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"Yes." Julian nodded. The wariness that arose when he saw a stranger dropped a lot because of the friendliness of the stranger. "There are a lot of things that I haven't seen before."

"Then you must take this opportunity to try it."

At this time, another person appeared behind Julian.Before the boy could recover, he saw the person behind him put something that looked like a shellfish into his plate, "Have you ever seen this? It was caught in the cold sea in the north, and only a few Only fresh ones can be eaten raw, and the taste is delicious.”

"This one is also very good. Blue lobsters are rare. If you don't take them, they will disappear."

Seeing the sudden appearance of Cheng Yaojin, the young man who hit up Julian at the beginning quit. He also put a large piece of lobster meat on Julian's plate. "Try it, it's unbelievably sweet."

"Blue lobster is not a very unusual thing." The person behind curled his lips, pointed to another long table and said, "The dish I recommend the most this time is over there. Look, the one with the chef cooking it. Thinly sliced ​​fat-rich sea beef, lightly grilled, and served with a little salt, it really melts in your mouth, you will like it. Come, I will take you there..."

"Wait." The young man at the beginning stopped the man who wanted to take Julian away, and said, "Sea beef is so oily, you should like lighter dishes, right? I recommend the soup there, which is made of various sea vegetables Boil it, serve it with freshly fried fish pieces, and the texture of the freshly fried batter dipped in a little soup is very interesting, come with me..."

Julian was completely stunned. Having never encountered such a scene, he looked at the two youths who were about to quarrel with some helplessness.At this time, another person came next to him: "Don't listen to them, it's really ugly, come on, let me show you around and introduce you..."

"No, that, I..."

Julian held the plate and wanted to back away, but found that no matter which direction he went, he would bump into people.There was a drum in his heart, he was careless just now because he saw the food, but now he can feel the messages of strong or weak desires from the people around him.This feeling should be disgusting, but he felt a strange relief-it was his bloody blood, and Julian frowned, suppressing that feeling.

"I... that... I'll go first." He lowered his head, muttering, trying to squeeze out of the crowd, "Excuse me...excuse me..."

"Don't go, you're hungry, I'll take you..."

"Hey, don't be angry, come on..."

Seeing that he was about to leave, the two people who were still facing each other held him at the same time, Julian was startled and almost dropped the plate in his hand on the ground.He shook his head and said in a panic: "No, that, uh, I, I just remembered something..."

"I'm full and talking about everything." One of them smiled, "Come on, I'm sorry we had some disputes just now, but everything is settled, we can introduce you to you together."

"That's right, that's right, let's go..."

Although Julian knew nothing about social life, he could feel emotions, and he knew that the two people's attentions were definitely not innocent.Just when the teenager was thinking hard about how to get out of this troublesome scene, a familiar voice saved him.

"Julian, you are here."

It's Dai Ning!

Julian just turned his head, and before he had time to respond, he saw Dai Ning walking towards him quickly.Dai Ning took his plate and said, "Really, didn't His Royal Highness tell you to go to him first after the speech? Why are you so greedy?"

"Huh? Yes..." Julian didn't react for a while and wanted to ask, but he felt a light kick on his calf by Dai Ning. "...Oh, yes, look, I forgot..." He quickly changed his words, escaped from the clutches of the two youths, and hid behind his friend in two steps.

"sorry for bothering."

The red-haired boy nodded to the two youths, showing an impeccable and perfect smile, "Julian also wants to chat with the two of you, but I really have something important to do, let's have a good chat next time we have a chance to meet. Have a nice evening, both of you."

After finishing speaking, he nodded politely to the two, pulled Julian, and quickly left the scene of the incident.

The crisis is temporarily lifted.Julian followed Dai Ning, and couldn't help but secretly asked, "Your Highness...you really need to find me, right?"

"No, really." Dai Ning stuffed the plate back to him, and the two returned to the place that belonged to Enos. Julian immediately saw the eldest prince sitting at the table waving to him.He walked over nervously, and the maid who was at the table helped him to pull out the chair, and he sat down neatly, feeling agitated.

"Ah." Yaqibel sighed softly, and said in a low voice, "Sure enough, your face will cause trouble."

"Very...sorry." Julian apologized softly.

"It's not your fault. But you'd better stay in this area, don't go out anymore. You can ask the maid to bring it back for you..."

"Don't be so troublesome, Your Highness, I can just come." Dai Ning also sat down beside him, and stretched his neck to join the conversation, "At most, bring someone to help me get it."

Aceh Bell looked at him and nodded in agreement. "Yeah. Anyway, Dai Ning, look at Julian. I'm busy, so I may not be able to notice from time to time. There are some unsolvable problems..."

The eldest prince said this, and looked at the black-haired guard standing behind him, "It's the same for Grom."

The black-haired guard didn't speak, just looked at the two of them and nodded slightly.

"Okay, I have to go. Enjoy the party and have fun."

Yaqibeier got up, nodded and greeted other people who were still eating or chatting, a rather happy mage raised a glass to him with a smile, and said loudly: "Your Highness, don't worry, I'm sure I can eat well." Have fun and eat Olsen!"

"You should be merciful, Lord Glass, I'm really overwhelmed and I can't explain it." The eldest prince replied with a smile.Everyone present laughed out loud, even Glass laughed happily, and the fat all over his body trembled.

After watching Yaqibeier leave with the guard named Grom behind him, Dai Ning patted Julian on the shoulder and stood up, "Then I'll get you something. The dishes on the plate You eat to fill your stomach first, I will be back soon."

"It's really troublesome for you." Julian felt weird and depressed.He had thought that he would make a mistake because he didn't understand social etiquette, and he was already mentally prepared, but in the end this "mistake" was completely beyond his expectations... Now he is ordered by the eldest prince to sit obediently, and he can't even eat. It is really boring to bother Dai Ning to get it back.

"It's easier to help you get food than to drag you out of the crowd... Hey, don't have that kind of face, I'm just kidding." Dai Ning laughed a few times, then waved to a maid as a sign She followed and wandered out to get dinner for herself and Julian.

Julian sighed softly, picked up the cutlery, and silently ate the food on the plate.The lobster is indeed very fresh and sweet, and the thing that looks like a shell is also quite delicious. Several cold dishes with shrimp, crab and fish as the main ingredients are also delicious.Julian licked his lips, feeling a little comforted in his low mood.

"Don't worry about it, the ones who stalked you just now are some of Orson's famous sluts. Normally, they don't attend this kind of banquet. It's not fun for them, but they just popped up today."

A muffled voice sounded beside Julian.The voice was a little strange, and Julian turned around and saw a man in a black robe sitting down beside him.After recognizing the identity of the visitor, the boy was really startled.

"Master Mandron!"

He wanted to get up and salute, but Manderon held his shoulders.The man smiled and said, "You don't have to stand up. It's not so polite at mealtime. Sit down."

"Okay, okay. Thank you."

Julian was nervous as hell.Why did Manderon suddenly... what about Carter?From the corner of his eye, he secretly forgot his surroundings, and he saw Carter put down the knife and fork and looked in his direction.

"Your name is Julian, right? The only orphan apprentice, this reputation is quite resounding. Don't worry, His Royal Highness Azibel didn't let you go out, just because he was afraid that you would get into trouble. After all, I heard that your sponsor is not young. , Your Highness the First Prince doesn't want to offend easily either."

Mandron's attitude was very friendly, but when he heard the word "sponsor", Julian couldn't help raising his guard, "Sorry, that, about the sponsor, I can't..."

"It's okay, it's okay." Before he finished speaking, the great magician waved his hand, "Some things are sick if you know them. If you don't know, relax. Don't tell me, I won't ask, how about it?"

"…thank you."

Julian opened his mouth blankly, he didn't expect this topic to be covered so easily.Mandron raised his glass and winked at him, "No thanks. This counts as our appointment? Don't ask, don't tell."

"OK."

The boy picked up the cup and lightly touched the man's.He smiled with relief, and Manderon squinted at him and smiled slightly.Then, the man looked in a certain direction, and he stared for a long while.Julian followed his gaze suspiciously, and finally realized that Manderon was looking at his ring.

"This... is yours?"

The great magician stared at the ring, took a sip of wine, and asked.

"Uh, not really."

Julian was a little uncomfortable. He took the wine glass in another hand, and moved the hand with the ring to the shadow under the table, "This...a grown-up gave it to me...and lent it to me."

"Borrow yours?"

"Because, because I want to attend this meeting, he said, let me borrow this first... I will pay him back when I go back." Julian said vaguely.

"Oh, it looks pretty." Mandron smiled. "Although it is not an enchanted gem, it should be a good magic item. There are many people in the summit these days, and the hands are mixed, and they are all unfamiliar. place, be careful not to lose it.”

"Well, I'll pay more attention."

Seeing that Manderon didn't intend to continue asking, Julian secretly heaved a sigh of relief.Manderon then chatted with him for a while, and instead of mentioning the ring or the patron, they talked about magic.This is where Julian's interests and expertise lie. He was so excited that he was still a little bit unsatisfied when the topic came to an end and Mendelun left and returned to the seat next to Carter.

"What's the matter? I see you happy."

At this time, Dai Ning came back with two three-tier shelves, and the maid behind him also carried two.All kinds of dishes were placed on the plate according to the different tastes of hot and cold. Julian swallowed his saliva. He didn't notice it just because he was chatting happily, but when he smelled the aroma, he realized that he was extremely hungry and hungry.

"Lord Manderon came to chat just now." He explained briefly, and hurriedly took off a plate and pulled it in front of him, "What is this? Fish?"

"It's fish, put cheese on it and bake it, it's delicious, try it soon... Wait, you said Lord Manderon came just now?"

"Yeah, we talked a lot, and he also said that my concept and talent are very good." Julian cut a piece of fish and stuffed it into his mouth, "It's delicious!"

"Please, can you be a little proud of gifted students? Don't let anyone tell you that you are very talented and be happy. If you don't have talent, then who has talent." Dai Ning rolled his eyes and took off the The plate is opened and eaten. "Forget it, let's talk about everything after we are full... Ah, look at this, huge shrimp..."

"It's really big!"

Julian happily enjoyed the food, completely forgetting the low mood just now.Carter, who was not far away, secretly glanced at Manderon beside him, and looked at Julian, who was in harmony with each other. The hand holding the fork trembled slightly, and the knuckles were turning white...

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I slightly modified the last paragraph of the previous episode, if you feel that it is not connected, you can switch back to chapter 31 and watch it XD.