Passing through the huge archway, you can see the white walls carved with murals, which record the appearance of various heroes in the early days of the founding of the Unther Empire.
They were either in deep thought, smiling, or charging forward waving their weapons.
It was drizzling in Tino City at night.
In the drizzle, nobles holding lace umbrellas walked through the archway that symbolized the history of the empire and headed towards the depths of the palace.
The actual head of the Meyer Chamber of Commerce, Rom, who has the blood of a giant, was also one of the invitees.
Wearing a one-way mirror, he could not hide his excitement when he saw the nobles wearing black suits produced by the Meyer Chamber of Commerce and tucked handkerchiefs painted by the Meyer ready-to-wear embroidery master into their coat pockets.
That was a symbol that the Meyer Chamber of Commerce had penetrated into the upper echelons of Enser.
And now these top figures of the empire will go to welcome the new master of this empire.
"I haven't been here for a long time. I just saw it now and I still think it's exaggerated." Alice looked at the palace in the distance and exclaimed in admiration unconsciously.
The towering imperial palace was like a well-trained troop, lined up in the moonlight, majestically and straightly extending across the high mountains, hidden in the cold green shade.
However, this palace has been used less and less in recent years.
Although there are still a large number of maids managing the palace, as the emperor fell into a deep sleep, there are fewer and fewer opportunities to carry out activities in the palace.
Well, the last time I used the palace to gather nobles was when my sister and Louis got engaged.
As for most of the empire's high-level meetings, they were basically held in the conference hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where Beatrice often worked.
At other times, the one who used the palace's facilities the most was... Olivia herself.
"The princess is finally getting married. The palace will be bustling again tonight." She stood beside Alice in her lace shirt.
Alice glanced at her, helped her adjust her collar, and said angrily, "It's not that His Majesty doesn't want to use the palace, but as the regent, she has many concerns, unlike you and me."
This is already a commonplace topic.
Although the main affairs of the palace have been handed over to Regent Beatrice in recent years, the Regent is still the Regent after all, not the person sitting on the throne.
Holding a banquet in the imperial palace without necessary reasons could easily lead to rumors that the original intention was distorted by certain people.
The eldest princess did not want to rebel and take the throne directly, so except for receiving foreign guests and returning to the palace to rest, she simply put it aside at other times.
“In fact, your majesty didn’t use it at that time, so you can use it.
Your Majesty was too concerned at the time, but as the second princess, it is okay for you to use the royal garden for a tea party."
Alice rarely wore a dress today.
The crazy woman of the past was less impetuous today and looked more like a quiet beauty.
But Olivia knew very well that was just an appearance, and her childhood friend had a wild soul.
Most of the time, she reveals her true character, which is enough to scare people away.
"Why can't I leave tonight?" Alice said with a fake smile, "You think I'm as free as you are."
"I will definitely not be able to see the princess tonight. Can you really bear to leave me alone in such a huge palace? Alice, I took the opportunity to renovate my bedroom while the princess is getting married. I also prepared a meal made from legendary monster ingredients tonight. Are you really not coming?"
Alice said solemnly: "Your will! In times of emptiness like this, your best friend is always by your side."
"roll!"
"Okay, Olivia, if you're willing, I'll roll over for you right away, but I can't guarantee that there won't be rumors tomorrow that the second princess threatened the youngest daughter of the Ashford family and made her roll over on the ground like a dog."
Little Swan hurriedly held her back: "Alice, I was just saying it casually, just like Louis likes to curse 'TMD' when he's angry, just to vent his emotions! Anyway, you have to accompany me tonight. Sister Wang is getting married, and some people have completely given up the idea. I'm afraid their eyes will turn to me."
Alice seemed to understand something, and her narrow eyes flashed with a fierce light: "You are using me as a shield, right?"
Once again, Alice Ashford is the only young lady of this generation from the Ashford family, the former Chosen Family of Khorne.
Over the past hundred years, the Ashford family has been known as the Emperor's mad dogs by the general population.
And someone is no less terrible. Whether in the academy or in the Tino Adventurer's Guild, he is nicknamed "Red Mad Dog".
But in the past year, her professional level has improved extremely quickly, rising rapidly.
Originally, she wanted to take Louis to the Adventurer's Guild to become a titled adventurer, but she didn't expect that his strength would increase too quickly, so the guild took the initiative to offer him a title and asked Louis what title he wanted.
Therefore, a certain guy who lived off others for free took the lead and became a high-level adventurer with the title [Greedy Wolf].
Later, she thought that it might be a little difficult to challenge the ban by herself, and she also wanted to ask a little foodie Second Princess to help her.
Unexpectedly, the Second Princess was called to take over the position of Deputy Master of the White Tower. Seeing that her plan was about to fail, she had no choice but to go ahead with it.
But after participating in the competition, something went wrong...
At the end of the title-blocking competition, she was besieged in the wild by several contestants who entered the finals.
She was so furious that she wanted to die together with the other party, but after the fight, she found that this group of people had such poor skills, were so slow, and fought so indecisive.
So she killed him without hesitation.
Several people who had the chance to be banned were directly massacred.
Only then did Alice realize that she had never felt that she had made any obvious progress before. It was because she compared herself with a madman that she had this illusion.
But in fact, the gap between people is even greater than the gap between people and dogs.
Having stayed with Louis for too long, the two of them often fought with each other.
Although she could see that Louis had let go a lot and suppressed his physical advantage, which was why they were able to fight more rounds, she didn't realize at the time that even with so much suppression, the Holy Realm was still the Holy Realm.
Not to mention... there is also a gap in the holy realm.
So after the game, the glorious Red Mad Dog successfully gained the respect of the Adventurer's Guild and was given a new title.
She finally got rid of the annoying title of red mad dog.
...and successfully transformed into [Bloody Rabid Dog].
Later, when the news reached the imperial capital, she was surrounded by an aura that kept men away.
For example, if she liked someone, she would tie him up with a dog chain and take him home to use as her star power.
For example, the receptionist at the Adventurer's Guild in Tino City was sobbing quietly at the door of Ashford's house late at night.
For example, even the second princess Olivia couldn't suppress the bloody mad dog and was often teased by others.
…Okay, the last one is half true.
All in all, Alice is very angry now.
After all, she was a beautiful daughter of a noble family, but she was slandered like this. The Ashford family was almost disgraced.
In a trance, she recalled the attitude her old friends showed when she met them some time ago.
The eldest brother: "Let them say whatever they want. I hope they can be as tough as they are now when we tear their mouths apart."
Second brother: “Giving them mercy as strong men is also something you should learn to do, sister.
But you did something wrong. After kidnapping the beautiful girl from the Adventurer's Guild, you should learn to shut up the guild and the receptionist.
It’s better to let her feel that this is a good thing, and speak up for you to avoid future troubles.”
Third brother: "Why are you looking at me? The strong should bully the weak. If your third brother wasn't so extreme, he wouldn't have been thrown out by His Majesty and father and not allowed to return to Ense."
Alice: “…”
She was speechless! She had never believed that her family had ever produced a Chosen One of Khorne, but now she suddenly believed it.
What bloody rabid dog? These should all be thrown to the eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother!
What, you said they already have the title of Red Rabid Dog? That's fine.
Reasonable, too reasonable! Thinking back to the scene at that time, Alice's veins still bulged.
This playmate of mine has some serious problems.
In her early years, she even slept in the sealed crystal for a long time for unknown reasons.
Strictly speaking, both physically and mentally, I only started to grow up more than ten years ago.
She is just crazy, not lacking sympathy for others, nor is she a freak who doesn't need friendship.
Seeing Olivia say this, what else could she say.
This bastard wanted to use his intimidation to keep certain people away from him, but he had no choice but to accept it.
"Let me make this clear first, does legendary monster food really exist?"
"I paid a lot of money for you to stay with me and talk all night. I can't let you look down on me!"
Olivia shook the dress that was wrapped around her skinny body and said proudly, "We won't go home until we're drunk tonight!"
"Come on, I'm going to go over there, so I'll just change out of this tattered dress first. I haven't worn a dress in years, and the ones I used were all cheap ones.
Of course, if someone is willing to throw gold coins in my face and say to me, sister, from today on, your expenses are covered by me, then I can help her take off her shoes and change her clothes and kiss her instep as soon as I enter the second princess' bedroom. "
Olivia rolled her eyes and said, "Based on my understanding of this person, if I dare to do this, she will turn around and use the money to upgrade her equipment. Spending a silver coin on a dress is a blasphemy to power."
“Tsk.”
"Look, do you admit it?"
"So you have smelly feet and that's why you don't want me to kiss your instep?"
"Do you think I'm you? Do you sweat a lot during practice every day?" Olivia sneered and said, "Have you seen this magic outfit? It has constant automatic cleaning magic. Not to mention dirt, even sweat won't flow down."
Alice scratched her head.
How could she not know whether the little swan had smelly feet?
It’s not like I haven’t eaten it as a child.
What a pity, this girl has become smarter now. It’s not so easy to deceive her. Her IQ has increased dramatically and she even looks a little unlike herself.
"Okay, let's go, the dance is about to start."
The two looked at each other and walked towards the hall.
…
Backstage on the 2nd floor of the ballroom.
Louis looked at Beatrice's golden robe and said with a smile, "Although you always wore the royal knight's uniform in the past and looked very heroic, it is really different today when you changed into the robe of God."
Beatrice uttered a barely perceptible nasal sound and said with a little more smile:
"Why, Lord Louis doesn't like it? Being able to blaspheme the current empress on the throne is something that many people would never dare to dream of."
Louis smiled and said, "They dare not even dream of it because they don't have it, but I already have it."
Beatrice reached out and grabbed Louis's tie, pulled his face in front of her, then tilted her head back and kissed him, saying, "I'll give you the privilege of tasting the empress. It's unique."
Louis' eyes softened a little more and he leaned down to savor the taste of his legal wife.
Gradually, the hand holding the tie loosened, and Beatrice wrapped her arms around his neck, her eyes a little intoxicated.
It's impossible to say how stimulating it is.
But the spiritual satisfaction brought by this behavior is greater than the physical satisfaction.
After a long time, the two finally separated.
Beatrice smiled and said, "Do you remember when we were last here?"
"That was when we were engaged for the wedding banquet."
"Yeah, come to think of it, that was over a year ago."
"We didn't know how many people were hiding in the dark and spying on us at our engagement party."
"It doesn't matter now." Louis smiled and said, "They are the ones who should be afraid now."
"Let's go, we should go to the scene to host the opening ceremony."
"Not slowly?" Louis narrowed his eyes and said, "Beatrice, the blush on your face hasn't faded yet, I don't want anyone to see it."
Beatrice subconsciously touched her hot face and said angrily:
"We can't just leave them out in the open, can we?"
Louis rolled his eyes and said, "This is not easy. Some people still need to be used at critical moments."
He used telepathy to convey the message directly to Olivia, who was having a good time with Alice.
"Olivia, stop eating and bring someone up to help host the opening of the dance."
Olivia, who was originally letting Alice take her to enjoy the food and forgetting the thoughts hidden in her heart, twitched slightly at the corner of her mouth.
This man was really going too far. She refused without hesitation: "No! I'm not full yet."
"But do you want others to see Beatrice's red cheeks and slightly hot ears?"
Olivia, who was eating a small cake, suddenly felt that the cake in her hand was not fragrant.
"The dance is about to start, and you're still dragging your sister to do that! How shameless!"
She is angry.
It's okay to marry Beatrice, she had expected it, so there won't be many fluctuations.
But before the dance starts...are you guys so impatient? It makes me feel like an outsider.
“What the hell are you talking about? It’s not like you did that time, it’s just a normal kiss, but Beatrice is still too shy, and I don’t want anyone to see it.
Olivia, you don't want to embarrass your sister's dance, do you?"
Olivia was so angry that her teeth were about to break, but she suddenly felt relieved in her heart.
At least not in broad daylight.
After repeatedly comforting herself, she reluctantly said:
"Okay, I'll help you this time. Let Sister Wang take a break and come over. I'll warm up the crowd for her first."
She went up to the second floor with great vigor and began to preside over the dance party.
Louis, oh Louis, I will remember you this time! (End of this chapter)