Following Mueller into the banquet hall, the Duke approached with a gleaming smile: "Laine, you arrived just in time; there are several people here who wish to meet you. By the way, who is this by your side?"
Though a smile graced the Duke's face, his eyes were filled with disregard for Veronica, and his words left Catherine, trailing behind them, in a state of confusion—how come she couldn't understand the Duke's language?
Veronica's heart tightened; she knew the Duke didn't favor her, believing that as a witch, she was unfit to be Laine's partner, hence his words served as a discouragement!
For the Duke spoke entirely in High Gothic—a language so complex that even the Jialan Council's elite struggled to grasp!
In such a setting, if Veronica, as Laine's partner, failed to comprehend Schultz's speech, it would be a grave loss of face.
Laine signaled that her moment to shine had arrived.
