to give it a try, the etiquette officer suddenly announced loudly: "His Majesty Fernando Alonso III, King of the Kingdom of Thorne, has arrived!"