For the nobles in the hall, the scene in front of them was simply unimaginable. They stared at Rod, Marlene, and Lijie in amazement, but they couldn't say a word. On such a noble occasion, every move of the nobles, even a look and a movement, has its own special meaning. Especially on such a solemn and solemn occasion, the unmarried woman holding an alien arm can only represent one meaning——— that is, to confirm her extraordinary relationship with the other party. And now, the identities of the two girls who rely on Rhodes are not simple.

Although Lijie announced her departure from the royal family, she still enjoys a certain prestige in the aristocratic circle, and Lijie is also pure and lovely, and there was no shortage of suitors among the young nobles. Although after Lijie left the royal family and aristocratic circles, everyone paid much less attention to her. But since Lijie's high-profile reappearance at the Midsummer Festival, she has returned to the attention of the aristocracy. Although there is nothing to care about as an ordinary spirit master, a spirit master with outstanding strength, who is also related to Lydia and has received great attention from the church is completely different. Fortunately, Lijie followed Rhodes all day long, and the Starlight Guild was far away in the Land of Atonement, which saved Lijie from the pain of being entangled by the children of those powerful.

As for Marlene, not to mention, she originally had a high reputation in the aristocratic circle, and after the baptism of this civil war, her strength was officially recognized. It can be said that it is a dazzling star in the Principality of Moon. As for Lijie, not to mention, although the girl has ostensibly left the royal family, it is impossible for her to be removed from the fact that she is Lydia's sister, to some extent, Marlene and Lijie both represent the power of the royal family and the nobility respectively, and now. The two of them appeared at the same time by the man's side, and even made such an intimate gesture.

This came as a shock to a lot of people, and they knew exactly what that meant. Marlene is not the kind of simple and naïve little girl, she is naturally intelligent and calm, and she is not the kind of spring girl who fantasizes about love stories and can do anything for love. And now she would actually do such an act on such a formal and solemn occasion——— does this represent the will of the entire Shania family?

Thinking of this, the nobles in the hall were naturally also full of doubts. Those older family leaders have begun to extend their thoughts to Rod, and to be able to gain the favor of the Shania family, the power behind this young man must be very difficult. You must know that the Shania family is one of the oldest families in the Principality of Moon, and it can even be said that since the existence of the Principality of Moon, the Shania family has been by the side. Because of this, it is not easy to marry such a large, ancient and powerful family, and it does not mean that as long as you are an outstanding young talent, you can enter the eyes of the Shania family. In many cases, the family's strength, identity, status, and even political philosophy are also an important part of the foundation of the marriage of the Shania family. This is the sorrow of many big families, just like Romeo and Juliet, of course, others don't feel a backache when they stand and talk, and feel that they have achieved a life-and-death love affair that transcends the grievances of the gate valve family. As the saying goes, money is valuable. The price of love is higher——— but it is not the case at all for those nobles of the gate, especially those who have the right to inherit, and their love is not just their own business, but related to the whole family. Especially an old nobleman like Shania, Marlene is the only heir, just imagine if Marlene falls in love with a nobleman from the Southern Reform camp. Or an ordinary young talent, will the Shania family say yes?

This is of course impossible.

Because she is the one who wants to inherit the Shania family, her every move is related to the future fate and life and death of the entire Shania family, and it has always been. Marlene is also well aware of this, so she has always been very clean. In private, many old nobles also secretly envied the Shania family, which was really blessed with such an outstanding heir. Not only does she have a high level of talent and political talent, but more importantly, she is also able to control her mentality. In fact, there is no shortage of elite talents among the noble gates, because they have received a better education than the commoners, and they can also have access to many things that the commoners cannot reach at all, so it is normal for them to produce many talents. But the smooth sailing environment and the unique arrogance of young people are very troublesome, they always feel that they have the talent and strength, can change their fate and "break free" from the shackles of fate put on them, so among the aristocracy, there is no shortage of young people who are strong, but at the same time proud and complacent, full of rebellion and rebellion against the family system. Although as they grow older, they will gradually learn to hone their edges and learn to smooth their edges, but until then, those annoying tosses still give many family patriarchs a headache. Many of them have privately thought about how wonderful it would be to have a proud, confident, self-disciplined, and capable family heir like Marlene——— look at what those bunnies would do besides drinking and enjoying themselves for three days!

For those young aristocrats, they didn't care about the political significance of the matter, but more envy and hatred for Rhodes.

After all, Marlene has been a target in the eyes of those young talents for a long time, some value her beauty, some value her strength and the Shania family behind her. But there is nothing strange about this, the marriage between nobles is like this, just talking about love is complete bullshit. Behind the aristocratic marriage is completely a naked political transaction, so as the heir of a family, you must be prepared to be prepared for the other party not only to take a fancy to yourself, which is the same for both men and women, in a noble family, noble and pampered, but also want to pursue a beautiful and pure love? It is impossible for all the good things in this world to be taken by you, can you?

Since Marlene was fourteen years old, there have been countless young people who have pursued her, but Marlene has rejected them all, and those people dare not attack even if they are touched by the nose, after all, there is the behemoth of the Shania family standing behind Marlene, even if they want to do something, they have to weigh how many pounds they weigh first. Not to mention that Marlene has always been strict with herself, and she never attends the messy drinking parties and dinners between the nobles. Aside from the occasional invitation to a formal occasion on behalf of the family, Marlene rarely attends private parties. She also attaches great importance to the relationships around her, except for those who are particularly close and good friends of the same sex, Marlene hardly interacts with other people——— but often walks by the river, how can she not get her shoes wet, and in the end Marlene almost planted in the Midsummer Festival.

If Marlene chooses a young one. People who are excellent and have a strong background, then others can only pinch their noses and admit it. But when they saw that Marlene actually chose Rod, many people's faces suddenly turned bad. In their opinion, although Rod is also a good performer, he is not the type who can convince them of his performance——— which is no wonder, after all, Rod does things mostly in private and secretly, and does not like to show it around. Therefore, the impression of many nobles on this young nobleman who suddenly rose up is at most that he has strong swordsmanship strength and is from the Oriental Mountains. Blocking two attacks by the Confederate Army during the Battle of Parfield and capturing one of the enemy's commanders——— these don't look very glorious, but what is he for?

Many people are puzzled by this, and they are also very unhappy.

Antonio is one of them.

At this moment, he gritted his teeth, looked at Rhodes with a pale face, his fists clenched, and his arms trembled slightly. If you were closer, you could even hear him clenching his teeth.

As a young man. Antonio. Williams was also a well-known figure in the Duchy of Moon, when he was a child. He was once known as a gifted member of the Williams family for his military and swordsmanship. Because of this, Antonio has longed for Marlene, who has also been named "a rare magical genius in the Duchy of Moon in a hundred years", since he was a child, and he is also a proud man, except for Marlene, Antonio does not think that other women are worthy of being compared to him. Although he was not unprecedented, he had seen those men who tried to win Marlene's eyes and was turned away by her. But this only made Antonio have a deeper affection for Marlene. He didn't wagging his tail at Marlene like a dog in heat like those stupid men, he was sober and knew that it was impossible for that kind of person to win the favor of Marlene and the Shania family. And as long as you work hard to grow, you can achieve higher achievements. status and honor, by that time, he will have enough capital to pursue Marlene. For Antonio, that beautiful, proud and confident girl is his own goddess, and the only existence he needs to pursue in life.

Antonio's calculations were good, and his luck was good, and during the civil war, the wizard legion of the Shania family led by Marlene happened to arrive at the fortress of the Blossom Plains, which he ruled. This is a very good opportunity in Antonio's opinion, so in the battle of the Flower Field, Antonio has sent his own troops more than once, and even personally led the soldiers to assist Marlene's magic legion against the rebels of the Southern Legion, it can be said that at least one-third of Marlene's exploits belong to Antonio.

I don't know if it's because of this reason, at least Marlene has always been kind to Antonio, very polite, and occasionally the two sides will have a cup of tea together after the war, although it is not as Antonio imagined that the man and the widow are in the same room, but Marlene can accept his invitation, in Antonio's opinion, it is already a good thing. And he also plans to take advantage of the victory to chase and take this opportunity to get closer to the relationship between himself and Marlene——— and it is precisely because of this that Antonio chose to come forward before the banquet and invite Marlene to be his dance partner in the banquet.

But what he didn't expect was that Marlene made a decision that he couldn't believe at all. Until now, Antonio couldn't believe what he was seeing, and he couldn't accept it anyway.

For what? What is he?

Antonio looked down on Rhodes, although he showed his strength at the Midsummer Festival, but in Antonio's opinion, the Midsummer Festival was just a game, that is, those mercenaries would pay attention to the so-called honor, and people with real strength and status would not care about these things. And in this aristocratic circle, if you want to gain respect, you can't rely on a good hand of swordsmanship to succeed, connections. Strength and prestige are indispensable. But what does Rhodes have?

He has no strength in the military, and only has one of the lowest titles among the nobility, and as for the rumors that he has several legendary subordinates, Antonio thinks that is simply boasting, he has been in the aristocratic circle for so many years. It is not clear what the virtues of those nobles were?

But Antonio didn't expect that Marlene would choose such a person.

It made him feel deeply betrayed and hurt!

Especially the kiss between Marlene and Rod in public before, it was like a sharp knife tearing Antonio's heart, he believes that the relationship between the two people is definitely not so simple, especially from their actions, it can be seen that maybe the two have already had a more intimate relationship.

And the more he thought about it, the more Antonio felt that there was a vigorous fire burning within him, especially when he thought that the goddess he had always admired and longed for was likely to lie naked beside this man, and he felt that his reason was going to be completely melted by anger. And what made Antonio even more angry was that. When talking to Marlene, Rhodes once raised his head and glanced at himself, but he actually only glanced at himself and directly withdrew his gaze!! Although Rhodes didn't say much, Antonio had already felt his contempt.

That bastard, he actually looks down on me!!

How dare he look down on me!? I'm an earl in terms of status, and he's just the lowest knight! On status. I'm the commander-in-chief of the Duchy of Moon in the Fortress of Blossom Plains, and what about him? He's just the head of a small mercenary guild. What qualifications does he have to look down on me for this kind of unpopular thing?!! Why doesn't he take me seriously?!! What kind of thing is he?!

Antonio felt his blood boiling, he gritted his teeth, inhaled in a low voice, and let out a roar in his throat like a wounded beast, the young man, who was already on the verge of being carried away by anger, did not even care about the situation around him. He had almost completely forgotten what he was on and what he was supposed to do...............

Rod doesn't care at all what a strange man thinks of him, or rather, as long as it's what a man thinks of him, Rod doesn't care. He glanced at Antonio. quickly withdrew his gaze. Although Rod also saw the other party's iron blue face and eyes burning with jealousy, Rod didn't care at all. The barking of a defeated dog means nothing to him at all, he is a winner, so why bother with a loser?

Rather than dealing with those envious and jealous losers, Rhodes cares more about another thing around him. Now Marlene is holding his right arm, and Lizzie is holding his left arm. Annie didn't care about her running and jumping behind, but this didn't mean that the situation was calm———— when Lijie came over and grabbed Rod's arm, Marlene naturally noticed this, but the girl just glanced at Lijie curiously and meaningfully, and then didn't say anything, but Rod could feel that Marlene held his arm tightly, almost tightly against her round and plump chest. And before Rod could react, Lijie quickly replied, she was not as skilled as Marlene, but clumsily stretched out her hands, grabbed Rode's arm and leaned towards her, fortunately, the distance between the three people was close enough, otherwise, maybe this would have evolved into a unique tug-of-war in public.

For Rod, this is a happy pain, but fortunately, this journey is only a few minutes from the hall to the banquet hall, after arriving at the opulent banquet hall, Marlene and Lijie invariably let go of their arms, anyway, this is just a way to show their attitude to the outside world, not an occasion for the two to communicate intimately.

At this moment, there were already many nobles in the banquet hall one after another, and after Rod and Lijie and Marlene entered, they naturally received considerable attention. It's just that compared to before, Rhodes can feel that the gaze looking at him this time has become much more complicated, and there are many hostile eyes mixed with it. Of course, most of them are young people.

After entering the banquet hall, Lijie kept her head down and her face was slightly red, as if she was a little uneasy and shy about her previous bold approach, but she soon found a way to distract herself............ I saw Lijie walk to Anne's side and began to whisper reassurance, asking Anne to stand here obediently, now that the banquet has not started, don't try to do it directly against the delicious and sumptuous dishes on the table...............

Looking at Lijie and Anne, Rod shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. Then, Rod turned his head and soon saw Marlene's smiling face.

"You don't look the same as before, Rod."

"You've changed a lot, Marlene."

Looking at the calm smile of the girl in front of him, Rhodes also had mixed feelings, although Marlene was also very stable in front of herself, but occasionally she would still show her inexperienced side as a rookie, but now Marlene has become more and more calm and sophisticated, and the tempering brought to her by the battle over this period of time seems to have made this beautiful diamond exude her original dazzling brilliance.

Can I interpret this as a compliment to me? Rod? ”

"Of course."

Rod nodded slightly, and Marlene winked playfully at his answer, and then the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, revealing a slightly sly smile.

"So, Rod, wait a minute..............."

Marlene did not finish her words, for at this moment a low and loud trumpet sounded, and at the sound of the trumpet, Marlene stopped talking, and she first winked at Rod, then turned her head and looked ahead.

And just then, the door opened. (To be continued.) )