Santairiku Eiyuuki

Episode 15: Nice Wedding

The time had passed and it was a wedding day.

Throughout the kingdom of Cerda, the nobles of the Beasts (Warbeasts) gather in the royal palace.

The great nobles of the Carmeines seemed heartless or happy, while the great nobles of the Joamels had a remorseful look on their face.

The small and medium-sized nobles of both factions, on the other hand, have a face that does not float in common for everyone.

Farmers are by no means the only ones hit by the war.

Rather, considering the “forehead” of lost property, the nobles are more serious.

Many nobles were in debt to supply soldiers in the war.

In spite of this, the King's government, instead of grace land, did not even provide decent assistance for the ransom.

… it goes without saying, of course, the economic situation of the nobles who had territory in the Teriportania region.

The great aristocrats can withstand some expenses, but the small and medium-sized aristocrats do not.

Many nobles are in distress, some of them bankrupt.

That's when it's a wedding.

If it's a wedding, you have to tailor the appropriate clothes, and you have to take one or two of the celebration items.

The wallet of the small and medium-sized aristocrats today is a big problem, even if it's normal.

In addition, the small and medium-sized aristocrats were aware of the thoughts of Carmine and the King.

Help us with our own purses more than war.

For those aristocrats who think so, this wedding is rather unpleasant than funny.

Most of all... no one speaks of it.

But not putting it on the table at all was more impossible than being human, and overall the wedding atmosphere was bad.

Now, as the protagonist put it, coming late, the Gayserians, including Sonia and Carmine, came to the royal palace about three days before the wedding.

"... Long time no see, Your Majesty"

"Um, it's been a long time. Sonia."

Today was the first time Hilderick II and Sonia had faced each other since that day's meeting.

"I apologize for the disrespect with which that verse has worked"

Sonia said so and bowed her head.

Hilderick II shakes his head loudly.

"No, I don't care about the rest anymore.... we're going to be a couple. Doesn't the past seem to flow into the water?"

Hilderick II looked at Sonia as he said so.

Sonia usually wears military uniforms and horseback riding trousers.

And my hair is tied behind me for easy movement, and I don't apply makeup or anything on my face.

Fighting more than flowers.

That was a girl named Sonia.

But today he was wearing a beautiful dress, his hair was knitted, and he was dressed with hair decorations.

You look like you're wearing makeup on your face.

Though most of the time he had a sword on his lower back.

(... look at it this way, it looks beautiful)

and so on, Hilderick II thought.

... Actually, there is a bit of a back story about Hilderick II's faster marriage to Sonia, and Joamel's slaughter and abandonment.

As you know, Hilderick II had a lover named Cassandra.

Joamel's daughter, Hilderick II, loved her.

But Cassandra is human.

Old age is also faster than the high-ranking Beast clan High Warbeast.

In other words, Cassandra's beauty was beginning to shade.

Of course, Hilderick II didn't dislike Cassandra anymore... but now he's lost as much passion as he once did.

Instead Hilderick II began to be interested in...... Sonia.

The two were originally over ten years apart.

In that, Hilderick II couldn't possibly have decent romantic feelings for Sonia, or, on the contrary, lust, and Hilderick II wasn't in his eyes about Sonia or anything else.

but as Cassandra grew older, Sonia, on the contrary, grew beautiful.

Now he was transformed into a beautiful seventeen-year-old girl with stretched hands and legs, swollen chests and beautiful soft chestnut hair and eyes.

As long as this is a woman who has nothing to do with herself, she's my fiancée.

It can't be uninteresting.

… Of course, personality is not compatible, but I don't care what you hold.

If you have a good face and body, that's fine.

"... with that said, Sonia"

"Yes, Your Majesty"

"He said he wanted to invite your soldiers to the wedding... the Red Wolves, but what do you mean?

Hilderick II went with his neck tilted.

The Red Wolves are certainly a force made up of samurai of the Beast Clan (Warbeast)... but many of them are junior nobles.

At least it's not from a house as they call it for a wedding.

"Yes...... I have been having a hard time with them. But more than marrying His Majesty, it won't come true to go out on the battlefield so easily. The Red Wolves are disbanded."

... Is there a woman in some country running around the battlefield despite the Empress, which is an exception.

Normally I don't get out on the battlefield when I get married.

"Hmm, what's wrong with that?

"This is the last time, so I want to show them my sunshine. Of course, I'm not saying I want to invite all the Red Wolves, etc., nor am I telling you to have a good seat. As representatives of the captains alone, I'd like to invite about twenty people.... Could I have your permission?

……

Hilderick II thought a little.

Given the character of the family, it is not advisable to invite them to the wedding in an orderly manner.

But it is the wish of Sonia, the bride.

(... Would it bother me if I could bend my umbilical cord and get out on the battlefield?)

Great shame too, such as the bride becoming a prisoner early in the marriage.

I want Sonia to be a big man.

"Okay, good."

"Thank you!

Sonia had a full smile.

That's a blossoming smile...... unconsciously Hilderick II got thrilled.

Weddings take place in churches in the Mesian country, beginning with the Lemurian Empire.

The party is only to "celebrate” the marriage and has nothing to do with the wedding itself.

but slightly different in the kingdom of Cerda.

It is the same in that it is the priests who host the wedding, but the place takes place in a wide party venue indoors, not in a church.

It's a party = a wedding.

Originally, the Wedding of the Beasts (Warbeasts) was only a kind of festival.

We don't do strict rituals, we celebrate the birth of a new couple and make silly noises... that was the wedding for them.

The Kingdom of Cerda retains the customs of such Beasts (Warbeasts) in colour.

As a national policy, the Beast Nation (Warbeast) supremacy was raised, and it is significant that the culture of Mesianism was not so stained.

But the staging itself is not so different from other Mesian countries.

Hence...

As a groom, Hilderick II waited quietly for Sonia, the bride, along with the other attendees at the venue.

The Beasts (Warbeasts), whose weddings are “more and more noisy", are just as quiet until their marriage vows are exchanged.

As Hilderick II waits nervously for just a few moments, the entrance of the bride is communicated by the priest who serves as a facilitator.

A large door opened and Sonia was escorted by Carmine and came.

"Ho..."

Unexpectedly, Hilderick II raised his voice of admiration.

Sonia was beautiful that day.

Makeup is applied thoroughly, hair is also knitted and decorated with ornaments.

And the dress you're wearing is a fashionable, white, pure white wedding dress.

... This is an epidemic originating in the Lemurian Empire, but fashion has no borders.

Even if political relations are deteriorating, only fashion is acceptable for some reason.

"It suits you well"

When Hilderick II uttered his heartfelt words, Sonia flinched and thanked him small.

"Thank you for the compliment"

As for Sonia, who had seen a beautiful white dress worn by Shehrazard before, her desire to "try on a dress like that" would have been fulfilled once and for all.

Most of all... there were still technical and financial problems, which were far inferior to what Shehrazard wore.

Sonia's beauty, the dress hasn't caught up.

The people of the Kingdom of Cerda, who are one or two steps behind the Lemurian Empire most in art and culture, never noticed it.

A priest recites the Bible… and when it is over, it becomes a marriage pledge.

First Hilderick II vows to God the vow of marriage.

When it was over, the priest urged Sonia to make a pledge.

But Sonia never speaks of her vows with a grin on her face.

A while of silence, and... the whispers of the attendees.

"Sonia, are you sick?

Hilderick II asked worryingly.

Sonia shook her head wide.

"No, I'm fine.... Sorry, I'm a little nervous"

When Sonia smiles lightly, she strokes down Hilderick II, Carmine, the clergy, and the participants.

I have no idea how confusing national politics would be if the wedding were ruined here.

The reason Sonia didn't speak of the pledge, no, and couldn't was smiling and adorable as a bride, many of whom appeased and sent a warm gaze to Sonia.

"... so I'll answer you?

"Oh."

Sonia took a big, deep breath, and opened her mouth.

"This is my answer."

At that time, many of the participants did not know what was happening in front of them.

To too many events, they opened their eyes, with their mouths open, stiff.

but the most confusing was Hilderick II.

"... uh, hey, what, what is this... blood?

Why is Hilderick II bleeding out of his own belly...

Is the knife piercing...

Is Sonia gripping at it and smiling in full...

I didn't understand one thing.