The Emperor of Perseta Empire, Hayden, if he had decided to dance with her, there was no choice but to go all the way.

So, Lu stood barefoot on the floor. Even if her swordsmanship had fallen, she never let go of the sword until the end. She was going to learn anything, and keep trying. She could even dance.

No matter how deeply the smell had lingered on her body, no matter how the hand that had held her was still holding her, she could concentrate.

It was Lu who had broken that night first. Then what about Hayden, who deliberately got caught by a bear to grab her?

“I think we’ve learned the basics by now.”

Step, step, turn, turn. Perfectly spinning around and steadily standing, Lu spoke calmly.

Those words were merely a form of humility. Since she threw off her boots and her eyes changed, she had focused only on learning the dance properly, not even paying attention to Hayden.

Moving forward, placing her feet in the right place, not missing the beat was what mattered.

Hayden looked down at her. He knew well that he should not be clingy and whining in front of a woman who could forget everything and dismiss it as if it never happened if she wanted to.

While matching the beat by holding hands, Lu was disappointed that all she felt was the refreshing sensation of moving her body, but she didn’t show it.

That wasn’t what mattered now. It was enough that Lu felt a little freedom coming out of the suffocating embassy.

“We learned not only the basics but everything today.”

Hayden spoke softly. The piano and violin melody that had been continuous paused, and only his voice echoed in the hall.

“Three dances in an hour is fast.”

That too, considering she knew nothing about dance.

“Shall we take a break? It’s lunchtime.”

She quickly let go of Hayden’s hand and fell away. It was welcome news.

“Yes, then later on…….”

“Let’s eat together. The imperial chef must have shown his skill already.”

“Yes?”

Hayden pointed to the piano, smiling.

“You said there was boring etiquette education today.”

A woman sitting at the piano bowed as their eyes met. She got up and disappeared with the violinist.

“Boring means it goes on and on. But thanks to the construction, we skipped the dance education time. Next is probably dining etiquette.”

“I don’t think Your Majesty needs such education……?”

“I was immediately crowned without being a crown prince. The nobles are nitpicky about this because they have nothing to do, it’s very tiring.”

The emperor, who can detect Carlos infiltrating with magic, dares to nitpick about etiquette by the nobles?

Of course, Lu came from a country where the emperor’s words are law, but that was not Lu’s way of thinking. She strictly followed the power of the emperor.

Hayden was not an emperor who looked weak at a glance.

Unless her liver came out of her body, Lu wouldn’t glare at such an emperor, saying that you didn’t have a crown prince period, so you didn’t receive education, so go back and learn etiquette from the beginning.

“I haven’t met many Perseta nobles yet, but at least I know that Your Majesty doesn’t need to receive this education separately. If Your Majesty were teaching, I would understand.”

Lu learned from him this time too. Oh, was that the purpose? The moment she realized something, Hayden handed her a handkerchief.

Don’t think about that and just think about Lu herself. His sharp green eyes were looking at him as if they had realized something, but he just cut it off.

Hayden knew best that Lu had no room to consider others.

“Thank you for your words. Wash up and let’s meet again.”

The emperor, who crossed the hall barefoot, looked nothing but very confident.

That was the owner of this place.
Rustica wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief. Since coming to Fersecta, she had not had a chance to practice her swordsmanship, and her body, which had been sluggish, now felt somewhat refreshed.

As soon as breakfast was over, she was summoned, and for about an hour, she danced frantically, dripping with sweat, before plunging straight into the bathtub.

Rustica rubbed her cold feet. The maids who were attending to her bath moved very quickly to save time, and she had no chance to refuse.

She wondered if this was some trick of Hayden, but things went in a whirlwind as her hair was quickly dried and she was dressed again.

“I will moisturize your face.”

“I will comb your hair.”

“I have prepared a blouse, skirt, stockings, and these shoes for you.”

Rustica was presented with clothes similar to what she had worn before, but clearly made of a more luxurious fabric.

And those were silk stockings, weren’t they? The luxury item that Fersecta Empire’s newspapers chattered about every day as one of the luxuries women possessed.

“We don’t have much time. The luncheon with His Majesty the Emperor is about to begin.”

She wanted to protest, but the Governor of Caleta could not dare to be late for a luncheon with the Emperor, so Rustica reluctantly picked up the stockings first.

“Don’t you have any other clothes? Like pants…”