A Banquet Incident

Victor frowned as he looked at the group of people in front of him. Most of them were women dressed in their finest attire. It seemed that these nobles were indeed in a hurry, even resorting to such methods.

Viscount Boateng began to introduce the identities of these nobles to Victor: "This is Mr. Modrich of Cabbage Territory, the younger brother of the current Baron."

This person is from the Yellow Celery Family ...

As they were talking, a voluptuous noblewoman took Viscount Boateng's right arm and leaned against him, saying in a coquettish voice, "Viscount Boateng, why don't you introduce me to Viscount Golden Sunflower first?"

"Viscount Victor, I am Salia Huangqin, and my husband is Baron Russell. It's a pleasure to meet you."

As soon as she finished speaking, the noblewoman winked at Victor, bowed deeply, and extended her left hand to Victor.

The necks of everyone around, including Viscount Boateng and Mr. Modrich, suddenly stiffened, their eyes fixed on Madam Sallia.

Victor took a step back without making a sound, gave a polite gentleman's bow, but did not accept the hand offered by the Baroness: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Salya. Baron Russell is safe now, and I believe he will be back with you soon."

Salia was a little surprised when she saw that Victor didn't take her hand; she was quite confident in her charm.

But when Victor said that Baron Russell was safe and sound, she immediately covered her face and started crying. Then she looked up and rushed towards Victor with a tearful expression, as if she wanted to cry in Victor arms.

But Victor nimbly stepped back and moved aside, leaving the Baroness empty-handed. Seeing that Victor wasn't having any of it, she wiped away her tears with her handkerchief and said, "Lord Victor, we don't know how we can bring my husband back. We'll pay any price."

After saying that, the Baroness once again winked at Victor.

As soon as she finished speaking, the other nobles also inquired about the situation of their relatives and asked Victor to release their fathers, brothers, and nephews. They all began to surround Victor.

But at that moment, Michael stepped forward and stood in front of Victor, blocking the nobles from entering.

Victor looked at Michael with dissatisfaction, as if to say, "Why did you take so long to come up? What were you doing?"

Michael was somewhat annoyed, since it was the very charming Baroness who initially gravitated towards Victor, and he didn't know if his lord liked this, which was why he didn't dare to stop her.

Seeing Michael fully armed and with his hand on his sword hilt, looking as if he were about to draw it at any moment, the nobles all took a few steps back in fear. Even Madam Sallia hid behind Mr. Modrich.

At this moment, Viscount Boateng quickly interjected. "Everyone, don't be in such a hurry. Since Lord Victor is already here, let him enjoy the banquet and relax."

After saying that, he and his son Totti pushed the nobles away, and even Madam Sallia was pulled away by him. As they left, Madam Sallia looked at Victor with a mournful gaze, which made Victor's hair stand on end.

Once things had calmed down, Viscount Boateng quickly came up to apologize. "I'm so sorry, Lord Victor, I really didn't expect them to do this."

"As you know, the nobility are very well-informed. I went to great lengths to welcome you and prepare the ransom, and now that they know, they've all come to me. I couldn't stop them. Please don't be angry."

When Madam Sallia first started to flaunt her charms, Viscount Boateng was happy to see it, after all, the Baroness was indeed a stunning beauty, famous throughout Suffolk County.

Viscount Victor had been fighting alone for so long, and perhaps he needed someone like this to take good care of him, but unexpectedly, Viscount Victor always kept his distance from this Baroness.

Later, when Viscount Victor announced that Baron Russell was safe and sound, the other nobles couldn't control themselves and rushed forward to inquire about their relatives. When the scene became somewhat out of control, Viscount Boateng realized that if someone tried to assassinate Lord Victor, he would be implicated.

Victor looked at Viscount Boateng with a half-smile, somewhat displeased with the Viscount Boateng's unauthorized decision. "I wonder how much they paid to have Viscount Boateng act as their liaison; it must have been quite a sum!"

Viscount Boateng broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this, exclaiming, "Ah, this!..."

Seeing his expression, Victor knew that Viscount Boateng might have really received a lot of benefits, so he said in a low voice, "It's not good to hog all the benefits, Viscount Boateng!"

After saying that, Victor ignored Boateng and went straight to the food table in the middle of the banquet. He felt a little hungry and wanted to see the delicacies of Red Hemp Territory.