Chapter 785

The building was at once grand and stylish. It was only natural since they were in Franconia, a city where the old met the new and where innumerable historical events occurred. Such a place of romance naturally would leave people forgetting to leave. Still, they were not visiting some famous tourist spot, but attending a banquet held by the Gallads, an influential dynasty. Everyone attending was rich or important, and Isaac already told Irene about the situation. Isaac wanted company because Stan had received information that this was not the usual social occasion attended by high society. Rumor had it that the Gallads were out looking for the right suitor since the family business was in the midst of a crisis, and they were planning to arrange a marriage that would get them out of a bind. Those who were aware naturally did not want to be picked—they had every right to refuse, but that would be a slight to the family. All Irene had to do was play the role of a wife, which s