Perhaps he was not aware that he had already been fixed by a pair of vigilant and contemptuous eyes, the count's exhilaration could hardly be described in words at this moment.
Strictly speaking, Count Casano Shalba is a businessman rather than a noble, as nobles do not usually engage in commerce.
Although Casano's elder brother, Count Totti, married the Crown Princess of Dorott Duchy, and their family head, the Marquis Casano, who is Count Totti's blood uncle, is the state counsellor of the duchy, the aristocratic lineage of the Shalba family has never been accepted or recognized by other human nations on the continent. More rigorously, there is no record of it in the ancient noble genealogies. This is mainly because the Shalba family is simply too proficient in doing business, and the lineage of merchants can never be recognized by mainstream nobility.
