Athanese looked around the hall and saw Roger Alpheus , he saw a black haired man talking with him. Suddenly , he and that black haired made a eye contact.
' his mana feels weird '
Athanese thought as he narrowed his eyes . After some seconds both of them turned away , Athanese walked around occasionally getting greeted.
Athanese heard some sound and went there , he saw Athanasia and Ijekiel dancing.
' woah , that is beautiful '
Athanese mentally complimented. When Athanese was about to leave he saw the daughter of Duke Calio walking towards him
" Would you like to dance with me , Your highness ? "
She asked as she lowered herself
' heh ? So she does knows some manners '
Athanese thought as he felt Claude digging glares at her. If looks could kill her head would have blasted off her neck.
Athanese pov
How daring ... But not amusing at all
If I do refuse her then her status in noble society will fall like dominos .
But
Let's not make myself a cold hearted prince just for today . I could see how she was trembling from fear of getting refused , she has already been bowing for a long time and it seems like this have caught the attention of all nobles present here
" Then shall we dance , My lady ? "
I asked as I bowed a little . She took hold of my hand and we started the dance , she seems really good at it .
" I don't even know your name , my lady "
I said as we followed the music and danced
" My names is Elizabeth , Elizabeth Calio "
She said with her cheeks suddenly going red. I looked at her and finally noticed how she looks because I really paid no attention to her that I only remembered her voice.
She was long black hair reaching to her waist , pale skin that compliments her hair and pretty pairs of baby blue eyes. In conclusion , she does look pretty I won't deny that but after being surrounded by all types of pretty girls and ikemens ..... She looks pretty normal , I am not trying to insult her but it's just that
" Oh my , the dance is over now . I will take my leave now "
I said as I started walking away from her but she took hold of my hand and the nobles gasp at her boldness.
Is she an idiot ? Doesn't she know that disrespecting a Royal could end up with her head hanging outside in the capital.
Third person pov
After the short dance , Claude was glaring daggers at her but he had leave before he could do anything due a urgent business.
As soon as the dance ended , Athanese left like he didn't care about these nobles blushed cheeks due to his looks and suddenly Elizabeth grabbed his hand and when Athanese looked back he saw Elizabeth bowing down low .
" What is it ? "
Athanese asked as he was in hurry to meet his father and Athanasia in the hall.
" Your majesty , please ! I would like to court you "
Elizabeth said as she bowed down. The nobles were staring at the situation with wide eyes and gasped . It was a good thing for her that Claude , Felix , Lucas and Athanasia weren't present in the ball room.
Ijekiel was looking at the scene with wide eyes not believing what is happening in front of his eyes.
' isn't she embarrassed about what will happen if I refuse. Is she that confident in her looks ? I won't deny that she is pretty but I don't like her even a bit '
Athanese thought as he glared at Elizabeth with his mana unconsciously seeping out of his body. His mana made him look even more scary
' oh how interesting '
The black haired or should I say Anastacius thought as he watched over his nephew.
" I refuse "
Athanese said and when Elizabeth heard that she felt her heart break into pieces , she knew there was 99.999999% chance that she will get rejected but it seems like her heart isn't prepared for the heartbreak
Elizabeth was about to leave and run outside the hall trying to hold back her tesrs but she got interrupted when Athanese spoke again
" I don't like you but make me "
Athanese said and walked towards the hall with irritation clear in his face after saying such a cheesy line. Whereas the female Nobles and elizabeth were squealing in awe. Ijekiel just stood there malfunctioning.
' she should have known her place '
Athanese thought as he closed his eyes and rubbed neck. He was walking towards the hall quite slowly and after some minutes , he reached the hallway and saw Athanasia , Claude and Felix leaving.
Athanese looked at jennette who was staring at Claude and Athanasia with awe and admiration.
' such a pitiful yet so naive child '
Athanese thought as he patted Jennette's head and jennette looked back at him with a smile.
" Athanese ! "
She said quite loudly as she hugged him. Athanese was taken back when he suddenly got hugged but he quickly gained his composure and smiled.
Jennette's somehow loud voice caught the leaving trio's attention and when they turned around they saw Jennette hugging Athanese and Athanese patting her head fondly while smiling.
' that girl is annoying '
Claude thought irritated
' Athanese ! You don't pet me like that '
Athanasia whined mentally
' your highness ?.'
Felix thought with a betrayed puppy look on his face.
Athanese quickly realized the three looking at them so he quickly broke away from the hug and smiled at jennette.
" I should take my leave now , see you later jennette "
Athanese said as he walked towards them and he saw Athanasia pouting .
Athanese chuckled and patted Athanasia on the head." H-hey !! "
Athanasia tried to protest but it was too satisfying she decided to quietly enjoy it. Athanese chuckled at this and they all left.
Jennette was left in the hallway staring at them in awe and she gently touched her head where Athanese patted a few minutes ago
' it was warm '
Jennette thought as she smiled and left .
' argh now everything will start to get different from here '