Chapter 683 – Chapter 683 Magic School Shutra (5)
Atler Castle, which was busy during the day, began to become more noisy as the sun went down.
The reason was simple.
Tonight….
“Now Luna officially becomes the owner of this place.”
It was because Luna’s count succession ceremony and the ceremony of granting the estate were formally held.
As the sun completely disappeared into the mountains, yellow light began pouring out from all over Atler Castle as if all preparations had been completed.
When everything was ready, I was guided by an attendant and arrived at the banquet hall.
‘Wow… There are a lot of people.’
The number of nobles gathered at the banquet hall was drastically reduced compared to the ball held in Levin’s palace.
The reason was because of the string of death sentences that had taken place a while ago.
‘But… I killed a lot that day.’
However, despite the reduction, the banquet hall was small compared to the royal palace, so the feeling of being crowded could not be erased.
Originally, I hated places with so many people walking around, but….
‘I have to endure today. Everyone is here to congratulate me.’
That was the moment when he nodded and looked around the banquet hall.
‘… Huh? What? That guy was also present.’
Lewis was looking at me.
She was staring madly at me, with hate vapors emanating from her eyes.
I wanted to run right away and punch him, but after hearing Karin’s words earlier, I decided to hold back.
‘Boy… Okay. How resentful he must be.’
I could hear Karin her account her of her Anna her.
I could hear the fact that Anna had a private meeting with Prince Alexander and even the contents exchanged during her private meeting with her.
Prince Alexander’s offer to fully support the duchy if he recruits me.
From Anna’s point of view, there was no justification or reason for refusal.
And the conversation between Louis and Anna that follows.
I wasn’t sure what was said, but I could guess.
‘Don’t look at those eyes until today. Because today is a good day.’
Today is a day for Luna.
I decided to pass on that level of aegyo.
That was the moment when I was patient and smiled.
In the banquet hall….
“Luna Stadtfeld… You are entering!!”
It was the moment when the main character finally appeared.
The front door of the banquet hall opened wide and Luna began to enter.
I looked at Luna as she entered and looked at her with a flushed face like the other nobles.
‘Five… It’s very different from usual.’
Usually, Luna had a strong feeling of being between a girl and a woman.
Even if she wore a fancy dress, she still had the feeling of looking young, and even if she wore a uniform like a school uniform, her maturity she flowed out like fireflies at dawn.
Unlike Luna’s dress her, which embraced the waves of the valley, it contained an intensity reminiscent of waves.
A dress that contains strength rather than softness.
Luna entered the banquet hall with a mature appearance completely stripped of her girlishness.
With the appearance of Luna, the nobles around them began to stir.
(If I had known it would be like this, I would have built a friendship a long time ago….)
(Do you know what was easy before?)
(That’s right. Luna Stadtfeld was wary of the people around her even before that.)
Everyone continued to boast of regret for neglecting her Luna.
It was when I was listening to the words around me like that.
“….”
As Luna crossed her banquet hall, she turned her head and sent her eyes back to me.
I conveyed my thoughts to her without speaking her voice of her.
‘Really pretty.’
Luna smiled as if she understood my words and started heading towards the banquet hall again.
Those around me who saw Luna’s smile her….
(Sure, could it be me?)
(Hey… Don’t overreact. Apparently, he smiled at Sir Louis over there.)
(Is that so…? But the location I was looking at….)
Everyone suddenly turned their heads and started looking at me.
With my eyes….
‘What you looking at. Cubs….’
As we glared at each other, we started talking to each other while coughing.
(Kuhmm… If you’re a student of Stra, you might be familiar with it.)
(They tied for first place and became pretty close.)
(That’s right. Sometimes, when we chatted, he complimented me quite a lot…)
At the end of such a small happening, Luna arrived at the podium.
And as soon as Luna arrives at the podium….
“His Majesty is entering!!”
The king began to enter the banquet hall.
A much louder welcome music than Luna’s was heard, and the King and Alexander, and….
‘Oh, Iris is here too.’
Beside the king, Princess Iris was also entering side by side.
Princess Iris glanced around with her side of the eye and….
“!?”
When she saw me, she turned her head in amazement.
… If you’re going to be surprised like that, why are you looking for me?
Anyone who sees it will know that I raped them.
[… ] You were raped, right?]
‘But I enjoyed it.’
[… ] .]
That is pure love of rape.
To enjoy a map and make such a face… I’ll have to give you some training later.
I watched the king’s entrance while making an education plan for Iris.
After the King, Prince Alexander, and Princess Iris all went up to the podium, the work began in earnest.
The beginning was about a mistake made by the Stadtfeld family.
“As the representative leading Levin, I apologize to you….”
From King Levin’s point of view, it would have taken great effort to put those words into his own mouth.
Even like the last time, it was different from the abbreviated award given in front of a few people.
It was like announcing Levin’s mistake in front of all of Levin’s nobles.
In this way, after King Levin presented the country’s disgraceful past as his representative, he bowed his head and apologized formally.
“It might not be enough with just my bowed head, but… I hope you will forgive me.”
“Lungs, Your Majesty….”
When the king lowered his head, not only the nobles around him, but also Luna stopped him in embarrassment.
Fortunately, things calmed down quickly, and Luna accepted her apology formally.
“His Majesty’s heart… I will accept it.”
“… Thank you.”
After the apology ceremony (?) Was over, Luna’s succession ceremony and bestowal ceremony officially took place.
After the succession ceremony and the ceremony were completed….
“Luna Stadtfeld… As of today, I declare that you have become the lord of Atler at the same time as the title of count!”
Clap clap clap clap!!
With the king’s declaration, loud applause resounded as if the banquet hall would collapse.
After the applause had subsided, Luna opened her mouth after her King gave her permission to speak.
“Thank you very much to all the people who came to celebrate today.”
After posting her thanks like that, Luna opened up about the next event to be held.
“I thought it would be boring if I just held a banquet, so with Your Majesty’s permission, I prepared a banquet. Please leave a pleasant memory today.”
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When I put on the owl mask in the waiting room, Claudia, who was next to me, tilted her head and asked.
(What is a masquerade banquet?)
“It’s like an event to enjoy while wearing a mask and having a conversation or dancing without knowing the other person.”
(Wow….)
Admiring Claudia….
(She was petty and wanted to die.)
“….”
Are you already dead?
Well, from the point of view of a human who lived during the war, I thought that the current appearance could be seen as a meaningless luxury.
“I didn’t like it at first either, but after participating in it, it’s more fun than I thought.”
(Well… It wouldn’t hurt to look around.)
She calmed Claudia down like that and then she checked inside the waiting room.
I didn’t know that a banquet would be held here too.
When he participated in the banquet at the royal palace, it was properly prepared.
However, as the Atler Castle was preparing in a hurry, the lack of attention was noticeable.
The waiting room was also quite small compared to back then, and I could hear cluttered sounds from outside the waiting room.
Not too long ago….
Whoops!
Mana flowed around me, and my mask and face began to unite.
After seeing me, Claudia started to smile as if she was interested.
(Ohhh… It’s amazing. It’s a bit clumsy, but….)
Claudia is also a woman of her own skill, so she seems to be almost unaffected by the magic used in the masquerade banquet.
“Can you see it even in the spirit state?”
(Roughly? If you look closely, you can’t not know even if you want to know, but if you look at a lot at once, you get confused?)
In fact, it was a story that was no different from seeing a person wearing a mask.
If people wearing masks are crowded like this, even the country will be confused.
It wasn’t until after the mask stuck to my face like that….
“I will guide you.”
After being guided by the maid, I was able to head back to the banquet hall.
In the banquet hall, many people were already looking around wearing masks.
Claudia tilted her head as she watched the nobles gathered in the banquet hall stare at each other without exchanging a single word of conversation.
(The guys who were chattering up until now are suddenly quiet?)
“Unlike before, at the Mask Banquet, we don’t know each other’s identities. The real pleasure is to observe each other and find someone to talk to.”
(Hmm… It’s unique.)
Claudia, who had reacted negatively until now, began to observe her surroundings her with her curious eyes.
Like Claudia, I looked around.
On the podium, the king and Luna were talking while looking at the banquet hall.
Perhaps Prince Alexander and Princess Iris also attended the masked banquet, he judged.
The number of people entering the hall continued to increase, and gradually they started talking to each other in groups.
‘I told Karin in advance, so I’ll keep my distance from the other guys, so I’ll deal with her later… First… Oh, yes.’
I walked slowly towards the first thing I noticed.
A woman wearing a fox mask looks around the banquet hall.
She was a woman who showed her determination to find one person with a pinch of salt.
The woman in the fox mask….
“Ah!”
As I slowly approached, he stared at me with a joyous expression on his face.
Although Anna has no talent for magic, she should be certain of my existence.
In the first place, she wore the same owl mask as the last time….
After I arrived in front of her Anna her, I asked her politely, pretending not to know her her.
“If you don’t mind, may I ask to speak?”
“….”
The woman in the fox mask staring at me as if bewitched by my words….
“Like.”
She smiled and started talking to me.
Even at the beginning of the conversation, she was Anna who showed me a wary look, but she gradually began to close the distance between me and her, probably because she was gradually convinced that it was me.
It was the moment when we talked like that and narrowed the distance between each other.
“Perhaps… If it’s okay, can I join the conversation?”
A being who wears a black eagle mask and does not appear in the temperament window.
There are only two beings that I can’t see the temperament window.
However, thanks to Claudia’s words of her, he was able to find out the identity of the black eagle mask.
(Uh, is this the guy you fought with yesterday?)
It was Lewis.
I couldn’t pierce it, but Claudia could easily see it, so it seemed that I still had a long way to go.
I thought so and looked into Anna’s eyes her.
Of course not….
“….”
He looked at Louis with a look of uneasiness.
The atmosphere was already good, but there was no way I was in a good mood when someone suddenly broke in.
But dropping it here wasn’t polite.
Anna nodded her head even though she put on her shy expression.
“I see.”
“Thank you.”
Louise, who had a dark expression before, changed to a bright one and intervened between me and Anna.
That’s how Anna, me, and Louise, who was wearing a hoodie, started talking.
However, when people suddenly forcefully enter a conversation, the topic is inevitably lost.
There would have been no problem if Louis had been hanging around us and naturally participating, but since he forcibly interrupted without even knowing the subject of the conversation, the conversation naturally stopped.
When the conversation didn’t work out so easily, Anna gradually put on a bored expression and a worried look.
It was rude to force the black eagle away, and he knew that it wasn’t nice to see him fall in with me alone.
In the middle of such a boring conversation….
(Oh… Suddenly I hear a song?)
Soft classical music began to fill the banquet hall.
Like the banquet held at Levin’s palace, the same ball began to unfold here.
I took the opportunity to extend my hand to Anna and politely propose.
“If it’s okay… Can I ask you to dance with me?”
“Ah… That….”
It was the moment Anna smiled and was about to nod her head.
“I’m sorry, but could you dance with me first?”
Louise got in my way and reached out her hand to Anna.
An act that is not polite at all.
However, depending on the situation, it seemed like an act of masculinity to win a woman.
“This….”
But that was the way it worked only when it was done by a man with a crush on him.
Lewis now….
“What kind of rudeness is this now?”
It is said that Anna was in a state where she was not able to give her a liking for her.
“Sorry, sorry. Only because of her desire to dance with a lady….”
“… Okay. However….”
Anna passed her Luis, placed her hand on her outstretched palm her, and quietly opened her mouth.
“I will dance with this person first.”
“Ah… Okay. What!?”
I held out her hand to Anna, moving aside her Louise, which was blocking Anna and me.
“I am honored that you chose me first. Come this way….”
“Huh, I’m looking forward to it.”
“….”
I took Anna’s hand her and slowly headed toward the center of the banquet hall, enjoying Louis’ frustrated expression of her.
