Chapter 252 Toad?
Feeling that Alice was frightened by his actions, Gervis didn't dare to waste time and stopped approaching. After all, he had already received a lot of jealous looks and had reached a small peak in his life. If he went too far, it would be bad if he ended up in tragedy.
Following Alice's graceful footsteps, Gervis and Alice followed the path opened by the crowd and arrived at the high platform in front of the hall.
After reaching the platform, Alice gracefully withdrew her slender hand from Gervis' arm.
“Thank you all for coming to my birthday party!”
"Let me introduce my husband to you now. This is my husband - Gervis Gale!"
"Because the wedding was held in a hurry, I didn't invite everyone to attend last time. I apologize to everyone here. I hope that everyone will be satisfied with today's dinner! The banquet will officially begin now!"
Pah pah pah~
As Alice finished her words, the guests in the hall raised their hands and applauded enthusiastically, and the musicians on the sidelines began to play beautiful music after Alice finished her words.
Although the banquet had already begun, the guests in the audience did not move immediately. Instead, they took out the gifts they had prepared and prepared to go on stage to give them to Alice.
This is also the reason why Gervis cares about choosing a gift for Alice, because the birthday party customs in this world are really too uncomfortable for poor people like Gervis.
Birthday gifts must be given in front of everyone. The more precious the gift is, the stronger one is and the more face one will have. Of course, the gifts given can overpower others. In addition to gaining something as intangible as face, there are also substantial benefits.
In order to show the host's gratitude to the guests for their gifts, the host of the birthday party will dance the first dance of the party or dance with the person who gave the most precious gift. The first dance at a party or dance is always the most important, and the person who gets to dance the first dance with the host is definitely the most handsome guy tonight.
Moreover, the host of today's birthday party is the aloof goddess Alice. If anyone gives the most precious gift tonight, he can have the first dance with Alice. Even Gervis cannot stop it. This is the rule of this world.
"Evelyn! What gift did you bring today? Can you show it to me?"
"Let me see your gift first."
On the sidelines, seven or eight young men and women in gorgeous clothes gathered together. They were all Alice's classmates and came all the way from the royal capital. Except for two of the women, several of the young men all had improper thoughts about Alice. Today, they finally got such a good opportunity and of course they would not let it go.
"What's the point of you guys arguing about it? Maybe Alice's husband can come up with a better gift!"
The two girls saw that the young men beside them were paying all their attention to Alice and completely ignoring the results of their careful dressing today, and suddenly poured cold water on them.
"Haha! Celia, don't worry about that! We are still confident in our gifts!"
Several young men scoffed at the girl's words. They were envious and jealous that Gervis was lucky enough to become a couple with Alice, but when it came to power and wealth, they were confident that they could not be surpassed by Gervis.
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At this moment, Gervis saw that many young people in the field were eager to try, with anticipation and nervousness in their eyes, and he felt annoyed.
Since it was a dance, then hugging the waist and shoulders was essential. They had been waiting for such an opportunity for who knows how many years. However, even he, the legitimate husband, had never hugged Alice's slender waist, and now she was being hugged by other dirty hands. How could Gervis feel good?
In the past, Alice rarely held birthday parties because of this kind of thing. The only time a grand ball was held was when Alice came of age. However, at that party, Alice's first dance partner was the old earl, and no one had an objection to this. After all, the old earl was not only Alice's father, but also a peak gold knight.
But today is different. The old earl is missing, and Gervis is the second son of a baron. He definitely cannot come up with a gift that will overwhelm the whole audience. After all, the value of the gift cannot be faked in front of so many people.
For the young people present who want to have some fun, this is the best opportunity.
The wolves in the audience looked around, and Gervis wanted to go down and beat up all the young people present.
Unfortunately, all those present at the moment are important figures in the Principality. Even if Gervis is not afraid of offending them, he cannot let the Jones family become the target of public criticism. Among the people present, except for the representatives of the earls, others were invited to participate, which means that even if they are not allies of the Jones family, they are neutral.
Just when Gervis was lost in thought, a young man finally came up from the stage. He was dressed elegantly, had shiny hair, looked cool and polite, and was holding an exquisite silver box in his hand.
"Beautiful Alice! Happy birthday! This string of black pearls from the West Coast is a gift I specially prepared for you. I hope you like it!"
When the young man walked onto the stage, his eyes were full of strange light. He saluted to Alice very gentlemanly, then opened the silver box in his hand while speaking, revealing a beautiful pearl necklace with a moving luster. The pearls on this necklace were not big, only the size of red beans, small and exquisite, just suitable for a young woman like Alice.
"It's actually a black pearl! Oh my god, it must be worth at least 60 gold coins, right?"
"Puchi! You are really ignorant. The 60 gold coins you mentioned are for black pearls produced on the coast of our principality. Did you see the surface of the pearls in that person's silver box? They are undoubtedly black pearls from the Bobosi Coast. The surface of pearls from the Bobosi Coast will have a strange halo, and this effect will appear as long as there is light. The black pearls of our principality do not have such a halo, and the production of Bobosi black pearls is rare, so this string of pearls is worth at least more than 100 gold coins!"
"I think it's more than that. Look at those black pearls. Each one is very round and even. The quality is excellent among the Bobosi black pearls. At least it is worth a lot more gold coins than the ordinary Bobosi black pearls."
"Hiss! Who is that young man? How could he give such an expensive gift?"
"He is from the capital, and the Laurel Chamber of Commerce was founded by his father..."
At this moment, many nobles in the field began to discuss the gift given by the young man, and the voices of these discussions also reached the ears of the young man and Gervis. When the young man heard the discussions in the field, he naturally straightened his chest and raised his head with more vigor, and looked at Alice with a look of expectation for Alice's praise.
However, when Gervis heard the price of this string of pearls, his mouth twitched. A string of pearls was actually worth hundreds of gold coins. Could it be that he had been living in the mountains for some time, and the gold coins were so worthless!
Continuing to look at the necklace in the young man's silver box, Gervis remembered the rare props in the online games of his previous life, because those rare props would come with their own light effects, and the black pearl necklace in the silver box in front of him was just like that. Although the pearls were black, there was a halo flowing on the surface, soft and mysterious.
Gervis had to admit that if Alice wore this necklace around her neck, it would be a perfect match and would further highlight Alice's goddess-like appearance.
This made Gervis even more worried. Compared with the Bobosi black pearls given by the young man, how should he take out the necklace worth 10 gold coins in the ordinary copper box in his pocket later?
When Gervis Gervis was struggling to give away his gift, Alice also took action!
Thanks for the tip from "Blame Myself"!!!
(End of this chapter)
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