bookrandom Chapter 403 High Court Dinner
Chapter 403 High Court Dinner
Highgarden.
The guard silently opened the palace door for Catherine. After she thanked him softly, she walked inside along the long corridor.
The gorgeous magic stone was piled up in boxes in the corner like charcoal, just to keep the warmest temperature in the palace at all times. Catherine took a look at the dazzling dizziness and turned her head away.
Compared to the outdoors, it was extremely hot here. Catherine took off her heavy cloak after walking a few steps. When she was about to reach her destination, she couldn't help but take off her short clip and put it in the ring. She was still sweating.
When she was riding the broom, she wore thick windproof leather pants to keep warm. Now walking in such a room, the feeling on her legs was like torture, but there was no other way. She couldn't take off her pants again. The princess did not stop walking and watched the guard open another door for her.
The sound of laughter and clinking cups, along with the heat wave in the room, suddenly hit Catherine's face. She couldn't help but wrinkle her nose, but still walked straight inside.
The bitter cold of winter had nothing to do with the adults in the room. While most ordinary people had already fallen asleep, for these people, the night had just begun. They wore light clothes like in summer, holding wine glasses and watching the clowns' acrobatics, bursting into laughter from time to time, and when they saw Catherine coming, they raised their glasses to greet her enthusiastically.
Catherine could hardly even force a smile, and just nodded randomly and walked towards the seat in the deepest part of the palace.
"Aunt." Catherine greeted the woman who was reclining on the main seat.
"You come in here dressed so disgustingly."
Tserwini had a smile on her face, but her words were as venomous as a venomous snake. Fortunately, she knew how to control her volume, so only the two of them could hear her.
This niece is really not looking like a lady anymore. What are these ugly black pants? God of Light, maybe only uncivilized savages would wear them like this. Is the Bishop family going to die? !
"I think it's not bad. Maybe it will become a new trend one day." Catherine smiled indifferently, walked a few steps and sat on the chair brought by the waiter.
"I will commit suicide before that day comes." Tserwini rolled her eyes in an unpresentable manner.
"Thank you very much for delivering the letter to me." Catherine was still well-behaved and polite in front of her.
"It's just your father's instructions before he left." Queen Tservini said impatiently, "Don't come to me next time for this kind of thing. If it were me, you should let Canion come back from Ozler. Canion is so smart, cute and sensible. He will be your best assistant. Don't bother me so rudely. I am the queen, not your secretary!"
Catherine did not refute or respond to anything related to Canion, but continued to nod obediently.
"..."
Her appearance made Zerwini so angry that she had no place to vent her anger, so she simply shut up and continued drinking and watching the show.
"Why didn't you go to the game? I heard that you were interested in it before and even asked Margaret about it." Before the real protagonist arrived, Catherine chatted with her aunt about family matters.
"It's too cold. You should at least give me a separate warm room instead of making me squeeze together with others." The queen's fingers fiddled with the goblet boredly. The wine she drank now was all provided by her niece. This made her more patient in talking to this boring crown prince.
"That's a bit difficult..." Catherine thought about it seriously. "The audience is packed, and it seems that there is no place to squeeze out space to set up a tent. But next year, I plan to move the venue outside the school. Then--"
"Bam—!"
The palace gate was loudly opened. Such impolite behavior caused a burst of exclamations. Catherine followed the gazes of the crowd and looked over.
A tall knight wearing a helmet violently pushed the door open, looked around the room, and then stepped aside. Behind him was——
Queen Tserwini snorted coldly beside her, and Catherine stood up and bowed her head like everyone in the party.
A thin figure appeared from behind the knight and walked towards the main seat step by step.
Bishop VII, George Bishop.
"It's been a long time since we last met, Catherine." King George's voice sounded lovingly as everyone bowed their heads.
But only Tserwini, who was sitting comfortably in her seat, could see that the hypocritical creature's eyes were filled with flames of anger.
The corners of Zerwini's mouth curled up in mockery.