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Soon after the last dessert was put on the table, a brisk waltz was played in the hall.The host of the dinner, Earl Winston, got up first, accompanied Prince Sirius to leave the table, and walked to the lounge outside the hall for a short rest.

Other guests also stood up one after another, making various preparations for the upcoming dance party.

After attending the palace dinner on Midsummer Festival, Keech has already mastered the three major procedures of the dinner party—drinking, dining, and dancing—by heart, and now he also leaves the table with the guests, dragging a very unaccustomed long skirt, Walking towards the rest area next to her, she sat down on a high-backed chair, and raised her feet slightly under the cover of the skirt, so that her feet bound by dancing shoes could be a little more comfortable.

He could feel that many people around him were watching him, including Hill.

But this did not make Keech feel happy at all, but made him depressed and wanted to escape from this game quickly.

—what a fool!

——He is obviously a man, why does he have to pretend to be a woman!

——If Hill finds out, he will definitely laugh at him, and even think he is crazy!

At this moment, Keech only felt that he was so stupid, and the appearance of wearing a skirt was even more stupid, and those men who looked at him as a woman were even more stupid.

Out of this mentality, Keech hoped that Hill could recognize him, but he didn't want Hill to recognize him.Swinging from side to side, Kiki no longer wants to listen to Moriarty's bewitching, nor does he want to get close to Hill. He just hopes to break free from the shackles of women's clothes as soon as possible, and get out of this inexplicable game.

——How can anyone treat such a thing as a reward, Moriarty is definitely playing him!

Keech was angry with himself depressedly, but suddenly there was a shadow beside him. He raised his head in doubt, and found Hill's friend Joey standing beside him, showing a strange look of hesitating to speak.

Keech tilted his head, waiting for him to explain why he came.

But before Joey could figure out how to speak, another voice sounded from Keech's side, "Miss Lizzy Rice?"

Hearing someone call Li Qi's name, Ki Qi had no choice but to turn his head and look to the other side, and then found that the person who came was actually that Prince Siris.

Keech didn't understand why he came to Likki, and what made him even more surprised was that the red dragon was not by Sirius' side at the moment.

But Sirius didn't directly express the intention of coming, but turned to Joey and asked, "Did Joey come to invite Miss Lizzie to the opening dance?"

"I...no..." Joey was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to admit it or deny it.

"If not, then I wouldn't be too rude." Sirius immediately turned around and continued to say to Keech, "Miss Likki, I sincerely invite you to be my partner for the opening dance, and I hope you don't refuse .”

At this moment, Kiki and Joey both froze.

"Your Highness, isn't this appropriate?" Joey said immediately.

"A-Dong is not feeling well, and has gone back to the room to rest, so I urgently need a lady who can dance with me." Sirius spread his hands helplessly, "If Miss Lizzy rejects me, I can only invite Lu A young lady from the Xifeier family danced together, and this is really bad for me now."

Joey was speechless for a moment.At social balls among nobles, the choice of the first dance partner has always been extremely cautious, because his/her subconscious meaning is "the most important person".If Siris invited a certain young lady from the Lucifer family to dance the opening dance, there would probably be rumors of his marriage with the Lucifer family the next day.

In contrast, Li Qi, who has a special status and no possibility of marriage, has become the best choice at the moment.As the second highest-ranking woman in Sires' group, it was only natural for her to replace A-Dong as Sires' dance partner.

Keech didn't understand this at all, but felt that the expression on Joey's face was changing, which was strange and funny.As for Sirius' invitation to dance, he didn't want to accept it at all - how could he dance in such a heavy suit and such tight shoes?

Keech immediately shook his head and refused.

"Miss Lizzie, please accept it!" Seeing Keech's refusal, Joey regained his energy and enthusiastically lobbied for Sirius, "Take it as a help."

"Just the first dance, Miss Lizzie, please help me." Saying that, Sirius stretched out his right hand to Keech.

Keech hesitated.He knew that Hill valued Sires very much, although he was not very friendly, but Hill also made it clear that he was now on the same boat as Sires, and if something happened to Sires, he would definitely be the same will be implicated.

Keech glanced sideways at Hill on the other side, maybe it was just his hallucination or imagination, but he did feel that Hill seemed to be nodding slightly to him, as if to let him accept.

—Forget it, it’s just a dance.

——The big deal is to use the wind control technique to float around in circles, anyway, the feet are blocked by the skirt, so no one can see.

After thinking about it, Kiki raised his hand and put it in Sirius's.

Hill has been watching from a distance.After the dinner party, he encouraged Joey to try it out, but what he didn't expect was that Sirius also appeared there, alone, and seemed to be asking the girl to dance.

——Where did A-Dong go?

Hill couldn't help feeling suspicious, trying to think back, but he could only remember that Sirius was invited to rest by Earl Winston, when A-Dong was still by his side, and now, Sirius appeared again, and A-Dong But disappeared.

Because there were too many voices in the hall, Hill couldn't use the Whispering Stone to listen to the words there, but judging from the expressions and movements of several people, it seemed that Sirius was asking the girl to dance.Considering A-Dong's disappearance and the upcoming opening dance, Sirius obviously regarded the girl as Li Qi and asked her to replace A-Dong's role.

Hill noticed the girl shaking her head, and didn't know if she was refusing, or telling Sirius and Joey that she was not Lizzy.But judging from the invitation that Sirius didn't take back and Joey's enthusiastic agitation, the girl should be refusing rather than vetoing.

At this moment, the girl actually raised her head and looked at him, as if asking for his opinion.

In an instant, the images of the girl and Kiki overlapped again in Hill's mind, causing him to nod subconsciously, allowing the girl to accept Sirius' invitation to dance.

--What exactly is going on?

Hill took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.

Sandora, who was following him, also noticed his abnormality, and asked jokingly, "You won't be fascinated by Miss Lizzy too, right?"

"She is indeed a bit unusual tonight." Hill replied lightly.

"Well, it's too quiet, and it's a bit repulsive." Sandra shrugged, "But, obviously, men like this kind of tone."

——Is this intentional attitude of wanting to refuse or welcome?

Hill wasn't sure, he still didn't think the girl looked like Lizzy, but looking at Sirius and Joey, she was Lizzy.

At this time, the prelude to the opening dance sounded slowly, and the hall suddenly fell silent. The guests who had been exchanging greetings gradually scattered around, completely emptying the central dance floor.

Keech had followed Sirius to the center of the dance floor at this time, letting Sirius put his arms around his waist and lead him to dance lightly.

Although being watched and scrutinized by all kinds of eyes, Kiki didn't feel nervous at all.He had already figured it out, anyway, he was carrying Li Qi's identity, even if something went wrong, it would be Li Qi who was ashamed, and Seres who invited Li Qi had nothing to do with him.

After entering the dance floor, Kiki quietly performed a wind control technique on his lower body, so that his feet did not need to touch the ground, nor did he need to take any hard steps, as long as he followed Sires' strength and rhythm, You can move and rotate gracefully and smoothly.

Sirius soon felt this too, looked at Kiki with raised eyebrows, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "I didn't expect Miss Lizzy to be so 'light'."

——You probably wouldn't have imagined how "light" I can be.

Keech naturally wouldn't answer, but only blinked and responded.

"Miss Lizzie is very silent today!" Sirius continued, "I always thought that Miss Lizzie was a lively lady, but I didn't expect you to have such a quiet side."

- There are so many things you didn't expect.

Kiki secretly slandered, but did not respond to Sirius' words, lowered his eyelids, and concentrated on controlling the wind element on his legs.

"Hmm... is it because of your mood? You don't seem very happy." But the more Keech didn't respond, the more Sirius kept talking, and the hand holding Kiech's waist tightened a little, making Keech grew closer to him.

Keech suddenly stared in displeasure, and the hand holding Sirius' right shoulder followed with force, pulling the distance between him and himself again.

Ceres suddenly laughed out loud, stopped talking wisely, and danced with Kiki in his arms.

At the end of the song, Sirius kept his promise and took Kiki out of the dance floor, but at the time of "farewell", Sirius suddenly stuck to Kiki's ear and said in a very soft voice: "Speak up! , this is my first time dancing with a girl!"

— No, this is your first time dancing with a man.

Keech thought gloomily, not understanding what Sirius meant when he said that to him.

Sirius didn't explain, and smiled at Kiki, then turned and walked towards another noble girl.

—Forget it, whatever he means, it has nothing to do with me anyway.

Kitsch pouted, and was about to turn around to find a place to rest, when the other hand was already stretched out in front of him.

"Can you dance with me?" A familiar voice called out.

Keech couldn't help holding his breath, and looked up at the flaxen-haired young nobleman in front of him.

—Accept, or, reject?

Keech was still hesitating in his heart, but his hand was raised uncontrollably, and it fell into the palm of the young nobleman.

Hill took Keech's left hand and led him back onto the dance floor without a word, then lifted his right hand, wrapped it around his waist, and spun and slid him to the rhythm of the music.

He may be affected by the makeup and cannot recognize the real face of the person in his arms, but he will not fail to recognize his hands and his body--that is his favorite, the existence that fascinates him more than appearance.

The moment he grabbed Kiki's finger, Hill confirmed his identity without hesitation.

— This is not Lizzy, this is his Keech!

Hill is even more nervous than Kiki at the moment. On the one hand, he is delighted to see his beloved, but on the other hand, he is uneasy because he does not know why he is here.

——Why did Keech appear here, and still look like this?

Hill couldn't help feeling suspicious.

Because they had their own thoughts, neither of them spoke, and they danced the whole dance in silence.

As the interlude sounded again, Hill was thinking about whether to take Keech to the lounge or something to talk about, but turned around and found that Joey was waiting on the sidelines with an excited face, obviously intending to take it from him. Walk Keech and invite him—"her"—to the next dance.

Hill immediately dismissed the idea of ​​leaving the dance floor, turned to Keech and whispered, "Do you want to continue?"

Kiki was taken aback for a moment, then nodded quickly.

Hill immediately put an arm around his waist and led him onto the dance floor again.

Joey on the sidelines unsurprisingly showed a surprised expression, but Hill couldn't care less about his feelings at the moment.

He's not sharing Keech with anyone.

Even if Keech is acting as Likki at this moment, and even if doing so will cause Joey to misunderstand or even create rifts, he cannot graciously send Keech into the arms of others.

—This is his kitch, his!

—oh shit, he let Sirius touch his kiki!

At this moment, Hill only regretted why he didn't see through Kiki's identity earlier, thinking of the intimate appearance of Sirius and Kiki when they danced together, he couldn't help but ignited a cloud of anger in his heart, hating Sirius for taking the opportunity to escape. Enter, hate yourself for being too late.

Keech was getting more and more uneasy at the moment.

Hill's focused eyes staring at him intently, as well as the hot temperature from the intertwined palms, made him nervous and overwhelmed.

He didn't know whether Hill was looking at him or Lizzy.

If Hill looked at Lizzy, if Hill and Lizzy looked like this when they were together...

Keech didn't dare and didn't want to think about it any further.

Soon after, the second dance also came to an end.But Hill still didn't let go of him, and stayed directly on the dance floor, hugged him, and danced to the new dance music again.

At this time, other people in the hall also noticed Hill and Keech who danced three pieces in a row.

It is rare to dance with the same person consecutively at a social ball, which is not in line with the etiquette and habits of the nobles, nor is it beneficial to their interests.This kind of thing usually only happens to young people who are dazzled by love, and Hill and Keech seem to fit this state very well.

Playful murmurs and exclamations soon followed.

"Oh, youth!"

"When I was young, I was so crazy!"

"They look like a good match."

"That's the opening dance partner of His Royal Highness, maybe their identities are also a good match."

"Are we witnessing a beautiful fairy tale?"

"Hahaha……"

Neither Keech nor Hill took the ridicule from around them to heart. They both knew their identities and knew how short the beauty of this moment would be.

Keech didn't want to worry about the truth any more, he just focused on feeling Hill's arms, spinning, spinning, spinning as he pushed aside all noises and distracting thoughts, as if there were only the two of them left in the whole world , just the two of them.

Regardless, Moriarty was right about one thing at least.

Tonight, Hill was all his.