After the opening dance opponent decided on Derek, Lady Rosa said,
'Now we shall put out the use to the noble. I must tell you, Master Burkes and the others are not here. If you found out about Mr. Burkes' visit after this use, I have no problem with it. It's an unfortunate mistake. - Your Highness, please stay here for a while. No one else will come in, so please relax. '
and gracefully left the VIP room behind.
At this quasi-discipline, Rosa had originally invited her brother and Sil as Earls of Reddington as a set of two. But I hear my brother was putting in a no early.
And yet I didn't expect Master Sil to come alone. Naturally it was also late to realise - I wasn't here when I was contacted - that would be Rosa's answer to her brother.
Send an answer, and Rosa fulfills her minimum duty without disrespect to her brother. However, the contents are -.
Well, Master Sil's attendance will definitely come to my brother's attention later, but in the meantime, I hope we don't get weird sidetracks in until after the semiball!
It's huge that Rosa, the organizer, is on her side!
- So, from earlier on, I was staring at a dice stationary down one side on the tabletop.
Master Sil and Derek stand a little far apart, talking to each other. It's because Rosa distracted me, and as soon as I advised Sil to do so.
Tell Derek about the carriage accident. One of the conditions I put out to Master Sil.
An opportunity to talk secretly, just before the quasi-discussion begins. You don't have a hand in missing this!
- But it seemed better to tell Derek just Master Sil, so I'm not mixed up in the secret. It was shabby.
Though Clifford has held back nearby since he gathered around his desk to ask 'The Sky', it's not an atmosphere for chatter.
I mean, wow, there's something I want to try!
…………
I couldn't resist the temptation, and I finally took the dice on three sides. I felt Clifford's gaze, but without saying anything, for now, I'm going to shake the dice again.
Yes! This is what I wanted to try!
Now it's time for three! Or two!
............... but the eyes that came out on the bottom were once again one.... not yet in a rushed phase. Sometimes this happens, right?
- Again!
Again, one. In other words, there will have been one eye in three consecutive times.
... What about two?... What about the three?
I admit it got mucky. I've waved the dice ten times in a row.
- What's the result? Six times one came out. Two is four times. Three, zero.
Nah... so. Chances are you're not working too hard? You're too biased!
Hey, hey, Sky God? Don't you have this!
No luck. Like I shake it?
"- Am I hated by God in the sky for not having three eyes?
I pinched up the dice and blurred unexpectedly by Clifford, who was refraining.
"His Highness is one of the royal families of Esphia blessed by God in the sky. That won't happen."
I got a follow up without it! But hey...
"... hateful, though I have never felt blessed"
The legend has been passed down to this day that Clifford is right, that the royal family of the Esphia nation is blessed by God in the sky. This is also why the Great Corridor of the Castle depicts the great myth of Genesis. Nevertheless, I only see that as a work of art...
It's a heavenly god widely believed in the Esphere, but you've never felt its existence.
Yeah, but.
"Alec might be feeling it. Because he likes myths of creation and things about God in the Sky."
"Yes, once I saw His Highness Alexis in the Great Corridor."
"That's Alec's favorite."
Each other's free time, when you want to see Alec, it's about time you went to the Grand Corridor.
"... Sounds like it. He looked very, very fond of you."
Hmm? It sounded a little sarcastic?
Strangely, I turned to Clifford.
"- It may be me, not Your Highness, who hates Sky God,"
Words that sound like disappointing winds if they capture only meaning. But that's not how it feels at all. Rather...?
"Clifford did?
"If so, what will Your Highness do?
How...?
I shook my head to the side.
"I won't do anything about it. I just regret not being able to see the third eye."
"... Really?"
Clifford laughed thinly.
"- Anyway, I don't care what happens to God in the sky, I think it's okay to have three eyes out once or so."
Think commonsense, more than sky gods, dice what, luck and odds!
It's impossible to say zero out of ten. I don't want to doubt Master Rosa... but there's no trick on the dice, is there? The clever one you can't seem to notice the amateur at first sight! Dear Rosa, I'm sorry my heart is thinly dirty!
"Your Highness. Can I borrow your dice?
I thought Clifford was a little suspicious about this dice, too?
Place the dice in the large hand offered, pinched and held. But although I got the dice, in just a few seconds Clifford put it back on me.
"Go ahead."
I'll take a serious look at the dice that's been put back. Mm-hmm. It's just in the VIP room, and it's an exquisitely crafted three-sided dice! And it has a clear sky color. All the dice on the three sides, named after the 'sky', are from the blue lineage.
"... just one more time, I'll shake it"
No! Eleventh time.
Get in the mood and throw a light dice at your desk.
Take a breath and watch where you go.
The dice stopped. Top - Left and right visible eyes, one and two.
What do you mean, the bottom line is -.
Lift the dice with your trembling hands and check the bottom surface even with your own eyes.
The number inscribed there is three.
Three eyes at last!
Then I jumped up and nearly rejoiced and weighed myself in. I'm a princess, I'm a princess. Open the fan basically with a rearrangement.
"... Clifford. I got three eyes."
"Yes."
"... didn't you do something?
I'm glad the third eye came out, but my thin, dirty heart is alive and well through this period! There's a trick on the dice itself, and I wonder if Clifford did something during those seconds, or something!
"- I just wished. So that the third eye may appear,"
The knight of the faithful escort drowned his head saying so.
"Everyone, this time, welcome to my quasi ball -"
Chandeliers, they're beautiful. That's one of the 'paradise in the sky' specialties.
Beautiful chandeliers with high ceilings are rolling. Just one candle stands hundreds of candles large and small. Some of them were already lit by fire. It's just a shame. It's still daytime. The semi ball of the day is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. and end at 11 p.m. It is not until the sun sets that the candle lights show off their fantastic mainstay.
What to hide, only balls are allowed to be held from night!
Late night to dawn. As an entertainment at night, and in order to make power known, it is the ball that has become open. But in the early days when the ball was held, the candles were expensive...! It's about the king who spends a lot of quality candles and has the financial power to dance and reveal them at night.
But of course nobility wants to throw a ball. In order to reduce expenses, the nobles decided to start the ball during the day and reduce the candle consumption time at night. Only then, when the sun was high, those hosted by nobility became distinguished as quasi-disciplines. Even if the candle bill is no longer relevant and lending halls like "Paradise in the Sky" are available, the difference between these two distinctions and the start time still persists.
Slowly, looking up at the chandelier with a 'black fan' - I couldn't. In preparation for the opening dance, I tried to temporarily deposit it for the service of the venue, and it was obviously just for a moment, but it looked frightened, so Clifford is holding it instead. You think it's best to keep it with someone who's fine!
I can't help but say what I don't have at hand, so I give up and listen to Rosa's greetings in the hall of "Paradise in the Sky", united in pure Espheric style - closest to the atmosphere in the Great Corridor of the Royal Castle.
Once the invitees have gathered and the start time is reached, the curtain of the semi ball will be raised with the organizer's greeting.
Depending on the size, thousands of attendees come to the venue. When this happens, organizers can't just speak up to all the attendees. Don't even think about it if you don't say a word! It is also a greeting in the sense.
And in the middle of that greeting, I can already more or less guess which side of the hall the attendees are standing in and with, the ranks, factions and relationships.
Essentially, the closer you are to the place where Rosa is greeting you, the higher among the invitees in rank, power, importance, etc. Far away, in the corner of the hall, the more terminal, it becomes.
After understanding each other's standing positions, the attendees are looking at the whole facial rash from each other's positions, setting out who they will speak to first when the quasi-discussion begins, with tiger vision and aim. Conversely, before the organizers greet each other, be thorough with each other and refrain from contact with fate.
New connections, making connections. To explore enemy trends. Faction confirmation. Gathering information. Seeking someone to marry or a lover overnight.
Purpose varies, but desire swirls, just a bloodless battlefield......! That's the semi ball!
And in preparation for the opening dance, the center of the hall is opened in advance.
What I have is a seat for the so-called royalty. Top position.
And beside you, Derek Knightfellow. Initially, I was supposed to leave Master Sil when I arrived in the hall, even if I got an escort, but if this happens, reopen it! So, Lord Sil is also in the royal seat.
If it's just an escort, it means we're with you on this occasion anyway, which seems to be generating a wide variety of speculation among the invitees!
And then it tells me that Derek and I are going to dance the opening dance, and that's also the subject of discussion.
Derek is beside me because, of course, he's the other person at that opening dance. After Lady Rosa's greeting, the dance between me and Derek begins.
"- Today, as I am, I want to make it a quasi-discipline ball with a hobby. Finish my greetings and more first, and have an opening dance!
Flipped a simple long dress in fresh green, Rosa told him softly. The orchestra starts playing.
- Ugh!
For a moment, my body got stiff. This song...!
Abominable First Ball Day. The dance I was playing when I realized my stupidity! Compared to the popular court dance, it can also be described as a minor "upbeat dance"!
Is this song better than that, Master Rosa?
I would have avoided this song once I could dance!
But for some reason, this song played, and it was Derek who was nervous, as well.... I mean, the whole hall? The air that ran to the invitees tells the story.
"Totally......"
Groaning with a bitter face, Derek sighed.
"Apparently, Count Reddington is going to do a reproduction of the day"
When it comes to reproducing that day...... Exactly. I get it, too.
"Have you had my first ball day?
This is the only way.
"Yes. He wants my ruin. No... do you mind either? Interest-based, I guess.... which way to fall"
But what Derek said doesn't make sense!
"- Shall we come? Master Octavia?"
Derek said, as he regained his mind, and we jumped to the center of the hall.