After so more back and forth with Auden Speziale, they settled that it would be for the best to hold the engagent party as soon as possible, before the sumr warmth disappeared. But knowing the scale they were trying to pull off, it also couldn't be rushed, so in the end, they settled to hold the party in a month.
The Count promised to help with catering as well as providing so of his servants to help manage the whole event. He also made suggestions of which nobles to invite and which were so positively inclined towards the Church that changing their minds would be near impossible.
The very sa evening, Alistair sent two magical ssages. One to his father, explaining the situation and asking for his thoughts on the matter, and one to his mother, asking whether she could aid them with the preparation for the event.
Less than an hour later, both of them sent magical ssages to reply. The Duke explained in lengthy terms that he wasn't too pleased with lina's rushed introduction to the noble society, but apparently, the word about her had already reached the capital. So reluctantly, he allowed them to proceed, but only under the strict supervision of Duchess Sinclair.
The Duchess replied that she would be delighted to help and promised to arrive in Sunglow via a magical portal within a few days, along with Charlotte, who apparently would also undergo so sort of training during this event.
With that matter settled, lina had a few more peaceful days, working in her bakery before the Duchess arrived. She called them peaceful, but in reality, the interest in her pastries grew every day. More and more strangers ca to Sunglow, keeping not just lina but the whole town busy.
Erina's inn was packed to the brim, while more and more nobles were requesting a place to stay in Sunglow. Alistair was struggling to figure out where to accommodate them all, having no choice but to suggest that they stay in Pertia for the ti being.
Each evening when Alistair got ho, he would bury himself in docunts and requests, either approving or disapproving them. Apparently, he was also planning to expand Sunglow—build a new inn which would be more suitable for high-class clientele, new accommodations to attract new workers to Sunglow, and overall expand the town.
"Isn't this too much work for just you alone?" lina asked one evening, concerned about how tired Alistair looked.
"It'll be tougher at the start while we get everything moving. Currently, Sunglow isn't growing much. It's sort of hunkered down and trying to keep itself afloat. It's been that way since Guildmaster Arianne took over her predecessor. Not that she is doing poorly. She was never ant to do the town managent to begin with. But her predecessor had gone above and beyond to grow and expand Sunglow," Alistair explained.
"Grandfather must have worked so hard to make Sunglow a safe place for the people he loved…" lina noted.
"Wait, Master Gilbert was the one who led the Adventurer's Guild before Arrianne?"
"Yes. He established it and built the wall that protects Sunglow. He was quite active in his youth, apparently," lina noted.
Alistair let out a chuckle. "I suppose I'll have to ask him for so advice."
"Can I help sohow, perhaps?" lina inquired.
"After the engagent party, perhaps. You'll be very busy soon," Alistair said with a sigh. "I'm afraid I'm pushing too much onto your shoulders with all this…"
lina got up from the bed and walked up to him, wrapping her arms around his shoulders. "We've been through much worse together. I think a bit of town managent and an engagent party is much better than trying to survive the end of the world with everyone chasing after you and trying to kill you."
Alistair rested his head on her arms. "It's certainly better than that. We have to work hard so it won't happen."
lina humd in approval. "We do. We'll get through this. No matter how hard it gets, if it prevents that horrible future, we can do it."
They remained together for a while, enjoying the comfortable mont. After that, Alistair returned to his work while lina went to sleep. She would have liked to stay up with him, but her own work demanded that she wake early, so there was no helping that.
While the number of custors had seed overwhelming, lina was making steady progress with teaching Roxie magical pastries. She made ten shimrtart each morning, and so of them had already reached Rank B. Roxie also tried making healing cream puffs, but choux pastry still proved too difficult for her.
lina herself reached Level 44 and her skill ranked up to Rank E. Sienna was making amazing progress, reaching Level 10 in just three days and ranking up to Rank C and
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