Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Chapter 317 Lord Hibbert

Although Ember's reason is very good, Klein is skeptical, after all, he doesn't think Ember is someone who cares about these trivial matters.

What can a dance change?
Is it because a dance can quickly bring your relationship closer, making Hazel fall in love with you?
This is obviously impossible, after all Ember is not a succubus.

There must be other reasons for him to do so.

The only question is, why?
Klein looked around while holding the champagne, his eyes swept over the guests from time to time, but he still couldn't find the key clue he thought.

Of course, there may be no reason at all, Ember really just simply doesn't want to invite Hazel to dance.

But Klein is not an ember, he needs to maintain the identity of 'Dawn Dantès', so he can't act too out of the ordinary.

At a dinner like this, the guests invite the ladies to at least one dance.

Because the purpose of the banquet itself is to socialize, and the dance at the opening of the dinner is a social dance, which is also for social service in essence.

Female guests can refuse the invitation of other male guests on the grounds that they are unwell.

But if a male guest can't find a woman willing to dance with him, he's considered 'friendless, unpopular' and at best 'unsocial'.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, it is a good choice for male guests to bring a female companion when they attend the dinner party.

If you don't have a female companion, you should invite someone you know well.

Unfortunately, during this dinner, Klein did not have many acquaintances.

The only three ladies that 'Dawn Dantès' knew were Mrs. Liana, who was one of the hosts of the dinner, Ms. Wahana, who was his etiquette teacher, and Miss Hazel, the daughter of Councilor Macht.

The latter is out of consideration, and neither is Madam Vahana.

She should have known about the secret help before. Inviting her to the first dance at this time would easily misunderstand her. It might affect the relationship between her husband and wife, and cause a lot of trouble for Dawn Dantès. Unnecessary trouble... I'm not the emperor, I like married women, no, he likes everything, in short, if you have to avoid suspicion, you have to avoid suspicion... Klein moved his eyes and looked at the congressman's couple who had finished the opening dance in the center of the hall.

"Lady Liana, can I ask you to dance?"

Dawn Dantès with white temples stepped forward and saluted with standard movements.

"of course."

Lady Liana smiled and held out her palm.

She knew that Mr. Dantès had just arrived in Backlund, and he didn't know many people. Even this was the first social dinner he attended, so it was difficult to find a lady who was willing to dance with him for the first time.

And as the host of the banquet, Mrs. Lianna will certainly not embarrass the guests, so she is also very happy to help them out.

Councilor Macht smiled and watched the two enter the dance floor, and danced briskly and lively to the melody.

He took a glass of champagne from the waiter, and caught a glimpse of Hazel standing on the edge out of the corner of his eye. There was almost a 'vacuum zone' around her, and no man tried to approach her.

Seeing this situation, Congressman Macht couldn't help sighing, feeling a little helpless in his heart.

Their family has held many dinner parties, and most of the guests are not the first time.And most of these people tried to invite Hazel at the previous dinner party, but she refused all of them on the grounds of being 'unwell'.

The result is now like this -

Customers who have already been eaten up won't invite Hazel out of boredom.And the guests who come to the dinner party for the first time will basically not take the initiative to invite Hazel.In addition, Hairouer has never been invited, and most of the new guests can guess what's going on, knowing that the possibility of being rejected is very high, so naturally they won't be bored.

After all, in this kind of social place, being rejected often has serious consequences.

He thought, and turned his gaze to the embers on the other side of the hall.

The Viscount Black was also alone, standing on the edge of the hall watching the other people dancing on the dance floor, but he didn't have the slightest idea of ​​participating in it, which made Councilor Macht a little puzzled.

Although the other party, like Dwayne Dantès, came to their family's social dinner for the first time.

But just now he had a very happy conversation with Hazel, even to the point where Macht worried that Hazel would get too close to him.But now the other party doesn't have any intention of inviting Hazel, could it be that he was too scared to invite him?
Senator Macht thought for a moment, preparing to circle from the edge of the dance floor to the embers.

A qualified host would not let any guest be rude, he was going to help Viscount Black out of the siege, and took the initiative to take him to invite Hazel to dance for the first time.As for whether this will quickly heat up their relationship, Mr. Macht thinks it will not, after all, he knows his own daughter's character.

But before Councilor Macht could speak, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a handsome man with brilliant blond hair holding a glass of red wine and walking towards the Viscount Black with a smile on his face.

Senator Macht stopped in his tracks and lowered his eyebrows slightly.

He knew the blond man—

Not surprisingly, the other party should be the one with the highest status among the guests present.

Because he is the eldest son of the Earl of East Chester, Hibbert Hall, a future Earl!

He knew Viscount Black?
Earl Hall's fief is in East Chester County, which is also in the north, adjacent to Winter County.

Judging from the current situation, they obviously knew each other before.

Could it be that the family fiefdoms of the two parties are very close to each other, so the relationship is relatively close?

Councilor Macht was not sure about their relationship, so he didn't come forward immediately, but watched silently from the sidelines.
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Hibbert Hall greeted with a smile:

"Ash, long time no see. You haven't been a guest at my house for a long time."

Ember raised his wine glass to touch him, and said with a smile:
"To be exact, four months."

Hibbert drank the lipstick wine and joked:

"My mother has been thinking about you recently, and Audrey also wants to see you very much. If you have time recently, come to my house and have a meal together."

Ember put down the wine glass, thought for a while and said:

"I have time tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

After receiving an affirmative answer, Hibbert showed a satisfied smile, and then asked curiously:
"You know Senator Macht?"

"do not know."

Ember shook her head and explained:
"I met Dawn Dantès a few times when I was in South Wales. I asked him to bring me to this dinner. How about you?"

"Ok?"

Hibbert immediately realized the hidden meaning in the other party's words——

Having known each other for so long, Hibbert knew that Ember was not the kind of person who liked to socialize.As long as Ember has this idea, then he can definitely participate in the dance held by the upper nobles of Loen.

So he would not let a businessman whom he had only met a few times take him to a dinner party hosted by a congressman for no reason.

And thinking of Ember's identity, Hibbert can probably guess the reason.

Among the guests of this dinner party, there seems to be a very dangerous Extraordinary hidden.

But Ember didn't know these guests, and she wasn't sure which guests would come to this dinner.The only person he can be sure will attend this dinner is the host of the dinner, the Macht family.

That is to say, there is a Extraordinary hidden in Congressman Macht's house?
If it's just an ordinary Beyonder, Ember shouldn't need to go out in person, after all, it's not uncommon for the upper class to raise Beyonders.As long as there is no accident, the church and the royal family generally will not intervene.

Unless the Extraordinary sequence of Congressman Macht's family is very high, there is a high probability that it will cause unimaginable damage!
Hibbert quickly sorted out the ins and outs of the matter, and said with a smile:

"I'm different from you. You also know that I'm the Chief Secretary of the Air Pollution Investigation Committee. Congressman Macht has always been a strong supporter of this aspect. Many air pollution-related bills were introduced with his help."

After a few minutes, a woman finished her first dance, walked up to the two of them, smiled and said:

"Hibert, what are you talking about?"

Hibbert immediately introduced the two of them:
"Ash, this is Mary Short, the largest shareholder of Coym Corporation, and a member of the Air Pollution Investigation Committee."

"Mary, this is Viscount Ash Black from Wintershire. His family history is even longer than that of the Hall family."

After a pause, Hibbert smiled again and said:

"Speaking of which, Ash should also be a shareholder of Coim Corporation. I suggested Ash invest in Coim Corporation last year. I originally planned to do it myself, but because I was busy promoting the bill at the time, I could only hand over the matter to the following people. Ash, how much did you invest at that time?"

Ember took a sip of champagne, thought for a while and said:

"Ten thousand gold pounds, it's been too long, and I can't remember clearly."

Hibbert did tell him about it at the time, so he just voted a little bit—well, some of it was borrowed from Audrey.

Mary Short looked surprised and said softly:

"Yes, 10 pounds. Viscount Black already owned [-]% of the company's shares when he invested."

As Coim's largest shareholder, Mary Short owns 20% of the company.But at that time, she was still busy divorcing her husband, and didn't put most of her thoughts on handling company affairs, so even if there was a change in the company's equity, she didn't understand it in detail at the time.

Afterwards, when she learned that 10% of the company's shares belonged to a Mr. Ash Black, she actually thought about visiting Mr. Ash, but it was a pity that the other party owned 10% of Coim's shares, but never visited the company in person.

If it wasn't for the fact that the 10% of the shares actually belonged to the other party, Mary would have wondered if there was such a person.And she never expected that she would meet this shareholder under such circumstances.

Hibbert joked:
"It seems that my vision is quite accurate. This investment is very cost-effective."

Mary Sean's expression was a bit complicated. Coim Company was originally a small company that could barely make a little money, but as the pollution in Backlund intensified and the demand for anthracite and charcoal increased, Coim Company expanded rapidly. It has grown and gradually become a top ten large company in the industry in the capital area.

By the time the Viscount Black invested last year, the overall value of the Coim Company had already reached 10 gold pounds.

In the past few months, with the successive promulgation of air pollution-related bills, the demand for anthracite and high-quality charcoal has greatly increased. The development of Coim Company has surpassed the previous years of hard work, and the overall value is said to have exceeded 25 gold pounds!
In other words, the 1 gold pounds invested by Ember last year is now worth at least [-] gold pounds.

The rate of return of 150% is far beyond most investments on the market!Is this more than a bargain?
But this is not because Hibbert's vision is accurate, but because he is actually a relevant interest group.

As the chief secretary of the Air Pollution Investigation Board, Hibbert also contributed to the introduction of those related bills.And as the instigator of all this, how could Hibbert fail to find business opportunities?
Although he himself needed to avoid suspicion because of his identity, he did not invest in Kaim Company.After all, the Coim Company sounds like a giant, with a total value of more than 25 gold pounds, but the Hall family is even bigger, and its wealth is calculated in tens of millions of gold pounds!
Although it is obvious to the naked eye that the status has not come, the overall value of the Coim Company will continue to rise, and it is even expected to break through the [-] gold mark, but it is still less than one percent of the Hall family.

Compared with this small amount of money from the Coim Company, Hibbert's political future is obviously more important.

So Mary never knew that the shareholder of her company was actually a friend of Hibbert, and even the other party was the Coim Company that invested in Hibbert's recommendation.

And from the words of this Viscount Black, it can be known that the other party did not take the ten thousand gold pounds seriously at all, but just regarded it as a leisurely move, and it does not matter even if the investment lost money, so the other party, as a shareholder of the Coim Company, , but never asked about the company's operating status!
Mary Sean's expression became more and more complicated, even though she holds 20% of the shares of Coim Company and her total assets exceed [-] pounds.But even for her, [-] gold pounds in cash is not something that can be taken out casually, it accounts for one-fifth of her total wealth!

And you must know that most of the nobles, those viscounts and barons, may not have as much assets as Mary Xiaon, and there are even many nobles who are burdened with huge debts and are on the verge of bankruptcy.

So it's no wonder that the Viscount Black and Hibbert had a good chat. Their family strength may be very similar. Hibbert even admitted that the Viscount Black's family has a longer history than the Hall family. The ancient aristocracy that already existed.

For this part of the nobles, the level of the title is meaningless, because their actual status is often several levels higher than the title!

Looking at the expression on Mrs. Mary's face, Hibbert could probably guess what she was thinking.

But he didn't pay attention, but was thinking about who in the hall was the most likely source of danger——

He didn't ask Ember if he needed help, because he found Bishop Elektra and the man in black trench coat beside him.Hibbert was no stranger to this attire, and the Nighthawks who protected them all wore the same attire.

Compared with the Church of Evernight, which has a large number of Extraordinary beings, his 'magician' who only has Sequence 7 is nothing at all.

One more is not more, and one less is not less.

Since he doesn't need his help, Hibbert has to think about how not to disturb the Church of Evernight's actions.

After all, among so many people present, his status is undoubtedly the most noble.

Once that potentially dangerous Extraordinary exploded, he would definitely be taken as a hostage.

But since Ember didn't remind him to leave early, it means that although the danger level of this matter is high, it should not be urgent.

There is no need to worry too much.

(End of this chapter)