Chapter 214: Hamilton of Lei Jiede

The King, "Fire-Leaper" Larus III, arrived here right at the 7:00 bell. The King was busy with a thousand things, and everyone expressed understanding.

And ten minutes before the King arrived, the King's attendant officer found Xia De and notified him that he would be granted a knight title in ten minutes, so he needed to urgently train on the process and etiquette for a while.

"No need, I have already learned it once."

Xia De waved his hand to refuse. The attendant officer didn't ask much, just told Xia De not to return to the banquet hall, but to wait on the side with the attendant officer to prevent not finding him in a while.

So the whole process proceeded in an orderly manner. The arrival of His Majesty the King brought the atmosphere to its peak. Under that crystal chandelier that looked like it might be worth hundreds of Xiao Miya, the King and Wang Hou appeared at the scene together and delivered a speech.

Xia De listened on the side. The general meaning of the speech was that Wang Hou Lei Qianya was safe and sound, all conspiracies would be thwarted, and the royal family once again expressed condemnation of Kasenrike.

And when the gathered reporters lit the magnesium powder flash, filling the place with blinding white light and drifting smoke, His Majesty the King talked a little about the child disappearance cases that had recently made people panic.

He only spoke a few sentences before leaving temporarily, leaving the representative of the Lide Weiqi Field to report the follow-up situation to the guests attending the banquet. The specially invited reporters had already received the speech draft and were looking for suitable angles to take pictures.

Tomorrow's front-page headline would definitely be a photo of His Majesty the King and the safe Wang Hou Lei Qianya, while the Lide Weiqi Field and the child disappearance series of cases could be ranked on the third page.

As for the protagonist who had already booked the second page, he was looking around the banquet hall. This was a fairly formal banquet. Gentlemen and ladies were wearing the most proper clothing, and even the maids and servants were in uniform.

Xia De still didn't understand whether the Miss Beiya he saw just now was an illusion or something else, but twenty minutes had passed, and he hadn't been able to see that figure again.

The speeches of the King and the Police Chief echoed in his ears, but Xia De was absent-minded and couldn't listen at all. The things they were talking about were either things Xia De already knew, or they weren't the truth at all. Boring speeches were equally drowsy in any world.

He even thought that these speeches weren't as interesting as the Luo De Pai in a while.

He suddenly heard his name and came back to his senses. It turned out that the case had reached the summary stage:

"Therefore, the enthusiastic citizen Mr. Hamilton and the loyal Captain Lei Jiede helped the Lide Weiqi Field destroy the child disappearance case in the summer of 1053 in Tobesk. Mr. Hamilton even showed his loyalty to the royal family and his own bravery during this period, protecting Wang Hou Lei Qianya in the hands of the assassin."

He nodded slightly to Xia De's direction to pay tribute. People nearby also looked over. Xia De immediately stood up to return the salute, and then continued to sit and wait for his turn.

Only after this, more people quietly watched Xia De. The young detective's good looks and relaxed posture easily made people feel good. Xia De himself didn't realize this point. All his thoughts were on the matter of "whether Miss Beiya was an illusion."

The final link was to reward based on merit, and the King's attendant officer read the commendation list. Xia De thought in his heart that putting this link at the end was to prevent the award recipient from no longer paying attention to the official speech in front after receiving the award.

There was no rule of sorting by surname initials here. The first name mentioned was directly "Xia De · Hamilton". The attendant officer read the resolution loudly, and Xia De also stood up:

"In view of the bravery and integrity shown by Mr. Xia De · Su Lun · Hamilton, and his great loyalty to the royal family, after discussion by the Council and discussion by the royal family——"

A very deliberate pause, but it also mobilized emotions very well.

"Specially grant Mr. Hamilton the title of 'Knight of Lei Jiede'."

The voice fell, and the banquet hall was silent for a few seconds, before the sound wave spread from the front to the entire banquet hall.

This matter obviously hadn't been leaked before the banquet, so when the knight title, which hadn't been awarded for hundreds of years, was mentioned, even the most rule-abiding people couldn't help but talk to each other in low voices.

People all looked at the young man who stood up. Xia De nodded to everyone who made eye contact with him, and people also returned the salute one after another. Especially the young girls, those eager eyes looking from all directions made Xia De feel his body temperature rising.

【How does it feel?】

She asked softly in his ear.

"Pretty good. Fortunately, I didn't bring Xiao Miya out, otherwise that timid cat would definitely be scared by this scene."

He joked in his heart, but actually felt pretty good.

And just as the discussion started, the prepared band played music, and the King and Wang Hou, leading dozens of people including Miss Jia Lin Na, appeared to confer the knighthood on Xia De.

Ordinary title granting didn't need so many people, but this time it was protecting the Wang Hou, so the royal family naturally made enough gestures.

When the King, whose hairline was a bit worrying, called Xia De's name, a pair of servants laid another layer of red carpet on the original carpet, extending from the high place where the King stood to the main entrance of the banquet hall.

Xia De tidied up his clothes, then walked onto the red carpet, and under the gaze of the guests attending the banquet, walked along the red carpet to the King.

Everyone present looked at Xia De, but the Outsider inexplicably had no nervousness at all:

"This doesn't even have as many people as when I was awarded my degree back then."

He said in his heart, and then saluted according to the etiquette he had just learned. The attendant officer pressed his hands down to let people be quiet, and the band's trombone and horn made a low and majestic sound at this time.

The flash kept flashing. King Larus III took a long sword from the attendant beside him and placed it on Xia De's shoulder. This action was deliberately paused for three seconds to facilitate reporters to take pictures, as the photo for tomorrow's second page.

The subsequent process seemed quite boring to Xia De. The King read the royal decision to grant the knight title and encouraged Xia De to continue to show his loyalty and bravery.

Afterward, he handed the knight medal and the sword to Xia De, and the two stood together for reporters to take pictures.

Xia De noticed that the height of the middle-aged King beside him was definitely not as good as his own, but the other party wore a pair of high-heeled boots, and there were sapphire buttons on the boots.

Under the current black and white photography technology and newspaper printing technology, the newspaper photo tomorrow definitely wouldn't let the public discover the secret of the King's boots. In this way, Larus III, who was wearing a crown, was instead taller than Xia De, who wasn't wearing a hat.

"So that's why Miss Se Weite repeatedly told me not to wear a hat just now."

Xia De thought in his heart, and then heard the old photographer who had crawled into the camera's cloth cover loudly reminding him to look at the lens.

Thinking of the scene where Miya ran to the door on time every morning to remind him to get goat milk, a natural smile appeared on the corner of Xia De's mouth.

The flash exploded, and the burning smoke drifted upward. The banquet hall was brightly lit, and the so-called upper-class nobles applauded and congratulated.

Xia De stood side by side with the King, maintaining a fixed smile. The light shone on them, their shadows swayed under their feet, smoke drifted over their heads, sound waves attacked one after another, and the enthusiastic atmosphere reached its peak at this moment.

Everything in the banquet hall seemed to be moving, but only they in the light and shadow remained motionless.

This scene would be remembered by people for many years. ===== CHAPTER 215 =====