"Captain Kada, don't do anything!" The moment the steward saw the object that had struck his face, his heart trembled.
A gold invitation... This was entirely different from a silver invitation.
A gold invitation represented a distinguished guest of the Duke—most of them personally named and invited by the Duke himself.
Silver invitations, on the other hand, did not require the Duke's attention at all. The butler arranged every invitation himself.
As long as the butler felt someone had even the slightest connection to the Duke and ought to be invited, he could issue them a silver invitation.
It did not even matter in the end whether that guest actually came.
But every guest bearing a gold invitation had to be registered upon arrival. Afterwards, the butler—and perhaps even the Duke—might review the list of attending guests.
And now, he had actually tried to drive away such an incomparably distinguished guest.
If the butler or the Duke learned of this afterward...
The steward could not help shuddering, while inwardly grumbling about why Nalant had not shown the gold invitation sooner.
With this thing, even if he had a hundred times the courage, he would not have dared do what he had just done.
"A gold invitation? How is that possible?" Kadi had also seen the gold invitation in the steward's hand.
He froze for a moment, then quickly stepped before the steward, picked up the gold invitation, and examined it.
"Could this invitation be fake? They're country bumpkins from Glory Continent. How could they possibly know the Duke?"
"Besides, I doubt any noble would dare transfer a gold invitation. Even if they had money, they couldn't buy one!"
"Young Master Kadi, this invitation is genuine. Look at the anti-counterfeiting inscription on it. And the invited guest named on it is