messenger from the wasteland

Chapter 15 Royal City Feast, Knight's Laugh

After Hillman left, Chu stood alone in the hall. Facing the mirror, she quietly looked at herself for a long time.

She didn't even stand aside when Hillman was handling official business. No one knew what she did that afternoon.

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Three days later, Reinhardt's royal feast officially began.

Fine wine piled up in every corner of the street, the barrels almost filled the street, the houses were connected with golden and red ribbons, and the flags on the castle were flying in the wind.In the harsh sunlight, the town was dressed up in its most beautiful appearance.

People came out of the houses and gathered on the street. This is the queen's banquet, and the queen gave this feast to everyone in the royal city.

The palace band, country bards, and traveling bands all gathered in town squares and roadsides, playing and singing melodious poems, singing songs of the kingdom, and telling stories of victory.

Children chase and fight, lovers hold hands intimately, men lean on the barrels on the street to drink, women gather together and sing to the music, old people stand on crutches and look at the youthful people and the towns. Kind smile.

In the largest central square of Wangcheng, clean white marble fountains spouted water, the road paved with stone slabs was wide and flat, and exquisite statues stood on both sides surrounding this endless square.

Countless delicious foods are displayed together, all of which are free, can be taken at will, and provided to anyone.A few naughty children had already started to steal food before the banquet started, and the soldiers standing by just pretended not to see it.

This square will be the center of the banquet. The nobles of the royal palace gather here. They enjoy the banquet with the common people. No one will have any objections. The feast of the whole city is Reinhardt’s tradition. Even the Queen will come in person. What's wrong with them?

Some kind ladies and ladies will give sweets to the children of the common people, and the lords will also give a silver coin or two to the beggars on the street.

Reinhardts love banquets so much that almost no one in any country can understand why they love them so much, and every Reinhardt enjoys them to their heart's content.

Although there is only one day, in this day, there will be no suffering, no estrangement, and no conflict.Everyone is equal and everyone deserves respect.Enjoying a banquet is everyone's right.

In the middle of the square is a circular platform higher than the square.

The platform is several meters high and is connected with steps. This high platform was built by Reinhardt in the first year of the founding of the country.

In that year, the first royal city feast was held. The king announced the establishment of the country on the high platform, and shared the grand ceremony with all the citizens on the high platform.

And it will be the same today. I heard that the queen will dance for everyone on this high platform with the heroes of the war, as the opening of the grand ceremony.

Everyone is looking forward to it. This is the first time their queen has danced since she ascended the throne. At the same time, they are also looking forward to seeing what the Lord Knight of the Kingdom, who is called the Dark Knight in the mainland, will look like when dancing.

Accompanied by some interesting topics at the banquet, most of the kings in previous years performed dances for the people with their queens, so some people wondered whether it would be the same this time.

The stories of heroes and kings are always so interesting.

It might be the cream-mouthed child who stole the third cake, or it might be a poet by a fountain who sang the most beautiful lines of poetry.

On the square, the palace band started to play music, and other sounds began to dissipate little by little.

First a solemn sonata, and then a brisk progression.

In the street, by the dining table, by the wine barrels, and in the windows of the houses next to the square, all eyes are focused on the platform in the center of the square.

Residents in the town began to gather towards this side of the square, some were still eating, some were still holding wine glasses, some were leaning against the balcony windows, some were carrying their children on their shoulders .

Without exception, they all looked at the platform seriously, waiting for the start of the feast and the arrival of their king.

Finally, in the midst of everyone's attention, Hillman, wearing a crown and a bright red dress, walked down the steps to the platform.

She was holding the arm of a person. It was a person wearing a black dress. Unfortunately, it was a little far away, and most people couldn't see her clearly, but people knew that it was the rumored Dark Knight.

One of the two great knights of the kingdom, the new idol of many children and youths in the kingdom.Contrary to the rumors on the mainland, the Reinhardts regard the black knight as a hero.

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"This is the first and last appearance of the Black Knight in the kingdom. Many people can only see her figure, but some lucky people can see her appearance clearly. Legend has it that she is a handsome and handsome woman. The female knight. So much so that in many future stories, this has become a fixed image of the black knight.

——Excerpted from "The Strange Record of the Black Knight" in the fifth year of the Apocalypse"

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As the music of the palace band entered a new chapter, the queen held the hand of the knight, bowed to the crowd, and offered a dance.

Standing on the platform, she seemed a little nervous at first, and she didn't know why she was like this. She had faced countless people who wanted to kill her in the wasteland of the apostles, and there was no wave in her heart.

But now, facing countless people who have expectations of her, she has some inexplicable emotions.

Suddenly, she felt her hand being clenched, and turned her head to find that Hillman was smiling at her.

Hillman and Chu stood together, she held Chu's warm palm, without saying a word, she took the initiative to wrap her arms around Chu's waist, and stepped on the dance steps to the music.

Chu followed quietly. She had far superior observation and physical coordination, so dancing was not difficult for her. She followed Hillman's movements precisely and proficiently.

The two look like they have been dancing partners for many years, and they have such a tacit understanding that every movement seems to overlap.

Ask the residents of Reinhardt what the dance they saw that day was like, and they'll tell you it was perfect.

The palace band was perfect, the dance of the queen and the knights was perfect, everything was perfect.It was Reinhardt's best day, and one that deserves to go down in history.

At the end of the dance, the music fades away.

The people under the platform were all fascinated. On the platform, the queen and the knight stood opposite each other.

Hillman looked at Chu with a smile, and then she was slightly taken aback.

In front of her, on Chu's expressionless face, there was a small smile, but Chu did smile.She smiled peacefully and beautifully.

"Your Majesty, am I doing the right thing?" Chu asked.

She didn't know if she was smiling correctly, but Hillman told her that at the end of the dance, she should give the other party a smile, and she would fulfill every request of the summoner.

Hillman looked a little dazed.

You know, Chu is very suitable for smiling, with a relaxed brow, matching her pair of black eyes.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Hillman would never have thought that someone would laugh so well.

It's just right, click to stop, no more and no less, just like the rare beauty encountered in a coincidence, just happen to meet, just stop to appreciate.

How strange that the people who should smile the most hardly ever smile.

Hillman stretched out his hand, gently placed it on Chu's cheek, and gave an answer with a light smile.

"not bad."

(End of this chapter)