Volume 3 - CH 18.1
Act 3-18.1: The Velos Ball 3
Kuroki felt really lucky to be able to see Kuna’s figure in a dress. The dark indigo dress she wore shone with the purest of blue gems and was adorned with blue frills. In Kuroki’s eyes, she looked absolutely stunning.
When Kuna was born, he had asked the dwarven craftsmen to create dresses for her. The dress she wore right now was one of those dresses, but she hadn’t found the right moment to wear them until now.
In contrast to her petite height, Kuna was really well endowed. The dress made by the dwarves perfectly emphasized her beauty. There was a small opening at the ch*st area of her dress, which allowed him to get a glimpse of her bountiful valley. Yet, it was by no means vulgar since the area was still covered with a pale blue flower adorned with gems of the same color. Her dress was brilliantly accentuated with a side spread that looked like waves on the palace tiles.
（Kuuh, they really did a goob job with this dress.）
Kuroki clenched his fist as he expressed his gratitude towards the dwarves.
It all started two days ago when Kuna said that she wanted to attend this ball. Kuroki had guessed that the reason for her interest was because of the descriptions she had heard from the children’s books he read for her in the past. Seeing her interest in balls, it finally dawned on Kuroki that Kuna was like any other ordinary girl.
When he had heard of the existence of balls in this world, he didn’t hold any interest towards these sorts of events. He knew that he was ill-suited for these showy events. But, seeing the eager look on Kuna’s face, coupled with his wish to see her delighted face again, Kuroki took her and departed to Velos Kingdom.
Before leaving, Kuroki decided to take dance lessons with Regena. Regena had received dance lessons from her mother, who had thought that the skill would someday prove to be useful for a princess. And, turns out it was useful, though in a slightly strange way.
Though it had been three years since her mother passed away, Regena kept the lessons from her mother close to heart.
There wasn’t enough time, but Kuroki and Kuna decided to take her lessons. However, since Kuna’s mood worsened every time Kuroki danced with Regena, Kuroki decided to just pair with Kuna from the start. Although this wouldn’t allow them to progress properly, at least it would still be enough for them to dance a bit during the ball.
On the day of the ball, Kuroki was left speechless upon seeing Kuna. Kuna was already extremely beautiful, yet her beauty was boosted to an even further height with the dress she wore. Although he was still a bit reluctant to go at first, seeing her made him completely adamant to go. No one would be able to refuse when they are invited to attend a ball and dance with such a beautiful girl.
On the appointed day, Kuroki and Kuna headed towards Velos Kingdom with Regena as their attendant.
Participating in the Velos ball was a really simple matter for them as anyone could participate as long as they paid a certain amount of money.
The idea to allow any non-invited participant to participate by paying a certain amount of money was the Velos Queen’s idea, and it was greatly welcomed by merchants since they could use their money to expand their connections.
Since this party also served as a way to boost the national economy, there were many Velos local specialties served as food in the ball.
In addition, there was also a trading place for ingredients or materials.
Kuroki thought that queen Corfyna was truly a brilliant queen.
Through prior investigation, Kuroki found out that the queen was extremely loved by the citizens of Velos. No wonder since she was the central figure in driving out the evil merchants who ruled the kingdom from the shadows. Thanks to her actions, there were no merchants with a monopoly on any kind of trade in the kingdom, which resulted in the drop of prices for commodities. Prices had become just a fifth of the previous price, and the citizens were happy about that.
In addition, people had more freedom to roam around the country compared to before, which in turn boosted Velos Kingdom’s economy.
However, even though the economy was good, the same couldn’t be said about the public order. With absolute freedom to enter and leave the country, many tried to abuse that fact for their own gains. Even people like Kuroki and Kuna, who should be considered as Nargolian enemies, freely entered Velos. Of course, Kuroki found this rule to be to his advantage since it meant he could enter Velos Kingdom without having to deal with troublesome things.
After sneaking in, Kuroki and Kuna entered the venue of the ball. They arrived right at the start of the first song so they started to dance along with the music.
Kuroki took Kuna’s porcelain white hand, wrapped his other arm around her slender waist, and started to dance.
Though there were many other women donned in dresses of various colors, Kuroki didn’t even bother to spare them a glance. His eyes were completely locked on Kuna.
「Kuroki! Kuna is really happy to be able to dance with you like this!!」
Seeing Kuna’s brilliant smile, Kuroki couldn’t help but smile too. He understood that back in his home world, no one would’ve been willing to dance with him. Maybe Shirone would be the only one who would be willing to dance with him, but it would’ve been out of pity only.
But, he had Kuna in this world.
That’s why Kuroki was really happy that he came to this world. He was really happy since he could dance with a girl as beautiful as Kuna.
Kuroki looked into Kuna’s eyes.
「Is something the matter, Kuroki?」
「You’re really beautiful tonight, Kuna.」
Kuna smiled delightfully upon hearing Kuroki’s praise. She looked like a flower fully blooming.
And thus, the first song ended.
Kuroki and Kuna ended their dance as they smiled at each other.
Thereupon, their surroundings became really noisy.
Kuroki snapped out of his daydreaming, and when he looked around, he realized that they were being surrounded by men.
（W-Why in the world are they surrounding us?!）
Kuroki couldn’t hide his shock upon realizing that they were being surrounded.
He almost thought that those men knew their identity.
But then, that ended up as needless worries.
「Uhm, milady… won’t you dance for a tune with me?」
「No, me first…」
「Please, please dance with me.」
The men turned out to be quarreling for a chance to dance with Kuna.
They only saw Kuna.
Kuroki finally managed to grasp the situation.
The line of sight of most of the men in the venue was gathered on Kuna.
When Kuroki tried to listen carefully, all he could hear was the following: 「Which country is this princess from?」, 「What a… beauty.」, 「How… beautiful」, 「Such a short, yet stacked figure… how envious.」
It was a mix of praise and envy towards Kuna.
「Kuroki, who in the world are those monkeys?」
When Kuroki looked at Kuna again, he realized that she was looking at those men with a puzzled look on her face.
As if she had no idea what the current situation was about.
「It seems they want to dance with you, Kuna.」
「Why do they want to dance with me? Kuna doesn’t want to dance with anyone besides you, Kuroki.」
Kuna looked around with a displeased look on her face.
Naturally, Kuroki had no intention to allow anyone else to dance with Kuna too.
But, he knew that dancing with the same partner over and over again was considered a breach of manners in a party. That’s why he decided to rest during one song every time. If they took a rest after every song, it was possible to dance with the same partner.
「What is it?」
As he pondered about the plan in his head, he heard some noise coming from outside the circle of men who surrounded them. Thereupon, a path suddenly opened for a pair of man and woman to pass through.
Kuroki was really surprised when he saw the face of the woman.
""
Midou Kyouka.
She was Reiji’s little sister, who he had met before back when he infiltrated the Holy Republic of Lenaria.
（What is she doing here?! Aren’t Reiji and the others supposed to be in the Western Continent?!）
That was the information he got from Nut, who was tailing Reiji and his companions.
According to the information he received, Reiji and the others are supposed to be in the Western Continent right now.
Kuroki scanned his surroundings in a hurry and confirmed that Reiji and his women were indeed not around.
Kuroki felt really lucky to be able to see Kuna’s figure in a dress. The dark indigo dress she wore shone with the purest of blue gems and was adorned with blue frills. In Kuroki’s eyes, she looked absolutely stunning.
When Kuna was born, he had asked the dwarven craftsmen to create dresses for her. The dress she wore right now was one of those dresses, but she hadn’t found the right moment to wear them until now.
In contrast to her petite height, Kuna was really well endowed. The dress made by the dwarves perfectly emphasized her beauty. There was a small opening at the ch*st area of her dress, which allowed him to get a glimpse of her bountiful valley. Yet, it was by no means vulgar since the area was still covered with a pale blue flower adorned with gems of the same color. Her dress was brilliantly accentuated with a side spread that looked like waves on the palace tiles.
（Kuuh, they really did a goob job with this dress.）
Kuroki clenched his fist as he expressed his gratitude towards the dwarves.
It all started two days ago when Kuna said that she wanted to attend this ball. Kuroki had guessed that the reason for her interest was because of the descriptions she had heard from the children’s books he read for her in the past. Seeing her interest in balls, it finally dawned on Kuroki that Kuna was like any other ordinary girl.
When he had heard of the existence of balls in this world, he didn’t hold any interest towards these sorts of events. He knew that he was ill-suited for these showy events. But, seeing the eager look on Kuna’s face, coupled with his wish to see her delighted face again, Kuroki took her and departed to Velos Kingdom.
Before leaving, Kuroki decided to take dance lessons with Regena. Regena had received dance lessons from her mother, who had thought that the skill would someday prove to be useful for a princess. And, turns out it was useful, though in a slightly strange way.
Though it had been three years since her mother passed away, Regena kept the lessons from her mother close to heart.
There wasn’t enough time, but Kuroki and Kuna decided to take her lessons. However, since Kuna’s mood worsened every time Kuroki danced with Regena, Kuroki decided to just pair with Kuna from the start. Although this wouldn’t allow them to progress properly, at least it would still be enough for them to dance a bit during the ball.
On the day of the ball, Kuroki was left speechless upon seeing Kuna. Kuna was already extremely beautiful, yet her beauty was boosted to an even further height with the dress she wore. Although he was still a bit reluctant to go at first, seeing her made him completely adamant to go. No one would be able to refuse when they are invited to attend a ball and dance with such a beautiful girl.
On the appointed day, Kuroki and Kuna headed towards Velos Kingdom with Regena as their attendant.
Participating in the Velos ball was a really simple matter for them as anyone could participate as long as they paid a certain amount of money.
The idea to allow any non-invited participant to participate by paying a certain amount of money was the Velos Queen’s idea, and it was greatly welcomed by merchants since they could use their money to expand their connections.
Since this party also served as a way to boost the national economy, there were many Velos local specialties served as food in the ball.
In addition, there was also a trading place for ingredients or materials.
Kuroki thought that queen Corfyna was truly a brilliant queen.
Through prior investigation, Kuroki found out that the queen was extremely loved by the citizens of Velos. No wonder since she was the central figure in driving out the evil merchants who ruled the kingdom from the shadows. Thanks to her actions, there were no merchants with a monopoly on any kind of trade in the kingdom, which resulted in the drop of prices for commodities. Prices had become just a fifth of the previous price, and the citizens were happy about that.
In addition, people had more freedom to roam around the country compared to before, which in turn boosted Velos Kingdom’s economy.
However, even though the economy was good, the same couldn’t be said about the public order. With absolute freedom to enter and leave the country, many tried to abuse that fact for their own gains. Even people like Kuroki and Kuna, who should be considered as Nargolian enemies, freely entered Velos. Of course, Kuroki found this rule to be to his advantage since it meant he could enter Velos Kingdom without having to deal with troublesome things.
After sneaking in, Kuroki and Kuna entered the venue of the ball. They arrived right at the start of the first song so they started to dance along with the music.
Kuroki took Kuna’s porcelain white hand, wrapped his other arm around her slender waist, and started to dance.
Though there were many other women donned in dresses of various colors, Kuroki didn’t even bother to spare them a glance. His eyes were completely locked on Kuna.
「Kuroki! Kuna is really happy to be able to dance with you like this!!」
Seeing Kuna’s brilliant smile, Kuroki couldn’t help but smile too. He understood that back in his home world, no one would’ve been willing to dance with him. Maybe Shirone would be the only one who would be willing to dance with him, but it would’ve been out of pity only.
But, he had Kuna in this world.
That’s why Kuroki was really happy that he came to this world. He was really happy since he could dance with a girl as beautiful as Kuna.
Kuroki looked into Kuna’s eyes.
「Is something the matter, Kuroki?」
「You’re really beautiful tonight, Kuna.」
Kuna smiled delightfully upon hearing Kuroki’s praise. She looked like a flower fully blooming.
And thus, the first song ended.
Kuroki and Kuna ended their dance as they smiled at each other.
Thereupon, their surroundings became really noisy.
Kuroki snapped out of his daydreaming, and when he looked around, he realized that they were being surrounded by men.
（W-Why in the world are they surrounding us?!）
Kuroki couldn’t hide his shock upon realizing that they were being surrounded.
He almost thought that those men knew their identity.
But then, that ended up as needless worries.
「Uhm, milady… won’t you dance for a tune with me?」
「No, me first…」
「Please, please dance with me.」
The men turned out to be quarreling for a chance to dance with Kuna.
They only saw Kuna.
Kuroki finally managed to grasp the situation.
The line of sight of most of the men in the venue was gathered on Kuna.
When Kuroki tried to listen carefully, all he could hear was the following: 「Which country is this princess from?」, 「What a… beauty.」, 「How… beautiful」, 「Such a short, yet stacked figure… how envious.」
It was a mix of praise and envy towards Kuna.
「Kuroki, who in the world are those monkeys?」
When Kuroki looked at Kuna again, he realized that she was looking at those men with a puzzled look on her face.
As if she had no idea what the current situation was about.
「It seems they want to dance with you, Kuna.」
「Why do they want to dance with me? Kuna doesn’t want to dance with anyone besides you, Kuroki.」
Kuna looked around with a displeased look on her face.
Naturally, Kuroki had no intention to allow anyone else to dance with Kuna too.
But, he knew that dancing with the same partner over and over again was considered a breach of manners in a party. That’s why he decided to rest during one song every time. If they took a rest after every song, it was possible to dance with the same partner.
「What is it?」
As he pondered about the plan in his head, he heard some noise coming from outside the circle of men who surrounded them. Thereupon, a path suddenly opened for a pair of man and woman to pass through.
Kuroki was really surprised when he saw the face of the woman.
""
Midou Kyouka.
She was Reiji’s little sister, who he had met before back when he infiltrated the Holy Republic of Lenaria.
（What is she doing here?! Aren’t Reiji and the others supposed to be in the Western Continent?!）
That was the information he got from Nut, who was tailing Reiji and his companions.
According to the information he received, Reiji and the others are supposed to be in the Western Continent right now.
Kuroki scanned his surroundings in a hurry and confirmed that Reiji and his women were indeed not around.
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