Chapter 1004 – #241_The Founding Ceremony of the Society (5)

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One.
A car that everyone was hesitant about because of my reputation, the surrounding chatter, or excessive attention.
Count Adonai, who asked Siwoo to dance, naturally opened the sound barrier.

In the social world, a casually thrown word or a trivial gesture carries many meanings.
Count Adonai’s bold action suggests many meanings.

“Why is the Count with such a scoundrel…”
“Could it be that you were acquainted with Count Adonai?”
“Come to think of it, it was the Adonai Company that was in charge of remodeling the mansion… ? I thought it was just business…”
“Oh my gosh, I even opened the sound insulation… ! You must be real friends!”

The witches made all sorts of fuss.
The sound of fans flapping here and there mixes with the whispering.

He is also Count Adonai, a proud queen befitting the Seven Earls of Gehenna and rarely seen at social events.

In a state where she didn’t know what kind of trouble she might get into, she not only reached out her hand to Baron Shin Siu first, but also opened her sound insulation.
It means that the conversation does not want to go outside, and it means that the relationship is enough to have a private conversation.

He didn’t say or do anything directly, but it was as if he had declared that the ‘scandal’ used by the baron was not a big deal.

In other words, Count Adonai willingly offered help to Siu.

Naturally, Siwoo, who had learned about aristocratic etiquette and social etiquette, also noticed the implications.

“I am surprised. Thank you.”
“I hate places like this. Say thank you to Takasho later.”

She always wore only leather clothes, but today she is wearing a very revealing velvet dress.

In particular, her chest area was deeply dug, so if she made a mistake with her gaze, she would immediately hear whispers, but Siwoo didn’t even look near that area.

Because?
This is because he was wearing the mask of the charismatic president of the society, which he had polished while using the hypnotherapy of the present Siwoo.

Siu, who was able to intentionally pull out the perfect mask through hypnotherapy, did not break down with that much stimulation.

After the first song was over and before the next song started, Persephone proudly led Siu to the center of the banquet hall as they scattered to change partners or settle down.

The center of the ballroom is the place that draws the most attention.

It is a hotspot that is in the limelight to the extent that there is a subtle fight to occupy this place.
But no one dared to stop Count Adonai.

“Looks like you’re really culled.”
“It’s the first time I’ve seen her dance.”
“Perhaps Count Adonai… ?”
“Don’t even say anything you can’t take responsibility for.”

Well, actually, it would have attracted enough attention even if it wasn’t for that.

A collaboration between Count Adonai, who adheres to mysticism, and Baron Shin Si-woo, who has recently been the best dry snack in the social world.

How not to attract attention?

Count Adonai, who made eye contact while taking a light beat before taking a hold stance, opened his mouth.

“Make sure to keep up with the tempo. Today I’m wearing Karen’s red shoes.”
“You must be passionate.”
“Yeah, enough that she fell over while dancing.”

Despite her bluffs, she’s confident if it’s a standard waltz.
Even that picky eldest mother-in-law got a sign of acceptance.

The moment when he held her hand and wrapped his hand around her back and waist, taking a full-fledged hold posture.

“… ?”

Siu felt something unusual.

-Tooung!

The low-pitched note of the contrabass announces the first beat, followed by the violin rhythm for the second and third beats.

The role of the leader is to lead the first movement of the dance from the hold position.
Siwoo tried to start by giving a signal with touching gestures, but…

This crazy

I was about to say
Even in charismatic Shin Si-woo mode.

It is a movement on a different level from Albireo.

Unlike Albireo, who read Siwoo’s sign with even the slightest movement, Count Adonai was standing stiffly as if he was casting even a thousand pounds.

“…”

Although he calmly let the tune go and tried to get into the next beat.

– Flinch

This time, he tried to move again, but Count Adonai stood there looking at Siu, dumbfounded.
I feel cold sweat running down my back.

What?
Are you an assassin?
Did you try to ruin it at all?

“Count?”
“Why?”

The look in his eyes while hiding his embarrassment was even more absurd because he had the shameless expression of ‘Have I done anything wrong?’.
Doesn’t that mean there’s just no awareness, but at least there’s no malice?

Persephone finally started to follow the lead when she moved as if pulling out with some force.

It was the moment when Adonai’s dance skills, which had been veiled for a long time, were revealed to the world.

“And…”
“I can’t dance very well…”

As mentioned earlier, the waltz is the flower of a social gathering.
In the eyes of the witches, who evaluated the dance with strict eyes, Count Adonai’s poor skills were clearly visible.

A sense of beat that is close to a mess that doesn’t even recognize the 3/4 beat properly.
Sloppy hold and stiff action.
It is a movement as if the foundation has just been removed.

“Hmm…”
“Well, it can be.”

There wasn’t that much ridicule, glare, or gossip.

Even if no one else knows, Count Adonai is the one who stabilized the logistics distribution between Gehenna and the present world, and is a great witch who boasts various research results.

To have the respect due to those who have reasonable skills and abilities.
Showing no respect to those who do not know honor.

This is the order of business, politics, and social circles.

Count Adonai’s small fault was at a level that could be passed over.

However, the waltz is a dance in which two become one.

Even more so, in the standard waltz, where harmonious movements are essential in tight staff with the upper body in close contact, sluggishness on one side naturally leads to burden on the other side.

The dance line of the Siwoo Persephone couple has a feeling of chasing the beat, but it is not like a waltz at all.

“Look at how upset you are.”
“But… It would be like me too.”
“Is that why you haven’t been dancing until now… ?”

Even if you drink a glass of water wrongly, all sorts of bad things will pour out. It is current public opinion of Siwoo, but it is a normal evaluation because he knows that it is inevitable.

“I can see you’re struggling.”
“Kkkakkkal, it makes me sweat when my partner does that.”

Of course, some sarcasm was unavoidable.

All of those evaluations were also entering Siwoo’s ears as he danced ‘something like a waltz’ while struggling.
I am very grateful for the willingness to help, but with such a body, what kind of confidence did he come forward to help?

Everything is different from when he and Albireo matched.

A keen eye and an excellent sense of balance.
Unlike Albireo, who received the leader’s signature with proper weight distribution and overwhelming basic skills, he showed unobstructed performance…

“…”

Persephone’s expressions and movements are no different from those of a wooden doll.

Even if I pressured them to move this way, they didn’t respond silently, and then they belatedly staffed in.
If you give a signal to make an open impedance turn, it will suddenly turn in the opposite direction.

I don’t know how hard I tried to avoid stepping on my feet while trying to hit andari during the basics of forward and backward.

I really get it.
There is no answer as it is.

Slowly, the song is in the middle.

If this continues, Siwoo’s first social debut will end up being a side dish for a drinking party, with only poor results rather than helping.
That wouldn’t be good for Count Adonai or Takasho, who had come forward with good intentions.

“… Would you mind loosening up a bit?”

I am not intending to lecture here.
No matter how bad your partner is, trying to point out or teach your partner’s dance in front of others is the worst of the worst.

“Huh? Like this?”
“Great.”

After she whispered very softly so only she could hear.
Control your breathing.

It’s my first time doing it, so I don’t know if it will work, but Siwoo believes in the reward of hard work.

“What?”

One of the witches sitting at a nearby table and flirting with her suddenly tilted her head.

“Why?”
“Look at Count Adonai.”
“Hmm?”

Feeling her empathy level, a witch who deliberately looked elsewhere also tilted her head at her gaze.

Even compared to the couples around her, Adonai stood out in a markedly lacking aspect.

But suddenly, it seems that people have changed.
She is the hem of her skirt that flutters like a butterfly, and her weight shifts smoothly.

It is suddenly blooming as the most splendid flower of this ball.

“What are you good at?”
“Is it because it’s been a while that you haven’t felt it?”

This is the general idea of ​​witches.
However, witches with high experience in social circles who were well versed in the waltz could tell.

“No… That’s not the ability of Count Adonai…”
“What do you mean?”
“The baron is leading with overwhelming skill.”

A waltz is a dance in which two people harmonize as one, but the most important role among them is the leader.
A follower cannot cover up a leader’s lack of competence, but a leader can do the opposite.

Even if you use a little strength, it’s a way to accept the whole body weight of the follower.

Of course, it is not easy.
However, Siwoo was doing it alone with her high physical strength, inhuman core, unique flexibility and quick reflexes.

It is also while making use of the most important graceful curves and smooth movements in ‘dance’.

“Does that make sense?”

The witches who knew how great it was were stunned.
Regardless of that, Siu and Count Adonai’s dance moves gradually run towards the climax.

Rotation that gradually speeds up and variations that diversify.
Shin Si-woo’s waltz ability that makes it look like ‘one body’ even though they are not in sync at all.

Even his party, Count Adonai, had a problem with his eyes wide open, wondering if it was surprising that his body moved in this way.

– Knock!

“Ah.”

The Slipper of Count Adonai.
It’s just a coincidence and a mistake due to lack of basic skills.
Due to the sudden backward movement during rotation, Siwoo completely lost the center of gravity, which had assisted by more than 90%.

“Oh!”
“Oh my gosh!”

It’s a short moment, but it’s a situation that anyone can see is going to fall backwards.
Siwoo’s choice in a split second was not to force Count Adonai to stand up and hold him.

After gently letting her body slide back.
Hold onto it firmly and use all your strength in your lower back to stop it.

-Chuck!

As a result.

Rather than a waltz, the high-level finish movement is completed with one leg stretched out into the air with the female side leaning back like a backing band posture in tango.

“…”
“…”

The song is over, but there is still silence in the ballroom.

“Whoa.”

Siwoo stood up Count Adonai, who had been posing like a gymnast, and felt cold sweat running down his forehead.

“It was great workmanship.”
“You are.”

It was risky, but I can tell by looking at the atmosphere around me.

Not embarrassed by the lack of skill of a partner, but a relaxed mind that led skillfully.
Instead of getting caught up in a fatal mistake and getting tangled together, the best finish covers the flaws with extreme improvisation.

“I can cover that like that…”
“Crazy, really. So damn sexy I want her to hold my hair just once…”
“No… Contrary to the rumors?”
“I can make a disgusted face once in a while… You’re always considerate of your partner… ?”

Baron Shin Si-woo’s social debut and charisma project was a success.