Chapter: 405

“Why? Did you hurt your ankle?”

As he showed a kind interest in Astelle, the people’s gazes became focused again.

Astelle stood up with her heels raised and bowed her head to him.

“I’m fine, Your Majesty.”

Seeing that the Marchioness put so much effort into it, there seemed no way the other shoes in the Empress Palace would be okay.

Astelle spoke in a low voice only Fritz could hear,

“Minuet is too much.”

The Minuet was a dance as complex and elegant as a sweet melody.

Until the long song is over, you have to take turns moving and changing positions, and stepping carefully.

To dance in these tattered shoes, she’ll fall about ten times before she even starts.

‘What should I do?’

Well, there are old shoes I used to wear in the mansion, so I can just ask Hannah to bring them.

But they were not prom shoes.

Prom shoes were different from ordinary shoes.

This is because prom shoes are specially made to order so that you can step on a smooth floor without slipping.

Most of all, I couldn’t keep the people here waiting while I ordered Hannah to get the shoes.

‘I already started it late, I can’t delay it again.’

I’d rather just say that I’m not feeling well and go back.

Or should I wait for Hannah to bring my new shoes?

I was thinking about it for a while, and the noise around me gradually grew louder.

“What’s wrong with her? Is it because she can’t dance?”

“Since she lived in the countryside for a long time……did she forget the steps?”

For a moment, Fritz’s eyes lit up with anger.

Suddenly he beckoned to the servant on the other side.

He was a servant in charge of conducting the banquet.