Compared to the deep-minded nobles, the male and female companions accompanying them were all staring brightly at the clothes worn by Odd Coin Ayr Thompson and his wife.
If some minor nobles had worn such new-style clothing, they would undoubtedly have sneered at them. Even if they thought it looked good, they would only condemn them for failing to revere their ancestors, disrespecting tradition, and lacking etiquette...
But since it was Odd Coin Ayr Thompson and his wife wearing them, the situation was vastly different!
As the leading figures among the new nobles, such attire represented the divide between the new and old nobility. It demonstrated that the new nobles stood apart from the old ones, that they were more advanced and more civilized.
There was naturally no need to hide their admiration.
While some nobles were thinking this, Odd Coin Ayr did indeed say exactly that after exchanging greetings: this was a display of the new nobles' advancement!
It was a manifestation of social progress and the development of the times!
"Sir Ayr, you are absolutely right. New-style clothing reflects social progress and the development of the times. It is a direct manifestation of changes and developments in culture, economics, magical technology, people's aesthetic standards, and lifestyles. New-style clothing is clearly more advanced and civilized than those traditional garments!"
"My friend, this banquet has not even truly begun, yet it has already left a deep impression on us. It has shown us the greatest difference between us new nobles and those old fossils!"
Odd Coin Ayr's close friends immediately echoed him, speaking with such righteous conviction that all the new nobles present raised their glasses in praise.
Even though many of them had no idea where those grandiose words had come from, they simply felt that this new style