Somehow, Joanna felt sympathy for them despite how they appeared in attire that revealed the eye-catching part of their upper bodies, as if the rumor were true; they had actually been treated poorly by her father as his illegitimate daughters, who were born from one or two of his mistresses.
Viscount Henderson was a fallen nobleman from Deize, a territory in Terra. He should have been invited by the King if he appeared in the same inn as them.
Although he was regarded as a fallen aristocrat who had gone bankrupt because of his drinking and womanizing habit, where he had married more than five times and had many mistresses, including courtesans, out of his household, he was still the King's vassal who had shown his loyalty to the King. Hence, he still became a royal invitee.