The next day, Paul and Mellon brought Bryce and Victor to Duke Ferdinand's residence for the feast.
The duke's residence had been decorated in magnificent splendor. Yesterday's welcoming officer was bustling around the entrance, attending to the guests gathering there.
Besides the lords who had come from distant regions, many prominent people from Cent City had also come to the feast: wealthy merchants from the business world, heads of various guilds, and even people dressed in Church attire.
Paul stopped a man dressed like a priest and asked, "Excuse me, are you a priest from the city?"
The priest recognized at a glance from Paul's attire that he had come to the duke's residence for the feast. He was probably a lord from out of town, so the priest did not dare neglect him.
"Yes, I am a priest at the Grand Cathedral of Cent City."
"Then do you know Dean Leonard... No, do you know Bishop Leonard?" Paul suddenly remembered that he had an old acquaintance in this city. If he remembered correctly, the bishop of the Northwest Bay Diocese should be stationed in Cent City.
"How should I address you, my lord...?"
Bryce stepped forward and said, "These two are Earl Paul Greiman of Arda and Earl Mellon Garnard of Bairdin!"
The priest immediately became solemn and respectful. "So it is the two earls. I know Bishop Leonard. I listen to his teachings at the cathedral every day."
"Then did Bishop Leonard come as well?"
The priest said somewhat awkwardly, "Bishop-sama couldn't come. He has been feeling unwell lately... Wait, Arda? Wasn't that where Bishop-sama served as dean of a monastery before? Could you be the lord there?"
Paul nodded. "That's right."
The priest glanced around, then whispered to Paul, "Lord Greiman, since you and Bishop-sama are from