Chapter 320: starry sky

Voices of people, music, and the clash of wine glasses merged into an ocean of joy. Under the illumination of countless candles, the hall was ordered like daytime, and guests were enjoying the beautiful banquet to the fullest.

After finishing the entertainment with the enthusiastic nobles, Siegfried Efes quietly walked out of the gate along the base of the wall to the outdoor garden. Fresh air poured into his nostrils, he took a deep breath, and his head immediately cleared up.

The red-haired young man took out a handkerchief, wiped the sweat from his brow, and loosened his neckline.

Today's night sky is very clear, and the night sky is full of bright stars. Siegfried looked at the night sky and said to himself: "I can't find you anywhere, so I really hid here to relax alone. Really... "

He wasn't talking to himself, another young voice responded: "Didn't you hide too?"

Siegfried looked in the direction of the voice, it was an inconspicuous corner, a figure was leaning on the railing, holding a glass of wine, looking up at the stars in the sky.

It can be seen through the bright and clear moon that this is a handsome young man with blond hair and a white oval face, with a straight and handsome nose and lips, just like the perfect image created by a sculptor according to the most ideal image in his heart. work. But his pair of icy blue eyes are definitely not the kind of inanimate sculptural beauty, but sharp and energetic like an eagle.

The red-haired young man said dissatisfiedly: "Hmph, Antonio, you are the protagonist of today's banquet, how can you do it without the protagonist?"

The person who talked to Siegfried Efes was the second son of the Emperor Gabela——Antonio Griffin, the legendary son of a witch, and the object of Siegfried's oath of allegiance.

Bearing the title of the Witch's Son, even as a royal family, Antonio suffered a lot of exclusion and stares from the upper echelons of the empire. Coupled with the dazzling talent he showed since childhood, it aroused the jealousy and alienation of his peers.

But there are also many people who are willing to recognize and accept him, such as Siegfried Efes, who was born in a famous family in the empire. Antonio Griffin and this red-haired young man can be said to have been friends since childhood. Although the relationship between the two is a prince and a courtier on the surface, they are like brothers in reality. When they were young, they studied under Aldrich, a famous bachelor of the empire, and joined the imperial army as a military counselor when they grew up, and they got along day and night. Compared with Antonio's half-brother, Siegfried is the real sibling he recognizes. In private, the two call each other by their first names.

After hearing Siegfried's words, Antonio sneered, "The protagonist of the banquet? Haha, isn't Lord MacDonald standing in front of him? Besides, if they didn't get a little credit for this war, they would still treat him What am I, the son of a witch, afraid to avoid?"

Siegfried shook his head: "This time you don't just make [a little] credit. We have been in a stalemate with the Nesta people for a long time. No one can do anything to each other. No one thought that you would break the game. Empire It has always been a tradition to only focus on military exploits, and after returning to the imperial capital this time, your status and popularity will not be the same as before."

A hint of indignation appeared on Antonio's face: "These are secondary. Huh, if it weren't for those rotten woods occupying positions and doing nothing, the imperial army would have broken the situation long ago."

Siegfried spread his hands and said: "No way, there is a lot of rotten wood on our side, and there is also a lot of rotten wood on Nesta's side, so we can stand deadlocked. As you said before, now is a more rotten era. The less bad of the two wins."

"Hahaha!" "Hahaha!"

The two looked at each other and laughed.

A clear female voice sounded in the night: "That's why we joined His Highness's command, in order to change this rotten era and bring new life to the world."

Accompanied by the voice, a well-dressed beauty came slowly, she was graceful, dressed in a white dress, her black hair seemed to blend into the night.

Siegfried complained: "Really, how many times have I said it, don't talk about 'bringing the world back to life', we will be mistaken for cult members."

Antonio raised his wine glass to the beauty and said with a smile, "Carole, you also ran out."

Carol nodded slightly to Antonio and Siegfried, "Your Highness Antonio, Lord Ephesus, you know, I'm not used to this kind of banquet occasion."

Whether it's her other identity or the character she developed because of that identity, Carol is resistant to places full of people.

Antonio frowned slightly, and said, "Carol, you have to learn to adapt. I swore that sooner or later, I will let you walk anywhere in the world with integrity."

Siegfried knew what kind of group "you" was in his friend's mouth. He looked at Antonio, and the other party's eyes were covered with a layer of melancholy, as if caught in some memory.

The atmosphere seemed to be a little heavy, Carol said softly: "Yes, Your Highness, I will try my best to adapt." Seemingly aware that her words touched a certain heartstring of Antonio, she quickly started another topic: "Your Highness, Ephesus My lord, are you standing here? Many people at the banquet are looking for you."

Siegfried joked cooperatively: "Haha, are you looking for Antonio? Speaking of which, Carol, do you really want His Highness to go back? With the great military achievements made by our prince, those people are probably looking for him in a hurry. Introduce him to a girl from your own family, do you really mind?"

Carol blushed, "I...I..." and looked at Antonio from time to time.

Antonio didn't speak, but just looked up at the starry sky, Siegfried and Carol also looked up, and saw that the sky was full of stars, and countless bright spots seemed to merge into a huge river flowing in the night sky~www.readwn. com~ The three of them were immersed in this magnificent scene for a moment.

Siegfried asked: "By the way, Antonio, since you were a child, you liked to look at the stars. Did they fascinate you so much?"

Antonio lowered his head: "I sometimes think, compared with the vast galaxy, everything that happens on the ground is really pitifully small. If the stars have life, they probably look at us like we look at ants."

"Really, thinking too much about this kind of question will make you fall into some kind of cognitive barrier."

"Then have you ever thought about what those stars in the sky are?"

"What are stars? Aren't stars just stars?"

"But why do they emit light? Could it be that they are burning all the time? You also know that objects are close, large and far small, so how far are those stars from us? How big are they?"

Hearing the prince's question, Siegfried sighed and said: "I only know that they are in a field that we mortals cannot touch. Perhaps these questions of yours will become eternal mysteries."

Antonio's eyes reflected the starry sky, "If the stars are far enough away from us and we can see them, it means that they are actually very large. What kind of shape are they? Could there really be people living on them?"

Siegfried was speechless: "Antonio, you don't take fairy tales seriously, do you?"

Even Carol, who was at the side, showed a strange look. He didn't expect that the prince he had always admired had such a "childlike" side. Of course, it's kind of cute for her.

"Perhaps," Antonio said, "if there are people living there, I really want to meet those aliens."