In Austen's plan, once the mage Jersey was rested, he would beg him to test it for himself, and those newly awakened unknown spells were like feathers tickling him, stirring him up all morning.
However, the plan could not be changed, and in the afternoon, the manor welcomed a regular customer, Jersey's niece Catherine, who came to visit again, and she brought two invitations. One of them turned out to be for Austin!
When Austen opened the beautiful invitation in gilded letters, he remembered that he could barely read the letters written in Sinis, and that the lingua franca was still very foreign to him, so he could only ask Catherine in embarrassment:
"Ahem, you know, I only know some Sinis now, and I can't read the lingua franca..."
It was no joke, but it succeeded in amusing Catherine, the eldest lady of the House of Navia covered her mouth with her hand, and said, "It's Count Haniri, he's going to hold a banquet tonight, and the invitations have been sent to my house, three in all, my father, my uncle, and you!"
"Lord Count?" Austin was surprised. What is the situation?What tricks is the Count going to play?Does he still want to win himself over? But if that were the case, he would certainly not have invited Jersey there.
"You heard me right, in fact, I was also surprised when I saw the invitation, because the people invited by Lord Earl this time were either powerful people from Oni City or extremely influential wealthy merchants, and I didn't expect you to be invited. "
Catherine's surprise was no less than that of Austen, she was familiar with everything in the upper circle of Oni City, and knew that this was an extremely xenophobic circle, and Austen had no status or status, so she could squeeze in, or was invited by the earl!"By the way, what about my uncle?"
"The teacher is still resting, and last night because of some of my conditions, he didn't sleep until the second half of the night. Austin replied with some embarrassment.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Hehe, it's a good thing, it's just too much trouble for the teacher, I've been promoted!And I've been promoted from level 1 to level 3!"
"What you said is true?"
Catherine had to admit that every time she saw Austen, she would get a new surprise from him, it would have been surprising enough that the Earl would have invited him, and he could also go straight from level 1 to level 3, what a terrifying talent?
"Really!haha. "
"It's really... Austin, do you know how long it took my uncle to go from level 1 mage to level 3 mage?"
"Guess what, 1 year?"
By now, Austen has a good understanding of the mage profession, and almost every mage's path is a slow pace, then fast and then slow, that is, it takes a long time to start laying the foundation, and the promotion from the low level to the intermediate stage is faster, and once the high level is crossed, it will slow down.
"No, it's 3 years! And it took him 3 years to go from apprenticeship to level 1. Catherine shook her head and gave the answer. "As for you, it's only been less than two months, and you've been promoted all the way to level 3... What should I say about that?"
"Luck, it's all luck!"
Austin hurriedly became humble, it only took 15 years for the Jersey mage to reach level 7, and the promotion speed is stable, and when he can reach level 7, it is still difficult to say, running fast in front does not necessarily mean that he can run fast in the back.
For some reason, Catherine didn't like to see Austen pretend to be modest, and she was so good, why couldn't she admit it generously and confidently, so she changed the subject and asked, "Then are you going to tonight's banquet?" My father is definitely going, but my uncle has always been not interested in this kind of thing, and I'm afraid he won't go. "
"Well, I don't really want to go. Austin became a little cramped, he really didn't want to go, for a number of reasons, but it was difficult to tell Catherine.
"Austin, I have to talk about you this time! You are also a level 3 special mage now, you don't have to feel inferior, you are not worse than others, and with your talent, you will join the ranks of nobles sooner or later in the future, and sooner or later you will be exposed to this kind of thing, it is better to take this opportunity to learn from the earl's banquet." "
"Why don't I ask the teacher's opinion later?"
Everyone persuaded them to do this, but Austin couldn't refuse immediately, so he pushed the problem to Jersey's side first. ,
"Hmph, can't you make your own decisions like a man?" Catherine snorted coldly, slightly angry.
This... What's wrong with her? Austin wondered, how could this woman say that she would change her face when she changed her face? In fact, even Catherine herself didn't know why she suddenly started a fire. But the question has risen to the level of whether it is a man or not, Austin is heartbroken, patting his chest and agreeing, "I'll go!"
In an instant, Catherine's cold face melted, she couldn't hide the joy and joy in her heart at all, and took Austin's hand: "You can go back to Oni City with me, if Uncle wants to go, he can get there with just a teleportation technique, and we can go back now, and we can still have time to choose a suitable dress for you to attend the banquet." "
"Okay, but you wait a minute, I'll go talk to Irina. "Austin simply couldn't resist Catherine's enthusiasm.
When he and Catherine arrived at the Baron's Court in Navia in a carriage, it was still early, and to his surprise, there was already a tailor waiting for him, who seemed to have calculated that he would come, and that he needed to change into a dress.
He hadn't worn a dress once, and after the tailor carefully measured it, he quickly picked out a black dress that suited Austen very well among a large number of new clothes, but unlike Austen's imagination, the nobleman's clothes were very uncomfortable! Yes, for the sake of slimming, in order to make the man appear more promoted, a very hard brace was used in the chest place.
However, the dress does show a person's spirit, and the tailor chose a good fit for Austen, and he really looked like a gentleman going to a dinner party, and the kind of gentleman who had a lot of money.
Later, because there was still plenty of time, Catherine volunteered to make a cameo appearance as Austen's etiquette teacher, and before the dinner began, she taught him some basic things, such as how to talk to people, such as how to eat at the banquet, and how to praise women tactfully. These Austen actively cooperated, and he really looked forward to becoming a nobleman one day.
Finally, Baron Navia was ready, and after a brief look at Austen's dress, he nodded, more satisfied. If you go out like this, you won't lose the face of the Navia family.
Catherine finally checked them all again, and then let Austin go, who was already tired and sweaty. He didn't expect to attend a banquet, and there was so much exquisiteness. If everything you say and do is what Catherine taught, then tonight's banquet... Austin couldn't imagine how to survive those three hours, he felt that it was more tiring than fighting.
"Go, Austin, cheer up, don't lose your pride as a spellcaster!" Catherine reminded again, like a little wife telling her husband.
"Okay, okay, okay, I know, I remember it all. "Austin felt that he was already tired physically and mentally before he even started, no wonder Mr. Zecier was reluctant to attend this kind of banquet, and he hadn't come at this time, so he must not want to come.
Baron Navia quietly watched his daughter chatter like a woman, laughing inexplicably, he had already noticed that his daughter seemed to have some strange feelings for this young special mage named Austin, but he was now very optimistic about Austin's future, if Austin could really grow into a high-level special mage in a few years, then what about marrying a daughter to him? That's equivalent to retaining a special mage bloodline of extremely high quality!
"Sir, the carriage is ready and ready to go. "
At this time, the butler of the House of Navia came over and reported to the baron.
"Well, Austin, let's go, Catherine, stay at home. "
Baron Navia's words saved Austen temporarily, but his mind was still surrounded by all kinds of details that Catherine had to pay attention to, for fear that he would make a joke at the nobleman's banquet if he remembered something wrong.
"Take it easy, this party isn't a ball, as long as you don't say the wrong thing, it's fine. Baron Navia also knew that it was the first time Austen had participated in this kind of event, so he kindly nodded.
"I see, thank you, Lord Baron. "
After Baron Navia's little push, Austin instantly breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that this banquet was not as complicated as Catherine said, so he simply kept silent, and he didn't know anyone anyway, wouldn't it be very simple?
But the feast was not good, and Austin did not know that from the moment he accepted the invitation, he was destined to be pulled into a vortex of indiscerning depth...