Eventually, Jared and Caroline made it to the party.
After all, they were the nominal lords, if they didn't show up in front of the people properly, then it would be easy for people to suspect that they were doing something in private. Jared of course do not need to do anything in private, if he wanted to, even if he stood here to do something, no one will find out. There's no need to go into a dark room and talk about it in private. Kelly was left in Wendy's care, and Wendy promised not to let Kelly out of the room even if she woke up.
Of course, just in case, Jared had a few tricks up his sleeve.
At the beginning of the dinner, Jared, as the temporary lord, naturally had to go on stage. As he walked up to the stage, he was greeted with looks of disdain and disregard from the crowd, and with a single word, Jared changed the atmosphere of the venue, which had been a little cold.
"I give the floor to Her Royal Highness Princess Serenity..."
Then he quickly stepped down from the stage, slipped to the side to pick up a glass of wine, and watched the somewhat overwhelmed Serenity go up to the stage with a stiff upper lip, bearing the warm and friendly gazes of the guests on one side, and helplessly saying a very formulaic welcome to the crowd on the other. Just at this time, Viscount Zach has held a glass of wine to the two came, face with a faint bitter smile, as if he for Jared this strange counterpart, really can not understand.
"I have to say, you're not doing any good at all, Mr. Jared."
He began with these words and then gracefully raised his glass to Caroline, who returned the favor by lifting the hem of her dress.
"This must be Miss Caroline, it's an honor to see such a beautiful maiden again, now I'm a little jealous of Jared."
Viscount Zack was obviously very good at socializing, he not only praised Caroline's beauty, but also did not make Jared angry. Men are strange creatures, they are very satisfied to show off their strength to the same sex to get the same sex appreciation or jealousy, but can not tolerate the other side of the other sex deliberately to please their side. If Viscount Zach praises too much, then Jared will not be happy, but will hate him for it. This is the reason why men are not good for the smooth-talking white men, they do not hate their favorite women to be praised, but they do not like someone who intentionally to win their favor. In this regard, Viscount Zack is clearly able to distinguish the line between "praise" and "attentiveness", not only to show his meaning politely, but also not let people misunderstand that he is interested in beauty.
I must say, Viscount Zach is a real socialite.
"No favors?"
Jared waited for the two men to finish exchanging courtesies, then quickly cut to the center, asking rhetorically with an impassive grin .
"That's right, Jared. You know, standing here are the center members of the three great families, although they ... really can have the ability to visionary not many people, but their good or bad will also affect the family head of the judgment. If you just say more words, maybe will let everyone have a change of heart, so that, for your future ..."
"Do I have a future?"
Jared drained his glass of red wine in one gulp, then set it down on the table in one smooth motion.
"This is the last supper for me, right? Might as well hand it over, maybe ..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but Viscount Zack understood what he meant.
"Instead of wasting time, why don't we just get it over with? I have to admit, that's a very good idea."
In the face of Viscount Zach's words, Jared shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and at that moment, Serenity's long and boring speech finally ended, and then soon the crowd dispersed in twos and threes, the center of the people were looking for Serenity to toast, while the rest of the people were obviously divided into several different small groups, playing their own calculations. Viscount Zach apologized, and then quickly walked into the crowd, apparently he also had his own things to do.
(You're wary of him?)
"Sure."
Jared whispers an answer to the question Caroline posed.
"Don't you think it's strange? Why did he approach us and give me advice as if he were an old friend? It's true that we've met before, but human beings aren't the kind of people who can treat each other as their own friends just because they've met once and had a glass of wine. Not to mention the fact that we're on the decline by any measure, and this is the time to give us a hand up? Isn't that a bit of a coincidence? Do you think I'm really as slow as those who are in dire straits and are moved by a helping hand?"
Jared's eyes revealed undisguised skepticism .
"So, this man is not to be trusted, and who knows if he might be on Vito's side." Anyway, I've given out information that's favorable to the situation, and if they're really going to make a move, now's clearly the time to do it. -Not only was Serenity about to take over, but I had no intention of getting in her way. That's something that might get into the ears of someone who's interested."
(You're still so cunning.)
Caroline made a sarcastic remark about Jared, while sipping her glass of wine. But then she looked puzzled, and Jared waved his hand seemingly unintentionally, and Caroline's figure was immediately covered by the gently fluttering curtains and disappeared.
Another young man, dressed in the splendor of a nobleman's garb,approached Jared, and when he reached him, he was obviously slightly stunned. Then he stopped awkwardly, changed directions, and walked to the other side of the banquet hall to talk to someone else.
(What a pain in the ass.)
Caroline reappeared from the dark shadows, but her face turned a little odd.
Caroline is a very conspicuous person.
This is not only because of her beauty, but most importantly, the color of her pupils. Especially the golden single eye, even in the darkness of the situation, but also exceptionally bright, like a cat's pupils like attention. And Wendy kind of even stood in front of others, as long as do not make a sound, will not care about the zero sense of existence completely opposite, because of this eye's sake, Caroline's sense of existence is stronger than ordinary people. Whoever swept by Caroline's figure would notice her. That's why Caroline also had a big headache, although she had once thought of covering her eye, but for some reason, even if she used an eye patch to cover it, it didn't solve the problem at all, and it would also cause Caroline's right eye to ache abnormally. But it was also wrong to draw attention to it like this.
Not to mention the fact that Jared's power is weak, and the men who are looking for a good time won't give a damn about Jared.
(Here we go again ...)
Caroline shook her head helplessly and sighed, and at that moment, a pale young man with an attentive smile walked up to Caroline, who didn't even look at Jared, and obviously didn't have him in his sights.
"I'm Pete of the Carlyle family, and this beautiful young lady, I wonder if I'd have the honor of dancing with you?"
"..."
Caroline shook her head slightly while taking a step back, hiding her figure behind Jared in a clear sign of refusal.
The young man's face sank .
"Don't be a fool, huh? You're just a guardian, and you want to refuse my invitation?"
He moved his head closer to Caroline and smiled a dirty smile as if he were sniffing her scent.
"I know, right? You and this douche bag are on your way out. How about that? You're too young to die. Then you'd better please me. I'm the second son of the Carlyle family. If I put in a good word for my grandfather, you'll escape death. Now that I've come to you, how dare you not give me face?"
"..."
Caroline shook her head slightly and remained silent.
"Hmph! Little bitch!"
The young man's face changed.
"Very well, you just wait for the execution before, by our brothers a bunch of play to death it ... maybe I will also dig out your eyes to keep as a souvenir, don't forget, reject my crime is very heavy!"
With that, he turned around and left.
But it stopped.
Jared grabbed his shoulder as if it were nothing.
"What for? You lowly fool? Who gave you permission to touch me? It's a mere ..."
The young man did not finish his sentence, because in the next instant, Jared's fist had already struck him hard in the face. The young man, who was already drunk, could not withstand such a blow, and his thin body flew up in the air and spun around beautifully before falling heavily to the ground.
The ballroom was silent for a moment.
Serenity, Zack and the others looked on in disbelief, wondering what had happened to Jared and the others.
"You ... you ..."
Maybe it was because Jared had beaten his head around, that unlucky man actually crawled on the ground three times without getting up. At this moment, Jared had already walked to his body, and then kicked him hard between his legs.
"Ooohhh ... oh !!!!"
There was a terrible scream, and the man covered his femur, opening his eyes and mouth wide like a fish on the water, breathing in and out, but Jared obviously had no intention of letting him go, and as the man rolled on the ground, he kicked again, this time hitting the man in the back with a distinctive "ka-ballast" sound. Sound. The man's original rolling movements also stopped, as if a boiled shrimp trembling on the ground.
"Mr. Jared? What the hell happened?"
Serenity then parted the crowd and walked over to Jared's side and asked in surprise.
"Nothing, a little punishment, someone, drag this guy to the dungeon."
Jared took out his white handkerchief, wiped his shoes and threw it aside, issuing orders in a faint manner. Soon two soldiers came over, dragged up the unlucky insect ready to leave the meeting. At that moment, some people had already jumped out and intercepted them. And they yelled at Jared.
"How dare you, madman! Do you know who this is? He is Lord Karil's favorite ..."
"I don't care who he is, since he has offended me, I can use my 'power' to dispose of him."
Jared bites the word so hard, no one has trouble hearing it.
"If anyone dares to stand in the way, then you'll all go to the dungeon with him!"
Jared gazed expressionlessly at the seemingly loyal vassals, and after a not-so-long stare-down, the other side finally chose to back off.
Indeed, the lord is in his last days, and at the order of the council, he will be dead.
But that's just the subjective judgment of the crowd, after all!
After all, the Convocation is only moving, not ordering!
As the saying goes, a flea doesn't itch, a debt doesn't worry.
Jared showed his red flags to the crowd with his actions: I have no future anyway, so if I want to drag anyone along with me on my way now, then it's only his bad luck. What's the point of having more sins and offending more people? It's just death.
After all, life is precious.
No one wants to trade their life, which they don't know when they'll die, for the life of someone who's already booked into hell.
"But why did you attack him?! If you don't give us a reason! My lord, we won't stop either!"
Jared didn't answer the other man's question, but took the opportunity to glance at Zack in the crowd, and sure enough, seeing as how he had no intention of helping at all, it proved that this guy was approaching him with no good intentions at all.
"One moment, please."
And just then, another voice suddenly appeared, and Jared turned his head in surprise, only to find a strange man parting the crowd and stepping out.
With a smile on his face,little Holguin managed to attract the attention of the crowd with a solemn tone before speaking.
"I was looking on, and it was clear that it was this gentleman who took offense at the young lady."