The following afternoon.
"Mr. Ivan, please come inside."
The Hobson family's estate differed from what Ivan had imagined; it was a semi-castle manor, ancient in years, resembling more of a botanical garden inside, with numerous exotic flowers and plants displaying their essence.
He could tell at a glance that some of the plants could be used as medicinal herbs.
'This is also within Flying Fish Port, truly a world apart.'
Seeing this botanical garden, Ivan gained a new understanding of the wealth of old nobility; if one ignored the geographical location, the environment here was extremely favorable for Plant-type apprentices.
The banquet had many guests, mostly nobles who arrived by carriage, unlike Ivan who had walked.
Given the apprentice robe he wore, no one dared to look down on him. Occasionally, nobles would stop their carriages and kindly invite him to join them, but he politely declined. The event was held at a nearby small garden square, just a few steps away.
