Anja's fierce look made her lovelier.
But Orianna didn't flinch.
Marcus felt the strength coming from his arm and Anja's nervous look. He smiled and said, "No, thanks. I'm not interested in dancing with strangers."
If forgetting just now was a heavy blow to Orianna, then what he said now was even more unacceptable to her.
She couldn't believe he wouldn't even dance with her.
The people around had already noticed the situation here, and some of them could even hear what they were talking about.
Orianna was so angry that she couldn't stand it anymore. She snorted at Marcus, stamped her feet, turned around, and ran away.
Anja smiled even more happily as if she had won.
At this moment.
At another place of the banquet.
Monica also came to today's banquet.
As the daughter of a country aristocrat, Monica was even more at a loss for such a big banquet.
After entering the party, she found a corner.
It was easy for her to expand her social network to attend such a banquet. Monica came here with this idea.
And they were also students of mage academy.
Monica used to admire Orianna a lot.
Her magical talent was very high, and she was a known genius of the academy.
Although Monica was a good talent in the family, it was not enough to match Orianna.
Orianna was likely to leave the school after the competition.
Monica also took this opportunity to see her for the last time.
Monica had never seen such light, wine, food, etc. before.
She was already trying to keep herself calm and collected, but the disorientation and low self-esteem continued to show.
Some playboys noticed Monica standing there.
The beautiful girl stood alone in the banquet, like a frightened bird.
The rustic air emanating from her bones made several aristocrats look down upon her. They looked at each other, swaggered over from Monica, and prepared to find themselves some fun in the banquet.
Monica thought it had nothing to do with her when she saw several young men coming over, but they stopped in front of her.
"Today's party is Alex's birthday party, isn't it? How could a mouse come in such a party?"
"Ha-ha, Carter you're going a bit far in saying that, she's not a rat at all, just a poor country aristocrat with clothes that are long out of date."
"Really? In my opinion, this little mouse sneaked in and wanted to make the whole birthday party tainted with her poverty."
Enraged, Monica clenched her fists and looked at the three boys in front of her. "What are you talking about?"
"What's wrong? Don't you understand what we're talking about? This is not a place for people like you to come. You are just a small nobility in the countryside. Why do you stand with us?"
"Yes, the stink of horse dung on you is really pungent!"
The three young men burst into laughter. The nobles around them were just watching a play. For them, this was just a farce of no importance.
Although Monica was angry, she knew that she was no match for these three people. If she fought back rashly, it would bring more trouble to the family, so she could only grit her teeth and endure it.
She looked at the people around her for help, but these well-dressed aristocrats were only wearing their own ornate clothes to watch for fun.
"You'd better leave now."
"Yes, don't let us drive you away."
"How dare you stay here?"
The harsh sound kept piercing her ears.
Monica couldn't stand it anymore.
She looked at these three people fiercely and turned to leave.
Just then.
Marcus's eyes inadvertently fell here and caught sight of an unexpected figure.
Monica also attended the party.
But what he saw next made Marcus very angry.
Several aristocratic youths. He casually walked around Monica.
Although they didn't get along well with each other, Monica was still his sister. Marcus couldn't just stand by and watch her being bullied.
When Monica was desperate, Marcus stood in front of her and said in a cold voice, "This is Alex's birthday party, aren't you afraid of upsetting her by making trouble here?"
Carter looked at the man in front of him and made sure that he was a stranger. Then he said unscrupulously, "We drove her away for the Alex."
"How dare you! Alex didn't even say that you were going to drive the guest away. How dare you make the decision?"
Marcus sneered again and stared at them.
"Boy, I advise you not to meddle in our business. You can't meddle in our business."
Carter was a little annoyed. No one dared to question him like that for a long time.
He just wanted to drive away a nobody. As long as no one talked nonsense, how could Alex know?
"Brother, wait!"
When Carter was about to fight with Marcus, a man behind him suddenly opened his eyes wide and recognized Marcus.
"This is Marcus."
He whispered in Carter's ear about Marcus's identity.
Marcus was the person that all the big families were trying to get close to recently.
Even their families were looking forward to having a good relationship with Marcus, and they couldn't afford to offend him.
They had already been slapped in the face. If they dared to offend Marcus here now...
Carter's face turned pale. His arrogance had gone.
"You are Marcus. I didn't mean that. I was just kidding with this beautiful girl. Well, you two?"
"This is my sister."
Marcus's words made Carter even more frightened. He had offended Marcus's sister.
"Sorry, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to do that just now. I'm just too bored to say anything. Please don't mind."
Monica listened to their apologies.
Her brother's existence gave her a particular sense of security, and the feelings in her heart were inevitably more complicated.
She had her brother standing in front of her.
"Say what you want him to do before you forgive him, and it's okay if you don't."
Marcus turned to ask for Monica's opinion. Carter looked at Monica expectantly.
"I was wrong. I was really wrong."
Carter kept apologizing.
Monica raised her head proudly and said, "Never mind. I don't want to make a fuss about such kinds of people. But from now on, if they see me from a distance, they have to avoid me directly. I don't want to see them like this."
"What do you think? Can you do it?" Marcus asked slowly.
"Of course, no problem." The three agreed immediately.
"Then what are you waiting for?"
As soon as Marcus said that, the three of them quickly walked away from the two of them and dared not stay any longer.
Without these outsiders, Monica was even more at a loss facing Marcus. After hesitating for a while, she decided to apologize to Marcus first, so she muttered in a low voice, "Thank you!"
"You don't have to thank me. I'm your brother." Marcus took it for granted.
Since he had seen Monica, Marcus said to her, "It won't be long before I leave the school and go to the Royal Knight School for the examination. I'm likely to study there directly."
It was the Royal Knight School.
Monica was surprised with her mouth wide open. Marcus was so awesome.
This man had become more and more strange to her, but just now he stood in front of her, which made her very warm.
"Go ahead. What else do you want to tell me?"
Monica lowered her head and said stubbornly. Then she regretted it.
Of course, she didn't mean to talk to Marcus in this way. She was just used to it.
Marcus smiled and didn't take her temper seriously. Instead, she reached out and touched her head. "Although I left, you don't need to worry. I will ask the dean and his daughter to take care of you."
The dean's daughter, wasn't that Anja?
Anja was her best friend.
Blinking her eyes, Monica didn't say anything, but she was still reluctant to leave.
Although she knew that Marcus wanted to learn and go to a wider world.
Many people wanted to enter the Royal Knight School, but they didn't have a chance. Since Marcus had a chance, he must seize it firmly.
"I see."
After a while, Monica slowly opened her mouth.