Viscount Floty's and Viscount Greatbear's families, led by a young maid, headed toward the second floor.
The second floor was covered in "Paradise" decorations, making it impossible to imagine that this was how a Duke's Mansion ought to be furnished.
However, it clearly caught Diana's and Rose's cousin's attention, and they practically wanted to pounce on everything and play.
Viscount Floty and his wife, as well as Viscount Greatbear and his wife, wore slightly strange expressions, completely unable to imagine the purpose behind such an arrangement.
It would have been one thing if someone had set up a terrifying path to scare people, but what was with a corridor straight out of a fairy tale?
Yet they could not refuse the Duke's invitation, so they could only steel themselves and continue onward.
The young maid did not lead them to the audience chamber, study, or anywhere of the sort. Instead, she brought them directly into a comfortably furnished family-style living room.
A low table stood in the center of the room, surrounded by a ring of soft sofas.
As they entered the living room, they felt a faint coolness wash over them, dispelling the heat of the summer night.
It was the effect of a magical device installed in the corner of the wall.
When the two families entered the living room, they saw Alvitr and the others lounging on the sofas and chatting.
The people present made them feel somewhat intimidated.
Besides Alvitr and Claire, Eldest Princess Eliza had also been invited to the tea gathering after the banquet.
Dark and the two Little Princesses were naturally there as well.
However, Dark's Magic Spirits had all been taken by the maids to the large bathhouse.
The maids treated them like children, intending to wash them clean and coax them