It has to be said that Ariel's dancing skills are also very good. As the eldest daughter of a duke, her dancing skills are not inferior to Harold's at all.

It was a pity that her dance partner was a person who knew little about dance skills. The dance was actually completely pale and dragged her down, and he even almost stepped on the girl's feet several times.

There is a saying, at any aristocratic banquet, it is very rude to show such a pale appearance, and it will greatly reduce the woman's score. In other words, Ariel doesn't care about this at all.

This silly girl looked at him affectionately throughout the whole process, with a sweet smile on her lips. It could be seen that she was really happy to be able to dance with Wanwan, and her heart was filled with happiness.

That's her. If it were any other aristocratic girl facing Bai's virtue, she would have passed him by a long time ago.

The guests, who had not taken the two of them seriously at all, suddenly discovered that these two people who had learned from the past also appeared and danced in the hall, and their looks became even weirder.

Although aristocrats have all kinds of weird hobbies, and there are even some that are more ridiculous than this. But they are all secretly and privately, not so blatant, right?

Of course, there were also some aristocratic rotten girls who watched with great interest and relish. However, most of the normal guests still looked at them with discrimination, contempt, and even malice.

But while the two were dancing, beside the guardrail upstairs, Duke Terry's tall and mighty figure was standing in the shadows, like a ferocious beast dormant in the darkness.

He was looking at the two pale people dancing below with cold eyes, and the flickering blood-colored pupils made people shudder.

Until a figure in black appeared behind him and whispered the information he had obtained. Duke Terry's expression suddenly became more gloomy, and at the same time, he stared at the two pale men with an increasingly murderous gaze.

If he hadn't been concerned about so many guests present, he might have taken action in anger.

"What's wrong? What makes our Lord Duke so angry?"

The moment the figure in black retreated, Harold quietly appeared behind Duke Terry. There was a hint of ridicule in his tone, and he chuckled leisurely.

Upon hearing this, Duke Terry turned his head slightly and looked at the world-famous Prince with his blood-red and cold eyes. Although the two sides were now considered allies, he still couldn't see through him at all.

You never know what's hidden behind Harold's elegant smile.

"What? If you don't go and stay with my daughter, why do you come to me, a bad old man?"

A sneer appeared on Duke Terry's face.

"The Duke was joking. Of course I will treat Lucy well. I just came out to get some air and happened to meet the Duke here."

Harold said politely and gracefully as always with an elegant and calm smile.

Duke Terry did not comment on what he said, and did not care whether it was true or false. He looked at Ariel and the two dancing in the hall on the first floor below, raised his chin and said.

"See that guy down there?"

When he saw "Corden" embracing and dancing with a man, Harold's eyes moved but he remained calm on the surface. However, he still had a strange feeling in his heart.

He had seen him and Lucy having a tryst outside late at night. If she could dance with another man, what would it be?

With Harold's determination and extensive knowledge, at this moment he almost wanted to rub his brows and sort out his complicated thoughts.

For a moment, he really couldn't figure out what was going on with this so-called "Corden". He could understand hooking up with the eldest daughter of the Terry family, but what's the point of dancing with a man now?

Feeling resentful and dissatisfied, so he gave up on himself? But what's the use of it... Harold didn't get too confused because he couldn't figure it out. One thing that was certain was this anyway.

'This "Corden" can be sure that there is a high probability that he is not from there, but he may also have some big secret hidden in him...'

As his thoughts fluctuated, Harold's noble purple pupils began to flicker.

Logically speaking, Lucy is now her fiancée. For a man who has no clue about his tryst with his fiancée at night, he should be hostile to him.

But the fact is exactly the opposite. He has no hostility towards the girl's disguised "Corden". At most, he is a little wary, but more importantly, he is curious. As for Lucy?

Perhaps this innocent girl would think that her marriage to Harold was out of love. But to Harold, it might just be a tool to form an alliance with the Terry family.

As for whether there is such a thing as like and love? It doesn't matter.

But compared to those illusory feelings, he is indeed more interested in "Corden". After all, that kind of confidence, calmness and calmness are not pretending, how can there be no support behind him.

Thinking of his previous guess, Harold did intend to test it out. Seeing Duke Terry who seemed to be offended, he narrowed his eyes and an idea suddenly emerged in his mind.

'Perhaps we can use Duke Terry's power to test that guy, but...'

He recalled the previous temptation again in his mind, and was a little unsure about "Corden"'s strength for a while.

'Legend...it seems that we need to be prepared.'

No matter how many thoughts were racing in his heart, Harold remained calm on the surface. He pretended not to recognize Ariel at all and said with a normal expression.

"What? Does that guy have some background that makes you feel troublesome?"

Duke Terry didn't notice his little thoughts, perhaps because his attention was attracted by "Corden". His face that was not angry and self-proclaimed was gloomy and ugly at the moment, and he said with a cold tone with murderous intent in his heart.

"No, on the contrary! He has no background at all. He is just a businessman's son named Corden. I really don't know who gave him such courage to interfere in our plan."

As he spoke, he closed his eyes slightly, restrained his murderous intent, and slowly analyzed it.

"But I'm afraid it won't be that simple. He is probably just a pawn being used, and there must be someone else behind him. At this critical moment, we can't take any chances."

"oh?"

Harold's eyes flashed slightly. He had no comment on the identity found out by "Corden". He had already made inferences and plans in his mind, but he just felt that this identity was just a joke.

"There is no time to be careless at this moment, so what are you going to do?"

"It is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go."

Duke Terry's voice was full of cold murderous intent, and his method was extremely simple and crude, yet quite effective. Of course, it was based on strength.

"It's very simple. Once the adult ceremony is over, send people to ambush them outside. Once they leave the city, just capture them and torture them to extract confessions, and torture them to find out who is behind them."

Hearing Harold's speculation about Ariel's strength, a meaningful smile appeared on his lips. However, he did not mean to warn her and said calmly.

"That's fine, then just do as the Duke says."

Naturally, he would not have any objections, and he was eager to use the Terry family's power to test this mysterious Corden, so that his guess could be confirmed.

…

Ariel, who was still dancing, naturally didn't know that she had been stared at. Bai Bai noticed some malicious glances from upstairs, and he roughly understood what was going on.

But with his strength, he really didn't care much about this kind of secret plan. For some unknown reason, he also had no intention of reminding the girl.

As the soothing and sweet music ended, the dance between the two also slowly ended.

In other words, the girl finally finished the dance. To put it bluntly, she was simply cooperating with her dance steps, at least trying to ensure that she didn't step on her feet.

As for other cooperation? Then don’t think about it.

Fortunately, Ariel didn't care about this at all, and actually seemed quite happy. She pulled Wanwan back to the corner to sit down again, and even stretched out happily and joked with a smile.

"Why are you so good at learning magic when you learn it, but your dancing skills are so bad?"

"That's because I don't think it's necessary to learn, and I'm too lazy to spend energy on it, so naturally I can't dance well."

Bai Bai said lightly that this kind of extravagant and enjoyable banquet was quite boring to him. If he hadn't been worried about too many guests around him, he would have already wanted to take out his mobile phone to play.

What he said is indeed true. Strictly speaking, he is a pragmatist and will only do things that he thinks are valuable.

The girl curled her lips when she heard this and didn't care about his answer. Anyway, as long as she felt happy, it didn't matter what his reason was.

Bai Bai has always been a perfect image who can do everything, but now he rarely can't dance and is even a little clumsy. This makes Ariel feel quite fresh and feels that he is much more real.

…

Time soon came to the end of the banquet, and the two pale people chose a secluded path to go back, talking and laughing along the way.

However, as she talked, when she talked about her former college life, Ariel suddenly became darkened. Her beautiful face had returned to its original appearance, and her sighs in the night were even more pitiful.

"Wanwan, why did Lucy do that to me? I obviously just wanted to help her, but in the end she seemed to hate me."

Baiwan smiled slightly, but did not answer her question.

"I thought you could figure it out on your own, but it seems you're not that open-minded."

"That's already the case. What can I do even if I ask her hysterically?"

The girl's eyes were lowered, but there was an indescribable emotion in her faint tone.

"It's better to calm down and accept the facts calmly. No matter how sad you are, no matter how intense your emotions are, you can only endure the cold face in silence. Maybe this is the nobility..."

Feeling the sadness hidden in the girl's lowered eyes, Bai Bai sighed softly. He raised his hand and gently rubbed her soft and smooth hair, and said softly.

"Want to know why? Well... with your current mental strength, you can probably bear it, so let me tell you."

The girl raised her head in confusion, and saw him raising a finger and gently touching the center of her eyebrows. At the same time, pale and incomprehensible words rang in the girl's ears.

"Let you see what was in her mind at that time."

As the words fell, the scene in front of Ariel changed instantly. She seemed to have returned to the previous scene on the coming-of-age ceremony, but this time she was from the perspective of the girl Lucy.

Looking at "Corden" within easy reach, the girl's thoughts at that time also appeared in the girl's mind. Those jealous and twisted thoughts made the girl feel a little dull for a while.

"...Why are you so good...Why are you so strong...Why can you protect me as a matter of course!..."
Chapter completed!