"The King wants the participants to gather, gentlemen. Please escort your partners to the stage." The Crown Prince had the same gentle look on his face. He looked at Cassandra, then Hunter, before turning his head towards the other nobles around them. "As usual, gentlemen may partner with anyone that they choose to. It could be a lady or a Madame of the house as long as they are capable. Or… they can hunt alone. Most people do it in groups to protect each other from the beasts that have turned into monsters because of the negative energy inside the forest."
The faces of the people around Cassandra turned serious.
The Hunting.
It was an event done every three years and while the crown would always say they did their best to keep everyone safe, deaths could still occur in every hunting.
