Chapter 579 - Extra Part: Lauriel & Luna (2) (1/2)

Lauriel was the oldest son of the Medici royal family in Italy but he did not consider his family background important. He could easily come to parties hosted by other noble families, unlike his men who came from ordinary backgrounds. Unfortunately, he was not someone who enjoyed mingling with the crowd.

He spent more than 200 years traveling around the world, leaving his family in Grosetto. He would usually only return home once every few decades.

This time, he was only willing to come to the Lindens' Party for his men who had never attended a royal party in their lifetime. He had to make sure they would not appear embarrassing since they barely knew table manners.

”Alright ... Whoever succeeds in marrying that girl Luna, I will give you a wedding gift, the Black Bart's treasure c.h.e.s.t that I hid in the Caribbean. I don't want you to marry a noble daughter empty-handed.” Lauriel said, ”But I don't want to hear that name again until we arrive in Yorkshire.”

His men were very impressed with his generosity and so they zippered their mouths while occasionally letting out happy giggles. Finally, Lauriel was able to enjoy a peaceful nap for the rest of their journey to the Lindens' castle.

***

Lady Emma Linden let out a muffled scream when she saw Princess Luna come out of her room with an appearance unbefitting of a noble daughter. She was especially alarmed since they would be hosting the biggest party in the history of the Alchemists.

”What the hell is that? Why are you covering your face with a mask???” Lady Linden asked with disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e as she held her daughter's back. ”You must appear as beautiful as possible so that the noble sons who will come will see that you are fit to be a good wife. Imagine! Andrew Flamel, Ned Lewis, and Caspar Schneider will come ... Maybe even Lauriel Medici too. Don't you want to win their hearts??? ”

”I know Caspar, he's a playboy who likes to play with women. Ned always likes Portia, and I know Portia likes him too since they met at the clan's festival in Scotland. Andrew Flamel has a bad character, and everyone knows that Lauriel Medici hates the crowds; he will not likely to come to the party. So those remaining are only ordinary men who don't need to be impressed,” Luna answered simply. ”Besides ... if I get married to an ordinary man, I have to make sure they love me because of my personality, not because of my physical appearance or my family's wealth.”

Luna then put a wolf-head-shaped mask on her face and walked out with light steps. Lady Emma could only sigh in annoyance while rubbing her forehead. She snapped her fingers and it didn't take long for a servant to hurriedly approach her with a tray containing a glass of red wine.

”Oh, God ... I hope Luna will be able to find her future husband tonight,” Lady Emma hissed before gulping her wine down.

Luna walked nonchalantly among the guests. She did not feel the need to be elegant as she was sure that nobody would recognize her given her ordinary appearance and wolf head-shaped mask.

She would not really attend her party all night with some disguise, as she did not have the heart to upset her mother. However, as a girl who was urged to immediately look for a prospective husband, she felt that she must first know the true nature of the male guests present at her party. It was best to do so while they could not recognize her yet.

If she immediately appeared as the host's daughter, she was worried that they would all just behave themself in front of her and hide their true colors. What if behind their masks, they were actually bad-mannered or perverse?