Chapter 147. Gorgeous Housewarming (3) Using teleport magic, the invitation was placed right on top of the desk in his room.
It was also a boast that the precision of the teleport magic had increased to that extent thanks to the recent mages’ hard research.
“Ah, about that invitation. Only a handful of people have been sent, including you, Marquis Carret.”
At best, I just sent it to people I usually do business with first.
Of course, I told my father and mother first.
“That is such an honor.”
“Not to that extent. I just haven’t thought about who to send the rest to. So, who should I call?”
The way I see it, that guy is that guy.
I mean it all seemed insignificant.
That’s why I wanted to hear a cool opinion from him as much as possible.
“….okay. It would be good to invite at least influential nobles.”
“The local lords?”
“With a few exceptions, it probably doesn’t matter too much. And except for the nobles, it would be better to call the owners of each large merchant. For now, that is the first thing that comes to mind.”
Well, let me keep that in mind for now.
“By the way, how are you preparing? If you have any concerns, I may be able to help.”
“preparation? For now, I entrusted it to Asha.”
“To Sir Asha?”
A voice of surprise.
Well, I wouldn’t entrust the preparation of a big banquet to an ordinary knight.
“Because Asha is from a noble family in the first place.”
“okay.”
“And it will be a good experience for her too.”
I know that Asha’s goal is to maintain and rebuild the family.
In that sense, it would be nice to have the same experience as now.
Because if you have a good goal, you work hard.
“Well, I’m not letting my hands go, so there’s no problem.”
It’s what I’m doing in the first place, how can it not work out?
Marquis Carret didn’t say much, as if my confident voice was conveyed well.
“Marquis Karet, come on time on the day of the banquet. And be prepared to be surprised.”
“…I look forward to it.”
yes look forward to it
‘Who should I call?’
At first, I considered whether it would be better to allow everyone to come, but I immediately dismissed it.
It’s a party to show off my city.
At least, if you don’t send invitations and call only the designated number of people, there will be problems with preparation and it will just become cluttered.
Those who come there will inevitably have a large number of nobles and celebrities who boast considerable power even within the kingdom, so it is necessary to adjust the frame to some extent.
In addition, it is also meaningful that I personally send an invitation and call the chosen one.
An aristocratic society is such a bother.
I’m sorry if I call you, and I’m sad if you don’t call me.
That’s why I’ve been making various excuses for not going.
“Who is better?”
I call the opponents I deal with, and of course I also call some influential nobles.
For now, it should be limited to nobles and wealthy people.
Normally, I would invite other friends to a banquet like this, but there was no need to consider that.
I don’t have any friends Ahem!
….I’m not joking, there really isn’t.
Oh anyway! Who are you calling?
Calling only those in power is like a snobbish person, so I have to give out invitations as reasonably as possible.
Uhm….
It’s annoying, so should I spin the roulette?
“Ah, it bothers me!”
Before that, why should I worry about this?
Is there a need to groan about who is better to call like a small boat?
I eventually crumpled up the paper on which the list was written and threw it away.
It’s not to my liking to devise things like this.
“Everything is called aristocrats or whatever.”
Wouldn’t that be my way?
The news of Arell Ernesia’s banquet quickly spread throughout the kingdom’s aristocratic society.
It was because Arel, not anyone else, personally wrote an invitation and sent it to all the nobles and influential people in the kingdom.
“To think that Arel-nim would hold a banquet herself…
The nobles who received the invitation were all surprised, but the high-ranking nobles were especially surprised.
Having received the invitation, he read it carefully, handling it as if it were damaged.
“It wouldn’t be a simple banquet if Arel-nim held it himself.”
It was already written in the invitation that the purpose was to show off the city he had built.
However, his interest is focused on Arell rather than the city.
“It’s none other than Arel-nim.”
It is common knowledge in the aristocratic society that Arel did not show his face at all in the past days.
That’s also the case because Arel’s face was rarely seen at social gatherings or banquets, except for the first birthday and the coming-of-age ceremony.
Even Kania Ernesia had an accident at Arell’s coming-of-age ceremony and was forced to attend social gatherings every time until she followed him to his estate.
However, Arel was a member of the royal family who was rarely seen.
I have avoided social gatherings every time with excuses like being busy or weak.
Of course, it was just an excuse, but no one doubted it because of his realistic acting and eloquence.
Of course, there was no way he wasn’t interested in the fact that he was inviting the nobles himself.
Some out of pure curiosity.
Others swelled with anticipation that they might be able to make some kind of connection with Arel at this opportunity.
And the nobles, including him, attend Arel’s party.
I also had to hurry to get ready to impress him.
nobody including him.
I couldn’t even think of rejecting Arell’s invitation.
The date of the city building celebration banquet was approaching day by day.
I was busy handing out invitations on my own or telling my mom and dad about the banquet.
The people under me were also busy preparing the perfect banquet without making a single mistake.
Thanks to everyone’s diligent efforts, there was no major setback in the banquet preparations, and the banquet day approached in an instant.
on the day of the banquet.
At the gateway to Pahilia, numerous wagons were waiting for the passage process in a long procession today.
“The Karet region…. The Despin region…. All of them are famous nobles.” It
was not surprising, as they already knew that today was the date of the banquet to commemorate the construction of the city of Pahilia.
He had already received and knew the list of nobles who would enter and exit in advance, but when he saw the sight of influential nobles from all over the world rushing in at once, he was speechless.
In this cold land where only poor peddlers barely passed until just a few years ago, people with a rare status that would be hard to see face to face for the rest of their lives are enduring the cold and waiting to come in and out.
“…I can’t keep them waiting long. As soon as their identities are confirmed, quickly bring the wagon they are riding inside. And tell the soldiers to be careful not to be rude at all.”
Their mistake will soon discredit the name of Arel, the lord of this place.
Recalling that fact, he was very nervous.
* * *
The news that those who were invited to the banquet were coming in one after another immediately reached me.
“Really me? They said they had something to pick up and pushed in like that?”
The banquet is held at night.
Why are they rushing so frantically from the morning that I can arrive only before nightfall?
It is doubtful that it was a bet on who would arrive first.
Isn’t it a human habit to be 30 minutes late for an appointment?
‘…Well, that means he’s conscious of me as much.’
No matter how much Fahilia is in the snowy countryside, there is a risk of being late if you don’t arrive in advance, but it’s ridiculous that even powerful nobles arrive half a day earlier.
Even if they don’t come late in general, considering that it’s normal to arrive at the start of the banquet, their reaction was a blatant appeal.
Flattery isn’t just about saying nice things next to you.
There are ways to show this in action.
I am looking forward to seeing you that much.
Is this the feeling that is conveyed without words?
But what? I don’t really want to meet you.
If you wish to see me, offer sweet treats and treasures.
In fact, the sincerity in the name of the gift they brought as soon as they arrived was also coming in formidable.
It was not possible to give it at a banquet, so it was delivered through a servant.
Every time the servants handed me a list of gifts that kept coming in, I smiled at them.
“….He gives you all the strangest things.”
It contains everything from common and blatant sincerity like jewels to rare ingredients and even strange medicines, perhaps conscious of rumors that I am a gourmet who is sensitive to taste.
“But what are these medicines?”
I don’t know anything about medicine either.
I don’t know all the names of the medicinal herbs here.
There is no doubt that it was not cheap, but when the name of a medicine they had never heard of was written on it, the servants put on a puzzled look at the reflexive question that popped out.
What’s your reaction?
I’m curious, so I’ll have to do some research.
“???? aha!”
Just in case, I looked at the book and looked it up, and I gave a subtle smile.
Most of the medicines they sent had one thing in common: medicines that were said to be good somewhere.
Where are you good at?
….I’m too shy to talk.
Even the servants couldn’t bear to say something like this in front of their lord.
Yes, these people. What do you see me as?
Before that, what kind of rumors are going around about me?
Is it causing some strange misunderstanding because most of my entourage are women?
Jeop…..
Well, I’ll be grateful for this too.
Even if you don’t use it now, won’t you use it someday?
“Um, are the arriving guests properly guided?”
“Yes, we are serving each guest respectfully according to Mr. Arell’s instructions.”
The majority of nobles are well-to-do, so they cannot be left unattended on the street.
First of all, they needed a place to rest properly until the banquet started, so they left the Naeilbu Mansion in the city open as their temporary resting place.
There is no problem with using the inside as much as you like because the residents have not yet been admitted anyway.
In addition, if we show a part of the city before the banquet, we might be able to meet that much expectation.
Of course, he did not give preferential treatment only to influential nobles.
Nobles in other provinces will also be treated so as not to be disappointed.
“I hope you will look forward to the banquet.”
I murmured while looking at the list of nobles who continued to come and go.
As soon as Duke Gast, one of the influential nobles of the Kingdom of Ernesia, got off the carriage, he looked around and admired it.
“I see… Arel-nim deserves to be so confident.”
At first, Arel’s expectations for the newly built city were not very high.
Although he did not ignore Arel, it was difficult to have high expectations for a city built in such a cold region.
It was Arelborn who was paying attention in the first place.
The only purpose was to match his mood as much as possible and make a connection somehow.
Of course, he is not the only one who thinks that way.
The other aristocrats who were invited here must also have a purpose to see Arel rather than the city.
Only the Duke of Pratze did not attend on the pretext of health and sent his son, but all the others responded to the invitation with the same thought.
However, the nobles, including the Duke of Gast, realized that their thoughts were short-lived.
