The Noble's Duty-Last Day to Ask for Votes

Two days later, Solam and his party appeared at a banquet hosted by the city lord, Marco.

Given Solam's personality, he had absolutely no interest in gatherings filled with hypocrisy and pretense. But Marco had kept inviting him, repeatedly stressing that he had something very important to discuss with Solam after the banquet—something that apparently concerned Solam's title.

Whether out of curiosity or simply because he had been pestered beyond endurance, Solam came in the end.

Before Solam arrived, the upper echelons of Crimmor had already learned about his background. Many people knew that Solam was the grandson of the legendary mage Chalanona, and they also knew how he had obtained his marquis title.

Thus, the nobles at the banquet split into two camps. One camp fawned over Solam and showered him with flattery, while the other treated him with extreme coldness. Some of them did not speak a single word to Solam throughout the entire banquet.

The two groups of nobles held completely different views of Solam's status.

The faction currying favor with Solam was naturally doing so because of the legendary mage behind him. There was an unwritten rule on the continent: anyone born into a legendary family was naturally regarded as part of the nobility. The noble class believed that legendary bloodlines were worthy of being called superior, and therefore naturally deserved acceptance among the nobility.

The other faction, however, was deeply dissatisfied that Solam had bought a noble title. They could acknowledge the excellence of Solam's bloodline and were even willing to accept him as one of their own. The descendants of legends becoming nobles was recognized across the continent. But that did not include the portion Solam had bought with money!

In their eyes, the hierarchy of nobility was sacred. Even a descendant of a