Abel’s senses were very sensitive. He quickly realized there was something wrong with steward Brewer’s emotion. That was odd, so he gave his body a little scan with his power of the will. He immediately knew the reason afterward. He had almost killed ten thousand inferno creatures in the Dark world. That was the most he had ever killed.
A weird impose would be created every time a person takes a life. Some people called it murderous sent, and others called it Radon. It could easily scare off a normal person when an army of troops who had killed many people appeared.
Luckily, Abel had stayed a few extra days in the Rogue encampment after killing tens of thousands of inferno creatures. If not, Steward Brewer might break down when Abel’s murderous sent appeared in front of his normal soul.
There were many ways to subside the murderous sent. For example, peacefully resting for a while, going out for a walk, or finding a partner. However, Abel was different; he directly took out the meditation jade pillow from the ‘Akara tent’ in his personal storage box. He then put it in his chest pocket. A cool breeze emerged as though he was washed with the cleanest water. Afterward, all the Radon had disappeared.
Abel arrived at the dining room. When steward a Brewer was preparing the table for Abel, he realized his owner’s friendly sent had returned. It was just like the time they first met; all the impose was gone. Although he felt puzzled, he did not show it as he kept surviving his owner.
After breakfast, Abel shoved the meditation jade pillow back to the ‘Akara tent’ in his personal storage box. This thing was really a treasure. Those soldiers had spent countless years trying to get rid of their murderous sent so they could socialize with normal people, but Abel had got rid of it in almost no time.
Abel sat on the horse carriage in a silvery-white suit. It was the elves’ favorite color, but not all elves could wear it, only noble elves could. This silvery-white suit was gifted by the duke palace for this Lord granting ceremony. It also came with a pure white suit, which was also only used by the nobles. At that time, that pure white suit was inside a luggage box by Abel’s side.
The carriage slowly slowed down. Brewer turned his head back from the front of the carriage and said gently: Master, we arrived at the Grand Ducal palace!”
“Mr. Bennett, I am the Grand Ducal palace’s steward, Derek. Welcome to the Grand Ducal palace!” Upon seeing this carriage, steward Derek quickly stepped up and carefully opened the carriage door. He then greeted with a bow.
As the steward of the duke palace, of course, he knew who this young elf in front of him was. From the mansion in Lambe road, this carriage, to the suit personally designed by Grand Duke Edwina, were all arranged by him. There was a big chance this young elf could be the future husband of Countess Loraine.
This young elf could be the star of today. But no matter what, steward Derek still had great respect for him due to Grand Duke Edwina’s respect for him.
“Derek, thanks,” Abel returned the bow. Although Derek was a steward, this occupation was very high ranked in the Grand Ducal Palace. And most importantly, this was the steward that Loraine had mentioned who raised her up.
“Mr. Bennett, you are too polite. Please follow me!” Derek made a welcome hand gesture and led Abel into the Grand Ducal Palace.
Abel’s steward Brewer held the luggage box with the suit and followed from behind. His job today was to give Abel some advice on clothing and makeup since today was not just a Lord granting ceremony. After the ceremony, there would be a banquet to welcome the new noble members into the noble circle of Angstrom City. The elves had all kinds of ways to entertain themselves in their long life. A banquet was one of the most important ones.
In the familiar hall, the main seats were still empty. Grand Duke Edwina and Duke Albert had not arrived. Only 12 suited elf councilors were standing there saying something. When they saw Abel come in led by steward Derek, 4 female elf councilors smiled and nodded. The other ones seemed to be ignoring Abel; there were even 2 of them who showed a slight distaste for him.
“Mr. Bennett, I leave you here!” Said Steward Derek after he led Abel into the hall. Afterward, he bowed and left,
The elf counselor was the one who truly controls Angstrom City. They were separated in charge of things like the city’s economy, safety, tax, army, and land. In order to be in a powerful position, you must first have a high status. That’s why all the elf councilors were to pick out by all those noble elves with the land.
This had to do with the elves’ special system of authority. Since the grand nobles with land could not be personally in charge of how things run, they had to pick out someone else with high status to help them. This would increase the status of the person they picked out, even more, making the elf councilors a level higher than normal nobles. They simultaneously had power but needed to obey the grand duke and the grand noble family they represent.
Since they did not hold the highest authority, this weird dynamic limited the elf councilors to abuse their power, while allowing the grand nobles to enjoy their lives without worry.
Abel felt like an outsider in the hall, none of the elf councilors stepped up and talked to him.
Up to this point, Derek’s voice emerged from the entrance of the hall, “The honorable Grand Duke Edwina and Duke Albert had arrived!”
Suddenly, all the chatting in the hall stopped. The 12 elf councilors spread into 2 groups and stood against both sides of the hall.
Grand Duke Edwina and Duke Albert emerged from the entrance, but all the elf councilors in the hall realized there was something different about Grand Duke Edwina today. She seemed like she had returned to her younger appearance. Her skin was smooth like jade with a faint blush emerging from within. Her long hair was shimmering in the light, spreading smoothly and naturally down both sides of her shoulders. She was even wearing a silvery flower pattern crown.
This brought the old elf councilors back to a few hundred years ago. This was what Grand Duke Edwina looked like when she became the ruler of Angstrom City and promoted them to become the councilors.
“Bennet, good morning!” Duke Albert ignored the elf councilors and greeted Abel with a smile. He did not care about these so-called high authority elves.
“Good morning, the honorable Duke Albert,” Abel replied with a bow. However, he felt a little weird as he stared at his future father in law. The age on his face had disappeared. Instead, he looked young and unrestrained.
If they were humans, both Duke Albert and Grand Duke Edwina would look around 30 years old. In the past, he seemed 50 years old, and she seemed around 40. No need to explain, both of them had definitely used the lotion, and conditioner Abel made.
“I was right; you are good!” Duke Albert padded Abel on the shoulder with a big laugh and took a seat in the middle of the hall.
Grand Duke Edwina also gazed at Abel. She gave out a little smile and a little nod.
Seeing how both rulers of the city had greeted Abel, all the elf councilors’ expressions immediately changed. The 4 female elf councilors who smiled at Abel were now putting on their most welcoming look, and all the other elf councilors had gotten a lot friendlier towards Abel as well.