Rem darted here and there inside the banquet hall like a sheepdog, while on the other side Audin became a hunter setting traps and waiting, spreading rumors. Enkrid could not bring himself to care about such things. Too many people sought him out.
The space around him was packed full of people. There were indeed a great many. It seemed the Wave-Blocking Sword was something to be used here.
Truly, people surged in like waves. Enkrid received greetings from countless nobles. Among them were a few he somehow recognized by face, but the vast majority were strangers.
Ah, but there had been one interesting person in the midst of it all. The one who had been pulling strings behind that merchant when they entered the capital came up to him.
"I will never do such a thing again."
Did he say he operated several small merchant guilds under his command? He was a noble with no particular city to oversee, residing in the capital. He held no specific position within the royal palace either, but occasionally served as a trial proxy, a fellow who had made a certain name for himself.
Looking around the capital, there were many nobles like him. Among them, some who were ruined yet still lingered around other nobles' banquets. There were also those who were little better than swindlers, using their status to cause trouble.