Half-elf Notebook

I have to say, it is worthy of being a dinner party to entertain distinguished guests.

The variety of food is richer than before, and it is delicious and tasty.

Even the expensive fruits and seafood in the North were now as cheap as ice cream, filling up two ten-meter-long tables covered with white tablecloths.

When Shu Xi swallowed the last piece of grilled steak on the plate, a voice called him at the right time:

"What did the Conservative Viscount say?"

A cool man with neat clothes and outstanding temperament walked out of the crowd.

He wore almost no precious jewels on his body.

Only the right hand is covered with a large number of luxurious ornaments, which are inconsistent with his simple and steady gentleman image.

With his left hand open, a silver pocket watch engraved with a pattern of interlaced swords and roses was revealed, showing others the extraordinary status of his identity.

"What can I say? Just a greeting. That's what every proper gentleman and well-educated lady would do, isn't it?"

Shu Xi picked up two more pieces of cake and placed them on his plate.

Then, he smiled and looked into Burke's eyes.

Shu Xi was not confused by the question Burke asked.

A journey of thousands of kilometers begins with every step you take at this moment.

Only by understanding the necessary details can you control the overall situation.

This is one of the strange creeds that every powerful person who wants to control the overall situation believes in.

Of course, he knew Burke was a self-aware man.

I won't be like a private detective, writing these down and wasting time on meaningless thinking.

He asked, mostly out of casualness, as a bad habit of playing with power and intrigue.

Anyway, this is the actual situation. I have told you everything I know. Believe it or not... Shu Xi muttered in his heart.

"Trust you and your judgement."

Burke raised his eyebrows slightly but didn't ask any further questions.

Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with Shu Xi's attitude.

But he really didn't expect to get any useful information from the conversation between the two.

"Trust my judgment?"

Shu Xi's thoughts were active, but he just smiled bitterly:

"What did I do?"

The intuition constructed by his almost tangible mental power vaguely told him that Burke had other intentions.

But Shu Xi did not choose to delve deeper, just like the saying that he and Rick both believed in.

Ignorance is the best way to avoid getting caught up in it.

Just as he was enjoying the silky, sweet cake melting in his mouth.

It seemed that he couldn't stand Shu Xi's laziness.

Burke asked again suddenly:

"Guardian work?"

"Ah?" Shu Xi was not able to react to the sudden change of topic for a moment.

"Guardian duty." Burke repeated the two words again:

"I heard it's 200 gold coins a day. Lord Effinic probably doesn't want to spend a quarter of a baron's annual income to hire seven days of guards to idle around the periphery."

"Why are you just sitting around doing nothing after having a meal?"

Shu Xi was so angry that he laughed:

"As one of the seven viscounts, how dare you not stay with the Seventh Princess and chat with an idler like me? Also, you have heard a lot of news."

He glanced at the guests in the hall, who were dancing with their partners as the music played, and asked unhappily:

"How many knights of the Order of the Shining Blade do you think are standing in this hall?"

Burke, who was only a junior bronze-level knight, simply opened his mouth but was unable to answer.

Listen to Shu Xi continue:

"Fifty-three, twenty-five on the first and second floors, three accompanying the princess. The weakest on the outer layer is also at the mid-bronze level."

"Those three are even of the Silver Rank. They should be the captains of the teams within the Knights."

"If you include the guards brought by the new faction, there are five silver-level guards besides me, and more than a hundred bronze-level guards are always on guard against any unexpected events that may happen to Her Highness the Princess."

"Even if a Silver Rank assassin comes here, he can't escape, not to mention that the backgrounds of the more than 400 people here have been verified."

"As for the information, I believe you have already reviewed it."

"Instead of planning a murder here, it would be more productive to think of another way at another time, wouldn't it?"

Burke was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking about the right and wrong of his words, or as if he was pondering his answer.

After a few seconds, he looked up and asked:

"You don't want to disrupt their deployment, so you observe from the outside."

No, I just don’t want to get involved in aristocratic courtship movements and endless political discussions… Shu Xi did not deny Burke.

And as he put down the empty silver tray, asked for another drink, and prepared to make fun of the blog.

The unusual commotion and female screams attracted the attention of the two men.

It's like a misplaced note in a piece of music that ruins the entire performance.

The diffuse effect spread throughout the entire banquet.

The banquet hall with more than 400 people was not crowded. Even though the people standing apart blocked most of the view, Shu Xi still saw everything that happened from the gaps.

Blood, large amounts of blood, the scarlet liquid was like a blooming red spider lily.

Blooming in the center of the ball.

Several young nobles nearby looked at the scene and couldn't help but bend over and vomit.

At the location of the pistil, there is a corpse divided into two parts.

The white intestines flowed out of the body and lay in the still spreading pool of blood.

In line with the previous intention, the audience will focus on the lights in the center of the hall.

Now people retreated in fear, forming a circle around the center.

It was like a scene from a pre-rehearsed, absurd and terrifying stage play.

In addition to the smell of blood mixed with perfume and food aroma that spread in the warm air, it constantly reminded everyone of the truth of the matter.

Unbelievable news reached the ears of the two through the mouths of panicked guests.

"Her Royal Highness Princess Mera has disappeared."