Divine Blessing 30th, Divine Grace Day.

This is a traditional festival of the Kingdom of Dokuland, which commemorates the nine gods who led mankind in the "Age of No Fire" in ancient times.

On this day, in gratitude for the gifts of the "Nine Gods", the people can wear masks that symbolize them and celebrate in the city.

Charismatic is probably the only festival that allows commoners to experience aristocratic life.

Imagine that you are nothing more than a humble commoner, and as soon as you put on the mask, you can become the Sun King, the Storm Keeper, the Immortal Elder Dragon, the Night Goddess, the Lord of the Deep, the Chaos Witch, the Primordial Sage, the Pregnant Mother, and the Grim Reaper.

Under the mask of concealment, the person in front of you who flirts with you may be a friend you have known before, a good wife next door who has been secretly in love for a long time, or even some aristocratic lady who deliberately came out to find excitement.

In the past, you had a low status, and you could only look up to each other humbly, but after wearing a mask, everyone didn't know who each other was, so they would leave their identities and play very openly, and even try some things with you that you would never dream of unimagining.

Every year, Divine Grace Day is the most troublesome time for the security captains everywhere, not only to maintain order and prevent stampedes, but also to curb illegal behavior as much as possible - if you can wear a mask in the open, the thieves will not give up such a good time.

This year's Grace Festival in Twilight City, not to mention the excitement of the festival itself, Chino also promised that he would pay for every glass of wine, and the whole city would not get drunk and go home, which undoubtedly further detonated the fiery atmosphere.

No, the sun hasn't set yet, and drunkards are already on the streets, wearing inferior masks bought from unknown grocery stores, looking for passers-by to fight.

Here, the Storm Keeper knocked over the Immortal Ancient Dragon with an uppercut, and the Lord of the Deep flew up and kicked the Sun King in the ass, and was finally slapped back to his original form by the security soldier wearing the mask of death, and dragged away and locked up in the Sheriff's Office.

There is also a pair of drunk men and women, under the cover of alcohol and masks, without shame, directly on the street to show everyone what is called "pregnant mother", and a bunch of people next to them watched and coaxed.

In this regard, the security soldiers are one head and two large.

In the evening, perhaps the gods couldn't stand it anymore and decided to cool down the city, and it began to rain in the sky, getting heavier and heavier.

The haze of the sky is mixed together, the thunder and lightning roar that rings from time to time are like the coughing and wheezing of a terminal tuberculosis patient, the torrential rain is sprinkled in the air, and there is a faint stinging sensation on the skin, and the noisy civilians on the street are also hiding in the tavern, which has been restrained a lot.

The atmosphere of the executive residence was not spoiled by the bad weather, and the magnificent dinner was held as usual.

The doors of the ballroom are open, and tall waiters dressed in elegant gowns lined up neatly on either side of the velvet carpet greet guests into the room with a clear view of professionalism.

"Brother, I want to kill you!" At the main entrance of the banquet hall, Brooke took off his rain and smiled to greet Chino, who was waiting here.

Chino smiled: "Welcome." ”

Brooke shook hands with Chino and looked behind him.

For the sake of the safety of this banquet, martial law was imposed inside and outside the palace, and the sentinels were scattered, and there were almost no defensive corners, and any enemy who dared to invade the place would pay the price in blood.

Brooke turned his head and complimented, "It seems that Lord Chino is also familiar with military affairs, and this is probably the safest place in the whole of Twilight." ”

"Of course, I assure you, no one will bother us today." Chino cordially greeted Brooke and the officials who followed behind, and walked into the banquet hall together.

The huge ballroom is 100 meters long and wide, and the eighteen banquet tables are covered with dark red tablecloths, and the candle lamps are all made of silver, and the clear candle light is sprinkled on the decorative flowers, which decorates the place like a paradise.

Between the dining tables, waiters and maids are busy walking by, expensive silver cutlery is neatly arranged on the table, and you can faintly smell the fragrance of wine and food.

The troubadour held the pear wood guitar and sang selflessly on the bandstand, and the melodious music and singing voice were like elves dressed in streamers, shuttling through the crowd and soothing every ray of anxiety brought by the rain.

Brooke led Chino to the elegantly dressed aristocrats of Twilight City and introduced them to him one by one: "Come, I'll introduce a few friends to Chino's administrator." This is Finn Troy, the president of the Twilight Chamber of Commerce, and if you have a purchase need in the future, you can just go to him. This, Sitch Troy, the financial advisor of my house, I will let him connect with the treasurer for anything about the monthly coin, and I ask you to take care of it in the future..."

Brooke successively introduced more than a dozen nobles, all of whom were middle-level officials with real power in Twilight City, and had infiltrated all fields of economy and people's livelihood.

It is no wonder that the eight officials are all subservient to Troy, the middle level of Twilight City has been recruited and controlled by the Trojan family, and the top decision-making level is completely in a state of overhead, and there is no extra choice, either give in or be replaced.

The nobles greeted Chino one by one, and everyone saw the amber eyes full of smiles, and only thought that this was the most delicate administrator they had ever seen.

Brooke finally walked up to a beautifully dressed girl and happily introduced: "Ah~ and this one! Betty Troy, my little niece, she clamored to see you all day and I finally had a chance to bring her in~"

Betty looked at Chino and couldn't hold back her excitement: "Everyone is right, the eyes of Executive Chino are as beautiful as gems!" The gods are above, he is so cute, I like this little angel-like boy the most! ”

Brooke spread his hands and sighed, "Oh~ Betty, you should be a little more reserved." ”

Everyone talked and laughed, and the topic was basically guided by Brooke, which seemed to be small talk, but in fact, the words were full of exchanges and checks and balances of political interests.

Fike was bored at this time, and didn't want to chat with a bunch of adults, so he grabbed a maid and touched her white thighs.

The little girl he is touching now should be a newcomer, and she can't let go of the aristocratic young master's teasing, and she doesn't dare to really push Fick away for fear of being punished, so she is afraid.

Fick likes this feeling that the other party wants to resist but doesn't dare, and his heart is full of a condescending sense of domination, and he is even more interested for a while.

"Young Master... Please don't... I still have a job..."

"Stop working, how about I raise you in the future? Come, let me measure your leg circumference. ”

"Don't do that, please..."

"Will you push it again?"

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."

...

Chino looked at the maid who was being molested and said loudly: "Bai Zhi, I just saw that there is a shortage of manpower in the back kitchen, you can go there to help." ”

"Yes..."Bai Zhi glanced at Chino gratefully, shrunk her shoulders and left.

But who knows, Fick grabbed her back again, continued to touch her legs, and said casually: "Whoever goes to the back kitchen is the same, you tell others to go." ”

Brooke looked sideways at the expressionless Chino, who felt that Chino would not turn his face for a little maid.

But out of influence, Brooke still said with a straight face: "Fike, let her go and come over and sit down for me." You're going to be a civil magistrate soon, don't be like a child all day. ”

In front of his father, Fike could only be obedient, let go of Bai Zhi, and sat down at the table to eat fruit boringly, his eyes still dishonestly scanning the legs of the maid in the past.

Brooke shook his head helplessly, and sighed to Chino: "If he can be half as good as you, I am willing to quit drinking for a year." ”

Chino quipped, "That's a bit of a big price, isn't it?" ”

Brooke laughed.

The two continued to chat, and Brooke looked at the guests and asked tentatively, "I remember you said that Lord Resakhar will be at the banquet tonight?" ”

Chino's mood became a little irritated: "Don't mention it, my stupid scholar wrote the wrong time on the invitation, and Lord Resahar will probably arrive at 9 o'clock in the evening. ”

"This..."Brooke was stunned, obviously not expecting such a low-level mistake from Chino's men, "Then are we going to postpone the banquet?" ”

"No, the banquet starts as normal. On the side of Lord Resahar, I will personally apologize. Chino looked out the door, his amber eyes filling with a smile, "I can't let so many guests stand and wait." ”