"That is one tough kid," the assistant sighed as she stood outside the manor of the banquet that was winding down, waiting for her own carriage. Capella's assistant, also by default a woman, looked at her superior, "His two ladies... what a pity, such outstanding girls should have been one of us."
"Don't be silly, my old friend," Capella said with a smile, "Fate forges a unique path for everyone. Maybe for them, following at his side is the greatest fortune in life. Speaking of which, he is a true gentleman; he looked at us without any covetous gaze. Knowing that we had no schemes intersecting with his, he rejected me with a smile that kept me at bay, and for the first time, I tasted defeat in the presence of a young man."
