Lord of Rot

Chapter 29 Xiduo·Sea Water
Never discriminate against the aesthetics of an era, even if this era may be slightly behind.

Li Qi stood in the lobby of Iron Stone Castle holding his wine glass. The long table has been removed. It is not popular here to dance while eating, but the wandering servants and maids will keep an eye on the wine glass in your hand. As long as you make a small move, they will take the initiative Come and fill it up for you.

Every lady is exuding her own charm, and the blood of the nobles is also destined to select higher-quality genes. Unless the genes are mutated, generally speaking, men are handsome and women are beautiful.

Of course, this "rule" is limited to ancient nobles with inheritance.

There are many nobles participating in the ball, and the nobles hate counting copper coins to manage their territories, so many little nobles like Li Qi will soon lose their territories. If they can't gain something from this dance, they will lose their territories Later, he went to wander and become a knight coach, or other jobs, but he was definitely not suitable for farming.

Knights are better at plundering and killing. Although it doesn't sound like a good word, as long as "for the four gods" and "for loyalty" are added, everything will become logical and even full of glory.

"Glamorous" Becky Simon is being surrounded by a group of handsome men. If she doesn't care about the hot ears of this 16-year-old lady, Li Qi will definitely look at her more at this moment.Although he felt that those aristocratic wives who were waiting for a second marriage were more in line with his own aesthetics.

The inadvertent charm of mature women is enough to overcome the affectation of young girls.

He watched the group dance with disinterest, turned around to find a place to cool off, but there was a gentle laughter in his ear: "She is the brightest star tonight, isn't she?"

Li Qi turned his head and found that the person standing beside him was a handsome young man. He had no intention of observing the other's clothes or attire at the moment, and his eyes had already looked at the family emblem on the other's chest for the first time.

A long stabbing sword.

It was Leopold, owner of East Gap.

"I'm Xiduo," the young man said to Li Qi, "I heard Evangeline mention you, God's favored one, kind sir."

Li Qi nodded: "Hi, Sir."

"No, I'm not a Jazz yet." The young man shook his head, seeing that Li Qi was puzzled, he said, "My surname is Hai Hai."

Li Qi suddenly realized.

Under the blessing of the four gods, Lurea must be loyal to each other regardless of men and women. Even the king can only be monogamous, but nobles who are full and have nothing to do can't really be saints. They are very good at making illegitimate children.

According to legend, King Lurea's illegitimate son even has more titles than him.

The most indispensable thing in East Gorge is sea water, and in East Gorge, the illegitimate children of all nobles have the same surname as sea water.

Like the ice and snow of the North, the green grass of Endor, and the rocks of a giant's foot.

In a big family like Leopold's, there are more than a dozen direct bloodlines, and if they are counted from the side, there will be dozens of them. The illegitimate child has the lowest status among them. Their lifelong dream is to obtain a surname and get rid of the identity of an illegitimate child.

With a surname, there is a right of inheritance.

Of course, the goal of the vast majority of "sea water" is more practical: to obtain the status of nobility.

For this reason, they can go to please a noble lady, but noble ladies are generally not deceived by their rhetoric.

Li Qi nodded, not caring about the identity of his illegitimate son, even if he was an illegitimate son, his life would be better than that of a country baron.

"I still remember Miss Ewengeline's bright smile, it was the most relaxing afternoon I ever had."

"She also has a deep memory of you," Xiduo said, "Your brother Leo is doing well in Donggang City. He has become a knight's squire, and he is serious about leading the knight's horse every day."

"I wish him all the best," Li Qi said.

Xiduo looked at Li Qi, smiled and said, "I hope he goes well."

But the two of them knew Li Ao's future well, everything went smoothly and they grew up safely, that's about it.

In the distance, "Glamorous" has changed two dance partners, but it can be seen that she is not interested in those mediocre noble sons. Only ancient noble families can have good genes, but most of the nobles present They are all nobles who have been canonized due to wars in recent years. Many of them are the "ancestors" of their own family, just like Li Qi's father Lild.

But not every aristocrat can marry a woman from the Wisdom family like Lild to improve the family genes.

In the distance, a lady cast her gaze over and looked at Li Qi.

Xiduo Haishui smiled at Li Qi: "I shouldn't continue to waste your precious time."

In this ball, Li Qi will be more sought after than Xiduo, because he is a hereditary baron with a land and title, while Xiduo is just an illegitimate child.

After Xi Duo left, the noble lady came over, her cheeks were dotted with a few small freckles, her skin was not fair, but she had a sweet smile.

The other party is so assertive, Li Qi can't help but give face, the nobles will fight to the death for face.

"May I invite you to a dance, fair lady."

She stretched out her hand and responded with a smile: "Of course."

As an aristocrat, dancing is a must, especially Li Qi's mother is a genuine noble lady. He put his arms around the other's slender waist, but only touched with his fingers, and he would never deliberately rub to take advantage.

His gentlemanly behavior won the lady's favor.

"Sir, I heard that you beheaded a giant bear that was burning with flames?" Miss Noble had a faint fragrance on her body, and Li Qi guessed that her hair must have been washed before the ball. She stood motionless in front of the mirror and let the maid fiddle with her for a long time.

"It was my teacher who did it." Li Qi said, "Well, but you are right, we killed the bear."

"You are so brave." The noble lady deliberately attributed the credit to Li Qi and asked, "Is your territory a porcupine collar?"

Li Qi lowered his head to meet her gaze, and when he looked down from a high place, he would see a small gully. He tried his best to keep his eyes only on the other person's eyes, but this action made the other person laugh.

She is generous and happy to show herself.

"That's right, a piece of wasteland near the sea and dense forests, with only over 200 residents, and a dilapidated castle with a leaky wind." Li Qi nodded. He was just seeking truth from facts, not to dispel the baroness dream of the noble lady. Stiff, he said: "That place is incomparable to Iron Stone City."

"But you are a baronet," she said. "Half the ball has no titles, and half the other half have no lands of their own."

Li Qi sighed in his heart: So that's why you came to dance with me.

He thought it was his handsomeness that attracted the other party.

As soon as the song was over, the noble lady turned and left without leaving her name, but Li Qi believed that as long as he inquired a little, the other party might give him a chance, just like she said, she was a baron with a fief Most of the men present.

(End of this chapter)