As the wonderful strains of "Springtime in Prague" began, Komer naturally became the first choice of dance partner for Princess Vero, the birthday girl. While everyone watched with envy and admiration, the country bumpkin who had been a non-entity leaped to stardom at the banquet, and the bloodshot eyes of Knight Sate seemed ready to choose someone to devour.
The fox-trot was the most popular social dance among the high society of the Blue Continent. As a noble, you might not be able to do anything, but at the very least, basic noble etiquette and social skills were indispensable, else you would find yourself utterly incapacitated. And a proficient grasp of social dances was the most fundamental of social skills. Although Komer, one of the Three Wolves of Cyprus, learned nothing during his reckless youth, he mastered these symbols of nobility so well that they became the fundamental tactics for seducing respectable young ladies. In any situation, social dances were essential.
