With this thought in mind, Alice stood on the bed and tried to make a curtsey.Her ankle was still a little sore, so she didn't complete the entire movement, but even after trying once, Alice understood that this movement was not easy to do.

And without wearing a long skirt, this action looks really ugly.

"But since this is what I do when I'm wearing a dress, it shouldn't be a problem if I'm a little lazy, right? The skirt is so long anyway, and my legs can't be seen."

This idea is indeed tempting, but after thinking about it carefully, wouldn't it be embarrassing if she was lazy and exposed.Alice patted her face and threw away the idea of ​​being lazy.

"Shua la la".

The sound of turning books could be heard intermittently in the room, and Alice seemed to have returned to the time when she was in the academy, cramming for exams.

In this way, Alice was immersed in the ocean of learning all afternoon.

And the next day, a new Alice Black was "born".

On the way out of the dedicated dressing room to the lobby, Alice kept pinching the hem of her skirt uncomfortably.The clothes she had brought with her had been discarded because they did not meet the "dress code" and now lay pathetically at the bottom of her trunk.

And the clothes she is wearing now were prepared for her by a maid.

However, although this light blue low-necked dress fit well, the hem of the dress was very large and also unusually heavy.

Alice could only reluctantly lift up the hem of her skirt to prevent herself from stepping on it when walking.

But speaking of it, this skirt doesn’t have its flaws. At least it doesn’t come with a corset...

"Why are you dressed like this?" Vician saw Alice walking from the other end of the corridor. After seeing the skirt on her body, he became confused.

Alice, who was immersed in fiddling with her skirt, said "Huh?". She raised her head and saw her three companions looking at her with puzzled eyes.

Looking from left to right, the clothes of Caschia and Ivan Bell have not changed much, only Vician has changed the most.However, even the clothes he was wearing didn't look too gorgeous.

"Isn't that right? But this suit was given to me by the maid?" Alice replied blankly.

Vician reacted for a while, and then asked Alice: "Wait, I seem to understand. Is there another set of clothes next to your suit? Is there a note next to the suit suitable for what occasion?"

Alice thought about it after hearing this. When she was called to the dressing room, the maid inside stretched out her hand to indicate the clothes she had placed on the stool.After Alice picked up her clothes, she found that the maid had withdrawn at some point.

At that time, Alice just shrugged a little strangely, then picked up the dress and put it on.But now think about it, next to that dress...

It does seem like there is another set of clothes.

Alice was stunned for a while, and then she suddenly said, "Yes! It seems like it really is!"

"Then hurry up and change clothes. Remember to hurry, the opening ceremony is about to begin." Wei Xi'an took out his pocket watch and took a look. The pointer of the pocket watch pointed at 9 o'clock.Seeing that the ceremony was about to begin in an hour, Vician began to urge Alice to move quickly.

"I-I'll be right back!" Alice lifted up her skirt and turned around in a panic and ran to the dressing room.

The too-long skirt was really in the way. Alice lost her balance and fell forward with her left foot and right foot.Just when her nose was about to come into close contact with the floor, a pair of hands came around her from behind and hugged her firmly.

Alice's heart skipped a beat, and she looked down while maintaining the position of being hugged.The hand around her waist was very slender and white, and there were visible scars on the skin of her arm.

This shouldn't be a man's hand. Alice stood firm, then turned back to thank the person who helped her.

"Thank you, Ivan!" Alice thanked Ivan Bell.

But Ivan Bell seemed to be in a trance, and she did not respond to Alice immediately.But after a few seconds, he blinked and replied: "It doesn't matter."

Ivan Bell's expression at this time was actually like that of the man who almost fell.She retracted her hand in a daze, but her eyes involuntarily lingered on Alice's exposed neck.

There was a voice whispering to Ivan Bell, telling her to tear the other person's neck and let her warm blood flow into her throat.

"Her existence is a mistake. You should kill her. This way you don't have to face the fate of destruction."

"Rip her throat, suck her blood, leave scars on her body! Just like you did to them!"

"Go quickly! Go quickly! What are you waiting for!?"

Such a voice filled Ivan Bell's mind. The result of being entangled with such a voice was that she gradually accepted it.

"I'm going to kill her..."

Chilling thoughts emerged, and Ivan Bell had the urge to pounce on Alice, but the will remaining in her body stopped her.

"I have to go to the toilet..." Ivan Bell said in a panic. Before Alice could stop her, she had already turned around and ran away.

Alice looked at Ivan Bell's retreating back with confusion. She asked the remaining two people: "What happened to Ivan?"

Vician and Caschia looked at each other and shook their heads in confusion.

Ivan Bell's strange reaction is just a small episode now, and the entire Poseidon Festival is still proceeding in an orderly manner.

After Alice and Ivan Bell returned to the hall, Vician led everyone to the venue for the opening ceremony.

Everyone was in high spirits, except for Ivan Bell and Caschia, who walked at the end of the team with strange expressions on their faces.

Caschia walked beside Ivan Bell, as the leader of the "hunt" a few days ago.He has a responsibility to care for his companions.

"Are you feeling unwell? If not, I will go and tell Wei Xi'an and ask you to stay in the room and rest."

"I'm fine, I'm not injured or sick. I'm fine, I'm normal..." Ivan Bell repeated over and over again, shaking her head at Caschia without refutation.

"But... forget it, if you get sick, you must not delay treatment."

"Even if I get sick, I don't need to go to a priest. I just need to wait for a while and I will recover."

Caschia glanced at her disapprovingly, then patted her shoulder helplessly and said, "Don't force it."

Ivan Bell suddenly felt inexplicably irritable. She shook off Caschia's hand on her shoulder, said "None of your business!" and walked in the direction of Alice.

This time it was Caschia's turn to be confused. Ivan Bell's behavior was too abnormal. He thought he might have to find someone to discuss it with someone after the opening ceremony.

—TBC—

189 Strange Phenomenon

The opening ceremony of the Poseidon Festival was held in the east of Les Penault City.

As the two kings, Vician and Thaddeus will ride on the sea monster horse, and then lead their respective knights to set off from the ports on both sides of the city gate and run around the entire Les Penor on the sea level.

Now, Alice and her party arrived at the first stop of the opening ceremony without stopping: the East City Gate.

As soon as she arrived near the East City Gate, Alice found that the atmosphere here became completely different.Compared to the joyful and joyful atmosphere at the city gate, this place seemed depressing and solemn. The whole street was eerily quiet, as if you could clearly hear the sound of a brooch falling to the ground.

When she actually walked to the city gate, she understood why there was such a change.

Hundreds of knights were divided into two columns, standing on both sides of the street. Their majestic appearance was intimidating.This is also the reality. The residents and tourists in the city only dare to stand behind the knight, and no one has the courage to cross this "dividing line".

Alice quietly observed the surroundings, and she discovered that the knights in the queue were all wearing the same style of armor, except that the colors of the capes on the backs of the two teams were different.

One side is white and one side is blue.With this color combination and a special coat of arms, people can recognize which country they are loyal to no matter where they go.

The neat queue of knights separated the crowd, and only Visian and his party could walk on the entire street.

They walked all the way to the city gate and finally stopped in front of the group of knights.After seeing their kings arriving, the two knights at the front of their respective queues walked out with regular steps.

The two people who came out were the knight captains of the two knights: Farrell Stotard and Jude Royal.

Alice has seen Farrell's words many times.It's just that they have never met Knight Commander Jude before. Today can be said to be the day they first met him.

But think about it, after all, Jude Royal has never been back to Les Penaud since he took over the border defense job until today.

When the two knight captains saw their kings arriving at the scene, they immediately took off their helmets and walked out of the queue to kneel before their kings.

"Farrell Stotard, the leader of the Knights of the Golden String, led all the knights to the scene. There are 50 people in the group, and no one is absent!"

"Jude Royal, the leader of the Holy Moon Crown Knights, led all the knights to the scene. There are 50 people in the group, and no one is absent!"

Farrell and Thaddeus lowered their heads and reported in unison.

After they finished their report, there was a loud "Ta!", and the knights in the two queues stepped on the spot at the same time, and then sent forward the flags they held in their right hands.

The national flags originally wrapped around the flagpole spread out, and each pair of sea-blue flags overlapped each other, forming a passage near the city gate.

"Well, get up." Vician nodded to Farrell, and Thaddeus did the same to Jude.

After receiving the king's approval, Farrell and Jude put on their helmets again and returned to the previous queue.

After they returned to their positions, Visian continued to lead the people behind him. They passed through the passage composed of flags and arrived at the port outside the city gate.

On the way from the city gate to the port, no one dared to speak. The only sound was the footsteps of the knights coming from behind them.

After arriving at the port, the next step is the official opening ceremony.As a guest, it was enough for Alice, like everyone else, to just watch quietly.She and her companions stood on the left side of the harbor bridge, while Tania and Old Victor stood on the right side.

Of course, this is also a position arranged according to the rules, but I won’t repeat it here.

The entire opening ceremony was very simple. Vishian and Thaddeus, each riding their own siren horse, set off from different places.In just a blink of an eye, the two of them and the knights disappeared on the other side of the sea level.

About ten minutes later, the Siren Horse rode on the waves and brought the person back to the original place.The scene of hundreds of people rushing from the sea was quite shocking. Alice couldn't hide her inner surprise and said a little "ah".

Fortunately, no one at the scene paid much attention to this matter. After Vician and Thaddeus got off their horses and returned to the bridge, the whole ceremony ended.

This may have ended too suddenly. Alice was still thinking about the scene she just saw, so her pace slowed down and she gradually walked in line with Ivan Bell.

Ivan Bell has been absent-minded from the beginning. She did not pay attention to the opening ceremony. So when Alice asked her: "The knights were so handsome just now! Ivan, right?" She didn't answer for a while. No reply was given.

No matter how dull a person is, they can still see something strange about Ivan Bell.Alice, like Caschia, also began to worry about Ivan Bell's physical condition.

In order to confirm whether Ivan Bell had a fever, Alice put the back of her hand on Ivan Bell's forehead and tried to measure her temperature.

As soon as Alice's hand touched Ivan Bell, Ivan Bell's pupils shrank.Although she is a half-vampire, her normal appearance is no different from that of an ordinary human being.But now, her pupils were shrinking and became thin and long. At the same time, she grinned and bared her fangs at Alice.

The four fangs seemed to be longer than before, which made Ivan Bell look like a "complete" vampire.

If you draw its current appearance, you can basically add it to the "Appearance of a Vampire" column in the encyclopedia.

"Ivan? Ivan?" Alice patted Ivan Bell's forehead.

As if due to the pain caused by the slap, Ivan Bell began to squeeze out a few low growls from his throat.Then, Ivan Bell was stunned for a moment, and the fangs and eyes in his mouth slowly returned to their original appearance.

"Snapped!"

Ivan Bell slapped Alice's hand away, and she quickly walked away from Alice and blended into the team in front.

"Really...what's going on!?" Alice angrily rubbed the back of her red hands and stuck out her tongue at Ivan Bell's figure.

On the other side, Caschia spotted Ivan Bell, and he turned his head and looked behind him.Ivan Bell's face looked worse than an hour ago. In addition, her breathing also became unstable, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, as if she was holding back something.

Caschia looked away, he stepped forward and said in Vician's ear: "Come with me later, something seems wrong with Ivan Bell."

Wei Xi'an did not reply, but after looking at Ivan Bell, he softly replied: "I understand, do you want me to prepare something?"

"I'm not sure yet...don't worry about it for now."

"it is good."

After explaining to each other, Vician turned his head back, while Caschia retreated from his ear.

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