In the passenger ship restaurant, everyone who was resting first heard a burst of noise outside, and then burst into deafening cheers.
"Welcome to Your Royal Highness!"
Miku, who had been trying to distinguish the sound outside, was stimulated by the sudden sound and quickly covered his ears. Opposite her, Otoru had the same reaction.
The faces of the members of the troupe all showed a look of discomfort. Due to professional reasons, everyone has good hearing, and just now they focused all their attention on distinguishing sounds. When this happens suddenly, no one can stand it.
After the sound rang, the escort members who were also resting in the restaurant stood up and lined up.
Hairen realized the reason and said: "Already arrived?"
He was right. Not long after, Xiaoyue walked in.
"Everyone, please follow me aboard the main ship. Her Royal Highness has already arrived first." After saluting, Xiaoyue looked at the escort team, "Everyone in the escort team will also go together. You have done a good job in escorting me. Lord Alvin wants to reward you in person. "
The escort stood at attention and responded in unison: "Yes!"
The theater troupe gathered their spirits and left the restaurant together with the escort team under the guidance of Xiaoyue.
Coming to the deck, Liliana is no longer here. Instead, there is a gangway that cannot be seen at a glance. From bottom to top, it connects imperial ships that are several times the size of passenger ships.
Looking closer, it can actually make people feel dizzy. Those unnamed armaments and weapons add an intimidating sense of oppression to it.
"So big!" Yinliu raised his neck and looked at the tall imperial ship.
Jerry sighed: "I thought I had seen a lot of things after traveling with the troupe, but it still made me deeply realize that I am just a guy who has never seen the world."
"It's really spectacular."
Bai looked at the ship and said something involuntarily, and Liu Ge nodded subconsciously.
"It's quite bluffing." Mei Ke was also a little stunned.
When she came back to her senses, she saw Hairen with a natural expression next to her, and poked him with her elbow, "Hey, do you also have such a big boat?"
Looking at Mei Ke with a face full of curiosity, Kai Ren said helplessly: "When I was a child...my father took me to see the military equipment. I saw something similar, but it was a little different in size."
"I see... After all, this is an empire that is more famous for its military strength. It's normal to be bigger." Meiko said with her hands on her hips.
There was an implicit comfort in her words, which made Hairen dumbfounded.
"Everyone, catch up!" Miku, who was walking hand in hand with An, found that his companions were lagging behind some distance, so he quickly turned around and waved to everyone.
Mei Ke clapped her hands and urged: "Hurry up, don't fall behind!"
Everyone reacted, quickly gathered their mood and ran over.
Finding that An and Miku were not affected at all by the tall and majestic ship in front of them, Neru couldn't help but said: "You two are very calm."
"Huh? What's so calm?" Miku didn't respond.
On the surface, An maintained the indifferent attitude of the regent, but his tone was his own: "What can you do if you don't calm down? This is just a prelude..."
His words made the troupe members realize that the real difficulty begins after boarding the ship...
Thinking of what they had experienced along the way and the ordinary and happy times we spent together in the past, everyone's eyes slowly became firm without even realizing it.
We must get through this difficulty!
The height of the gangway was nothing compared to what was to come. When everyone realized it, they had already passed the honor guard formed by the imperial soldiers and arrived on the ship. By this time, everyone was no longer so nervous.
Under the moonlight, the deck of the ship was still bright.
After feeling relaxed, everyone actually felt a little hungry.
Indeed, at this time, we would have had dinner long ago. But today, in order to rush on the road, I had to eat lunch hastily.
The youngest Enru patted her face and cheered up. She knew that now was not the time to run out for dinner, and how to arrange it would depend on the wishes of the person in charge of the empire.
Noticing Otoru's movements, An said: "Hold on. Since Suzu is back here now, and she and Ren are here, the final negotiation will not be too tense. It will most likely be held at the dining table, and we can follow when the time comes. eat something."
"You are right, the banquet is being prepared, and we can eat later." Xiaoyue paused, and then continued meaningfully, "The banquet is prepared by Lord Alvin."
An's eyes moved and he immediately relaxed.
Alvin preparing the banquet in advance means nothing.
There was a lot of movement after the convoy arrived at the shore. The reason why Alvin prepared dinner for the princess was more likely because he saw Princess Liliana returning safely through his telescope. It’s not hard to guess why he didn’t have a good meal because he was on the road. Leonhardt had sent a letter in advance. According to the distance, it was absolutely impossible to arrive today by traveling normally.
This is a conclusion that can be drawn at a glance, and a smart person can also deduce Liliana's attitude towards the kingdom from her behavior on the road.
As an important minister of the empire, Alvin must be able to think of this. He specially set up a banquet, and of course it was not just for Liliana to fill her stomach - the person in charge of the kingdom would definitely come with the imperial princess, and the banquet was just in line with Liliana's attitude and ended the matter safely.
He can exert unremitting pressure on the country after the country's leader is attacked, and he can instantly change his attitude after the country's leader returns safely.
With this palace and skills, he is worthy of being a very prestigious minister of the empire!
An Xin was solemn underneath, but with a smile on the surface: "Then you have to thank him properly."
Xiaoyue's eyes flashed with confusion and she nodded.
After a while, a burly man over fifty years old with frost on his temples came over. He was wearing the uniform of the escort, but it was slightly different from the uniforms of the team members and squad leader.
When the escort who was with the troupe saw him, they immediately stood upright and silently and powerfully performed a military salute.
The man stood in front of the escort, with a smile on his serious face: "Well, you did a good job. I heard from the captain that your performance did not embarrass us!"
The person standing at the front of the escort smiled: "Of course!"
"But you are injured!" The man said with a serious face again, "Even if you are injured when dealing with little thieves, it means that you have not exercised enough! When the injury is healed, come to me and double the amount of training!"
The smile that had just appeared on the team member's face was forced back, and all the team members replied with a grimace: "Yes!"
The corners of the man's mouth raised.
Someone in the escort looked at An secretly, as if hoping he would help and plead for mercy.
The man's behavior was a little strange. He obviously noticed the team members' small movements, but he seemed to deliberately not look in the direction of An. It's been like this since he appeared.
The theater troupe found this scene a bit funny.
Xiaoyue said at the right time: "Everyone, please follow me to the cabin to rest. I will come to guide you after the dinner is completed."
In order to prevent themselves from laughing out loud and ruining the face of the patron saints who accompanied them all the way, everyone in the theater troupe quickly followed Xiaoyue.
Passing by the man, An suddenly felt something and subconsciously said to him: "Long time no see, Instructor Haider."
The man named Haider trembled.
Facing him with her back, An frowned, with a little annoyance in her eyes. But when he noticed something unusual about Haider, he sighed silently.
After the troupe followed Xiaoyue into the cabin, the escorts suddenly found that the instructor of them and others was standing there, with tears streaming down his face covered with traces of weather and frost.
