I weave my destiny in parallel time and space

Most of the people present knew the real purpose of this banquet, so at this moment, the man's behavior was simply audacious in their eyes.

"who's that person?"

"I don't know, he seems to be a noble from the south."

"She has the same black hair as Alicia. I wonder if she has ancient Roman or Greek ancestry, or is she an East Asian?"

"Is this the time to care about blood? Does this bumpkin from the south know the rules?

I hope Prince Ernst won't be angry about this. "

People were talking in low voices, and for a moment, this man became the focus of the entire banquet venue.

Alicia frowned, and then her nose smelled a faint smell, which was the smell of ashes after burning wood in the stove.

This smell seems to have been smelled somewhere before.

She raised her head and subconsciously wanted to refuse, but for some reason, an unknown impulse made her nod lightly.

"Cough cough!!"

A woman choked on her drink and coughed violently. Except for the soft music, the entire courtyard was even a little quiet.

But then, the third princess was silent for a moment. Her bare hand raised and touched the strange man's hand, and the two of them slowly came to the center of the courtyard.

After a brief silence.

Although the eyes of the people around could not help but glance here, they also knew that if they kept staring here at this moment, the atmosphere would become even weirder, so they also danced along with the music.

It was a simple waltz, where both parties hugged each other, and you took a step back to follow the music, and I took a step forward. Xia Ya was glad that she knew how to do it, but if it was a minuet or a court dance, it would be a bit of a headache.

In its original history, the popularity of the waltz was met with a lot of opposition and obstacles for various purposes.

In addition to being said by the church to be immoral, uncivilized, vulgar, evil, and unsightly because of the close proximity of men and women and the excessively fast movements, it is also regarded as a thorn in the side by people who originally made a living by teaching minuet and other court dances. , thorn in the flesh.

The waltz is easy to learn and free and comfortable, which attracts a large number of dancers. They can often learn it just by watching it for a while. This kind of dance does not require mastering a large number of complicated tricks like the minuet.

In conservative circles at the time, the waltz was even hated and feared by many people, who even said it was a kind of erotic dance.

Of course, as the times progressed, this kind of waltz became more "elegant". In the West at that time, inviting women to dance was actually a very common thing, but it did have a communicative meaning in it.

The history of this world is different, but obviously, waltz should have been popular earlier.

Xia Ya gently grabbed the hand of the princess and hugged her waist. She could feel the tight muscles through her clothes. It was obvious that her dance partner was a little embarrassed. She kept her head down and kept silent, pretending to be calm.

Xia smiled.

"Although you can't see with your eyes, you dance surprisingly well."

The Third Princess was silent for a moment and said, "Music is one of the few joys I can enjoy."

After a pause, she said, "Have we met before?"

"Your memory is also very good," Char admired.

Alicia recalled it for a moment and said, "Were you on the street outside just now?"

"I've never owed favors." Xia Ya said with a smile.

"You think this is helping me?"

"Isn't it? You seem to be very impatient with that prince." Xia Ya grabbed her hand and led her around.

"Then do you know that he may become my fiancé in the near future?"

"There were two women next to me while I was enjoying the food. Within fifteen minutes, I learned a lot of gossip about you, the nobles of Britannia."

Xia Ya teased.

"For example, I know that Duke Panacea's first wife cheated on her guard and she seemed to have a child."

"Duke Panacea and that lady are both caged birds bound by the cage called family, unable to decide their own destiny.

Their marriage was a tragedy from the beginning. "Alicia whispered.

She didn't seem to want to continue this topic, but continued what she had said before.

"In this case, you still dare to invite me to dance?"

Xia Ya smiled, "I think the future heir to the West France Empire shouldn't be so small, right? It's just a dance."

"You can look at his expression now."

Xia Ya glanced at it from the corner of his eye, he raised his eyebrows and nodded.

"He looked like he was going to eat me."

There was a bit of ridicule in Xia Ya's tone, and this funny tone made her laugh a little.

But after a pause, she continued.

"Those who can come in to attend this banquet are either high-ranking officials or nobles, and even ordinary nobles are not qualified to come in.

But if you were one of them and were outside just now, it would be impossible for you to not have a single guard.

Who are you? "

"I'm a wanderer who comes in to sit on the table." Xia Ya said.

"The savory cakes here are delicious," he commented.

"The pastry chef for the banquet was personally invited by Duke Panacea from the palace for this banquet. Very few people would pay attention to the food at the banquet, and only he would care about these details."

"It sounds like he attaches great importance to this banquet." Xia Ya said.

"Yes, after all, we have to receive distinguished guests from foreign countries." Alicia whispered softly.

After a pause, she said, "I'm sorry, I don't know why I agreed to your request and got you involved.

I don't know how you got into the banquet, but I advise you to leave quickly after the dance, leave the imperial capital, otherwise, something bad will happen. "

"Because I just used magic." Xia Ya said calmly.

Alicia naturally thought that Chara was joking, she smiled and said, "I did seem to be under a spell just now."

"You don't seem to like all this." Xia Ya looked at her, "Then why don't you resist?"

The princess lowered her jaw slightly, remained silent for a moment, and then continued.

“We are all sailing alone on the sea of ​​destiny, unable to control its direction. We can only let the waves rise and fall, taking us to unknown distances.

There are things in this world that are destined to be unchangeable.

People always have to learn to accept their fate. "

There was no ups and downs in Alicia's words, she had already accepted it all.

Xia Ya smiled and said, "You look young on the outside, but you are already 80 years old on the inside."

"I just understood all this in advance, and saved a lot of unnecessary time and energy, and also made everyone worry-free."

The music also stopped at this moment, and the people dancing around, including Xia Ya and the third princess, stopped. Xia Ya looked at her and continued to speak.

"I'm the exact opposite."

Alicia raised her head. Although the upper half of her face was covered by the gorgeous crown-like mask and her expression could not be seen clearly, the slightly raised chin allowed people to see the doubts in her heart.

"I believe that fate is not absolute. No matter where the waves take us, the dawn of the next day will eventually come as promised."

There was a slight smile on Xia Ya's face.

"Nice to meet you, Your Highness.

Remember my name, my name is.

Char. "

After saying that, Alicia could feel the person in front of her let go of her hand, and then took a step back, and a brief white line slipped in her heart.

But it was also in that moment.

he disappeared

Smells, sounds, anything that could detect his presence disappeared from her world.

"Alicia, are you okay?"

Ernst's voice came from one side, asking worriedly and urgently.

Alicia didn't answer and just continued to ask.

"Where's the guy I just danced with?"

"I don't know. I just seemed to have walked into the crowd and disappeared in the blink of an eye." Ernst said, looking around.

Alicia frowned, but soon she heard rapid footsteps coming from inside the villa, as well as faintly frightened and trembling breathing.

What followed was a loud roar.

"No, it's not bad, the Marquis of Os is missing!!!"