"Your steps are a little rusty."
Holding hands and with his arm around her waist, they swayed to the elegant music as Malena said this to Russell, who had accidentally stepped on her feet twice already.
"I'm sorry. I'm still trying to remember the steps from the last time I danced." Russell showed not the slightest embarrassment.
Malena chuckled. "Do you rarely dance with ladies? It seems that whenever Fluorite Castle held a ball before, I hardly ever saw you."
"Dancing would only interfere with my training," Russell replied. "You know my talent for cultivation is quite ordinary."
"But you successfully awakened Battle Aura, didn't you? You'll definitely become a Phantom Beast Knight someday."
"Who knows what the future holds? I only wish to seize the present."
"Indeed. Seize the present, and the rest will fall under the Dragon's Gaze—especially for a knight as hardworking as you." Malena smiled, her eyes bright and glistening.
It had to be said that Malena was good with words. Just a few sentences were enough to make the corners of Russell's mouth rise.
But what Russell was thinking about at that moment was whether the Golden Black Sow at home had given birth yet. He wondered whether the piglets she delivered could be cultivated into a new breed of Cultivated Origin Beast. If it worked, Golden Black Pigs would become a specialty of his territory.
"Golden Black Pigs are ordinary pork, while mine would be Origin Meat. They're not the same... How about calling this new breed Wuyou Black Pigs?"
Golden Black Pigs were the black pigs raised by the Golden Baron's family.
Wuyou Black Pigs, meanwhile, would be the black pigs unique to Wuyou Snake Manor.
"Has anyone ever told you that being distracted while dancing with a lady is terribly ungentlemanly?" Malena's