Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 2694

Everyone's Ball

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Clearly, the elf's "sneak attack" on Shade right in front of Iluna displeased the Chosen One. After struggling a little and realizing she still could not match Iluna's strength, the elf girl asked in confusion:

"Your heterochromatic eyes are beautiful, but who is Emilia?"

Holding her wrist, Iluna looked at her. The eighteen-year-old girl was absolutely not jealous, only... unconvinced:

"What game are you playing? Shade and Miss Danist are both here. Why don't you ask them who you are?"

The red-haired girl beside them pressed her lips together and smiled, but fortunately for the elf, she said nothing.

The elf girl therefore cast Shade a pleading look. She could not answer that question.

"All right, all right, Iluna. She is one of my current partners, an elf who lives locally."

Only then did Shade reach out and separate them, allowing the blonde elf to leave the woods with God's Gift Box. But Iluna would not accept that explanation:

"Isn't she Emilia? I don't know why she grew up, but there's no way I could mistake her."

Thus, Emilia's disguise had not worked even once so far.

With the matter of Hide and Seek Boy resolved, the group returned to Collins Manor, where the wedding banquet was still underway. None of the manor's guests had realized what had just happened in the nearby woods. Since everything that needed to be done at the banquet had been finished, Shade could finally dance with the young ladies.

Naturally, Iluna came first. Although Shade had danced with her earlier, it had not been perfect; he had actually been dancing with two people. Now that there was finally nothing else on her mind, the eighteen-year-old girl sighed in Shade's embrace and enjoyed her hard-won vacation.

But in truth, as long as she wanted to

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