Hope you enjoy this chapter! :-D The poll has chosen! XD I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CHANGED ALL THE PREVIOUS CHAPTERS! Well at least the chapters before 23 and I added only a few things but not something crucial so you don't need to reread those who are in this current chapter, reread only if you want to. XD
UPDATE: Also I made an extra volume in between them. ???? ARC. Instead of the ???? ARC because the story might become disordered so I made a precaution. XD sorry to only write ???? as it might spoil the story. Also don't get used to these longer chapters as in the future I will surely write shorter ones but not below my minimum. I will surely become more busy one day as you know... college...
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Chapter 34 – Dance
We headed back to the ballroom and we heard that Halvard was nowhere to be seen. It seems that he returned to his kingdom for the moment. Ciiall also explained to me that when we were fighting a barrier was erected so they cannot pass through; only when the battle end did the barrier disappeared. Upon our arrival, the gazes of the women went to me. I tried to turn around as it might become troublesome to be surrounded but somehow, one of them manages to grab me as I struggle with caution as I might hurt them if I use to much force… then there was a shout coming from the stairway.
???: Nelus!
Random Male Divine Being#154: Its princess Zala!!
Random Male Divine Being#419: This is the first time I ever saw her! She didn’t attend any of the balls from before… what a beauty!!!
Salphic Prince: Princess Zala! How nice of you to come! Let us dance!
As the Salphic prince tries to grab Zala’s hand, she glares at him and walked passed him. The prince grinds his teeth as he shouts…
Welg: I am prince Welg! One of the salphian races! One of the three great divine race other than the luminants! You! A mere angel dare to ignore me!!!
Zala ignored him and when Zala reached Nelus the prince clenched his fist so hard that blood started to come out.
Welg: ( So it is because of you! Even if you are a divine, I’ll teach you a lesson. Hehehe… now lets see… ah! This is perfect!)
Nelus: Are you here for another challenge?
Asked by Nelus as he was used to getting challenges from Zala everytime they meet.
Ciall and the others-in-unison: (Nelus…)
Zala: That’s right… Nelus… my challenge is… will you dance with me?
Nelus: …
Zala: What do you say?
Nelus: … Alright… I did say to you that you can challenge me anytime…
While Zala was talking with Nelus Welg was being increasingly jealous as an idea then pops up in his mind as he grinned darkly.
Welg: Ah!! I tripped!
As Welg acted to trip, a crystal with purple dots buzzing within it headed towards Nelus. When the crystal was a foot away from Nelus… it suddenly stopped midair... it was spatial magic.
Welg: Wha!?
Nelus then approaches the prince with yellow hair and four golden wings with the crystal floating beside him. As the prince was bewildered, he forgot to stand up so Nelus held out his hand and helped the prince up. The prince thanked him.
Welg: (Maybe he isn’t as bad as I thought…)
Nelus: You dropped this.
Nelus then opens the prince’s palm as the crystal floating midair drops into his palm…
Welg: Guuuaaaahhh!!! Eeeeekkkkk!!!
Nelus: ?
Welg’s skin started to become red as he continues to scratch his body. He took off his shirt and continues to scratch his body. Everyone laughed at him. He glares at Nelus as his expression suddenly became filled with shock as Nelus picks the crystal up nonchalantly, not noticing that there is a small flame on his fingertips coming from the elemental equip
Welg: (How can this be…)
Nelus: (So an irritation crystal…)
Welg: (You dare humiliate me!? I will kill you! You’ll see… you’ll see… hehehe…)
As the prince received a healing stone from one of his servants, he goes outside and decided to return to his kingdom. Music fills the room as the group of angels plays some unique instruments… the only instrument there that I recognize is the harp. Zala grabs my hand and pulls me into the circular stage where everyone was dancing by pairs. Zala puts my right hand on her waist as my left one was held by her. We started to dance… Zala noticed that Runice and Ciall were grinning mischievously but she didn’t care. She wanted to ask Nelus something.
Zala: Who was that purple haired spirit from before?
Nelus: You mean Calice?
Zala: (So her name is Calice…) What is your relationship with her?
Nelus: An acquaintance.
Calice: (I heard that!… Lord Nelus is so mean…)
Calice pouted. Nelus knows that for Calice a link is like marriage but for him a link is just a connection. Still, both Nelus and Calice understand this. It is just that Calice doesn’t like hearing it upfront.
Zala: But didn’t she say that she is your wife?
Nelus: It is from her perspective… it is quite complicated.
Zala: Hmm… but you two are not officially married?
Nelus: We are not.
Zala: I see…
Zala sighed in relief. She didn’t regret her decision in coming to the ball. It took quite a lot of courage for her to do so and she did it just to ask Nelus this question. It seems that she likes him more than she thought. She was prepared to give up if Nelus said that he was married and to stay by his side was enough but now she was even more resolved to take Nelus for herself. As Zala was thinking this Nelus twitched and suddenly became weary.
Nelus: (Why do I feel that I triggered something? That look on her face… I guess I’ll be getting more challenges tomorrow so it seems… I guess Zala really wants to beat me…)
Nelus inwardly sighs not noticing that someone was gazing at him with bloodshot eyes… it was Dae… the one in the ball in the first place. As the music finishes, Zala quickly let go of Nelus’ hand and waves as she runs back to the stairs and disappears from sight as she entered the door on top of the stairway.
The night was still young and Nelus was… harassed… to dance with many women… all the guys were jealous but didn’t say a word. They witnessed what happened to prince Welg… also he is a benefactor of the king of the angels, Ciall so they dare not do anything as even if the angels are not one of the three great divine races, the angels are still regarded as one of the top races.
Frei and Fala were dancing too, obviously excited to do so as Fala’s eyes continued to sparkle, hoping that the night would never end. Jisa, seeing this was jealous so she decided to dance with Nelus too. For many times, Jisa almost lost strength within her legs as Nelus supports her which made her almost faint from time to time. Finally, she couldn’t take the seemingly sparkling Nelus in front of her and faints. She was then carried by Nelus like a princess towards a chair and made the other women look at Jisa with an envious expression.
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Lina: Uncle, dance!
Runice: Your too short to dance with him.
Lina: Muu!! Sis meanie! Then once grow up can uncle dance with me?
Nelus: Yes.
Lina: Ehe. Okay! It promise! No forget uncle!
Nelus: I won’t.
Runice: How about with me?
Nelus: Sure.
Nelus effortlessly continued to dance with Runice which is one of the male divine beings goal as Runice continues to reject them. He continued to dance with the others that invited him, If it weren’t for Nelus’ seemingly unlimited stamina he would have been tired ages ago. Still he was mentally tired trying to adapt to each of their paces. Some were fast, some were slow and some mixed with different variations.
Cheil: …
As they finish, Cheil approach Nelus. All of the people here stopped dancing as it was the first time that princess Cheil approached someone.
Cheil: Dance with me.
She said in a cold demanding tone.
Nelus: Alright.
All the divine beings-in-unison: WHAAAATTT “THAT” PRINCESS CHEIL ASKED SOMEONE TO DANCE!!!???
Even Ciall and the others were astonished except Frei and Fala which was just surprised with everyone’s sudden outburst. They all knew that if someone would ask her to dance either she would ignore them or half kill them. All the men felt like crying tears of blood as they thought that maybe she was interested in him. As for Nelus, he just thought that Halvard just put her up to this. Still he didn’t reject her as it wouldn’t hurt if it is just to dance.
The music starts up again as the others just stood still, and went out of the stage, anticipating Cheil dance for the first time. They didn’t do this kind of treatment with Zala as they had seen her dance before and that there is nothing special about it but Cheil is another thing. They all thought that she either couldn’t or doesn’t want to, so for many years she had been on their observation due to mere curiosity. Will she dance badly or maybe dance wonderfully… the other men observed quietly even if they were jealous they wouldn’t stop it as it felt like a once in a million occurrence.
Nelus and Cheil entered the stage, unaffected with everyone’s gazes. She placed her left hand on his shoulder while he placed his right on her waist. They both grab each others free hand as the people gulped in anticipation. Then… they started to dance. They both were following each other’s pace perfectly as they continued to dance like the gentle wind. Each time they witness Cheil’s dress flutter and Nelus’ sharp movements, they felt like witnessing a fairy tale. It was exactly like the origins of the darklight ball, where in the legends told of the prince of light dancing with the princess of darkness. The stage felt like it was shining as the music touch them deeply. The profound dance in front of them made their hearts skip a beat. As they finish everyone cheered as loud as they can as Cheil goes down from the stage and returned to her brothers.
Chyde: That was magnificent sister!
Roy: Sister Cheil was wonderful! I never felt so excited watching someone dance before.
Cheil: …
Nelus also got down from the stage as the people divided a path for him to walk through. Even if Nelus was someone unknown to them, right now he felt like royalty as a majestic aura was felt around him. As for Nelus’ perspective it was quite different…
Nelus: (Why are they avoiding me… did I dance horrendously? Did I make a mistake somewhere? Hmm… oh well… It just means I need to do better next time)
Jisa: Nelus… that was magnificent…
Runice: That was amazing… it was like…
Ciall: Truly a dance to be remembered for centuries!
Frei: Lord Nelus is not just an unequaled fighter but also an unequaled dancer!
Fala: If Reila was here how would she react… I wonder…
While everyone were busy reminiscing the dance, the large door opened and from it entered the luminant king, Halvard. Everyone shuddered as they saw a grin on his face. He then approached Nelus and the others.
Halvard: I am sorry for coming late.
Ciall: Oh not at all. I know you were busy that is why you didn’t come earlier.
Nelus: (Hmm?)
Nelus felt that something was wrong… as he heard a voice.
Calice: (Lord Nelus… when that man approached us before I felt a slight magic signature so something might have happened... I didn’t took it to heart until now.)
Halvard: And who might this be?
Ciall: He is Nelus our benefactor.
Halvard: I see… quite an impressive divinity you have there. Can I ask what race you are as I can’t seem to know what it is…
I see…
Calice: (Your welcome.)
Calice said proudly as I decided to act quickly as he might notice that I am unaffected…
Nelus: I am a divine.
Halvard: A divine! How about marrying Cheil?
Cheil: …
Nelus: I politely decline.
Halvard: Give her a chance. Why don’t you dance with her?
Hearing that Cheil sighed and walk away as the king visibly twitched… so it seems that her inviting me to dance wasn’t the king’s doing… and I was so sure that was the case… then why did she?
Halvard: Ahem… I guess she isn’t in a mood to dance…
Nelus: …
Suddenly, Dae approached us as he then glares at me while I was not looking, thinking that I wouldn’t notice.
Dae: Father, I heard from one of our servant that one of our “people” is going out of control back at the kingdom.
Halvard: I see… well I guess we will be leaving now…
Before Halvard left… when everyone wasn’t looking he approached me… and whispered something to me…
Halvard: I advise for you to join us as if not you will surely regret it.
Nelus: …
Halvard then smiled with a dark expression on his face as he left. If I had my memories altered maybe I wouldn’t have mind it too much of a thought. I was still aware of the situation with Dae from before… so I had a premonition… that something bad is going to happen… if not now… then in the future…
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Hope you enjoyed this chapter! :-D Guh… such a tiring day going to college… COLLEEEEGGEEE!!! Hahh… I needed that. :-)