Chapter 108 – At the Celebration.

“If you’re going to hold a banquet, it’s better to be thorough, right? No matter what, it’s an event where VIPs gather, so you have to be prepared for an attack!”

“I’ve suggested that method several times, but everyone hates it.”

“Hey, I’m full. I’m calling. It’s good to control the internal situation, but there also needs to be manpower to protect the external.”

“For that reason, I was also thinking of recruiting more security personnel.”

Tiaran and Sizak got along better than expected, and it seemed like they were already discussing a detailed plan, and Lucia urgently cleared her throat and intervened between them.

“Ugh! Uhmmm! You two? Could you please keep yourselves safe?”

“Hmm? Oh, look at my mind.”

At the same time, Nishzak glanced as a signal to check his surroundings and nodded his head after realizing the surrounding atmosphere.

“How on earth do Sizak and the warrior plan to make the banquet…?”

“Shizak, I’m scared! Hero, I’m scared!”

“… Did Sizak mistakenly say a strategy meeting and not a banquet?”

That’s because the people who could be said to be the main characters of this banquet were having such a stiff conversation in the middle of the banquet hall, so the guests who came to the banquet hall could not bear to join in.

“This was rude. Today is a happy day, everyone, so enjoy it to the fullest.”

As Sizak spoke and lifted the wine glass he was lightly holding above his head, the guests began to walk around the banquet hall in a relieved mood.

“It’s unfortunate, but let’s talk about that later when we meet separately.”

“Let’s think about the detailed plan then.”

“I’m looking forward to it.”

Meanwhile, Lucia could barely feel relief after seeing Sizak returning.

“Tiaran, what do you think of the banquet?”

“Because all the key personnel are gathered in one place. Isn’t it the perfect day to attack?”

Since it can inflict a large amount of damage in one go, isn’t it perfect for attacking? Tiaran’s story made her stop and touch her forehead.

“It’s not wrong… It’s not wrong…!”

Since when did a banquet become something that brings up such bloody ideas? Lucia thought that if she left it like this, a strangely realistic plan might come into effect, so she decided to correct his thoughts.

“What about a banquet? It’s like an extension of the festival?”

It was just that they were able to eat as much as they wanted with slightly more expensive food inside the building, but in reality, it was closer to bringing the street festival inside the building.

Due to its nature, guests were mostly limited to nobles or local officials, and were invited by the host of the banquet, and in special cases, commoners were also allowed to enter.

“I know that too.”

“Is that what you know?!”

“But every banquet I know ends in an explosion.”

Tiaran also knows this, but in his memories, the banquet hall always ended in explosions and burning.

“… What kind of life have you been living?”

I knew that he had lived as a warrior before Anis, but the more I heard, the more I became afraid to find out what happened.

“Yes, the banquet hall was a place to plant bombs.”

“Anis! It’s not like that!!”

Lucia was also busy today to correct Anise, who had started to wander around with strange thoughts.

“I can’t take it anymore! I want to eat that first!”

Even as they were talking, Krusha watched her guests pick up the food in the banquet hall one by one. Her patience seemed to have reached its limit, and she went straight to the buffet.

“You get hurt while running, man.”

“But everyone is eating and drinking as much as they want, but we’re the only ones talking about boring things!”

Tiaran, unable to leave her alone, left her nagging Lucia behind and followed Krusha.

“… Why isn’t there one just for dwarves!”

“It’s a banquet held among people. It’s unlikely that even dwarves have been invited.”

Because it was a big problem for her to use her buffet by herself.

“This is discrimination! This is discrimination!”

“Blame the Kingdom of Midias for being a human country. I will listen for now.”

Even now, if Tia Ran hadn’t lifted her up, it would have been difficult to get food on the high table that reached up to her chest.

“That! I want to eat that!”

“Are you coming?”

“Are you saying this just for the two of us?!”

“I’m going with you too.”

As Krusha pointed out, she put the food she wanted on her plate, and Anis and Lucia, who were preoccupied with her, joined her and sat down at the same table.

“But it’s something different from the banquet I had in mind.”

Krusha sat down on a few more cushions on her chair and ate the food she had picked up, then looked around the bustling banquet hall and wondered if she had time to take in the atmosphere.

“Puhu, then what kind of atmosphere were you imagining?”

When Lucia asked, looking at her like she was cute, Krusha tilted her head.

“Hmm, what can I say? If it’s a noble’s banquet, everyone raises their glasses elegantly or handles their forks and knives strictly…”

In reality, the atmosphere of the banquet hall was not as classical as she said. There were people who accidentally broke their plates while cutting food on them, and it was a noisy atmosphere because everyone was chatting comfortably.

“Ahaha! You really learned about aristocratic society through a book or something?”

“Sigh, but if I stay at home, the only thing I can read is books!”

“… Lucia.”

“Tsk, I know.”

Anise lightly reprimanded Lucia for inadvertently poking Crusha’s painful spot, and even though she flinched, she continued.

“Hehe, just because you’re a noble doesn’t mean everyone’s ahem, like Krusha thinks.”

It is even difficult to distinguish Korean-American nobles from commoners. Also, not all high-ranking nobles were extravagant or highly regarded.

“You can tell just by looking at Lucia.”

“Aha.”

“… I don’t know why I understand. Could you please listen to the explanation until the end?”

Lucia glared slightly at Krusha, who was convinced by Anis’ simple example.

“In the first place, not many people, even nobles, want to live that tightly?”

Anyway, nobles are people too. In the worst case, it was said that it was neither unusual nor strange for nobles to mingle with commoners in a situation where the only nobles in the area were themselves and their families.

“But in the book, it goes so far as to point out that people hold their forks and knives upside down, or even flog them for soiling their clothes…”

“Wait a minute, the nearby dwarven kingdom was under the empire’s influence, right?”

“That’s right.”

She nodded as Lucia looked at her anise in confirmation.

“Then Krusha could have been mistaken. The nobles in that book are probably closer to the empire’s nobles than the kingdom’s nobles.”

“What is the difference between a kingdom and an empire?”

Lucia fell silent at Crusha’s puzzled words, as if she were a nobleman anyway.

“Hmm, I don’t know. Maybe I should say cultural differences?”

Tiaran was able to explain that.

“That’s probably because the kingdom’s nobility is a kind of honorary position, whereas the empire is strictly focused on ability and status.”

It’s not that the kingdom’s nobles don’t care about ability, but apart from that, in most cases, it is passed down through lineage. On the other hand, imperial nobles often had their status rise and fall by discussing their qualifications at different times, so no matter how famous a noble was, there was no case in which he could not survive for three generations.

“That’s why I have no choice but to stand still like that.”

It would be safe to say that their influence was significant in creating a violent image of social circles that put each other down or keep each other in check.

“Wow, it’s tight.”

“The empire is a scary place.”

“… Wait a minute, how do you know about the empire’s aristocratic society?!”

As Krusha and Anis were admiring, Lucia felt suspicious and questioned him, but before Tiaran could answer, a voice intervened.

“Hey, there it is!!?”

I must have been so nervous that I bit my tongue and started crying.

“Oh, what should I do!”

“Marie chewed her tongue!”

“What if the hero eats Mari?!”

“No matter what, you are a warrior…”

“But you could communicate with Sizak!”

A little distance away, people wearing fancy dresses who appeared to be the girl’s group or noblewomen were squealing and looking at us with worried eyes.

“Uh, are you okay?”

When Tia Ran asked the girl who chewed her tongue, the girl with pink hair opened her tear-filled eyes wide, smiled brightly, and nodded her head cheerfully.

“Hehan! Cough!”

“… Medical!!!”

Of course, seeing the girl coughing and pouring out red blood from her mouth, I had to call a doctor right away.

“Okay, thank you.”

“So what do you have to do?”

Fortunately, a doctor with healing maca was waiting nearby, so the girl’s tongue healed quickly.

“That, that, that’s it, warrior. That’s it.”

The girl glanced at her Krusha, blushing as if embarrassed that she had bitten her tongue.

“Huh? Do you have business with Krusha?”

“Me?”

The girl nodded and quickly moved her head as Krusha pointed her finger at herself in puzzlement.

“Are you, Krusha, a dwarf?”

“Oh, that’s true. Why?”

The girl’s face became brighter at her positivity.

“Si, if you don’t mind, can I bring her friends?!”

Close her eyes tightly and bleep! When she shouted the question, Crusha looked around her in a dazed state and saw Lucia nodding her head as if she was okay.

“It doesn’t really matter…”

Her words, “I need to do something,” Couldn’t continue.

“Guys! It’s okay!”

“Oh! Really!?”

“Kyaa! I want to go too!”

“Huh? Huh? Huh?!”

As soon as Krusha said yes, the girl cried out and a group of girls who appeared to be her companions flocked towards her after hearing the story.

“This is my first time seeing a dwarf!”

“Wow! It’s tiny!”

“Cute! This is so cute, but is this a hero party?”

“What’s your name?!”

Because of this, Krusha was caught among the cackling noble ladies.

“Huh, why?!”

“… I don’t feel well.”

“Yes, yes! This is the atmosphere at a banquet, after all.”

While Anis, who seemed to be recalling bad memories, hid behind Tiaran and avoided attention, only Lucia was nodding her head in satisfaction.