Chapter 143

Sakura City's City Lord quickly caught up with Lucas by moving a few fast steps. Because of Lucas's aura, he was walking a bit behind Lucas, which made it seem like Lucas was in a higher position than him even though that wasn't true. Lucas and Mina entered the castle and both were led to the place where the banquet was about to start.

Chris stopped when they got to the door of the inner dining room. There was only one door separating the outer dining room and the inner dining room, so Chris could be at ease while staying in the outer dining room. Of course, he would put his ear on the door so as soon as something went wrong, he would send a signal to his squadmates and rush in to protect Lucas.

There was a 6 meter-long table in the middle of the inner dining hall. A few maids, noblewomen, and young men and women were standing next to the table clearly waiting for Lucas and the city lord to return so they could start the banquet. 

All the nobles and important people of Sakura City were present at the banquet. All of them were here to congratulate the city lord for saving the city and thanking Lucas for his help.

"Greetings to your excellency Lord Lucas." All the nobles present in the banquet said when they saw Lucas entering the banquet with the city lord. They were surprised by the fact that a beastkin was entering the banquet with Lucas but nobody dared to say anything about it.

Lucas nodded his head. When talking to a noble of a lower ranking, there wasn't really a need to give a "proper salute."

"Your Excellency, these are my wives, sons, and daughters." Sakura City's City Lord said, pointing to the people. He had originally planned to introduce them, but seeing the clothes that they were wearing, he decided against it as he couldn't afford to lose any more face.

"Sorry for bothering you today." Lucas said as he pulled Mina out from behind him and smiled, saying, "She is my female companion, Mina." When Lucas said that all the people present there were surprised. They didn't think that Lucas would bring a beastkin as his companion.

"…" Sakura City's City Lord's daughters were jealous that a beastkin had better clothing than them and had a handsome noble as a companion. To these freckled-faced girls, Lucas's face was like that of an idol. Besides, in their eyes, Lucas's clothes fit the description of the clothes that the prince in the novel "Love Diary of a Noble Girl" had been wearing. They thought that the beast didn't deserve to be Lucas' companion so they started to gossip while looking at Mina.

As such, they frequently winked at Lucas flirtingly, which made Mina grit her teeth. The embarrassment and nervousness that she had earlier while entering the banquet were gone, and the only thing that was left on her mind was to guard Lucas from those whores.

"Uh…" Sakura City's City Lord was surprised that Lucas brought a female beastkin as a companion and looked at Lucas strangely. Even if she is beautiful, there isn't really a need to bring her, a beastkin, to a nobles' banquet, is there? Earlier he thought that she was his sex slave or something as many nobles had beastkins as their sex slaves especially elves. 

Lucas didn't bother explaining to the city lord. The prejudice that nobles and common people had against beastkins was long imprinted into their blood, so it wasn't something that a few words could change.

"Come, please sit down, Your Excellency. Dinner will start soon." Sakura City's City Lord said politely.

"I'm looking forward to it." Lucas said out of politeness. He knew about how bad the food would be.

Lucas sat at one end of the table and Mina sat next to him. Sakura City's women are really great at giving birth. The city lord already has 2 wives and 3 concubines and 7 children present. There are probably a lot more unappreciated people like Bryan's family that weren't allowed to come to the banquet.

There had been a fight when they were getting to their seats the daughters had been scrambling to sit close to Lucas. If Sakura City's City Lord hadn't stopped them, it was very likely that they would have cursed at each other.

"Sorry about that," Sakura City's City Lord said, forcing a smile. "But it really isn't my daughters' fault. Your Excellency is just too amazing."

The corner of Lucas's mouth twitched. 'Looking too handsome can be a mistake?'

Mina had a military knife in her hand under the table, with the tip of the knife stuck to the bottom of it. These whores are literally saying "Fuck me" with their eyes. 'No way. Even if Young Master can't marry me, he wouldn't marry any of you. He should at least marry a princess or a duke's daughter.'

Lucas didn't know about the crazy thoughts that Mina was having. He had a polite business smile the whole time as he talked with Sakura City's City Lord, who was mostly just thanking Lucas for sending troops to help.

The dishes finally got placed on the table, and dinner officially began. Plates after plates of dishes were brought up which were mostly meat with some cooked fruits and vegetables as side dishes. The fruits were cooked because the witch healers in this world all thought that fruits were cold foods and were healthy after they were heated. Lucas knew about that after the city lord told him when he found Lucas looking at the fruits.

Fruits were also something that pretty much only nobles could afford. Sedona City was different as it was near the Forbidden Mountain Range and so there were fruits that the residents could pick and so it was relatively cheap. To the cities in the central land, however, fruits were expensive and in the winter, they were even more expensive than meat.

Looking at the food in front of him, Lucas didn't have any appetite at all. All the large meat was cooked with salt, and the greasy smell filled his nose. 'Coming to the banquet today was a mistake. I should have stayed on the ship and eaten noodles with Ayesha.'

"You excellency, please enjoy your food." Sakura City's City Lord said, picking up the wheat wine, raising it up, and gulping it all down.

"Thank you." Lucas said, also raising his cup of wheat wine and pouring all of it into his mouth. At a nobles' banquet, the guest had to fully drink the first cup of wine and not just pretend to sip as that was considered disrespectful since that meant that the guest didn't like the food.

"Young Master?" Mina was confused. 'What is this? Young Master actually drank the wheat wine without his expression changing? Didn't he hate the sour and bitter wheat wine?'

But did Lucas really drink the wheat wine? Of course not. He moved the wine into his storage space before the wine even entered into his mouth.

"Good. Very good." Sakura City's City Lord praised. "Let's eat the meat."

"Okay," Lucas said, cutting a piece of meat and putting it on his plate. He cut some fruit as well and then ate all of them elegantly. As for whether or not he actually ate them? Well, Lucas didn't want to upset his stomach, so he moved all of them into his storage space.

Mina was dumbfounded the whole time she was watching Lucas eat. 'Where did the picky Young Master go? How could he do these things? Could it be that they actually taste good?' Thinking that, Mina cut a piece of meat and put it into her mouth, making her frown. It tasted horrible and was way too oily.

"Your Excellency, please taste the food that I brought." Lucas said, seeing Mina struggling to swallow the meat.

"Oh? Sure." Sakura City's City Lord said, swallowing a piece of meat, his mouth full of oil. "I am also looking forward to the delicacy Your Excellency made."

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