Chapter 66: Hold it high
Duke was the focus of the banquet, there was no doubt about it, and even if Medivan's disciple Khadgar officially became the Earth Mage, it didn't divert everyone's topic.
Because Duke was promoted to Earth Mage at the age of fourteen, he has now faintly touched the bottleneck of Sky Mage. Despite his efforts, Khadgar was only promoted to Earth Mage at the age of just over 15 despite his deeper knowledge of magic than Duke...... If there is no Duke in front, he will be the focus of the entire kingdom's upper echelons, but unfortunately, there is Duke.
No matter how sharp a genius is, he will be overshadowed in front of Duke.
The nobles looked at Medivan's face and said congratulations, but Khadgar clearly heard the nobleman's 'whisper' evaluation.
"Well, compared to true geniuses, Khadgar is just that. ”
"Be quiet, after all, Duke is a ninth-class qualification comparable to Medivan. ”
"Didn't you see that Medivan also said that he wanted to accept Duke as a disciple? Khadgar should be glad that if Duke also became Medivan's disciple, he would still have the resources he has now?"
After all, Khadgar is still only a 15-and-a-half-year-old child, and even with his complicated past, he still can't be as mature and steady as an adult, and there is a loss on his smiling face that can't be hidden.
He suddenly longed for Medivan's comfort, and only Medivan, the strongest mage on earth, the wisest and most forgiving senior, could give him spiritual comfort.
He turned his head, and it was as if he had been struck by thunder. What did he see? a cold master, if it was majestic, then it was okay, Medivan, who had not been seen for months, had a banter on his face as if he had nothing to do with himself.
What's wrong with the teacher!?
Khadgar was stunned.
Before the banquet officially enters the ball stage, there is another part of the process, where the nobles or invited guests present their gifts to the king.
In general, King Lane is very good at being a man.
After all, this is a link where the poor ask for a reward, and the local tyrant asks for a coercion.
Gifts are not just gifts, for example, those who have no money can also receive rewards from the king by offering poems of praise to the queen and the little prince and princess.
Duke watched dumbfounded, and a little nobleman said to the king, "The beautiful queen is like the stars in the sky, blinking like a frog, blinking and ......blinking."
I don't know if it's a problem with the translation of the system elves, or if it's a piece of poetry, anyway, Ryan used a few gold coins to send this guy away amid the laughter of the nobles.
Well, I guess it's the latter.
It seems that there are still three, six, nine and so on.
Duke also gave a gift, and the ceremonial officer saw Duke's gift before the banquet and decisively announced that Duke's gift was the finale. It's a pity that Medivin actually said that he wanted to give a gift, and Duke's gift came in second to last.
The ceremonial officer first presented a tray with red velvet cloth to a gold-carved camphor wood box, and the strong camphor aroma of the camphor wood, the taste was cool, and the slight spicy feeling had already shocked the spirit of Lane and the queen.
"Is this ......," Ryan asked with a smile.
Duke spread his hands and motioned for the ceremonial officer to open, and the nobles suddenly let out a whispered commotion of envy.
It was snow-white pearl cream.
It has the effect of whitening, acne and freckle removal, which is a new gadget that has just emerged in the past week, and all aristocratic ladies have said that it is good. Under the manipulation of the profiteers Duke and Jones, this new gadget sells for almost 20 gold coins in a small round box the size of the palm of your hand.
Now, as soon as Duke gave it to the queen, he gave it a few pounds.
The queen could clearly hear the screams of the noble maidens.
The queen's eyes had already turned into crescents: "Oh, this has cost Sir Marcus." ”
"For the sake of the Queen's beauty, everything is worth it. Duke bowed deeply.
I don't know if I spent a few copper coins on Duke. Maybe it's because of the relationship that has not been replied to, and Duke also feels that he is a profiteer.
Pearl cream, despite claims to be made from the most precious pearl mills. But Duke, who has been to Sea X Island before crossing and has been taught bad by profiteers, will grind powder with so many pearls?
Don't even think about it.
The composition of the pearl is the same as that of the pearl film on the mussel shell. The so-called pearl powder is scraped off the shell of a mussel. In Hai X Island, people who really know the goods will not buy pearl powder, because the pearl powder on the market, go to the fishermen who raise artificial pearls, 15 yuan can buy as many as a basin.
The priceless box of pearl cream in the eyes of the Storm King, the queen, and the nobles...... The most expensive thing is actually the box!
Of course, this secret Duke will not tell.
As for the king was a goose-egg-sized, spherical pearl, round in shape, flawlessly warm and delicate, emitting a soft halo pearl in the bright candlelight. It is this natural gentle beauty, as well as this unpredictable mysterious charm and elegant temperament, that reminds people of the extreme femininity of women.
Seeing this big pearl, every nobleman's face showed a look of yearning and envy.
Such a beautiful pearl will have a lot of face even in front of the kings of the seven kingdoms!
Ryan was also stunned, his face was excited--Duke, this kid really has a heart, such a gorgeous pearl is enough to be inlaid in the crown.
"Aiqing, you broke the bank. ”
"It just happened to be caught, such a gorgeous pearl, only your majesty is worthy of it. Duke bowed deeply and turned his face to the floor.
It's not that Duke is so good at etiquette, but he's afraid that he won't be able to recognize it and laugh. Before the crossing, who didn't know that the larger the pearl, the more beautiful and unvariated the pearl, the more fake it was.
Pearls are produced by mussels opening their shells to inhale foreign bodies such as sand particles, and the foreign bodies stimulate the mussel shells to secrete nacre and wrap them.
Isn't it easy to round pearls?
Get a big glass bead in it, and then the rest of the mussel shells will be done on their own.
Now, Duke has several giant mussels with a body length of more than two meters in the western wilderness, and Duke has asked Vala to make a hole in the shell to lock the large mussel. As long as Duke wants, Duke can get a pearl the size of a human head.
In other words, Duke is so good at being a man purely because Duke wants to wear small shoes with Medivan, who is controlled by Sargeras. What Medivan was going to offer next, Duke had already vaguely guessed. He was going to hold Ryan and Anduin's hearts first, and when Medivan threw their hearts down, they would be deeper and more painful.
Gaining the king's appreciation, Duke withdrew, after Ryan promised to give Duke more convenience.
The focus of the audience fell on Medivan, who had been smiling and looking at the audience with not very kind eyes.