Sleepyhead Sees You From 100 Days Ago 68

Chapter 68 – Chapter 3: Fall Banquet – 2

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As I got closer to the banquet hall, I heard music.

The musicians were holding instruments and exciting the people.

People walked through the large hall and exchanged greetings.

They spoke in low voices, as if they were having a secret conversation, and their faces were hidden behind their fans, so their expressions were unreadable.

It was like a silent dance.

For this ‘autumn banquet’, I felt that the nobles paid more attention to their appearance than usual.

His clothes were filled with dazzling decorations, gold bands were wrapped around his neck and arms, and the rings on each finger sparkled every time he lifted a drink.

They were all dressed luxuriously, so it was difficult to tell who was better off.

The nobles knew each other well.

Whose family are you from? Long time no see. Your daughter is now a young lady. Haha, that one has become more dignified too. The same story was told.

Deseo nobles have been forming factions for a long time, so it would be even more strange not to know.

“Hello.”

A couple greeted us.

“Hello. “Good evening.”

“This is my first time seeing you. Excuse me, but where are you from?”

“We are from Marlanne.”

“Marlanho… ? Ah, I see! “You really came from far away.”

Mr. Aban was right.

They say that when a question that is difficult to answer comes up, if you just blurt it out, the nobles pretend to know each other, and before you know it, it becomes the truth.

The couple nodded as if they had actually heard of ‘Marlangne’, a fictional region that does not exist.

All I have to do is make it a little more plausible.

All you have to do is add a little spice.

“Yes. As you know, it is famous for grapes and roses. “The glass of wine you are holding now also comes from our region.”

“Oh. Is this precious wine from Marlangne? As far as I know, I heard he came from Birchon.”

“Virchon’s grapes are also famous, but the roots of the grape lineage actually come from Marlangne.”

“Ah, that’s right. It was like that. “You really have great pride in your hometown!”

“Thank you, but it is nothing compared to this glorious city of Deseo.”

The Deseo nobles had a kind of pride in the fact that they ruled this huge city.

If you keep praising my fake hometown until now, you end up praising Deseo as the best.

The corners of the couple’s mouths also rise happily.

“Haha. You are a fun person. I am Galupon, and this is Trizia. That one… ?”

“It’s called Posao Modales. “I’m Tia.”

The Lupon couple saw Uncle Posao.

At this point, it would be polite to say something, but it was a puzzled look in his eyes that he had not said anything and just listened in silence.

“… “I enjoyed your conversation, Mrs. Modales.”

“It was a pleasant meeting for me too. Mr. LuPone.”

The conversation went like this.

As she walked around the banquet hall, she spoke to one or two people on her own.
Even if there was nothing to say, it was polite for nobles to talk anyway.

However, the conversation did not last long.

Most people were happy to talk to me, but they seemed very uncomfortable with Mr. Posao next to them.

To be honest… It seemed like a man who was uncomfortable to look at would be a little scary if he just stood there bluntly.

After finishing the tour, I sat down at the table to attend dinner.

The man said with a haggard face.

“I-I’m sorry… Because of me… Now, it’s not going well, is it?”

“No. I’m doing well.”

“I-I interrupted you… “I’m sorry.”

Uncle Posao looked much more withdrawn than before.

“Uncle, I said you shouldn’t do that. Rather, you should be confident. “I’m still doing well, so I act more arrogant.”

“… Arrogantly?”

He told me a new strategy in my ear.

“If you feel like people are ignoring you, try clearing your throat loudly. It will work well.”

“Ah Okay…”

The sound of music rang out announcing the start of the dinner.

Servants rushed out and started serving delicious food to each table.

Dishes filled with numerous spices… They were luxurious dishes that were incomparable to anything we had eaten before.

When the food appeared, the man’s eyes widened.

Unfortunately, most of them were steak or bread that had to be cut using a knife.

“…”

Because I promised not to even touch a knife if I don’t know how to use it.

The man just looked at the dish with a sad face.

The sight was so pitiful that I cut up a few pieces of steak and placed them on a plate.

The Lupon couple sitting across from us laughed as if it was fun.

“Hoho- Mrs. Modales, I’m running out of honey. To the extent that she would slice her own flesh for her husband. When we were newlyweds, we didn’t do that because we were embarrassed.”

“Ahaha…”

“By the way, Mr. Modales doesn’t look good today. “Is there anything you don’t like?”

I hurriedly answered instead.

“Uh, they say the food doesn’t suit you.”

“Oh my.”

Madame LuPone tilted her head.

“We invited the best chef in Deseo. “That’s an unexpected evaluation, isn’t it?”

“It’s because I’m used to cooking.”

“You cook your own food? Oh my god… “Your wife must have put in a lot of effort.”

As she just said what came to her mind, she suddenly became ‘a rare woman who works hard to support her husband.’

One by one, other nobles appeared around.

She first came to say hello to the Lupons, but after hearing our story, she became interested.

“Haha! It’s Modales… Excuse me, but this is my first time hearing this name. “What brings you to Deseo?”

“We came to do ‘business.'”

“Business?”

They looked at each other with sullen faces, and then burst into laughter.

“Didn’t you mistake this place for a ‘feast’ where people who boast about having money gather together? Are you saying you want to make money like those people?”

It was a sarcastic tone.

They seemed to perceive ‘business’ as nothing more than a humble means to make a lot of money.

Especially these days, we are in a situation where we are about to lose our seats to commoners and rich people, so it is definitely not a pleasant story.

“What? “You came here to do business?”

“It’s not fun. After all, country bumpkins…”

The other nobles also turned their backs as if they were dumbfounded.

Amidst cold and cold reactions.

That moment.

“Keuhum–!!!”

For a moment, I thought thunder would fall in this banquet hall.

Everyone was startled by the loud coughing sound, and the woman holding the wine glass lost her strength and dropped it.

As if a sleeping beast had woken up.

Everyone froze at the heavy sound.

The main character of that sound is… It was Uncle Posao.

A fierce expression on the face.

To these nobles who had only seen handsome men and women, Uncle Posao’s barbaric face must have been the very thing of fear.

Since he had never said a single word until now, his unexpected reaction came as a fresh shock to people.

Good.

It’s a good opportunity to change the atmosphere.

I immediately pretended to apologize to the man.

“Oh. Did you experience any inconvenience? “I will apologize on your behalf.”

“…”

Uncle Posao adjusted his posture and sat down.

The chair was cackling as if it were going to burst under his huge body.

The look in her eyes, her lifted chin, her arms on the armrests that make this banquet hall… It was the perfect attitude of an ‘arrogant nobleman.’

His young wife even apologized repeatedly, saying she was sorry for offending her.
People held their breath because they couldn’t even imagine how vicious this person was.

Everyone’s attention is focused now.

I slowly opened my mouth.

“I ask you all to understand. We didn’t come all the way to Deseo just to make a few bucks. My husband, for the revival of the weakened Modales family and for the great people of Deseo. “I was willing to take a step forward to create a new wind.”

Uncle Posao was glaring at the nobles.

I improvised the words accordingly.

“… But they say they don’t feel good because it seems like our wishes are being ignored.”

“Oh, no. Prince of Modales. I didn’t mean to say that. “I apologize for the misunderstanding.”

The man who told us to go to the orgy hastily apologized.

The others also nodded.

“But it’s business. “I want to hear more about what’s going on.”

It seems like they are slowly showing interest.

I started explaining slowly as I had prepared.

“Actually, we took half of Deseo’s steel market a few days ago.”

It was a bit of an exaggeration, but it was still true.

This may be the first truth confessed at this banquet hall.

There were many hardware guilds in Deseo.

This was because it was close to Rotten Barn, which has a huge mine.

It is said that in the past, iron from this production area was sold in large quantities through maritime trade.

However, a serious recession has recently occurred in the hardware market.

As the situation became more difficult, the number of guilds that wanted to close the game began to increase.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mr. Posao went around the market and signed a contract at a low price.

In that way, we were able to occupy close to half – this is an estimate – or so.

When people are lost in thought while stroking their chin.

Haha!”

Suddenly a man came up to us, smiling loudly.

“Do you mean to do business with hardware? “Did you say she was Madame Modales?”

“Yes.”

“Madam, you don’t seem to know why the value of ‘iron’ has been low in Deseo recently.”

He spoke in a condescending manner.

“Most of the iron coming into Deseo comes from the mines at Rottenbahn. It was a very reliable mine that supported Deseo for a long time, but what benefit would there be in digging further into the mine now that the price of iron ore imported from across the sea is cheaper?”

The man’s collar had an eagle pattern engraved in gold embroidery.

Piolo family.

Her grandmother told her to be especially careful about the family’s second son, ‘Rudy’.

A harsh and critical personality that even nobles are reluctant to deal with.

It’s this person.

Hehe. I thought he was bragging about signing a contract with a foreign company and doing business, but he came to this banquet just because he had won a share in a small guild that was shaken by Rotten Barn’s circumstances. You must have had a hard time coming all the way, but it doesn’t seem like you are suitable for the ‘class’ here. Madam.”

Rudy shrugged his shoulders and spun his body around.
And then he started speaking in a loud voice, as if telling everyone to listen.

“I have heard many place names, but I have never heard the name ‘Marlangne.’ Even if it exists, if I don’t know about it… “Isn’t it a place so far away, so small that you can’t help but doubt its power?”

People murmured.

“Hmm… Definitely.”

“This is my first time hearing it too.”

He grinned and raised his hand towards me again.

“Also, although Madame Modales’ appearance is incomparable, the poor necklace around her neck reminds me of the life of a poor commoner living in a small country.”

He stroked her neck.
I was referring to this ruby ​​necklace that Ritz gave me as a gift.

Most nobles’ necklaces were golden strings.

The size of the embedded jewel was large enough to be clearly visible.

My necklace, on the other hand, was made of leather string, and the gemstones were as small as a grain of nail.

It had no choice but to look unsightly in their eyes.

Rudy looked at me and laughed.

“What is the bloodline of ‘Modales’ in the first place? Could it be that you bought the genealogy of a country noble with no roots, just like the shameless and lowly ‘those’, and added it to your side?”

“Phew.”

Haha.”

Laughing sounds can be heard everywhere.

Although their faces were covered with fans, there was a clear mockery in their eyes.