The day passed over rather quickly, and the time for the banquet approached.
Quite a few eyes went my way as I waited outside the Imperial Palace's banquet hall for the lady. The sun was setting and a din of nobles moving in and out of the hall, along with the pleasant evening breeze that ruffled my hair made me feel rather strange.
I was initially supposed to be a guard that wasn't going to be involved with this, but the Emperor decided to invite all the adventurers too. On top of that, I was now the hero of the Empire, this treatment was only natural.
But that wasn't what was off-putting.
"Hey, isn't that Nightbringer?."
"Oh my, the stories weren't lying."
"I feel bad for the lady of Acacia, but god if she isn't lucky too."
