Infrastructure starts from the game

For the nobles, the ball is the most important social behavior.

The autumn hunting ends, the wind from the north brings the first song of the winter elves, and the nobles of the human kingdom enter their exclusive social season. They will continue to hold various dances throughout the winter until the first April of the second year.

In Cecilia, no, in the entire eastern region, the highest standard is the birthday party held by the Grand Duke Roy's family for the eldest daughter Recifia. Invitation letter, especially this year the eldest lady's fiancé, His Highness the Crown Prince, also came to Cecilia City, and brought many noble children from the royal capital, which further deepened everyone's expectations.

What made people uproar was that after the crown prince arrived in the magic capital, he did not visit the duke's mansion immediately, and even ignored the invitation of the duke's daughter Recifia, and went to the abyss with another young lady to inspect the abyss intimately.

This led to all kinds of rumors.

"Sure enough, it's just that Roy's family is hot! This engagement."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't seem to think much of his fiancée from the remote east!"

"Is it a hint from His Majesty the Emperor?"

Messy gossip and rumors spread along with the ball, and some rumors even reached the Duke's house.

The heir of the Roy family, Lucini Roy, hurried through the corridor after hearing about it.

The future duke is only nine years old this year. He has slightly curly blond hair, a round face, and fair skin. He looks like the incarnation of an angel. Even every eyelash grows so cute .

It's a pity that he just walks a little faster and writes, and he is a little emotional, and his whole face is unnaturally reddish, as if he was born with a deficiency.

Seeing this, the maid behind him said anxiously: "Master, please slow down! Walking too fast is not good for your health."

Lucini ignored the maid's worries. He walked all the way to the door of the side hall of his sister Recifia's bedroom before stopping, took a few deep breaths, and knocked on the door.

Recifia is deciding what to wear for her birthday.

This is a very cumbersome project. According to the usual practice, at the birthday party every year, Recifia will change two sets of regular clothes and three sets of dresses according to the occasion. The Junction Council will be stricter on Recifia's dress. When she officially enters the social world at the age of 16, as the daughter of a duke, her clothing should not only be in line with the trend, but also be used as a guide for the next year's ladies and gentlemen. Indicators do.

Recifia doesn't dislike this.

Rather, she used to choose dresses as a way to pass the time in the long winter.

Now the eldest lady is also lazily leaning on the recliner, watching several maids who are similar in size to her keep changing their clothes, and there is a clothing consultant next to her to direct the tailor to make adjustments according to the eldest lady's wishes.

"Add a few more lace... The third era has been popular for a while, but the fashion industry has no intention of getting tired of it. Next year, it will be even more retro! Let's be bolder."

"Besides, Miss Recifia is more suitable for an exaggerated and gorgeous dress, no matter how gorgeous she is-"

Recifia watched the costume consultant's performance with cold eyes, and only noticed her brother's arrival when she heard the knock on the door.

"Lucini, why are you here?" Recifia smiled, "And why is your face so red?"

Immediately, a maid stepped forward to take the young master's cloak, wrapped him in a soft blanket, placed him on the seat next to Recifia, and brought him a cup of hot cocoa milk, as if serving Lacey Like a puppy raised by Fia.

Master Lusini was used to this kind of treatment, and he didn't resist.

Holding the warm cup, he looked at Recifia anxiously: "...Sister, are you still inviting the crown prince to the tea party?!"

Hearing the word "Crown Prince", the maids present knew that the siblings were going to talk about business, so they retreated with their clothing consultant and tailor, and only the closest maids stayed behind.

Recifia played with a pair of exquisite hand-held jewelry glasses in her hand, and said lazily: "Why don't you invite Your Highness Hyde? He is my fiance."

Lucini's face became even redder: "But, but, what they said was terrible! They said that the daughter of the dignified duke's family is upside down, the prince doesn't want to marry you at all!"

"So you also came to persuade your sister not to be so ashamed?" Recifia asked.

"Of course not!...cough cough cough cough!"

Lucini wanted to stand up excitedly, but then he let out a series of coughs, as if he was about to cough up his liver and lungs.

"Don't get excited!" Recifia hurriedly pressed her brother's body.

Lucini's personal maid panicked and took out the medicine she was carrying with her, and poured it down for her young master, and the heart-piercing cough finally stopped.

Lucini didn't care about anything else, he just hooked Recifia's sleeve, and said with red eyes: "Ahem, I didn't mean that... I mean, you don't have to wrong yourself so much..."

Seeing this, Recifia sighed secretly.

Her father always said that she was too naive, but Recifia felt that her younger brother was the real killer.

However, Lucini cannot be blamed.

The child was born prematurely and was in poor health. The grandfather's family used this as an excuse to refuse to let the duchess return to the East, and suppressed the heir of the duke's family in the royal capital for seven years. hostage.

I don't know how they raised the duke's heir. Lucini is not only in poor health, but also has a soft personality. He is very delicate and sensitive, easily influenced by others, and will easily compromise.

"I don't feel wronged!" Recifia said, "As the daughter of the Duke of the East, only His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in this country can be worthy of me!"

"However, marriage is more than status..."

"Identity is very important!" If the father had not insisted on marrying a little baron's daughter as his wife for the sake of "true love", how could he have fallen to the point where he was repeatedly held back by his grandfather's family and could not even raise his own son himself? !

Recifia said coldly.

Recifia was brought up by her grandmother. She never felt that her parents' "true love" was worthy of praise. She even openly looked down on the grandparent's family that was actually controlled by the royal family. Caught on the thigh of the duke's family and obeyed the royal family's orders, he deservedly couldn't help him up.

Lucini blinked and said aggrievedly: "But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't like you, why do you bother yourself..."

He was only nine years old and didn't understand why his father objected to his grandfather's family getting too close to the royal family, and at the same time wanted to marry his sister to the crown prince. He didn't even understand that he and his mother were being taken as hostages all the time they stayed in the king's house. .

All this is too complicated for small children.

Lucini is still stuck at the stage of "I like you, so I play with you, you hate me, so I don't play with you".

But Recifia doesn't know how to educate Lucini.

Even in Recifia's view, what Lucini said was not a problem at all.

"But I'm the daughter of the Roy family! If he doesn't like me, can he not marry me?"

"That wouldn't be happy."

"Hehehehe, the happiness of the daughter of a dignified duke cannot be decided by a single man!" Recifia said confidently.

Lucini looked up at his sister's face, he didn't understand where his sister's confidence came from.

Recifia glanced at her puppy-like brother, knowing that the other party didn't understand.

She picked up her brother from the sofa and brought him to the mirror.

In this side hall, there are several huge full-length mirrors for Recifia to choose a dress for.

Recifia placed the handheld glasses she had been holding in front of Lucini.

"Alright, let's take a look at this first!" Recifia said.

Lucini looked puzzled, he didn't understand what Recifia meant at first, but when his eyes fell on the mirror through the glasses, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The mirror reflected the figures of Recifia and Lucini, of course, but through Recifia's hand-held glasses, Lucini saw a slender young man and a beautiful woman standing in the mirror. Front.

The young man has a beautiful appearance, his facial features are exactly the same as those of Lucini, his pale face is also tinged with unhealthy red, he looks like a grown-up Lucini, but because of his slender height, Lucini still can't confirm it;

But there is nothing to question that beautiful woman.

Not to mention the arrogant eyes that look down on people, and the sturdy blond hair that looks like a spiral that will not deform, there should be no other person in the entire empire.

"That's my sister...and me?" Lucini asked hesitantly.

"This is the future queen and Duke Roy!"

Recifia raised her chin and announced proudly.

She treasured the glasses in her hands: "This pair of glasses is a birthday present from the black-robed owner of the magic gear. A pair of glasses that can see the future!"

"To be precise, it is the glasses that can see the 'ideal future'." Black Sheep read the cheat sheet in his hand and said, "It reflects the future you want, but the future is not certain, so part of it is False; but it is also the future that can be obtained after working hard based on the potential you have now, so it is also real. It depends on how you choose!"

Hmph, do you still have to choose?

There is no reason to fail in the future that Recifia wants to achieve!

This pair of glasses reflects the future!

Recifia thought so, and she said it confidently: "Look! The future has already been decided! It cannot be changed! Taking ten thousand steps back, if the crown prince really treats me badly after marriage, he will become Duke Roy, don't you have the strength to protect your sister?"

"I..." Lucini hesitated.

Before today, he didn't have this confidence at all.

Because His Majesty the Emperor, the nobles of the capital, his mother and grandfather, and even Duke Roy himself said that he was not like Duke Roy, but more like a mother, worrying whether he could inherit the position of Duke.

Lucini himself also felt that a proud older sister seemed more suitable than himself.

But looking at his "future self" through this pair of "glasses that can see the future", Lucini couldn't say that.

Since he can grow taller than his sister, then of course he can protect his sister... right?

Little Lucini clenched his fists.

He imitated his father and said, "Our Roy family will not let the family feel wronged!"

"Huhu, this is my younger brother!" Recifia brushed Lucini's temples affectionately.

Lucini smiled shyly.

Recifia saw that the topic had been completely diverted from the focus, so she asked casually: "Where did you come from just now? With such thin clothes, I thought you were going to study with your father this afternoon."

"Well, I was in my father's study before, but a few guests from the capital came to visit..." Lucini still felt a little uncomfortable when he remembered what he had heard before.

Recifia glanced at the maid behind her.

The maid immediately turned around and left, and she will hand over the guest list to Recifia in the near future.

Lucini didn't notice the maid's movements, he stammered and said: "I will definitely protect my sister, but if I persuade father to cancel the engagement, it's better to cancel it, everyone in the capital knows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has The person I like... I think even if my sister can't get married, I can support you!"

These are the most unbelievable words in this world.

Even the current Duke Roy couldn't believe it when he said that, let alone you?

Recifia smiled perfunctorily: "I see, I will have a good talk with my father later—"

"boom!"

When Recifia said that, the sound of fireworks came from outside the window.

Lucini was taken aback and turned to look outside.

"—By the way," Recifia took the opportunity to change the subject, "From today onwards, the magic gear will start the rehearsal of the Holy Spirit Carnival!"

"Let's go take a look too!"

As she said so, she took her brother's hand and walked outside.

"The first stress test begins."

On the cloud, a group of rune masters nervously stared at the crystal ball above.

Under the black night sky, the crystal ball exudes soft silver light, reflecting the scenery of the entire city.

Angel announced: "First, clear redundant data!"

The rune master at the forefront raised his staff and channeled magic power.

Then there was the sound of fireworks under the clouds, but it was not the light of gunpowder that exploded, but the flower bones on the air roots of the tree in the sky. They bloomed like an explosion, and the white petals fell like snowflakes .

Angle then announced: "Start running the 'Parade' program!"

Numerous rune masters stretched out their hands in unison, and golden runes emerged from their palms one after another, forming a golden ring, rotating around the crystal ball.

And through the image on the crystal ball, one can clearly see the goblins with ice crystal wings emerging from the snow-white petal rain. They are in a translucent state, looking at each other cutely, and flying towards the main street one after another.

There are fewer and fewer such elves, and they gradually gather into a team of elves, attracting crowds of people to watch.

The rune masters couldn't be happy with this beautiful and lovely image, and several of them looked nervously at the panel in front of them.

"The image display is normal!"

"Magic power transmission is normal!"

"The capacity of the storage area is normal——"

"Very good!" Angel said, "Try to load user data——"

Accompanied by Angel's voice, various images appeared on the crystal ball, most of them were little girls, and they were looking at the sky with excitement.

"The interactive module is normal!"

"It's working fine!"

"Data processing—huh?"

Yinye's voice made Angel's heart tense, and he looked at the other party worriedly: "Is there a problem with the data processing?"

"No, it's a good thing," Yinye said strangely, "The data processing volume has actually increased than expected!"

"This is not necessarily a good thing," Angel frowned. "Any unreasonable changes may cause unpredictable bugs. Is there a way to find out what caused the increase in the amount of data processing?"

"Ah, sorry, let me take a look." Yinye said in a panic.

He inquired about the function of the rune, showing a strange expression: "It's because the computing power of the guests is higher than expected, especially these few users."

Silver Leaf adjusted the rune panel in her hand, and several faces were reflected on the crystal ball.

They are either young, or old, or handsome, or ugly, or fat, or thin. If there is any common feature, it is:

slightly bald.

Real magical girls are not bald.

Angel looked at the crystal ball in silence for a few minutes, then looked at the black sheep.

"I remember I asked you to find the user who took the coupon?" Angel said.

"I see, the one with high computing power." Heiyang said.

"I'm going to get the coupon." Angel said for the second time.

"I see, you want one with high computing power." Heiyang said for the second time.

But with three words added in the middle, the meaning is completely different.

"Ah, so it's what I want! Then it doesn't matter," Angel turned his head and said, "Let's continue—"

"It doesn't matter what a ghost!" Mithril patted Angel's face with a paw.

"Why are you the boss? When you give an order, make it clear and don't mix in strange selfish desires!" The black cat said to the two most unreliable people in the workshop, "And you! Execute the order Just do what the boss tells you when you’re in trouble! Don’t look into his heart! By the way, when did you gain the ability to read people’s hearts?”

"...in the beginning." Black Sheep said.

"Don't use this skill on others! With your work attitude, this month's salary... By the way, you have no salary at all... Then this month's afternoon tea is gone!"

Mithril meowed loudly.

When the chief executive of the black cat began to lecture, others naturally couldn't intervene.

Yinye smiled wryly and looked over there, just in time to meet Jack's dark eyes, Yinye was stunned, and looked away expressionlessly.

"Let's continue!"

Silver Leaf said to the other rune masters, and took over Angor's command.

"Whoa, whoa, Snow Fairy!"

Xueli screamed, she followed the flying goblin and ran several steps along the street, completely forgetting the image of a lady.

But who can hold back in front of such a lovely leprechaun parade?

Mrs. Rachel has forgotten her daughter. She is holding her husband's hand, her eyes are shining, and she is watching the street with flying petals and fairies, as if she has returned to her girlhood.

People like the Rachel family are already reserved.

Many children cheered, followed the snow goblin to run in the street, and joined the team of goblins.

Some naughty children among them stretched out their hands to try to catch the snow goblin and the flower petals, but unfortunately their hands passed through the goblin without touching anything.

"Are these all phantoms? How much magic power is needed for such a phantom!" Mr. Rachel was shocked.

"It should be less than expected, because this is a scene that has existed in history." A passerby replied.

"Existed?"

"Yes, it should be at the request of Cecilia, the parade that concluded the Ten Thousand Races Contract, the snow goblin is just a prelude, after that, various races will join the parade."

"You seem to have seen it with your own eyes." Mr. Rachel smiled, and turned his head to glance at the passerby.

Then he was startled.

The passer-by had vertical pupils and scales on his face, so he was obviously not human.

"Of course I've seen it!" Mr. Passer-by raised his top hat and smiled at Mr. Rachel, and rejoined the crowd.

"As expected of Cecilia." Mr. Rachel murmured.

He didn't notice that a golden rune lit up on his hand held by the black sheep.

"The momentum is really huge!"

Crown Prince Hyde also looked up at the petals and snow elves flying in the sky.

However, compared to the enthusiastic tourists and locals, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's attitude did not seem to be very happy: "A mere alchemy workshop can make such a big battle, it is worthy of being the capital of magic."

This sounds like sarcasm.

Duke Roy didn't care about the crown prince's eccentric tone, he just said with a smile: "After all, the Holy Spirit's Day is coming, everyone wants to be lively!"

"Hmph, by the way, where is my fiancée?" Hyde asked casually, "She sent me so many invitation letters, why did I come in person and she disappeared?"

It's true that she sent you an invitation letter, but she didn't let you come at this time without an appointment!

Are you attacking suddenly?

Besides—

Duke Roy looked coldly at the girl who was wearing a silver cloak and dressed more conspicuously than anyone else beside the prince, and sneered in his heart, but he didn't say anything, he just hid his emotions under his eyes.

"...Leiya is preparing for the Holy Spirit's Day, you can see her when you go in."

Duke Roy said so, and led the prince and his party to the Duke's mansion.

As soon as they entered the gate of the Duke's Mansion, everyone heard the passionate sound of the pipe organ. Some people wanted to ask questions, but they couldn't bear to speak in the midst of this wonderful music, so they had to follow Duke Roy through the long corridor.

At this time, the petals became more and more dense like snowflakes, and the music flowed in the atrium like an entity. Under the architecturally gorgeous pipe organ at the end, the blond girl was as eye-catching as an elf.

The crown prince couldn't help being attracted.

Miss Su: Hehe, man.

Miss Su took a step back. She knew very well that it was meaningless for her to show any sense of presence at this time. She could only wait and see what happened. She didn't believe that the 13-year-old girl could really attract the prince?

The fact is also true, when Recifia stopped playing and came forward to say hello, the prince showed a disappointed expression.

But maybe because "the future is promising", his tone was not as rude as before.

"I've been looking forward to meeting you, Recifia."

"Me too, Your Highness."

Recifia held the glasses in her hand, and stretched out her fingertips reservedly.

She didn't even look at the sad-faced woman behind the prince, she just trembled her eyelashes and grabbed the glasses in the other hand.

poor!

poor!

Terrible!

How could there be such a bad existence!

How can a guy who can't even qualify for "ideal future" be qualified to be Recifia's fiancé? !