Outside the castle, there are many carriages parked with various family emblems hanging on them, proving that the owners of these carriages are all well-known and distinguished people with aristocratic blood.

In addition to the carriages, there are also respective guards.

The castle was brightly lit, dispelling the darkness and illuminating the castle. The male and female servants of Pompeii's family came out in droves, busy at work.

The guests were gathered in the hall.

The hall was one and a half stories high and circular. Above it hung a tall chandelier with white candles burning. The guests gathered on one side of the hall's door, while on the other side a famous pianist hired by the Pompeii family was playing the piano.

The guests were all listening to the elegant piano music. Even those who were not interested in music pretended to be listening to the music.

Making any sound at this time would be considered impolite.

The male and female servants, who were holding plates with wine, biscuits and other snacks on them, were also very careful not to make any noise.

Soon the piece of music ended, and the famous pianist stood up and saluted the guests. The guests clapped their hands and applauded loudly.

Then, the orchestra performed. The atmosphere became much more relaxed at this time, and the guests divided into groups of three or four, talking in whispers.

It can be roughly divided into four circles.

The contemporary noble knights represented by Old Sol, the ladies represented by Lady Sophie, and the girls represented by the girls, these girls are the protagonists of this banquet. The Pompeii family intends to select the suitable and excellent Lady Luther from among these girls.

The rest were the young nobles.

Although this was a banquet for the purpose of matchmaking, communication between nobles was also necessary.

Luther, the future head of the Pompeii family, also needs connections. And every banquet is a precious social event for the nobles.

In the past, Luther would often follow Old Saul to attend such banquets.

Among the youth group present, there were many friends that Luther had known before.

Old Sol held a glass of red wine in one hand while chatting with his old friends. Actually, they were not all old friends. In addition to the five middle-aged men, there was also a young man standing next to Old Sol.

This young man was extremely handsome, with a very pale complexion, as if he had not seen the sun for many years. It was said that in the northern capital, it was very popular for nobles to have such a complexion.

It was obvious that this young man was a nobleman of extremely distinguished status.

And this is indeed the case, because the person in front of him is Baron Patton’s third son, Lucy Patton.

Baron Barton was the lord of the Pompeii family. Pompeii had served Baron Barton for generations. Not only the Pompeii family, but also the five people who were about the same age as Old Thor were all lords of other knight territories and belonged to Baron Barton.

Lucy, Barton.

This time, Old Thor also invited Baron Patton to attend the banquet, but Baron Patton did not come due to something, so he sent the lord's third son to attend.

Although there were only three sons, Old Sol and the others did not dare to neglect them, and they gave priority to Lucy and Barton. During the conversation, they all took good care of Lucy and Barton.

However, Lucy Barton seemed to be a nobleman who was not good at speaking. Most of the time, he just smiled and didn't interrupt.

"I heard that the New Party has been getting more and more rampant in the capital recently. There have even been cases of New Party knights attacking nobles in the palace. Not to mention other places in the kingdom. These rebels are really everywhere."

A Lord Knight said.

This knight lord possessed a very handsome face, but his hooked nose ruined the beauty of his face and added a bit of hostility to him.

However, those who are familiar with this Knight Lord know that he is a good-tempered and nice old man.

Baron Barton was a baron who owned a city, many villages, and towns. His military strength and fiefdom were both quite large.

There were more than 20 or 30 knight lords who were loyal to Baron Barton. The Pompeii family was just one of them, and the five noble knight lords present were knight lord families that were on good terms with the Pompeii family.

They can be said to be natural allies of each other.

This Lipton, Solon was particularly close to the Pompeii family because his wife was the sister of old Solon and Luther's aunt.

"Yes, these rebels are preaching that everyone is born equal, that the nobles should not be allowed to hold such great power, and that they are calling on the common people and knights to unite and overthrow the Kingdom of Prussia. They should all be hanged."

A knight lord said in a murderous tone.

"The rebels who are hateful to you are precious to me. Although there are traces of rebel activities in various places in the kingdom, we are too remote. It's a pity that there are no traces of rebel activities. It would be great if we could kill a few rebels and show off our martial arts. The glory of the knights needs countless bones to set off."

A knight lord with distorted values ​​said at this time.

However, this kind of outlook is the mainstream among the current Knight Lords. Not only this Knight Lord, but other Knight Lords including the good-natured Lipton and Sauron all nodded.

The new party.

These damn civilian knights who opposed the nobles should all be hanged.

However, the topic of discussion was soon reversed, because they all realized that today's banquet was to select the next generation of ladies of the future Pompeii family.

It doesn't seem like it should be so murderous.

"Thor, there are some new faces at the banquet today. Who else did you invite besides us?"

Lipton, Soran looked around the hall and found many unfamiliar faces, so he couldn't help asking.

There were a total of six knight lords, all of whom were close allies. These families had been intermarrying for a long time, and they were more or less related by blood.

But it didn't matter. In their opinion, the purer the noble bloodline, the better. This kind of marriage should continue to exist. So the girls present included the daughters, nieces, and other people of other identities of the other five knight lords.

Old Sol's face, which was always very rigid in front of his children, softened a lot now. He shrugged his shoulders, which was rare, and said, "You know, there are too many noble descendants without territories in this world, and our nobles with territories are very popular. Many noble girls dream of becoming the hostess of Pompeii. So after I spread the news, many people requested to participate, and I screened them. Some of these girls are daughters of scholars, some are daughters of officials, and some are daughters of merchants."

The descendants of nobles are still nobles, but the territory of nobles is limited, and only one person can inherit the territory. And nobles usually have many children.

All of these children are descendants of nobility.

As a result, there are many descendants of nobles in the current Kingdom of Prussia.

The Pompeii family, which owns territory, is still very popular even though it is just a knight family.

Old Sol then said proudly: "My son is very good. So the more girls who attend this banquet, the better. Even if Luther can only have one wife, he might as well have more lovers. He can give birth to some illegitimate children. Although they cannot inherit Pompeii's surname, they can also continue Pompeii's bloodline."

Old Thor turned into an old frivolous rogue.

The other lords and knights also showed the same expression, which was somewhat obscene.

As for aristocrats, which real aristocrat doesn’t have a few mistresses and illegitimate children?

(End of this chapter)