At the end of the first day of the conference, the first person to get out of their seat was Duke Asteria.

"Well, I think this concludes today’s schedule, so let's get up first. I want to rest until the banquet.” The duke insinuated and left the hall with me in tow.

When the duke said he wanted to rest, other nobles looked at him with complex and subtle gazes.

Those who wanted to borrow the duke’s power through the agenda of the conference would probably be anxious, and those that wanted to build a connection with the duke, irrelevant to the agenda, were probably disappointed.

Leaving all those gazes behind, Duke Asteria headed to the room assigned to us, and when we were out of everybody’s sight, he asked with a playful smile, "What do you think of today's conference?"

What he was asking about was probably the war of nerves between the prime minister and the nobles over the currency reform.

"I thought the prime minister was a very terrifying person,” I said with a slight smile

The duke also smiled and nodded. "Kuhaha! Yes. Arthemius is a very scary person. Although people say that...