Chapter 141 (1/2)

141. Party, again

It is a party.

This time, it's the party of a Count of the Navy Faction, which I asked Marquis Mitch.e.l.l as the middleman.

It seems that the faction of the Count is different from Marquis-sama, but since I asked to be introduced to a naval house, he introduced me to a Count House which happens to be a key member of the naval faction that have a relatively good relationship with him. And I was invited to the party to celebrate the promotion of their son.

I am told that he was promoted to Colonel and was a.s.signed as a commander of a fleet consisting of four warships. It is the so-called fleet commander.

Of course this is a joyous occasion. They went as far as to hold a party like this.

Well, I said [their son], but he is an uncle in his late forties. If the family head lives a long live, the t.i.tle is difficult to succeed.

The count seems to be very grateful to Marquis Mitchel for mediating me to go to the Count's party. It seems that the navy is not very friendly with the army, but a little better compared to the discord between the same naval faction of army faction. It's what they call [A distant enemy is better than the closer enemy].

So, marquis Mitch.e.l.l seemed to be pleased with the kindness from the unexpected. Well, he's not coming to the party though.

There are quite a few n.o.ble parties, so not all n.o.bles will be present at all parties. Otherwise, parties with the scale of thousands attendees will be held a dozen times a day, and all the n.o.bles would've to attend them all. … No, actually there are few parties where the whole family attends.

Counting the birthday parties alone, just how many times a year are there…?

Therefore, attending the party is limited to those who have a connection to the n.o.ble and those who have a good reason only.

Of course, there are various other factors, such as the relation between the court rank or the fellow house of the same faction. Therefore, the number of parties that each n.o.ble actually attends is not that many, and the number of partic.i.p.ants seems to vary greatly depending on the content of the parties.

For example, a birthday party for children may be attended by the whole family, especially the ones that have children of around the age, regardless of the factions. It seems a little different from other parties…

Right, Marquis-sama told me not to attend a child's birthday party for a while. It seems that various hoaxes and rumors are spreading, such as If you invite me you can get wonderful jewelry, and there are many lower-cla.s.s n.o.bles who are thinking about attaching the third or fourth son of their own house with me.

I will pa.s.s, of course. I don't need to find a marriage partner yet.

And there are quite a few birthday parties. The main attendees are houses that are having a good relationship with the host and houses with children of just the right age, if I were to attend such parties, it would be like [that].

Moreover, since I can't attend all of them, I have to choose some of them, and because I have no parents with me, I have to choose by myself, and by doing that, they will presume that I have a feeling towards their son…