The banquet at Count Mansion proceeded relatively successfully.
Though an assassination incident occurred in plain sight and although Charlotte seemed to do nothing, her goal to formally meet with her vassals had been initially accomplished.
Moreover, thanks to the nobles with their maximum capacity for internal strife, she had come away from the banquet with a trove of leverage over various noble families.
It could only be said that the Bloodline infiltrating Castel had acted too hastily.
However, Charlotte knew this was just the beginning.
Though she had gained a preliminary understanding of the vassals within the domain, her authority had not yet been established.
No matter to what extent the noble families had been infiltrated by the Bloodline, regardless of how respectfully everyone treated her at the banquet, the fact that the power of the Castel family was waning and noble ambitions were growing remained unchanged.
However, not all the news was bad.
