Chapter 97: The prince, the Princess, and…
"Just what are these dresses?" When Able didn’t understand why people were so chatty about their clothes, he managed to corner Sam and asked him the question.
"Hmm? They are just clothes." But Sam could only answer him like he had answered the rest of his brothers who asked him the same question.
It wasn’t anything special. These were merely clothes that a lot of people spent hundreds of gold just to wear once.
The person who made these clothes did not make them for just anyone or for just anything.
Even for someone like Sam, he had to give the person a solid blueprint of each of these dresses along with an upfront payment of good information, as well as something that he had always been looking for: a spell that he wasn’t going to find anywhere else.
-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish...
Sam just happened to have something that that person wanted ans they made a deal, there was nothing more complicated.
These were just clothes made by a famous person, clothes that enhanced their social standings at that moment.
"Ah, I can tell you one thing though. If we put a price on these, each of them would easily go for a hundred dragon golds. It would be more for the special ones that Alex and father are wearing."
"...what?"
First he thought his brother was joking. Then he saw the seriousness in his eyes.
"Really?"
"If we put it up on auction, it will definitely cause a war between the nobles. They Are that valuable."
These weren’t merely clothes, they were items with over a hundred enchantments engraved on them.
They cannot be damaged, stained, or creased. They were in a perfect condition when one wore it for the first time and they will remain in that state when they wear it for the thousandth time.
These clothes were magic... the other three brothers could tell that at a glance but Able still had a long way to go.
"..."
He was still unaware of those features though so the moment he accepted the fact that these clothes were that precious, he looked for any stains or dust that they might have caught and rubbed his palms on it.
Then, afraid of damaging Sam’s clothes, he simply left him, looked back to see if he had done something to them, and vanished off into the crowd.
He was done asking questions for the day. He understood the value of money perhaps the best in this house.
He was the so-called noble, so he had studied the ways of the nobles more thoroughly than any of them. And since he was not really like any other noble, he was a lot different from any noble child could be.
"Haaa..."
-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish.
Sam was still thankful to the boy. If it wasn’t for him, he would have been surrounded by all the guests like the rest of his family members were.
’It’s good that Felix took Alex away.’
It was a big day for her as well, but they did not want her to get overwhelmed by all these people.
She wasn’t that used to the social gatherings. She understood they were important, but she could still not handle the people like the other ladies or Flora.
Maria was outright shy. She had taken up a spot on the upper floor of the central hall. If anyone wanted to talk to her, they would have to go up to her and talk while sitting.
The upper floor also had the patriarch and the other important guests, so it was a much quieter place.
"Still though, it’s strange..."
The prince and the princess are here.
They weren’t in the hall yet but he had just obtained the news through the whispers that were going around the hall.
They would soon be at the hall—.
"HIS HIGHNESS, THE CROWN PRINCE, IS ENTERING."
Well, talk about the timing.
-Kerrrr...
The gates of the grand hall on the ground floor opened up and a party of the highest ranking people of the capital, led by his highness, Prince George the sixth, entered with trumpets announcing their arrival.
They were the first ones to arrive here.
And not even a few minutes after them, the trumpets rang once again...
"HER HIGHNESS, THE IMPERIAL PRINCESS, IS ENTERING!"
-Pa-PaPam~!
The familiar bronze hair of the Topaz royalty were leading both of the important groups.
On one side was the rebellious princess and her group of close advisors that included the Samstrong duke as well as three of the six guardian protector families of the empire.
Considering how the Serulians had declared their neutrality and how Sungrades still had not made a decision, this event in their homeland was the best chance to persuade them.
"Greetings, Lord Agnus." The prince directly walked up to him and greeted him respectfully, making the other individuals present there a little uncomfortable.
The fact that both the prince and the princess were here showed just how important the position of the Sungrades were.
Having just one of the assimilators on their side would change the tides of the war.
They weren’t going to find one of them out there roaming the empire, so the Sungrade lord was an important player if they wanted to win the inevitable fight.
Getting the support of the neutral duke family of the north and the remaining neutral margrave was not going to be easy.
To begin with, they were on the most active battlefronts. If they are absent from their posts, the empire might as well fall to the enemy forces.
"Greetings, your highness. And greetings to you too, Princess Emma."
The Sungrade patriarch greeted the prince as well as the Princess who had just walked up to her.
He knew she was going to talk to him as well, but be it the matters of the empire or his allegiance, the lord didn’t really have much to discuss with the two of them.
"Looks like you have much to talk about, m’Lord. We shall take out leave."
The others who were present around the Sungrade lord greeted the prince and the princess before taking their leave.
He had anticipated this anyway. These two wouldn’t have missed the chance to come here after dealing with the matters of their forces and the empire these past few months.
They completely believed that the empire was going to get split soon... but the two young ones had overlooked a very important possibility.
"ATTENTION!"
"It’s starting..." Sam had a smile on his face now.
-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish!
The moment everyone in the great hall heard the voice from the door, the music became lighter once again.
The nobles present in the hall looked at the door, confused to see just who the new guest was now.
After the prince and the princess, they didn’t think there would be anyone more significant.
"BOW DOWN!"
"Huh?"
"...what?"
However, the doorsmen could only announce for a compulsory bow in one scenario.
"It can’t be..."
Both the prince and the princess had cold sweat running down their backs at that moment.
"THE MASTER OF THE EMPIRE, THE LORD FATHER, THE TRUE SUPREME RULER, HIS GRACE, IS ENTERING...!"
The doors opened soon, and the moment they did...
-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish.
All the people inside, including the Sungrade Lord, were bowing their heads in a greeting to the master of the Topaz throne.