The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

Meanwhile, on Queen Street, Socduo, who happened to be passing by, looked at the mattresses being frantically snatched up, his face showing an even more surprised expression.

Especially when he saw the tag on the back of the display window, he was stunned into silence, unable to speak for a moment.

"Crazy... really crazy!" he murmured under his breath, it took him a while to recover from the shock.

There were two main reasons that shocked him.

One was that he didn't expect the people in this city to be wealthier than he imagined, spending five gold coins on a watch was one thing, but willing to spend four times that on a mattress that can't even be flaunted!

As for the other reason that shocked him, it seemed as though he had seen such things somewhere before.

He thought hard and suddenly remembered that at a hotel in Beifeng City, the bed he slept on seemed to have a similar mattress?!

It's just that at the time, there were so many things that caught his eye that he instinctively ignored that most inconspicuous feature.

"A mattress for 5 gold coins... Where do they get so much money?" the apprentice standing next to him couldn't help but mutter quietly.

"This is the wealthiest Queen Street in Thunder City... We should have broken into the market here, what a missed opportunity!"

Half of Socduo's face was filled with envy, the other half with reflection.

He thought he had a strong business acumen, but this comparison made him realize his vision was still not broad enough.

At the same time, another question couldn't help but arise in his heart—who exactly is this Mr. Colin?

Why are Beifeng City's specialties appearing in the Imperial nobles' fleet?

Or perhaps, the things he's selling aren't actually Beifeng City's specialties, and the Demon King in the Maze is also a replica of the Imperial products?

He hadn't been to an Imperial city for over a decade, so he wasn't clear on what it was like there now, nor did he have any impression of the nobles there.

And when he thought of this, he couldn't help but develop a new confusion—

Even he, a traveling merchant who roams far and wide, doesn't know what new things the Empire has come up with recently, so how does the Demon King know?

Socduo would never have guessed that Mr. Colin and the Demon King were actually the same person, and he never even thought in that direction.

After all, for the Demon King to swagger into Thunder City is too preposterous to even consider, no sensible person would think that.

Not to mention the ship docked at the harbor wasn't fake.

All signs indicated that this Mr. Colin indeed hailed from a distant colony, and was a noble with extensive land holdings and formidable power.

Socduo couldn't figure it out, his gaze involuntarily turned towards the "Embrace of Dawn Hotel" at the center of all this attention.

Perhaps he should stay there for a night.

If he could still book a room now...

...

Socduo was destined to be disappointed.

As early as last night, the rooms at the Embrace of Dawn Hotel were fully booked, with reservations extending into the next month.

This included the likes of Baron Ges and other rural nobles from the outskirts of Thunder City, who spared no expense to squeeze into high society, their ancestral wealth allowing them to bear such extravagant premiums.

Apart from Baron Ges, there were local magnates from the Queen's District or the burgeoning middle class striving to break into high society.

For instance, the still undaunted Miss Lucy Becker.

She vowed to make that servant of Mr. Colin's who embarrassed her pay, perhaps by making him her consort.

And Mr. Andor was fully supportive of his ambitious daughter, not only helping her book a room but even willing to sell his soul to the Enchanting Demon of Hell to get the beguiling magic for his daughter.

He wasn't alone in this line of thinking.

And just as Luo Yan initially told the hotel staff, no one cared about the gold coin room rate.

From the moment he moved in, the Embrace of Dawn Hotel ceased to be just a hotel, it became "Mr. Colin's Audience Hall."

Or rather, a court.

Even Mr. Andor himself, who once managed the Embrace of Dawn Hotel, felt that this ticket was simply too cheap!

He only wished it could be more expensive, enough to ward off other competitors!

And not only the likes of nouveau riche like Andor Baker were fervent about it; the truly established families on Queen Street were also getting restless.

They didn't entertain the fantasy of inserting their family into the other's family tree, as they knew it was impossible.

A noble of pure Imperial bloodline could never marry the daughter of a rural noble, and to the Empire, the Campbell Duchy was just a rural area.

The only outcome of getting their warm faces close would be becoming the other's mistress, and they were not about to disgrace themselves like that, having long transcended the status of mere nouveau riche.

Perhaps the Campbell family had a chance, given that there is still collectible value in the lineage of heroes, at least it wouldn't bring the other party to shame.

And this is exactly where the truly powerful families were eagerly watching.

They could have members of the Campbell family test the other's depth and see how this Mr. Colin would react in front of the "Light of Praise."

If the Colin family could establish a close relationship with the Campbell family, then those sheltered under the Campbell family would never suffer a loss.