Chapter 421
I wondered a little about why he wasn’t with the Duchess... but I didn’t ask because many reasons could be behind it. To start with, he hasn’t seen us in a while and that said Duchess is a little... annoyingly bitter to be around with... and that’s ONLY to start with.
Time passed and songs kept being played... and slowly I stopped paying attention to what people were saying because I was wondering where and when... a certain person would come.
’... I don’t see him... will we not dance in the end...?’ — Looking around to see if I was missing him perchance, I considered... actually forgetting the good mood I had because... well... — ’It’s not... like him to do that though...’
"Sweetie, I was thinking, we have not had the chance to dance together..." — Suddenly the duke said kind of secretly while the pair of nobles talking to us engaged in their own conversation. — "Many keep approaching us... should we use a dance as an excuse to separate from these people?"
"..." — Since I was too deep in thought... his suggestion made my thoughts freeze for a moment, and I stared at him... kind of flabbergasted... and without a clear reply. Although it was an easy one.
"Good sires, do excuse us, yet this song, I would like to enjoy it with my daughter."
"! Oh, please do not mind our presence, go ahead Duke Sylfinnier, Lady Pristina."
"..."
To my lack of reaction, the mister decided on his own.
I was not really processing what was going on since the concerns had me still figuring out why this suggestion had come, now of all times. At previous events, he had not done this and it was a first for us... joining a dance when the song had already started... which I didn’t know was legal.