"what happens?"

Mr. Bernhardt, who heard the commotion here, finally came over.

"Nothing, someone wants to bet Rhodes with me."

Shade said, Mr. Bernhardt first greeted Princess Margaret who was standing up, and then asked Shade in surprise:

"Betting Rhodes with you? Who is so bold?"

He knew very well that Shade was the champion of "Big City Player 1853", and he had seen Shade's card skills and luck at the [Sin Mansion].

"It's Mr. Miguel Hersius, but he was scared away!"

Someone said, followed by a burst of laughter, and the atmosphere of the dance became more lively.

"Viscount, is Mr. Holmes very good at cards?"

Princess Margaret asked curiously, and the middle-aged vampire noble tried hard to find the words:

"Your Highness, that's not a question of whether he's good or not. That's because Mr. Holmes often played Rhodes with those rude sailors on the ship, so he developed good card skills. What's more, his luck has always been unparalleled.

Compare."

"So that's it."

The princess with long blond hair chuckled and said. After Shade took back his cards, he extended his hand to the princess:

"Your Highness, it's an honor to dance with you. Please forgive me, I'm not good at this."

"It doesn't matter."

Princess Margaret put her hand on Shade's outstretched palm, and then walked together to the crowd who were dancing to the music.

Mr. Bernhardt was left standing there alone, very puzzled as to what happened while he was playing Rhodes:

"Princess Margaret of Anjou, hasn't she always been kind to men?"

On the other side, Shade and Princess Margaret have started dancing right under the crystal chandelier. Kasenrik's dance music is relatively soothing, or the current one is more soothing, so it doesn't need to be too violent.

Actions.

But even so, Shade was still controlling his steps very carefully, moving according to the "slow four" steps taught by Lesia, and Princess Margaret seemed to be very good at dancing.

Shade put his right hands together, with his middle and ring fingers slightly bent inwards, tightly clasping the edge of Princess Margaret's dress under the left shoulder blade, and slightly holding the princess's right hand. This contact area was not large, because the princess was very small.

Obviously he doesn't want to have too much contact with Shade.

Sure enough, there was a reason why she invited Shade to dance. Amidst the sound of the violin, the princess said very cautiously:

"Mr. Holmes, I'm sorry to involve you. I once heard Mr. Bernhardt say that you have had a long adventure in the New World and have extraordinary attainments in swordsmanship, marksmanship, and riding. That's why I invited you to participate in the event just now."

game."

Needless to say, it goes without saying that when the princess asked Mr. Bernhardt to hide the goods, the latter "bragged" a little about his friend.

"Then you invited me to the game because"

"That pair of earrings."

She lowered her voice to prevent a third person from hearing:

"Using earrings as a bet was not my own idea, it was the idea of ​​my cousin, the annoying Yin Lin."

She is talking about Yinlin Cullen, the daughter of Duke Crum Cullen, who has been sitting next to Princess Margaret just now. This lady's mother is the sister of the contemporary King of Carsenlik, "Lion Lain"

, so she is Princess Margaret’s cousin.

"That was my birthday gift from my mother, so"

She said with some embarrassment, and then Shade understood:

"After you finish this dance, wait half an hour. I will wait for you in the courtyard. You can send a maid to take away the earrings."

"I'm really sorry for involving you in this matter."

The princess apologized again, but Shade didn't think there was anything wrong with this matter. Everyone has relatives who are helpless but do exist. Of course, foreigners don't have them. This kind of contradiction and conflict between noble girls finally

Disputes that turn into jewelry are actually very common in contemporary court novels, but Dorothy thinks similar plots are "boring and cliché".

Therefore, Shade did not plan to tell Dorothy or Lesia the story at this Carson-like banquet tonight. After all, this story was too boring.

"Mr. Holmes, are you satisfied with this party?"

The princess asked again, probably to lighten the atmosphere.

Shade thought for a while, but he still didn't forget Lecia's "prank" after all:

"It's very good, especially the food. Mr. Bernhardt recommended the green salad to me. The sweet onion, purple cabbage and Huntington's radish taste very good."

Therefore, Princess Margaret did not talk to Shade about food again until the dance ended.

Shade and Princess Margaret just danced once and then parted politely. The princess returned to the sitting area on the sofa, apparently not wanting to dance a second time, and Shade found Bernhardt.

Sir, this rather upper-class vampire seed lord was greatly surprised by Shade's performance:

"You're really good at dealing with young girls."

He didn't feel there was anything wrong with this, but was surprised by Shade's methods:

"There are actually some rumors among the nobles of Willondale that this Highness Margaret is not very close to men on weekdays."

Mr. Bernhardt lowered his voice while holding the wine glass, and then made a strange expression. Shade nodded clearly, knowing that this was because Margaret Anjou had never given up on becoming the apprentice of the great witch.

Although they had agreed to exchange the pair of earrings, in order not to attract attention, Shade did not leave immediately. Instead, he and Mr. Bernhardt watched people playing Rhodes.

Mr. Bernhard's luck was a little bad tonight, so he didn't plan to play cards anymore. Schad didn't want to attract attention at this banquet anymore, so he didn't participate.

However, Mr. Bernhardt mentioned that when Shade went to Miss Sylvia's place, a woman joined the card game and left after winning two special cards in a row.

Nowadays, the trend is open, but it is very rare for women to openly play cards with men at banquets. Mr. Bernhardt told Shade about this interesting incident, and then pointed out the position of the lady to Shade.

She did not dance with anyone, but chatted with a middle-aged gentleman who looked like a scholar. She stood by the window and looked at the night view of the courtyard. Because she could only see her back, it was impossible to judge her age. The lady was wearing

She wears a long dress with black top and red bottom, and her hair color is a rare bluish gold color that is close to white.

They were a little far away from Shade and Mr. Bernhardt, but Shade still frowned slightly:

"Circle Warlock?"

"That lady is a ring sorcerer?"

Bernhardt looked over with some interest:

"I'm pretty sure she didn't cheat when she played cards just now."

"There are quite a few ring wizards at this banquet."

Shade muttered. Mr. Bennhardt nodded and said nothing more:

"As long as they don't cause trouble, aren't we just here to attend the banquet?"

"Yes."

Shade looked in the direction of Princess Margaret again, and was very sure that there was no ring warlock around her:

"In one hour, this banquet will be over. I hope everything goes well."

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Chapter completed!