Chapter 130 – SHALL WE DANCE(6)
When the gate was covered with gold leaf, it shone brightly. The carriage in which we were transported erased its presence as it mingled with the numerous guests heading to the ballroom. I could see the Templars checking the invitation list and names in front of the castle gate. And in front of it was the golden carriage I saw yesterday. The knights checked her name on the list, were started by her, saluted her, and escorted her aside.
The prickly aristocratic woman, who covered her face with a fan, was quite old, and her skinny face was full of harshness. I shook my head thinking that I didn’t want anything to do with that lady.
“Eww…”
Xie Li looked around and groaned. It wasn’t that she was in heat. She was distracted by the aura of aristocrats emanating from all directions. As if her enormous burden materialized and weighed down on her body, Sieri pressed her body against her chair as she spoke to me.
“Lucius. I-can I go back? I can’t. I can’t.”
“Don’t worry Sieri. Who’s to say something to Sieri?”
The wagons passed and our turn arrived before we knew it. I saw a familiar face through the carriage window.
“Karin!”
The princess knight in my heart. It was Felix Karin. Startled like a cat at my call, she looked around and smiled brightly at me.
“Priest Lucius. You’ve come to the ball.”
“Yes. Karin. How have you been?”
“Yes. Priest. I’ve been doing well. I heard the news that the children of the north were slaughtered because of the priest’s efforts. Truly, as a knight, I have no choice but to respect him. Priest.”
“It wasn’t such a great feat. Karin, even if you had gone, you’d have done enough.”
If she, a master of torture, had gone, she would have made the children talk about their family relationships even if she didn’t do things like infinite regeneration. Karin nodded her head at that, and she nodded.
“Then let’s go in. Dinner is ready.”
Since we started quite late, there were not many carriages waiting behind us. So I held Karin for a moment and asked her questions. She was definitely a noblewoman, and she was curious about why she didn’t participate in the ball.
“Felix Karin, you’re also a noble lady, so why didn’t you attend the ball this time?”
“Before I am a young lady, I am a knight. The duty of a knight is to be responsible for the safety of the royal family.
“It’s a pity. I really wanted to see you dance.”
“You will be disappointed.”
Karin responded with a smile.
So Karin moved her steps towards her wagon following her. The wagon carrying us was moved to a designated spot and parked, and the coachman hurriedly ran to the drinking party for the coachmen. The coachman’s banquet set up on the street gave off the feeling of a banquet where contestants competed to see who could put more food into their mouths.
Sieri glanced in that direction and followed the usher to the ballroom. After through the gate, the ballroom existing in the royal villa was emitting a splendid passing light compared to the lobby of the main palace I visited the other day.
The chandelier was studded with glowing beads, boasting a heavy dignity, and a golden chain hanging around it to support it. A royal flag with a red background was hung on the two pillars supporting the precarious ceiling, and nobles were chatting with each other under it.
As we entered, the guide shouted.
“Peta Lucius, the Southern Priest of the Archangel Church and the lord of the Peta Territory, and his wife are entering!”
At that voice, everyone turned to me. There were some people who looked at me with a frown on their faces, some people who just glanced at me for a moment and then snorted, and some people who just sipped alcohol with a completely indifferent expression.
The aristocratic wife who had entered before me was sitting in her seat of honor and having a serious conversation with the nobles with that serious look on her face. Shieri looked at me with a tense face and asked.
“Gwa, is it okay?”
“It’ll be fine.”
How many times do you have this conversation? Sieri looked at me like she believed everything would really be okay if I told her I was okay. I walked in front of her, holding her hand her.
The aristocrats of the capital and I had no ties. According to the setting, Lucius is a religious person, and although religious people and aristocrats may be acquainted, they are not so close. Even in the original work, there were not a few nobles of importance.
Robin went to the place where the knights were gathering and was already chatting. She was a good-natured person, except for her liking her for aunts, so she would do well anywhere. In fact, her knights seemed to have no special sense of authority or territoriality, and they were providing a place for the late Robin.
And there seemed to be no place for us in this ballroom. People were just wary of me and didn’t talk to me easily. What is it What’s the matter? As we sat down at the table, the food started to come out. The dining table was divided into a round table for four people, and it was a structure where you sat where there was an empty seat. There was only one young male aristocrat sitting where we sat. Sieri clumsily grabbed the fork and knife and looked at me.
Do I know that you are looking at me? I didn’t know anything about the royal court’s proper dining etiquette. Even at home, I ate with minimal table manners. The manners required when eating are not to chew, do not eat with something in your mouth, do not spill food on the floor, and do not talk while eating. It was a perfect law even if you followed this much.
It was because I had never been able to understand French etiquette or court dining etiquette. Why is there such a thing as a ‘classy’ way to hold a knife?
I roughly grabbed a knife and fork and started slicing the meat. Sieri started slicing the meat, clumsily copying my actions from the side. Seeing that, the nobleman sitting across from me smiled. Sieri froze at the sound of that laugh. As I looked at him, the noble said.
“No, no. After all, that… Mermaids don’t seem to have a good social life.”
“I beg your pardon?”
I understood a bit late. It was well known that I had filed a petition and married a mermaid, but marrying Sieri was a matter of paper. Apparently, these nobles thought I brought Eve with them.
It was only then that I could roughly understand the meaning of the blatant ridicule and vigilance shown by the nobles. They thought that Sieri was a half-mermaid and were wary of it. Since Sieri was visibly frozen, that aspect had no choice but to stand out more. I said to the nobility
“My wife, who is here today, is not a mermaid.”
Since I had come all the way to the dinner party, I decided to put up with it just once. As soon as she came to the capital she didn’t want to spill blood again.
“Oh, excuse me. It’s amazing that you have multiple wives.”
“Who are you over there?”
I first inquired into the identity of this noble bastard. For no reason, if it was a big guy of the grand duke’s level, it was annoying.
“I am Alu Ted, the son of Lord Alu Mason of the Western Alu Manor.”
“Alu territory. It was definitely a trading city on the west coast, right?”
“Yes. That’s right. I’m having trouble with mermaids these days.”
At the thought of bringing a mermaid, it seemed that the faucet had turned around and started a fight. It didn’t make sense, because the West Coast was literally being torn apart by mermaids. Hearing the mermaid’s argument alone could have made him angry. But why the fuck are you taking your anger out on me?
I looked around for a moment and found the mace, but there was no mace in my hand. I didn’t bring it because I thought I was going to dance in the first place.
“But what does that have to do with my wife, I don’t know if you were trying to annoy my wife. If you insult my wife from her, the mermaids back off the West Coast?”
“No. It’s just that I have respect for our priest, who consistently practices philanthropy while people are suffering as mermaids.”
“You’re being sarcastic. You bastard. Shall we see if your head explodes like that?
I didn’t like competing with words. I leaned over from the table and asked. Alou Ted found his escort driver his.
“Device…”
No I was trying to find it
Fuck!
I slammed the capital down on Aloo Ted’s head as fast as I could. As if a bell had been struck, Alou Ted’s entire head vibrated, then drooped as he stared into space.
There was no reaction from the people around. In the first place, since the head was beaten at a speed of over 100 agility, no human would have seen it properly. The conversation was also proceeding very quietly, and the voice did not rise. To others, it would have just looked like Alou Ted had suddenly collapsed.
I left him alone and looked at Sieri again. Cieri looked at me with a depressed face and said.
“…I’m going back too. This is not a place for me.”
Siri was crying. I looked at Aloo Ted again. A passing attendant patted Aloo Ted and ran away with a contemplative face. I said.
“No, Sieri. We’re going to finish the prom. Aren’t you angry? That they ignore us like this?”
“Yes? But…That’s…”
“Look at those eyes. They’re looking at us like we’re some kind of freaks or some very cruel idiots.”
“It’s too much. Lucius, you’re a good person…”
“Right? Let’s show it. We’re here to show how funny and nice people we are. You know?”
While I was persuading Sieri, the servants silently took Aloo Ted and disappeared outside. Hearing that, Sieri looked at the people again. The initial interest faded, and everyone was telling their own stories. Sieri nodded his head with a firm expression, as if he had promised something.
“Okay. Lucius. I’ll do my best.”
“Yes. In that position.”
“…That’s right. He’s a very cute kid.”
While eating, I heard a familiar voice from somewhere. I turned my head towards the source of the voice and squinted my eyes. A small noble lady was talking to someone. A child who looked to be about 10 years old was laughing and shouting loudly.
“I want to become a pretty and attractive woman like a princess!”
Then, the person called the princess smiled happily. Actually, she was a princess. She is the princess of the elven kingdom. Ahildern Erina. She too had come to this ballroom. With her pregnant body she got around really well..
Next to her was A.A. She was dressed in male aristocratic clothing, but she still had the appearance of a woman. It seemed that the Elf Queen was planning to officially announce who Erina’s groom would be at this event. She was a woman no matter who saw it, but she insisted on being a man.
Erina laughed and said to her aristocratic little boy.
“Yes. You will be able to become a great onahole like me.”
A.A spouted the water she was drinking and looked at Erina. The aristocratic little boy’s father looked at her erina with her astonished face. That voice made all the nobles’ eyes turn to Erina like a wave.
Erina looked around her with a dazed expression and asked Ai.
“Ayy. Did I say something wrong? Human women don’t want to be onaholes? Don’t men like onaholes? So…”
“…Wait, Erina. Be quiet for a moment.”
Aye calmed her Erina as she grabbed her head of her. I had to struggle to contain my laughter.
