Chapter 103 – 103. Victory Celebration (4)
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Ardena, who had an in-depth conversation with Alone while dancing the waltz for about 10 minutes, invited Leticia to dance, who looked at her longingly.
He held out her hand.
Leticia’s eyes widened as if surprised by Ardena’s hand.
“Me, me… ?”
“If the young lady wants it.”
The appearance of Ardena inviting her to waltz was so dignified that even women fell in love.
His noble features were shining.
Even if she was wearing a man’s suit rather than a dress, she seemed to look good.
Leticia panicked at the sight of Ardena inviting her to waltz in front of a huge crowd watching. Although she was jealous of Ardena and Alone dancing with her, she never dreamed that she would then invite herself to dance her waltz.
“Whoa…. Ha… !!”
She took a deep breath, trying to calm her quivering chest.
But her madly beating heart showed no sign of calming down. Every time she saw her ardena, her throbbing heart spurred on even more.
Leticia was so worried that her heart might burst and die, but she couldn’t shake it off just because she was afraid of her heavenly fortune in front of her eyes, so Ardena readily accepted her outstretched hand. She wanted to waltz with the object she longed for, even if she had to die of a heart attack while dancing.
“Ah!”
An excited moan escaped from Leticia’s lips as Ardena held her hand tightly against her.
We looked at each other at the same eye level.
Then, while holding each other’s hands and waists, they moved their bodies according to the sound of the music.
Could this be her dream? Leticia couldn’t believe the reality of dancing with the object of her longing. The chandeliers scattering splendid brilliance, the crowd bursting with exclamations, and Ardena showing off her dignified figure in front of her eyes. All of this felt like a dream.
“You are better at waltz than I am. It is a skill worthy of a daughter of the Santander family, who is famous for being a multi-talented beauty.”
“Oh, you’re exaggerating….”
“I hope you get along well with our Alone. She pretends to be strong on the outside, but she is a very lonely child.”
“Sure! Leave it to me!”
At Ardena’s earnest request, Leticia decided to protect Alone, even at the cost of her life.
She’s not for Alone.
It was for the object of her longing to fulfill the request she had ordered.
Leticia was infinitely grateful to Ardena for inviting her to dance. From her point of view, she herself would be nothing more than a friend to her sister, but she is just honored to be doing her a favor like this.
She said, “I heard that she is learning swordsmanship from Yushin.”
“Yes.”
“You must have been very embarrassed to know Yushin’s identity. That he was the Demon Lord Slayer of the Holy Empire was something I didn’t know. He brought him as a prisoner of war without knowing that he was the hero who subdued the tyrannical demon king.”
“What a coincidence….”
“It’s a coincidence. Yeah, it’s a coincidence Awesome coincidence. Humans call this kind of coincidence ‘fate’.”
“Fate?”
Leticia, who had been listening to Ardena’s words with her smile, asked back.
Fate.
It was a very heavy word.
She seemed to regard her meeting with Yushin Gilead not as a coincidence, but as fate. She was different from other people. When everyone else said it was a coincidence, she defined her encounter with Yushin as fate as much as Ardena.
“It is also fate that you and I are dancing a waltz like this.”
Ardena said while holding Leticia’s waist as she leaned back behind her.
Ardena’s face shone brightly in the backlight reflected from the chandelier. With her body leaning back, Leticia’s face, entrusted to Ardena, was dyed red like paint once more.
“You suddenly said something difficult. Forgive the rudeness.”
“Oh, no…. That was a very interesting statement.”
Leticia said.
The performer was running toward the curtain. And that soon meant the end of the waltz.
He groaned in sorrow.
So at this time, she tried to finish it perfectly so that she would never have any regrets. Her nervousness caused her to break into cold sweats, but she focused her mind and perfected the waltz.
After the song, the waltz is also over.
When the waltz between Ardena and Leticia ended, the nobles who were watching him applauded in response.
“It was a great waltz, Lady Leticia.”
Ardena lifted Leticia’s hand and kissed the back of her hand briefly.
It was a greeting from a knight to a princess.
Leticia felt a shudder run through her body at the touch on the back of her hand.
“It was an honor for me.”
“It’s time for the main character of this celebration to appear.”
As soon as she finished her words, the main character appeared in the central hall where the victory ceremony was held.
The crowd, who were immersed in the lingering echoes of the waltz performed by Ardena and Leticia, began to stir up loudly at the appearance of the priest, the demon king slayer, and the knight of the kingdom.
Finally, the protagonist has arrived.
Yushin Gilead, who appeared in the central hall with a beautiful silver-haired elf and a blue-haired knight, looked around and checked the gazes looking at him.
‘D, is it finally here…. It’s time to execute the magic spell Bariteon said…. If it’s false, Bariteon, I’ll make a life-or-death decision with you right away.’
Ardena, who was watching her Yushin from a distance, swallowed her dry saliva while displaying her nervous expression.
Magic spell.
It’s a way to speed up the relationship between a man and a woman at once, as Bariteon said.
Ardena was unreasonable like Bariteon, but unlike herself who was unfamiliar with dating, she was a professional who was very good at dating, so she decided to try it this time.
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It was not easy for Ardena to contact Yushin.
As soon as the Demon King Slayer appeared in the central hall, a large number of people gathered at once.
High Elf nobles and foreign diplomats,
They desperately approached Yushin, perhaps because they wanted to get acquainted with the demon slayer. Her interest in Yushin was so great that Ileina, the head priest of the Liberia Elves, was pushed to a lower rank.
‘Should I wait a minute?’
When Ardena saw that countless crowds were blocking her way like an iron castle, she decided to wait a while.
The elf maid offered champagne.
Ardena, who was thirsty for her, accepted the favor of the elven maid and quenched her with her champagne.
Alone and Leticia waited for the Restoration while drinking champagne, as if she was thirsty. Like Ardena, both of them were waiting for the Restoration. The three of us gathered and talked as if we were tired of waiting endlessly.
“Master, you are very popular.”
“Absolutely. He has accomplished an unprecedented feat. I’m trying to build a friendship with the teacher somehow. Building friendships through socializing is the most important subject in an aristocratic society.”
Yushin was placed in a very ambiguous position.
He was a human slave belonging to the Valencian family. However, he cut off his choker himself, leaving him in a very ambiguous relationship.
Of course, his ownership still belonged to the Valencian family. However, rumors were circulating that he would be freed from slavery and become the first class equivalent to the High Elves by subduing Sabnak, who had brought the Liberia Elf nation to the brink of destruction.
The moment you are freed from slavery,
The Demon King Slayer will no longer belong to the Valencian family.
It was clear that the High Priestess and the Council of Yetzira would pay the price to the Valencian family and declare them free. So, the high elf aristocrats openly showed goodwill to Yushin, wanting to build friendships and possibly persuade them.
“What are you going to do?”
“What?”
Leticia asked.
Alone asked him again.
“Now you will be elevated from slavery to freedom. He is the hero who defeated the evil demon king and saved the elven country of Liberia. There’s no way a demon lord slayer who has accomplished feats comparable to that of Sir El Cid will continue to be enslaved. They said they would not leave them as slaves out of concern for the eyes of neighboring countries.”
The Liberia elves will advertise Yushin as a war hero who subdued Savnak, the demon king of the heat wave.
Demon Lord Slayer of the Elves,
Because he would want to have the demon lord slayer who accomplished an unprecedented feat as his ally.
On the other hand, neighboring countries will want to attract the Demon King Slayer to their own power regardless of means and methods. Until now, there had been no exchange with the Elf country, but the actions of neighboring countries that suddenly sent envoys to the victory ceremony were proving it.
“It seems like people are falling for it.”
Allone said.
When the blue-haired knight guarding Yushin’s side threatened greatly, the high elf aristocrats and foreign diplomats were surprised and backed away.
A mad dog came out for the owner.
It growled and let out a low cry as if it had become a real beast.
He wasn’t wearing a sword around his waist, but he was as ferocious as threatening with a sword. He was fighting the crowds approaching Yushin, as if he could not stop the ferocious wildness even though he was wearing a suffocating robe.
“… I’ll have to meet Yushin when all the crowds are gone. It’s not something to talk about in a noisy atmosphere.”
“Sister, are you just going?”
“To get some fresh air, to be on the terrace for a while.”
Breathing became stuffy as a large number of people crowded into a small space.
I asked for forgiveness from Alone and Leticia.
Afterwards, Ardena headed to the terrace to cool her head for a while.
There was a terrace without people. She wanted to be alone for a while, which worked out for Ardena. Unlike the crowded indoors with crowds, the outdoor terrace was depressing.
“Whoa….”
She let out a deep sigh stained with her frustration.
She leaned her body against the banister of the terrace overlooking the lights of the capital, Maherit.
‘A person who likes Yushin… , I’m sure it’s not just Alone. Riana also showed interest in Yushin. Allen Roxfield… , She brazenly calls herself her fiancé, and the woman must also be yearning for Yushin. There’s no way Yushin likes me, who is as blunt as her wooden stone. We had a lot of things with each other.’
What will Yushin think of me?
Dark doubts crept in.
Suspicion stemming from anxiety and nervousness flooded the heart of the noble high elf warrior.
Negative thoughts came like dark clouds. It was a feeling that stemmed from disbelief in himself. Ardena thought she was far behind the other women who were showing her crush on Yushin.
“But I was the first to fall in love with Yushin!”
I cried out in frustration.
At the same time, the door connecting the interior and the terrace was opened.
Someone entered the terrace where Ardena was sitting alone in her solitude. Thanks to the light emitted from the inside, it was not difficult to see the face of the person who entered the terrace.
“What are you doing here? Be in a bad mood.”
It is Yushin.
The person who had been waiting so long suddenly set foot on the terrace.
Dressed in a very fitting black robe, he approached Ardena with natural steps.
It was noticed that she didn’t know that Ardena was there.
It was because she came to the terrace feeling frustrated because of the crowds. Following her restoration, those who tried to set foot on the terrace had to step back as they were blocked from entering because of Bari Theon, a clumsy stand like Jeong Seung.
“What about Allen Roxfield?”
Ardena asked.
Her biggest variable was her.
So, as soon as Ardena reunited with Yushin on the terrace, she asked for Allen’s location.
“I drank a glass of champagne and stretched out. Alone and Leticia are taking care of her condition. She must have thought it was fruit juice and drank it right away.”
“… Is it.”
Great.
The biggest variable has disappeared.
As long as the bariteon is blocking the door connecting the indoor and terrace, no one will disturb this place.
‘Then, the magic spell that Bariteon told me about…. No, let’s do it after I finish what I wanted to say to Yushin.’
I was alone on the terrace with the person I wanted so much. It was a very exquisite situation, as if someone concocted and planned it.
