The invitations had never been sent. In modern society, that might not have been a big deal. But in this era, it was another matter entirely.
First, not every household had a Communication Machine, and even if they did, you would not necessarily know their number. Count Cromwell had chosen to write to Li Wei instead of calling him precisely because he did not know Li Wei's number. Thus, in this era, letters were still the main means of communication.
The same went for banquet invitations. This was only a birthday banquet, but for a wedding, people would even publish announcements in the local newspaper along the lines of "XXX and XXX will marry at a certain church on X month, X day."
From that perspective, newspapers counted as humanity's earliest BBS.
For that very reason, "the invitations had never been sent" meant the same thing as "the recipients had never been invited." In other words, had these incidents not occurred, everyone would have discovered when the banquet began tomorrow that-not a single guest had come.
That would have been true hell.
Imagine telling all your friends and relatives to attend your wedding banquet, only to find on the day of the wedding that every table in the lonely banquet hall was empty except for your own family's. That would have been an absolute nightmare.
Although this was only a birthday banquet, it was also Sophie's social debut, so the problem was just as serious. The whole point of a social debut was to introduce Sophie to others her age. If none of them came, what were they supposed to introduce her to? Thin air?
No wonder Isaac was so furious. With his younger sister being treated like this, he had every reason to be angry.
So who had done