Heroist
The representatives of Estellia, having performed their festive routine, kept to their own company and barely interacted with "outsiders." Alsira, nevertheless, managed to get a better look at the Knight of Loyalty, Lyon Vermgrais.
And also the consort of Asalia III — Azurrion.
Lord Gitgood Flaveresens, meanwhile, dined with the royal ministers and representatives of big business.
A greedy merchant will always find someone to cozy up to; the aesthetes had no will to need influence in ostentation.
Alsira's thoughts turned once more to the burning news. Curious, what choice had the peach lady been faced with? And which of the departing wagons should they themselves latch onto?
It might well be that, besides public displays, there were also behind-the-scenes conspiracies, but even the most trusted knights had no knowledge of that.
Picking up a little dessert from the table, the girl pondered the form of the contest essay.