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â Omiros, Prince of Algore
Two beauties wrapped in beautiful dresses were standing in front of us. Theyâre princess Shirone and princess Kyouka, our dancing partners for todayâs ball.
ăMy best regards for today, princesses.ă
Parish gave his regards and then took the hand of princess Kyouka, the little sister of the hero.
I ended up being charmed upon seeing the rose-colored dress that truly matched her overwhelming beauty.
When someone as beautiful as princess Kyouka was paired with someone as handsome as Parish, it looked as if the scene came out of a painting.
Naturally, I know that Parishâs eyes were completely focused on princess Kyoukaâs breasts.
Though I want to rebuke him for doing so, I would, in fact, be doing the same if I were in his position.
Parish, who had received the chance to dance with such a beautiful woman, will be receiving envious stares from all the men participating in the ball.
But the target of those envious stares wouldnât only be Parish. Iâm sure that Iâm going to suffer the same fate.
I looked at the girl standing in front of me.
ăMy best regards for today, princess Shironeă
Saying so, I took the hand of the girl in front of me.
Different from the high born-like princess Kyouka, a cold beauty who will make any person hesitate to take her hand.
According to the rumors, she is one of the heroâs wives. I think taking the hand of someone like that will bite me in the future, but thereâs no use fussing over that matter right now.
ăWell⊠Best regards⊠Lord Parishă
Princess Kyouka replied to Parish.
She didnât seem to be enjoying this, as opposed to Parish.
Maybe someone as handsome as Parish wasnât enough to please her because she was used to watching the hero, an extremely handsome man.
ăBest regards, lord Omirosă
Princess Shirone responded to me, too.
I noticed that princess Shirone wasnât that displeased being paired with me. Was it because they have different personalities?
ăWell then, everyone. Itâs about timeă
The maid of princess Kyouka, Kaya announced the start of the ball.
She wasnât participating in the ball since she was going to help with the preparations and will be on standby in the venue. Thatâs why she was going to act on her own from this point.
We headed toward the venue after Parish took the initiative.
The venue wasnât just limited to the hall, due to the sheer number of participants the courtyard was also open for the guests.
Being decorated with flowers and illumination magic, it transformed into a gorgeous yet brilliant venue.
The royalties and nobilities of various countries had gathered. The ladies and gentlemen who wore various colored clothes enliven the royal court but, the gathering wasnât limited to just royalties and nobilities. It seems that influential citizens and famous merchants had also gathered in this venue. I donât know the accurate number, but a considerable number of individuals seemed to be participating in this ball.
As expected of a rich kingdom like Velos. It is the exact opposite of Algore.
In the first place, the goal of this ball was to strengthen the bonds between people of different kingdoms. A ball was held in the monster-infested region like this to ease the cooperation between various kingdoms in this region.
Another reason was for bachelors to find a marriage partner.
Women had especially made themselves look like dolls in order to find marriage candidates.
A certain bachelor young noble and a prince were the most popular. Those noble girls were desperately wooing to gain the attention of that young noble and prince.
Even if, by some chance, they managed to gain the princeâs or young nobleâs attention and got a chance to dance with them, they couldnât dance with the same person two songs in a row and had to change their partner.
And then, in case one gained the attention of the other party, they could slip out the ball with just the two of them or have a rendezvous later on.
The most pitiful ones were those who receive no dance offers.
Not getting anyoneâs attention despite dressing themselves up, the men and women who received no dancing invitations and just became wall decorations were truly pitiful.
It was my intention from the very beginning to recede to the background after a dance with princess Shirone. Iâm not that keen on receiving invitations from women, and itâs not like those women are eager to invite me, either.
If itâs princess Shirone, it might be better since I wonât cause any trouble to her dancing partner.
After the speech from king Eclas, the ball began with the first tune of the music.
Princess Shirone who was walking by my side suddenly halted.
ăWhatâs the matter?ă
When I looked at her, she was looking at something somewhere else.
ăWhatâs the matter?ă
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