Chapter 49: The Banquet

  I don't know what day it is today, but the city lord's mansion is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, shining brightly.

  Lin Li and Kevin got off the carriage, and soon a servant came forward to greet them. With a respectful expression, he took the invitation from their hands and welcomed them into the mansion with enthusiasm.

  Outside the lavishly decorated banquet hall was a garden filled with all sorts of rare flowers and grasses. The banquet had not yet begun, and many guests were still lingering in the garden. As the two people walked through the garden, they naturally attracted a curious gaze.

  Although Kevin is a low-key and unassuming person, he is after all Grian's nephew. Coupled with the fact that he has been a well-known magical genius in Gallos City since childhood, there are not many people among the guests who can recognize him, and he has only taken a few steps before being recognized by many people.

  Now that the Magic Guild is in its heyday, who in Galos City wouldn't want to get close to them? At this moment, a look at Grian's nephew arriving, and another group of guests couldn't help but burst forth.

  In the blink of an eye, Kevin was surrounded by a crowd of guests.

  "Kevin the Magician, don't you recognize me? I'm your Uncle Rod, the one who used to come to the Magic Guild all those years ago. I even held you in my arms back then... Who would have thought that after just over a decade of not seeing each other, you've grown so tall..." A plump merchant gazed at Kevin with eyes full of kindness and delight.

  Lin stood beside him and almost burst out laughing, how come all these years fat guys like to pretend to be uncles?

  "Oh, it's Uncle Lode! It's been a long time, a really long time..."

  "Kevin, why haven't you come to see me for so long..." Kevin was politely making small talk with the fat businessman when a soft and sweet voice came from behind him. He turned around in surprise and saw a woman in her thirties, squeezing her ample chest towards him.

  "When did I ever look for you!" Kevin was so frightened by these words that he almost lost half his life.

  A crowd of guests, regardless of whether they were scared or not, finally had the opportunity to interact with the Magic Guild, and one by one, they squeezed in desperately, just wanting to chat with Grian's nephew for a few more words.

  As for someone who hid aside and watched the joke, they were directly ignored by everyone.

  Ever since he entered the Magic Guild, Lin Li rarely showed his face in public. Now, wearing a tattered and worn-out Flame Robe, he looked even more wretched. Just by looking at him, people would think he was poor and down on his luck. Even though he followed Kevin into the garden, the guests only saw him as Kevin's follower. They were all busy trying to curry favor with their host, who had time to socialize with a mere follower?

  "Let go, let go, let go..." The chubby uncle had just said a few words when he was accidentally squeezed to the side. He wasn't willing to give up and quickly used his physical advantage to squeeze Lin Li out of the way again, and came back in front of Kevin: "Kevin the magician, how about we have dinner together after the banquet? Uncle Rod has some business on hand that he wants to discuss with the Magic Association!"

  For a moment, Kevin was really packed, wanting to flee in disarray, but found that all around him were people, not even a single gap, and he didn't dare move randomly, afraid of touching something he shouldn't touch, such as the aunt who had just called him "Brother Kevin"...

  "Brother Kevin! At the banquet, you must invite someone to dance the first dance...” This aunt was still squeezing towards him, squeezing until Kevin's hairs were about to stand up, he was now really regretful, why did he agree to attend this banquet…

  "Hey little brother, help me out?" Lin Li was hiding on the side, gloating over someone's misfortune, but didn't notice someone sneaking up behind him.

  "What's going on?" Lin Li was slightly stunned, and when he turned his head back, he saw a man in his forties with a thin build, taking out several gold coins from his pocket.

  "It's just a small token." Before Lin Li could even react, the thin high school student had already stuffed the gold coins into his hand and was patting him on the shoulder: "Young brother, you're so young and yet you've already entered the Magic Association, and you're following Kevin the magician - your future prospects are absolutely boundless!"

  "Thank you for your kind words." Lin Li scratched his head, somewhat understanding what this guy was up to.

  "If I'm not mistaken, little brother should be Kevin the Magician's assistant, right?" He originally wanted to say apprentice, but looking at Lin Li wearing that Flame Robe, he swallowed his words back. With the financial resources of the Magic Guild, how could Kevin's apprentice dress so shabbily?

  "Uh-huh... That's about right..."

  "A promising young man!" The middle-aged man gave a thumbs up again, and pulled out an envelope from his pocket: "Later at the banquet, can you ask little brother to help with something? Please hand this over to Kevin the magician, and say that my daughter admires him very much, hoping to invite him home as a guest someday."

  "Ah!" Lin Li's eyes widened in shock as he took the letter, and to his surprise, the envelope was a pale pink color with a bright red lip print at the bottom right corner...

  "Don't worry, little brother. What happened just now is nothing. Once things are settled, I will definitely thank you heavily!" The middle-aged man's face was flushed with excitement, calling out "little brother" with extreme warmth.

  The middle-aged man's mysterious gratitude made Lin Li feel a bit uneasy, and his mind was still secretly speculating that Kevin might have gotten into some trouble outside and didn't dare to tell Greer, now the other party has come to their doorstep...

  "Mr. Isaac has arrived!" Just as he was lost in thought, there was another commotion outside the garden.

  Lin Li raised his eyes and saw that it was Ge Rui'an's cheap nephew walking into the garden, with the two strong followers still following behind him.

  As the master of the city, there were no fewer people who wanted to get close to him than those who fawned on the Magic Guild. At this time, a group of guests entered the garden and surrounded him like stars around the moon. But Isaac didn't show any signs of panic, with a smile that was just right on his face, he exchanged pleasantries with the guests while walking towards the banquet hall, and along the way, no one was left out in the cold.

  "I've seen Lord City Master." The appearance of Lord City Master gave Kevin, who was in a precarious situation, a chance to catch his breath.

  Taking advantage of the crowd of guests gathering around Isaac, Kevin finally found an excuse to slip away. As soon as he was out of the crowd, he saw Lin Li standing there with a smirk on his face. Kevin's anger flared up instantly: "Ferre, you're too despicable..."

  "You should thank me instead." Lin Li said, taking out an envelope from his pocket and handing it over: "You see, if I hadn't been hiding outside, how would you have had the chance to collect love letters?"