After the Empress left the dining hall, dragging her son away so he wouldn't have time to indulge with Selene and end up ruining her plans to get the girl to focus on making Lucian trust her again, Ave was left with the three princesses and the fourth prince in the dining hall.
"We are not only going to be taught a dance by a lowly slave, but we also have to go to the doomed palace of the second prince to learn the dance? Is Her Majesty trying to kill us or ruin our reputation?" remarked Celeste in distress, looking every bit terrified at the thought of going to the second prince's palace where she had never set foot.
"My skin will not be able to stand any harsh or cursed atmosphere," Isolde cried out in distress as well. "Mother has told us that Selene is going mad, and we must not be around her. She's a lowly slave and a disgraceful wench. How will I learn a dance from her?"