episode_0161

The wedding, which was prepared in a flash like roasting beans over a fire, was quite colorful despite the limited preparation time.

“It seems pretty good, despite the limited time. It’s not without its shortcomings, though.”

But His Majesty became angry and strangled me.

“What are you saying when I finished preparing various things while you were dying from work? Are you saying that you are lacking something? It seems like you want to be short of life, former Count.”

“…… Your Majesty, there are many eyes watching.”

“You talk nonsense when there are many ears to hear, so there is no law that says you can’t do nonsense when there are many eyes to see. Die, Raoul. Just embrace your nonsense and drown in the darkness.”

Then, a spear flew in from somewhere and got stuck in the wall of the groom’s waiting room.

“Please let me go today, Your Majesty.”

“This is the first time in my life that I’ve seen a bride blowing a window on her wedding day.”

“And I think this is the first time I’ve seen such a beautiful bride.”

“No, there is one. Because the Empress said so.”

“They say that if you keep being obsessed with your wife for more than a year, you’ll get sick of it.”

“Be thankful for the child in your stomach. If it weren’t for that child, I would have beheaded two people today.”

“That might be the case, but.”

How precious is the time we can spend joking around like this?

How precious were those times when we could just fool around like this and let them pass by without too much worry about the future.

I was going to let this slide. I was as blind as a blind person, not being able to recognize the treasure.

“… Looks good.”

“My husband and your wife are fighting with weapons right now?”

Anyway, the two people weren’t fighting sincerely.

Her Highness the Empress must have known that too, but she asked it as a joke.

I told him not to worry, because it was a fight that could have easily ended with just one word: there was no time.

“……. Anyway, a fight of that level is just a joke that I can easily stop.”

Then the greatsword and the spear flew in at the same time.

“I guess I messed up something again.”

“I’m starting to think that you’re intentionally creating enemies.”

Such small pranks were fleeting, and time, as always, flowed steadily. We too had to move along with the movement of the sun.

“Groom enters.”

Kyle looked very nervous, but I couldn’t figure out why. Everyone here was either my acquaintances or people I didn’t really care about.

“Former Count Raoul Bergé defeated the King of Beasts and the King of Sea Dragons on the battlefield… and eventually defeated the Queen of Dragons, the King of Ghosts, and even the Demon King…”

“Before that, they brutally murdered the surrounding area.”

His Majesty’s joke almost made most of the people present burst out laughing.

“Also, the great sage of the empire, Count Arthur Berger, and the famous knight Latri Berger…”

“My only son, can’t you see how nervous you are? Let’s get this going before you have a heart attack and turn your wedding into a funeral.”

I decided that if a rebellion were to occur in the future, I would be the first to break down the palace gates.

“And the bride enters.”

Camilla appeared in a pure white dress, causing several male guests to blush.

She was originally beautiful, but she usually gave off a strong impression like a beast. However, today, she erased that impression and put on beautiful bride’s makeup, so it wouldn’t be surprising if they blushed.

However, I couldn’t shake off this unpleasant feeling.

“… Please hold my hand properly.”

“If I stop sending out electricity that burns my hand.”

“It’s your father’s pain, so bear with it. It’s your daughter’s wedding day, so you should shed tears and stuff.”

“That’s not the kind of pain that usually makes you cry, damn it.”

“It’s a pain in the chest.”

“What you give is the pain of the hand.”

“It will go to the heart through the hand.”

They say they fight in a voice that no one else can hear, but is that really the conversation that a woman from the most prestigious family in this empire would have?

It was a bit less classy, but I decided to just skip it because the fun was the best. It was a lot better than the dullness of not having any conversation.

“… Now that you’ve caught it, is that okay?”

“My hands feel like they’re going to break.”

“Don’t cry. It’s a good day, so why are you crying? And your face, which already resembles that woman, will look even uglier if you smudge the makeup.”

“I thought you said it was because you were holding on tight.”

“Shall we start by removing the electricity strong enough to stop the heart and then talk?”

… It might be better not to have any conversation at all.

So, after a little fight, they reached me, and the Master gave me Camilla’s hand and patted my shoulder.

“The father-in-law and son-in-law combined have two arms. It’s not even funny. Oh, but I have something to say.”

“Please speak.”

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I think this one was a little strong.

Not only Kyle, but also His Majesty, His Highness the Empress, Camilla and Liesel almost burst out laughing, and even his mother and Rosie could see the corners of their mouths trembling slightly.

“Don’t worry, you won’t have to apply for something like that. Don’t ask for it back later, Master.”

“If you say something like that, I’ll be under the control of some evil spell, so hit me with a punch.”

“… Let’s live happily.”

“Don’t be too happy. It’s a pain in the ass of a cheating wife.”

Was the teacher someone who liked such pointless jokes?

I didn’t know much about him because he only drank alcohol every day, but I was able to discover a rather unexpected side to him.

“Anyway, live properly. Happiness is none of my business. And don’t even think about leaving your kids to me. I hate being bothered.”

But one of our children must continue the lineage of Argos, so we will have no choice but to ignore those words.

Since I have given up my position as head of the Bergé family and Camilla is the only direct descendant of the Argos family, our children will also use the Argos surname.

So, to sum it up, I will leave my child with that person whether he or she finds it annoying or not.

The teacher will also have to pay some penalty for neglecting the child for so long.

“Ah, anyway, there were some twists and turns, but the groom and bride have come together.”

Kyle still looked nervous. Or maybe his nervousness had gotten stronger.

I wondered why on earth it was like that, but the cause was right next to me.

It was only natural that Camilla was glaring at Kyle as if telling him to hurry up and finish.

“Poem, does the bride swear to love only her groom forever and never love another man?”

“In your eyes, I look like a woman who meets another bastard… No. I swear.”

“Does the groom promise to love and look only at the bride forever?”

“I swear.”

“Then I declare before these many witnesses that the marriage of the two is consummated.”

I knew this would happen.

Originally, I was supposed to have her do a kiss of oath before saying that line, but I think I missed it because I was so nervous.

If there is a flaw in a hastily prepared wedding, it would be a flaw. Because it was prepared in a hurry, it was presentable but not substantial.

It seemed that the immaturity and incompetence were very similar to the reality of the empire.

It wasn’t anyone’s fault, but it was hard to tell if this was a wedding or kids playing.

But I liked this.

This would be much better than a stereotypical, stiff wedding.

However, it seemed necessary to calm Camilla down, who was swearing with her eyes that she would kill Kyle.

Because Lizel was reluctant to lose her fiancé again.

“It seems like there are a few people who are questioning this wedding.”

I turned my head towards the guests and spoke with as natural an expression as possible.

“Some people might ask, “Haven’t I ever loved someone?” Some might suspect that this isn’t pure love, but a promise between families. Some might scoff and say, “How could I possibly love someone when I’ve never shown a smile?””

It wasn’t that I was particularly wary of such people. Even if I felt a little dirty, it was obvious that forming a group of such useless people would be meaningless.

But I decided to use it because there was no other excuse as good as theirs.

“To avoid such gaze, you will need an example.”

I raised my left hand high, and some people who saw it started to flinch as if their feet had gone numb.

But instead of the useless act of killing them, I hugged Camilla and kissed her.

And she mixed her tongues so much that it made a wet sound, just like Camilla had done on the bed.

“……. Wow.”

As soon as I opened my mouth, Camilla started looking at me with her face reddened.

“Mi, Mi, you crazy bastard. You’re in front of people right now…”

“Didn’t I tell you that a kiss between lovers is like that? We are actually lovers, and I thought there was no better way to prove it in front of people.”

I started to feel uneasy, like things were going a little wrong.

“Was my behavior… wrong?”

“Sigh…”

Camilla seemed a little annoyed, but she didn’t even bother explaining, so she grabbed my chin and covered her lips with mine.

He said this very softly, without using his tongue, just covering his lips, then as if embarrassed, he pulled away.

“This is what a kiss of oath is.”

“Indeed.”

“And now that we’ve kissed the oath…”

Camilla patted my chest with a blush on her face. She was cute and beautiful, but the words she spoke were not at all like that.

“You are mine now. You can’t run away from me, you can’t think of any other woman, and you have to look only at me. Otherwise, you’ll die.”

“… No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think the kiss of oath has such a sinister meaning.”

“So what? I decided so.”

“That’s true too.”

Spring has come to my life, which I thought would end as lonely as a garden on a winter day.

There’s no way to know what flowers will bloom in that garden.

I guess anticipating it will also be a form of entertainment.

“… Heh.”

And Leila would want that too.

A single crow feather that fell on my head seemed to say just that.