Royal Family Banquet.

The sound of a golden carriage was moving into Mariel's village at a normal speed. Jerrick was wearing the full regalia of a nobleman, a red long-sleeved shirt with countless family honors on his shoulders and chest, white trousers, and black shoes that were polished to a high shine, making him look much more handsome than usual today.

"Young Master Jerrick looks excited." The butler who was sitting near him in the carriage said in a good mood.

"Absolutely, having the opportunity to take my angel Mariel to meet my parents, grandparents and all my family members, it's my dream come true." Jerrick said.

"I also hope that Mariel will feel the true love and care from Young Master Jerrick." the butler said.

"No matter how long it takes, I will always wait for my angel to accept my feeling." Jerrick replied.

When the golden carriage stopped in front of the De Stella family's house, the people nearby started whispering, because they hadn't seen anyone from the noble family for decades. They saw the golden carriage stop there made them even more excited.

The butler came down and opened the carriage door, while Jerrick slowly got out of the carriage with a respectful expression. Deric and Claudia came out of the house with smiles on their faces.

"I, Jerrick De Rajan, would like to greet Father Deric and Mother Claudia." Jerrick said with a graceful bow.

"You look great in this outfit, as expected of the son of a famous royal family." Derek said.

"It was such an honor for me to see the royal family's costume in this moment." Claudia said.

"I'm so embarrassed. Where is Mariel?" Jerrick asked.

Suddenly, behind everyone, Mariel slowly walked out of the house wearing a beautiful long white dress. Her hair was tied into a bun at the back of her head. Claudia's red lipstick and facial cosmetics with makeup made her look even more outstanding. The top was a strapless dress decorated with white roses that matched the dress very well. The long dress had a slit on the right leg, showing Mariel's beautiful thighs, making her look even more sexy. It was also added with white roses all the way to the end of the long dress. The shoes were white, which, when you look at them, gave the feeling of a princess in a long white dress.

Jerrick was so speechless by Mariel's white princess's look that he was momentarily stunned. The butler had to cough softly to bring the young master back to his senses.

"My angel, Mariel, you are the most beautiful woman in the world." Jerrick said as if he was momentarily mesmerized.

"T…. thank you." Mariel replied with a slightly embarrassed expression.

"The party will end around midnight. We will send Mariel back home after that time." the butler said to Deric and Claudia.

"Please take care of our daughter." Deric said happily.

"Be yourself, my dear and be respectful too." Claudia said cheerfully to her daughter.

"I'll try." Mariel said nervously before getting into the golden carriage with Jerrick.

As the golden carriage was moving towards the royal family's castle, Jerrick felt nervous because in front of him was the angel that he loved and liked from the first time they had met. She agreed to go to the family's banquet, Jerrick felt love for her even more.

"Thank you so much for taking the time to come to my royal family banquet. My parents and everyone else were looking forward to meeting you very much." Jerrick said.

"It's okay because I promise you before that I will go to your royal family banquet." Mariel replied.

"If you're ever unsure about how to demeanor, feel free to ask me. My royal family has quite a few rituals and very strict." Jerrick said.

"Sure, I'll whisper to your ear." Mariel replied.

"I prefer both of my left and right ears, Lol." Jerrick replied with a good laugh.

"Don't be too much, Jerrick." Mariel teased.

After arriving in the capital city, the golden carriage drove towards the upper left corner of the city, which was a large castle, covering an area of ​​more than tens of acres. The garden was decorated with many kinds of flowers, the people and relatives of the royal family and others were all inside this place, chatting. Everyone was wearing beautiful dresses and formal family clothes.

"Young Master Jerrick has arrived!" Said by one of the royal family members, pointing at the golden carriage that had just stopped, causing everyone else to turn to look in the same direction.

"I heard that he brought a girl that he like to introduce to us. Her name is Mariel De Stella. We must look at her." one woman said.

The butler came down first and opened the other door. Jerrick got down from the golden carriage with a calm demeanor and extended his hand to Mariel to invite her down from the carriage. 

Mariel reached out her hand to Jerrick. When she got out of the carriage, her graceful beauty and long white dress made everyone stunned in the garden.

"Young Master Jerrick has such sharp eyes. Mariel looks like an angel. The two of them are a perfect couple for sure." another noblewoman said.

"It's no wonder they're in the same class. It's so honorable." Said by another nobleman.

(Oh, I'm so embarrassed. Everyone's eyes looking at me are making me so nervous.) (Mariel thinking)

Jerrick knew that Mariel was starting to get nervous, so he took the opportunity to quickly lead her into the castle first. When they walked in ahead of the others, his parents were already waiting inside the great hall.

"These are my parents, Conrad and Hannah. These are my grandparents, Jamil and Riley. These are my grandparents, Geo and Lucy." Jerrick introduced the elders of the royal family to Mariel.

"Mariel De Stella, I would like to pay my deepest respect to everyone." Mariel grabbed both sides of her long white dress, and bowed down with a beautiful gesture, making everyone feel very pleased with her behavior.

"Welcome to our royal family banquet, Mariel. Our grandson always talked about you every time." Hannah said cheerfully.

"Our grandson has never disappointed us. He got first place in the exam and even chose a couple that is suitable for our royal family. I am so happy." Said by Grandpa Jamil.

"Our grandchildren are our greatest pride." Grandpa Geo said.

 Jerrick was so embarrassed. His decision to invite Mariel to the royal family banquet was the right one. He extended his hand to Mariel. She understood and slowly reached out to hold his hand like a real lover without any embarrassment.

Then everyone at this palace officially started the royal family banquet. There was a formal opening speech from Conrad, and then Hannah walked ahead of Jerrick and Mariel onto the stage and welcomed everyone with a bright smile on her face.

Each couple went out to dance happily with the beautiful music playing throughout the banquet. Jerrick and Mariel danced together to the rhythm of the music perfectly. Even Jerrick was amazed by Mariel's knowledge of how to dance with the right moves and in rhythm.

(Fortunately, when I was a child, I liked singing and dancing with my mother, so I have some knowledge in dancing. Thank you to my mother Claudia a lot.) (Mariel thinking)

After the dancing party, people from the other families and relatives came to talk with Jerrick and Mariel. Throughout, she had been adjusting well to the high royal society and chatting with them very well. Everyone was very surprised that Mariel was a swordswoman like Jerrick.

"This is unbelievable. The owner of the Dragon Slayer Sword after the legendary Swordman God: Victor are you, Mariel." the people said in surprise.

"In the future, two of you will definitely be the best male and female greatest swordsmen in the history." A nobleman said.

After the discussion was over, everyone sat down to eat together at the large dinner table. Jerrick advised Mariel on the proper etiquette of using forks and spoons and the various side dishes. Mariel followed the instructions perfectly without any mistakes.

After they had dinner together, Jerrick happily took Mariel outside the castle to get some fresh air.

"Thank you so much for coming today. Everything is perfect." Jerrick said with a heavenly smile.

"With pleasure." Mariel replied, smiling back.

"I really want you to be my lover. We look so perfect couple together. I really love you with all my heart, Mariel." Jerrick said as he knelt in front of Mariel as if confessing his feelings.

"Um, that is…" Mariel was speechless because she didn't expect Jerrick to confess his love to her like this.

Suddenly, it seemed to warn her that something terrible was about to happen at this moment. A man in a black tuxedo approached from behind Jerrick, acting nothing, but with a shockingly sinister aura.

Clang!!!!

The clashing metal sound of the claws and the Dragon Slayer Sword echoed throughout the garden, causing the people in the castle to quickly turn to look with surprised expressions.

"You're blocking my way! This is my only chance to kill him!" the mysterious man said in an angry voice.

"If you want to kill my friend, you have to step over my dead body first!" Mariel said in a serious voice back.

In this situation, Mariel quickly summoned the Dragon Salyer Sword and rushed towards Jerrick's back to counter the claws that were about to pierce Jerrick's torso and kill him instantly. However, this plan failed when Mariel was thwarted.