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"Two guests, please here." The waiter in a pure black uniform stood on the edge of the path paved with a large number of long stones on the lawn, and half-sided and led the way with one hand at a forty-five degrees angle in front of each. Panis nodded to the waiter and said thank you softly. His eyes were appropriately alienated and indifferent.

Stepping on the smooth and neat stones, the two of them walked calmly along the small path towards the villa, without any restraint.

The villa in the dance preparations looked dull and no different from other times. Without luxurious decoration or gorgeous decoration, the only difference from the past is that on two rows of sparse thick stone pillars erected along the path, each hanging with a bright crystal energy lamp. The lights are soft and dispelling the dimness in the twilight.

Deep in the lawn, the same crystal energy lamps are dotted on the sparse trees, and the blinds on the lobby on the first floor of the villa show brilliant lights. In the garden on one side of the villa, an open space is obviously the venue for the dance tonight. There are two long rows of dining tables on both sides of the open space, and dozens of servants are constantly passing by the dining table to prepare food, snacks and wine for the dance. Above the venue, a light blue veil is woven into a tent covering the venue, and countless colorless crystal pieces are dotted on the veil. The dining table table mat under the veil is filled with candles and flowers that set off the atmosphere. The exquisite porcelain tableware with the characteristics of the Kalin Dynasty design thousands of years ago is carefully placed on the table by the servants' hands.

Catherine gently held Panis' arm and, under the guidance of the waiter, did not walk directly to the dance venue. Instead, she followed the trail to the reception hall of the villa according to her understanding. There were several tables and chairs not far from the villa, for guests who arrived early and felt stuffy in the reception room. It was still early now, so there were not many guests, and there were no people in front of the tables and chairs, only four or five female members sat together and chatted quietly.

"Mr. Marquis is such a very graceful person." said a woman under twenty years old, dressed in a brand new and gorgeous manner: "It is the arrangement of the venue..."

"You don't understand." Another woman in her thirties showed a simple sense of the times in her clothes. She looked like a noble lady put down the teacup in her hand gracefully and said proudly: "That's because the status and wealth of the Marquis no longer need to be used to highlight those luxurious arrangements. Yes, the Marquis' arrangements are indeed simple, but that is the simplicity unique to the nobles."

Several ladies thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. At this time, a lady facing the gate saw the waiter leading the two of them slowly approaching, and whispered to the others: "Two more guests are coming."

The women looked back in secludedly, and after seeing the outfits of Panis and Catherine, except for the young lady who was talking at the beginning, they frowned slightly. One of them whispered in an inauspicious voice: "It's an independent professional."

"Don't pay attention to them." The middle-aged noble lady who had spoken before frowned and whispered: "The Marquis is just a little too easy-going, and even such rude barbarians will be invited. It doesn't matter, just pretend that they didn't see it."

Panis and Catherine walked away and passed by several female relatives. The female relatives seemed to have not seen them pass by at all, and they did not even turn their eyes to them. Only the young lady who was talking at the beginning glanced at the two of them secretly, turned around and glanced at Panis a few more times.

I wanted to peek a few more times, but just turned around and suddenly I found that Panis, who had originally looked calm and had no expression, blinked at her, with a playful look in his eyes. He was so scared that he quickly lowered his head and dared not look at him again.

"It's so strange." After passing by several female relatives, Panis suddenly whispered: "Why do I feel my arms hurt?"

"Well, I don't know, I won't hurt." Catherine let go of the fingers that pinched Panis's arm as if nothing had happened: "Maybe you were hurt by the force you used too hard during the afternoon practice."

"Maybe, but it's rare to just strain a piece of finger-shaped muscle." Panis curled his lips, suddenly slowed down, pretending to be suddenly discovered, lowered his head to observe the strips of stones under his feet, and even stopped and stepped on one of them twice.

Catherine immediately understood what Penis wanted to do. She spread the folding fan in her hand and covered her mouth and chuckled slightly. Her eyes were filled with a naughty look, but she asked in a very cooperative manner: "Did you find it too?"

"This is a warm stone," said Panis. "It is the most precious dwarf specialty stone that produces no more than 500 pieces a year, and it is extremely difficult to mine while maintaining the characteristics of the stone?"

"That's right, it's a warm stone." Catherine nodded and said, "No matter what the temperature of this kind of stone is, it will always be thirty-five degrees. However, its output is extremely low. Only the imperial royal family and the top nobles or wealthy people of various countries can order a few pieces every year to cut into small pieces to make a warm stove. The most important thing is that this stone will lose its characteristics after one year of mining, and it will become ordinary stones, so it has to be replaced every year."

"I have nowhere to buy even if I have money." Panis looked at the road ahead and looked back: "206 yuan is enough to buy your foreign house twice."

"Nothing is sold for no matter how much." Catherine glared, and then tried to reach out and pinch her arm.

Panis quickly changed the subject and signaled to the waiter who led the way: "These stones, Mr. Marquis..."

"The Marquis is old and his body is not as good as before, so he buys warm stones that half of the dwarf's yield every year. Every year, he spreads them in places where he often goes to prevent his legs from getting cold." The waiter did not express a proud or pretended to be indifferent, but answered with the most common and common expression, as if he was used to it just as ordinary people said that I ate bread for dinner.

"Then, where is that lamp?" Panis asked, pointing to the crystal energy lamp hanging on the stone pillars on both sides.

"Light?" Catherine was a little confused: "I really didn't see anything special about the lamp."

"You don't understand magic, you can't tell it." Panis explained: "It's like Vivian's backpack."

"Nested magic circle?" Catherine asked in surprise.

"Yes, the deworming array should be nested." Panis nodded: "This kind of thing is definitely not mass-produced, it depends entirely on personal hand-engraved printing, and I guess there are no more than ten people in the Quanyara world who can do this."

"Yes." The trained waiter replied calmly and with his top hat: "The Marquis and Master Ocomi, the owner of the Alchemy Tower, have some personal friendships and some business dealings. The master will send the Marquis a few such crystal energy lamps every year."

"Short-key luxury. Simple? Haha." Panis chuckled, shook his head and sighed: "This kind of luxury of a big man is not something that we rude barbarians can compare to. Forget it, keep going."

The few noble ladies who were embarrassed and ashamed were left behind, calmly walking further and further away in the curious peeping eyes of the young lady.

"You are so hateful." Leaving the women's side, Catherine quietly said to Panis: "Why do you bully those people?"

"The idiotic nobles who are the most annoying to those Farals." Panis said: "Hey, don't pinch, why did you learn to pinch people? You didn't say you, you are the outdated idiotic nobles of Faral. Well, I was wrong. Lord Knight, please forgive me."

Catherine gave Penis a blank look: "How do you know they are from Farral?"

Panis curled his lips: "In addition to Faral, the country of knights, where can we cultivate so many rigid fools? What era has it been, and we still have a self-deception mentality that turns a blind eye to independent professionals? The most ridiculous thing is that Faral's upper nobles have changed their minds and tried their best to make friends and hire independent professionals, but the group of middle and lower nobles still stick to the tradition."

Katherine looked at Pannis softly, with a warm smile on her lips and said in a low voice: "Thank you."

"What do you thank me?" Panis asked strangely.

"I'm also saying that others deceive themselves. Do you really want me to say it?" Catherine covered half of her face with a fan with a funny fan, and asked with a smile: "Okay, I know, if it were you, you wouldn't pay attention to those idiotic nonsense. It's mainly because I'm here, and they are mainly targeting me. Who asked me to wear a knight dress? You don't want me to be wronged, right?"

"Shake, feel good about yourself." Panis blushed slightly, and turned his head to the side to look at the twilight sky.

Catherine covered her mouth and giggled for a long time before letting Panis go to the topic: "Speaking of it, I really didn't expect that your manners and behaviors can be perfect in such an occasion. You may not have learned these from your teammates in the adventure, right?"

"It's considered a family education since childhood." The smile on Panis's face disappeared, as if he had recalled something, and said with a slightly sad look: "My parents are two declining nobles. Since I was a child, I wanted me to be a perfect person and let me continue their ideals. Forget it, let's not talk about these, we're here soon."

He raised his head and the villa was already in front of him. A tall and thin old man in his sixties was standing straight in front of the villa gate, with a casual smile on his face, silently waiting for the arrival of the two of them.

"Thank you for coming, respected Miss Field and Mr. Wood." The old man quickly walked down the steps of the villa and bowed respectfully to the two of them.

"It's been a long time since I saw you, Mr. Butler, I'm glad you're still healthy as always." Catherine stretched out her right hand, and the butler skillfully took the short-handled parasol hanging on Katherine's arm, and her eyebrows were slightly beaten by the weight of the parasol.

Catherine opened her mouth and hesitated for a moment about the name, but finally chose a very polite and distant title: "Is Mr. Marquis in good health?"

"Adults are still healthy." The housekeeper nodded: "But if you don't call him that little lady, you will be healthier."

Catherine looked around and the waiter who led the way had already run back to the gate, and there was no one else around, then she said, "Okay, Uncle Butler, where is Grandpa Snape now?"

The butler immediately smiled very happy and opened the door of the villa for Catherine and Penis in a refreshing spirit: "Sir, rest in the study on the second floor, I will take you up there."

"I won't go." Panis said tactfully: "I'll wait for you in the reception room."
Chapter completed!