Chapter 150: The Girl's Thoughts and the Event That Finally Began

Ellie's manners were naturally taught by a special court ceremonial officer, and every detail of her dance steps was calibrated under the watchful eyes of the ceremonial officer.

Although she didn't have to use this skill herself, the rare times she practiced it were with Olena.

Until today.

For the first time, Ellie used a skill that she had found so frustrating to learn in the past.

With her good looks and demeanor, Ellie easily became the focus of the ball.

In the beginning, many noble ladies were somewhat jealous, but as the ball progressed, many of them could no longer feel jealous. The gap was too big, and it was definitely not something they could compare to.

After making sure that these noble ladies had no intention of coming close to her, Ellie relaxed a little. To be honest, she was still quite shy to be so ostentatious.

The ballroom was decorated quite lavishly, with heavy tapestries hanging on the walls, embroidered with intricate patterns and exquisite details.

A gorgeous chandelier made of iron chains and candles hangs from the ceiling of the hall. The golden candlelight sways on the carefully carved candlesticks, casting mottled and warm light and shadows on the entire hall.

There were long tables around, covered with fine white muslin, and food and fruit were placed in gold and silver vessels.

Of course, since this was a dance party rather than a banquet, no one was eating and drinking there. Only occasionally men and women who came down from the dance floor to take a break would take some.

The air was filled with the subtle scent of lavender and roses, mingling with the smell of burning wood smoke.

In a corner of the dance floor, a small band was playing melodious music. In some low-profile dance parties, the music part would use a magic phonograph, but here, at the banquet hosted by the Grand Duke of Thorns, there was naturally a special band playing music.

Such an environment may not be as luxurious as the highest-level balls held by the royal family, but it is just as luxurious.

It is far larger than the open space in front of the lord's hall under the moonlight.

She had watched Rand and Olenna's clumsy dance from hiding in a tree, and now she finally had the chance to dance with Rand.

But in Ellie's heart, such an environment is still not as good as the simple open space in the high night sky illuminated by the bright moonlight.

Perhaps people always envy what they don't have. Ellie laughed at herself in her heart and focused on guiding Rand's dance steps.

Rand really didn't know how to dance. His dancing skills were as poor as ever, but they seemed acceptable under Ellie's guidance.

But Ellie still needed to concentrate to prevent Rand from taking a wrong step and stepping on her instep.

The focus of the ball returned to the eldest daughter of the Duke of Thorn. After all, most of the young nobles who came to participate in the ball had some tasks to do for their elders.

However, apart from the single men and women surrounding the popular objects, there are also many people like Rand and Ellie who are dancing seriously.

The eldest daughter of the Duke of Thorn glanced at Ellie and Rand, and was relieved to see that the ball had returned to normal.

Rand came to the ball not only because he didn't want to appear too out of place and be excluded by the aristocratic group, but also because the aristocratic ball was an excellent place to obtain intelligence.

During the intermission of the ball, the nobles would relax a little, have some drinks and food, and chat.

In the past, during this kind of halftime break, Rand was often approached or harassed.

Either they boasted of their beauty or their status, but in any case they kept hanging around in front of Rand, disturbing him from gathering intelligence.

It was much better now. Ellie casually picked up some decent food beside him and put it into her mouth gracefully, but no one, male or female, dared to come over and talk to him, which made it easy for Rand to prick up his ears and eavesdrop on the conversations of the nobles nearby.

Due to Blessing 1: Mother of Black Goat's desire, Rand's physical fitness is actually quite good, with sharp ears and eyes. Although it may not reach the level of the most advanced professionals, at least he has the hearing of advanced professionals.

At least in a not-too-noisy dance party environment, it is still possible to hear some small intelligence.

Although Ellie said that she was the weakest top-level professional, her physical fitness should have reached this level. Seeing that no one came to disturb Rand, Ellie also pricked up her ears and listened.

What they talked about most were usually gossips, such as how the eldest son of the Marquis of Black and Brown was so useless that he had been deprived of his inheritance rights, and no one knew what had happened to the second son, who had not appeared in the eyes of the aristocratic group for a long time.

Many of them want to marry the second son of the Black and Brown Marquis.

There are also the unlucky in-laws of the Marquis of Black and Brown. The Marquis of Black and Brown's eldest son was already married, but now he has been deprived of the right of inheritance. This marriage, which was supposed to be a happy event, is not so happy anymore.

In addition, the eldest daughter of Earl Greenleaf seemed to have had an affair with the second son of Earl Stag, and they eloped to Viscount Land's territory together.

Some were true, some were false. Rand was fascinated by the listening, and it felt like he was watching short videos in his previous life.

But finally someone got down to business.

The internal mole incident between Earl of Stag and Earl of Flying Fox.

Most of the nobles present were not titled nobles and did not feel deeply about this matter. However, there were still a few descendants of nobles whose interests were harmed in this incident who came here to discuss it.

Judging from public opinion, Earl of Stag should win. As a good communicator, Earl of Stag has many more friends than Earl of Flying Fox, and Earl of Stag also has a good reputation.

So much so that even now, every time Rand pricked up his ears to eavesdrop at a dance, public opinion was overwhelmingly in support of the Earl of the Stag.

And although we can't hear the progress of the king's investigators' search for evidence from the gossip here, looking at the calm look of the Earl of Bucks' eldest son, the result is estimated to be in Earl of Bucks's favor.

I can't figure out how to lose.

At first, Rand thought that the royal city would be undercurrents, divided into two factions, fighting each other. Now that he came here this time, it seems that Chunchun came to visit the royal city.

I thought there would be some exciting entertainment activities. This time when he came to the royal city, Rand brought all his guards with him. I thought there would be a chance for the boys to practice, but now it seems to be another ordinary day.

The dance ended quickly, and Rand held Ellie's hand in a white lace glove, and they entered the carriage one after the other.

The moonlight is bright at night.

Ellie opened the curtains of the carriage, letting the moonlight shine on the gemstone on her snow-white neck. Looking up at the moonlight, Ellie asked playfully, "Do you like the moonlight?"

The moonlight in the sky also shone on Rand's face. Rand took off the mask and leaned his head on the soft velvet cushion of the carriage. He looked sideways at Ellie who was still wearing a half-covered golden mask. "I like it. The moonlight is beautiful."

"What about the snow?" Ellie asked again.

Rand didn't quite understand why Ellie asked this, but he just replied, "I like both the moonlight and the snow."

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Ellie stared at Rand's face with her icy blue eyes: "Which one do you like better? The moonlight or the snow?"

Rand always felt that there was something else behind Ellie's words, so Rand planned to avoid this topic.

He had read a lot of online articles and online dramas in his previous life. Although he had no experience in love and his emotional intelligence was not very high, he knew very well that once a woman asked you which one you like more, if you are not sure how to answer, it is best to answer that you like both.

Therefore, although Rand did not know what the moonlight and snow colors that Ellie mentioned meant, he knew that he could not just choose an answer randomly.

After thinking for a while, Rand said, "Apart from the color of the moon and the color of snow, I think you are the third most beautiful color in the world."

It’s a bit embarrassing to say it out loud. Although I learned a lot of dirty words and love words on the Internet in my previous life, I have never actually used them.

But in a sense, Ellie is his fiancée? Although they are not engaged yet, he has agreed to marry Ellie before, so it is okay to think so.

So, it should be okay to say some love words that I learned in my previous life but never had the chance to use? Ellie's face suddenly turned red. She had never expected Rand to be like this and suddenly say something like this.

Rand doesn't look like a smooth talker, and he usually looks quite dull.

Are you so good at saying this? Ellie was confused for a moment. After listening to it, she hesitated for a long time and couldn't organize a complete sentence.

Rand looked at Ellie and wondered if what he had just said was a bit too much.

But Ellie seems very generous. It was she who proposed the marriage before.

How come a compliment with some ambiguous meaning now makes Ellie's brain seem to crash?

Rand waved his hand in front of Ellie, who grabbed it and pushed it away.

Ellie had completely recovered to her normal state at this time, with a sneer on her pretty face: "Someone is lying under the carriage."

Rand smiled. He thought his life in the royal city would end with a boring dance party, but now it seemed that things were going to become more interesting.

In fact, Rand has always been a relatively important figure, because the core of this internal traitor incident should be the knight who is now in the royal prison.

And Rand is the person most closely related to this traitor.

This traitor was caught in the Rand Territory, Crescent Territory, and a lot of evidence was also found in the Crescent Territory.

And Rand personally escorted the knight to the royal capital.

In other words, if anything happened to the knight witness, the core of the chain of evidence would shift from the knight to Rand.

Unfortunately, everything has been calm during this period, making Rand think that this matter would just pass.

Ellie pressed the cane with her left hand, and a dark red magic energy ball appeared out of thin air a few inches above the palm of her right hand.

Opening the carriage door, the night breeze blew Ellie's brown-gold hair into a flutter.

When Ellie said that someone was lying under the carriage, she did not lower her voice. At this time, she realized that she had been discovered and she didn't know whether it was an assassin or an eavesdropper. Of course, she immediately chose to run away.

The carriage was still galloping, and the energy ball in Ellie's hand was beating like a heart.

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(End of this chapter)