The next morning, Ves dressed himself and wearily dragged himself to the dining room in order to eat breakfast.
He dispensed with his impressive-looking but cumbersome Pride of Dusk outfit. While he could still wear it to impress her subordinates, there was little point in doing so. Perhaps it was worthy for him to earn Melody's approval, but he needed to do so through his actions rather than his dress.
As for increasing Gloriana's attraction to him? That was completely unnecessary! His nightly discoveries already made that abundantly clear!
