I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means

The next day at the Kane Mansion.

After receiving a hint from the bigwig, Lis had planned to visit Marion today, but an unexpected emergency arose.

An invitation from the Royal Palace arrived, inviting Viscount Kane to attend the Sacrificial Festival celebration banquet to be held tonight at the Kingdom Banquet Hall.

This is a banquet that is held each year before the Sacrificial Festival, hosted in the name of His Majesty the King of the Feis Kingdom to welcome all the Sealed Nobles from across the country who come to Bright City to participate in the festival.

Yes, during the Sacrificial Festival celebration in the Kingdom, all Court Nobles in Bright City are generally required to attend, but the Kingdom is also very supportive of Lords and Nobles from other areas of the country who wish to participate.

After all, leaving their territories to attend the celebration in Bright City is undoubtedly a sign of loyalty to the Kingdom and His Majesty the King, and the Kingdom is keen to promote and encourage the actions of Lords from all regions, demonstrating the Kingdom's enduring control over the land.

Now that the Sacrificial Festival is approaching, it's not unusual for the Kingdom to host a banquet.

Such large banquets held by the Kingdom happen several times a year, and Lis, as a Court Viscount, would also receive an invitation.

In the past, the former Lis rarely attended, as the strength of the Kane family was considered mediocre to others, and it really didn't matter whether they attended or not.

However, in a situation where small Nobles of similar stature to the Kane family were scrambling for favor, the Kane family seemed quite out of place.

Actually, Lis had intended to decline the invitation, as he found little significance in these gatherings and preferred to host his own banquets once he had sufficient power.

However, this year's invitation was a bit different, with a personal note from Duke Hade beneath the standard invitation, requesting that he must attend the Royal Palace banquet, as His Majesty the King wanted to see this young talent again.

Now Lis found it a bit hard to refuse since His Majesty had been quite kind to him, having recently acquired a precious Trial Card from him, it felt somewhat improper to decline the first invitation to a banquet.

After pondering, Lis decided to get ready and attend the banquet after all.

He had wanted to bring Risa along, but upon hearing it was a crowded event requiring her to swap her cloak for an evening dress, she blushed and adamantly refused, regardless of persuasion.

With no choice, Lis had to take Mora with him instead, allowing the current head of the White Dove Chamber of Commerce to introduce their Enchantment goods to the Nobles of Bright City.

By the way, Master Daher and Bernie's research was nearing completion, much sooner than they had anticipated.

However, when Daher mentioned the issue to Fran at one point, the Legendary Mage thought it over and lent a hand with optimization, greatly saving time and reducing the difficulty of recording the Combined Magic Pattern.

It goes to say, legendary indeed was the Mage!

The Enchantment product now being developed is Magic Air Conditioning, and Master Daher and Bernie are still researching additional features like the Cleaning Skill and others; it might take some more time to complete, but that doesn't prevent Mora from going ahead and building the hype for their innovation.

Lis had considered changing the name, but after some thought, since it did have the capability to regulate the air, he decided it could serve as an abbreviation for Magic Air Conditioner.

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Dusk at the Kingdom Banquet Hall.

Many of the lesser Nobles had arrived early at the banquet hall and were now looking around to spot any significant figures worth conversing with.

As for the finely dressed young noblewomen, their thoughts weren't as complex as they scanned the men at the venue.

Each banquet hosted by the Royal Palace was an excellent opportunity for them to find their heart's desire.

And now, many of them were fixing their gazes on Lis and Mora.

Lis and Mora were both dressed in black suits this evening, looking handsome and vibrant, causing these young ladies' cheeks to flush and making them whisper among themselves, though none dared to approach.

"You're quite popular, eh!"

Walking on the plush deep red carpet, Mora nudged Lis with his elbow and whispered with a chuckle.

As the second son of the Golden Vine Flower Commerce, Mora naturally scrubbed up well, a pretty-faced young man when cleaned up, which explained his previous hedonistic lifestyle.

As for Lis, handsome with a natural noble air about him, it's the aura of grace he carried that was more remarkable. To those young ladies, he seemed a crane among chickens, intimidating enough that they hesitated to approach for a chat.

Lis couldn't help it, ever since he became an Arcanist, gaining strength, an aura naturally followed.

Unless Lis used skills like "Breath Concealment" or "Transformation Skill," but attending a banquet hardly seemed worth the effort.

Besides, he rather liked it this way as he had no interest in this flock of fluttering birds.

"I bet, if you took any one of them by the hand tonight, they wouldn't refuse. Didn't you see those girls who usually think so highly of themselves, how their eyes went straight when they saw you?"

Mora teased laughter, noticing that his buddy's aura was growing stronger by the day.

"Go do what you're here for, otherwise why would I have brought you along?"

Lis retorted annoyedly, glancing at Mora. Under normal circumstances, Baron Carl would come with his heir Jon Karl to these functions, leaving Mora with no chance to attend.