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𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑼𝑵 𝑾𝑨𝑺 𝑪𝑳𝑶𝑺𝑬 𝑻𝑶 𝑲𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑺 𝑶𝑭 𝑩𝑬𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑫𝑶𝑴𝑵𝑬, 𝑪𝑨𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑲𝑰𝑬𝑺 𝑻𝑶 𝑩𝑬 𝑰𝑵 𝑯𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑶𝑭 𝑶𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑬 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑷𝑼𝑹𝑷𝑳𝑬. At the seaside part of Bewardomne was Hegirald, a town where the perfect reflection of the skies can be seen on the clear waters.
    
     In the plaza of this town, people were too busy preparing for the upcoming night festival for the celebration the week of Passion that has been a yearly tradition in the kingdom. Various tents and stalls were already built, side by side. Despite the still unfinished preparations, people were already flooding the plaza.

     At the big wooden gate of the plaza stood a large group of people, girls dressed in tube tops and flowy skirts extending up to their knees in a matching dark red color, both decorated with gold beads and sequins of different sizes. The boys, on the other hand, were topless, exhibiting their toned arms and chiseled abdomen. They wore dark red cargo shorts that matched with the girls' outfit. In front of them stood their leader, a middle-aged man dressed in a dark floral shirt and shorts. His eyes shifts from one member to another.

     "Everything set?" Asked their leader, checking his students very carefully. The group nodded eagerly in unison, excited for their preparations for tonight's main event. "Your batons, children, the oil, the matches, the—"

     "Papa, we're all good." A girl with a slim figure and light blonde hair, interrupts as she steps in the group, slinging her arm on the shoulders of one of the girls. "It's not like it's our first time performing."

     The middle-aged man managed a smile at his daughter. "Forgive me little one, this old man is still a worry wart despite his students' amazing learning abilities." His daughter chuckled in return and smirked. "We'll make their jaw drop tonight papa, don't worry."

     "You mean, you want to make every boys' jaw drop tonight?" A tall man with a more vibrant blonde hair appeared next by the old man's side with a grin, slinging his muscular arm around the middle-aged man's shoulders.

     The old man squinted his eyes at his daughter upon hearing what the tall male said.

     She looked down at her outfit for the performance tonight. Her outfit was almost similar with the other girls except the color of her clothes was more of a vibrant red. She wore a tube top with short sleeves that clung below her shoulders, revealing her bare shoulders and belly. For the bottom part, a bigger cloth with the same color, acting as a skirt as it was tied around her hips. It was also embellished with gold beads and sequins. Since it was only tied, there was a slit extending from the tie down to ends of the cloth, revealing most of her left leg.

     Yup, she's determined to make every guys' jaw drop tonight.

     Cinnabar turned around and flipped her hair, making the other female students giggle. "Well, if you put it that way, Raven. I don't see why their jaws wouldn't drop tonight, and we're just talking about the outfit here. Imagine the crowd―"

     "The guys" Raven corrected.

     Cinnabar ignored this and continued talking. "―when the performance is on, I'm sure there is more to just jaw-dropping."

     Her father can only shake his head and sigh. He turned to the scoffing tall blonde beside him. "Just make sure your little sister won't do anything stupid later tonight." Their father reminded the eldest son. Raven snorted loudly. "Well, I don't know about that Papa," he replied, turning to his smug sister. "Cinnabar loves to do a lot of unnecessary things."