"The auspicious hour has arrived! Let the welcoming music begin!"
A vampire in a tuxedo announced this to the entire audience.
The somber symphony began to play.
Soon, a petite but dignified white-haired loli walked out under the spotlight.
Upon seeing this, the guests immediately knelt on one knee and performed a grand salute.
"Wishing Prince Lucy a long and healthy birthday, may she stay young forever and full of vitality!"
Princess Lucy waved her hand expressionlessly, as if the banquet was not held for her.
Seeing this, the vampire next to him had no choice but to proceed to the next step: "Now, let's begin the offering!"
Upon hearing this, the vampires below stood up and began to offer gifts according to their rank.
The first to start was the Baron.
"Baron Adams presents a pair of amber pieces..."
...
"The Marquis Harrison presents a pair of exquisite protective suits."
...
As one vampire after another came forward to present gifts, Ling Tian also assessed their strength.
Judging from the current situation, a prince is equivalent to a major evil in the supernatural world, a duke is evil, a marquis is a ghost king, and so on.
Looking at the white-haired loli with a blank expression on the throne, he couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.
The vampire race is truly amazing.
A thousand-year-old loli...
Still at the prince level...
As time went on, the gift-giving ceremony came to an end, but the last gift from the duke was rather special.
“Prince Lucy, the gift I am presenting is different; it is a piece of music.”
Duke Louis stepped forward and said.
Upon hearing this, Prince Lucy showed some interest, and her usually expressionless face began to change.
"Could you demonstrate this live?"
A clear, melodious voice echoed in the hall.
"That's natural; the band is already waiting outside the hall."
"Duke Louis said."
"Let them in..."
"yes."
Soon a band entered the palace.
"Humans?"
Prince Lucy was somewhat surprised.
"It is the Human Band. Your Highness may not know this, but this band was formed when I found musically talented humans in the human world in my early years, and then they were perfected through my training."
The piece we're playing today is the result of over a decade of painstaking effort by the entire band.
Duke Louis explained.
In the vampire world, humans are merely their blood bank, so they have no chance to come into contact with such refined things.
This led to the vampires' first impression that humans were foolish and ignorant creatures who had no understanding of refined things like music.
"Then let them begin..."
Prince Lucy lost interest, feeling that the piece being played wouldn't offer many surprises.
The band, having received their orders, quickly began to play.
The other vampires also listened intently, eager to see what kind of gift Duke Louis had specially prepared.
The melodious music began to echo in the hall.
The vampires were somewhat surprised; the performance was quite good, and the piece was well-designed.
The various musical instruments were also perfectly matched.
Princess Lucy couldn't help but listen attentively, tapping her slender fingers in time with the rhythm of the music.
She was pleased with the gift prepared by the Duke of Louis, although it was not as valuable as the gifts from other dukes.
But in her heart, this gift surpassed all the gifts she had received that day.
Just then, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of a figure shaking his head incessantly in the corner.
The other vampires and humans were all enjoying the music with their eyes closed, immersed in its beauty. But he was different; he shook his head and sighed to himself, seemingly finding the piece utterly rubbish.
She couldn't help but frown, quite displeased with this rude fellow.
But the band was still playing, and she couldn't very well interrupt them, as that would be extremely rude. As an elegant noblewoman, she naturally wouldn't do that.
I could only suppress my anger for the time being and continue listening to the band's performance.
That's right, the figure that Princess Lucy saw was none other than our protagonist, Ling Tian.
Having worked as a composer specializing in virtuoso music, he could naturally discern all the flaws in a piece of music.
The piece sounded quite good to other vampires, but to him it was utter rubbish.
So he couldn't help but shake his head in denial.
Little did they expect that the white-haired loli would witness this scene.
At that moment, he was unaware that a storm was about to break.
I don't know how much time passed, but the song ended.
The entire audience erupted in thunderous applause, acknowledging the talent of this human band.
Duke Louis was overjoyed; he had finally made his presence felt in front of the Prince.
So she stepped forward and said, "Prince Lucy, is this gift I prepared to your liking?"
"The piece is excellent. I haven't heard such a refreshing piece in a long time. Duke Louis did a great job."
Prince Lucy praised.
Duke Louis was delighted to hear this and was about to press his advantage when Princess Lucy suddenly changed the subject, saying, "However, it seems that some people do not approve of the piece you prepared, Duke, and think it is terrible."
For a moment, all the vampires in the room were dumbfounded.
Who is it? So brave!
Duke Louis clenched his fists and asked in a low voice, "I wonder who the prince is referring to? I'd like to see what reason they have for saying that the piece I prepared is terrible!"
The other vampires exchanged glances, trying to find the rude fellow.
Ling Tian, not wanting to miss out on anything, started watching, as if there was some juicy gossip to be had.
Who is this? Saying such things in this kind of situation is practically suicide.
At this moment, Princess Lucy pointed to a spot.
Duke Louis looked in the direction she pointed, and the other vampires did the same.
Ling Tian realized that Princess Lucy was pointing in his direction, which was already quite far back in the room.
He couldn't help but turn his head to look behind him.
But there was no one else behind me.
When he turned around, he found that everyone's eyes were on him.
"I?"
Ling Tian pointed to himself, looking utterly bewildered.
Princess Lucy nodded, confirming that the person everyone had chosen was the right one.
Ling Tian spat out a mouthful of blood. What was going on? He hadn't said anything like that, had he?
He immediately spoke up to defend himself: "Princess Lucy, have you mistaken me for someone else? I never said such a thing, and I also greatly admire this piece of music."
"It's you. I'm not so old that I'd mistake someone for someone else."
"But I never said those words..."
Princess Lucy interrupted, "Just now everyone was immersed in the beauty of the music, but you were the only one who kept shaking your head and frowning. What else could this be but a denial of the piece?"
"..."
Ling Tian's lips twitched. Good heavens, you managed to see that.
"Ahem... I just haven't been sleeping well lately and my neck is sore, so I was shaking my head and moving my neck around. It's not what the prince meant."
Anyway, I don't admit that it's just your wild guess.
"In my opinion, that's what you mean. If you don't give me a satisfactory answer today, don't even think about leaving this room."
The white-haired loli has a fierce and cute demeanor.
Ling Tian cursed inwardly, realizing she was actually a cunning little girl.
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