Chapter 102 – 102. Victory Celebration (3)
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One by one, the High Elf nobles, dressed in fancy attire, attended the victory celebration.
If there is a single person in attendance,
There were many who attended the celebration, accompanied by their children who were to succeed in the future.
They couldn’t overcome the earnest torch of the children who wanted to see the demon king slayer who had subdued the demon king of the heat wave, so they attended the celebration together. Their eyes were shining in anticipation that they would see the Demon King Slayer. Among the aristocratic ladies, hearing rumors that the Demon King Slayer was a decent-looking human, they drew a nice ideal type in their heads and blushed their cheeks.
“Leticia Santander, the daughter of the Santander family, greets the Duke of Valencia.”
The red-haired high elf girl greeted Wallace with an elegant gesture.
She was like a red daffodil.
The flower language of daffodils is self-love, pride, and nobility.
Leticia was a young lady full of her narcissism and pride, and also possessed the nobility of a noblewoman. It was not an exaggeration to say that she had all the dignity of a noble lady, receiving the attention of the people around her with her voluptuous body and graceful appearance.
“Hello, the head of Santander.”
Alone bowed her head.
Compared to Leticia, who greeted her with an elegant gesture, she felt inadequate.
However, Alone was a girl with a cute appearance that reminded her of a forest fairy, so her seemingly immature greeting rather stimulated the other person’s heart. At the greeting of the cute high elf girl, Vilen Santander smiled happily and nodded to her.
“I need to talk to Sir Santander for a moment. Alone, look around the celebration with Lady Leticia and come.”
“Yes, Leticia. Get out of the way.”
Wallace and Vilen apologized to their two daughters.
The nobility’s social hall was no different from an informal meeting place where topics that could not be discussed at official meetings were discussed.
So, Wallace and Vilen used this opportunity to discuss issues that could not be addressed at the conference room. I was going to talk about the political strife surrounding the High Priestess and Yetzirah Council, including the agenda related to the Demon King Slayer. And among the nobles gathered here, he tried to gather people who had the same opinion.
“If anyone sees it, they’ll know it’s a friend….”
Alone, who had been separated from her father for a while, glanced at Leticia, who had unexpectedly become her companion, with her gruff expression on her face.
It was the same with Leticia.
It seemed that it was not right for her to be with Alone at a celebration attended by nobles representing the Yetzirah Council.
On the day you meet someone you know…. She didn’t even want to imagine.
“Could you please step away? I am concerned that I might cause unpleasant misunderstandings.”
“So do i!”
“Good, then. Even if it’s not, it seems that the academy classmates are gathered over there.”
“Ah, Academy guys… ?”
Since it was Alone who was pretending to be with his academy classmates, as soon as he heard that they had come, he shrugged his little shoulders.
It seemed to be a little better these days.
After hearing that her classmates had arrived, Leticia let out a deep sigh at the sight of Alone, who quickly went into squirrel mode.
It’s a pity to leave her alone. So Leticia puts on hold on going to her classmates attending her celebration and she decides to stick with Alone.
“Allone.”
“Sister!”
Like Alone and Leticia, Ardena approached in a dress.
She was like a pitiful, majestic doe.
She was strong with her beauty, and had a neat yet deadly charm. Even though she wore a dress that could be considered a symbol of femininity, she seemed to show her nobility as a heroine.
Upon witnessing Ardena wearing her dress, Leticia froze as it was. Like a girl with a crush on her, she looked hesitant with a shy expression on her face.
“Oh, hello…. Ardena warrior commander… !”
Leticia shyly bowed.
She was quite different from when she just greeted the head of the Valencia family.
She was a greeting that radiated both shyness and freshness. If her greeting to Wallace was that of a lady of Santander, then her greeting to Ardena was that of a girl who adored her infinitely.
“The dress suits you well, Leticia.”
“Yes! Fourt! Thank you!”
Ardena smiled and said.
The smile of the high elf warrior leader boasted enough charm to shake the hearts of men as well as women of the same sex.
Leticia felt her heart pounding uncontrollably. Her face turned bright red. She was even redder than the finest wine that nobles drink now. She clapped her emotional applause at her own decision to remain by Alone’s side rather than go to her classmates.
“You’re a little later than I thought, sister.”
“I had a conversation with her fellow warrior chief for a while.”
“I thought I left first to ask Master to escort me first.”
“Not… !”
Ardena, who had not been stabbed inwardly by her sister’s question, stammered her words, showing a rare look of bewilderment.
She seemed to have been exposed.
Ardena was still waiting for Yushin to appear at the celebration.
But she didn’t show up even though it took quite a while to prepare. The longer she waited, the more Ardena felt nervous. She took Yushin’s seat next to her, because she seemed to lose any chance of being his escort.
‘Could it be that wildcat….’
Allen Roxfield.
Ardena, who recalled her blue-haired heroine for a moment, revealed her anxiety, saying that her Yushin might be taken away from her.
But she eventually shook her head, shaking off her anxiety. She is only her sister position after all, she can never be a lover. She had the upper hand by putting forward her younger sister position, but as time goes on, her younger sister position will come to the contrary.
“Sister… ?”
Alone asked.
Ardena, lost in her thoughts for a moment, did not hear her sister calling.
Coming to her senses, Ardena reached out her hand to her sister in her dress. The orchestra that happened to attend the celebration started playing music according to the conductor’s direction. The nobles danced as if they were attending a ball with their spouses.
“I will test whether I have neglected dancing until now.”
“Ugh! Look at me… !”
At her sister’s sudden test, her sister gave out a distressed voice.
She is only interested in swordsmanship,
Isn’t she Alo Ne who has neglected all other subjects? She couldn’t have had her usual dance practice.
“Okay, you can do it! Instead, never laugh.”
“Whoops. I get it.”
After asking Leticia for a while, Ardena held Alone’s hand and moved her steps to the small ballroom where she could dance.
The Valencia sisters started dancing while holding each other’s hands and waists.
Ardena took care of Alone with relatively simple and easy movements. Thanks to that, Alone responded positively to Ardena’s movements, as if she had gained her confidence. As the two beauties danced in dresses, they naturally attracted the attention of the people watching them.
“Ardena warrior commander and… , Is she that sister?”
“I hope the Valencia sisters shine brightly at this celebration.”
The nobles of the Yetzirah Council, of course,
Diplomats from other countries who attended the victory ceremony for goodwill and friendship with the Demon King Slayer all looked at Ardena and Alone.
It was not a passionate and stimulating dance. However, the sight of the two sisters dancing gave men happy imaginations. And women, imagining Ardena and her dancing, admired her beautiful gallantry.
“You have proud daughters.”
“As expected, they are the daughters of the Valencia family, the great family of the eastern region!”
In response to the barrage of compliments from the aristocrats, Wallace struggled to put on a sullen expression.
It was to maintain dignity as the head of Valencia.
But deep inside, he was full of a desire to boast about his proud daughters. It was because Wallace, like Vilen, was the best daughter of the elves.
“Allone, your movements are messed up.”
“Because I’m nervous! It’s the first time I’ve ever danced in a place with so many people.”
“Think of it as just the two of us now. You don’t have to worry about the eyes around you. Focus only on me in front of you. And surrender yourself to my movements.”
“Okay, I’ll try my best.”
Perhaps thanks to Ardena’s advice, Alone’s awkward movements improved somewhat.
75 out of 100 points.
Ardena’s steps on her feet only decreased, but she made her own mistakes, such as suddenly losing her balance or carelessly stepping on the instep of her opponent.
“Sister.”
“Yes.”
“There is something I want to tell you.”
“Suddenly…. Tell me.”
Alone, who had been trusting her movements with her hands on her Ardena’s waist, lifted her head.
Her sister met her gaze.
Perhaps there was a secret she hadn’t told her yet, after a long hesitation, Alone opened her mouth.
“I like Master.”
“… Yes, I know.”
“She knows that her sister likes her too.”
“Yes.”
At Alone’s words, Ardena smiled bitterly and affirmed her sister’s words.
I like Yushin.
Ardena, who couldn’t lie to her sister’s serious expression on her face, admitted that she liked Yushin.
“But I don’t want to fall out with her sister because of her master.”
“Me too. Because we are sisters.”
“Right. Although there is a big age difference…. Evil! Did you step on my toe on purpose?!”
“It wasn’t intentional.”
Ardena’s foot, which had moved smoothly without a single mistake until now, stepped on Alone’s instep.
Intentional feigning mistakes,
Alone’s protests led Ardena to remain ignorant.
“We both like the same person.”
“Yeah, that’s how it happened.”
“I will continue to love Master. And is that the same for your sister?”
“… Okay.”
“Because we are close sisters! Let’s share Master half by one! We both can’t give up. And you don’t want to give up!”
“Go, sharing…. Are you trying to split Yushin in half? ? What did you learn at the academy….”
Ardena muttered in a trembling voice.
Alone looked down at Yushin’s corpse with her teary eyes and said, “Let’s share!” While saying that, she imagined splitting it with a sharp axe.
It’s something even a mad dog wouldn’t do.
No, a mad dog would do just fine.
At Alone’s words, Ardena responded with shock, saying, ‘They stuck together and even became infected with madness!’
“There is such a thing as polygamy… ! Since Master is the Demon Lord Slayer who saved the elven country of Liberia, I think my father would agree…. For now, I just said it once!”
“You love Yushin a lot.”
“It’s the same with my sister… ! When I was young, my sister told me that sisters should never be fooled by lies. I didn’t like to lie. I didn’t want to hide it either. That’s why I proudly reveal it to her sister.”
“Whoops, yes…. I get it.”
Ardena burst into laughter at the sight of her sister speaking in her own words with her face flushed red.
She could tell by the look.
Alone loves Yushin and says she will never give up, no matter what adversity.
She had no regrets. She didn’t even feel jealous. Because she was a younger sister whom she had raised like her own daughter until now…. She was rather relieved that, like Gilead, she liked a man who was gorgeous and perfect. I have a fair eye for men, Ardena muttered in a mischievous voice.
