>>9008296
Locket used her increased size, dangerous claws, and her staggering amount of tails to her advantage while the mc used bartitsu, an old gentlemen martial art to defend himself by using his cane to control the redirect their attacks and than whack them in the head, poke them in the eye, or hit them in the groin. After the neo order are all on the ground the mc and Locket quickly go their separate ways to safety. After he's home safe to grab a cup of tea to ease his nerves, he finds a note that is written and presented in such a way that it could only come from Locket inviting him to the ball which shocks him, but is happy anyways. The mc's outfit for the ball is pretty much the the one he wore when he met Locket except with some golden pins and buttons alongside a flower on his suit. Her form is hard to miss even amongst other monsters and finds her wearing a rather revealing outfit which show off her four breasts and midriff. He tips his top hat for her as she approaches and after they both compliment each other, she takes his hand and leads him to the ballroom entrance which makes all the reporters outside go crazy and then try to bait them both into answering controversial questions which they subsequently ignore as they enter the ballroom. They then eat some cake with some wine while classical music plays which makes the mc admit that he feels a little guilty indulging in this because he doesn't like to flaunt his status which she responds by bluntly telling him that its alright to indulge yourself as long as you have restraint and never forgetting your principles which revitalizes him, they then have a dance together along everybody else while holding hands with each other and as the music reaches a peak, they lean forward and kiss each other with silences the whole room which makes them realize that they just caused a diplomatic incident.