novelonline Chapter 3316 Afternoon Tea Party at the Opera House
Chapter 3316 Afternoon Tea Party at the Opera House
Chapter 3316 Afternoon Tea Party at the Opera House
Shade checked the boxes for "Analysis of Space-Time Chaos Theory", "Introduction to Advanced Mystical Lock Application", and "Advanced Composite Color Moonlight Spell", and crossed out "Thousand-Change Shapeshifter" - he had no intention of continuing to improve his Transfiguration skills. He tilted his head and asked towards the bathroom:
"Galina, what do you think of the course "Introduction to Sword Combat Magic"?"
This course teaches "swordsmanship" rather than spells. However, it is not the swordsmanship that ordinary people can use, but the extraordinary swordsmanship similar to the "Sword Dance and Loop" that the devil uses in the mountains on Sunday night.
Regarding this kind of swordsmanship, Shade had learned a lot from the heritage of the Night Watch and from Sister Develyn. However, he only used the power of moonlight with the help of these extraordinary swordsmanship, and therefore did not systematically transform them into his own magic.
"Introduction to Sword Magic" is not a very popular elective course. After all, in the Sixth Age, the magic spells of the ring magicians combined both close combat and ranged attacks. There were very few ring magicians who specifically used swordsmanship. Even if they had sword-type spiritual weapons such as the "Moonlight Greatsword" at a low level, few people would deliberately learn sword magic.
After all, mastering the Moonlight Greatsword is equivalent to mastering the entry ticket to all moonlight magic spells. Sword fighting magic can split mountains with one sword, but the basic magic of "Moonlight Slash" can also split mountains with one blow after mastering it.
"Outdated stuff. If you want to learn, there's no need to go to class. Go find Megan and Audrey and ask them to help you open the parliament's study. There's no shortage of outdated stuff like this in the parliament. Take those old materials and ask Sister Defulyn to guide you. The nun is a very good teacher and she will never hide anything from you."
The Duchess gave valuable advice, and Shad crossed out this last course.
The tea party that Carina invited Shad to attend in the afternoon was not a very important social event. It consisted of Queen Diana and several noble ladies from the duke's and marquis' families getting together to drink tea and watch a play. It was considered a means for the royal family to maintain relationships with various noble families.
Sometimes young people are also brought there to let young people of the same generation get to know each other, which can also serve as a blind date. Of course, Shad was not taken there by Carina for a blind date. According to what Dorothy said when she left in the morning, the Duchess just wanted to show off.
Then it was obvious that Leicia took over the body:
"If I could get you out there, I'd show off like that, too."
After having lunch at home, they lingered on the sofa for a while. At half past one, the maids had already prepared the carriage, and Carina finally took Shad out.
The afternoon tea party was held in the VIP room of the Tobysk Grand Opera House. Queen Diana, as the host, arrived earlier than Shad and his partner. The winter afternoon sun shone on the golden window frames and the porcelain teapot on the walnut round table. Even the air in the room was filled with the aroma of mint and jasmine.
Delicate china with blue and red patterns filled the tabletop, and silver teaspoons made an elegant and rhythmic sound when they tapped the rim of a silver cake plate.
Carina was wearing a light purple silk dress, holding an ivory fan, and smilingly greeting people she knew - everyone here knew her. As for Shad, who was being held by Carina's arm, everyone here knew him, too.
The drama on the small stage has begun. The guests are sitting around the tea table, their skirts folding like waves, and the girls in black and white maid skirts are flying like butterflies in the aroma of honey cakes and black tea.
Since the chaos in the summer of 1853, no other major events have occurred in Tobisk in the past two years. The Steam Capital has been relatively peaceful in the tide of world change. It is another peaceful afternoon.
Carina sat next to Queen Diana, and Shad also sat near Carina.
Since we were in the VIP room of the opera house, there was a performance going on on the stage in front. But it was not a formal opera performance, but a light comedy that was generally not "worthy of being performed on stage".
What Xia De was watching at this moment was an excerpt from the classic love story "Travels in Search of Horses" performed with the roles of the male and female protagonists swapped. Originally, it was supposed to be a young horseman pursuing a noble lady who longed for freedom, but now it became the horseman's girl passionately pursuing the young son of the noble family.
The change of status brought laughter from the audience from time to time. Of course, there was also the private discussions of the ladies about paintings, antiques, gossip, etc. Because the war was approaching, even in such a tea party, there was no lack of discussions about the war.
Of course, none of this had anything to do with Shad, he just drank tea with a slice of lemon and watched the show. Carina chatted with Queen Diana and the ladies at the same table about various things, occasionally bringing up Shad and asking him to say "yes" or "I think so" - it was obvious that she was just showing off.
However, Xia De did not think that Jialina's behavior was childish. Instead, he found it very interesting.
Many young people did come, but they were not qualified to sit at the same table with Queen Diana. Shade noticed someone playing Rhodes in the corner, and he thought of his plan to play a game with Elder Harald and see what kind of surprises the old man at the foot of the snow-capped mountains would have. Unfortunately, he had never found the right time.
Although the light comedy performance on the stage is unlikely to become part of the formal performance, it can be seen that the actors are still very serious. Of course, in addition to professionalism, this is also related to the identity of the audience below the stage.
As for the original work of this drama, which is about "a poor groom pursuing a noble lady", no one would use it to satirize the relationship between Shad and Carina. Carina's "high position and power" is no joke.
So Xia De, who had nothing to do, let his thoughts gradually disperse in the aroma of black tea and syrup, and then he remembered the "Travels in Search of Horses" performed in those non-compliant "underground theaters", sometimes adding erotic content to attract the audience, such as having a strong groom and a noble lady in the stable, on horseback, in the pasture,
[If you really feel free, how about finding something to do? ]
"Her" voice is more pleasant than the soft singing of the "groom's girl" on the stage.
"whats the matter?"
[An abnormal element reaction occurred in the back, and the power was expressed in a form that was very similar to "Pink Magic."]
Shade kept his expression unchanged and continued to watch the performance on the stage without turning his head to look back. The element fluctuations were extremely weak, so even he had to rely on "her" to sense them. For this reason, although Queen Diana must have been protected by the church ring warlock, she should not have noticed the traces of those elements.
"Pink Magic" is also famous to some extent, and Shade can certainly guess what this power is for. He guessed that it was probably an ordinary person who participated in the tea party who got some strange alchemical items from somewhere, or just saw some strange spells in a book, and wanted to do something bad with the power.
To be honest, there was no need for Shade to get involved in such matters, but since he was really bored at the moment, he didn't mind seeing what kind of "pink magic" the other party was using. Although he didn't learn much, to some extent, the outsider with the "original scripture" could be considered a master in this area.
So Xia De said he was going to the bathroom, got up and left here temporarily.
The departure of the only man at the table also made the ladies' conversations bolder. Everyone at the table was trustworthy, and everyone was definitely related within three generations.
This kind of private afternoon tea party between noble ladies sometimes does involve some "private topics", but because of Carina's "sexual orientation issues" before, such topics are usually avoided. But this time, there is no need to avoid her.
Of course, although this era seems conservative and open to outsiders, the social etiquette of the upper class is still conservative and strict. Talking about certain topics openly would be considered vulgar or even decadent, but this does not prevent ladies from discussing them in an obscure way, especially when a topic is of great concern and interest to everyone - like now.
"Duke Carina, I heard that you didn't spend the New Year's Eve at the Yodel Palace this year, right?"
The topic really turned to Carina Cavendish, who smiled and replied:
"Yes."
Then she looked at Queen Diana, who elegantly held the teacup and added:
"Carina spent the festival this year at the house of the Knights in the Place Sainte-Teresa, and we were all very happy for her."
It is generally considered indecent for an unmarried girl to go to a man's house to celebrate the New Year's Eve. But considering Karina's age, this is indeed something to be happy about.
Everyone raised their teacups to congratulate the Duchess, and seeing that she didn't mind discussing this topic, the ladies at the table continued to talk about it in depth. They first talked about the housing prices around Saint Teresa's Square, and then talked about the knight who might be richer than the average petty noble after inheriting the property.
Then they talked about how Carina seemed to have been arranging maids to take care of the knight's family, and the topic then turned to the women's discussion of the men's clothing choices, and most of the ladies thought that men's aesthetics were really hopeless.
After going around in circles, the topic finally turned to what they really wanted to know:
"Jalina, you look really good recently. Did you get a good night's rest?"
This topic did not involve "Saint Teresa's Square" or "Knights", and it seemed to be just an ordinary greeting, but in fact, since we had been talking about Knights, this question was very pointed.