Ball

"It's okay. I don't know how to dance either. We'll just dance casually!"

As they spoke.

The light on the dance floor dimmed slightly.

Two more bards walked over. They exchanged hand gestures with their companions, and the accompaniment music suddenly became soothing and gentle.

Everyone on the dance floor moved slowly and elegantly.

Early summer.

On the dance floor, the sound of crickets in the garden could be faintly heard.

It was the surging movement of life which began to play gently on this land.

..

In a narrow secret room in the east corridor of the Second Hall. Rheagar kept adjusting the angle of the crystal ball, and he could see every corner of the ball.

"Why didn't you stop them?"

Zeller's voice came from the shadows of the secret chamber.

Rheagar was silent for a moment.