Lady Devil - Chapter 178

178.

It’s the banquet hall.

Long dining tables are arranged in rows in a space where light bursts from the ceiling, illuminated by hundreds of candles at once. The crowd filling the hall and their noise seemed about to explode like a flash, swallowed by the near-disastrous light. For a moment, Johannes narrowed his eyes. He even slightly lowered his head to avoid the light. Though bright, it was merely pre-meal candlelight.

However, Johannes’ retinas, which had become more accustomed to the scenery of black melting lava than everyday scenes for the past two months, felt foreign even to ordinary light. Let alone the brightness of the banquet hall. It was like a blade rushing into his pupils.

Truly becoming a monster closer to the dark.

Johannes bit his lip quietly, forgetting even the voice he had heard earlier. Only the light-like murmur was filling his ears. The noises filling the banquet hall. The right of succession to the throne…. The etiquette of the royal road…. Did you hear? Rumor has it that the priest….

…My lady, I saw.

Again, a man’s voice mixed in from somewhere. But since there was no way to pinpoint the exact location, that whisper was nothing more than a passing breeze to Johannes. What did he see? Johannes, without any intention to listen further, followed behind the duke, hoping his eyes would get used to the new light source.

That woman… was frightened….

“May you be victorious in every battle!”

The vassal standing closest to the entrance of the banquet hall discovered the duke and his son who had just entered and greeted them as if cheering. Startled by that sound, the crowd’s attention jumped to the entrance. Soon, hundreds of heads filling the banquet hall bowed deeply as if blessing last night’s joyous occasion.

“Long life and good health!”

“Firm honor!”

“Grand Duke.”

A wave of people surges to the far corner of the banquet hall.

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