"Your Excellency the Duke, the banquet has begun."
As the music outside started to play, Viscount Dorit stood up and stretched out his hand in the direction of Xingyan.
"Viscount Dorit can go ahead and do his work. I will take good care of the Duke!"
Charles stood up, blocked Dolit's hand, and looked up to indicate that his presence was enough.
"Let's go. I hope that Madam Red's banquet will not be affected by my presence."
Xingyan looked at the two glaring at each other, stood up, took Xiaer's hand, and walked towards the banquet hall together.
Now that you are here, if you don’t participate, you will feel like you are not there.
Besides, at his age, no one would come to dance with him, they just wanted to eat and drink and watch a good show.
"Greetings, Your Excellency the Duke!"
Elizabeth had been standing outside the lounge the entire time, watching Xingyan and Ciel come out and quickly saluted.
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Although she had never seen him before, she had heard from her parents about the Duke.
Now, seeing that Charles had a good relationship with the Duke, she felt excited, but couldn't help but feel a little worried.
The Duke is very powerful now, but because he is so powerful that even the Queen is afraid of him, my mother has told us not to have too much contact with him.
"Charles' fiancée is a very lovely girl, but Charles seems to prefer strong women. Miss Elizabeth can try to change her style."
Xing Yan looked at the anxious little girl and gave her a reminder with malicious intent.
The current Charles doesn't like this kind of weak and cute little girl.
In the past, Charles had many dislikes for strong women.
It’s different. Elizabeth should have discovered from the beginning that the current Charles and the past Charles have a huge difference in height.
Can Elizabeth really not tell the difference between her sickly younger brother and her healthy older brother?
"Strong?"
Elizabeth stood there in a daze. She always remembered what Charles said, that he didn't like strong women, so she became a gentle girl.
But what does the Duke mean now? Is Charles saying that he doesn't like himself like this?
"Elizabeth, you don't have to change deliberately, just be yourself."
Charles looked back at Elizabeth, smiled, told her not to change deliberately, and then followed Xingyan to the food area of the banquet.
As a kid, he should just come and eat some delicious food. He is not interested in dancing or anything like that.
"Your Excellency, is there any problem with Elizabeth?"
While eating dessert, Charles followed Xingyan to an empty window. Looking at the group of people dancing, he suddenly wanted to ask something.
"Your brother's body has been preserved by someone. If he is resurrected, only one of you can survive. Who do you think she will choose?"
Xingyan reached out and caught the plate that almost slipped off Ciel's plate, smiled, and handed the plate back to him, waiting for Ciel to think it through himself.
Since he is Ciel Phantomhive, he must accept the engagement, but there is a distinction between an engagement and personal feelings, as well as daily interactions.
"If he is resurrected, is it him who is resurrected?"
Charles doesn't care about the earl's position now, he just wants to know who was resurrected.
"Charles, I heard that Butler Ashbrown who served Her Majesty the Queen has returned. Do you think that Butler Ashbrown is the one we met?"
Xingyan did not directly answer Xiaer's question, but mentioned the angel who was killed by them and whose soul was not left at all.
It came back, no different at all, but it was just a modified copy that could never become the original.
"I see..."
Charles closed his eyes and was silent for a few seconds. When he opened his eyes again, his expression had calmed down.
His brother is dead!
"Charles, it can be seen that the person who wants to kill you today has no intention of stopping!"
Xingyan suddenly narrowed his eyes, threw the plate in his hand towards the window, and ran to the other side holding Xiaer in one hand.
A series of gunshots were heard at their original location, leaving a string of bullet holes on the walls and windows.
"Sebastian, take care of them!"
Ciel looked at the broken windows and bullet holes and gave Sebastian an immediate order.
Just now, he actually brought His Excellency the Duke into danger.
Those guys hiding in the dark, damn them!
"Char... "
Elizabeth stood in the panicked crowd, watching Charles protecting the little duke behind him and angrily ordering the butler to do things. Suddenly, she felt that this scene was so unfamiliar.
Has her Charles grown up?
But, the Duke had just rescued Charles very quickly. Despite his childish appearance, he must have strong reaction abilities.
Does such a Duke still need Charles' protection?
"Elizabeth, come here!"
Elizabeth's mother was also at the banquet tonight. After all, Charles was her brother's son, so she wanted to come and show her support.
Charles's expression and aura at this moment made her think of her brother who was no longer alive.
Will the bloodline of the Phantomhive family continue on that path after all?
"Mother, Charles...Charles..."
Elizabeth walked over to her mother, looking down as she tried to voice her concerns.
"He'll be fine."
Although he no longer belonged to the Phantomhive family, Francis Midford's inner fluctuations were hidden under his majestic expression when he looked at the young man who was already quite imposing.
"Poor little master, does he need the protection of another child?"
Lucifer came over with a glass of milk, squatted down, stretched out his hand, and picked up Xingyan with one hand.
He handed the cup of milk in his hand to Xingyan, and smiled happily when he saw the child drinking the milk.
"I'm fine."
Xing Yan was able to lean on him calmly and drink the milk in the cup.
As for the description of unweaned cubs, he was troubled by it at first, but then he didn't care.
He is used to being a child. If he is not weaned, then he is not weaned. There is no point in arguing about these things.
"I know you're okay, but there's a guy who got mad, and now those people outside are dying miserably!"
Lucifer was in a good mood, so he told Xingyan about the situation outside.
It was true that the target of those people's sneak attack was Phantomhive, but among the assassins hiding outside, some also wanted to target their Duke.
So the angry Grimmjow, together with the equally angry Sebastian, wanted to compete to see who could solve more problems without being completely beyond human cognition.
"If they have the guts to assassinate me, their fate has been sealed since the moment they had this thought."
Xing Yan looked in the direction of the battle, smiled, and his expression suddenly turned cold.
"Grimmjow, Her Majesty the Queen seems a little bored lately. When you are done, go say hello to Her Majesty."
Xingyan suddenly spoke, not caring whether anyone else around would hear, and gave Grimmjow an order directly.
Those who came to attack him were some people who wanted to vent their anger on the queen, or it was a test.
Since the other person came to greet him so warmly, he should also politely give a gift in return.
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