Hiddell looked at the people in the dance floor and felt an inexplicable sense of annoyance.
In The Capital, there were many families nobler than Hiddell's, but as the offspring of an influential Earl, Hiddell never had to be subservient to anyone, except for the four Dukes or the respected His Majesty the King.
Therefore, when his peers sent their dance partners into the dance floor or the chatting area beside it, Hiddell instinctively felt that they were not discussing "The Old Man and the Sea."
No sooner had he made contact with that Malin Gast than he started to feel that these guys were treating the Renard family's child like a clown.
However, among them was his old friend; Hiddell didn't want to burn bridges, although Malin was his cousin's boyfriend and seemed to have gained the approval of his aunt by marriage—no easy feat, for she was a Legendary battle Mage.
