This was Charlotte's first meal at the Brittany residence!
Well, not at 58 Sixth Avenue!
But it carried far more prestige than 58 Sixth Avenue.
Although Old Count Brittany had not been very pleased during the meal, the new Count Brittany had been quite pleased.
Charlotte had actually been rather pleased as well. Although dinner had been somewhat restrained and had not tasted particularly good, if he had still been on Earth, he would definitely have taken a selfie and posted it across every social media platform: "Dining at the imperial palace today with the Old Emperor, the Crown Prince, and Princess Anne!"
The prestige would have been off the charts!
Who needed flavor when there was prestige?
Could flavor even show through in a photograph?
But prestige certainly could.
After dinner, Old Count Brittany did not ask them to stay. After all, his coronation was the next day, and he needed to conserve his strength.
Charlotte happily bid Antonio farewell and returned to their lodgings with Anne. They wished each other good night and went back to their respective rooms.
Charlotte practiced diligently for a while, only to feel that his heightened spirituality was somewhat unstable. Rather than cultivate the more intricate Bloody Rune, he chose to construct a new Hand of Blazing Flame.
Charlotte had cultivated seven Hands of Blazing Flame back then, and had never again tried to condense another.
This supernatural ability was extremely useful. He had relied on it several times in duels to turn defeat into victory.
Charlotte merely wanted to stabilize the spirituality that had risen too wildly of late after his contact with an evil god and his direct gaze upon Lady Black Moon, one of the Nine Righteous Gods.
The higher one's spirituality, the faster and more forcefully one could cultivate