Chapter 70: Group (Part 4)

“She had an accident when she was young, so her intellectual age is about 10. But how she you end up at the party when you said you couldn’t leave the room?”

Alpheas looked at Erina, his feelings complicated. Despite the attention she was drawing, she greeted the crowd with an innocent smile, unbothered by the eyes on her.

Like many at prom, it seemed she was looking for a partner. But no one returned her smile. With a slightly awkward expression, she avoided sitting and only exchanged a few brief greetings. It was only possible because of her family’s status.

Alpheas glanced at the other side of the table. As expected, the person there was avoiding attention, their face flushed. Unable to tolerate it, he shouted toward his wife.

“Didn’t I tell you not to bring Erina? Get her out of here now!”

“Honey, calm down. Erina enjoys parties too. It’d be a waste to make a scene trying to send her away. If you leave her alone, I’ll quietly take her out later.”

“Ugh! I’m so embarrassed. What a disgrace to our family!”

Alpheas pouted. He understood the feeling, but he couldn’t ignore the embarrassment about his daughter. After all, he was aware of the high status of first-class nobility. Alpheas himself was born into such a family and had even earned the chilling nickname “Mirhi’s Light.”

’It’s just like looking at my old house. Nobles are all the same.’

Alpheas couldn’t take his eyes off Erina, watching her as the music changed three times. What he noticed was that she was simply enjoying the party. She seemed content just greeting people.

But what about the mages around them? They were arrogant, seeing ignorance as a flaw. Alpheas could hear their laughter from the front, only to see them turn around and mock Erina behind her back.