Control (Part Two)

Reilo hesitated slightly.

Gazing at Dandi, who was smiling at him, Reilo glanced at Lola.

After thinking for a moment, Reilo replied with a smile, "It's my honor to dance with Your Highness."

Holding Dandi's slender, fair fingers, Reilo stepped onto the dance floor with her. This was the etiquette of scholar social gatherings, which the generals of the military generally found difficult to fit into.

With her amber-like azure eyes, Dandi looked up at Reilo. This angle could greatly stimulate a man, revealing a delicate vulnerability that seemed entirely at his mercy.

"Master Reilo seems rather nervous?"

Reilo's steps were indeed somewhat stiff.

"Hehe, I don't know how many people would envy me for dancing with Your Highness. Even I can't help feeling nervous."

Dandi chuckled at his words.

She was no sheltered canary who had grown up pampered and knew nothing of the human heart.

"I think you're afraid of that great beauty of yours, Master, aren't you?"

At her words, Reilo smiled faintly between his dance steps but said nothing more.

Dandi blinked as she looked at the man. Although the upper nobility of Saint Grand Fort occasionally mentioned the legends surrounding him, they were generally old stories from more than a decade ago.

Who could have imagined that this great scholar, who should have been enjoying a life of luxury in Saint Grand Fort, would instead bury himself in the desolate northwestern wastelands for more than ten years and develop a secret weapon that shocked the entire duchy?

In an instant, he had become the duchy's most dazzling and sought-after figure.

Even she, a princess, had consequently become a channel through which King could win him over and establish a deeper relationship. Although she was unwilling, she had no choice but to submit to the will