Trouble at Banquet!

"Sorry Lucia, but I think I'll pass." I raised my on hand as if implying to surrender.

"Huh, but why?!" Well she was not going to back down so easily. She made an innocent face just like a child asking his parents for an ice cream... Well I don't know how to describe it though it was the face my sister usually make when she want ice cream or to buy her something...

𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶... 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘐 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦!

I kept that thing to myself as I politely tried to refuse again.

"Well, I can't dance and I don't even like it so..."

"C'mon, don't say that. It's fun, just try it once."

"Sir Allan, afraid not. Lucia will teach you, I'm sure you're definitely gonna enjoy it!" King lightly pushed me from back towards Lucia.

"N-No, that's not it-. I never dance before in my life, it's going to be embarrassing..." It was a lie.

Personally, I don't like to dance with any girl or woman I don't know or I don't have any interest, well I have no interest in any other girl though... It's not like dancing with a someone is kind of bad thing. A proper gentle-man welcomes every woman, it's just... about my self-commitment and I don't think it would be appropriate to dance with a girl for someone like me... 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵...

"... Is it because I'm not good enough for you." Lucia said with a sad face.

𝘔𝘢𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?!

"N-No, it's not like that, really. I think it's opposite. I don't think I'm someone who deserves to dance with you." I answered immediately so that she didn't get anymore depressed.

"You don't have to say that! It was me who asked you in the first place, so don't worry about such non-sense." She said in desperation.

𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵... 𝘏𝘦𝘺𝘺𝘺. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱! 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦!

I appealed in my mind for help but no body came to help.

"Hey, look that guy. How arrogant!"

"Wh-?! Princess approached someone for the ball, wait... He refused!"

"Seriously! What the heck is wrong with that guy, he refused to dance with Princess!!"

"Who does he think he is?"

It does take much for others to start whispering about us or... start bad mouthing me.

"Wait, do you know this guy? I didn't seem him before?"

"I don't know either. I have never saw someone like him."

"Who is he? Acting rude to our beautiful Princess..."

𝘔𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦... 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨? 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢... 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?!

Examining the situation, Lucia asked me again knowing that it would be hard for me to reject her again...

"...Allan, why are not willing to dance? Do you don't like to dance with me...?" She asked with a sad face.

"No. I don't want to dance with you." I said with a straight face.

𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘱, 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯... 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳!

My worst habit of speaking my hearts content without holding myself back, no matter what it is, is definitely going to make me regret!

Up until few time ago, I didn't much control my emotions and always says whatever is in my mind without hesitating, but after coming to this place I tried my best to not to do that... But it's impossible for one to improve there habits so did I. After holding myself back for so long, I finally missed it and said it... Now, I'm done for. I have to quickly think a way out of here.

King, Queen, Laren, Leon, Red hairs and everyone else were starring at me as I rejected Lucia's proposal... They were all shocked by how I rejected Lucia without any hesitation or showing no emotions. Everyone was speech less...

𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭... 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵... 𝘐𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

Lucia, on the other hand, was in a complete shock.

"Nerisa...did I get rejected...?"

"Ahh... No, it's nothing like that."

"So why does it feels like I just got rejected without even confessing..." Lucia's eyes were dead by the sudden rejection, she don't know what to do.

Everyone was speechless.

And what about me? Well, I was just standing there without any hint of emotion or expression on my face. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦... 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴... 𝘌𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴...

There is nothing I can do in this kind of situation other then taking there glares...

"Lucia, you see-?"

"You bastard! Who do you think you are to refuse Princess in such a rude manner! Damn, you don't have any right to refuse in the first place!"

Before I could say something, William jumped in between.

𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

I barely controlled myself to say that.

"Who are you staring at?!" He pushed me as he hit his palm on my shoulder... I kept staring at him.

"I never seen you in the capital before. Who are you? Which family do you belongs to, huh? Are you even a noble?" He pushed me again.

"H-Hey, William, I don't think it's the right thing to do."

"Shut up Neulon. How can you allow someone to insult her highness, in front of everyone?!" Red hairs tried to stop William only to be sticked back. Then William turned to me again.

"Hey, I'm asking you something. Answer me, which noble family do you belongs to? Which family dared to act such disgraceful?" He pushed me again, this time even with more strength.

"I don't belongs to any noble family here. I'm just a traveller..." I said.

𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯... 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭... 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. The voice said...

"Heh, I see. So you're just a lowly commoner. There is noway you would know how to treat someone greater then you..."

𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭!

"Tell me, who let you enter in the banquet!?"

"..."

"Hey, is he really a commoner?"

"How did he get in here and above all disrespected our Princess!"

"What a disgrace! He had such a good face but his work is not less then that of a lowly thief."

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦... 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵? 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵...

"Guards, Come here and kick this lowly being out of here..."

William call for the guards, but no one came up as they know that I am a guest of king.

"Tch, where the heck is the security? Anyway, I will throw you out myself you shitty commoner!"

𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦... 𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧!

He grabbed my collar and pulled me, but I didn't move a inch.

"What's the matter? You were pushing me all this time, are you tired now? ... You're going to hell!" I said with an evil smile which is famous around all over the universe...

"Y-You!" He was scared of me, but tried to act tough in front of everyone as he raised his fist.

"You lowly commoner, I am going to punish you right here, right now."

William threw is fist towards me but before it could reach me, I appeared right behind him.

"What-?!"

"He just vanished and appeared just behind him out of nowhere!"

"What's going on?!"

People were talking about me as I prepared my fist.

"Too slow." I only said two words as I throw my punch at William to send him to hell.

. . . . .