"Are you OK dear?"
Nataly was worried, Elías kept looking in a specific direction...
It was an adult couple, the Clayman Family, the family he took from his late wife and child, as well as his family.
The adult couple had no connection to the prominent family so it was unlikely that they would recognize Elias, yet Elias remained vigilant...
"I'm fine, do not worry..."
Elijah knew that sooner or later he would have to face his past, however, his body could not help but tremble, the Clayman Family has the same status as the Astariet, so it would not be easy to face them...
Nataly no longer insisted, but she squeezed her hand to give her husband peace of mind and just at that moment the soft melody began to play and under the surprised gaze of the crowd, two dance floors came out the floor...
One of them was covered with ice, while the other was normal.
Arthur bowed his head when he saw this, it brought back memories of his birthday when he danced with Cristie...
"Hm? Is something wrong? Why did the dance floor go up so fast?"
Elias was confused, like every party before starting with the dance, some procedures had to go through depending on the party.
At a birthday party, it was assumed that the gifts would be first and that the guests would greet the host on their day of the year, as well as make a desired prosperity toast to the birthday boy...
Then depending on the age of the birthday boy, it would be either the dance if he is a young person or a game if he is an older person, but now they skipped all the procedures and came to the dance.
"Hello, big brother~"
And just at that moment of contemplation of Elias, Ludwig approached Arthur, the smile on his face and kind expression made women activate their maternal instinct, after all, he was pretty and since no one dared to approach Arthur, it was easy for him. Ludwig.
"Hello, little brother~"
Arthur greeted back, this boy could fool others, but he couldn't fool him, through augmented reality, facial features were analyzed and Akagi told him that this boy had bad intentions.
Arthur didn't know why this boy wanted to hurt him, yet he thought he was funny and decided to humor him.
"..."
Unlike Hayin, Indara just frowned but it didn't stop this boy from conversing with Arthur, these were 'Men' things so women shouldn't intervene or so those magazines said.
"Hehe~"
Ludwig's smile was cold, yet he tried to act normal...
"I will introduce myself, my name is Ludwing Astariet, I heard from my older sister that you are her guest..."
"Oh? So he's Miss Libe's little brother, nice to meet you my name is Liam Lujan..."
Unlike Ludwig who introduced himself with kindness, Arthur introduced himself with elegance and confidence.
These actions made Ludwig's eye twitch, he was beginning to consider Arthur old-fashioned, since such noble greetings fell out of use long ago on the human continent, after all, controlling such etiquette and movement requires training and not everyone is willing to spend hours of his daily life in such things, however, that I stopped using it, does not mean that they represent respect, on the contrary since this is also a way of respecting human ancestors, as it is rare and difficult, for the elderly such things were like candles in the dark and they immediately had a good impression of Arthur.
Not to mention that such greetings were common on other continents and are considered nobility, if Ludwing tried to ridicule Arthur he would face a series of reproaches from society and would be seen as a clown who knows nothing about human history and the world.
"The pleasure is mine, big brother..."
Therefore, although Ludwing wanted to ridicule him, he had to swallow his words, Arthur on the other hand smiled, the previous greeting was intentional for Ludwing to catch her, unfortunately, the boy is smarter than he seems and did not take the bait...
"I heard that the older brother belongs to Deus Ex Machina, I admire his great work in technology a lot..."
"Huh!"
Then Ludwing began to speak without stopping, his eyes lit up like a fan seeing his idol and he began to ask Arthur various things about the company.
Of course, Ludwing doesn't mind such things, he's not even a Wunder Pilot, so Deus Ex Machina is nothing to him, but for Arthur's sake to let his guard down, he acted, as long as this boy revealed weakness, Ludwig will bite him.
And while they were talking, the music started to play, the dance floor procedures were complete and that means the guests could bring their partners to dance...
"The dance floor is ready! Great...!"
"hmm"
"Is big brother planning to dance?"
"Perhaps..."
"Is that so? Has elder brother found a good dance partner?"
"No one has invited me yet.."
Arthur merely smiled at his question, but Ludwig's eyes lit up at this.
"Elder brother shouldn't worry, I'm sure he will soon be invited by a beautiful lady, there are good women today I can introduce you to my older sister Lynne, they are strong, beautiful and very good dancer, I'm sure there is no lady who compares to him at this party..."
"..."
Ludwing did not hesitate and began to sell his older sister, this was his purpose from the beginning, to ensure that Arthur accepted Lynner.
(You owe me for this first Sister!)
So he sent little signals to Lynne that he had been watching Ludwing's interaction from a distance.
But although Ludwig and Lynne were excited about the dance, Indara was pale.
She from the side she had been listening to the conversation between Ludwig and Arthur and now she realized something important...
(I don't know how to dance!)
As someone who has only cared about increasing her martial strength and becoming a master pilot, such things as dancing or etiquette are unnecessary for her, thus she never cared about herself.
But now she regrets it, Arthur had told Ludwig that he hoped someone would ask him to dance and according to the teen magazine, this is a signal for her to step forward and ask him.
But since he can't dance, the signal was useless, the only thing he could do now is like this little devil (Ludwig) tries to sugarcoat his words so that his older sister Lynne.
(Damn! Damn!)
Indara clenched her fist, she was cursing her naivety, she still remembers that her mother had told her that every woman should learn to dance, since it was paramount if she wants to have a boyfriend, after all in high society the best way to get a husband is through a dance...
(What should I do?! What do I do?!)
She wants to dance with Arthur, but she can't, she also doesn't want to see him dance with other women...
How she wished her bad friend Libe would show up now and help her, but Libe seemed to have missed it.
The couples began to enter the dance floor one by one, even Nataly took Elias's hand and led him to dance, but all without exception used the normal dance floor, the ice one, there was still no one who dared to step on it.
This was for two things, the first is that to use it, the woman is required to share her magical power with the man, which is considered a fairly close act, likewise, the difficulty in dancing on the ice is high, unlike other continents where it's popular, the ice rink on the human continent is rare and only when there are boss level parties, this rink would show up, like now...
(Poor Indara)...
Nataly lamented, she knew that his silly daughter couldn't dance and that soon the cake would be taken from her, Lynne walking in her direction doesn't help.
"..."
Elias, on the other hand, winked at Arthur, and then it happened, Lynne approached little by little with a glass of wine in her hand, Ludwing's signal was quite obvious that he would be unable to not understand...
(Well done Ludwig...)
Lynne attended and would reward her little brother later, now that Ludwig called her, she had an excuse to get closer...
Arthur took Elias' hint and shrugged his shoulders, turned around, and before Lynne reached his side, he took Indara's hand and walked towards the dance floor...
"Excuse me little brother Ludwing, I remembered that I have a partner..."
"Hey?"
"Huh?"
Indara was shocked, Ludwing was shocked, and even Lynne was shocked as well.
Such a bold and quick act they didn't think Arthur was capable of, after all, Indara was drowning in her misery and suddenly someone grabbed her hand.
This is the first time a man takes her so intimately that he leaves her speechless for a few seconds...
"Liam! What...what...what...are you doing?"
Indara was confused that's why she spoke but, Arthur replied calmly.
"Dance, don't you want to dance?"
"Yes, I want... But... But... I can't"
She was happy that Arthur will consider her a dance partner and also embarrassed for not knowing how to dance, but she also knew that she would make a fool of herself on the dance floor and it will be too late to regret, but at this problem, Arthur smiled sweetly at her. ..
"No problem, as long as you hold on to me and trust me, you'll be fine..."
"Liam..."
"Do you trust my little sister?"
"Yes..."
"Then everything will be alright...."
Arthur's smile melted her into sugar, it was so dazzling that all her worries seemed to have calmed down, she was unable to stop looking at him and her hand clung to his tightly...
For the first time, Indara thought that everything would work out.
"OHHH!"
Then the guests were shocked, as a young couple ignored the dance floor on land and walked straight onto the ice...
And under the intense gaze of the crowd, Arthur was the first to step onto the ice, there was no abnormality and he helped his partner walk smoothly, they reached the center of the dance floor, and then Arthur took Indara's waist, and both bodies. They got together...
"Relax and just let go, everything will be fine..."
"Yes...."
As if she was whispering a spell, Indara left everything in Arthur's hands and her cheek rested on her shoulder...
And that was when the first Tocada began...
Indara's magical power reached Arthur and he, like a puppeteer, began to control Indara's actions...