The parade for Ye Zi and others was much calmer. Everyone carried a crystal leather lantern that was much more gorgeous than those in the civilian area, wore festive costumes, and under the guidance of the Royal Guards, they slowly moved forward along the pre-arranged route.
The nobles required their families to behave respectably in front of many eyes. The common people who came here were very cautious, fearing that their actions would be ridiculed by the nobles. Therefore, the procession was full of solemnity and ritual.
Although there was singing around, the songs they sang were traditional New Year's carols, which were melodious yet very peaceful, giving people the feeling of quietly waiting for the arrival of the New Year in front of the fireplace.
The team moved along the river bank towards the first stop, the royal palace.
The thirty or so people from the office gathered together, and the team was larger than that of an ordinary aristocratic family.
Because the crowd didn't have any formal clothes of this era, not only Liu Pengfei, Xiao Mu, and Elaina, the official mages and priests, wore robes, but also magic apprentices like Tang Feng and Li Tianrui wore real robes. In this way, there were seven or eight people wearing robes in the team, which looked very impressive.
The crowd, who were participating in such an activity for the first time, felt very curious at first. But after walking for a while, they became a little bored. At this time, cheerful songs began to be heard in the civilian area, and people could be seen dancing in circles from afar.
"Huh? Why do I feel that the parade on the other side is more interesting?" Ye Zi said.
"That's right, it's boring. What kind of nonsense is this? It's not exciting at all." Li Tianrui agreed loudly. His voice attracted the attention of the people around him, but those people just glanced at him and didn't dare to say anything.
"I should have gone over there." Catalina regretted, "It looks so messy there, I wonder if Brother Xiao will have any problems."
Seeing her tangled expression, Elena knew that she was starting to have wild thoughts again, so she simply said, "Even someone like me who is inseparable from Luo Ling specially left space for them to spend some time together. What right do you have to squeeze in?"
"I... can help them keep away those blind people." Katarina said.
"That's too fake. You don't even believe what you say." Xiao Mu said, "Xiao Chen is a bad guy. I really don't know why you like him."
"Who are you?" Catalina retorted, "It's you who picked such a strange name. I don't know what you were thinking."
"It's just for fun. I just like to see him look constipated every time he sees my name, hahaha. I don't have any feelings for Xiao Chen. To be exact, I have never had such a complicated emotion as love. But you, everyone in the office doesn't know you..."
"Ms. Xiao Mu!" Liu Pengfei saw that these women were about to argue endlessly, and quickly stopped Xiao Mu from speaking, "I heard that what Mao Kai saw of you was a figure like Iron Man. At that time... was your personality and tone of voice also like this?"
"Of course not. You can think of me as a program with many interactive interfaces. Every different person who enters the Sea of Consciousness Shadow Scroll will be matched with a unique guide, and the image and style you see are all different. But when I chose this body, I solidified one of the personalities that best matched the conditions of this body into this body, and it became who I am now.
In other words, you can understand that I have many personalities, but in the end only Xiao Mu became the real person, the real me. The other personalities were abandoned as burdens when I took over the body and no longer exist. So, now I am a real girl from the inside out, from the spirit to the body. If you don't believe it, you will know after having a relationship with me. "
"You really think highly of me. I'm flattered." Liu Pengfei said with a smile, "You know our situation so well. You must know that we value fate. I have no prejudice against Miss Xiao Mu. If fate brings us together, I will be happy."
As they were talking, the team had already arrived at the square on the wall of the kingdom. Today's palace was very different from the past. Various lighting crystals and magic circles were placed on the walls of the castle, making the walls colorful, much like the exterior lights of another building.
Most people could only view this scenery from outside the wall, but Ye Zi had Javier's invitation, so they were allowed to enter the inner courtyard of the palace. They could see the castle, which was decorated with gorgeous lights, from close up, and could also see the royal family members up close.
"It's so beautiful!" Katrina, Elena, Roger and others were all shocked by the castle emitting beautiful light in the night. But the people from Earth didn't feel much. In their city, it was normal for buildings to emit various lighting effects at night.
"Hehe, you're surprised by what you've seen." Li Tianrui wanted to laugh when he saw the shocked faces of the locals, but he was kicked by Ye Zi unexpectedly.
On a terrace on the third floor of the palace, the queen appeared in front of everyone with her two children, surrounded by ministers and guards. The queen wore a crown and gorgeous clothes. She cast a sound amplification spell and said:
"Today is the last day of the old year. Welcome to the palace to participate in this year's New Year's parade. His Majesty the King should have given a speech here, but as everyone knows, he broke his leg while hunting a few days ago. Therefore, this year I will be the one to congratulate you on the New Year on his behalf..."
By now, most of the nobles below knew that the king was injured. When they saw that the king did not show up, no one showed any surprise. Instead, everyone applauded the queen's speech.
Naturally, the people in the office didn't care about the king. Li Tianrui said, "This king is very lucky. The queen and princess are both beauties. If one of us can seduce the princess, wouldn't it save us a few years of hard work and be a great contribution to the school?"
Several boys from Earth started laughing.
Roger also said: "This is what our Majesty wants. His Majesty once publicly proposed to marry Princess Laura. I personally think this is a very good idea and will be very helpful for peace. But the princess's response dispelled his idea."
"Why?" Li Tianrui asked.
"The princess said she would not marry a man in his twenties."
"Haha, it looks like you have no hope." Ye Zile said.
"It's different. That was several years ago, right?" Liu Pengfei asked.
Roger nodded: "Yes, the princess was only ten years old at that time."
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After the speech, the formal lighting show began immediately. Under the control of various magic arrays and accompanied by the music played by the band, the light and shadow on the castle kept changing. This time, even the people from Earth were fascinated by this scene. Everyone was in the blue ocean, watching the white sailboat fighting the sea monster, in the green forest, watching the cute elves dancing among the flowers, and in the yellow desert, watching the camel caravans from afar bringing wealth. Different lights and shadows told different stories. In just a dozen minutes, everyone seemed to have traveled around the world.
"This performance is comparable to the Tower of David light show," said Liu Pengfei.
Li Tianrui sighed: "I take back what I just said, things in the magical world are sometimes amazing."