The Layver Family held the most trades circulating the elemental gems. For a Dungeon Diver like Garlan Crush, the Family stood as his priority. Got into their good side always better than otherwise.
Which brought him to this party today. Alone. Because his friends disliked the idea of attending a party of which filled with pretentious people like the nobles. The prospect of it never was received well by them, who were former commoners.
With awkward smile on his face, Garlan talked and exchanged pleasantries with the nobles he barely knew. Boring, tiring, he thought inward. However, he had to face them with smile. The etiquettes forced him.
The party continued while he was lamenting inside, hoping for the party to end soon.
Until something happened.
The strongest swordsman in the world, the man who Garlan himself didn't dare to offend, suddenly grabbed a maid and said that he was going to raise her as his disciple. Loudly, in front of everybody.
