The man's reaction to what he said looked so calm and unaffected, unlike the way he would have reacted when he had just moved into his mansion.
He wondered if he reacted that way because there were people with him or maybe he did not hear what he said at all. the second option made him relax as he could finally begin what he planned to do for the day.
He wanted to have lunch with his friends from school but his friend called him to have lunch with him. He had not seen the young man since they parted ways after their retirement and he thought it would be right for him to have lunch with him since he had invited the man to his ceremony.
The man had agreed to attend and he was happy about that and the lunch could be a show of appreciation for his selfless agreement. He was going to pay some of his guests for their appearance but some of them chose to appear for the ceremony for the sake of the relationship or connection they formed with him in the past.
