TLS : Shenks
Perez's lips felt hot on the back of my hand.
"What are you doing?"
I said as I pulled my hand out of his grasp.
Perez then replied, bending over.
"I heard Madam Impigra say that I was supposed to greet you like this at first."
I looked around and everyone was saying hello to their Cavalier.
"That's true."
As Perez said, everyone was bowing politely to the debutante and doing the same greeting.
"But no one kissed the back of their lady's hand like you?"
"...I know."
I'm the one who's rather taken aback by Perez's very easygoing response.
Did the other Cavaliers skip the kissing part because they're shy?
That could be it.
Unlike me and Perez, they all seemed new or barely acquainted.
"You didn't say anything in your letter a few days ago. Why are you suddenly showing up like this?"
"To surprise you. Are you surprised?"
Perez leaned slightly towards me and asked.
"A little? You suddenly came here and become my Cavalier, how much did..."
It was unfamiliar.
It wasn't the Perez I used to know.
Perez was close to what I had seen in the crowd in my previous life who looked across the banquet hall.
"How much, what?"
"I am surprised."
"Then I succeeded."
Perez smiled faintly.
"I've already written a letter and I was about to send it to you, but Madam Impigra came to Poirak Palace asking me to be your Cavalier. It's also a great opportunity to impress the nobles."
"I see."
Impigra was looking proudly at the young aristocrats who were having awkward conversations.
She was right.
Is there any other place where everyone's eyes are as focused as the imperial debutante ball?
It was obviously a great opportunity for Perez.
But why.
What is the intention of Madam Impigra?
Given that she is the only one in the palace who is at odds with the Empress, I don't think she's going to take a bad turn against Perez.
"Perez, I never thought I'd make my debut with you."
I didn't even know that.
In his previous life, Perez did not enter society until he returned from the academy.
He was completely forgotten, to the point that there was a happening where the banquet hall gatekeeper refused Perez's entry because he wasn't recognized.
"Then who were you going to do it with if not me?"
Perez asked me, tilting his head.
"With whom? Hmm..."
Come to think of it, yes.
Choosing one of my twin cousins hurts their pride for some reason.
It would seem like I had no other choice but to go with a relative because I don't have anyone else to go with.
