In the venue, Velin wandered around like a curious child, occasionally chatting with Moon Elves and humans he happened to get along with.
There were still three hours before the grand trade fair began. Everyone attending Adrien's trade gathering was using this opportunity to meet different people and expand their connections.
Velin had little interest in that. His foundation was Qixing Territory, and beyond that, only the Ilia Kingdom and the Silver Dragon Burke Kingdom. The more distant Moon Elf Kingdom was not within his considerations for now.
Before a dining table, Velin had just reached for some pastries when a maid approached him.
"Sir, my master wishes to see you."
Seeing this, Velin lowered his hand, which had paused in midair, and asked doubtfully, "Lord Adrien?"
"Yes." The maid nodded earnestly, her smile unchanged. "Please follow me."
With a trace of curiosity, Velin followed behind the maid and left the banquet hall.
The people around them seemed to have their vision obscured, turning a blind eye to the two of them openly leaving the banquet hall.
Following the maid, Velin boarded a carriage drawn by four pegasi.
With a faint sound, the carriage rose smoothly into the air like drifting clouds and sped toward a vaguely visible castle in the distance.
Velin withdrew his gaze from the window and looked at the maid again, only to find that she had already shed her black-and-white maid uniform and changed into red light armor, with an ornament on her forehead.
Facing Velin's curious scrutiny, the maid maintained a smile throughout, her eyes revealing an inscrutable calm and composure.
Perhaps sensing that he had been somewhat rude, Velin withdrew his gaze and turned to look out the window, distracting himself.
Time passed second by second. After roughly ten minutes, the flying carriage