After a short rest, Leech changed his clothes and went to the evening banquet.
He was relieved that he wouldn't have to dance again. Dancing with the ladies and baronesses was a fragrant form of torture. He couldn't very well disappear into a room or a quiet hallway with some lady under the watchful eyes of his uncle, Lewis, and the others.
The lavish banquet was served buffet-style, allowing the guests to move about freely, chat, and find their friends.
Although Leech had made a name for himself in the eastern part of East Gorge, it meant little to the nobles of central Lu Leiyi. There were no mutual interests. Even if he married Stacy, she would be the one leaving with him, so Leech would still have no influence here.
Compared to old, established families like that of Old Crocodile and the Aix Clan—one being a local power and the other connected to the King through marriage—an outsider like Baron Porcupine was nothing special.
