[Celeste Kingdom]

After getting away from the crowd around her, which took about her whole 30 minutes in the celebration, Asagi then finally got a breather as she squeezed herself out from the crowd and came before Queen Celestia and Pope Michael, who seemed to be talking a serious discussion

Filled with curiosity, she then came forward as she listens intently towards their talk

"Is it true?" asked Pope Michael

"It's true! There is no doubt about it... The empire on the north seems to be making their military move for some unknown reasons, based on what my spy has entailed through his message, it seems like the reason why the empire is raising their taxes is all because of them strengthening their military... even the bypassing merchant in my territory told so" said Queen Celestia

"Strengthening their military? for what cause? the whole world is already on the peaceful era, and yet they wanted to build up their strength?" Asked Pope Michael

"Even I'm not too sure about it! Them strengthening their military could mean different things" said Queen Celestia

"Indeed! Such reasons could be demon invasion, reputation build up, or exploration... we just can't jump into conclusion"

After Pope Michael had said those words, he then seemed to notice Asagi not far behind Queen Celestia as she tried her best to listen on their conversation, upon seeing her situation Pope Michael couldn't help but give out a sigh as he can't decide whether to laugh at her expression or not

With a cough he then alerted Queen Celestia about Asagi's presence behind her, as she was completely taken aback by her appearing behind her

"Queen Asagi! I didn't realize you were behind me! You should've called out to me"

Hearing Queen Celestia's surprised tone and seeing that she is acting like nothing happened, Asagi then came forward towards them, as she was then met with Pope Michael's praise

"Seeing you from afar was already breathtaking, but upon seeing you up close i can then guarantee that no one can match your charm"

"Your quite quick on your words" said Asagi

"Of course! but if I may ask... why are you here your majesty? aren't you supposed to be with Princess Hayne at this very moment?" Asked Pope Michael as he tried to shift the discussion

"About that... I think I've talked to her long enough, let's say about 30 minutes long" replied Asagi

"I see... That is quite long"

Following that Asagi then shifted the topic back to it's originally was as she then proceeded to ask her two partners about the issue regarding the empire in the north, after all no matter what stalling she do, she had no choice but to transverse the skies of the empire and pass through to reach the faraway snowy continent on the far north

On the far north of the snowy continent located the city of Arcana lies the answer for her being brought to this world, with such reason and quest given by the system in which she wholely relies on, she then naturally had to bypass the empire's skies whether she likes it or not

"About the empire in the north... Something about their military, can you guys fill me in?"

Hearing her question, the Pope was then slowly taken aback as he didn't expect that Asagi would divert the topic back to it's original track and completely disregard all of his attempt to hide it

Luckily for him Queen Celestia got his back as she replied

"What do you mean the empire in the north? there's nothing there that should concern you right?"

"Actually there is!"

"!!!"

"I'm planning to leave this kingdom in near future and bypass the skies of the empire in the north, since I'm heading to the faraway snowy continent inhabited by the sorcerer's of this world, I should then have appropriate knowledge of the current situation"

Hearing her explanation, Both the Queen of Celeste Kingdom and the Pope then got the gist that Asagi was leaving the territory soon, but such a decision wasn't for them to question, after all all three of them are of equal standing, thus they only have control on their own territory not on the other places governed by another

Even thought they could help each other out in terms of diplomacy and economy, their interception of their kingdom's matter completely off limited from them, thus all they can do is support each other in every decision made

"I see! your leaving soon then, alright I'll tell you about the empire in the north later, after all such grave news shouldn't be said out loud in a grand party like this right? we'll continue the talk later when we got a privacy" said Queen Celestia

Upon hearing the Queen's words, Pope Michael could only shut his mouth and nod accordingly, of course Asagi also understood the graveness of the issue, thus she just silently agreed top such a condition

As they were pondering on such an issue, they then suddenly heard Crown Prince Rodrick's voice as he called everyone's attention in the hall

"Everyone! I call your attention! It seems like everyone is having the time of their life, so I'm here to announce to everyone in this room to become even merrier as we make this grand occasion even grander, true to that I then announce a free for all dance for everyone in this celebration!"

Under the Crown Prince indication, the people who were managing the music for the party, then immediately changed their tune as they completely disregard their previous play and started playing the songs comparable to the music during the renaissance era

Mostly such music during those times was headed by either a piano, string instrument or flute, but since this is a another world with a complete different culture and history, such music was done by instrument that Asagi had never ever seen before

In that moment Crown Prince Rodrick begun taking the hand of some noble lady as he led the dance in the center of the hall

Naturally the noble lady that he took from the crowd was a daughter of a certain duke of the kingdom, but under their dance they then naturally took the attention of everyone as they got mesmerized by the dancing of the Crown prince and the daughter of the duke

The music has a richer texture, with four or more independent melodic parts being performed simultaneously. These interweaving melodic lines, a style called polyphony, is one of the defining features of the music. Blending, rather than contrasting, melodic lines in the musical texture

The harmony that placed a greater concern on the smooth flow of the music and its progression of chords, thus creating a splendid sound

An example of a chord progression in which the chord roots move by the interval of a fourth would be the chord progression, in the key of C Major: "D minor/G Major/C Major" (these are all triads; three-note chords). The movement from the D minor chord to the G Major chord is an interval of a perfect fourth. The movement from the G Major chord to the C Major chord is also an interval of a perfect fourth. This later developed into one of the defining characteristics of tonality during the Baroque era back on earth

In that short span of moment Asagi couldn't help but feel like she were present during the medieval era, thus sparkling her adventurer within

after the initial dance with the noble lady, everyone then applauded the dance between them as numerous people started taking along their partners at the center of the hall and dance with them, as the music goes on

In all likelihood Crown Prince Rodrick then bypasses numerous girsl along his way and extended his arm towards Asagi, thus asking her permission to dance

Of course at first she was stunned and taken aback, but keeping in mind that she should give him face, Asagi then happily took his hands as she accepted his request, causing the Crown Prince to brighten up in an instant

In that moment under the Crown prince lead, both of them then took the stage as they danced about in the hallo, thus catching the attention of numerous people, of course the huge factor in this is because of Asagi's beauty, but that doesn't change the fact that the Crown prince also contributed on this attention getter

Starting with the posture, they then came hand to hand as they swayed along the dance space in a box steps followed by other dance movements for such an occasion Natural turn, Forward change, Basic forward, Basic back, Promenade step, Top spin, Four step, Side steps, Outside spin, Progressive sidestep, Half moon, and many more

As they danced through the hall, every eyes in the room couldn't help but be mesmerized by such a wonderful dances as they unconditionally clapped when the danced came to a halt

In fact out of everyone in the room Crown Prince Rodrick was the most overjoyed among everyone as he then praises Asagi's dance movements

"It's quite a surprise that your actually quite good in dancing, I almost got swayed along your flow"

"Is that what it is? well not to be haughty I am quite adept in dancing since I have an experience during my childhood" said Asagi

"Experience since childhood?  Are you perhaps taught to dance from the very young age since you are the heir of your own kingdom?" asked Crown prince Rodrick

Hearing that question, Asagi then swayed her head from side to side as she replied

"That hypotheses is quite off the mark, in a matter of fact ever since I've woken up in this world, I was already a queen"

"So your born as a queen, a guaranteed position" said Crown prince Rodrick

"If that is how you would like to phrase it, then so be it I guess"

Hearing her words Crown prince Rodrick simply nodded his head in understanding, before he get swept up by a crowd of noble lady's who wanted to dance with him, but since he was the prince of this kingdom, he then had no choice but to give them face as he agreed to their request and danced with numerous noble ladies

With him being taken away and occupied on other matters, Asagi was then pulled to the side as Princess Hayne showed her smile and asked Asagi to dance, of course as a natural idol for her, Asagi then had no choice but to dance again but this time together with princess Hayne, thus continuing the celebration throughout the night

After for what seems like a couple of minutes of dancing, the whole crowd in the dance hall then slowly quietened down and thinned out, as numerous people grew tired of dancing

In that moment even Crown prince Rodrick was tired out from dancing with all the noble ladies who approached him, but the moment the crowd finally came to rest, he then stood up from his seat once more as he called out everyone's attention

After catching everyone's attention, he then slowly walked over Asagi's direction as he said his words out loud

"I've got something to say! truth be told ever I was naïve and oblivious of the outside forces a few weeks back, I only care about myself and the well being of all the nobility, I haven't even put much thought on the majority of my people"

"..."

"But that all change after one fruition encounter awhile back"

"!!!"

In that moment Crown Prince Rodrick then came face to face towards Asagi, causing everyone to realize what the crown prince was doing, following the tempo and momentum of his words and the room, it was quite a matter of fact, that the Crown Prince himself would confess his love towards Asagi

Upon realizing that many noble ladies that had their eyes on the Crown prince seemed disheartened and sad, on the other hand many nobles were starting to cheer him on and were on the edge of their seats

But the most shocked of all was the Queen, The Pope, AN the princess themselves, as they didn't expect this situation or turn of events

"I Love you Asagi! In this ripe age of mine, it is already a matter of fact that I would be a King of this kingdom in the future, I may still be inexperience and quite immature to be a ruler, but I would then learn how to be a proper king along the way"

"!!!"

"I will not disappoint my mother, my people, and even you, as long as you are by my side, I can guarantee that I would be in the right path, I will make sure to make you the happiest woman alive, I will protect you and care for you till the end of time... so Asagi... will you be my Queen?"

Hearing that kind of proposal, everyone then started to cheer them on as numerous people were approved of such a proposal, after all both of them are prominent figure, thus the nobles had no objection at all

With such proposal, it was already akin of asking someone to be his wife, since everyone likes happy ending so much, the nobles then cheered them on as they wanted to hear the sweet yes from Asagi's mouth

Unfortunately the same couldn't be said towards Asagi, after all from the very beginning she just regarded Crown Prince Rodrick as nothing but a friend, thus with a gentle smile, she then answered his proposal

"No"

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