As the day of the crown prince's coming-of-age ceremony was approaching, the capital city of Valentino became crowded with incoming nobles.
It was the one and only chance for them to attend the royal ball which helds during the future emperor's birthday with the mindset of finding a wife for him.
Even if the crown prince was already engaged with the princess of the Dalton Duchy for a very long time, some people still dreamt of making their daughter's a royal concubine or queen.
Where some noblemans comes from all over the empire to attend so that they can find a suitable groom for their daughter in the capital city.
Young unmarried girls and boys meet and gets to know each other, the ladies talks, gossips and flaunt about their wealth where the mans talk about buisness while drinking wine.
The boutiques specializing in dresses for nobles were booming, and the people were satisfied with the emperor's rule thanks to the release of the massive reserve grains.
