Chapter 237 - Banquet (1/2)

The banquet would be held at Viscount Pol's estate. He invited a large number of people, each of them an important person. Each guest was an influential person, a powerful magician, or a skilled craftsman. The reason for the banquet was quite simple, it was the Viscount's daughter's birthday today.

”Sir!” Said Sebastian on seeing Evan.

”Is everything ready?” Asked Evan.

Sebastian nodded and calmly said, ”Come with me.”

The butler led Evan to Malespera. The girl was dressed in a long black dress with a white frame and low-heeled shoes. Sebastian sent Malespera to the best hairdresser and makeup artist in town. Now Malespera looked like a blue-blooded individual..

”Sir, I have also prepared some costumes for you.” Said Sebastian and presented Evan with an array of costumes.

”No need.” Evan shook his head and said, ”I will go in my cape, I have no desire to wear anything but it.”

”But, sir, you're going to a banquet that Viscount Pol is throwing, shouldn't you be dressed formally?” Sebastian asked, puzzled.

”It doesn't matter. Is the carriage ready yet?” Evan said coldly.

Sebastian only nodded.

”Okay, Malespera, let's go.” Said Evan and headed for the exit of the manor.

Viscount's house was quite far away, even by carriage the journey would take about an hour. All the while, Malespera was asking questions about the upcoming banquet. Sebastian had already told her in detail where she was going tonight, but Malespera wanted to hear the answers to her questions in person from Evan.

”Evan, what usually happens at a banquet?”

”Nothing out of the ordinary. Everybody just drinks and eats and dances and so on. Simply put, it's a simple dinner that a huge number of people come to. Of course, a lot of people consider a banquet to be an event too, so it's a higher level than a simple dinner, but the point is the same.”

”I see, why did we go there?”

”There's no purpose, I just thought you and I should get some rest. You've been working out a lot lately, so you should have some fun and relax.”

Evan's words were only partially true. He wanted Malespera to stop overtraining since it might not have the best consequences. Evan wanted to know the answer to his question as soon as possible, and for that, Malespera had to progress without any problems.

But, with his resources and money, he could easily arrange a banquet at his mansion as well.

Evan decided to go to the banquet because he wanted to see this city's most powerful and influential people. Moreover, he was curious to know why the Viscount had invited him. Evan usually did not like to attend such events, but good introductions could help him achieve his goals. Evan wanted to learn more about spell-creators and determine if he could experiment on people in this city.

Svein just as strongly influenced his decision. Evan was surprised by such an unusual spell. Svein was at the stage - One-Pointed Star, which meant the spell he was using was level one or zero. But despite his extensive knowledge, Evan didn't know any such spells.

This meant that the people at Vextin had resources and information that Evan did not have access to. Vextin was the next stage, after which Evan would travel to the base of the Demon Tree.

Evan also thought that some kind of spell maker might have created the Svein spell. Evan didn't know much about Vextin, but he supposed that spell-creators might be in that town. Of course, that was unlikely. There were even fewer spell-creators than master smiths and master alchemists.

More likely was that it was a rare spell that Evan knew nothing about. But it was good for Evan. It meant he could learn a lot of new and useful things at Vextin.

After about an hour, the carriage stopped at the entrance to Viscount Pol's estate.

”Let's go,” Evan said calmly and stepped out of the carriage. He was not amazed by Viscount's estate, for his mansion was in no way inferior.

Malespera nodded and followed Evan.

There were many luxurious carriages outside the manor. Dozens of people in expensive suits walked leisurely toward the banquet hall. Most of them were mages, but there were a few merchants, too. They were powerful enough to be here.