Chapter 267 Winter Hunt (First Update)
"Dear Mr. Peter, I am pleased to hear that you, a member of the Vladimir family, are visiting the Ural City, coinciding with the snowstorm stopping today and the weather is clear, so I would like to invite the nobles in the city to hold a winter hunting party in the forest of my manor to celebrate the arrival of spring and welcome guests from afar.
"Kariliana Lotnikova."
This is a delicate and beautiful invitation, the paper is hard and delicate, printed with sunflower patterns. It is written in Shahran, which is different from the lingua franca script, with beautiful brushstrokes, and at the same time, the invitation exudes a faint sweet fragrance, making people feel that when they read it, they will see a mature and beautiful lady writing seriously with a quill.
"Baroness Carolina......" Lucian only heard the name from Sergei, who was suspected of being a fraudster, at noon, and received her invitation at this time.
After lunch, Belf, Lena and other caravan members who were chatting with Lucian saw that Lucian was silent after reading the invitation, and asked curiously: "Mr. Peter, which nobleman in Ura City invited you? Hehe, along the way, if it weren't for your noble status, how could we have arrived in Ural City so quickly."
Lucian has received similar invitations many times. Many lords heard that after a member of the Vladimir family came to their territory, they would invite him to be a guest out of curiosity and friendship, and Lucian would be happy to attend the banquet in order not to be noticed, maintaining the etiquette and enthusiasm that a normal nobleman should have.
Although these lords often became cold and abnormal when they learned that "Peter" was only the son of the lord and had not inherited the title, their invitation alone saved Lucian and the four or five caravans he had joined before and after him from a lot of difficulties and successfully passed through the Shahran Empire.
"It's an invitation from Baroness Carolina." The Shahran Empire is vast, with a total of twenty-three provinces and hundreds of states, each state has many nobles, so Lucian only knows more clearly about the Grand Lord of the Urals, Count Witte, and it is difficult for small nobles like the Baroness to inquire about them one by one.
After Belf drank Black Mace wine at noon, his face was rosy and his nose was even redder, and he laughed: "It turns out to be Baroness Carolina. Mr. Peter, she was a famous beauty in the Urals, and she was also a widow, inheriting the title and rich property of Baron Rotnikov. I don't know how many noble young masters hope to be favored by her and put titles, manors and beauties into their pockets."
Drunkenly, his expression and eyes were extremely ambiguous, as if to imply that Lucian had gone to peach blossom luck, and maybe he could taste the beauty and even hug the beauty further.
Whether old or young, most men always have this kind of ridiculous attitude when talking about similar topics.
Irina, a blonde girl in the caravan, added a little sullenly: "Baroness Carilliana is known among the nobility as the 'Black Widow' and 'Vain Fox', because she herself comes from a noble family and is the niece of the second wife of the Count, but for the sake of Baron Rotnikoff's title and property, she abandoned many noble young masters who pursued her and married this widower who was forty-six years older than her and had no heirs. As a result, in less than five years, Baron Rotnikov, who was still in good health, became old and sickly, and was soon called by the Lord."
Although it is time to call Kariliana a baroness, the people of the Urals also customarily call her Baroness.
"Irina, don't talk nonsense about these rumors." A relatively stable gentleman in the caravan reminded with a serious expression that this was not a tavern, not a wilderness, but a high-end hotel in the Ural City, and that the nobles of the Shahran Empire were far more corrupt and barbaric than those ruled by the Southern Church.
Belf waved his hand: "It's okay, without the acquiescence of the nobles, how could the matter of Baroness Caroliana be spread everywhere? They hope to scare away other competitors. Anyway, for them, it doesn't matter what Baroness Carolina's character or reputation is, what matters is her title, her possessions, and her wonderful body."
"But Baroness Carolina's character is really bad, only half a year after the death of Baron Rotnikoff, she began to constantly invite young nobles to banquets and balls, extravagant and corrupt." Lena also did not like the baroness.
Lucian smiled and said, "Anyway, since the Baroness invited me, the caravan will have to wait a few days before leaving, as a qualified nobleman, I will definitely not be able to live up to the host's hospitality."
With the status of a nobleman, Lucian was able to arrive so smoothly at two provinces away from the Duchy of Vaorit, but because of his noble status, he had to participate in many unnecessary entertainments, which was considered a pros and cons. Since Baroness Carilliana also invited other nobles, there should be no danger in this Winter Hunting Society, as long as there is no greed, you will not be deceived.
Moreover, his main purpose is to pass through the Shahran Empire, and strictly speaking, he is also a liar.
The eyes of several caravan members became complicated, some were smiling and joking, some were ambiguous and ridiculous, some were slightly unhappy, and some were contemptuous, looking like you were the hypocritical aristocrat I expected......
Lucian tidied up his clothes, got up with a smile, and said goodbye politely: "Everyone, see you tomorrow."
As he spoke, Lucian closed the "Actor's Self-Cultivation" opened in the Soul Library.
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The earth was white, the coniferous trees shook off the snow from time to time, and many mighty black Ural giant dogs roared and ran around in the snow, driving rabbits and other prey with gray and white long hair out of their hiding places, causing them to flee in panic.
Suddenly, a long arrow flew from a distance in a graceful arc and accurately hit a gray long-haired rabbit.
A young nobleman said flatteringly to the woman next to him: "Carolina, your archery skills have improved again, and a rabbit from such a distance can be shot so easily."
Carilliana raised her hunting bow quite proudly, then turned to Lucian and said, "Mr. Peter, it's time for you to show off your archery skills, the Vladimir family has produced a lot of archers."
She is twenty-seven or eight years old, with long golden hair pulled up, a pair of big blue eyes often smiling, slightly thick lips but red and sexy, with a tight black hunting suit, the whole person exudes a mature and charming charm, which makes many young nobles around her look at her full of love and lust, she is a rare stunner.
It can be seen that Lucian, who has met a truly stunning beauty, just glanced at it appreciatively and replied politely: "Thank you, Mrs. Carriliana, for your compliment, the archers are the glory of the family. Hehe, maybe my archery skills are not as good as yours, after all, I am better at close combat."
As he spoke, Lucian pointed to the two long swords hanging from him, then picked up the longbow and aimed it into the distance, shooting an arrow.
The key to the bow and arrow is to have a steady hand and accurate eyes, which has no problem for Lucian, and after the long arrow flew out, it penetrated a rabbit without being disturbed by the cold wind.
"Mr. Peter, you are too modest, such archery is close to that of a knight, can you teach me?" Cariliana's blue eyes looked at Lucian with obvious admiration.
Her attitude caused dissatisfaction among other young nobles, and a black-haired nobleman picked up a longbow and said, "Carolina, he is just close to the knight's archery, I will show you the real knight's archery!"
After saying that, he shook his bowstring, and the long arrow shot out as if wrapped in crimson flames, shooting through a giant tree in just a moment, knocking the Kinov Snow Beast hiding behind the giant tree to the ground, and it hit its eyeballs, without hurting its fur.
When he was done, he turned to look at Lucian and Carriliana triumphantly: "Peter, how is it? Of course, if you think you are stronger in swordsmanship, we can also give it a try."
Before Lucian could speak, Carilliana smiled and said, "Bolshak, your extraordinary longbow is good."
After nodding subtly, Carrilina's courtesan seemed to be able to talk and hunt with a group of young nobles with ease, keeping the atmosphere relatively harmonious and warm.
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In the forest in the distance, two men in black cloaks quietly looked at Carilena and the others, and when the young nobles dispersed in order to offer more precious prey to the object of their admiration, the man in black said in a very ordinary voice: "Miaka, you wait to become a winter bear and raid Carilena. Note that the first blow must be empty, and then attack the blonde handsome nobleman beside her. After fighting for a while and letting him get hurt, you pretend to be irresistible and run away."
"No problem, Nyack." The tall man in black wriggled strangely, a light gray light covered him, waiting for the light to disappear, he had turned into a white terrifying giant bear.
This is an ordinary magical creature in the Shahran Empire, and ordinary adults have the strength of a formal knight with their strength alone.
Nyak chuckled twice: "Miaka, don't use too much force, lest you accidentally defeat him. In addition, when pretending to fail, you must be real, so that he himself feels defeated by you and forced you to flee in a hurry."
"Nyack, don't worry. I am very sure to deal with this kind of noble young master, and I guarantee that it will act like the real thing." With the help of her white fur, Miaka quietly approached Carriliana and Lucian, among others.
After a few minutes, Nyak watched from a distance as the huge winter bear emerged from the snowdrift and pounced on Cariliana, causing Carileana to scream in fright.
In a hurry, she narrowly dodged the winter bear's attack and hid next to Lucian.
Winter Bear then swung his terrifying paw and struck Lucian, as if he was standing between Carilena and the monster.
"Good job." Nyak praised in his heart, "When you injure him, you will pretend to fail and escape."
Suddenly, a crystal sword light lit up, and a dull sound came, and the winter bear fell in front of Lucian's dragon scale horse without warning, and the splashing snowflakes overflowed everywhere!
Lucian, who was on horseback, was holding a dark blue metal long sword in his hand, with a straight back, and watched the light gray light on the winter bear's body bloom flatly and strangely, revealing the original appearance of the man in black.
Nyack's mouth was very open, and his chin seemed to fall to the ground: "What's going on?!"
(End of this chapter)