A Banquet Of Top-Tier Cuisine, But Rules Must Be Followed!

With Nia Skywing’s announcement, everyone raised their glasses and elegantly enjoyed the delicacies!

The atmosphere quickly reached its peak, and the music began to play!

Ten dancers in beautiful dance dresses entered the hall and began performing an elegant dance.

Their dance was light and graceful, twirling in the air under everyone’s admiring gazes 〜

These dancers had a noble, elegant temperament, with small white wings on their backs that were sacred and beautiful, appearing as ladies of good family rather than ordinary dancers.

Only the Skywing Knight Family, where young ladies are everywhere and could form a dance troupe of heiresses to perform specially for everyone, could do this!

“……..”

Young Master Naiye didn’t care at all; at this moment he transformed into a meal-devourer and charged straight for his target.

One main reason Naiye didn’t care was that he had already seen through the purpose of this banquet!

The Sky Wing Knights suffered a crushing defeat in the war with the Elemental Knights, yet now they were here singing and dancing without any sign of dejection.

On one hand, victories and defeats in Academy wars are normal; although it was a big defeat, it wouldn’t necessarily make the Sky Wing Knights have a total mental breakdown and be depressed every day.

On the other hand, Young Master Naiye noticed that the knight heiresses didn’t care about the war at all—in fact, they were very happy that the war was finally over?

So whether he was being used or not, he didn’t care.

As long as it didn’t bother him, that was fine.

Naiye turned toward the long table; on it, the variety of food was abundant and dazzling.

From the scale and display of the cuisine alone, one could see how luxurious this banquet was.

The first thing that caught his eye was a gigantic roasted whole lamb, its meat sprinkled with spices, the skin roasted golden and crispy, emitting an enticing aroma.

But it wasn’t just a roasted whole lamb as the main dish; beside it was a roasted suckling pig!

The pig’s skin was roasted to a tawny brown, garnished with a few fresh mint leaves, making it especially tempting.

Young Master Naiye immediately moved, ripping off a piece of roasted lamb leg and a big chunk of roasted pork into his plate.

One couldn’t help but admire Young Master Naiye’s thick skin in this regard, because at the banquet everyone had to be very, very, very mindful of etiquette!

1. Do not drink in large gulps

2. Do not wolf down your food

3. Do not casually accost people of rank and status higher than yourself [Naiye Lycoris is a duke above nobility]

4. Do not speak loudly; maintain your demeanor

These are just the most basic banquet etiquettes; in reality, noble etiquette rules are far more numerous than most know!

This is also the main reason the Elemental Knight sisters hate and don’t want to attend noble banquets!

[1. The delicacies and fine wines are before you, yet you cannot properly enjoy them; it’s extremely frustrating!]

[2. The female knights have large appetites]

[3. So many rules are quite annoying!]

Young Master Naiye actually should have paid attention to these himself.

But after he understood the nature of this banquet, he no longer needed to care.

Because there were few of the same rank as him, the other heiresses or female knights could not speak to Young Master Naiye and were not qualified to do so.

Naiye ate the roasted meat while looking at the surrounding heiresses.

Most paired off opposite each other, hands clasped with fingers intertwined; whether female knights or heiresses, two elegant and noble women standing together looked dreamily beautiful.

Only a small number, whether with partners or not, furtively stole glances at Young Master Naiye with affectionate eyes, but none dared to make a move.

However, those unfamiliar with the Skywing Knight Family would notice that even the pairs across from each other were two women together!

And Young Master Naiye was the only man at the entire banquet.

This is a characteristic of the Skywing Knight Family; the Skywing Knight Family has another name—the Heiress Family.

Because everyone in this family is female!

Most of them are also yuri couples, and they can bear children!

This comes from their faith: the Skywing family worships the Goddess of Light, one of the principal deities who controls light in the world.

The Goddess of Light created the Celestial Realm and a race called the angels.

Angels all have beautiful, noble female appearances, but in reality angels are genderless!

Their appearances are entirely modeled after the Goddess of Light; whatever the Goddess looks like, so do they.

The winged imagery of the Skywing family also comes from angels and the Goddess of Light, but they do not possess Celestial energy, nor can they fly at will or use light powers.

By the way, the wings of the Sky Wing Knights are large and beautiful, but they don’t cause trouble in daily life.

In fact they are like shadows: visible but not touchable, easily passing through things, and do not get in the way of daily life.

For example, the heiress sitting in the chair beside him had her wings pass right through behind her, appearing behind the chairback.

Even those petite Sky Wing Knights who could fly were like this.

Moreover, the power of the Goddess of Light allows them to form female-female unions and bear offspring!

It is said that the angel race is similar in this regard? But that’s just a legend, and it’s unclear whether it’s true.

After all, even members of the Skywing family have hardly seen this strange angelic race.

Even so, the Skywing family still became one of the Four Great Knight Families of the Auriel Kingdom by their own strength.

They are not only followers of the Goddess of Light, but also subjects of Queen Auriel.

Young Master Naiye finished his roast meat and glanced a few times at the eye-catching dance.

At that moment, a composed blonde heiress mustered her courage and approached Young Master Naiye; most people were watching the dance, so no one should have noticed her approaching Naiye.

“Young Master Naiye, please use this hot towel to wipe your mouth.”

The blonde heiress bowed to Naiye with a girl’s shyness and dignified etiquette.

With both hands she offered Young Master Naiye a hot towel emitting faint steam.

Naiye had just finished eating roasted meat, his mouth full of grease.

“Thank you!”

Young Master Naiye thanked her, immediately took the towel, and wiped his mouth.

Then he handed it back to the girl.

The blonde heiress’s face flushed even redder, but she still maintained her composed and graceful demeanor.

It fully displayed the upbringing and etiquette of a lady of good family!

But she could not say another word to Young Master Naiye.

The first sentence could at most be considered polite; saying one more sentence would already break the rules.

However, Young Master Naiye’s thanks was already the reward she gained by summoning her courage.

The blonde heiress smiled, her face red, and silently stepped back.

And the others who wanted to but didn’t dare to step forward could only regret it silently.

But Young Master Naiye didn’t want to care about these cumbersome rules.

Instead, he continued his actions and enjoyed the food.

Having tasted the roasted whole lamb and suckling pig, he looked around to see a spread of various exquisite cold dishes.

There were thinly sliced smoked salmon, its flesh an enticing orange-red, sprinkled with black caviar, accompanied by a small scoop of sour cream and a few lemon slices.

There was also a delicate foie gras plate, the liver cut into small pieces on a white porcelain dish, garnished with a few dried fig slices and a small sprig of herbs.

Looking at these delicious cold dishes, Naiye nodded in satisfaction but did not reach for them.

—The cold dishes look nice, but I want something hot.

Young Master Naiye looked at the hot dishes; first was a pan-seared lobster, the meat cut into thick slices, seared crispy outside and tender inside, served with a small bowl of garlic butter sauce.

There was also a truffle dish: rice soaked in truffle aroma, topped with some fresh Parmigiano and a few thin truffle slices.

—Nice! Nice!

Young Master Naiye was delighted, smiling happily; he took lobster meat and risotto but didn’t eat them, instead rushing to the dessert section!

The dessert area was even more mouthwatering!

There was even a chocolate fountain! Beside it were various fruits, marshmallows, and small cakes.

There were plates of delicate macarons, colorful and varied in shape, each petite and exquisite, making one reluctant to take a bite.

At the center of the dessert area stood a cake tower made up of exquisite cakes!

Young Master Naiye used a safe knife to cut a large slice of cake and placed it on his plate.

So many desserts made carefully, and so good.

Yet Young Master Naiye was still the first person to cut into the cake.

It’s not that they let Young Master Naiye go first; it’s that most girls have an instinct to watch their figure.

Although it’s not that they can’t eat cake at all, what’s most frightening is that once they start, they can’t stop!

Young Master Naiye began to eat, glanced up at the dance in the center—the dancing heiresses were nearly finished.

On the long table to the side, of course, various wines and champagnes were placed for drinking.

Several bottles of aged Bordeaux red wine were placed in ice buckets, bottles beaded with water droplets, looking especially tempting.

Young Master Naiye drained the small cup in his hand in one gulp, and an elegant girl immediately approached.

“Young Master Naiye, let me do it〜”

She bowed her head, not looking at Naiye, and with proper manners held the wine in both hands and gently refilled the small cup.

And the wine just reached the rim of the glass! Her technique and skill were nearly perfect!

The wine bubbled merrily in the glass, emitting an enticing aroma.

“Thank you.”

Young Master Naiye replied politely; the girl blushed, nodded gently, slowly stepped back, and then left.

Her face bore a delightful smile.

Naiye took a small sip; the wine released faint fruit and floral notes in his mouth, making him feel refreshed!

—Tasty! Delicious!

Contrary to his refined and composed appearance, Young Master Naiye was actually quite pleased with this banquet!

And this banquet showcased the Sky Wing Knights’ top-class elegance to the fullest!

—Ding〜

—Ding!

However, two gazes were watching him: one tender and gentle, the other deep and rich.

Looking over, one indeed was Nia Skywing; she had just finished conversing with a few guests, also holding a goblet of golden wine, her face wearing an elegant smile with a hint of mysterious color flashing in her eyes.

She wasn’t looking at Naiye now, but it was clear that one of those earlier glances had been hers!

Then Young Master Naiye looked back at the other.

A ruby-like beautiful and clear gaze intersected with crimson red spider lily pupils in the middle.

It was a black-haired, straight-haired female knight heiress, both noble and elegant, whose temperament and aura were unmatched.

The only one who could rival her was the Golden Knight above.

The second gaze was of course Xiya Blackwing; she was surrounded by a group of people who also had black wings.

But more importantly, she did not look away; instead she stared at Naiye with a somewhat stern, even emotionally charged look.

—Or perhaps since Nia looked over, she had to look over too.

Young Master Naiye averted his gaze himself, simply thinking this way…