Chapter 462

Three hundred and fifty-ninth Dance Invitation

South Tivyán, Bishop Square.

In the cold winter night, the grand New Year’s banquet continued. When that splash of crimson appeared on the stage that everyone was watching, the audience almost erupted, with the atmosphere reaching its peak.

No one present expected that, on this New Year’s night, the most famous dancer in Tivyán would not perform in the splendid palace or at the upper-class banquets where dignitaries gathered. Instead, she came to the old, dilapidated square in the southern part of the city, performing on a makeshift stage amidst the cold wind for these commoners.

For these commoners who could not afford to go to high-end theaters, Adele’s name was only seen in daily newspapers. To nearly all of them, this was their first time seeing the woman hailed as the most charming person in Tivyán.

Surrounded by other dancers, Adele danced continuously amidst the rounds of cheers from the audience. Her dance moves were not only watched by the numerous commoner spectators below the stage but also admired by two nobles standing on the balconies at the edge of the square.

“I never thought you could persuade Adele to attend this event. Seeing her dance here is a first for me, hehe, little Isabel, your surprise is quite nice.”

Sitting comfortably on the balcony, Barret looked at Adele on the distant stage and smiled, while Isabel, sitting beside him, responded with a smile.

“If Uncle Barret likes it, then I am glad that everyone at this event can have a pleasant evening. That’s why I invited Miss Adele.”

“Is that so… But given Adele’s status, there should be more important and prestigious places for her to be tonight. It must have taken considerable effort to bring Adele here.”

Turning his head towards Isabel, Barret continued, and Isabel responded humbly.

“Uncle Barret, you’re mistaken. Actually, inviting Miss Adele didn’t take much effort. As you said, Adele has many places to go tonight. I didn’t expect much when I sent her an invitation, but surprisingly, Adele readily agreed to my request.”

“Afterward, when I asked her why, she said her dance shouldn’t be limited to just a few stages. She wants to let more people from different social strata see her dancing. She wants to be Tivyán’s ruby, not just the ruby of the upper class in Tivyán. She seems to want to expand her audience, and I happened to give her this opportunity.”

Isabel explained to Barret, and hearing her words, Barret nodded thoughtfully.

“What an insightful dancer. Compared to those so-called stars who are merely playthings, Adele might have unexpected heights. Perhaps someday her fame won’t be confined to Tivyán, let alone Prit.”

Barret commented, and beside him, Isabel nodded in agreement. Then she continued to look at the distant stage, where the dancer was now performing new movements.

“Hey, Uncle Barret, look, it seems Adele is inviting the audience to dance.”

“Really? She prepared such a program?”

Looking at the distant stage, Isabel curiously said, and Barret refocused his attention on the stage.

On the stage at the edge of the square, after Adele finished a dance amid the cheers of the crowd, she did not leave the stage but signaled to the dancers around her during the interlude. Soon after, a gentle, melodious music began to play, and she started a new dance with the dancers around her.

Under Adele’s lead, she and her dancers began to dance again on the stage. This time, their dance was different. After a few simple moves, the dancers around Adele began to scatter to the sides of the stage. In the astonished expressions of the audience, they walked down from the edge of the stage, approaching the front row of spectators, extending their hands to invite randomly selected audience members to join them in dance, pulling them up in surprise and dancing together.

This direct interaction with the audience stunned countless people. Amidst this astonishment, Adele walked down from the stage with a smile, extending her hand to the front row of the audience.

Facing Adele’s move, all the front-row audience members were momentarily in an uproar, eagerly extending their hands towards Adele. Their excitement drove each of them to want to grab Adele’s delicate hand.

Usually, such scenes would cause large-scale crowd congestion and stampedes. However, unexpectedly, the audience at the critical moment managed to control themselves. They simply extended their hands, looking expectantly at Adele as she approached, without rushing forward and causing chaos or serious accidents.

In the front row of the audience, Gregor stood there in shock, watching Adele, whose graceful figure was slowly approaching. As he saw her beautiful face getting closer, Gregor felt his heart racing. He never imagined that the red gem of Tivyán was walking straight towards him, and he never expected that the brightest star of the evening would extend an invitation to him.

With an incredulous expression, Gregor looked at the figure that had stepped before him, filled with hope, and involuntarily extended his hand to grasp the delicate hand that was reaching out to him. However, just as their hands were about to touch, they narrowly missed.

As Adele slightly turned, her hand brushed past Gregor’s and reached out to his side. Seeing this, Gregor’s heart calmed, and he stood there in a daze. When he awkwardly turned his head to the side, he saw Adele bending slightly, smiling at his younger sister Dorothy, who was standing next to him. The hand that had just brushed past Gregor was now holding Dorothy’s hand, and Dorothy, looking up at Adele, revealed an indescribable complexity in her expression.

“Do you want to dance with me, little sister?”

With a smile, Adele said to Dorothy, who silently nodded. Seeing this, Adele’s smile became even more pronounced. She then took Dorothy’s hand, and the two walked off the audience seats, joining other dancers and their partners who had been found to ascend the stage.

At this moment, Gregor remained with his hand extended, mouth agape, staring in disbelief at everything before him, watching his younger sister and the big star walk onto the stage, unable to react for a long time.

On the stage, the dancers continued to dance with their newfound partners under the music. Adele, smiling, held Dorothy’s hands, guiding her smaller frame to follow her steps, and Dorothy matched every step perfectly. Those others who were pulled up to dance, though guided professionally, still seemed stiff due to lack of experience.

However, Dorothy’s ability to match Adele was surprisingly strong. Almost every move she made seemed to understand Adele’s intentions, fitting her guidance perfectly, stepping rhythmically with precision, as if another master dancer. Under Adele’s superb skills, the disharmony caused by their height difference was almost non-existent. The dance steps of both were unusually graceful and coordinated, making the dance of the two sisters the focus of the stage once again. The atmosphere in the venue continued to rise.

“Miss Dorothyia!?”

At the edge of the square, near the emergency medical station, Vania, standing on a stool and looking at the stage, couldn’t help but exclaim in shock. She never expected to see a familiar figure in that place.