"Sorry, it's a bit late." The Elf King said to Kant with a smile.
"It doesn't matter, the banquet was originally set up for you, Your Highness." Kant stood up and responded.
The Elf King shook his head and sat down in his seat.
Kant glanced at the attendant next to him, and sat down with the Elf King.
"Ministers, the banquet has begun." After receiving Kant's reminder, the guard declared to the ministers of the two countries who were seated.
The ministers who were sitting and whispering at the guest table fell silent.
"Today is a banquet set up to welcome the guests from the Elven Kingdom. I hope everyone will not be cautious. Communicate more with each other and enhance mutual understanding between the two countries. Here, I would like to express my sincere thanks to His Royal Highness the Elf King and other ministers of the Elven Kingdom I would like to present a glass of wine to show the friendship of the landlord." Kant picked up the wine glass full of wine in front of the desk and signaled to the Elf King, then drank the wine in one gulp.
"Hehe." His Royal Highness the Elf King smiled happily: "Thank you, Lord Kant. Then, on behalf of the Elf Kingdom, I will also pay you a toast. I hope that the future of the Calradia Empire will be bright, and the cooperation between the two countries will be more harmonious."
After the courtiers saw the elf king toast, they also raised the wine glasses in their hands, and drank the wine in the glasses to the bottom.
The orchestra began to play court music under the direction of the attendants.
During the banquet, the ministers sitting in the lead seats chatted with each other, whether they were elves or humans, they were all very excited.
Before trying the dishes, Kant raised his wine glass again to His Highness the Elf King and asked, "Would Your Highness be willing to stay in Calradia for a few more days?"
The Elf King's cheeks were already flushed from drinking, and he waved his hands at this moment: "Thank you, His Highness Kant, for your kind invitation. But our group will probably leave for the country tomorrow afternoon."
"Tomorrow afternoon? The weather in the desert is harsh, so we will set off in the afternoon, and soon we will have to find a place to camp to avoid the wind and sand. Why don't we stay in Dherim for a few more days, adjust our condition, and set off in the morning?" Kant said Lifting the glass to his mouth, he took a sip. Then he said to the Elf King.
"There are still many things that need to be arranged in the Elven Kingdom. I have already distributed the affairs on my body to the ministers in the court this time. But I still don't feel at ease." The Elf King explained.
"Well, His Royal Highness the Elf King has such a heavy official business, and he can still spare time to come to Calradia in person. It is a great honor." Kant nodded, and did not say any more words to persuade him to stay.
"It's really embarrassing for His Highness Kant to say such a thing." The Elf King responded with a smile.
In the second half of the banquet, some of the ministers sitting at the table had already fallen asleep at their desks because they drank too much wine. Some, on the other hand, danced in spirit.
Seeing this messy scene, Kant couldn't help frowning: It seems that the amount of drinking should be reduced in the future, and the appearance of some ministers after drinking is really rude.
Thinking of this, Kant smiled shyly at the Elf King beside him.
The Elf King also understood what he meant, and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't care much.
At the end of the banquet, Kant asked the guards to call the servants in the respective mansions of the Calradia ministers and carried their masters back.
The ministers of the Elven Kingdom also fell down, but most of them were sleeping like mud, and returned to their resting places with the help of their companions and palace attendants.
Kant personally sent the Elf King to the carriage, and after watching the carriage go away, he also returned to the palace where he slept.
Because of toasting too much wine, Kant himself became wobbly when he walked.
After the attendants outside the palace gate saw Kant coming back, they immediately sent someone to the back kitchen to order to make hangover soup.
When the hangover soup was served in front of Kant, Kant was sitting at the round table in the main hall, resting his forehead in a drowsy state.
"Your Highness, after drinking this bowl of hangover soup, go take a bath again." The guard reminded cautiously.
After Kant opened his eyes dimly, he focused his gaze on the still steaming hangover soup. After sitting quietly for a while, he slowly scooped up the soup and drank it.
"Isn't it hot?" the attendant on the side muttered in a tangled face.
It wasn't until Kant finished drinking the hangover soup that he hurried forward to remove the soup bowl. Ask someone to serve Kant to bathe and change clothes.
Kant lay on the bed in a daze in his nightgown.
Thinking of the plight of the dwarf kingdom that the elf king told him today, until he fell into a deep sleep, his brows were still frowned.
In the early morning of the second day, Kant got up early according to his usual biological clock.
Although I drank a lot of wine yesterday, but because someone helped to take care of me, after getting up this morning, it didn't have much impact.
After breakfast, Kant walked to the Senate Hall.
The desktop is already full of materials sent by the Elven Kingdom.
Kant picked up one of the stacks and looked at them for a whole morning.
In this morning's time, Kant is equivalent to completing all the history of the dwarf country.
The Elven Country also sent the information they sent people to search for the new address of the Gnome Country, and gave a preliminary judgment.
After Kant read all the materials, he almost had a bottom line in his heart.
The new address of the dwarf country is a cave near the volcano, where the artisans of the dwarf country built a community suitable for them to live in. However, those buildings are now only ruins. Everyone in the dwarf country also disappeared.
After the elf country dispatched personnel to investigate the scene, they did not find traces of the battle at the scene, but they found the weapons commonly used by goblins.
Now it seems that the goblins are likely to be the culprits that make the gnomes disappear.
Where did the goblin take the gnome, though. However, the progress of the investigation of the Elven Kingdom was trapped.
Kant sent the captain in charge of training the guards, ready to discuss with him what action Calradia should take next.
"Hello Lord." The captain walked into the palace and saluted Kant.
"En." Kant nodded, and described the situation he had concluded.
"Volcano Cameron?" the captain asked hesitantly, with a troubled expression on his face: "Among our soldiers, training for such severe terrain has not yet been implemented."
"It doesn't matter if you are not familiar with it. The main task given to you is to find out soldiers with this trait and potential." Kant shook his head and replied: "The troops sent by the Elven Kingdom will work with you to confess their previous experience. Cooperation Ability is also a very important selection criterion.”
"Well, I understand. Then I'll go to the army to select it now." The captain replied after hearing Kant's request.
(end of this chapter)