The party was splendid.
It was the first party to be held at the mansion after the ancestors passed away, and after Dad was attacked, it was to show that Dubbled is not shaken.
"Get rid of the champagne. Don't let those who can't control their drinking capacity make a fuss. There's nothing worse than that in a gathering of children."
"Yes, Sir Nos."
"Keep guarding outside the mansion. Archers shall hide around them, and some people should be placed inside the party."
"I understand."
Nos and aunt was in chanrge of security, so I had nothing to worry about about.
My only job is to entertain the guests.
'Hadeloro family has many powerful mages.'
Hadeloro's chief mage is a highly educated man, so he may know about Suwon.
'The Ragnos family had the largest number of mines among the nobles.'
I can't think that Suwon is only inside an abandoned mine.
Marquis Nodelli buys abandoned mines because if they are currently mining ore, water sources may have been found, so they have put them as an options.
"Place the seats for Ms. Hadeloro and Ms. Ragnos on my table."
"Yes, little miss."
The chairman glanced at me while writing down my words in his notebook.
"Did you know that the vassals mentioned Johann's marriage at this morning's meeting?"
"Johann's marriage?"
Usually, if you are a nobleman, marriage is discussed at my age, so Johann is late.
'So suddenly, in this chaotic time when my dad was attacked?'
I had a feeling of ominous foreboding at the moment. I narrowed my eyes and looked at the chairman.
"Who is the candidate?"
"Elizabeth Nodelli."
When I got up, the chairman quickly grabbed me.
"Where are you going?"
"To dad. Did he want him to marry the daughter of the family that has attacked him? Does that make sense?"
"Think reasonably. If he marry Elizabeth Nodelli, there is no danger of being attacked anymore. The Marquis of Nodelli wouldn't attack as her daughter could be taken as hostage."
"The vassals don't know that it was Nodelli who ordered dad's attack. But why did he have to marry?"
"Because of Vallua."
'Vallua's fleet.'
Dubbled boasts a reputation of being unbeatable in ground battle, but not as much as in a naval battle.
If we could have the Vallua's fleet, Dubbled would be able to conquer naval battles as well.
If Pymon was the best in terms of information, then the best one in the empire is Vallua.
Vallua didn't have many armies due to lack of wealth. They had only one fifth of what other families had but they monopolized their information so that they did not fall behind other families.
"His Excellency has been attacked, and people are more desperate for it. By the way, little miss. Do you know what's wrong with Dubbled?"
"...our relationship with other noble families is not good."
