If you’re going to do it, do it right.

This was Milton’s resolution as he prepared for the banquet. If you think about it, this was the first banquet since Milton became the Head of the Forrest Family. It was necessary to hold a banquet if you considered the amount of funds that were recently invested in Forrest Territory. 

Milton built an annex on the Manor grounds for the banquet and made sure the lobby of the banquet hall was luxuriously decorated. He also hired famous musicians and chefs from the Capital at an exorbitant price. In an aristocratic society, luxury was sometimes a necessary political expenditure. Milton wanted to take this chance and throw the largest banquet ever held in the Southern region and remind the nobles that Forrest Territory had reached its golden age.

On the day of the banquet, the invited guests trickled into Forrest Manor one by one. On the surface, the banquet was for those who had invested in the development of the port, but the invitation also had in a small print, ‘family members are welcomed.’ In other words, if you have a daughter, bring them. Nobles who had awareness would quickly understand what that meant. 

Milton Forrest was currently the number one...