Chapter 143: A boost in confidence sometime comes from the strangest place
I was so forgetting that the banquet was actually held for three nights.
The first night was a kind of opening gala, when the high society came to give their greetings. The second night was some kind of cultural exchange night, and the last night would be a prelude to ’going away’ where the Lord would announce the start of the annual inspection journey.
During the second night, representatives from the citizen of the realms, as well as foreign delegations, would start to attend. There would be a cultural show, from singing to traditional dancing, as well as the spread of culinary from every corner of the realm--I guessed this was why most of the foreign delegations came in this day.
On the contrary, the local high society rarely came in this night, except for those who liked parties and shows in general, or had some business with foreign delegations. Thus, I wouldn’t be able to see much of them, but I would be able to see a lot of exciting things, so I felt it was fortunate.
And I was glad I could use the outfit that Arta and the other seamstresses made for me, since it was beautiful. It looked plain when I just stood still, a usual combination of a long white tunic and outer coat with wide sleeves in midnight blue color. Once I moved, however, the bottom edge of the coat and the tunic, as well as the wide part of the sleeve, would shimmer slightly, and the carefully sewn hidden gems would reflect the light, making it look like stars peeking behind the night sky.
And most importantly, hidden within the silver embroidery was a temperature control enchantment that would keep me warm through the event. It wouldn’t be pretty to keep shivering while I walked with Natha, would it? What if they thought I was being afraid of him?
"Ah, such a masterpiece," Arta sighed after she weaved the last strings of pearls into my hair.
[Master so pretty!]
"Mm, mm," Zia nodded enthusiastically. "You look stunning, Val."
"Oh... thank you," I replied sheepishly. It was rather embarrassing being looked at and complimented like that. Felt nice, but embarrassing nonetheless.
"This can be considered to be Val’s debut, right?" Zia asked, jumping down from the chair she was sitting in, and I almost tripped because of that.