Tonight, Tobesk City's weather was lovely. The spring starry sky hung inverted above Yodel Palace. Only Angelina, Shade, and the little Princess's maid remained in the garden. The Princess glanced back, and the maid knowingly turned around and waited at the garden entrance.
Suppressing the flutter in her heart and her gratitude toward her elder sister, Angelina removed the small silver coronet from atop her head and hooked it over her arm. She then placed her right hand behind her head, loosening her previously bound red hair and gently shaking her head to let it fall loose behind her.
This made her seem noticeably more mature than she had just moments ago:
"Knight."
She looked towards Shade beside her, and Shade looked at her as well.
"The moonlight is beautiful tonight."
She looked at the man who seemed favored by the moonlight. Under the night sky, he seemed even more extraordinary:
"My sister said that you understand the Moon very well and are especially skilled at wielding the Power of the Moon. Could you talk to me about the Moon now?"
Her lively eyes seemed capable of speech. Though every frown and smile carried traces of Leisha and Miss Galina, she was entirely different from them. Rising onto her toes, she lightly pressed her lips to his. Their eyes remained open, and each saw themselves reflected in the other's gaze.
Night, 9:40 p.m., Yodel Palace banquet hall.
"What are you thinking about?"
As the ball music began to play in the banquet hall, Galina Cavendish, dressed in a purple gown and wearing a silver coronet, was the first to enter the dance floor with Shade's arm around her waist.
The beautiful Witch noticed Shade's pensive expression and could not help teasing him:
"Don't tell me that for the past hour