37 Switching The Bride

Prince Andre stared at my mother with a stiff smile. I think he understood what she was doing because he stopped trying to ask for some kind of marriage proposal. I could only give my mother a secret thumbs up. I do wonder, though, just how soft was his tail? Would it be possible for me to fluff it at least once without it causing an international incident?

While such a thing might be amazing, I know I should not do such a thing. I am sure Prince Andre would see it as some kind of sign of me liking him in such a way. But I do have to give him some credit. He took a beating with a smile and did not act all haughty which was not what I was expecting. He took the beating well. Although I do hope I did not awaken him to some kind of masochist tendencies. Because this might start an international incident as well.

Of course, this did not keep the sly fox from walking over to our table and bowing his head to me while extending his hand while asking: "May we dance?" I can only curse the people who decided to start playing dance music at this time!

I sighed… I wanted to say no, but the look my uncle and father are giving me says my choice is not an option here. I stood up from my chair as I replied: "If you do not mind me being bad at dancing, then sure. Just be warned, my feet have a habit of stepping on things."

"Haha, don't worry. Being able to dance with the beautiful Princess Bella is already good enough for me." I do wonder if this sly fox realizes his intentions are written all over his face. And it seems Prince Zack and Princess Leslie are not too happy about it either since they both just accepted dance requests and were making their way over here now as well.

As I took Prince Andre's hand and felt his hand rest on the small of my back, I had to begin concentrating on the whole dancing thing. Mainly making sure my feet landed on their mark. As the music played, my foot aimed. But sadly, this sly fox was quicker than he should be.

I couldn't use my full strength to out pace him, or I might seriously hurt him, which I know I can not do, but it still irked me that I couldn't even stomp on his foot even once. I noticed Both Princess Leslie and Prince Zack staring at me and almost shouting when I got close to stepping on him. They also began moving closer and closer.

"Prince Zack? Are you not intruding on our dance area a little too much?" Prince Andre asked with a smile on his lips, but his eyes were not smiling one bit.

"Oh? I did not know I, a prince of the Nosengrade Kingdom, had to watch where I stepped. This is my castle, after all." Prince Zack replied, he too was smiling with his mouth but not with his eyes.

"Do you mind If I cut in?" Princess Leslie suddenly pulled me from Prince Andre and somehow switched her male partner with me, so now it was me and Princess Leslie dancing while Prince Andre was dancing with a marquis's son.

I could hear the stifled laughter from the crowd. I looked at Princess Leslie, who winked at me and smiled brightly as I twirled her around. "Beautifully done."

"Hehe… I saw you did not wish to really dance with him, so I used the chance of him arguing with my brother to switch the bride." I have no idea where she heard such a term, but it was too funny. Right now, because he was still arguing with Prince Zack, Prince Andre was twirling the Marquis's son around as if it was me. The poor young man's face was bright red with embarrassment while everyone found it to be very much amusing. I am sure this will leave a scar on the poor boy, but I do not care! He had to be sacrificed for the greater good!

As the music came to an end, I bowed to Princess Leslie and grinned at her. While she may be a brat, once she mellowed out, she was quite the amusing princess. I did not mind being friends with her.

"Huh?" At that moment, Prince Andre finally noticed something was wrong. "Who the hell are you!?"

"Prince Andre, please spare me! Princess Leslie switched partners with Princess Bella a while ago!" Marquis Roland's son had a look of fear in his eye as he bowed his head. I sighed and shook my head as I walked over to him.

"Why are you like a frightened kitten? You are still a noble of this kingdom. Show some backbone." I said as I smacked him on the back of the head before turning to Prince Andre: "You shouldn't look at people like you want to bite their head off. It makes you look ugly." After saying this, I grabbed the Marquis's son's hand and pulled him away from Prince Andre, and brought him back over to his father.

Marquis Roland looked at me with a grateful expression. "Thank you, Princess Bella."

"It's nothing. But you should do something about this weak behavior. If he is to take over your position someday, he needs to become a bit more manly." I replied before turning and walking away.

As I walked away, I began to feel a set of eyes on me that were filled with hostility. I turned to look around, but I could not seem to pinpoint them out of the crowd. Whoever was staring at me with such hostile eyes really needed me to kick their ass. But I also know such people would not move out in the open. As to why they were hostile towards me, I do not know. But one thing is for sure, whatever the reason, maybe I should watch my back when it comes time for me to start attending the social events that will be happening once I join the academy.