THE USELESS PRINCE-Chapter 52: Dancing

"H-Hello Furina..." Ash was startled when he noticed her presence, he didn’t even understand why he reacted like this.

This was so sudden, like a summer rain, it always appeared when people least expected it.

"Don’t try to change the subject, my fiancé. You still haven’t answered my question."

She gently adjusted his collar, no, or was she touching his neck?

Ash was a little fascinated by her seductive actions, but after shaking his head a few times, he was able to return to normal.

"W-Well, I just fainted because I used too much stamina."

Ash didn’t know why, but he felt that he shouldn’t let Furina know about what happened or else things would get quite troublesome.

With Furina’s personality, he could be sure that she would constantly follow him, not leaving him even a step if she knew what had happened.

She wouldn’t let him use the Sword of Dawn anymore by becoming his weapon. But for Ash, that was quite inconvenient.

Receiving Ash’s answer that couldn’t be more perfunctory, Furina glared at him with her sharp eyes, no one said anything.

Everything around them seemed to have stopped.

Her body was only about 20 cm away from Ash’s body, she was so close that he could clearly see the small patterns on her dress and smell the perfume she used.

If either of them moved a little, they would definitely touch each other.

Ash’s heart started to beat erratically, sweat also flowed out a little due to anxiety, his eyes also became more panicked.

He tried to signal Serena for help, but all he got in return was her indifferent expression.

’Damn it Serena! Are you betraying me?’ Ash glared at her, as if he wanted to eat her alive.

As if she had read Ash’s mind, Serena gave him a slightly mysterious smile and shrugged, pretending to be helpless but her expression said otherwise.

’Damn it Serena!!!!!!’ Ash wanted to scream, but couldn’t.

In the end, she returned to her friends, leaving Ash and Furina alone.

Leaving him to deal with this awkward situation all by himself.

"Um... you see... I’m still fine... so can we not talk about this again?" Ash gave a forced smile. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Even a 5 year old could tell he was worried and hiding something.

She remained silent as she looked at him, but after a while, she finally gave in.

With a helpless sigh, she said:

"Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore."

’Great!’ Ash felt like he was having a party in his heart.

"But in return, dance with me."

"Huh?" The party in Ash’s heart was canceled right after that.

Furina completely ignored Ash’s puzzled expression and gently pointed towards the center of the banquet hall.

There, dozens of couples were holding hands and dancing, immersing themselves in the gentle, melodious, and smooth jazz music. It was as if they were the main characters of the world.

The expressions they were wearing looked serene and happy. As if they had been freed from all the burdens and fatigue.

It looked quite fun. To be honest, he felt quite excited.

But... could someone as infamous as Ash "Worthless" Voidveil dance with those people?

He could definitely hold Furina’s hand and dance like the others, but wouldn’t that make them feel uncomfortable?

Ash’s existence alone was already making many people feel dissatisfied. And if he danced with Furina, taking all the spotlight from them, his image in their eyes would become even worse.

"Um..."

But not giving him a chance to refuse, Furina quickly grabbed Ash’s hand, calmly walking towards where the others were dancing.

She didn’t care about the jealous, strange, hateful, contemptuous,... gazes of the other students but kept her expression cold.

She was so cool.

Stopping at the center of the place.

Almost immediately, her eyes locked onto his face, showing that she only cared and paid attention to him.

"...I don’t know how to dance." Ash said shyly.

"..." She was silent for a moment.

Then, Furina laughed softly.

"It’s okay, I’ve got you. Just follow what I do."

Ash hesitated for a moment, but when he saw Furina’s determined gaze, he was somewhat swayed.

"...Alright, then I’ll leave it to you." He grabbed her hand with one hand, while the other hand hugged her waist.

Honestly, Ash didn’t know if what he was doing was right or not. After all, he had never danced before, all the actions he had done were just things he had seen in movies.

Once again, another song played, and along with the people around, Ash and Furina began to join them.

The two of them leisurely spun on the floor, hands clasped, eyes staring at each other passionately.

To be more exact, Furina was the one looking at Ash while he deliberately avoided her gaze.

The graceful steps blended with the music, creating a soft and captivating dance. The skirt fluttered, the sparkling shoes left marks on the floor.

There were clearly many people dancing like them, but for some miraculous reason, most of those eyes were on him and Furina.

At this moment, Ash and Furina seemed to have become the main characters.

But there was a problem, although she was really good at dancing, Ash was the complete opposite.

He couldn’t keep up with her steps, sometimes even accidentally stepping on her shoes and skirt.

His level was worse than a child’s! It was unbelievable!

It seemed that the reason Ash was born was to play games and become a streamer, not to become a professional dancer.

"I’m sorry." He said softly, so that only she could hear.

"You are really bad at dancing." She gave a small smile.

Even though Ash had interrupted them many times, she still held his hand tightly, as if if she let go, he would completely disappear.

She wasn’t discouraged, on the contrary, she felt happier than usual. The proof was the rare gentle smile on her lips.

’She’s really pretty...’ He was absent-minded.

But to be honest, Ash still had to admit that dancing was quite fun. Much more than he had imagined.

Or maybe it was because his dance partner was Furina and no one else?