"It is really the sorrow of my life that I cannot win your heart. At least in the end, please drink a glass of wine with me as our last memory. Please, Miss Karona!" The elegant young nobleman raised his hand. He took the wine glass in his hand and said very sadly, if he hadn't put some things that he shouldn't have put in Miss Karona's wine glass before, maybe others would have looked at him like an infatuated young man.
Although the aristocratic girl named Karona was a little disgusted with the man in front of her, she still raised her glass due to the aristocratic etiquette of the man's pleading: "Okay, this is the last time. I hope you won't be here again in the future." Come and disturb me, you are not suitable for me to find other girls."
The noble young man sighed and nodded, but the moment he buried his head, a cunning look appeared on the young man's face: "Then I'll drink first!"
After saying that, the aristocratic young man drank the red wine in the wine glass. Karona closed her eyes slightly and brought the wine glass to her mouth, ready to drink it all. However, just as Karona began to tilt the wine glass, suddenly One hand firmly grasped the wine glass to stop Karona's movement. Karona, who realized something was wrong, immediately opened her eyes and found a handsome young man standing in front of her. He grabbed her wine glass rudely. Before Karona could ask what was going on, the other person He had forcefully snatched the wine glass from his hand.
"Mr. Lelouch!?"
Isis looked at this almost rude behavior of Lelouch in surprise. Just now Lelouch suddenly stopped for some reason, and then walked aside to do this before he could recover. kind of behavior.
"Hey~ what are you doing?" The handsome young man asked dissatisfiedly when he saw that the good thing was being disturbed.
Lelouch ignored the other party and squinted his eyes to look at the wine glass carefully. He stretched out a finger to dip his finger in the wine and tasted it. Lelouch frowned and then poured the entire glass of red wine on the young man unceremoniously. body.
"ah!!"
Karona on the side screamed, and Isis covered her mouth in surprise, wondering why Lelouch did such a thing.
Lelouch looked at the aristocratic young man who was hurriedly wiping the spilled wine and said in a rather disdainful tone: "It's very good~ He secretly added a drug that can make people unconscious to this young lady's wine and told him What are you going to do after I drink this lady?"
As soon as these words came out, Karona stood up from her seat alertly and took a few steps back towards Lelouch's position. This move obviously showed that she believed in Lelouch, a stranger, more than Karona, the aristocratic young man in front of her.
The noble young man looked at Karona's actions and glanced at Lelouch and became angry: "Who are you!? You made such a rude move, guards! Guards! Drive this rude person out!"
At this time, many guests had gathered around. Obviously, "watching the show" is an instinctive behavior of human beings. This instinct depends on the gender, age, and status of some people. Many nobles and businessmen around started talking, but when they saw Lelouch, some people showed a slightly mocking smile to the noble young man. Being able to be personally hosted by President Joseph, and also being able to enter the venue directly without inspection from a specific entrance. Obviously, this young man who has recently become famous in the Free City is a distinguished guest invited by the Westphalian family. How could the guards drive away the distinguished guest without the owner's permission.
Just as the surrounding guests suspected, when the guards who came after hearing the news saw Lelouch, instead of chasing him away, they hurriedly asked Lelouch what happened. However, the aristocratic young man who had his drink thrown at him Instead, he was left alone and ignored. It was obvious that this noble young man felt extremely angry about this situation, and his anger quickly exceeded the limit of his tolerance.
"Is this the way you treat guests at the Westphalia Chamber of Commerce? A lunatic poured wine on me, and you actually protected that lunatic!"
While the noble young man was angry, Alisa also rushed to Lelouch's side. After looking at the situation, Alisa quickly whispered a few words in Lelouch's ear to explain the noble young man's situation. identity.
"You don't know his identity?" Lelouch heard an interesting answer.
Alyssa nodded. Obviously, there is only one situation for people in the free city that even Alisa doesn't know, and that is that their fame and status are not in Alisa's eyes at all. The other person may be just a small chamber of commerce or a small noble, and their name is not worth remembering. .
Lelouch's words once again angered the aristocratic young man. Seeing that the other party did not pay attention to his defense line, the aristocratic young man became furious and waved his fists at Lelouch, but several guards on the side immediately stepped forward. Lived him.
"You bastard! Do you know who I am? How dare you throw wine at me!" The noble young man held by three guards kept struggling and cursed: "Let me go, you Westphalians. Is this how the Chamber of Commerce treats its guests? He poured wine on me first, and you guys actually┉┉"
At this moment, President Joseph also rushed over: "What happened, Mr. Lelouch?"
"It's nothing. It's just that my sense of justice does not allow me to remain indifferent when I see someone adding something that should not be added to a lady's wine glass."
Compared to the angry look of the noble young man, Lelouch's gentle and gentle attitude made people think that what he said was more trustworthy than the other person. Isis also suddenly realized that it was for this reason that Lelouch acted like this. He slightly covered his face with his feather fan. Isis showed a disdainful look at the noble young man. Isis, who is also a woman, naturally I also hate this kind of man who uses dirty tricks. Lelouch's willingness to do such a righteous act at the expense of offending the other party is really impressive.
"Don't listen to this bastard's nonsense. He walked up to me out of nowhere and poured wine on me. Miss Carona believes me, it was this rude person who framed me!" The noble young man also stopped when he saw the president Joseph coming. He struggled, but the curses in his mouth continued.
In fact, from a psychological point of view, even if one party is wrong but can explain the situation calmly after a conflict, a neutral mediator will be more accepting of his statement. On the contrary, even if the other party is justified, he keeps swearing and swearing, and even interrupts the other party's defense many times with an arrogant attitude. This kind of behavior will make any mediator be afraid of it and relatively protect the other party. After all, No one likes someone creating spiritual garbage in their ears.
Now the aristocratic young man has obviously forgotten this matter. When he continued to make noise, Joseph, as the president, believed Lelouch even more.
"Okay~ Mr. Genov, this is just an accident. I hope this little accident will not affect┉┉"
"What is an accident? Are you blind? Didn't you see the wine stains on my clothes? This guy came over and provoked me to throw wine at me!"
The furious Genov completely ignored President Joseph's intention to be the peacemaker. Obviously, his plan tonight had been messed up by the guy named Lelouch. Karona, whom he had coveted for a long time, was now obviously He showed a wary look, it was impossible for him to find such a good opportunity as he did today! If this bastard hadn't ruined her business, Karona would have boarded her carriage and returned to the mansion to offer her beautiful body to herself.
Joseph frowned. As the branch president of the Westfalen Family Chamber of Commerce, there were not many people in the free city who dared to scold him with such an attitude. Now a Mao who ran to the small chamber of commerce who didn't know who came from How dare this little guy not give himself face like this. You damn ant, do you really think that just because you are a guest, you can suppress yourself as the host to the point where you dare not speak
The fat on Joseph's face, who was inexplicably angry, shook his head and said to Genov with a smile: "Tonight is the anniversary of the Westfalen family branch. As the organizer and inviter, I have the obligation to guarantee The life and property of all guests are safe. How about this? I’ll ask the mage to check the drinks to see if there are any problems. If there are no problems, then┉┉"
Speaking of which, Joseph glanced at Lelouch.
Lelouch smiled slightly and replied without hesitation: "If I have damaged this gentleman's reputation by falsely accusing him, then I am willing to compensate you one million lien and kneel down to apologize to you in person."
One million liens!
Some guests from small chambers of commerce and nobles exclaimed in surprise. Even though all the merchants and nobles present were dressed extremely gorgeously, in order to maintain their extravagant lives, many nobles and merchants actually had trouble making ends meet. One million lien was indeed It can't be said to be a big number, but it's definitely not a small amount of money. At least many people present would never dare to throw away a million lien so easily to bet with others.
After Lelouch said these words, all the eyes on the court were immediately focused on Genov. Since the other party showed such sincerity, it would be obvious if Genov did not dare to take the move. This seemingly elegant aristocratic young man is actually just a despicable person who likes to use dirty tricks.
Genov panicked for a moment, and naturally he didn't dare to ask the mage to check the drinks. But the problem was that he was already riding a tiger. If he agreed, everything would be exposed. If he didn't agree, he would be exposed. Rumors will probably be spread among the businessmen when the sun rises tomorrow morning. I am afraid that I will never have the face to stay in the upper area in my life.
Just when Genov was in trouble, he suddenly found Karona looking at him full of anger. As if a fuse had been lit, Genov stretched out his finger and pointed at Lelouch and stammered angrily: "You ┉┉You are insulting me! Insulting the character of a nobleman. You are completely disrespectful!"
Insult you? Discourteous
There were already jeers from the surrounding onlookers, and a group of people looked at Genov as if they were watching a comedy show.
"I want to duel with you!! You insulted me! You even insulted the honor of a noble, the honor of my family!! I want to duel with you, you despicable coward!!"
Genov, who seemed to have transformed into the Roaring Emperor, no longer looked as graceful as before and shouted, while Joseph sneered disdainfully and was about to ask the guards to throw this idiot out, but then Lelouch suddenly left On the front. (To be continued...)