Chapter 3: Temple of Light

In the end, Bart left the party in disgrace.

Before leaving, he looked at Lu Yi provocatively, as if to say that he was sure to win the bet.

Lu Yi was busy eating cookies and didn't notice the look of the person leaving.

"Sure enough, there is a reason why he has been ignored all the time. He looks unpresentable."

"Who said it wasn't... They were dragged into this disgrace for no reason. Not to mention a prominent family like Klein, even I can't help but get angry. It's too unlucky."

"Yes, Lu Yi, don't be angry. This banquet was specially held for you by the queen."

Several nobles who had a good relationship with Lu Yi said.

Although the queen did not explain, the deep meaning is self-evident.

The queen was not a person who was keen on banquets, but she held such a high-threshold banquet after bringing back the illegitimate son of the Klein family.

Then it is very important to invite this illegitimate child or not.

The banquet had already started for such a long time, but there was still no sign of the illegitimate child.

The queen's attitude was already clear.

"I guess the Queen will definitely mention Lu Yi in her speech later!"

"You are talking nonsense..."

Everyone was following Lu Yi, fearing that their position would be doubted if they spoke out too late.

Lu Yi did not comment on these words.

These people are simply the standard cannon fodder A, B, and C around the vicious male supporting role.

Every one of them will be slapped in the face by the protagonist together with him in the end.

“Woo——”

“Woo——”

The sudden sound of clarinet music is the minimum configuration for the royal family members to appear.

Everyone's eyes were directed forward, and when the queen appeared, they all performed standard aristocratic etiquette.

The queen was wearing a long lace court imperial dress with layers of lace. The crown on her head was inlaid with dozens of precious gems, and the red magic gem in the center was as big as a baby's fist.

Her long golden hair was carefully combed, and the extremely rich golden color was dazzling.

The most recognizable symbol of the Klein family is blonde hair, but only the queen and Lu Yi's blonde hair is so pure that it is almost as bright as a gem.

Perhaps it is because of the high genetic similarity, from some angles Lu Yi and the queen are surprisingly similar.

Many people speculate that this might be the reason why the queen prefers her nephew Lu Yi.

According to royal custom, when a member of the royal family appears, the person with the highest status present is entitled to kiss his or her hand.

Most of the guests invited to this private banquet were children of nobles, and most of them were lords or below. Everyone's status was similar, so the hand-kissing ceremony naturally fell on Lu Yi, who was related to the queen by blood.

The arrogance of the royal family is reflected in every aspect, even the hand-kissing ceremony is performed with gloves.

Only when the person performing the ceremony is of extremely noble status will he take off his gloves to show intimacy.

Lu Yi walked up to the queen and stood in front of her. The beautiful and dignified woman gracefully took off the lace glove on her right hand and slowly placed her hand on Lu Yi's outstretched palm.

Lu Yi kissed the back of her hand gently, rested his forehead on it, and whispered, "I offer you Klein's loyalty."

"May the God of Light bless you." The queen said, "I wish your baptism ceremony goes well, my dear Lu Yi."

After the hand kiss, Lu Yi returned to his original position.

"Dear ladies and gentlemen, as you can see, this is just a private party. I hope you can enjoy yourself."

Because it was just a private dinner, the queen's speech was brief and casual, and she left soon after finishing her speech.

It seemed that her brief appearance was only to make everyone aware once again of the nobility of the Klein family.

The queen's departure marked the official start of the banquet. The voices of the people talking gradually became louder, and people walked around in groups of three or four. The intricate relationships between the major families were also revealed at this private banquet.

Even though Lu Yi didn't have a very good reputation, he was forced to be involved in this social interaction.

According to his previous personality, Lu Yi could have arrogantly rejected most people's greetings.

But if he wanted to change the final outcome of the Klein family's destruction, he had to start with Lu Yi's arrogant and domineering personality.

The change in his personality was the beginning of his gaining the right to speak in the family.

Lu Yi tried to calm down a little, and sure enough, groups of people came forward to talk to him.

Although the nobles didn't know what he was up to, his sudden softening of attitude was visible to the naked eye.

A prominent background and beautiful appearance are both supreme assets that attract many people.

You know, the arrogant young master usually doesn't bother to talk to them at all.

Even if I failed to attract Lu Yi's favor, just standing beside him and quietly admiring his unrivaled looks would also be a gain!

But this made Lu Yi suffer, as his face became stiff from laughing so hard at the end.

After dealing with another group of nobles who came to talk to him, Lu Yi finally couldn't bear it anymore and quietly hid in a remote corner of the garden.

The sound of the flowing water from the fountain not far away just covered up the tiny sounds of his chewing.

Even so, trouble still came to him.

Before Lu Yi could put the biscuit in his hand into his mouth, someone shot an arrow into the ground.

He was still pinching the biscuit, but his hands were empty.

Lu Yi looked up and saw several unfamiliar men and women standing in a row in front of him.

The leading man was holding a bow and arrow in his hand.

[“857, is this malicious value enough?”]

[…Not quite enough.] 857 whispered.

Lu Yi narrowed his eyes slightly.

His hand moved back quietly, just enough to touch the dagger at his waist.

It was an exquisite dagger inlaid with gems.

It's not a proper weapon, but at least it has a blade.

And that's enough.

The atmosphere was tense, and neither side took the initiative to speak.

Lu Yi estimated the distance between him and the man holding the arrow, and made sure that he could get close enough before anyone could react in time so that he could silently draw out the dagger.

The moment the dagger was unsheathed, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind Lu Yi.

The hand pressed his hand and sheathed the dagger back into its sheath.

When Lu Yi realized that someone was approaching him quietly, the dagger at his waist had already been taken away by the person behind him.

Astor appeared out of nowhere, holding an unsheathed dagger, and threw it heavily in the direction of the leading man.

The leading man saw the dagger coming straight towards him and subconsciously raised the bow and arrow in his hand to block it.

But who would have thought that the dagger seemed to have anticipated his action, and it went around to the side and passed through his hair.

“clang——”

The man's heart trembled, and synchronized with his heartbeat was the crisp sound of the bowstring breaking in his hand.

“Bang!”

The bow and arrow slipped out of the man's hand and fell heavily to the ground.

He swallowed and looked at Aster with some fear.

Damn it! Didn't they say Astor Klein wouldn't come to the party tonight? !

If he had known that Astor was here, he would never have come to provoke Lu Yi!

Seeing Aster, Lu Yi was also surprised.

"Brother? Why are you here?"

"Calculating the time, I think you want to leave, so I'll come and take you home."

Astor's voice was gentle, but his gaze towards the group of people was cold.

Such a huge contrast made everyone even more frightened.

This is Astor Cline!

The killer who followed Duke Klein to the battlefield at the age of eighteen!

Even though he had left the Imperial Knights for many years, the position of Honorary Knight Commander of the First Knights was reserved for him. The knight's sword on his waist was a killing weapon that had drunk the blood of thousands of people, and he was specially allowed to carry it anywhere in the royal city.

Astor's eyes fell to the dagger that fell to the ground.

The little nobleman next to the dagger picked up the dagger in a second and respectfully held the dagger in front of Aster with both hands.

As if fearing that he might find it dirty, the young noble even placed a piece of silk under the dagger.

The leading man glared at him when he saw how servile he was, but lowered his head in fear when Astor's gaze passed by.

Astor took the dagger and his eyes swept across the frightened faces of the nobles present one by one.

"Go away." He paused, "If it happens again..."

Astor raised his hand slightly, and the knight's sword at his waist revealed a small section of cold white sharpness.

The sharp sword light flashed across the eyes of the leading man, and beads of sweat the size of beans flowed down his forehead.

"No no ...

The group of people seemed to have been pardoned and immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

In just a blink of an eye, the whole group of people ran away.

"Let's go."

Astor put the dagger back into Lu Yi's waist.

"Brother, are you really here to pick me up?" Lu Yi asked curiously.

Although Astor is a brother-con, he shouldn't go to every banquet in person.

Astor glanced at him and said coldly, "No, I came to the palace to deal with some things. I thought the banquet was not over yet, so I came to see you on the way."

The council hall is in the east and the banquet hall is in the west.

What's the point of talking about going to places that are not even remotely related?

Lu Yi glanced at Astor and considerately ignored this insignificant detail.

"Are you still going to the party?" Astor asked.

Lu Yi shook his head.

"Then I'll walk you to the door."

"Okay, bro."

Lu Yi followed Aster obediently, and there was no sign of the ruthless look on his face as he was about to draw his sword when a disagreement occurred.

"Lu Yi, do you know why father wants to take that illegitimate child back?"

"Because he awakened his affinity with light elements ahead of time?"

Astor shook his head, "This is only one aspect, the most insignificant aspect."

Hearing this, Lu Yi turned his head to look at him.

"He has connections to the Holy Temple of Light, the Holy Temple of Light of the Grand Vatican."

Lu Yi frowned and repeated, "Holy Temple of Light?"

So the plot line had already changed before the novel officially began?

"Yes, the Holy Temple of Light, the Central Church. If it was just a person with the talent of light who awakened early, it would not be enough to alarm the Central Church. There must be something deeper here."

"It is only a matter of time before the balance between the Holy See and the various empires is broken." Astor's gaze fell vaguely on the sky.

He seemed to be looking at the dark sky, or trying to see through the dim darkness into the unknown distance.

Astor turned around and looked at Lu Yi.

Lu Yi originally thought he was going to say something else, but until the two of them stood in front of the palace gate, Astor didn't say another word.

…

It was late at night when we returned to the manor.

The maid brought milk at just the right temperature, and Lu Yi held the cup and took a sip from time to time.

In his other hand, he held the Temple of Light Evening News and scanned the information on it quickly.

Unfortunately, after reading for a long time, I found that it was all some gorgeous, useless, empty and nonsense literature.

"Master Lu Yi, Madam and Master Zuo En are back tonight. The gift Madam brought you is in your room."

"Okay, I understand."

Lu Yi drank up the little milk left in the cup in one gulp.

"Brother Lu Yi, you're back!"

A surprised voice sounded, and Lu Yi subconsciously turned his head to look at the source of the voice.

Xia, wearing a light pink nightgown, was standing at the stairs, looking at him with a smile on her face.

He was also holding a bowl of what looked like pasta.

"puff--"

The scene was so weird that Lu Yi spat out all the milk before he could even swallow it.

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