Adding the fact that their table was somewhat distant from the main table clearly relegated them to the status of unimportant guests.
Yet they were, after all, the Old Lady's maternal relatives; even if not seated at the main table, they should at least have been a bit closer, right?
Due to the seating arrangement, Gresia was already fuming inside, and now, seeing her daughter bullied by Elly Campbell, her anger was even less containable.
Meanwhile, the other guests at the table had business dealings with Charles Churchill and recognized him.
Their enterprises were on par with the Churchill Clan, and they felt honored to be invited to Adam Jones's child's First Birthday Banquet at the Jones Family residence. They did not take offense at being seated further away from the main table.
But as Charles Churchill was the Old Lady's nephew, they could guess why Gresia was furious, so no one bothered to cozy up to her, sticking to their own conversations instead.
