Angel had already been uneasy about meeting Misty Gold. Now that he might have to face even more intelligent creatures from the Nightmare Realm, his heart immediately leapt into his throat.
Besides, if what Book of Madness said was true, there was some hierarchy of honorific ranks called "Moonlight Favored Ones." Misty Gold was seated only at the last guest seat, which meant that most of those coming were even more noble than she was. Though nobility did not necessarily represent strength in reality, among Nightmare Realm creatures, the nobler one was, the stronger one tended to be.
Although Angel did his utmost to appear calm, he was in absolutely no good mood. He even felt that the air he breathed in was piercingly cold, leaving his heart chilled through.
"Hosting a dinner banquet, just for me?" Angel was inwardly flustered, but his tone remained cold.
"Yes." Book of Madness nodded solemnly, then launched into a long string of praise.
Angel wanted to say that the banquet should be canceled. But after entering, he had taken his seat at the banquet without any hesitation and had shown no sign of refusal. To ask for its cancellation now seemed somewhat improper.
Unless Shava was a capricious sort of character?
"So much fuss, all for a banquet where you acted first and reported later?" Angel arched a brow, his gaze like hidden arrows as he looked toward Misty Gold in the distance.
From the perspective of playing Shava, stopping the banquet would be an obvious point of conflict, one that would reveal many character traits. Angel did not understand Shava, so the best approach was not to create overt conflict and to minimize distinctive personality traits as much as possible. Of course, that was also a risk, but it was more moderate