The dance was great, the consequences that followed after, however, weren't so pleasant.
It wasn't something that a stranger would have known though, so maybe, they had no blame.
They should have taken Taku's warning to heart, this mess would have been successfully avoided if they had.
According to Nakunriver's custom, the first dance for the village head's heir, during the search for a wife, was a proposal.
The acceptance of which would lead to an open intimacy between the couples, to confirm the woman's virginity, and the rejection of which would lead to death in the manner prescribed by the Village Heads.
From the looks on Ki's parents' faces, the death wouldn't be quick and painless.
The tension that was thick in the air right now, contrasted with the joyfulness that had been present before the presence of Ki's parents.