While Franz's group was in the middle of an intelligence gathering mission and many other important people were performing their political and commercial ploys...
'This is more boring than I thought.'
Eric was sitting in the food court of the party.
He was terribly bored!
'At first, I thought attending the Duke's party would be fun… but I couldn't have been more wrong.'
Initially, Eric was having a great time talking to all kinds of new people in one place.
He had never been so popular, after all.
So he was quite excited about being the center of attention for the first time.
That was how he thought for the first hour.
But the more time passed, the more exhausting it became having to deal with all the people who came to talk to him.
This wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't for the fact that Eric soon understood their interest in him.
