22 – The Evil Woman Laughs
“⋯Twenty.”
“Yes, twenty.”
For some reason, the Master of the Magic Tower feels pitiful.
No, in the first place, how did you secretly give 20 pills? What the hell is the maid bought by Shael?
“They did it because they gave me a lot of money.”
I looked at Shael in bewilderment and she answered. It was a reminder of how terrifying power money is.
The magic tower master was still affected by the medicinal effect, and the prince was closely observing Clie. He was checking her for other wounds.
I don’t know how things will go if the crown prince finishes checking that Clie is safe.
It was obvious that the crown prince would challenge the tower master to a fight. If so, can the mage lord continue the fight?
You may not even be able to attack the crown prince because of the medicine.
If I released the medicinal effect, he might rather suspect me of being the culprit and attack me.
It was a really headache situation.
Fortunately, the purpose of the banquet was accomplished as the magic tower’s curse was suppressed through Shael’s magic.
After the final dance, the long banquet will soon be over. The final event will also begin soon.
Soon, as expected, beautiful music started playing.
Everyone got up from their seats and started dancing.
I also reached out to Shael. For now, I put off thinking about the owner of the mage tower and the crown prince.
“Catch it.”
Luckily, Shael followed my advice. Perhaps, it seemed that the beating on me was still having a positive effect on her mood.
Shael started to dance, following my feet. She, Shael, was showing quite a skill. It was a huge improvement compared to when she first started dancing.
It made me think that maybe she had practiced alone.
“You felt a lot.”
“Yes, I think I dance better than you.”
Anyway, I think I gave a compliment for nothing. Shael boldly began to dance her dance as if to show her own dancing skills in response to her words.
There was no way it was perfect. Although she has become quite proficient, Shael was a beginner.
Shael’s feet were getting twisted. Even she was on the verge of falling. She looked puzzled.
Fortunately, Shael did not fall. Because I supported her with her arms.
“You are really good at dancing.”
“⋯.”
Shael was blushing in her face. After saying that she seemed to dance better than me, she immediately made a mistake, so it was natural for her to be ashamed.
Shael patted my hand and said.
“As someone said, I am heavy, so why don’t you let go?”
Shael was thinking of the time she practiced her dance.
She was heavy with the weight of pollen, although she did tell her that she looked fat. The reason she said was to make her practice her dance.
The villainess was now bringing up that story again. She was a villain, but her memory was good only when it was like this.
“It was a joke when I said I looked fat.”
“⋯Do you think I would believe that?”
Shael denied my words. But she seemed to want to believe me.
Actually, it was right that it was slightly steamed, but that had nothing to do with it.
Shael is already thin enough. Even if she gained more weight here, it didn’t matter.
“You are already very light. So there is no need to try to lose weight.”
“⋯.”
“You don’t even have to exercise to lose weight.”
“⋯.”
Shael continued to keep her mouth shut. Her face was red. Shame was not the reason.
I used magical powers to enhance her hearing. Then she heard a voice from her.
hehehe.
It was a bit of a strange breathing sound. Shael was holding her breath little by little so as not to be noticed by me. The wicked woman had poor stamina.
“Now that I see it, I need to exercise.”
“⋯I’ll drink some water.”
Shael, who would normally have objected to my words, went to drink some water. She could see how hard it was for her.
She was, well, she was the one who not only danced, but also blew her magic into the pillars of her mage tower. Even if she doesn’t dance, she will be tired to some extent.
Look around. People’s attention was not drawn to me and Shael.
I achieved my goal on my own.
It was a huge improvement compared to the original novel.
In the novel, Shael is at a banquet where everyone is happy, and she is pointed at every moment.
The reason was the instigation of the Magic Tower Lord. People easily came to hate Shael.
Moreover, there were quite a few magic tower wizards in the banquet hall.
Apart from not having a good relationship with the lord of the tower, the wizards of the tower would have had to follow his words. It was because they were well aware of the mage’s filthy personality.
They usually cursed Sael while he was dancing.
In the original novel, there is no way that Shael practiced her dance. Even when she practiced with me, she was the one who couldn’t dance properly.
Moreover, it was obvious what would happen when the eyes of many people were focused.
In the novel, she dances more sloppily than anyone else.
It was only natural that the people who hated Shael because of the instigation of the tower lord and the wizards of the tower who knew the character of the tower lord regarded this as a laughing stock.
But what about now?
Even though she made some mistakes, Sael danced with good skill.
There was no way it would become a laughing stock. Above all, people were not paying attention to Shael.
It was because a different situation happened than in the novel.
The one who caught their attention was the crown prince, Zeroch. Originally, he was the crown prince who would have suffered from the curse of the mage tower because of the master of the mage tower.
He had taken off his disguise and covered his face with a cloak.
Most of the people were already dancing, but the crown prince was still without a partner.
The prince must have been angry when he checked Clie’s wound earlier. But he persevered.
What is the reason? The reason must have been that she wanted to dance with Clie.
Because punishing the mage lord should be done after dancing with Clie.
Everyone was looking at him. Indeed, who will the prince ask for a dance?
He hesitated in frustration as he looked at Clie.
The crown prince is obsessed with the heroine, Clie, and acts boldly, but also becomes extremely frustrated in such an important situation.
That was Jeroke Edgars.
In the original story, Clie uses the mage master to make him jealous.
At the banquet hall, he hangs out with the owner of the Mage Tower. When he dances, he goes to the master of the mage tower, seeing the hesitant crown prince looking at him without taking off his disguise.
Actually, the crown prince at this time was not even taking off his disguise due to the curse of the Mage Tower, which he must have suffered at night.
Of course, Clie, unaware of this, invites the owner of the tower to dance.
That must have been the moment when the relationship between the owner of the mage tower and the crown prince began to fall apart.
The Mage Tower Master was still standing on the central pillar.
It wasn’t to check the magic tower’s curse. Somehow, I could have guessed that it was caused by the pill of lies.
Because the Magic Tower Master would have wanted to dance with Clie too.
The Magic Tower Master, who wanted to get closer to Clie, would have rather distanced himself.
Clie was keeping an eye on the crown prince again this time. She will try to make her jealous in order to instill quick action in the stuffy prince.
However, there was no way Clie would go to the owner of the mage tower like in the novel.
Because she was the one who got the wound on her forearm from Aren. There was no way she would ask the lord of the tower to dance.
She wouldn’t even invite Prince Bona Mana to dance. If it were her, she would make the crown prince make an offer to her first.
That was Clie.
Anyway, it didn’t matter to me. It didn’t look like a fight between the owner of the mage tower and the crown prince would happen yet.
I decided to focus on Shael for now. He was about to invite Shael, who was drinking water, to dance again.
“Hey, would you like to dance with me?”
It was Clie’s voice. Clie was asking me to dance.
Common sense, it was nonsense. It was Clie who must have already seen Sael and I dancing.
I would have expected that Sael and I were even engaged. Clie is also quick-witted.
Above all, the meaning of dancing in this romance fantasy novel was great.
It’s not just dancing. Only those who have a crush on each other or who are in a special relationship dance.
It meant that I would not dance with people I had no relationship with.
So, asking me to dance with Shael, her fiancée, was something that no one could believe.
As a result, people’s attention changed from the crown prince to me. I, too, was the son of a duke.
It was the same with my fiancé, Shael. So it was only natural that people’s eyes would gather.
The prince was glaring at me with a frown on his face. The unfair and resentful look on her face, as if her lover had been taken away, was a bonus.
There was no way I would accept this request. He was about to flatly refuse the dance to Clie.
Someone blocked my way. He was not the owner of the magic tower or the crown prince. I saw the familiar light blue hair I had seen every time.
It was Shael. Shael stood still, looking at Clie. Even so, she felt arrogance in her villain. She then said Shael.
“Is this person mine?”
Sael, who had uttered words that no one expected, smiled evilly at Clie.