Chapter 22 – The Shivering Ball (4)
“Hmm!”
When she finished assessing the situation, Seeley let out a cough, then took the papers he had spread out and put them back in her thigh. This is called destruction of evidence.
After that, a brief silence fell between me and Esily.
It was a blessing to have a perfect understanding of each other, but the situation wasn’t smooth enough to reveal that fact.
The elf is watching this way. The burden of that fact was now born not only by me, but also by Essilie.
“Sir Theorard. If you’ve done something disgraceful, apologize somehow on behalf of the family…….”
Sustained silence casts doubt. Esily, who was somehow continuing her conversation, knocked on the table.
His gaze was directed toward the orchestra seated in the corner. Looking back, wondering what was going on, the band, well-dressed in tailcoats, received Essilie’s signal and started playing music hastily.
A little louder than usual, but not calm melodies fill the hall of the ball.
“Esley. No way…….”
Shh. Esily raised her index finger and drew attention to me again. I can’t tell you yet. With a small kiss on the lips.
─ Come on! Noble ladies and gentlemen!
The servant in charge of the party raised his voice using amplification magic. The aristocrats in the hall, as they were accustomed to, paired up with each other and smiled joyfully.
─ It’s time to make the party a grand finale! Join hands and gather in the center of the hall! Show off your graceful movements under the night sky blessed by the god of light!
As soon as the servant’s words finished, the nobles moved to the center of the hall in pairs of twos and threes. As if riding the flow, the sound of the orchestra gradually increased.
Esily whispered in a very small voice as she stared at him in awe.
“Sir Theorard. Drag me wild Like I was offended.”
“How can I treat you harshly?”
“It’s a kind word, but cover it up for now. Avoiding the suspicions of the elves is the first thing, right?”
Exactly. The elf was still watching this way. As if something is suspicious.
If I act lukewarm here, Esily’s hard-prepared plans will go to waste. I nodded her head, got up from my seat, and pulled Esily’s arm roughly.
“Kyaa-!”
After screaming, Esily was dragged into my arms as if she was about to fall. I felt the soft touch of her breasts, but now is not the time to care about that.
I muttered in Esily’s ear.
“What can I do now?”
“…… Just in case, go to a place as far away from the elves as possible. By the way, Sir Theorard. I didn’t mean to pull this hard.”
“Are there any problems?”
I asked because I was genuinely curious, but Eshili just swallowed the words hesitantly.
He didn’t have to stay still anyway. I led Essilly and walked as far away from the elves as possible. It was only after she reached the corner of the hall that she stopped and looked back at Esily.
“Now…”
“Let’s Dance.”
Dancing? Didn’t you come here to talk? After being in a daze for a while, I understood the scenery around me.
“Right. Everyone is dancing and if we are the only ones standing there, we will get suspicious.”
“It’s not like that.”
“Yes?”
“I just wanted to dance with Sir Theorard. You usually do nothing but read and enjoy only static hobbies. It’s been almost three years since you’ve been to a prom, right?”
Esily grabbed my left arm and grabbed her right hand and interlocked it. The soft smile on her lips is both embarrassing and classy.
“So let’s have a little fun, we.”
Having said that, I couldn’t even say I didn’t like it. I smiled thinly and hugged Esily’s back her.
“I will.”
As the upbeat music rises, Esily and my feet move as one body. But now and then, when her feet twisted and tripped, Essilie corrected my gestures with a small chuckle.
The circle dance (圓舞), which she learned but did not enjoy, met her Esili and became a flower. It felt like her happy scent her was seeping into my inner world.
“Sir Theorard.”
But it’s a happiness that doesn’t last long. As she danced, Seely changed her expression and whispered so that only I could hear her.
“Now tell me. Exactly how old the elf is.”
“Ah. As far as I know, he is two hundred and fifty years old. Her magical ability is also comparable to that of the Archmage.”
“Okay….”
The reaction is aloof, as if to some extent expected. Essilly asked the question again, moving her feet to the beat of hers.
“Is there any other information you know? Is that why elves play slaves?”
“Your temper is perverted. Other than that, I don’t know anything yet.”
“Hmm. I do not know. In my opinion…… I’m not a normal elf after all.”
“Not a normal elf?”
“It’s just speculation. It bothered me that when I asked her name her, she didn’t answer right away and was evasive. In addition, at lunch today, I saw a strange hostility in the elf’s gaze looking at me. Is this really just a monopoly desire?”
After a full turn, Ashley and I switch places.
“What do you want to say?”
“Just. It seems unlikely that the elf was accidentally sold to Sir Theorard.”
Am embarrassed.
“It’s something I don’t know. There is no circumstance that can confirm the identity of the elf.”
“Me too. Then, first, I’ll look for information about the Great Forest. It’s a veiled space, so there may not be much to know, but it’s better than not doing it.”
“Thank you even if it’s just words.”
“It’s not just words.”
Eseely, who smiles mischievously, glances toward her entrance her. The elf was still watching this side.
“Anyway, the elf seems very angry. Wouldn’t it be nice to see Sir Theorard dancing happily with another woman?”
“How do you know that?”
“It’s a woman’s intuition. Anyway, if things go on like this, it seems that Sir Theorard will suffer quite a bit from the elves. In the worst case, the elf might take Sir Theorard to the Great Forest…….”
I sighed and grabbed Essilly’s hand.
“No way! I have a mission to protect my family…… !”
“Gee, calm down. Because you’re assuming the worst case scenario. There must be a way out.”
“Way?”
“Yes. It’s a way to go against Sir Theorard, though.”
“Does not matter. If only I could temper the elf’s anger.”
“Then… It will hurt a little.”
Hurt? The moment I thought I was going to say something, Essilly removed her hand from her interlock and swung it at her cheek her.
Pair-!
Her jaw turns and her vision her blinks. The music of the orchestra stopped and the dancing nobles paused and turned around. As I turned her head away in embarrassment, Seeley grinned eagerly.
Like a fight
Oh It sounds like you’re trying to kill the elf’s anger by acting at a distance. In addition, since he committed violence in front of everyone, the elf would not suspect that it was an act.
Convinced, I let out a clearing of my throat and trimmed my collar neatly.
‘But how do I make it look like we fought?’
She had never fought Esily before. Even if it wasn’t Esily, I’ve never had an argument to the point of verbal abuse in my life.
However, there were too many eyes watching this place to go over it roughly. Besides, shouldn’t we trick the elves? After hesitating for a moment, I hurriedly grabbed Essilly’s chin.
“It’s an anarchic thing.”
I tugged Esily’s chin toward mine and lowered her head gently to her eye level her.
“Someday I will make it mine.”
Esily’s eyes widened. Her cheeks her flushed and her mouth her hung open.
Essilly would also do her acting her. After I nodded her head to see what I meant, I let Seeley’s chin go and walked towards her entrance to her.
The elf I was waiting for naturally ran towards me and tangled in her arms. The way her soft breasts her wrapped around my arms her was strangely bothering me.
“I am the owner. Are you okay?”
There is a feeling of satisfaction in the red eyes that worry about me. Thanks to her, she feels relieved, and her whole body her feels drained of energy.
“Don’t worry too much.”
“Hey……. If you don’t mind, would you like to touch my breasts, Master?”
“I don’t need it, so go away.”
When I noticed again, the elf hesitated and walked away from me. I blatantly clicked my tongue and glanced behind her.
Esily was staring at me as if it were natural.
‘Please.’
I had no choice but to leave the cleaning up to Esily. I bowed lightly and then left the annex.
*
Meanwhile, Essilly couldn’t help but stare at the entrance to her outbuilding her with her blank eyes her. Her pounding heart Her was not calming down.
‘It’s an angry thing… ?’
I know it’s acting. But what I couldn’t help with knowing was human emotion. For no reason, her face turns red and her breathing her is exhilarated.
One of the nobles, who was puzzled by her appearance of her, lightly grabbed Esily by the shoulder of her.
“Lady Esily. What on earth did you hit Viscount Theorard for?”
“Ep, yes, four?”
Seeley belatedly brought her to her senses her after shedding a bewildered voice.
“Oh, well. She is inadvertently started as he suddenly tries to kiss her…… There is no other reason.”
“Her her. You mean you slapped her on the cheek for trying to kiss her? Even though you’re engaged?”
“Right. I was acting like an idiot. That’s not okay…….”
The shy aristocrat soon burst into a wild laugh at her. Seeing Ethili’s shy appearance, he dismissed the incident that had just occurred as a ‘love fight between immature young people’.
“Please. You’re fighting over nothing. Is it the spirit of youth? Anyway, let the orchestra continue to play! The main character of the party has gone, but we can’t ruin the ball like this!”
When the nobleman clapped his hands, the orchestra started playing. In the midst of the breezy melody, I saw noble ladies and young ladies who were making a fuss and flirting with their imaginations.
I’m embarrassed for nothing, so I have nowhere to look.
“I-I’ll just go.”
She left the ball overflowing with dancing and chatter, which was featured in Asking for Understanding from the nobles around her, and arrived at the special room in the annex.
After closing her door and walking forward, she sat down on the bed that was being carried and calmed her trembling heart. But when she tried to calm down a little, the sound of Theo Rad’s words suddenly played in her head.
—It’s angkal. Make it mine someday
Words that would never come out of Theorard’s mouth. That’s why it was more shocking and stimulating.
Esily remembers Theorard’s appearance from a while ago. The light brown eyes of his, like those of an autumn wheat field, were sharply narrowed as they stared deeply at him, and the cold tone that flowed from his slightly twisted lips.
It was a side that would never be seen in the usual caring and good-natured Theorard. His face his is hot for no reason and his lips his are dry.
“Silly….”
I told her to get angry, but what if she seduces me?
─ I will make it mine someday.
Voice playing again. But she didn’t hate it that much.
Eshilly lifted a pillow near her and held her tightly in her arms her, making her face blush.
“Fool Theorard.”
It seemed that I would not be able to fall asleep easily today.
