Three days passed in a flash.
The dinner party of the Su Duo family arrived as scheduled.
As night fell, there was a lot of traffic in front of the castle in the center of Ice Rock City, and a large number of nobles who came to the banquet gathered.
It has to be said that Cynthia Suduo chose this timing extremely cleverly.
Originally, with the influence of the Su Duo family, it was impossible to invite such a large number of nobles to the banquet.
But at this time, the army of trolls withdrew from the northern border, and the lost castles were easily taken back one by one. Although it was a bit self-deceiving, it could barely be regarded as a victory.
Moreover, the only two marquises in the north happened to be in Ice Rock City.
Under such circumstances, unless the Duke of St. Hilde personally holds a banquet in Winter City, otherwise, Ice Rock City tonight is destined to become the focus of the northern border.
The dinner started at six o'clock, and Colin arrived at half past five.
He came alone.
This is a high-level noble banquet, so it is naturally impossible to allow guests to bring civilian attendants to enter.
Knight Raymond was barely qualified to participate, but he had been sent back to Graycastle Town by Colin to report.
Colin felt that he could be regarded as a person who could establish a relationship with the two heirs of the St. Hilde family. Presumably Earl Uman did not dare to be too presumptuous.
Therefore, there is no need to shrink back and hide in the dark.
So he sent Raymond back to report, lest the family think he was dead and cause trouble.
"Sorry sir, please show me the invitation letter."
When the guards at the gate of the castle saw Colin, their expressions became extremely exciting, and they stopped him to ask.
Colin took out the invitation letter and handed it to the guard.
The guard quickly took it, and then carefully verified it. After confirming that it was correct, he had to let it go: "Sorry, Lord Colin Knight, I have caused you trouble. Welcome to the dinner party! Please come in!"
Only then did Colin enter the castle calmly.
Along the way, when everyone saw him, they all looked at him in amazement, and many even secretly pointed and whispered about something.
Ke Lin didn't care about these gazes, and continued to walk towards the banquet hall with his head held high.
"My lord knight, please wait a moment!"
Unfortunately, he was stopped by the butler of the Su Duo family at the entrance of the hall.
The butler recognized the badge of the Angelet family at a glance, and said with a smile, "You are Knight Colin, right?"
"Yes." Colin crossed his arms, thinking whether to smash the smirk on the butler's face with a punch.
I don't know if he has heard of Colin's reputation, or if he sensed the danger, the butler took a step back a little: "Sorry, Knight Colin, you can't wear armor to attend this banquet."
Yes, Colin couldn't find a dress, so he just came in the armor he just bought.
It stands to reason that this is indeed quite disrespectful.
However, Colin was already prepared.
He asked calmly, "Then what should I wear?"
"Of course you should wear a dress." The butler looked at a fool.
He has even started to signal the guards next to him with his eyes, preparing to drive the impolite knight out of the castle.
"Gown?" Colin sneered, and suddenly punched his breastplate hard, and said loudly, "The Northern Territory has just been humiliated, and the troll army has just evacuated, and they returned with a full load without any injuries!
All of you are still thinking about dressing up here, singing and dancing
What about our counterattack
What about our revenge
What about our blood
Why are we doing nothing
I am just a little knight, and I am not qualified to question the decisions of the adults!
but!
I feel worthless for my father, Baron Angelet, who died in battle!
As his only son, I hereby swear that I will never avenge this crime and never take off my armor! "
The audience is silent!
Ke Lin's awe-inspiring words seemed to press the pause button on the scene.
Everyone stared dumbfounded at this strange man in armor who came to the banquet.
Especially the old butler of the Su Duo family.
Until now, his mind was still buzzing.
I don't know if I was shocked by Colin's loud voice, or by what he said.
At this time, he also knew that it was impossible for him to drive this impolite knight out of the castle according to the original plan.
Colin was indeed rude, but he was right!
Strictly speaking, this banquet is indeed a bit of whitewashing.
But it's not because the previous fiasco came too suddenly, and the troll's retreat was too unexpected.
Therefore, those lords and nobles who easily regained their lost ground urgently needed an opportunity to cover up their past failures and publicize their current "victory".
Therefore, this banquet celebrating "victory" appeared under the impetus of all parties.
Unexpectedly, now someone stood up and severely tore up the false mask of "victory", and smashed it heavily on the faces of all the nobles.
Among the crowd, Cynthia Sudo was also there.
Originally, she wanted to see with her own eyes the ugly appearance of this annoying guy being kicked out of the castle, but she didn't expect that she actually saw this scene.
Cynthia almost gritted her silver teeth, but at the same time, a trace of regret surfaced in her heart.
This banquet was originally an excellent opportunity for the Su Duo family to increase their reputation, but now, it seems to have become a joke.
All because of one person.
A man of no importance at all.
A man she would have liked to humiliate with petty tricks.
Perhaps, it shouldn't be unnecessary...
Ke Lin didn't know that that crazy woman, Cynthia, was also watching him, and she still looked righteous.
He ignored the gazes from the surroundings and strode forward as if no one else was around.
"Boom!"
The old butler who was still in a daze was staggered severely by Colin.
But he didn't dare to stop him.
He watched as Colin walked into the banquet hall in that pure white armor.
Many nobles who participated in the meeting had already gathered in the hall. Seeing Colin's figure walking into the hall, everyone had different expressions, whispered to each other, and talked a lot.
Apparently, Colin's loud voice just now spread those "rhetoric words" into the banquet hall.
Therefore, he naturally became the temporary focus of the banquet.
However, no one came forward to greet him.
Clearly, Colin was left alone.
But he didn't care.
Even the heart is full of pleasure.
After all, this was a banquet planned by that crazy woman in every possible way. She wanted to make the Su Duo family famous, but now, it seemed to have been completely destroyed by Colin's remarks.
There is still a little time before the banquet officially begins.
Therefore, the participating nobles are still arriving one after another.
The newcomers obviously felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the hall. After asking others, they realized that it was Colin who did something good.
As a result, more and more eyes were cast on Colin.
Colin also felt a little annoyed, so he simply closed his eyes.
As time goes by, the status of the visitor is getting higher and higher.
Until Marquis Charles appeared at the door of the hall.
Then, the banquet suddenly fell silent.
This is not because of the high prestige of the Marquis Charles among the nobles. On the contrary, due to a series of fiascos before, his reputation among the northern nobles is now very bad.
But his appearance made the audience silent again.
Because, he also wore a suit of armor!
(end of this chapter)