After the drawing of lots ended, the band began playing classical music.
The short Elsa Stern stepped down from the main stage and came before Lilith. With great elegance, she performed a curtsy, lifting her skirt, and invited her onto the dance floor for the first dance.
In theory, the league president should dance the first dance with the finest contestant, which generally meant the Archwitch from the local division.
The slightly awkward part was that Lilith was not Asia's finest witch...
Still, Elsa had high emotional intelligence. She invited the Archwitch to be her dance partner while smiling at Lin Zhaojun and saying:
"I noticed you already have a partner. Poor me, I'm all alone, so I'll just have to let the great Lilith take me for a turn."
Lin Zhaojun smiled politely, seeming unconcerned about the first dance.
Then Jiang Han watched Elsa Stern slowly turn once to the classical melody, let go, step a few paces away, and perform another curtsy before they joined hands again and slowly began to dance.
Since such a miraculous creature as a "male witch" did not exist, the first dance at a witch banquet usually began only after both parties curtsied to each other. It was also gentle, with little conversation. Usually, the two witches held each other, immersed—or appearing to be immersed—in the music. After finishing a dance, they would leisurely linger outside the dance floor and chat together.
Only from the second dance onward would they begin whispering to each other.
The witches on the dance floor invited their partners one after another. Dressed in beautiful evening gowns, they made the dance floor look like some sort of social gathering for young ladies from wealthy families. Jiang Han placed her hand on Lin Zhaojun's and followed her onto the