Penelope stifled a chuckle as Crow made a face at her words. She gave a small nod and poked at the food on her plate. "Well you're prime marrying age and hold the highest title someone not apart of the royal family can. In noble terms, that means you're quite the catch, regardless of anything else like your past." she mused with a small laugh. Shifting her gaze back over to him she shrugged her shoulders haplessly. "There's power and wealth in marriage so it draws them like moths to a flame."

"Regardless, I'm certainly glad I'm not in your shoes." Penelope said with a teasing smile. "This 'bachelorette' thing is easy to pull off when you don't have anything like that to offer. Plus being a knight certainly turns away a good handful of noblemen. Especially the stuffy scholars."  It was why the men she had courted in the past—Gavin and Cedric—were both fellow knights and lower rank than her. Those of higher rank were often looking for someone with more 'delicate' features that someone such as Dimia would possess. 

Although, at the party , she'd be displaying as much wealth and power as she could to get people to listen to her. While she might not have had a great fortune, she did have fairly great connections with higher ranking nobles that might draw some unwanted attention to her. The realization made her teasing look fade and she let out a small groan. "But with this party I might be in a similar boat to you for once. Especially since I'm going to be relying on my closeness with Naida and partially you as well to get people's attention tonight. I'm sure some will see me as a good stepping stone to get to you guys and the king." the knight groaned annoyedly. 

"I hope for both our sakes that this is the last night we'll have to entertain any 'admirers'." she mused with a small shake of her head. She took another bite from her food before leaning away from what was left on the plate. Though reluctant, she knew she should likely get going to see what Dimia had planned for them that. Penelope sighed softly and looked over at him with a half hearted smile. "I suppose I should get going. Wouldn't want to set the Lenz's behind by being late."