Chapter 906: Dance Under the Moon

The surprise about the first snow in the courtyard had already spread, and people by the windows in the banquet hall had also spread the news. People poured out of the buildings one after another, or stood by the windows, marveling at the first snow of this year.

For the princess's wedding, this could also be considered a very good gift.

Seeing that there were too many people watching the snow, Xia De intended to find his cat and let the cat, which had not seen snow since birth, see what it was like to snow.

But before he could turn around, the whisper in his ear reminded him:

【Your dance partner has arrived.】

"Xia De!"

His right shoulder was patted from behind. Xia De turned from the right to look behind him, but did not see anyone. Only then did he look to the left. Iluna was smiling, standing in the crowd with her hands behind her back looking at him.

Although she appeared at this banquet, her attire was clearly not for attending a banquet. The clothes were very tight, and the Whisper elements brought by various Relics could be easily perceived, and the waist bag was also stuffed with spellcasting materials.

"Xia De, I knew it was you."

The seventeen-year-old girl said with a smile in the dim light.

"Iluna? Why are you here?"

Xia De asked somewhat unexpectedly, but a smile also appeared on his face. He was also very happy to see Iluna here at this moment.

"Oh, it's not because of Schluch Lake. I was originally ready to rest at home, but was urgently notified by the Church to set off. After arriving here by carriage with Captain Robinson and the others, everything was over."

She lowered her voice and pointed to the direction of Schluch Lake behind the manor, but people were watching the snow, so actually no one cared about them:

"Mr. Rendall, the 'Sunlight Greatsword,' arrived a few dozen minutes earlier than me. Besides him, Miss Green, the ten-ring sorceress of the Church, had also arrived, so the lakeside didn't need me anymore."

She still had her hands behind her back, her shoes rubbing on the ground, her eyes dodging when looking at Xia De, her face slightly red:

"I knew you were here. Since the lakeside didn't need me, I thought about whether I could find you."

She pointed to the first floor of the manor where dance music was playing:

"It's really lively here. I can't enter the house in this attire, and after all, I am here to perform a mission."

After saying this, she looked at Xia De with great anticipation. Xia De nodded:

"Then change to a place, let me think... Let's go to the hedge maze, there are few people there. We can pick a location close to the manor, we should be able to hear the music."

"Okay."

Iluna nodded immediately.

So they walked from the front courtyard of the Lakeside Manor along the courtyard path to the back garden in the fine snow. At this time, the night was deep, because there were no activities in the garden, and the lakeside was temporarily blocked by the Church unreasonably, so most of the guests gathered in the manor and the front courtyard, and there were few people in the garden.

Entering the hedge maze, between the two tall hedges, they found a location that happened to be illuminated by the moonlight, and the tiny snowflakes were particularly eye-catching in the light.

"Look, this is like the center of the stage!"

Iluna said with a smile.

"Wait a moment."

He stopped while holding Iluna's hand, and raised his right index finger in a place that the light could not reach:

"Look!"

Red butterflies flew from his fingertips, circling Iluna while pulling out bright red silk threads behind them. In the dancing of the butterflies, a light blue dance dress was woven on Iluna inch by inch, until the butterflies flew to her head and turned into a red hair accessory.

"Truly beautiful! This way we can dance!"

Xia De exclaimed, quite satisfied with his 【Red Butterfly Illusion】. Although this kind of illusion could be easily seen through, it was of little significance for disguising in crowded occasions, but it was just right for the current occasion.

Iluna bit her lip and looked at the dress on her body, then reached out to the hair accessory on her head, somewhat regretting not putting on makeup before going out.

"Speaking of which, my illusion has not been used like this before... and this."

Xia De's right index finger moved slightly again, and dense red butterflies flew out from his sleeves, flying toward the moonlight where the snow was falling.

The red butterflies danced in the moonlit night and starry sky, dragging red light spots and flying toward the high sky, leaving behind pieces of red light spots and drag marks.

"I still have great confidence in illusions."

Xia De said with a smile, and then bowed slightly to Iluna, extending his right hand. The seventeen-year-old girl reached out and rested on his hand.

The two came to the quiet moonlight where the snow was falling, and danced with the Chosen One and the outsider following the faint dance music.

Iluna looked at Xia De's face close at hand, and reminded him with a slightly red face:

"You must not tell Luweiya about this."

"Why?"

"She might think that I came to find you to dance only because I took this mission."

Iluna argued, and looked at the dark hedges around, then signaled Xia De that he could start.

But Xia De did not take a step immediately, but thought for a while and said:

"I contacted power again tonight, so, perhaps I can try to urge the illusion with full force. Look, it's really too small here."

"Do you want to rearrange the stage?"

Iluna asked.

"Yes, rearrange. So now, Iluna, please close your eyes, and then spin with me~"

He hugged the seventeen-year-old girl, who also closed her eyes with a smile, only feeling the cold snow touching her forehead. After the two spun three times, she heard Xia De say softly:

"Please open your eyes."

"Oh!"

What came into view was the boundless wilderness under the moon, the head with falling snow, and the huge moon disk that seemed to be about to fall. The two were standing on the ridge of the field at this time, and the red butterflies under the moon surrounded them, and the red light spots gave this quiet wilderness under the moon more brilliant colors.

This was Xia De using the spell 【Red Butterfly Illusion】 with full force. Because the target of the illusion was only him and Iluna, there was no need to worry about being discovered at all. Of course, this scene could be so real, also because this was the scene in the dream that Xia De would never forget no matter what.

He already did not know how many nights he had watched this scene alone in his dreams.

"Xia De..."

Iluna looked at everything around her with a flushed face. Xia De asked:

"Not bad, right?"

His right hand exerted force violently, letting Iluna walk out of his embrace. Afterward, accompanied by dance music, the two danced with the red butterflies on the ridge of the field under the moon in the falling snow.

During this period, Iluna always had a flushed face, and actually seemed somewhat afraid to look into Xia De's eyes. After a song ended, the lingering charm of the piano sound had not yet dissipated, and the two looked up together to see the red butterfly group flying toward the silver moon in the sky, casting the last piece of brilliance in the snow.

"How is it?"

Xia De intentionally wanted to show off that his dancing skills had also improved, but Iluna probably misunderstood, and suddenly stood on tiptoe and kissed Xia De on the side face.

She kissed Xia De's left face, not the right face that Difa had kissed.

Iluna jumped backward with a flushed face, separated from Xia De, and then put her hands behind her back again, turning her back to Xia De and looking at the scene of the hedge maze in reality that was gradually fading and revealing:

"Not bad, Knight."

She said softly, and then turned to look at Xia De again:

"This matter, don't tell Luweiya... If this banquet is to select a 'Banquet Wang Hou,' you can definitely be elected. Although I didn't receive an invitation, this is the most perfect banquet I have experienced."

After saying this, she touched her pocket, did not find a suitable thing, and could only take off the silk scarf she was wearing and throw it to Xia De:

"What a pity, my dress doesn't need a garter."

Looking regretfully at the illusion dress on her body that was also disappearing, she waved to Xia De, and then jumped lightly from the edge of the illusion and disappeared at the corner of the hedge maze.

"Banquet Wang Hou, isn't it a title for girls?"

The moonlit wilderness in Xia De's field of vision collapsed, and the scene of the hedge maze in the garden appeared. Snow fell on his shoulders and then melted rapidly. Now it was not the season when snow could form.

【Outsider, at the banquet, you successfully proved your charm.】

"Why? I invited beautiful girls to dance together in front of so many people, and didn't prove my charm, but after dancing a dance with Iluna alone, it..."

【Because you invited the real protagonist on the most gorgeous stage.】

"Protagonist?"

Xia De nodded, folded the silk scarf and put it into his pocket, placing it together with the pink gauze scarf thrown by Miss Galina just now.

Looking up at the moon, he sighed and shook his head, and then walked toward the Lakeside Manor manor where the light was.

---Author's Note---

ps: There is one more chapter to finish this banquet. Although the banquet is written very long, it basically writes out the style of the aristocratic banquet of this era, writes out the main line and branch lines, writes out the changes in the girls' favorability, and writes out Xia De's harvest. Although it occupies a lot of chapters in this volume, it is all worth it.

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【Outsider, you have successfully proven your charm at the banquet.】

"She" whispered a reminder.

Xia De looked suspiciously at the silk scarf he was holding in his hand:

"Why? I invited beautiful girls to dance together in front of so many people, and it didn't prove my charm, but after dancing just one dance alone with Iluna, it..."

【Because you invited the true protagonist on the most magnificent stage.】

"Protagonist?"

Xia De nodded, folded the silk scarf and put it into his pocket, placing it together with the pink silk scarf Miss Galina had thrown over just now.

He looked up at the moon, sighed, shook his head, and then walked toward the Lakeside Manor mansion in the light.

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PS: There is one more chapter to conclude this banquet. Although the banquet was written at great length, it basically captured the style of noble banquets in this era, wrote out the main and side plots, wrote out the changes in the girls' favorability, and wrote out Xia De's gains. Although it occupies a large portion of this volume, it is all worth it.

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