"Speaking of which, do you have any plans to go to Beldyran before this summer?"
Earl Biden thought for a while and then asked suddenly.
"Is it summer? Last fall, Miss Windsor invited me to her manor in the outskirts of Beldyland. If she still remembers this, I think I will indeed go to Beldyland. Miss Windsor is..."
"I know that it is the daughter of the Duke of Windsor. She is really a lady with considerable means. Many men can't compare to her... I suggest that you must go to Beldyland when you have time. It has been half a year since you won the Ritter Award last time." Time has passed, and many changes have taken place there. Your next trip to Beldyran will definitely have many wonderful gains."
He said vaguely, strongly recommending that Jenkins go to Beldyran as soon as possible. But Jenkins hasn't even finished dealing with Ruen and Nolan's affairs, so he won't have time to go to Beldylan, so he can only say that he will definitely go when he has time.
Serious social drinking is not a good fit for Jenkins, especially since he doesn't know most of the people here. After bidding farewell to Earl Biden and returning to Dolores, he found that she was no longer there. After asking the young ladies around, he found her at the long table.
Dolores was talking with a silver-haired lady on crutches, but still holding a wine glass. Seeing Jenkins approaching, he took the initiative to introduce the two parties. The lady was actually Dolores' aunt, the sister of her deceased mother.
"Lord Jenkins Williams? I've heard your name before."
She was very kind to Jenkins. In addition to asking a lot of information about his family, she also asked about how long he planned to live in Ruen.
It was half an hour before we bid farewell to this kind lady, and Jenkins found that most of the people at the reception were very talkative.
"Do you have many relatives? I noticed that all the nobles in Loen seem to be related to the royal family. This is completely different from the withering of the bloodline of the Fidetictli royal family."
Jenkins asked in a low voice while holding a glass of juice, not noticing that the cat on his shoulder was sticking his head out of the glass.
"There are indeed many relatives in our family. In fact, the royal families of various countries have many distant relatives. After all, nobles are used to intermarriage, and families with a little history can be involved with the royal family. Even the Middleton family in your kingdom, even if you are looking for Don’t you have many distant relatives if you don’t have direct descendants?”
She answered Jenkins' question in a low voice, and then suddenly smiled sweetly:
"Jenkins, I heard your story from the teacher some time ago. When you went to Beldyland last autumn, it seems that you attended a banquet in Beldyland with the very famous Miss Jessica Windsor, Later, I accepted someone else’s invitation to a duel at the banquet.”
"Yes, that happened half a year ago. I only told Alexia once, but I didn't expect her to remember it."
"Nowadays, there are very few formal duels in this era. I heard from the teacher that you can win easily, and you can defeat the opponent with just one sword."
"The opponent is an ordinary person, and this kind of victory is not something to brag about."
He gestured with his hands on his chest.
"Then if possible, would you fight someone else for me?"
Dolores suddenly asked, Jenkins turned his face to see her rosy face, he was startled and kept reminding himself that the other party was only sixteen years old, two years away from the agreed marriage contract.
"of course."
He nodded vigorously.
"When you won the duel, did you get any prizes?"
she asked again.
"Many ladies gave me their handkerchiefs or accessories, and Miss Windsor gave me her earring, which is really a beautiful earring."
Jenkins sighed.
"wait."
Dolores said, and then let Jenkins block her, while she bent down and wondered what she was doing mysteriously. After a while, he straightened up again, and then put a belt in Jenkins' hand.
"This is for you."
It was a delicate purple ribbon trimmed with lace, or so Jenkins thought it was.
"What does it mean?"
he asked hesitantly.
Dolores smiled and did not answer, but looked quite satisfied with her actions.
Because they are not the protagonists of the reception, there is no need for the two of them to stay here until the end. It was nearly eleven o'clock and after saying goodbye to the host of the banquet, the old earl, he returned to the manor in the suburbs in a carriage. The people in the manor were still awake. Alexia heard Jenkins talk about the details of his conversation with Earl Biden, and then suggested that he take time to visit Beldyland after returning to Nolan.
"Do you know something?"
Jenkins asked suddenly.
"Why do you ask that?"
The short lady asked suspiciously, and Jenkins could only think that he was being overwhelmed.
It was only later that I remembered the belt that Dolores gave me at the reception, and when I wanted to go to find Alexia again, I met Julia who was walking towards the kitchen with a teapot in the corridor. So he took out the tape and asked her opinion. Unexpectedly, the beautiful maid blushed, gave Jenkins a hard look, and then stepped on the stairs and quickly disappeared at the corner downstairs.
Jenkins, who didn't know why, could only knock on Alexia's door. After explaining his doubts, Alexia laughed:
"I didn't expect her to be so bold."
"So what exactly is this?"
Jenkins swung the ribbon around, seeing that he had the urge to put the thing in front of his nose, Alexia quickly grabbed his wrist:
"Didn't those two ladies from Nolan teach you the most basic common sense? Or when you slept with Hesha, you never cared about how she undressed? It's obviously a garter, Tie your stockings."
"garter?"
Jenkins fell silent, staring blankly at the tape in his hand.
"I think you probably understand what it means to give away such a private item. If you are willing, Dolores' room next door should not be locked..."
"Please stop talking!"
Jenkins interrupted her quickly, then shook his head like a cat crawling out of the water:
"Are all the girls now mature so early?"
"She's sixteen, which isn't very early."
Alexia was wearing pajamas, leaning against the door frame with her arms folded and said. Because she was about to rest, her hair was just scattered behind her back. This was one of the rare times when she kept her smooth and long hair.
"No, sixteen is still a minor, eighteen is considered an adult."
Jenkins said in a panic, said goodbye in a hurry, turned around and left.
"Do men nowadays mature so late?"
The short lady who was left alone leaned against the door frame and said with some lamentation.