Alphonso nodded at my question. "Yeah, Yuria's friend wanted to come early, so we did."

Yuria's friend? To my knowledge, the only person among Yuria’s friends who could attend this banquet was Arelia, the third imperial princess. Of course, it wasn’t like I knew all of Yuria’s friends, so there was a possibility that a child of a high-ranking noble family was her friend.

"Oho, he seems to be from the Butterfly Tribe. I did not know you also hung out with members of the Butterfly Tribe?” Duke Asteria looked at Alphonso curiously.

Alphonso shrank back at the duke's gaze and hid behind my back as I said, "Yes, he's a friend of mine who lives in the same boarding house."

"By boarding house, you mean Mrs. Arscilla's?"

I nodded lightly. "Alphonso, say hello. This is His Highness, Duke Asteria. Even your uncle, General William-nim, often receives help from him, so you should give a good impression."

"Uncle?" Alphonso glanced at Duke Asteria as if he was still a little scared.

"Is this William's nephew? Come to think of it, before I arrived at the capital, I heard from William that his twin nephew and niece had come here to study, so this must be him."

When the duke talked about William, Alphonso hesitantly came out from behind...