It’s hard for Benjamin to guess the situation on the church side, but on Michelle’s side…
Ever since Michelle left the abandoned wine warehouse, saying she was going to get some information, she never came back. Benjamin originally guessed that she was recruited by the church as a paladin, but this was just his guess and there was no real evidence.
He really had no news about Michelle at all.
Has Michelle died? If she hadn't died, as long as she was still breathing, she would have rushed to find Benjamin and get a way to open the treasure house.
It is absolutely impossible to say how much she attaches importance to the treasure house.
But so many days have passed, and Michelle still hasn't appeared, which only means that she must be in some trouble.
Thinking of this, Benjamin sighed.
Hopefully there wouldn't be any bigger conspiracy brewing in this peaceful city that he didn't know about.
He stood in front of the mirror, adjusting his suit and tie, thinking this.
"Master Benjamin, the reception is about to begin. Master Grant passed over half an hour ago, and the master and his wife have also set off. Master, it's time for you to leave too."
Suddenly, Jeremy's voice came from the door, interrupting his thoughts.
After hearing this, Benjamin recovered from his contemplation, looked at himself in the mirror, and shrugged helplessly.
Yes, it’s useless to think about this. Not to mention that he can't figure it out, even if he does, what can he do
Yes, the day of the reception has arrived.
It's time to go.
"Has the carriage been called?" He turned around and asked Jeremy as he walked out.
"Already called, already waiting at the gate." Jeremy replied.
Benjamin nodded, went downstairs, and walked out of the door of Rise's house. Soon, he boarded the carriage that had been waiting outside the door for a long time.
"Okay, I'm leaving. Just go and do whatever you need to do." He ordered Jeremy.
Jeremy nodded and went back.
Benjamin sat in the carriage and headed to the legendary noble cocktail party held by the royal family that Claude had ordered him to go to.
Before that, he had learned some information about the social reception from the system.
Regarding the introduction of social drinking parties, the general idea is that the life of aristocrats is very boring. Everyone spends time at home with nothing to do, so they like to get together to drink and chat. Over time, such a thing as a drinking party was formed.
There are two types of receptions, one is the “adults” reception. Various nobles in their thirties and forties were in the same place, chatting about territories and the like, and occasionally engaging in intrigues. Some lonely and single aunts and uncles will secretly have an affair after being drunk. As this is a part that cannot be described, I won’t go into details here.
The other type is called the young people's cocktail party, which is an entertainment banquet for the dandy boys in the entire kingdom who are over fourteen and under twenty-four. Those who are ugly can eat steak and drink champagne, and those who are good-looking can have a romantic relationship. If not, they can brag with their friends and laugh at the well-known butt of jokes. In short, everyone can find their own fun.
In this regard, Benjamin said, not really.
At least, Benjamin didn't think so in the past, because he was the well-known butt of jokes. Therefore, for this kind of cocktail party, Benjamin had always refused to go if he could, otherwise Claude wouldn't have specifically warned him.
But now Benjamin doesn’t have so many ideas.
To be honest, he was quite curious.
He had rarely been involved in such sensual places in his previous world - probably the most "sensual" place he had ever been to was KTV. He also wanted to know what these so-called upper-class social experts were doing.
The cocktail party held by the royal family was to celebrate the princess's birthday.
When he first heard the system say this, Benjamin was actually a little hopeful. However, the system quickly added a paragraph at the end:
"It will be the princess's second birthday soon. In fact, you have met the princess once before. At that time, she was held in the arms of the nanny and blew a bubble out of her nose. You laughed very loudly at that time, Claude heard After that, I scolded you severely."
“…”
The little expectations were ruthlessly crushed.
In this way, Benjamin came to the reception venue with a calm heart.
This time the reception was held in two places. Claude and Mary went to the "adults" drinking party in the main hall of the palace; Benjamin was going to a young people's drinking party in a high-end restaurant near the palace.
In this regard, Benjamin was very happy. He wished that the two receptions were further away from each other, so as not to bump into Claude and be lectured again, which would be very annoying.
In fact, during this cocktail party trip, he didn't just want to see the world.
He also planned to inquire about the recent trends of the church from the mouths of other nobles.
Ever since he was rescued and returned to the Riise family, he has been grounded and has very little information. Jeremy was able to deliver news to him and help him bring back those things buried in the outer city. But when asking about the church's trends, he couldn't count on Jeremy.
At this moment, he really wanted to know what the church was doing these days.
This kind of news is definitely not available in ordinary places. But at the cocktail parties of the nobles, as long as these dandy boys drank more wine, the secrets of their fathers and elders they overheard would not be full of nonsense.
In this way, with "unexpected" intentions, Benjamin entered the reception venue under the guidance of the waiter at the door of the restaurant.
As the venue for the princess's birthday party held by the royal family, the quality of the restaurant is definitely not bad. This restaurant called "Ross" claims to have the best chefs in the kingdom and the most gorgeous decorations. The entire restaurant's floor space is no smaller than that of the Rise family's house. It can be seen from the frescoed ceiling and the crystal oil lampshade that a lot of money was spent.
Although it is not comparable to the high-end restaurants in the previous world movies, it is still enough to amaze Benjamin.
Of course, the price of such a restaurant has skyrocketed, and ordinary nobles would not dare to eat there often. However, the royal family has become more prosperous and wealthy, and has booked the entire first and second floors of the restaurant, including the rooftop balcony, as the venue.
In this regard, Benjamin could only say that the extravagance and waste of the royal family is not something ordinary people can understand.
Under the leadership of the servant, he walked through the corridor and came to the hall on the first floor.
There were many people in the hall, all young aristocratic men and women wearing suits or dresses. Benjamin looked around and conservatively estimated that there were at least a hundred people.
The aroma of steak and fine wine, coupled with the pianist playing at the same time, created a joyful yet classy banquet atmosphere.
Just looking at it like this, Benjamin felt a little hungry.
However, who would start eating as soon as they arrive at a cocktail party? If Claude heard about it, he would definitely be scolded again. Therefore, Benjamin had no choice but to resist looking at the food on the tables and turned his attention to the crowd.
He glanced first, but he didn't see anyone he knew.
What about Grant? Didn't he come first
Suddenly thinking of the person Grant had hidden under the quilt that day, Benjamin smiled. Grant is probably hiding somewhere with his little lover.
Apart from Grant, the only aristocrat in the royal capital that Benjamin was familiar with was Dick.
As a noble son of the royal capital, Dick certainly attended the reception, and Benjamin also spotted him in the crowd. However, when Dick saw Benjamin, he showed an expression as if he had seen the god of plague. He couldn't help but sprayed the girl in front of him with a sip of wine.
“…”
Benjamin just stood in the distance, watching the girl slap Dick in the face, then turned away. Then, the people around burst into laughter.
Dick covered his face, glanced at Benjamin in shock and fear, blended into the crowd, and ran away.
Seeing this, Benjamin could only smile and shake his head.
He picked up a glass of champagne from a passing waiter's plate and walked into the crowd chatting with each other.