King Larus III, the Fire Leaper, arrived here at the stroke of seven. The king was very busy, and everyone understood.
Ten minutes before the king's arrival, the king's attendant called Shad and informed him that he would be knighted in ten minutes, so he needed urgent training in the procedures and etiquette.
"No need, I've already learned it once."
Xia De quickly waved his hand to refuse, and the attendant did not ask any more questions. He just told Xia De not to return to the banquet hall, but to wait with the attendant to prevent being lost later.
The whole process went on smoothly, and the arrival of His Majesty the King brought the atmosphere to a climax. Under the crystal chandelier that looked like it might be worth thousands of Mia, the King and the Queen attended the scene together and delivered a speech.
Shad listened on the side, and the general meaning of the speech was that Queen Diana was safe and all conspiracies would be thwarted, and the royal family once again issued a condemnation of Carsonrick.
After the reporters who were summoned lit up their magnesium powder flashbulbs, filling the place with dazzling white light and drifting smoke, His Majesty the King briefly talked about the recent cases of missing children that had caused panic among the people.
He just spoke a few words and then left temporarily. The representative of Redwich Field reported the follow-up situation to the guests attending the banquet. The specially invited reporters had already received the speech and were looking for a suitable angle to shoot.
Tomorrow's front page headline will definitely be a photo of His Majesty the King and Queen Diana, who is safe and sound, while Ridgewich Field and the series of missing children's cases will be on page three.
As for the protagonist who had already booked the second edition, he was looking around the banquet hall. This was a fairly formal banquet, and the gentlemen and ladies were all wearing the most appropriate clothes, and even the maids and servants were wearing the same uniform.
Xia De still didn't understand whether the Miss Bei Ya Si he saw just now was dazzled or something else, but twenty minutes passed and he didn't see that figure again.
The speeches of the king and the police chief echoed in his ears, but Shade was distracted and could not listen at all. What they said was either something Shade already knew or it was not true at all. Boring speeches would make people sleepy in any world.
He even thought that these speeches were not as interesting as the Rhodes cards played a few moments ago.
I suddenly heard my name and came to my senses. It turned out that we had reached the summary stage of the case:
"So, enthusiastic citizen Mr. Hamilton and loyal Captain Rades assisted Redwich Field in disrupting the children's disappearance case in the summer of 1053 in Tobesk. Mr. Hamilton even demonstrated his loyalty to the royal family and his bravery during this period, protecting Queen Diana from the assassins."
He nodded slightly in the direction of Xia De, and the people nearby also looked over. Xia De immediately stood up and returned the greeting, then continued to sit down and wait for his turn.
But after that, more and more people began to quietly watch Shade. The young detective's good looks and relaxed attitude easily made people like him, but Shade himself was not aware of this. All his thoughts were on whether Miss Bei Yasi was an illusion.
The last part was the award ceremony, where the king's attendant read out the list of awards. Xia De thought that putting this part at the end was to prevent the award recipients from paying less attention to the official speeches after receiving the awards.
The alphabetical order of names was not followed here, and the first name mentioned was "Shad Hamilton". The aide read the resolution aloud, and Shad stood up:
"In view of the bravery and integrity of Mr. Shad Suren Hamilton, and his great loyalty to the Crown, after discussion in Parliament and consultation with the Royal Family -"
It was a very deliberate pause, but it also stirred the emotions very well.
"Mr. Hamilton is hereby granted the title of 'Knight of Rheed'."
After the voice fell, there was silence in the banquet hall for a few seconds, and then the sound spread from the front to the entire banquet hall.
This matter had obviously not been leaked before the banquet, so when the title of knight that had not been awarded for hundreds of years was mentioned, even the most well-behaved people could not help but talk to each other in a low voice.
People all looked at the young man who stood up. Xia De nodded to everyone who looked at him, and people also returned the greetings. Especially the young girls, those eager eyes looking at him from all directions made Xia De feel that his body temperature was rising.
How do you feel
She asked softly in his ear.
"It's pretty good. Fortunately, I didn't bring Mia with me, otherwise that timid cat would definitely be scared by this scene."
He was joking in his mind, but he was actually in a pretty good mood.
At the same time as the discussion began, the band that had been prepared long ago began playing music, and the king and queen, along with dozens of people including Miss Carina, appeared to award the medal to Shade.
The awarding of normal titles does not require so many people, but this time it was to protect the queen, so the royal family certainly made enough gestures.
When the king, whose hairline was a bit worrying, called out Shad's name, a pair of servants laid another layer of red carpet on the original carpet, extending from the high place where the king was standing to the main entrance of the banquet hall.
Xia De adjusted his clothes and then walked onto the red carpet. Then, under the gaze of the guests attending the banquet, he walked along the red carpet to the king.
Everyone present looked at Xia De, but the outsider inexplicably did not feel nervous at all:
“That’s not even as many people as when the degrees were awarded.”
He said in his heart, and then saluted according to the etiquette he had learned not long ago. The attendant pressed his hands down to let people be quiet, and the trombone and French horn of the band made a low and majestic sound at this time.
The flash lights kept flashing, and King Larus III took a long sword from the servant beside him and placed it on Shade's shoulder. This action could be paused for three seconds, so that reporters could take pictures and use it as the second edition photo tomorrow.
The subsequent process seemed quite boring to Shad. The king read out the royal decision to grant him the title of knight and encouraged Shad to continue to demonstrate his loyalty and bravery.
He then handed the knight's medal and sword to Shad, and the two stood together for photos to be taken by reporters.
Shade noticed that the middle-aged king next to him was definitely not as tall as himself, but he was wearing a pair of high-heeled boots with sapphire buttons on them.
With today's black-and-white photography and newspaper printing technology, the public will certainly not discover the secret of the king's boots in tomorrow's newspaper photos. In this way, Larousse III, wearing a crown, will appear taller than Shad, who is not wearing a hat.
"So this is why Miss Servet repeatedly told me not to wear a hat."
Xia De thought to himself, and then heard the old cameraman who had crawled behind the camera cover loudly reminding him to look at the camera.
Thinking of the scene of Mia running to the door on time every morning to remind him to get the goat milk, a natural smile appeared on Xia De's lips.
Flashbulbs flashed, and smoke from burning rose into the sky. The lights in the banquet hall were brightly lit, and the so-called upper class nobles applauded and congratulated.
Shade stood side by side with the king, keeping a fixed smile. The light shone on them, the shadows swayed under their feet, the smoke floated over their heads, the sound waves came, and the warm atmosphere reached its peak at this moment.
Everything in the banquet hall seemed to be moving, but only they, in the interweaving of light and shadow, remained motionless.
This scene will be remembered by people for many years.