"That's my business, Your Majesty. You just need to get out of the banquet hall when I start dancing," Rowena answered firmly.
Rowena took a small folded piece of paper from her coat pocket and handed it to Prince Helios. "Please order one of your knight to bring the things I wrote down there and give them to me when we get to Valeccio."
"What's this?" asked Prince Helios.
"That will be my armor later." Rowena got up from her chair and walked away from there.
According to Rowena's strategy, the Prince ordered half of his troops to immediately move to Valeccio's palace and disguise himself as Valeccio's bodyguard. In addition, he also ordered Sir Ivan to look for the things that Rowena had written on the paper.
The next day at sunset, Prince Helios, Sir Cedric, Sir Damian, and Rowena began moving to Valeccio on horseback. They can still talk casually and joke with each other.
"Dame Ernest, can I just call you by your name? I think our relationship is closer than ever," said Sir Damian.
"Of course you can. In fact I'd prefer if you all just called me by name and not Dame Ernest," Rowena replied with a happy smile.
"I want to be honest with you Rowena. Actually I'm not at all sure about your strategy this time. Your strategy seems rushed and messy. I think your strategy will have a high chance of failure," criticized Sir Damian.
"Can you stop underestimating my strategy?" said Rowena with a sour face as her strategy was criticized by Sir Damian.
"It's only natural that Damian underestimates you. Besides, just imagine what a weak woman like you could do in that fox den alone," said Sir Cedric, who had been silent all this time.
"Shall we make a bet, Rowena? If you survive two hours in the banquet hall, I will give you half of my wealth and call you "brother", then if you are seriously injured then you must call me "brother" forever," said Sir Damian who for some reason seemed to really enjoy it.
"Hey, why do you look like a very lonely man? Isn't this bet very detrimental to you? Besides, as additional information you only need to lock me with the guests at the banquet for one hour," replied Rowena.
"Just watch out you guys go inside or peek before an hour!" Rowena threatened.
Sir Damian patted Rowena's head gently. "All right... All right..."
Sir Damian looked at Rowena with an affectionate look. For Rowena it was not like a man looking at the opposite sex, but rather a look of affection between a brother and a sister. That look made Rowena remember Sir Damian's past that she had told herself when Helios was still fighting in Richella.
At that moment, Rowena and Damian were sitting alone in front of Rowena's tent. Damian began to tell the story of his life in the past. Damian used to be the first son of the Marquess family in the Sunverro Empire. He has a very happy family, good parents and a cheerful and cute little sister.
Everything was going fine until one day, when his parents and younger sister left for the capital in their horse-drawn carriage. On that day, Damian had purposely not been on the trip because the next day he had to enter the Sunverro Empire's academy.
When it was midnight, he received news that all his family members had been found dead due to a road accident. It broke Damian's heart. In fact, it was so bad that he locked himself in his mansion for a year.
In the midst of his downturn, Prince Helios who was his best friend came to see him and gave a reason for Damian to live in this empty world without his family present. Over time, he succeeded his father as Marquess and devoted himself as the Prince's personal knight as he is today.
After several hours, they rode on horses and finally they arrived at an inn located in the capital city of Valeccio. Arriving there, they were immediately greeted by Sir Ivan who had arrived there earlier than them.
The inn looks very simple. Prince Helios had deliberately chosen the inn so that his presence would not be noticed by the Valeccio Kingdom. Rowena who was exhausted immediately went to her room to rest, while Prince Helios and his two personal knights chose to wander around the capital while devising a backup strategy without Rowna's knowledge if her strategy failed.
Then the day Rowena had been waiting for arrived. Prince Helios in his prince clothes, Sir Cedric and Sir Damian in armour, and Rowena in dancers entered the banquet hall. All eyes were on Rowena now.
That's because Rowena chose to appear as a seductive feminine woman in a very revealing dancer's outfit from the Maya Tribe, a native tribe of the Valeccio Kingdom famous for its beauty and knife dance, very different from her usual appearance. It can be admitted that Rowena is very total in her play.
Their arrival was immediately greeted by the King Valeccio himself. They talked for a few minutes and then the King began to open the banquet.
"As a symbol of the friendship between our kingdoms, I as the crown prince of the Sunverro Empire would like to give this dancer to you," Prince Helios said in a low voice.
Rowena stepped up to King Sunverro who was sitting on his throne and sat on the king's lap. There was a hint of happiness in the expression on King Valeccio's face after receiving a gift from Prince Helios.
"As the King of this Kingdom, I am very grateful to you with a gift as good as this. I hope that the friendship between our Kingdom can be maintained for the next generation," said King Valeccio while laughing loudly.
"What if we watch the dance that this dancer will perform?" Prince Helios offered.
"Okay. Let's see how she looks."
Rowena rose from the king's lap and walked to the center of the room to get ready for the dance she was about to perform. Prince Valeccio who saw this immediately withdrew from there and left the banquet hall with Sir Cedric and Sir Damian.
After they came out, the soldiers of Sunverro who had disguised themselves as Valeccio's palace guards immediately locked the door of the banquet hall from all directions even he himself was sure that no one would be able to get out of it.
Prince Helios, Sir Cedrid, and Sir Damian stood at the main door of the banquet hall to wait for Rowena. Because they weren't sure that Rowena's strategy would work. At first there was the sound of many people screaming from inside the banquet hall, but after a few tens of minutes the voice suddenly disappeared. There was no sound from inside, only silence.
Sir Damian who had wanted to barge in because he was worried about Rowena's condition was also restrained by Sir Cedric. Because at that time Rowena had already said that it was not an hour before they were all forbidden to enter or peek into the room.