Shield Hero With Barrier Magic

(Eclair's POV)

(After they are done kissing)

Hiro - Let's go downstairs, Eclair...

Eclair - Why ??

Hiro - We are getting married, right ??

Eclair - Huh ??

I didn't understand what he meant but I followed him downstairs... And I found three people waiting for us... Two of them are grinning at us but the third one is just looking at us without expression...

Rose - Congratulations on your marriage, degozaru...

Erhard - Took you long enough, eh...

Old Lady - Oh come on, old man, you should let young people have their time...

Erhard - Who are you calling old man, you perverted old hag ?!! I am still fit as a fiddle !!

Old Lady - I am pretty sure you and I are almost the same age though... Old Man... Fufufu...

Erhard - You !! If it isn't for the booze, I wouldn't have even come here !!

Old Lady - I thought you were here for their marriage... Old Man Erhard...

Erhard - Well, there's that too... *Sigh* You didn't change a single bit, Old Lady Elaria...

So, Madam's name is Elaria, huh... Congratulations, Azu_Noira, and people who liked his comment... Your wish was granted... The author finally decided to give her a name...

Eclair - Both of you know each other ??

Erhard - Of course !! Elaria used to be the mage in my team back when I was an adventurer... After I got interested in blacksmithing, we agreed on disbanding the party... And this pervert started a love hotel while I started a weapons shop... One of the reasons I recommended her love hotel is because I know her...

Elaria - You could have explained to me the situation, Old Man... Poor children had to go through a lot to make me believe that they are a couple...

Erhard - *Sigh* I didn't want to involve you in this mess...

So, he cares a lot for her even though he calls her old hag, huh...

Erhard - Anyway, let's start the wedding...

Rose took out a wedding dress...

Rose - You should get ready, degozaru...

Eclair - Wait for a second... We are having a wedding in a love hotel ?!!

I turned to the three of them...

Eclair - Thank you, everyone...

Rose - Helping you is my job, degozaru... But I never expected that I would be asked prepare a marriage ceremony...

Elaria - Fufufu... I also want to see a wedding at my hotel...

Erhard - Hahaha... I get to drink as much as I want after the wedding...

Elaria - You agreed to be the priest just for that reason, didn't you, you drunkard... And you can't even beat me in drinking competition...

Erhard - Hey !! Let's have a competition after the party then !! I will beat you this time, you old hag !!

Elaria - Fufufu... We will see...

Wow, they get along really well... Anyway, Rose came to us and gave a wedding outfit to Hiro and turned to me...

And saying that, she took me into a room...

Eclair - Hey Rose... Why did you help us ??

Rose - I want to see a marriage, degozaru...

Eclair - That's it ??

Rose - I have read about how marriages take place, degozaru... I find it weird... degozaru...

Eclair - Weird ??

Rose - I am a curious person, degozaru... In a marriage, people make vows... degozaru... But most of them are not followed after that... I don't understand... Why make those vows when they are not followed, degozaru... But it is seen normal, degozaru... But when a Shadow makes a vow, it must be absolutely followed, degozaru... Why is a vow in marriage not as important as a vow when we become Shadows... Why do they break those vows in the first place ?? What makes them break their vows ?? Is everyone like that or just some people ?? When I asked Mirellia-sama about this, she just said something about love and relationsh.i.p.s that I couldn't understand at all... degozaru...

Ah... I see... Trash used to be a good person before... And her Majesty fell in love with him and married him... But now... The love and relationship between them aren't that good...

Rose - I don't understand love... neither do I understand relations... I want to observe you so that I can understand them... Shadows can't be in love or a relationship... But that doesn't mean we aren't supposed to know what they are, right ?? That's why...

Rose - I will be observing you and the Shield Hero so that I can understand love and relations...

I don't know if I should call her dumb or pity her... Both of these things can't be understood unless someone experiences it themselves... But as she is a Shadow, she shouldn't fall in love or have close relations... What can I do to help her ?? Nothing at the moment... This made me question the way of the Shadows...

Rose helped me get ready... And I went downstairs to find Uncle Erhard in a priest outfit and Hiro in the wedding outfit... Madam was just sitting on a side... Hiro looked at me and smiled and extended his hand... I took it...

Hiro - You look gorgeous...

Eclair - You should thank Rose for that...

Rose - No need, Shadows are trained with makeup so that we can be in disguise... I just used my skills here... degozaru...

Both of us looked at the person who gave that reply with an expressionless face and sighed...

Eclair - Wait for a second, there is only one ring...

Erhard - That won't be a problem, only you can wear it... He made it for you, after all... And it would be weird if he made one for himself...

Eclair - That's right...

Erhard - Alright, let's begin... I am not that familiar with the vows, so let's get straight to the end...

Hiro - As you wish... I, Hiro Iwatani, take you, Eclair Seaetto to be my wife. To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, and make sure that nothing can do us part.

Eclair - I, Eclair Seaetto, take you, Hiro Iwatani to be my husband. To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, and make sure to destroy anything that tries to do us part.

Erhard - Why does the last part sound a little different...

Eclair/Hiro - Just do your job !!

Erhard - Alright... I declare Hiro Iwatani and Eclair Seaetto as husband and wife... You can put on that ring and kiss each other to seal your vows...

Hiro took my left hand and put the ring on my ring finger and pulled me towards him and pressed his lips onto mine...

Rose and Old Lady Elaria started clapping... And with that, I became Eclair Iwatani...

Erhard - Alright !! Now let's party !!

He is waiting a lot of time for that, isn't he ?? After that, we partied and the person in charge of the party was Madam... She made a lot of delicious dishes and Uncle Erhard and she had a drinking competition... Rose didn't drink anything... She just ate the dishes with an expressionless face... And when everything is in chaos... Hiro and I went to our room to have the first night after our wedding...