Episode #11 Request for a Weird Dance

“Oh, really, in this situation, my luck sucks.”

She crossed her arms and sighed, then reached out her hand to grab his arms and pulled them close to her. Behind the door, there were still groans and cursing voices. First of all, Jed let himself be dragged by her hands without resisting.

“What did you do?”

Initially, he heard the details, but to be polite, Jed asked.

“I kicked his dick. Bastard.”

A strong curse came out of her innocent face, totally unexpected. When Jed reconfirmed what he had understood once, his head was dizzy at the seriousness of the situation.

Attacking the Imperial Family, even ten necks would not be enough. She was grimacing. Even she still seemed dissatisfied with that.

“Have you finally gone mad?”

Under the circumstances, Jed spoke of his honest feelings about this situation without adding or subtracting. Lucifella crossed her arms as if she didn’t care.

“If you stay here right now, you won’t hear any nice words from me. It’s better to just go quietly. Again, I kicked the Crown Prince’s dick. And now he’s on the floor.”

This was the third time she said she had kicked his dick. Jed imagined the state of the Crown Prince. His pain was entirely understandable as a man, but the sympathy wasn’t there.

“Why did you do that? There is no need to do that.”

“If I tell you, will you believe me?”

“What?”

Jed couldn’t answer the question. It was because there was not yet a relationship to trust between them. Would this person lie? After thinking for a while, Jed spoke.

“Tell me. I will try.”

Lucifella looked at him with suspicion and seemed to be a little worried, and then she opened her mouth.

“If you used to date a girl who was asking you to prove that you loved her, what would you do?”

“What?”

“Lucifella, no, I’m talking about jumping into the Imperial Lake. I did it because the Crown Prince told me to do it.”

“What are you saying?”

“The word love was a signal, and I was duped into the Crown Prince’s jokes. The last thing I saw before I lost consciousness was him pointing fingers at me and laughing amused as I drowned.”

“That is…….”

‘Is she telling me to believe that?’ Jed thought.

But Lucifella seemed to have misunderstood otherwise.

“Yeah, that was stupid. To fall for that kind of sweet talk and trust the son of bitch.”

Lucifella’s tone was somehow serious. As if she was blaming herself, those words somehow made Jed feel that she wasn’t lying to him.

Meanwhile, Lucifella dragged him by the arm, and she was walking away from the royal foyer to the ballroom.

He didn’t know who was escorting whom. Jed was thinking that while letting her drag him along.

If what she said was true, he understood what was going on and why Lucifella found words to be insufficient. For Lucifella, kicking him in his private parts ten times or a hundred times still would not be enough.

Then, the reason why she looked at the Crown Prince earlier, she didn’t mean to express her mournful feelings to the Crown Prince, but it was because she wanted to do this?

In fact, it was not out of longing love that she looked at the Crown Prince but the tenacity of the one seeking revenge. Jed was beginning to believe her more.

“Ha.”

He laughed involuntarily. Wasn’t it funny that Lucifella had committed a felony as she left this unpleasant love triangle with the Crown Prince somehow?

She kicked the cock of the Imperial Family member! She easily accomplished a feat that one could only imagine, but no one could put into action.

How could a person be so original? After she cleared up his misunderstanding, the crappy feeling he had had all day turned into joy. On top of that, she pulled the punch on the Crown Prince, who annoyed him.

“Haha, but to kick him there.”

“But that is the only place to kick. Where else?”

He tried to hold back his laughter, but he couldn’t. How could Her Ladyship think to get the idea of ​​kicking him there?

He couldn’t laugh out loud because of the current situation and its location, so he just kept his voice low and leered. It was a pity that he couldn’t see the Crown Prince lying down in person.

“So, do you have any residual feelings for the Crown Prince?”

“If I had any residual feelings, I wouldn’t have kicked him there.”

“Ha Ha Ha!”

At that, Jed couldn’t endure it any longer and burst out laughing. It was overly blunt, but it was to the point. Lucifella was looking at him as if he was going crazy.

Jed thought about how the prince would react. It was clearly a felony to injure the royal family. However, if one considered the part that Lucifella attacked, the story would be different. For a man who would become the most powerful person in the future to punish a woman for kicking him in his crotch, he would always be a laughing stock. From his point of view, the Crown Prince did not seem likely to take issue with this matter.

No matter how foolish the Crown Prince may be, he must have wits about him not to take revenge on the family under his control and make a fuss. Jed put his faith in the prince’s head, which he used not to value much.

Looking back, this person in front of him was a unique kind. Like the last time she met the killer, he thought she was stupid, but now he didn’t know for she actually might be brilliant. After laughing for a while, he blurted out before he realized it.

“If anything happens, I will take care of it.”

“Huh?”

It was refreshingly satisfying to think of the Crown Prince screaming with his cock kicked, and Jed decided to be generous, thinking that her revenge had a good cause. So that’s how the words must have come out.

Lucifella blinked as if she had heard something unexpected.

“And if you use such rude words in front of other people, you will be executed for insulting the Imperial Family. Be careful from now on.”

“Okay, I’ll be more careful in the future.”

She nodded her head politely again.

She seemed to have an incredible personality. She didn’t hesitate to admit her mistakes even though she seemed stubborn. One could not judge by looking at the appearance, and who would have imagined foul cursing words such as “bastard” and ‘dick’ come out of such a pretty face. He smiled again at the thought.

“Stop laughing. Why don’t we go and dance?”

“What?”

Lucifella grabbed his arm again and led him. As her pulling strength was weak, her two arms clasped Jed’s arms tightly.

“About the dance. I was waiting here for you to dance.”

For Lucifella, there was nothing to do anyway, and the goal was to achieve her duty of dancing quickly, but Jed assumed that as a cute teasing gesture as his fiancée.

“This is a strange dance request.”

What a way to receive a request for a dance from a woman! But he didn’t feel that bad because of this woman’s forward ways. Jed grabbed her arm and led her himself.

When Lucifella and Jed appeared together, all eyes of the people in the banquet hall were focused on them.

And, where did the Crown Prince go? Many people searched for the Crown Prince, but the Crown Prince was nowhere to be seen. If the Crown Prince, Lucifella, and Jed were together, it would have been a spectacle worth seeing, but people thought it was a shame to miss.

Jed and Lucifella certainly seemed to be lovers beyond the obligatory betrothal. It was because of the tight posture. Her expression was stiff, but she held Jed’s arm, and Jed also stood still and slowly followed her steps.

“It seems like he still cares about her as his fiancée.”

It was the first time Duke Heint had shown such a friendly appearance, so everyone talked with interest.

Unlike his predecessors, Jedder Kyle Heint was one of those who rarely appeared in social circles.

Even as a boy, he spent most of his time training with his sword in the estate. Even when he grew up to a certain extent, he remained in the territory and subjugated monsters with the knights, except when the late Duke had deliberately called him.

As a young man, he participated in the wars of conquest initiated by the Emperor, and from then on, he began to show a clear presence as a blood knight earned rather than by being the son of a noble family.

That did not mean that as the Heint family’s son he was all hardened iron horse without sensitivities. Whenever he appeared at parties, among the people who swarmed up to him, only the most beautiful young lady could be by his side, proving his excellent sense of style. Jedder Kyle Heint was like a trophy for a young lady of the aristocratic society who wanted to show off her beauty to the capital that encompassed splendidness and decadence. Jed was tall, possessing a solid body far superior, a handsome man with a hard masculine line.

He wasn’t particularly materially ambitious or conservative, but he had a sharp blade-like chillness. He spoke few words, but his sarcastic tone from time to time when he opened his mouth froze whichever spoiled son or clinging daughter of a powerful family who transgressed him.

The Black Lion, who primarily used to roam on the battlefield, inherited the title of Duke at a young age and finally came to live in the capital. With an unbreakable noose around his neck to his fiancée, who was not well-received in public, people thought Jed would despise Lucifella and keep his distance from her. She had committed an unspeakable act that was scandalous. In addition, Lucifella did not have a kind personality. Her only strength was her face, a beautiful face, but that was all. She knew it so well that she acted at will - cold, vehement, and hot-tempered. It was natural that people would point fingers at her. Therefore, Jed’s scorn should have applied to her as well.

But looking at those two, the tables were turned. In everyone’s gaze, it was a picture of a nervous lady in the arms of her protecting fiancé. Jed even looked back at her from time to time. If anyone looked closely, it looked like her hand was held from Jed’s side.

As the people’s gazes lingered and people murmured, the eyes of the Emperor, who had been talking with the ministers, stayed on them. Jed and Lucifella went out on the dance floor to the music they played and started moving slowly.

It was rare for Jed to dance. He moved his feet a little awkwardly, but her dress was waving, painting a picturesque scene. Lucifella, who was facing Jed, smiled brightly.

One white hand was on Jed’s waist, and the other was holding his hand tightly. It was more beautiful than anything else when she, who always frowned, now smiled brightly.

Jed was also handsomely dressed in a dark green tailcoat, staring at Lucifella Aydin’s face. It was as if they were really in love, so passionately focused on each other.

By holding hands and dancing together, their engagement was revealed to the world. Some of Jed’s comrades sympathized with Jed for his bad fortune, and those ladies who had their hearts for him pointed their fingers at her, saying that Duke was too good for her.

Regardless, they were a lovely couple to the extent that magic was created where the lights shone brightly only upon them.

Of course, the fantastic and perfect image they saw was an illusion.

Lucifella stepped out her heeled foot just slightly faster than the beat, and Jed quickly shifted his foot to avoid it. At her expression of regret, Jed’s lips rose crookedly.

Lucifella was dancing as she had been taught by Madame Erene, except for feet which were not in sync to the music beat. It wasn’t noticeable because her shoes were only slightly exposed, but her steps were sometimes fast and sometimes slow. The reason, of course, wasn’t that she didn’t know her to beat. The goal was clear.

“You must be planning to break my feet for sure.”

“No, not necessarily.”

He wondered why she readily accepted his dance request. He dodged her foot once more. A clear sound of her heel resounded. At that, Lucifella’s skirt swayed gracefully.

“Can you explain why you are doing this to me?”

Even after breaking the friendly atmosphere at best, Lucifella did not answer. As the crescendo part of the music sound became loud, she swiftly delivered her blow with a thump. Jed lightly avoided it.

“You just now must have been aiming for my feet.”

“Right. I don’t like you very much.”

Even if she didn’t outright say that she didn’t like him, seeing this behavior made him guess. Still, he had to say he was glad being attacked at the foot, not the middle between his legs. Jed was at a loss for words.

“Is it that hard to let your foot be stepped on for once?”

When Lucifella’s strategy did not work, she grumbled.

“Why do I have to be trampled on?”

“Because I want to step on you.”

“Why?”

“I wanted to step on you at least once.”

It was a childish fight. But Lucifella wanted to step hard on his foot. Previously, when Estelle saw Jed, she thought that she wanted to stick a fist in the face.

Now, she didn’t have the strength to throw a punch in his face, and she wasn’t insensible enough to kick him like she did the Crown Prince. For just this one dance, she had to learn the cumbersome manners for a week, so she wanted to make her wish come true by pressing hard on his feet.

“My Lady is special.”

“Right, I’m not normal.”

A certain knight was inside the Lady’s body, so how could it be normal? It was also a miracle to be able to dance properly.

“Oh.”

Lucifella grimaced, making an annoying sound with her disappointment. Again, Jed closely avoided her foot.

When Jed saw that expression, it began to be fun for Jed. He was able to avoid it easily from the beginning, so he wasn’t too offended.

“Did I do something wrong to My Lady?”

“What?”

It was simple curiosity, not to apologize for the wrongs he had committed against this woman or soften the atmosphere.

“Wrong… … .”

The problem was that he was a Yansgar Knight. And he had an arrogant personality.

Lucifella bit her mouth. She disliked him for herself, but would Lucifella have liked Duke Heint?

When she became conscious of memories recalled, vague emotions of real Lucifella were crazy about the Crown Prince. Even if she were engaged to the Duke, she probably wouldn’t be any different.

Either way, this guy was pathetic. Neither Estelle nor Lucifella would ever love this man.

“Is it because I haven’t been paying attention to you for a while? All the other men must have been interested in My Lady.”

“What?”

“To explain, I was involved with the person who approached me. And you weren’t interested in me.”

“Why are you telling me this when I don’t care who you go around with?” Lucifella spoke, thinking what he said was absurd. He couldn’t find even a sliver of that feeling of natural jealousy. Jed could not believe it.

If they were tied to a relationship called engagement, they were supposed to be married anyway. The past was the past, but at least there should be some discomfort about that. But Lucifella didn’t seem interested at all. All she cared about now was Jed’s feet.

“Ah!”

As Jed was about to say something, Lucifella quickly stepped on his foot. There was a bright smile on her face. Jed let out a tired smile.

Didn’t she know that her shoes were made out of thick leather, and she was feather-light? It wasn’t that it did not hurt, but it was only like tickling to him.

Nevertheless, she smiled brightly as if she had achieved her goal.

Looking at her face, he could only laugh out loud. If he lifted his trampled foot, she would lose balance, and she would suffer even more embarrassment on her part. But he was a bigger man.

As if to flaunt it, Lucifella smiled at him. The curves on her red lips gave it a wonderful feeling, and her blue eyes twinkled in the light of the chandelier.

Jed acknowledged her beauty. In particular, those eyes had an extraordinary magical power that could not be described with any words.

When he could see that kind of smile, the price of being stepped on his foot once was meager. Then he wanted to slap his head.

‘What was I thinking? Am I crazy?’

“You did nothing wrong to me,” she said, looking at Jed.

Jedder Kyle Heint did not do anything wrong to Lucifella. Even to Estelle personally. Rather…

Then, when the song was over, Lucifella took down her hand very lightly. She achieved the intended purpose, and she felt good.

“You stepped on my feet. What are you going to do now?”

“Well, I should go home. I don’t think I’ll be able to hear any good things if I stay here.”

Jed only then looked around. All those who looked at them were unfavorable to Lucifella.

“I can’t help it. It’s self-earned.”

Also, when he looked at her face, which she admitted straightforwardly, he couldn’t help feeling sympathy for her, erasing his judgmental thoughts that she had created her own misfortune.

Did he believe this woman? Did the Crown Prince put her up to that?

Jed believed it. He just didn’t feel it was worth questioning. Whether the Crown Prince made her do it or not, this woman’s choice did not change, and she accepted the consequences readily.

“Next time….”

“Huh?”

“Call me the next time you attend a banquet.”

“Why?”

‘I’ll go with you then.’ Jed was about to say that and then closed his mouth. He didn’t even know whether she was overly excited about punching someone she didn’t like.

In the first place, it was better not to make cumbersome promises that could not be fulfilled. Feeling embarrassed about being overly friendly, he tried to send off Lucifella quickly.

“Come on, go home.”

Since almost all the nobles gathered for the Harvest Festival banquet, she did not need to address them separately before leaving unless she was a part of the Imperial Family.

“First of all, my father……”

“I will tell Duke Aydin. I’ll take you to the carriage.”

‘Was he such a kind person? No, is it because we’re engaged? Or, maybe he treats all women like this.’

“Are you always this kind to women?” Lucifella asked, raising the corners of her lips.

“What?”

What kind of bullshit was she talking about? Jed’s eyebrows twitched. What made him feel bad was that Lucifella had a mocking expression on her face. It was as if she knew everything, just like the expression Yiojif sometimes made.

“Should I now remind you that you almost got killed a while ago?”

“Oh, yes. So, is that the reason for the escort, because you are worried about me?”

Even if that was the reason, seeing that kind of expression made him want to say no. Jed thought Lucifella also contributed to being confronted with the killer. He was considerate in case she incurred psychological trauma, but he felt annoyed as he received her teasing glances.

“Just go back alone.”

“I will.”

Saying it without hesitation, she turned her back swiftly and walked away. Again, that also made him feel rotten. She displayed no reservation and left him behind cold.

Jed reflected on himself whether he was unattractive as a man, and he concluded he wasn’t. It was rare for him to step into the social world, but every time he did, a woman approached him.

He knew he was pretty attractive as a man. But for Lucifella, that didn’t work at all. Did she not like him? How can she dislike him?

Then Jed felt people’s gazes. Rumors would spread that they had a fight if he sent her alone, so Jed followed after her.