Chapter 185 - EPISODE 185 – FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY BALL (2) (2/2)
You invited Scarlet to be your partner?
‘Isn’t what Cordelia saying true then?’
As Jude looked at him in surprise, Lucas opened his mouth again.
“After the conferment ceremony… we met on the street by chance.”
“By chance?”
“Yes, just like how Biltwein met Elena accidentally in Biltwein the Hero.”
Lucas’ gaze and voice were filled with warmth, and Jude was convinced.
‘He’s in love.’
Well, Scarlet is a beauty.
In addition to being confident, she’s also secretly nice.
‘If Cordelia knew this, she’d love it.’
Whether there was a chance or not, Cordelia was enthusiastic with shipping couples.
“Lord Lucas.”
“Yes, Lord Jude.”
“Scarlet loves roses.”
“Excuse me? Ah, yes!”
Jude could do nothing else but root for Lucas.
If it really went well with Lucas, it seemed like Lucas would unshakably be on ‘their side.’
“I-is there… anything else?”
Lucas timidly asked, and Jude quietly recalled Scarlet’s setting.
And it was at that moment.
“Hey~ You were here.”
The owner of the voice he heard from behind him was First Sword.
Greeting both Jude and Lucas, he approached with a smile and tapped Jude on the shoulder before raising his hand.
“Nice to meet you.”
“It’s nice to meet you too.”
It was nice if the man he wanted to stick close to came to him on their own.
Jude smiled while Lucas followed his greeting. First Sword looked around then and asked.
“But where is your pretty fiancée?”
“If it’s Cordelia, she’s preparing with Princess Darianne right now.”
“With the princess? Why?”
“It’s…we prepared a bit of a special dress.”
The Fairy Dress and Fairy Shoes.
Princess Darianne had heard that something mysterious would happen in the process of wearing it, and was so eager to see it so Cordelia had no choice but to change her clothes at the main palace.
‘I want to see it too.’
It was no exaggeration to say that the Fairy Dress was a kind of polymorph item that turned its wearer into a fairy.
There were so many things to see, such as the mysterious light that would appear in the process of wearing it, the wings of light that would appear and disappear for a short moment, and so on.
‘Of course, even if Princess Darianne wasn’t there, I wouldn’t be able to see it.’
If I said that I wanted to see it, she would have hit me.
“Hey, look at that smile. You’re smiling because you’re thinking of your fiancée, right?”
“Perhaps…?”
“Ah, you seriously look so happy. It makes me want to stab you.”
“F-first Sword-nim?”
“It’s a figure of speech, a figure of speech. It’s not real.”
At the words of First Sword, Lucas exhaled as if he was truly relieved, and First Sword was interested in Lucas’ innocent appearance. Because he thought that it would be fun to tease Lucas.
Anyway, it was the moment when Jude’s imagination and First Sword’s grumbling were about to continue.
A small sound.
The sound of the one of the doors in the grand banquet hall slowly opening.
It was such a small sound.
It was just a small sound that could be buried by the sound of the music and the people’s chattering.
But at that very moment.
When the girl who came to the ball late took a step.
Those standing near the door turned their gazes inadvertently.
Then they saw the royal court attendant who had opened the door to have frozen in place, as the attendant stared at one place with an enchanted face.
What’s going on?
Why is he like that?
Their questions did not last long.
The moment their eyes followed the gaze of the attendant, they knew the reason.
There were no exclamations.
There were no words of wonder.
There was only silence.
They forgot what they were saying the moment they saw her.
They were mesmerized the moment they gazed at her.
The girl walked in steps.
The sound of her footsteps were weak and small, but the sound gradually began to be noticeable.
Her footsteps didn’t get louder.
It was because her surroundings had become quiet.
The silence spread.
The stillness spread out.
The sound of her footsteps became more and more clear.
The silence quickly spread like a flame wherever the girl walked.
The chattering stopped.
And Jude could finally hear it.
Her footsteps.
Even though his back were facing them, Jude could tell the changes that occurred to the countless people.
The sounds that had filled the banquet hall diminished.
The court musicians’ hands seemed to be slowing down, but they stopped before anyone noticed it, and the minstrel who was singing forgot the lyrics.
Henry II and First Queen Justina who were having a conversation also sensed the change in the banquet hall. They raised their heads to know what was going on, and their faces became like the others.
And one step.
The sound of her last step before the total silence.
Except for Jude, hundreds of people looked at the same place.
They couldn’t help but gaze at that place.
It was so compelling.
An overwhelming and intense beauty.
In that absolute silence, Jude gulped in nervousness.
And he finally turned around to face her.
“Corde-…”
He opened his mouth and stopped.
He couldn’t even properly call her name.
The moment he saw her, he was spellbound. Because he fell in love again.
A star.
A girl who shone alone among the countless people.
The Fairy Dress wasn’t that fancy.
She didn’t tighten her waist, nor was it filled with heavy and dull decorations.
The fluttering white cloth flowed down along Cordelia’s smooth shoulder line, and her skirt naturally drew a soft line.
And a faint heavenly aura surrounded the girl.
The girl stood shyly and seemed to pout before she smiled with her fangs visible. She took a step again and drew closer to Jude, whispering.
“How long…are you going to keep me waiting?”
Perhaps because of everyone’s gaze, she spoke with a red face, and Jude finally came to his senses. No, he took Cordelia’s hand while still captivated.
‘Correction…effect.’
The Fairy Dress and Fairy Shoes had effects that greatly increased one’s beauty and charm respectively.
In addition, there was a correction effect because of her Angel Mode, so it was natural that a truly transcendental beauty was born.
Therefore.
Thus.
In the end, Jude admitted it.
He gave up explaining it through its game effects.
No matter how much he tried to understand it by replacing it with numbers, he still couldn’t understand it.
“Cordelia, let’s dance.”
“Eh?”
Cordelia unconsciously asked. She would act like that because the place was really silent now.
There wasn’t even a small sound of music, let alone a song, and everyone present was even looking her way.
But he wants to dance now?
That’s too much.
That’s completely too much.
But Cordelia nodded her head without realizing it.
She did that the moment she met eyes with Jude.
And after that, everything went naturally.
Jude hugged Cordelia’s waist, and she gently leaned against him.
And one step.
The dance of the two began.