Chapter 96. The Midnight Gala

The day of the midnight gala had finally arrived. All of the excitement and anticipation for the day, and it was finally here. He had the maids serve his breakfast at her table. He genuinely enjoyed confusing and scaring her.

He watched her face as she ate with him. Her eyes darted to his from time to time, but ultimately, they ate in silence, besides normal greetings and requests for salt or pepper to be passed. Meanwhile, he smiled widely the entire time, which was not even something he needed to fake, and he enjoyed how unsettled he made her.

As part of his plan to ensure she was not able to communicate with her father or anyone else already, he brought up the midnight gala and dropped some small bits of information that were actually misleading but were the kind of things you would immediately want to share if it would help your people get the upper hand. She only hummed and nodded, and the look on her face suggested that she did not actually understand what he was t