The gas lamp hanging on the wall emitted bursts of light, illuminating the entire dining room and making it bright and splendid. Baron Frederick elegantly sliced off a piece of steak and stuffed it into his mouth, his gaze drifting across to Marvin seated directly opposite him.
Besides Baron Frederick, Stuart and his fiancée Abigail, and Mr. Smith, Marvin and a few others were also invited to the dinner. To demonstrate the seriousness of the host family, Baron Frederick even invited his own wife and the wife of his eldest son Kirani to join the event.
It was as if this were truly a family banquet, where all those seated here were members of one family.
But Marvin was not deceived by appearances. Baron Frederick was certainly courteous and polite, yet that did not mean he had no ulterior motives.
"Mr. Nicholas, from which city in the Kingdom of Frederick does your family originate?" Baron Frederick swallowed the beef in his mouth and asked as he picked up a glass of red wine.
