In August, it is always dark and extremely late.
Before dusk, the guests attending Henry VIII's 80th birthday banquet had already begun to enter.
Annan did not let Dmitri wait for long.
Before all the guests arrived, Annan and Kafni had already returned together. Cafney even changed into a puffier, more formal and gorgeous dress.
Seeing that Cafney was rarely able to dress up and tidy up her somewhat fluffy hair, Elizabeth nodded in satisfaction and showed them a gentle smile.
——Seeing that Annan was able to do what he said and came back on time before the meal, Dmitri also slightly eased his brows in satisfaction, showing a less indifferent look.
Dmitry is always like this... he doesn't like surprises, he values tradition and commitment. When he was a teenager, he liked to mediate other people's conflicts, like to reason and set rules for others, and he looked very mature.
And his style of acting is indeed very stable.
When Dmitri was thirteen or fourteen years old, he had already handled government affairs with his father, and he also took care of his younger siblings. Grand Duke Ivan is very busy with work... Both Annan and Maria were brought up by Dmitry.
His serious appearance, which is always serious and can't understand the jokes told by others, coupled with his frown that is always frowning and rarely relaxed... Maria always said that he looked like an old man, and it was taken for granted.
But now, seeing Annan and Kafni huddled in the corner holding hands, Dmitry's expression suddenly became a little subtle.
It's like being constipated.
... You have only known each other for an afternoon
It's not even an afternoon... How did the relationship suddenly become so close
Is this appropriate
However, with Annan's timid character, it is not easy to take the initiative to interact with others... Although Dmitry felt that it was inappropriate, he did not stop the two children from playing together.
—Anyway, you won’t be able to see him when you return to Lin Dong.
As for friendship or something...
Reconsideration.
But what Dmitry would never guess is...why Annan and Kafni are holding hands.
At this age, girls are usually taller than boys of the same age - of the two, Cafney is clearly the stronger one.
Her right hand took Annan's left hand and put it in the side pocket of her skirt. This is undoubtedly a very bold move... so much so that Cafney's face turned slightly red.
And the hands of both of them are in the same pocket...
… holding the same gun.
That's right.
— Annan handed "miss. Quiet" to Kafni.
Ferdinand is a member of the third prince, and Prince Philip has a high probability of knowing some of the attributes of Ferdinand's powerful spell.
Annan has already done experiments - except for himself and the players who own the system, other people cannot know all the attributes of a certain curse object, they can only know the field of the curse object, and then rely on experience and knowledge judge.
Except for the wizards of the Prophet school, who can use the "check spell" to obtain the characteristics of the spell below the gold. Only Transcendents above the silver rank can gradually understand its related attributes when they sleep with the cursed object.
Although Prince Philip doesn't necessarily know all the attributes of "miss. Quiet"... But Annan is still on the safe side.
Since chatting awkwardly with Philip alone might make him wary...then let two chat with him.
Conversations between two strangers often fall into embarrassment and silence because they lose the topic. But if you insert a "middleman" who knows two people at the same time to thread the needle... Whether the chat will be pleasant or not, but at least it will not be so silent.
"His Highness Annan, and... Cafney?"
A slightly surprised, but very happy and cheerful voice sounded: "Wow, the relationship between you two... is progressing so fast!"
Annan slightly widened his eyes and turned his head sideways.
It was discovered that the one who took the initiative to talk... was Prince Philip.
Prince Philip sat down on the right side of Annan, and chatted with them familiarly: "Your Highness, did you know each other before? Could it be that you met each other in a dream?"
Before Annan took the initiative to find Philip, he found it by himself.
— But this was expected by Annan.
Because the two of them were sitting on the edge of two or three seats outside the "stage", he deliberately seduced Philip.
Philip came here not to chat with them...but to have a reasonable excuse to sit outside the "ceremony field".
All this was expected by Annan.
And Annan also reflected from his attitude - he really didn't have any thoughts about himself, at least he didn't try to fool himself into the ceremony venue...
…or was Winter's only enemy to him, Dmitry
Annan carefully glanced at the prince sitting beside him.
Although Philip Noah is older than his younger brother Albert, he looks much younger than Albert, and he is also shorter than Albert.
He was wearing a black dress with dark gold embroidery. Like other Noah family members, the buttons on his body were golden lion patterns. He has the iconic black hair and red pupils...and a round baby face.
He looked extraordinarily harmless, with an optimist and cheerful expression on his face all the time. When he sat down, he secretly stuffed a piece of candy into Annan's hand.
And Philip himself picked up another piece of candy, peeled off the icing and stuffed it into his mouth, showing a happy and carefree smile: "Why don't you talk, Your Highness? Come and taste a piece, this is a delicious toffee! "
"... my brother won't let me eat other people's food."
Annan said seriously with a straight face.
"I'm not an outsider, I'm Philip-Philip Noah. Don't look at me as young, but I'm Cafney's uncle?"
Philip laughed loudly and said in a coaxing tone.
Annan's eyes widened, and he made a childish voice: "...Really?"
"If you don't believe me, just ask Kafni!"
Philip showed an ambiguous smile like an adult asking a child, "Who are you friends with at school?" and said in a low voice, "Speaking of which, brother Philip also has a lovely daughter, who is no worse than Kafni?"
"...Aren't you Kafni's uncle?"
Annan blinked and questioned.
Philip laughed again, squeezed Annan's face, and said with a smile: "Everyone is different, everyone is different! I am so young, and you are an older child. Of course you have to call me brother."
"I still want to call you uncle."
Annan said seriously with a straight face, "If I call you brother, my brother will be upset."
"Oh? What will His Royal Highness Dmitry do?"
Prince Philip asked with interest.
A look of horror immediately appeared on Annan's face, as if he was about to tell a horror story, he threateningly said:
"-kill you!"
"Hahahahahaha you are so cute!"
Philip didn't know what kind of joke he had hit, and suddenly he laughed out of joy: "Then let him come! If you can't kill me, then you will be my younger brother in the future!"
"What are you talking about, so happy?"
Maybe Philip laughed too loudly, so Albert walked over.
He looked like he was a decade older than Philip. He has a height of more than 1.85 meters, broad and thin shoulders, wears thin-rimmed oblong glasses, and has a well-trimmed mustache.
Philip was not polite to him, he just laughed and shouted: "Hey, Albert! This kid is much more interesting than you hahahahaha! Why don't you let him be my younger brother and go to Winter? Annan Your Highness, eat candy, eat candy, I still have a lot of candy!"
Albert frowned when he heard such frivolous words.
But before he could say anything more, suddenly a few guards rushed in with panicked expressions.
Elizabeth's expression changed, she didn't scold the soldiers, but immediately reached out to the panicked guards.
"What happened?"
she asked in a low voice.
The guard stammered: "The Geraint family... the eldest son of Earl Geraint is dead!
"On the corpse... traces of spellcasting from cold contact were detected!"
Elizabeth was taken aback when she heard this.
Then she subconsciously cast her eyes on Old Merlin—then she immediately shook her head as if vetoing.
"Keep quiet."
She whispered, "Take me there..."
Philip noticed something and took the initiative to move over.
"What happened, Miss Wang?"
He took out another piece of hard toffee and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and asked, "Do you need help?"
Seeing him, Elizabeth frowned slightly.
——This was the first time Annan saw an expression similar to "displeasure" appearing on Elizabeth's face.