This banquet invited the most prominent and influential families from the South Sea region, and most attendees were people in positions of real power, with very few young scions present.
For a banquet of such aristocratic families, the invitations were sent with strict etiquette. As it was Stone Leclair's occasion, and he had just been transferred back with the situation unclear, some of the elders wouldn't make an appearance, so those who came were contemporaries of Stone Leclair.
The old master had nothing much to say to these juniors, and the same went for his son. Stone hadn't even notified him about his return to the South Sea or the banquet, clearly disregarding his father. Moreover, with his grandson being exceptionally outstanding, the old master disfavored his eldest son even more. When he saw Delphine arrive, he warmly kept her around to chat, discussing things from Ignatius Leclair to the daily lives of the children.
