“I am so sorry sires, even after your arrival to your people you were treated like this! Oh how my heart aches, comfort me my dearest Lucius~,” the silver-haired princess yelped dramatically as she fell into the hands of the knight beside her who kept a straight face throughout all the ‘drama~’.
This seemed to displease the princess as she tsked before rising from the knight’s hand in dissatisfaction.
“My princess,” Lucius started but was cut off by the princess’ glare.
“Keep that up and we won’t be making it to the best couple of the Coupling you idiot!” the princess yelled in annoyance.
The male Lucius was a handsome fellow with long dark hair that stretched to his shoulders along with a pair of gorgeous blue eyes that stood out so distinctly that it was almost impossible to not be captivated by them on the first sighting of the knight.
‘Those eyes show that he’s a descendent of the magic swordsmen, the main characters of the Coupling Fest in fact!’ Dina thought.
The magic swordsmen were as suspected the children that came after the marriage between the greatest archmage and knight—who was also the strongest swordsman of all. They all had eyes ranging from blue, green to purple. The bluest of eyes signified greatness with the sword, the greenest—greatness both in magic and the sword, and the purplest—greatness in magic.
‘Could he be dating…?’
“Thank you for your patronize and help your majesty, we are very grateful,” Genad said coolly with a bow whilst Feral who had finally managed to stabilize Paws who had been chasing the butterflies in the garden also joined in.
“It’s alright, it’s also a bit of our fault… after all, we’re the ones who gave them the right to dare such a thing. On behalf of the royal family, I give thee my deepest apologies,” the princess stated before picking up a royal tulip—golden color as a gift of reconciliation which she handed over to the duo.
“Oh than-ah!!” Feral yelped the next minute before he instantly stuffed the now-turned-to-a-rose flower into his garments. “I’m a bit allergic to tulips, I apologize but thanks anyways, haha.”
‘Fuck! Of all the times now?! How could I forget that Feral’s hands can cause all flowers to turn to a rose according to the emotion of the giver!’ Dina exclaimed internally.
It was a gift that Zero had made sure to emphasize deeply as it signified Feral’s royal elven blood and could cause potential issues if not duly taken care of.
‘Damn, now I’ve gone and done it. Will HE be mad?’
Feral glanced at Genad but was shocked when he noticed Genad smirking at him, wait what?
“You don’t have to worry, you guys are our royal guests after all~. Things like this can be EASILY OVERLOOKED,” the princess stated with a sneaky smile, placing emphasis on her last words.
“Of course, your majesty,” Genad equally responded.
Shock couldn’t define Feral’s visage after they had been dismissed by the princess.
Was she missing something in the plot? Just what? HOW WAS GENAD CONNECTED TO THE HUMAN ROYALS?
“They owe my father a vow,” Genad stated leisurely in response to Feral’s worries.
“Oh… really?”
“Yes. The princess can tell our real races by the way, she’s the only one in the royal family of humans who has been blessed with such powerful eyes so as long as she doesn’t betray us, we're good here; rest assured.”
‘Was that why he was so leisurely? However, THIS was not in the plot.'
“Don’t be too surprised Dina, the guide in the end is still but a rare type item and isn’t truly omniscient so it’ll miss out on some sub-plots in the story,” Zero explained.
‘I guess… but this means I have to be extra careful from now on as even my knowledge is limited. I was too casual.’ Dina cautioned internally.
Indeed, this was an S-rank mission after all, if she wasn’t careful then her end would by no means be delightful. The best thing that would happen was her death where she’d simply restart and the worst thing was…
“Shouldn’t we continue our fun, Feral?” Genad called out to him softly seeing how lost in thoughts he was. “I told you not to worry. Now partner, I beseech thee, the evening is still young, shall we not have some more fun?”
“Of course master!” Feral perked up happily before being pulled by Genad into the last and final segment of the Coupling Fest before the announcement of the best couple and then the visualization.
***
“The show was amazing!” Feral stated as he held onto Paws who was wriggling around to dash off after the beautiful mana lights that had been let out all over the place.
The last and final segment of the Coupling Fest was the romantic show of the archmage and female swordsman.
Maybe it was because of how beloved they were but for some reason even after the repetitions every year it was still one of the most popular shows.
And the best part of it was the last part where the two couple who portrayed the archmage and the female swordsman would lean in for a kiss while mana lights of all colors would be released brightening the night like glittering stars to the sky.
“Wasn’t it? Oh, by the way, the announcement for the best couple is beginning, you’ve been causing a fuse ever since about it,” Genad said with a chuckle.
Apart from the ending of the show, the other parts were pretty much boring, so boring that Feral had been groaning the entire time for it to end so the final most hyped moment would finally begin.
“I wonder if the princess and her knight will make it, I mean they were quite romantic~ but that’s not the even best thing! The best thing is the visualization where all couples go smoochy smooch whilst the most beautiful view you’ve ever seen before will be displayed!” Feral said excitedly as he looked towards the sky, his eyes highlighting the sparkling mana lights that enveloped the surrounding.
Genad stared at him silently for a while before suddenly stating—
“What about us?”
“Hm?” Feral asked confusedly.
“Would we also kiss when the visualization goes off?” Genad suddenly demanded as he domineeringly walked towards Feral who moved back accordingly.
“W-what?! I mean… we’re not even a couple…” Feral whispered with a blush as he looked away, what was this guy suddenly doing?!
“But we’ve been doing couply things all day long? Why are we not qualified to act it out to the final moment?” Genad stated with an odd light in his eyes as he cupped Feral’s waist, swooping him right into his arms. “I miss your lips Feral, why won’t you let me?”
Feral felt his heart leap up from his chest and right into the sky as Genad’s hands caressed his lips roughly while staring at him with a look so endearing he felt thoroughly seduced.
‘Now that isn’t fair…’
Just as they were a second from joining lips, Feral’s half-lidded eyes snapped open when they felt a strong light hit them and then a loud voice exclaiming—
“And the winner of the Coupling Fest goes to this new couple who I guarntee you is one of the most passionate couples I've ever seen! A hand of applause everyone!"