Chapter 52: Banquet (7) (1/2)
Chapter 52: Banquet (7)
Jin attended the banquet the following day as well
Fortunately, not many people were aware of his duel with Syris In fact,their relationshi+p just like Dipus Runcandel, and their beliefs were reinforced today
Had they actually duelled, the winner would’ve been bragging about their victory to others at the banquet Nevertheless, Jin and Syris re up the topic, so people naturally came to the conclusion that they had had a secret love affair last night
The banquet continued in a similar fashi+on as the day before
Jin stayed seated in one location, and the guests ca the around him Since the secret and veiled child of the Runcandels had already revealed hi with their own favours and grudges ast themselves
Ever since Jin and Syris had left the arena last night, countless other duels have been occurring nonstop until now
And since people were allowed to spectate the fight, there were athered at the arena than the banquet hall
The ‘single-log bridge’ party had begun for real
Nevertheless, Jin was sitting at the center of the hall, sipping on his wine as he looked around in glee
‘I should be able to meet those Zipfels today’
Jin was curious to kno high their ic was Since he had heard that the four Zipfel guests were between 15 and 20 years of age, they were the best icians he could coot the chance, he wanted to ask theed his et a lot of free tio investigate the Kollon Ruins with Murakan whenever I want in the near future’
And if he received Murakan’s help, Jin could easily find and take the mirror artifact called the ‘Fountain of Mana’ for himself
‘I’ll icians like a factory this tihts reached that conclusion, Jin laid his glass on the table and exhaled deeply
Meow
Meooow
He suddenly noticed a black cat naively walking around the banquet hall The guests were surprised by the presence of a small cat at the Runcandel main house, so they couldn’t help but stare at it
‘That stupid…!’
Jin was certain Murakan had sneaked inside without Gilly’s knowledge The boy wasn’t sure whether the dragon had noticed his gaze on hiht and catwalked to the center of the hall
He then safely arrived at his destination: on top of Syris’s lap
The girl was satisfied by the cute pet’s affection towards her and she started stroking it After a short while, she looked at the nahter
—Nabi Runcandel
That was the na tiot up and approached Jin
“Did you co Master Jin?”
She was speaking in a soft tone, a complete 180 compared to her attitude back at the arena
The way she skillfully carried him showed her abundant experience with animals Jin smiled aardly and nodded
“Yes”
“Before coined you to be a battle maniac obsessed with swords, but you have quite a few surprising sides to yourself May I play with him for a short while?”
“Feel free to”
After receiving his approval, Syris bowed and left the hall
‘Did she really come to me just to ask that?’
Jin found her quite peculiar but somewhat likeable Then, someone else unexpectedly sat next to hiain, Jin Runcandel! You have no idea how difficult it was finding you, haha”
A young enuinely friendly smile spoke to Jin enthusiastically
Jin knew this boy, as well as all the feats and accomplishments he’d achieve in the future
However, he didn’t want to act fah he was a Zipfel Jin had been looking forward to seeing
“Who… are you?”
“Goodness! To think I’d hear such a disheartening greeting froet aboutabout you every day all this time”
“So who on earth are you?”
“C’ The first two letters of my name are ‘Be’ Haha, do you remember now?”
“Nope”
“Dado a bell?”
“Nope, no bells ringing at all”
At this point, Jin found their interaction anorance
“Hahaha… To think that you don’t remember even with all these clues… Jin, I think you have the oldfish Listen carefully My name is Bera—”
“Beradin Zipfel You’re still as oblivious as ever I was indirectly saying that I didn’t want to act like your acquaintance Yet you didn’t get the hint and continued bringing up the topic How tiresome”
“Oh, is that what it was…?”
To think that this boy would actually becoet selected as the succeeding patriarch Jin had also realized how clueless Beradin was on their first encounter, but this was just on another level He was speechless at how ridiculous the situation was
Even though Jin had bluntly said how tiresome Beradin was, the Zipfel boy didn’t let it bother hiloomy expression for a short while, but soon resumed the conversation
“You have no idea howfor you since yesterday Geez, the Runcandels’ banquet hall is enormous No matter how much I walked around, I just couldn’t find you I think I roa”
“Gosh, no e this hall is, it’s just a banquet hall Are you seriously tellingfor two hours?”
Jin spoke as he recalled the previous day
He was the center of attention and guests continued approaching him He was also located at the center of the hall, so even if someone didn’t want to see hi the evening
“Yeah, I’ic, I could’ve found you in ten seconds, but isn’t it banned to usearound, but always saw the same faces around ood to see you again, Jin Has it been five years already? To think you’re already a 5-star I knew you’d be the cause of so event the last ti around all this time either I’ve already reached the…”
The directionally-challenged boy paused to add a drae! Kuhahaha, I’her than your swordsmanshi+p!”
Beradin was three years older than Jin, so he was a 6-star e of 18 This was quite the achieve celebrated just like Jin’s exceptional growth However…
‘He’s only 6-star?’
Jin was greatly surprised as Beradin’s level was far lower than he had expected Putting aside the foolish act of revealing his abilities in enemy territory, Jin was shocked that the most talented pureblood of the Zipfel Clan was only a 6-star ician