“Earl Deek Deekson of Aberis!” A voice bood out through the massive ballroom.
Servants ca to take our coats, although most of us weren’t wearing any. It was expected that we wore coats. Although most of the servants kept their heads down, another group that arrived at the door near the sa ti as us seed to look down snobbishly at our group as they allowed the servants to take off their coats. It wasn’t even of weather that needed coats, or was it? As I grew stronger and experienced the extre environnts of dungeons, my tolerance for cold and heat seed to increase. It might have been a bit chilly, and I just no longer could feel it.
None of my girls were wearing coats either though, so I put it up to this whole thing just being a silly costu. Well, it turned out the three esre had coats to offer. The servants addressing them gave the impression of parents undressing their kids before putting them to bed.
“What is it?” Pait glared at .
“Ah! Nothing!”
“Rember to make as many contacts as possible at this eting. Your servant should also mingle.” The smooth-voiced esre dignitary who ca along with the two spoke up.
“I know how to be a diplomat!” Pait snapped.
I raised an eyebrow at him, and Pait’s face smoothed slightly and he gave a little shake as if to say it wasn’t a good ti to speak. I could already guess what he wanted to say though. That other dignitary with such a smooth voice had such a calm and cool deanor. Next to this guy, Pait was probably feeling so inadequacies. He felt a bit like a babysitter being sent along unexpectedly on such a mission.
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“S-servant? You an ?” Dav asked in surprise, her cheeks turning red.
“Mm, as a servant, most of the nobles will ignore your presence, which will allow you much more freedom than either Pait or I will have. Servants always gossip, and you will be privy to that gossip if you can ingratiate yourself to any of them. In a way, you will be able to learn more information about our connections than we can. Your job is extrely important.” He explained while Pait shot him a scathing look.
“Really? I had no idea!” Dav declared.
His words made a lot of sense. His words had been intended for the esre, but wasn’t I in the sa boat? The more information I had, the better off I would be for negotiations. This was the power of diplomacy. I had inadvertently made a spy out of Cici, but she wasn’t here. I needed to gain more direct information, and it seed like servants were the best option.
I was far too new at all of this and far too naïve. I didn’t think about any of this beforehand. It made miss jumping into dungeons. At least that was simple and direct. In the past, Elaya, Astria, or even Eliana would go behind my back and handle such affairs, so I hadn’t needed to learn them. It looked like I had a different kind of leveling I’d need to do tonight.
I shot the girls a look and confird the need to gather information through the Slave Communication. They each responded with a silent nod. After First’s speech, they were taking this night much more seriously, and so they instantly moved into reconnaissance mode.
With that ntality, the group of us stepped out onto a new kind of battlefield.
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