183: Celebration banquet

Arthur checked carefully and found that the five empty slots were exactly the same size as high-grade magic crystals, likely corresponding to five high-grade magic crystals.

Considering that the high-grade energy core contains more energy than a high-grade magic crystal and can restore energy on its own, its appearance is the same as a high-grade magic crystal.

Arthur directly spent 2.5 million gold coins to buy five high-grade energy cores.

After embedding the five high-grade energy cores one by one into the Intermediate Formation Plate, the formation patterns on the Formation Plate began to appear.

This indicated that Arthur's operation was correct.

However, there was no second Intermediate Teleportation Formation Plate within a thousand miles, so this item was still unusable!

However, after operating it for a while, Arthur gradually understood how to use it: after embedding the energy cores, as long as the two Formation Plates were adjusted to the same frequency, they could teleport to each other.

Therefore, theoretically, multiple Formation Plates could teleport between each other, provided they were within a reasonable range.

It was like a pager from his previous life; they just needed to match the channel.

After checking the new merchandise, Arthur had nothing else to do and could only pass the time by reading a book out of boredom... Time slowly passed, and soon it was eight o’clock in the evening, the time for the banquet to begin.

Not many people attended this banquet, only Arthur's core subordinates, high-ranking kingdom officials, and nobles ranked Earl or higher, totaling about two hundred people.

Of course, adding some female relatives to lighten the mood brought the total to over three hundred people!

Over three hundred people in a banquet hall spanning tens of thousands of square meters still seemed slightly sparse.

Because Arthur's family had arrived, Arthur did not show up before the banquet began, but instead stayed elsewhere accompanying his family.

In the eyes of Arthur's father, Abergh, when the Lionheart Kingdom was founded, comparing the national strengths of the two sides, he knew that the Human Kingdom had finally welcomed the opportunity to defeat the Orcs.

This was very exciting for Abergh, who had fought multiple wars against the Orcs and sacrificed many comrades before finally achieving a brief peace; he had been waiting for this moment.

The Doreen Peninsula was finally unified by humanity, and this glorious moment was accomplished under the leadership of his son, Arthur.

Just thinking about this, Abergh's eyes, when looking at Arthur, were constantly filled with pride.

"Arthur, I believe the Lionheart Kingdom will definitely get better and better under your leadership. I am proud of you!"

"Thank you, Father, I will work hard!"

In contrast to Abergh feeling honored for Arthur, Charlotte repeatedly expressed concern for Arthur's health after meeting him:

"Arthur, the kingdom's territory has expanded again. You must have more matters to handle. You need to pay attention to rest and not ruin your health, understand?"

"Don't worry, Mother. Most of the kingdom's governmental affairs are handled by the Chancellor, France. I only oversee the general direction and am not overly tired!"

"That's good!"

Just like this, the family talked happily until Charlotte posed a question:

"Karona, Olivia, have either of you felt any physical abnormalities recently? Like feeling nauseous or something?"

As soon as she said this, Karona and Olivia were stunned. Both of them had received the appropriate education and understood that Charlotte was asking if they were pregnant.

They truly were not. Although both had the desire, Arthur had told them long ago that they were still young and there was no rush.

As Experts, it was quite simple to control whether they became pregnant, so even though they had been married for four months, neither of their bellies showed any movement.

Therefore, the two of them could only shake their heads awkwardly!

This was unexpected for Charlotte. Logically speaking, four months should have been enough, causing her to slightly furrow her brow.

On the other side, Arthur understood that this question was difficult for Karona and the other to answer, so he had to step in:

"Mother, the issue of children is that I temporarily don't want any, so you might have to wait a little longer!"

Hearing this, Charlotte remembered that Arthur was still under nineteen years old, so indeed there was no rush, and she did not mention it again!

Then, as the time approached eight o'clock and the banquet was about to begin, Arthur suddenly said:

"Father, Mother, and my Elder Brother and Second Sister, after this celebration banquet ends, please don't rush back to your fief. Wait another week. I will have a surprise for you next month!"

The surprise is the Instillation of strength. Once the Lionheart Merchant Guild's gold coins return next month, Arthur will have the funds to conduct mass Instillations.

Arthur found this matter difficult to explain, as it was too magical. He might need to conceal some details from his parents later.

Abergh and the others naturally had no objection to Arthur's request; one week was not long!

On the contrary, they were very much looking forward to Arthur's surprise!

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Arthur led them together toward the banquet hall.

The many nobles and high officials in the banquet hall were originally gathered together, forming circles and chatting continuously, but upon seeing Arthur and his family, the entire hall fell silent.

The true protagonist had arrived!

(Legendary Experts did not attend the banquet.)

There was a high platform in the banquet hall, a place for speeches and band performances.

Arthur asked his father and the others to wait beneath the platform, while he led the Lionheart Kingdom's Queens, Karona and Olivia, onto the platform.

As Arthur walked onto the platform, everyone in the banquet hall began moving closer to it.

After scanning the room and noticing that everyone's attention was focused on him, Arthur smiled slightly.

"Everyone, the purpose of gathering you all here today is for celebration!

To celebrate the Lionheart Kingdom accomplishing a great feat that the Kate Kingdom failed to achieve for hundreds of years: defeating the Orc Royal Court and unifying the Doreen Peninsula!

The kingdom's territory has doubled as a result. It is foreseeable that after today, our Lionheart Kingdom will become even stronger, perhaps even surpassing the other kingdoms on the continent!

For this goal, I hope that everyone can work together wholeheartedly for the future of the Kingdom!"

"For the future of the Kingdom!"

The crowd shouted in unison.

Seeing this, Arthur nodded in satisfaction, and then announced:

"I hereby announce that the banquet officially begins!"

After the banquet officially began, the atmosphere became lively again as the music started playing.

Following the normal procedure, Arthur immediately entered a small room to converse with those of sufficient status.

Leaving the main hall to the majority!

In the small room, David, who got along well with Arthur, and Arthur's maternal grandfather, uncles, and others were also gathered.

The banquet lasted for a long time, finally concluding at midnight!

...The 2nd day of May, Godfall Calendar, Year 15421

Eight days had passed since the banquet, and the time had reached May. Arthur, as usual, received one Portable Shop replication and one random summon chance.

Arthur now had two replication slots again.

However, this was irrelevant. The most important thing was that the Sky Knight Arthur had dispatched on May 1st to the Lionheart Merchant Guild branch had finally returned one day later, which was today!