The slow-paced lives of long-lived races were defined most by their low efficiency.
When faced with such a contentious issue, all sides inevitably became locked in a prolonged struggle.
Before the Elves could take any action, the Alpha Kingdom's victory banquet had quietly begun in the main camp.
The conditions in the army were special, so its facilities naturally could not compare to those in the royal palace, but that did not diminish the banquet's prestige in the slightest.
In high society, what determined a banquet's stature was no longer the banquet itself, but the identities of its guests.
Apart from a handful who could not get away, all the powerful figures on the front lines had come. The royal family had even sent two highly respected grand dukes, making its importance clear.
Because of the special identities of the protagonists, however, the atmosphere at this high-profile victory banquet was somewhat tense.
Faced with a group of Holy Domain experts old enough to be their ancestors, the guests behaved with extreme restraint, terrified of accidentally offending someone and getting beaten up.
Only after Hudson came forward and led them away did things finally return to normal.
Princess Madelaine was deeply disappointed by this. She had originally intended to use the banquet to select promising people and cultivate them into her confidants.
With the Holy Domain experts entertaining themselves separately, no one else would foolishly crowd around them. Everyone attending the banquet was male, and her status made it inappropriate for her to insert herself among them.
Seeing this, Hudson nearly laughed aloud.
Fortunately, Princess Madelaine had not gone over. Otherwise, the outcome would have been even more discouraging.
The title of the "Calamity Maiden" resounded across the continent. Among the young nobles of the kingdom who had defied fate and