Golden Eyes

Just as Dian and the others boarded the Airship, Han Zuo, who stood below only one person and above all others in the Mirazu Kingdom, was receiving mysterious, distinguished guests.

The lavish hall glittered with gold and splendor. Wineglasses shimmering with purple light had been stacked into a pyramid, and sweet, rose-red fruit wine flowed down them like a waterfall.

At the bottom stood an exquisite pool made of white jade, where several pink, eel-like Pokémon—Gorebyss—swam.

Four lotus-shaped white lamps hung overhead, illuminating the already bright hall until not a single dim corner remained.

A circular dining table surrounded the white jade pool and its purple glow. It was laden with countless regional delicacies from around the world, dainty Pokémon-shaped pastries, and specialty Berries, an extravagant display of luxury.

This was one of Han Zuo's lavish private residences, reserved for receiving guests of higher standing.

Today's guests were clearly anything but ordinary, however, for three Bellossom danced nearby while a man in a tailcoat played the violin with rapt attention.

Han Zuo had also dressed like a perfect gentleman. Wearing a black suit, he stroked his beard as he welcomed the royal descendant before him.

"I never imagined I would meet Your Eminence Laika, a descendant of the legendary King Lester, here. What an honor."

He discreetly studied Laika, who wore a white men's formal suit. Hmm, the intelligence said she was a woman, yet she's dressed in men's formalwear today. It seems she must resent her identity as a woman. I can use that.

Han Zuo stroked his beard and smiled smugly. It was precisely his emotional intelligence that had brought him this far.

He glanced around at the surrounding extravagance with indifference. Once he had seen it often enough, it was nothing special. Now, there was only one