Charlotte had anticipated that she might soon be invited, but she hadn't expected the invitation to come so quickly.
Moreover, the one inviting her was Duke Gaston, representative of the kingdom's Neutral Party nobility.
As the name implies, the Neutral Party was made up of nobles who remained neutral in the struggle for the throne.
They supported neither the Second Prince nor the Third Prince and also did not advocate for the king's centralization of power like the Royal Party nobles.
This piqued Charlotte's curiosity.
Representing the Castel family and the forces that had toppled the Third Prince, she had thought that the nobles rallying behind the Second Prince would be the ones to extend the invitation, not the Neutral Party.
"Sebastian, why do you think the Neutral Party nobles invited me to the banquet? Aren't they known for never getting involved in the struggle for succession?" Charlotte pondered aloud while looking at the invitation in her hand.
