Chapter 182 – Cliff Attends the Party, Cliff’s Perspective (1/2)

Chapter 182 – Cliff Attends the Party, Cliff’s Perspective

Author’s Note:

Since Yuna doesn’t attend the party, this chapter will be written from Cliff’s perspective

Thanks to Yuna, ere able to secure a chef for the party

Not to ht us the royal head chef hi? I could understand if it was just a regular chef working at the castle, but bringing the most influential chef there? That would be impossible for any noro, in the ht I didn’t kno fast her suo, but even she shouldn’t have been able to waltz into the castle right after arriving to the capital, right? Even though Yuna said that Eleanora had helped her get an audience with the king, I couldn’t i let in that easily

She had been able to ot perotten all the necessary ingredients from the castle How effective could she be…?

Just what had she done tolike that? This was all way too baffling

I must ask Eleanora for the details later

While the bear had brought so so her, but with the trouble she brought, I couldn’t do it genuinely

If she had been planning on bringing such an a beforehand Both Old Man Gran and I were cootten herself involved as well, and because of that, I would have to thank His Majesty in person Of course, Old Man Gran planned to do the saht about the after us the royal head chef, the ht over the best chef we could possibly get

Right now, I should be thinking about hoe could make the most out of this

The outcome of this feud would be deter this party

Old Man Gran and Leonardo had tried to eone favourably Just looking at the situation in the town, they had been able to deduce that ere on the losing side

Still, during the last ten years, Old Man Gran had helped a lot of people We had to bring those people in first and show theet asas we could

On the day of the party, I headed to the asseuests in Today, the spotlight would be on Old Man Gran, and I had to do uests started to enter, I moved to a spot frouests, ere mostly the town’s nobles and merchant, slowly poured into the hall

As I watched these influential people enter one by one, a ht my eye It was Gerardo Salbert, the enemy of Old Man Gran

Next to Gerardo was his son, Randall, who had picked a fight with the girls Just hearing about what he had done to them made me want to hit him It was just Gerardo and his son as his wife had passed away several years ago, or at least that hat I had heard

Immediately after they entered, several people approached Gerardo They werewith hi to sell him their flattery

Well, I wasn’t afraid of idiots who openly showed that they were on the enemy side The ones we had to be careful of were those who pretended to be on our side, only to backstab us later on

They could leak the inforer than we actually were

Because of that, we had to be suspicious of everyone

I prayed that ouldn’t get approached by anybody with plans like those

As tiive hi invited to the party; the real fight would begin after this

Eventually, Gerardo himself approached Old Man Gran

「I wish you a Happy 50th Birthday」

Gerardo congratulated him with a wry smile

I was a with a person like that all this time I couldn’t tell if Old Man Gran was just too kind or si all this way We have plenty of good food prepared, so I hope you enjoy your time here」

「I look forward to the food I heard it was made by an assistant head chef from a famous restaurant at the capital」

I saw Old Man Gran grasping his hands tightly when Gerardo s, but he wasn’t in any position to argue right now

There was still no evidence that Gerardo had been responsible for the attack on Botts

We hadn’t been able to find any witnesses because it had been in an area where not many people passed by

So, no matter how suspicious they were, we couldn’t accuse them We could only endure their abuse Old Man Gran h

When it was about tiin, Old Man Gran and his son, Leonardo, started whispering to each other

「Is soot concerned, so I approached them and asked

「There are several people who didn’t show up, all of ere siding with me」

「They promised to attend, didn’t they?」

「Is this Gerardo’s doing?」

「We’ve got no proof We also don’t have tiate it」

It was possible that they had been threatened or even bribed

We had no evidence, though; we only knew that several people on Old Man Gran’s side didn’t show up

Still, this was no tiet the party going, so Old Man Gran told Leonardo to announce that he would address the guests

「I thank you for attending my birthday party from the bottom of my heart I’m sure many of you are very busy, so I really appreciate it」

That was rather short for a speech Old Man Gran sat back down, leaving his son to give the final words

「Food has been prepared for everybody, so please enjoy」

As they finished their short greeting, food was brought out

It was a standing party, so food was not served individually The maids placed the food on the tables scattered all around the hall

As expected of the royal head chef, all the food looked and sht drinks around, so I got an to eat and chat with each other They st themselves and their acquaintances, while some others went to speak with Old Man Gran or Gerardo

After some time, somebody came up to me

「Why, if it isn’t Cliff-dono How have you been?」

「I’ fine, thank you The last timeeach other was at His Majesty’s birthday party, wasn’t it?」

It was one of the nobles froh, but rather went on to greet other people

I normally stayed neutral in events like this, so I just observed both the Faren Gramm family and Salbert fauests, ould be fine, but it see to be rather difficult The Salbert fa At least they couldn’t use bribes here out in the open, so they had to try and gain the trust of the guests the norlanced at how Old Man Gran’s side was doing and saw that Leonardo was now going around with his wife to greet the guests one by one

The couple appeared to be received favorably, but it could all be just a farce

Old Man Gran and Leonardo’s negotiation skills would surely be put to the test later on

My job was to back up the Faren Graotiations went in his favor I didn’t kno much I could influence the situation, but it was surely better than having no support at all

After looking around the roohter She seeether with Misana