Chapter 318 – Showa 8 Fiscal Year Ootori Gathering (5)

At this executive gathering, one of my closest aides, Sebastian, was absent. Because of that, more matters were being passed on to me.

Most things, the practical work, were handled by the adults, but some of the formal courtesies ended up falling to me.

Even so, what I was doing was simply making the rounds to offer greetings as the acting representative of the head of the Ootori Count family.

To begin with, the Ootori executives’ meeting itself existed primarily to deepen friendly relations, and there were no people here from other zaibatsu or companies. At the various meetings and gatherings held before and after this banquet, more concrete discussions would take place, but there was no way meaningful conversations could happen among hundreds of people in a mere two hour standing party.

Showing my face and leaving an impression, that was essentially