From a certain perspective, the deep crimson Shroud Robe Salomon usually wore had become his formal attire. As his mastery of the mystic arts grew ever stronger, so did the number of magical items he created, and this Shroud Robe became increasingly magnificent. Thus, aside from the wardrobe of tailored suits Stephanie had specially prepared for him, this robe bearing his personal insignia had also become an outfit that conveyed the importance he placed on meetings with allies—though they did not know what the robe was for, whenever something major happened, he was either wearing armor or this robe, so they came to believe that wearing it signified the matter's importance.
Stephanie had told him that; otherwise, he would never have known the Wakandans thought that way.
Given his habits, after attending the college dinner, he would certainly have come here in formal academic dress to sign the contract. T'Challa had once studied in Oxford's physics department, and he and Salomon had shared the same professor. Salomon believed T'Challa would surely understand just how interminably dull formal dinners at those ancient colleges could be. Because of that, T'Challa and Salomon still had a few things they could talk about.
For instance, complaining about how difficult it was to find the short essays and reading lists their professor assigned every class.
Science students had it relatively easy, since mathematics, physics, and chemistry closely followed cutting-edge research. For students of literature, history, politics, and economics, however, having to hunt down out-of-print books published a century ago was truly difficult. Not long ago, Salomon had seen more than one person on forums complaining before term began that they could not find the required books.
That was the topic of conversation when Salomon dined with the Wakandan royal family. Eating dinner twice in a