Ankoku Kishi Monogatari ~Yuusha wo Taosu Tameni Maou ni Shoukansaremashita~

e after Parish took the initiative.
The venue wasn’t just limited to the hall, due to the sheer number of participants the courtyard was also open for the guests.

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Being decorated with flowers and illumination magic, it transformed into a gorgeous yet brilliant venue.
The royalties and nobilities of various countries had gathered.
The ladies and gentlemen who wore various colored clothes enliven the royal court but, the gathering wasn’t limited to just royalties and nobilities.
It seems that influential citizens and famous merchants had also gathered in this venue.
I don’t know the accurate number, but a considerable number of individuals seemed to be participating in this ball.
As expected of a rich kingdom like Velos.
It is the exact opposite of Algore.
In the first place, the goal of this ball was to strengthen the bonds between people of different kingdoms.
A ball was held in the monster-infested region like this to ease the cooperation between various kingdoms in this region.
Another reason was for bachelors to find a marriage partner.
Women had especially made themselves look like dolls in order to find marriage candidates.
A certain bachelor young noble and a prince were the most popular.
Those noble girls were desperately wooing to gain the attention of that young noble and prince.
Even if, by some chance, they managed to gain the prince’s or young noble’s attention and got a chance to dance with them, they couldn’t dance with the same person two songs in a row and had to change their partner.
And then, in case one gained the attention of the other party, they could slip out the ball with just the two of them or have a rendezvous later on.
The most pitiful ones were those who receive no dance offers.

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Not getting anyone’s attention despite dressing themselves up, the men and women who received no dancing invitations and just became wall decorations were truly pitiful.
It was my intention from the very beginning to recede to the background after a dance with princess Shirone.
I’m not that keen on receiving invitations from women, and it’s not like those women are eager to invite me, either.
If it’s princess Shirone, it might be better since I won’t cause any trouble to her dancing partner.
After the speech from king Eclas, the ball began with the first tune of the music.
Princess Shirone who was walking by my side suddenly halted.
「What’s the matter?」
When I looked at her, she was looking at something somewhere else.
「Lord Omiros」
「What’s the matter?」