After pushing open the glass door embedded with energy stones, Dick looked at the layout inside and couldn't help but feel dazed for a moment.
But I saw colorful lights shining above the ceiling of the hall, and the gentle luster spread on the dining table filled with a dazzling array of dishes.
And then the melodious music started playing.
On the two-meter-high magic band stage, a blue-haired girl with twin ponytails was playing the piano in her hand.
As the strings swayed, all the guests around them narrowed their eyes in intoxication.
After a while, the song ended.
"Thank you Sana for playing for us." The healing teacher David, who was wearing an exquisite green-trimmed French robe and holding a magic loudspeaker similar to a speaking microphone, was acting as the host of the banquet.
Sana bowed slightly to everyone and did not speak, but Dick heard her voice.
"Everyone, please enjoy today's banquet."
Seeing Dick's eyebrows raised, Ibu on the side turned his head slightly and said, "Although Shana is speechless, she is also a warlock apprentice, and she is also Vigo's assistant."
Dick nodded slightly, and out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Dean Mary, who was dressed in rich clothes, and Queen Meve, who was holding a delicately sculpted little boy of seven or eight years old, walking toward him.
"Dick, I'm going to get something to eat first, and you can deal with this situation."
Ibu added, turned and walked towards the table next to him.
There were five or six male and female sorcerers there, laughing and chatting.
"Dean Mary, Queen Meve, hello."
"Dick, your flood mission was completed so quickly, it seems I still need to thank you." Queen Meve was the first to speak.
Dick noticed her pale skin under heavy makeup and the bloodshot lines under her eyelids that looked like cracked porcelain.
Queen Meve's health must be getting worse and worse.
"It's done, Your Majesty.
"Good things and bad things always come together, and now my old stubborn brother." Mary Dean lowered his voice. "Finally he came back to see me. We haven't seen each other for hundreds of years. He has been praising you just now."
"Where is Aode now?"
"We can't find him." Dean Mary pointed to a table in the corner.
But I saw several warlocks drinking wine at the table, and Dick still hadn't seen Aode.
"He is lying on the ground. He always refuses to accept his old age. He fights with those people for drinks, and then falls asleep." Mary Dean smiled helplessly, "Xiya will come out in a while. The queen wants to see you for something, so you can chat with her for a while first."
"Okay, Dean."
After Dean Mary left, Queen Meve motioned to Dick to sit on the stool at the table next to him.
The queen sat across from Dick and put the little boy beside her on the stool.
The little boy folded his hands obediently and peeked at Dick from time to time.
"This is the son of James. Don't be nervous, Dick. He has nothing to do with Brownie. His name is Luca. He is 8 years old and he is the heir after Northern Kingdoms. Luca, please call him uncle."
The little boy timidly squeezed out one word. "Uncle."
Dick nodded slightly.
"My little Falcon, go to the square to play with other children."
"Meve, is it really okay?" Although the little boy was so happy that his calves almost jumped up, he still just didn't move.
"Go quickly, go quickly, come back for something to eat when you are hungry."
"Okay, bye, Meve. Goodbye, uncle."
"Goodbye, Luca." Dick responded in a deep voice.
After the glass door was opened, the little boy had joined the mischief-making team of the warlock apprentices outside, and was trying to ride on a calico cat that had been enlarged through a transformation spell.
"What a cute kid!"
"Dick, you really think so?"
After nodding lightly, Dick asked, "Queen, just say what you have to say."
"I suddenly remembered the first time we met," the Queen's eyes reflected the colorful lights above her head, "At that time, you had just fought against the Jiatu army, and you were extremely respectful to me. I immediately put the sword on your shoulder and gave you the name - [Dick of Rivia]."
"Queen, I will keep your kindness to me in mind."
"But things are unpredictable. In the blink of an eye, you killed my ministers and my nephew in front of me."
The air fell into wordless silence.
"Now I am cooperating with my manager West, and now I have no news from him.
Don't be confused, I can tell at a glance that the information about the three nobles was provided to you by the missing butler.
Now, my brother Prince James has damaged his frontal lobe and has turned into an idiot. He should not be able to cause any harm to you Witcher Order. Now you can rest assured, right?"
Dick The fingertips holding the crystal cup exerted force unconsciously, and a crack spread on it.
"Dick, judging from your reaction, you don't know about this. Don't be nervous, I don't blame you. I don't have much time left now." After a long sigh, the queen said slowly.
Dick Then I felt that the 40-year-old middle-aged woman in front of me now exuded an aura of twilight, as if even the colorful surroundings around her had dimmed.
"Dick, I want to ask you to take good care of Luca, Northern Kingdoms's new heir. Witcher Order and Northern Kingdoms have never been enemies, but more like close friends. I don't want any friction between the two."
Silence.
Continuous silence.
Just when the queen was about to stand up, Dick nodded solemnly.
"I promise you."
A smile appeared on the queen's face, and she covered her mouth sleepily with her hands:
"Dick, then I'm going to take a rest. Although this banquet was prepared for me, my body now..."
"You walk slowly."
When the Queen disappeared around the corner, Dick rubbed the crack on the rim of the cup, her thoughts wandering to half a year ago:
Odinburg and Kebi fought bloody battles on the wall;
The first time I met my junior fellow soldier Carter;
The shock of Order of the Falcon charging outside the city is like a blue ocean.
Suddenly, a pleasant voice sounded around me, "Dick, what are you thinking about here?"
"Xiya!"
A happy smile appeared on Dick's face. He stood up directly and held Xiya, who was wearing a wig and dressed up extremely gorgeously, on the seat beside him. Then he nodded slightly to Barbara next to Xiya as a greeting.
"Can you physically come out of that room now?" Dick added with some worry.
"It's okay for a short period of time. Besides, I was bored in that room all the time. Did you hear the sound of Sana just now?"
I always like to listen to her performance, no matter how many times I listen to it, I can't get enough of it. Unfortunately, I don't have any talent for musical instruments;
I was clumsy when I was a child, and I would fall down when walking from time to time. Fortunately, my master Barbara adopted me since I was a child."
"I don't have any talent for musical instruments, so we two are really a good match."
"Then you are clumsy too?" Xiya's eyes widened.
"I'm not clumsy, but in this way, we can complement each other."
"Glib tongue." Although Xiya said this, the smile on his face became increasingly difficult to hide.
And several sorceresses at the table in the distance began to call their former companions, "Xiya Come here quickly, don't talk to your partner yet, you will have plenty of time later."
Xiya turned slightly red upon hearing this, and looked at Dick with some embarrassment.
"Go ahead, I happen to have something to talk with your master."
"What can be said between you two?"
"Of course it's about... some Signs issues. I don't know much about Fire Signs's control. I hope Barbara can give me some advice. Don't worry, I'll go find you soon."
"Okay, Dick, I'll go there first."
Xiya's slender and delicate arms held up her long skirt. When she turned around, the hem of her skirt swept off the table knife. The moment the blade of the knife was inserted into the cake, crimson jam oozed from the cream rose.
Dick held the handle of the table knife firmly and saw Xiya chatting and laughing with the sorceresses opposite.
His needle-like eyes stared at the illusion master beside him, and he spoke cold words between the opening and closing of his lips:
"Let's talk, Barbara, about the prophecy of Xiya, what role do you play in it?"