Monica was talking to Glenn at the mont. During this ti, she glimpsed so envy gazes from the people around her. Especially the young ladies who wanted to talk to Glenn.
It must be the effect of his performance in the play. Rembering the applause and the uproar at the end of the performance, Monica smiled wryly inwardly.
"By the way, I don't see Lana with you today."
"Well We've arrived together up to the venue's entrance but she said, I may beco a hindrance if I'm here, so' then parted away with "
"A hindrance? Whom she's going to be a hindrance to, I wonder?"
"I'm not sure"
Rembering Lana's aningful smile, Monica could only tilt her head in confusion.
Since mulling over this question any further would not produce any result, Monica simply gave up thinking about it.
"Speaking of your dress, it looks very good on you."
"He-he, actually this dress was prepared by my master."
"Did LouLord Barrier Magician really prepare it for you?"
Monica almost inadvertently said Louis' but corrected herself imdiately. And Glenn himself didn't know that Monica's true identity nor her relationship as Louis' colleague.
he's so devoted to his job
In fact, the shoes she was wearing now were prepared by Louis Miller.
But when considering how he's been acted, witnessing how devoted he was to even preparing his pupil's formal dress and Monica's shoes, it made her feel discomfort.
"I've also asked this to my master, can I really get such a fine dress?' But he only said, it's provided.' I wonder what did he an by provided. Does the Seven Sage's paynt also cover his pupils' clothes as well?"
"a-ha-ha."
Most likely, what he ant by provided' was referring to the necessary expenses for the second prince's escort mission. Monica's entrance fee's also paid from there. Since Glenn was also sent to the Serendia Academy as a distraction to help Monica's enrollnt, its expenses were treated as necessary. And any paynts involving Glenn's needs were a necessary expense.
Wait, isn't this mission a direct order from His Majesty
Didn't that an Louis Miller impose the king for the cost of his apprentice's formal dress? Then, if these shoes were like that too Monica who's realized it's too late paled instantly.
Judging how forward Louis Miller's personality was, he sure will claim all of these expenses were necessary, even if the other party he's dealing with was the king.
I think I have accepted sothing outrageous
While Monica inadvertently squird her feet, Glenn looked behind her then exclaid. Lured by his sudden voice, Monica also followed his gaze. Then she saw Cyril Ashley in his formal dress, walking quickly toward them as he looking for sothing. The expression on his face seed to be in a bit of a hurry. Did so trouble happen?
"What's up, Vice President. Got so trouble?"
"Hmm? So it's you two, Glenn Dudley and Treasurer Norton As you can see, I can't find the conductor of the orchestra, have you seen him around here?"
Now that he ntioned it, it's about the ti for the ball's dance to start.
From Cyril's story, the conductor had gone to the washroom but seed to lost his way here, so they couldn't perform the orchestra.
Kneading her fingers, Monica asked Cyril.
"U-Um do you know what that person looks like?"
"He is about the sa height as . He is over fifty and a little overweight. Gray hair with curls at the ends. He wore a black formal dress."
"U-Um, do you know how the size of his legs and arms, maybe if you know the exact size of so parts of his face, I could increase my accuracy"
"How can I know that!? Wait, what do you an by accuracy,' hey."
Without answering Cyril's question, Monica cast a farsight spell without chanting. This spell allowed her to see far into the distance yet because of her short height, her vision was obstructed by people's figures, making it difficult to see far away.
"Mmm"
Looking at Monica who was doing a tiptoe, Glenn, as he had realized sothing, put his hands under Monica's armpits and lifted her small body.
"What are you doing!?"
"If I do this, she can see farther! Monica, did you find the conductor?"
To be carried up by Glenn like this was a littleno, it was really embarrassing. Even so, it allowed her to see around farther.
Monica can accurately determine a person's height and the length of their limbs just by looking at them.
There might be so distance, but it's possible to accurately calculate a person's size by estimating the height Glenn had lifted her, the distance between them, and its angle.
While being lifted up by Glenn, Monica looked around in a circle, then opened her mouth while keeping her gaze fixed on soone.
"I found three n who fit the description. The first person has his hair tied back. The second person has an aquiline nose. The third person has a lady next to him The second person's arms are slightly different in length on each side, so I think he might have been playing so kind of instrunt"
"Does the aquiline-nosed man wear a pin on his lapel? He should've been wearing one If he's a mber of the orchestra."
A normal person would be unable to see him from this distance, but Monica, who was using a farsight spell could see it clearly. After adjusting her spell to focus on his lapel, she saw a violin-like pin attached to it.
After she told Cyril what she saw, he said, it's him,' and nodded in confirmation.
"Thanks, but can I ask you to guide to this person's position?"
"S-Sure."
After thanking Glenn for lifting her up, Monica guided Cyril to the conductor's position.
Considering how far their distance to the conductor, Cyril inadvertently blurted out, "are you really can see him at this distance?" in a mutter. But since she can't honestly say that she's using a farsight spell, she only gave him a vague smile and gave an excuse.
"Y-You see, I actually had good eyesight"
And it was a total lie. While Monica mostly spent her ti writing in a dark place, she actually had reasonably good eyesight. But it's unlikely for her sight to reach the end of the venue.
Once Monica and Cyril arrived at the conductor's position, they led him to the where orchestra band was.
After Cyril sure the orchestra started without a hitch, he patted his chest in relief.
"Thank you, you've been a big help this ti, really. To tell the truth, we've arranged this orchestra bigger than usual though, many unexpected problems occurred afterward."
"It's fine but, wasn't it Lord Maywood's job to handle the orchestra matters?"
Since virtually, all the matters related to the backstage of the ball were handled by Neil.
Co to think of it, Cyril seed to be helping Neil from the preparation stage, could it be that there was so kind of trouble without Monica's awareness?
"U-Um, did so trouble happen in Lord Maywood's side? S-Should I provide him with so help"
"Oh, it's not like that."
Cyril shook his head slowly and awkwardly darted his gaze around.
"Well I want to give General Affairs Manager Maywood so free ti, so I offered myself to take over his duties."
"???"
As Monica tilted her head in puzzlent, a student who was in charge as a receptionist approached Cyril rapidly then whispered so words to his ear. Cyril's furrowed his thin brows and responded, "Alright, I'll be there right away."
Cyril then looked at Monica's face and the flower ornant on her chest alternately, and for so reason, he looked depressed.
"Treasurer Norton, can I ask you a favor?"
"S-Sure, what would it be?"
"I just received a report that a problem appears at the receptionist desk. They don't have enough kitchen liaisons and it had to be dealt with imdiately. So could I ask you to handle that role until a replacent student arrives?"
In most cases, the job of the kitchen liaison is to pass orders between the venue and the kitchen. While technically the waiter and the chef would communicate directly with each other, a liaison would be required to assist in preparing the necessary supplies and helping to alleviate the situation when both of them had too busy dealing with their orders.
Up until now, Cyril had never assigned Monica with this kind of task. Considering how weak her physical was, he always assigned her a behind-the-desk chore involving numbers.
And that's why Cyril felt anxious about it. And Monica also felt that way. If it was her usual self she would say, I-I can't!' while shaking her head.
But right now, I had this charm with
Monica looked at the white rose ornantthe charm Cyril had given to her to prevent her from embarrassntwhich had been arranged on her chest. After burning that image into her mind, she lifted her face up.
"I-I will do it."
Cyril looked at her wryly. He's probably had a mixed feeling when hearing Monica's answer. Since Monica's fear of strangers had seeped deep into her bone, he must be worried to leave this task to her.
"If nothing happens, you will only need to standby there. But, if so troubles occurred, contact imdiately."
"O-Okay!"
"Lord Felix, would you like to have a dance with ?" called out Eliane, and Felix responded with a gentle smile as he stretched out his hand.
"I would be happy to."
Right after that exchange, the music started.
Smiling sweetly at her, Felix invited her into the dance hall.
All eyes were imdiately drawn to them when they took each other's hand and started to dance. The sight of the handso prince and beautiful duke's daughter was dancing together had enthralled everybody in the hall.
As the two figures perford their perfect dance moves, their gazes swept over their surroundings for a brief mont before they shifted directions.
Eliane was looking for Glenn's figure and found him munching on so at at the light al table. Of course, he didn't pay attention to the dance hall.
As for Felix, he was looking for Monica's figure. He caught the sight of her talking so matter with Cyril. And of course, she also didn't pay attention to the dance hall.
Oh my, oh my, oh my you sure have so nerve to be more interested in eating than looking in my direction? Look at and be envious, Glenn Dudley! In fact, you should have been sucking your thumb while seeing my graceful dance with Lord Felix, and don't just keep eating those ats! (Eliane)
Monica didn't seem to understand the aning of the flower ornant well, I know Cyril gave her that flower ornant under the pretense of a "charm" without telling her its aning was to keep her away from the other n but isn't a bit unfair to have a dance with Monica for yourself? (Felix)
Hey, look at my dance with Lord Felix. Why not you look in my direction and put that attention of yours here? {Eliane)
I'm sure she couldn't care less about dancing with soone, though I knew that. But, aren't we buddies who spent one night together not long ago? I wish you could be more concerned about it. (Felix)
Once again, Felix and Eliane looked at each other, giving impeccable and perfect smiles.
"It's like having my dream co true to be able to dance with you like this, Your Highness."
"It would be my honor."
They might be showing their beautiful smile at each other, but their minds were, in fact, in another place.
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