Oru City, Commander's Mansion, Banquet Hall.
"Have you heard? Were the flaming red lips razed to the ground last night?" A slightly plump aristocratic young lady, swinging a lace fan, covered her mouth and smiled at the lady on the other side.
At this time, four or five of them were standing around a dessert table, exchanging gossips about life while taking food.
"Don't mention it. Last night, Lord Chandler's family next door made a fuss. Almost all the servants were sent out and rushed to the burning place of Flaming Red Lips to rescue the owner who was buried under the wall. , I heard that when I pulled her out, I was still inseparable from that bitch." A young aristocratic young woman who successfully shared the latest gossip chuckled, obviously very satisfied that she had successfully inserted the topic.
The older ones nearby also covered their mouths and chuckled in cooperation.
Their etiquette is almost the same as that of the ladies of the traditional empire, as if they were printed from the same mold. In other words, when the Northern Alliance was established for several centuries, no matter how country-born a family was, they would no longer feel like imitating the lifestyle of the "upper class".
Everyone who squeezes into this circle is worried that he will be excluded from this circle because of the different etiquette from others.
"Then the tigress in Chandler's house must not tear him alive." A noble lady without first-hand gossip can only make inferential guesses based on the existing knowledge and experience system, and respond appropriately.
"That's it. Otherwise, why didn't Lord Chandler come to the Commander-in-Chief's office today? My husband didn't see him in the Finance Office, and even went to visit him in the evening. His face was so swollen, I'm afraid he might be there in the next week. They will all be absent." Among the people present, a tall and thin lady, whose husband held an important position, broke the news with a proud look on her face.
In other words, what makes her even more proud is that she successfully mentioned her husband who works as a deputy in the Union Finance Department.
Sure enough, the ladies around them immediately laughed in unison, applauding the "humor" that the tall and thin lady mentioned implicitly that "Lord Chandler was not hit by the wall, but was injured by the fierce wife at home".
As for Zhao Xu, who was standing a few meters away and silently observing the banquet that was about to begin, he looked at this group of people with great interest, who were obviously wearing carefully dressed dresses, but they were talking casually. Ladies who are unhappy in other people’s lives.
Whenever he heard discussions in these circles, he found them extremely exciting, even to the point of being downright boring.
In their eyes, this "incident" was just a joke for the men at home who liked to flirt with women, but in fact it caused huge waves in the city of Oru they entered.
Even the white dragon Cyrus and the paladin Vivian, who were resting at the home of Tang De's brother-in-law "Frel", were questioned because of outsiders.
It's just that Cyrus had already directly transformed into his appearance according to Zhao Xu's arrangement. Because the searchers lacked the means to identify transformations such as true seeing, and because Freir personally urged them, the inspection ended quickly.
As for the fact that they broke into the altar under Frey's bedroom and disturbed the demon lord Graz'zt, that was the key "message" that would really detonate the entire Northern Alliance.
But Zhao Xu was also a little strange. According to his observation, there were no major changes in the entire commander-in-chief's residence throughout the day. Even when he was hiding and watching Fleur's residence, not even a single person came to check.
It wasn't until the evening that Commander Tang De's only daughter, Fleur, came back from outside and changed into a luxurious and shiny dress.
All the traces seemed to reveal this incident. "Grazite", the demon king, did not tell Tang De the details.
If Tang De knew what happened during the day and could still be so forbearing, then Zhao Xu would have to consider avoiding his edge in the short term.
The leader of an alliance is a believer of the "Devil King". Unless Tang De always thought that he believed in a kind god, or he was unaware of the whole process, he would basically have nothing to hide under the intervention of the church. .
As for Fleur's house, due to the continuous release of aura from the demon altar, if you want to avoid contamination, you have to wipe it with 25 gold coins a bottle of holy water from time to time.
The one who can arrange the manpower to do this without trace is either Fleur or Tang De.
At this time, Zhao Xu just had some free time and continued to observe Tang De, who was standing on the high platform in the front.
As the supreme commander and commander-in-chief of Oru City and the entire Northern Alliance for the next eight years, Tang De was surrounded by waves of people from the moment he entered the banquet hall.
Most of the young people waiting for the opportunity to be appreciated were introduced by several senior officials of the alliance, and they briefly introduced them, and then were squeezed away by another wave of people waiting for introduction.
Everyone knew that this would only leave a short impression in front of Tang De, and they didn't know whether his name could stay overnight, but this kind of opportunity still made everyone flock to it.
Zhao Xu also understood that Freire personally agreed to him and introduced him to "Commander Tang De". In fact, it was really a "high value" thing, or maybe only a relative like him could guarantee it like this. .
As the bed-warming song sounded, Zhao Xu held a tall glass filled with wine and kept shaking the liquid level, as if silently tasting the fragrance and concealing the traces of his own observations.
Tang De looked calm and at ease, and even patted the shoulders of the young people who came over from time to time, as if there was no burden in his heart.
At this time, Zhao Xu's eyes had a certain transcendent "penetration", like a cunning old fox who had been in the mall for many years, able to easily see through his opponent's thoughts.
If the skill level is not enough, then use magic to make up for it.
For tonight's observation, Zhao Xu specially cast the second-level spell "Cunning Gaze" with a "heaven-level" duration on himself.
The gnomes of Zilargo will use any form of knowledge to ensure that they achieve their primary goals when negotiating and socializing. In the end, they developed this spell, using their superb skills and abilities to identify each other's inner feelings and desires, thereby suppressing their opinions.
Relying on spells, Zhao Xu's four negotiation skills of bluffing, negotiation, intimidation, and observation were strengthened by the level 10 insight bonus.
Now, it was as if he could see through the inner motives and desires of the target creature just by looking at each other.
The young women just now were also his attempt at this.
Zhao Xu seemed to be the "observer" in this lively banquet. Wearing a robe, he also invisibly reminded everyone of his status as a "mage".
The terrifying reputation of the senior mages also made everyone afraid to get close to Zhao Xu.
After realizing that there was no movement in Fleur's palace all day, Zhao Xu and Antinoya finally decided to rely on "Tang De" who was observing the mastermind behind the scenes to tear out the huge web behind the scenes.
Otherwise, those who came with him tonight would be the cardinals in charge of the archdiocese of the good gods.
"Mr. Zhongxia, come on, it's our turn."
Freir, who had been disappearing just now, suddenly appeared next to Zhao Xu, holding his hand directly and walking towards the center of the venue. Freir's attendants also opened a path for them.
"Commander, let me introduce to you the benefactor who saved my life just outside the city." At this time, Freir walked a few steps away from Tang De and started with a hearty laugh. He raised his hand and said, Let everyone follow his gesture and look at Zhao Xu in the center.
For a moment, many participants in the venue who were silently paying attention to the situation here looked at the mage who looked a little lonely.
"I'm glad that such a talented young man has appeared in the league again." Tang De also smiled happily.
There seemed to be another kind of soul shining in his eyes.
(End of chapter)