Chapter 58

Once the greetings were finished, the head of House Shanel, who managed Irenber's distribution business, spoke up.

"Once a guardian's appointed, we should finally be able to collect the support payments we've been owed, right?"

Ermas, who ran a relatively modest fief, asked.

"We'll need to hold the monster-hunting expedition's departure ceremony soon too. Once a guardian's in place, we'll all be swamped handling it."

Frida, in charge of Irenber's construction business, added.

Listening to the chatter floating around the room, no one seemed to doubt that a guardian would be decided on today.

Count Junas had thought the same thing. He'd been the one to drive this whole gathering forward, specifically to get a guardian appointed.

So why did it sit so uneasily with him?

"By the way, why hasn't Count Kolkos arrived yet?"

"He will. He wouldn't skip something this important."

Shanel and Ermas exchanged words. Just then,…