Chapter 044 Dinner
The magnificent hall was brightly lit, and people gathered together to chuckled and talked. In the glasses in their hands, except for the blood-red wine, most of them were juices of different colors.
The aristocratic banquet is held almost every night in Gaia, and the banquet held today at Prince Keborat's Mansion is a little special because more than 90% of the people who came to attend the banquet were children of underage nobles and celebrities. They are the candidates who took the Star Aviation College entrance examination today.
Huole sat alone on a single sofa in the corner of the banquet hall. His drink was placed on the glass coffee table in front of him, but it seemed that he had never touched him. At this moment, he just placed one hand on the scarlet handrail of the sofa, dragging his cheeks slightly, as if he was completely immersed in his thoughts.
"Hi! Horay!" Kori walked over in a evening dress that was almost ridiculous, took a plate of bright red cherries from the waiter passing by, sat straight on the sofa opposite Horay, and handed the plate forward: "Come?"
Seeing Huo Lei's thoughtful look, Kori retracted his hand holding the plate, picked up a cherry and threw it into his mouth: "Don't look so frowning. I don't like attending such banquets. Do you know, what I hate the most is dealing with those nobles!"
"You are also a nobleman," Horay reminded: "And so are I."
"You are different!" Kori shook his head: "To be honest, I think we are very close. Look, even my gift is so good-fitting and beautiful when worn on you."
Horay lied to his own wide cuffs. He was now wearing the simplest evening dress he could find in a carriage like a moving villa in Kohli, but it was still fancy like the clothes of a circus clown.
After the Star Aviation Academy entrance examination was over and witnessed Fansno repelling the pirate attack with his own eyes, the Star Aviation that Hore was riding quickly returned to Gaia City, the Shelantis Continent. When the students stepped on the Star Aviation gangway again, the magic ship had landed smoothly on the wide podium in the Sky Hall. When he walked out of the Star Aviation, Hore couldn't help but look back and suddenly felt like one day in the sky and a thousand years on the ground.
After a brief notice of the start date and admission instructions, Fansno and several college teachers soon disappeared. The students started to walk out of the sky hall in a chattering manner. The sky was dark outside, but it had not yet entered the real night. Just as Horay was planning to say goodbye to a few companions and leave, the silver-haired Catherine walked up to him.
"Tonight, I want to invite you to my house to attend the dinner hosted by my father. I wonder if I can enjoy it!" Although Catherine said the word "please", her tone was obviously an imperative sentence, not an inquiry sentence.
"Oh, of course, it's a great honor!" Koli agreed quickly, completely ignoring the hesitation of the other three: "Of course you have seen the first winner, Horay, you have already met. These two are the ladies and young masters of the Grigard family. As for me..."
"See you tonight!" Catherine nodded and disappeared into the crowd.
Before Katherine left, she looked at Elyksia, but there was no expression in her eyes. However, it seemed that just letting her take a look was already very telling, either the reputation of the Grieward family, or the other party was not inferior to her nobility and beauty. In short, Katherine's attention to Elyksia was obviously much stronger than that of Kori.
"We didn't say we were going to attend any dinner!" Al protested to Kori: "Brother said that the nobles in Gaia were very troublesome, so it would be better to ask us less contact!"
Alyxia gently pulled her brother's shoulder, as if she didn't want him to say more: "Let's go back to the Dynasty Hotel first. Even if we want to go, we have to change clothes no matter what. See you!"
Horay looked at him, Alyxia and nodded with a smile. After the "hard" exam, everyone was almost completely dirty and naturally could not attend the banquet like this. However, she just said to see each other again, but she did not meet at night. It is conceivable whether the red-haired siblings will attend tonight's banquet, or whether it is still unknown.
"Then, I'll go back and change my clothes, too." Huo Lei planned to leave. In fact, he didn't want to attend the banquet, and there were many reasons. For example, the least important one was that he didn't want to stay with Kori anymore. Although after almost a whole day of getting along, this nouveau riche was not as annoying as he looked at at the beginning.
"It's really inexplicable!" Kori looked a little depressed. I don't know if it was because Catherine didn't give him a chance to introduce himself, or if he had seen that the three companions were not going to accompany him to the banquet: "I didn't attend Prince Caborat's banquet, and I was indeed a country bumpkin from another place!"
"Oh! I'm not talking about you!" Koli then quickly explained to Huolei.
"It's okay, I'm indeed a country bumpkin from another place." Horay smiled: "But I have heard of Prince Keborat. He is the elder brother of the current emperor and the only noble among the seven dukes of the Helantis Empire who have been named prince. But is Catherine actually his daughter? I really know this just now."
"Nagades is the royal surname, you should know this!" Kori and Horey talked and walked towards the gate of Star Aviation Academy: "You are right, Keborat Gab Nagades is the brother of Emperor Nicholas III, the serious royal prince and the head of the duke! So you must go to the banquet tonight. Do you know why Catherine came to invite us?"
"I don't know, why?"
"After almost every exam, the Kebolat family will hold a banquet for all the students who took the exam, which is almost a tradition. Moreover, the pearl of the Kebolat family comes to take the exam this year!" Kohli almost looked like he was thrown away by him. He seemed to have begun to be complacent about his familiarity with the noble circle of Gaia City: "Actually, the students who took the exam today will be invited, but you came from a distant and strange territory. The people of the Grigard family have always been not very compatible with the nobles of Gaia City, so you did not receive a formal invitation in advance! But if you, the first winner, are missing in the banquet, it would be a shameful thing! Therefore, Miss Catherine will personally invite you to her dinner party!"
Finally, Kori added: "Whether you pass the exam or not, everyone will basically attend the dinner. After all, this is an excellent occasion to make friends with high-level nobles. Prince Keborat is rare even ordinary nobles!"
Horay frowned.
I never want to appear at Prince Keborat's dinner. The most fundamental reason is that my aristocratic identity is simply a fictitious one. Although I plan to study at Star Aviation Academy and take the entrance exam, being low-key is what Horay should absolutely maintain!
But if the situation is true as Kori said, and he accidentally achieved the first place, the trouble caused not only attracted the attention of Star Aviation Academy, especially Dean Fansino, but more importantly, he will soon become famous in the aristocratic circle of Gaia City, and even the entire Gaia City.
The negative impact of this extremely bad situation has quickly emerged. At least, if you don’t attend that banquet, others think that Huo Lei is just a arrogant person and arrogance is still a trivial matter. If you are paid attention to and suspicious to more people, that is the most trouble for Huo Lei!
Moreover, Horay had an ominous premonition about tonight's banquet. The prominent and noble figures in the Helantis royal family frequently held dinners with new students from Star Aviation Academy as the protagonists. They would not be as comfortable and relaxing as they seemed!
Although Horay quickly considered all this in his heart, the smile on his face basically did not change at all: "So, Lord Chapman had already received the invitation from Prince Keborat? Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Ah, don't laugh at me anymore!" Kori was depressed again. His expression always perfectly showed the inner changes in his mental activities: "I have told you some of the situations in my family. In fact, you have seen it just now. Catherine doesn't take me seriously at all!"
"There's nothing to be depressed!" Horay patted Kori on the shoulder: "We'll go to the dinner together tonight. No matter what, your grades are also very good. I don't think so many people will look down on you again in the future!"
"Yes! You're right!" Under Horay's training, Kohli became excited again: "You can't guess what the reward my father promised that I would give me if I entered the top ten!"
A magic ship?
However, Huo Lei is not interested in this now, and he can guess the rewards of nouveau riche with his toes.
"Since I am attending the prince's dinner, I, a little man from a remote country, cannot be too shabby." Huo Lei looked a little embarrassed: "We are about the same size. Can you lend me a set of evening dresses? The clothes I brought myself may not be suitable for attending such formal occasions."
"That's more!" Kori waved his hand, saying that it was no problem at all: "It's okay to give you ten or eight sets! There are some on my carriage, and I won't go home now. Let's go directly to Prince Keborat's mansion together!"
Kori and Horey walked out of the gate of Star Aviation Academy while talking and laughing. Under Kori's leadership, the two of them were about to walk towards the carriage of Chapman's house that was parked not far away, Horey's body suddenly stiffened and for a moment he could not move his steps.
Under the wall diagonally opposite Star Aviation Academy, a barefoot little beggar squatting on the ground slowly stood up. It was Johnny!
ps: I'm so tired today, so I can only update one chapter. I'll try to make up for three chapters tomorrow. Well, just try to...
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