Matthew followed Sif's rhythm slightly stiffly, struggling to move the limbs that suddenly seemed to no longer belong to him.
They are currently dancing a style between tango and blues.
The pace of the movements is not very fast, but when stepping on the points, it has a sense of rhythm and power.
Matthew knew nothing about this. He was like a puppet on strings, being led into various poses by Sif, who was as flexible as an elf.
Sif danced happily.
She didn't care about Matthew's clumsiness at all, she just showed off her exquisite dance moves with a smile.
At first neither of them spoke.
After a relatively intense movement, the rhythm slowed down even more.
At this time, Matthew noticed that Sif would occasionally turn her head and cover her mouth and nose quietly with one hand.
She was yawning secretly.
This discovery made Matthew instinctively a little disappointed, but soon he asked with concern:
"Are you sleepy?"
"Well?"
Sif turned her head embarrassedly:
"Sorry, I'm not feeling sleepy, it's just an instinctive reaction of my body."
"In the past few days, I have been going to bed relatively early, and I am usually already asleep by this time. Strangely enough, since May, I have become more and more lethargic, and on average I sleep about 14 hours a day."
"I'm actually not sleepy at all. Not only that, I'm also very excited."
As she said that, she yawned loudly again in front of Matthew.
This time Sif didn't hide it, she just looked at Matthew with innocent eyes.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
The music rhythm suddenly became much brighter again.
Sif gently grabbed Matthew's waist and motioned for him to lean forward and hold her.
Matthew did so.
The next dance caught him off guard and found it pleasing to the eye.
As the pace continues to accelerate.
Sif's range of movements also became larger and larger.
She was spinning around Matthew like a butterfly. It was hard to tell whether it was the girl's fragrance or the hormones floating on the dance floor that penetrated Matthew's mouth and nose, and his heartbeat began to accelerate slightly.
Sif put on makeup tonight.
She looks much more mature.
Especially the temperament between the eyebrows, the usual quiet and well-behaved disguise has been wiped out, and it has become wild and restless.
This brought a very novel experience to Matthew.
When he first entered the dance floor, he felt like he was being taught the dance steps by a good girl.
Soon, the dance partner around her inadvertently showed her fangs and claws, and the good girl turned into a little wild cat.
The accompanying music also sounds like a little wild cat grinding its teeth.
And reached the climax stage.
Sif's movements became more and more wanton, and her strength became more and more rough and brutal.
In a trance.
Matthew felt like he had become a broken sailing ship in a violent storm.
And the other party.
It is the queen of the ocean who only reveals half of her body from the sea and occupies most of the background of the sea and sky.
Sif's eyes became more wild and unbridled.
When completing the last few difficult spins and low throws.
Her hands were tightly wrapped around the soft flesh of Matthew's waist, and a faint sting came from under the skin. Matthew endured the pain without shouting and helped her complete the last movement.
The music stopped suddenly.
The dance floor became darker.
Whoop, whoop, whoop.
The sound of short breathing mixed with the pounding of the heartbeat.
Matthew thought he wouldn't have any reaction when facing Sif.
But the "Heart as Still Water" activated in desperation revealed that he was not actually that calm in his heart.
In dim light.
He could see the fine beads of sweat on her forehead.
Her big eyes are more dazzling than the stars and more beautiful than diamonds.
At that moment, there seemed to be thousands of words floating in her eyes.
The crickets in the back garden are chirping louder.
Suddenly, the lights came on.
The men and women held each other's arms and retreated to the edge of the dance floor.
Matthew breathed a sigh of relief and also left the stage with Sif.
He came to the drink cabinet, took two glasses of juice, and handed one to Sif.
The girl took a sip lightly, and two horizontal lines immediately appeared on her little nose:
"Yeah, it's so sour."
Matthew took a sip and found that it was okay. He was about to say something.
Sif suddenly asked:
"Matthew, what kind of girl do you like?"
Matthew was stunned for a moment.
The memories of past lives were opened like an old photo album.
Images of several ex-girlfriends flashed through his mind, and he had somewhat forgotten what they looked like.
Before time travel, he was twenty-five years old and had several girlfriends, but those relationships seemed to come and go in a hurry.
It seems that both parties are lonely in a formula, fall in love in a formula, and finally break up in a formula.
These experiences can only leave little traces in the huge memory.
When he was younger, Matthew also broke his heart for some girls like Eli did.
Those were some dog-licking past events that seemed earth-shattering at the time, but later just seemed childish and ignorant.
Except for the varying degrees of tea smell on those girls.
He couldn't remember the rest.
"Matthew?"
Sif asked expectantly.
Matthew turned half of his face and his eyes wandered over the men and women on the dance floor:
"Frankly, I don't know."
"Men and women are still a bit complicated for me, and now I just want to concentrate on simple things."
Sif's face was full of curiosity:
"For example, planting trees?"
Matthew smiled. He wanted to tell the other party that the undead were actually very simple creatures.
But at this moment.
Suddenly there was a burst of applause and cheers from the entrance of the hall.
Matthew immediately cast his gaze over.
The visitors were naturally Ms. Aliena and her adopted daughter Judy.
Matthew looked at it several times curiously.
Ms. Alena is indeed very elegant, and her dress is something you would never see in a remote village like Rolling Stones - she is a slender white tight-fitting dress, with nine layers in total, and silver threads on each layer.
All studded with tiny pearls.
The curve formed by pearls formed a perfect proportion between her waist and hips. Further up, a bunch of colorful feathers were stuck to her chest, which further enhanced her fair skin and graceful temperament.
She also wore a large women's sun hat, with ribbons hanging from the brim also covered with pearls.
Ms. Alena came all the way.
She greeted the people next to her very cordially.
Everyone also expressed their sincere praise.
As for her adopted daughter Judy, she was obviously more beautiful, but her temperament was completely overshadowed by her mother's, and she failed to gain more attention from everyone.
A small episode also occurred during this period.
I don’t know if I want to draw more attention to myself, or if the kitten in my arms has been restless.
Judy approached Ms. Alena and said obediently:
"Mom, this little kitten keeps trying to run towards you. He seems to like you very much."
"Yeah?"
Ms. Alena took the cat from Judy's arms with a smile.
"Do you want to follow me, little cutie?"
Aliena asked with a cheerful face.
The little black cat nodded crazily.
"Then from now on you will be my cat, and you can't go out and misbehave with other kittens."
Alena smiled softly and touched the little black cat's head.
The latter looked like he was about to faint from happiness.
However, the next second, Alena's right hand suddenly touched between the cat's hind legs!
"Oh, it's a little tom cat!"
Aliena suddenly turned around and said to the knight who was following closely behind her:
"Take him out and castrate him, and then put him in a cage for me."
With that said, she ignored the kitten's fierce objections and directly stuffed it into the knight's arms.
Without saying a word, the knight held the black cat and walked outside.
Seeing this scene made Matthew's scalp numb.
He wanted to go over and rescue Eli, but the tasks Rhaegar had given him had not yet been completed, and Matthew couldn't leave.
At this time, on the other side of the corridor, Rhaegar had already led some local minor nobles from Rolling Stone Town to greet him.
Sif's slightly sour voice sounded in Matthew's ears:
"Sure enough, mature women are more attractive?"
Matthew quickly denied:
"no."
Sif habitually put her hands behind her back, the smile on her face still bright:
"There's no need to hide it, Matthew, this is human nature. Look, my dad and the others were dumbfounded!"
"Ms. Alena is indeed very elegant. Even I can't help but want to look at her more."
When Sif said this, Matthew suddenly pondered:
"I just think she looks a bit like someone I know, but I don't know why, I can't remember who that person is."
Sif joked:
"So is this a common excuse for men to strike up a conversation? Do you want to preview it with me?"
Matthew shook his head.
Sif pursed her lips in disappointment, and then said calmly:
"It's not surprising if Ms. Alena looks familiar to you. The Ranch family has a great influence on the East Coast. You may have seen her photos or portraits inadvertently."
Matthew nodded hesitantly:
"maybe."
After Ms. Alena entered the room, the atmosphere became even more lively.
The previous dance was just a warm-up. After the arrival of the most important guest, the dance officially began.
Rhaegar led Aliena and introduced him to several characters who could be used in Rolling Stone.
Matthew and Sif are naturally among them.
Aliena shook their hands politely.
But Matthew could clearly feel that that kind of politeness contained a kind of condescending reserve and inadvertent contempt.
This greatly reduced Matthew's impression of Aliena.
On the other hand, her adopted daughter Judy had no airs. She greeted Matthew lively and seemed to have a good impression of Matthew.
Matthew calmed down and prepared to follow Rega's instructions to find a breakthrough from Judy and figure out the true purpose of the visitors to Deep Blue Harbor.
The greetings and introductions ended quickly.
Accompanied by changes in the sound of music.
Everyone came to the dance floor.
Rhaegar introduced Ms. Alena's noble background to everyone with dignity, and then said with a smile:
"I remember that according to the custom of Shenlan Port, the lady chooses the male partner for the first dance, and the selected male partner cannot refuse. Aliena, you are the first to choose, and then Judy, don't be formal, you can just go here
Just think of it as Deep Blue Port, you can choose from all the men in Rolling Stone Town."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but puff up his chest.
Rhaegar was also dressed up today. He had some oil on his head, his hair was shiny black, and he had a few hairs from an unknown animal pinned to his chest. It was somewhat similar to Ms. Aliena's clothes.
"Is that so? I thought I would follow the rules of your Rolling Stone Town. Oh, Rhaegar, you are so considerate."
Ms. Alena smiled sweetly and said:
"But if I don't choose you for the first dance, you will be sad, right?"
Rhaegar denied:
"Where could it be? The men present are all the elites of Rolling Stone Town. Whichever one you choose, you are giving me face. You don't have to worry about my having fun."
Ms. Alena raised her eyebrows:
"real?"
Rega's face looked a little ugly, but he still said categorically:
"real!"
As a result, Aliena's eyes began to wander back and forth between the men in the row next to her.
Many people subconsciously straighten their backs.
A few confident ones even took the initiative to wink at Alena.
However, Aliena ignored them.
Finally, she walked towards Sif with a smile:
"Can I borrow your best friend?"
Sif seemed to have expected it. She bit her lower lip subconsciously, but soon said with a smile on her face:
"Of course, it's Matthew's honor."
As she said that, she pushed Matthew out hard.
Matthew looked at Ms. Aliena in surprise.
The eyes of the rest of the people looking at Matthew were full of envy and jealousy.
"Ma'am, I'm not very good at dancing."
Matthew gave Rhaegar a "I don't know what's going on" look, and then said.
Alena smiled tenderly:
"Oh? I happen to be a good dancer, so it looks like we'd be a perfect match."
After hearing this, Matthew felt goosebumps all over his body.
Countless murderous eyes were focused on him.
At this time, Judy was dissatisfied and said:
"Mom, I originally wanted to choose him, but you took my dance partner away!"
Ms. Alena said with a smile without looking back:
"Really? Baby, then I will choose him even more!"
She pulled Matthew onto the dance floor without any explanation.
Judy was left looking angrily among the men.
Finally, she also walked up to Sif and stretched out her hand:
"How about you be my dance partner?"
The music sounded, the light on the dance floor quickly dimmed, and the remaining people quickly completed their matching and entered the dance floor one after another.
finally.
Only Rega was left standing on the edge of the dance floor with a smile, looking at the dark figures inside.
not far away.
A certain black cat that had survived the disaster was lying on the glass outside the window sill, looking hard in.
suddenly.
Its body trembled violently.
The intense dance movements of Matthew and Ms. Alena were reflected in the green pupils.
…
Ms. Alena's dancing skills are obviously better than Sif's.
Matthew didn't need to move on his own the whole time.
As soon as the other party mentioned it, he understood what to do.
With Alena's encouragement, Matthew danced even better than before.
Ms. Alena is very charming, and the strong fragrance wafting from her body is easy to intoxicate.
But Matthew's heart was not disturbed at all.
He felt like he was in prison.
Rhaegar was like a warden watching him condescendingly on the steps beside the dance floor.
Sif and Judy were dancing next to them. They danced very well, but they were obviously a little distracted.
Both girls' eyes were wandering on Matthew.
As for the black cat on the windowsill, Matthew also saw it, but he couldn't explain it.
"Maybe it was a mistake to open up the tauren realm."
It is different from the stiffness and numbness of the body.
His thoughts were constantly diverging, thinking about strange things.
But at this moment.
When Alena was completing a dance move, she suddenly put her head very close to Matthew's ear, and a very low voice penetrated his eardrums:
"Two groups of assassins have sneaked into tonight's dance, and their targets are Rhaegar and me respectively."
Matthew was suddenly startled.
He looked at the other person's face.
Ms. Alena continued dancing as if nothing had happened.
She would only wink at Matthew when she made some moves that no one else could see.
Matthew asked in a low voice:
"What do you mean? If someone wanted to assassinate you, why didn't you tell Rhaegar earlier?"
"I'm not afraid of assassination."
Aliena said.
"Little Matthew, you haven't recognized me yet, have you?"
In an instant, Matthew was surprised to find that this voice actually sounded from the bottom of his heart!
…
"Tip: Your partner Lorraine briefly removed the ability "Vivid" (Performance Domain)
Luo Lan used the "Heart Whisper Technique" on you"
…
Lorraine?
Lady Aliena becomes Lorraine?
Matthew felt his mind buzzing. Suddenly, he remembered what Lorraine had signed in the previous letter——
Lothalon Ranch.
"Are you from the Lanci family?"
Matthew didn't know how to speak mentally, so he could only ask in a low voice.
"Alena is my little cousin."
Luo Lan smiled and said in his heart:
"Her situation in Shenlan Port can be described as internal and external troubles. Her mother gave me a lot of support when she was alive. Whether it was due to blood relations or courtesy, I had to help her."
"I dressed up as her to make outsiders think she had really come to Rolling Stone Town, while she was hiding in the darkness of Deep Blue Harbor, waiting for the opportunity."
"Of course, she did entrust me to negotiate with the lords of Rolling Stone Town. The content of the negotiations included the marriage of Judy and even Alena herself to Rolling Stone Town."
Matthew wanted to ask again, but Luo Lan stopped him in time:
"There are many people with complicated eyes. Don't say too much. You might be discovered by the assassins."
"Don't be nervous. According to my judgment, they are still in the infiltration stage, and the real action should be in the second half of the dance."
Matthew nodded.
After learning the true identity of "Ms. Alena" and the news that there might be an assassin at the ball.
Matthew was shocked and confused.
The remaining half of the dance seemed so difficult.
I finally waited until the music ended.
Matthew pulled "Alena" to the dance floor, and Sif and Judy followed behind him.
On the other side, Rhaegar and other men also gathered around.
With sharp eyes, Matthew noticed a small kitten with eager eyes mixed in the crowd.
He suddenly had a headache.
Just at this moment.
"Alena" suddenly let out an ouch, and immediately her whole body fell on Matthew:
"My foot seems to be twisted a little. Matthew, can you help me go to the locker room next to me to take a rest?"
Everyone looked at this scene in stunned silence.
Immediately, "Alena" raised her head again and showed an apologetic look to Rhaegar:
"I may not be able to dance tonight. Can I borrow your spell consultant?"
Rhaegar was able to maintain his proper demeanor.
He waved his hand seemingly generously:
"It's okay, please feel free to use Matthew as you like!"
"Hehe, that would be disrespectful."
"Alena" got Rega's permission, holding the skirt with one hand and holding Matthew with the other, and ran all the way to the dressing room in the corridor.
boom!
The door to a dressing room was slammed shut.
"You're entering the locker room now?"
"I see Matthew didn't do anything!"
In the crowd, Brad touched his beard in surprise and asked.
Next to him stood the young man who had left and returned.
Little Paton drank the red wine in the goblet in his hand:
"I knew he would be able to put the things I gave him to use."
"Give me the money, brother."
"Ouch! Who tripped me? Damn cat, you ran so fast, did you want to witness the adultery?"