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The sudden voice made both Noah and Linse freeze slightly before turning around to look behind them.
The next moment, setting Linse aside, Noah was completely stunned.
Behind Noah and Linse stood a girl dressed in exceptionally lavish attire.
She was a beautiful girl wearing a purple evening gown.
The gown exposed her slender shoulders, with a few embellishments across the front. It perfectly accentuated her full chest and lovely figure, drawing the gazes of quite a few young male nobles in the hall, their eyes carrying a trace of amazement.
However, Noah was not stunned by the girl's beauty.
In Noah's impression, the girl before him was more defined by her heroic bearing and valiant fighting spirit, rather than this incomparably gentle side she displayed, like a refined young noblewoman.
The newcomer was none other than the Dragon Duchess of the Dragunia Dragon Principality—Leora.
"You..." Noah spoke almost instinctively.
"Why are you dressed like that?"
"...Is it strange for me to dress like this?" Leora's lovely brows furrowed slightly.
"Since it is a ball, shouldn't I be wearing formal attire?"
"Th-that's true..." Noah scratched his cheek and gave a wry smile.
"It's just that I never expected you to wear an evening gown. I thought you would definitely hate dressing like this."
To Noah, a knight and warrior like Leora, who lived according to her instincts for battle, would surely refuse to wear an evening gown even if one were given to her, saying that it looked inconvenient for moving around and offered no