Who told him to rush up there?

Eli didn't pay attention to what Prince Charles and Lina said. Anyway, he left after not staying for long. Lina's face didn't change. It seemed that they just chatted for a few words.

Eli didn't want to have too much contact with Prince Charles. After all, this life was different from the last life. Because of his strong participation, the losses suffered by the demons during the outbreak of the elves were far greater than in the last life, and their recovery time would be delayed a lot.

In this way, the time for the demise of the Dawn Empire would be delayed, and it might be delayed until the day when the crown prince was appointed or even the throne was passed on. He didn't really hate the scheming Prince Charles, but he didn't want to participate in the battle for the throne of the Dawn Empire.

The key to the war with the demons was the victory or defeat of the central battlefield and the efforts to ensure that the entire battlefield did not collapse completely. Even if the Dawn Empire was the first empire on the continent, whoever led it could not change the situation.

After all, the noble emperor rarely leads the army in person. At least now, even if his most beloved daughter died on the battlefield, the old emperor never led the army to avenge her. Of course, given his physical condition at the time, he was bedridden due to the loss of his beloved daughter, so he really couldn't lead the army in person.

Maybe changing a more radical emperor would be better for the war? Eli couldn't say for sure, and he didn't want to try. He was afraid that too many variables would affect his plan to save the world.

Let it develop naturally. The old emperor still has a long life. He survived the country's demise in such a difficult last life. It's impossible for him to die early in this life.

Thinking about these things, a long time has passed unknowingly. After that, some princes and princes came to contact him under the banner of visiting his sister. Eli dealt with them one by one, neither getting close to anyone nor alienating anyone, and treating everyone equally.

But not every prince came here for other purposes. At least two little princes who looked about three or four years old came to play with their sister sincerely. After all, everyone knew that Princess Lina had many treasures.

After dealing with these brothers of Princess Lina, Eli felt a little dizzy. Only at this time could he experience the happiness of an only child. It was really difficult to deal with too many brothers. Obviously, he didn't know any of them.

Fortunately, Her Royal Highness's status was noble. Except for these princes and princes who dared to disturb them, no one else came, which finally made them quiet for a while.

However, due to the previous delay, it was a little late at this time. Not long after, a group of maids and a guard of honor came outside, and the engagement ceremony was about to begin.

As the male and female protagonists of this engagement ceremony, Eli and Princess Lina walked hand in hand from the backstage to the stage. Along the way, on one side was the most elite Royal Knights of the Empire, and on the other side were children of the right age, both boys and girls. Eli couldn't figure out what kind of lineup this was. In short, it looked very strange.

The heights of both sides are asymmetrical. If someone with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder were to take this route, they would probably be so angry that they would not even get engaged.

When Eli and Princess Lina appeared in front of everyone, countless salutes sounded at the same time, petals rained down from the sky, and the royal orchestra began to play festive music. Eli didn't like these, but they were all necessary.

Walking onto the stage amid the music and petals rain, the guests below, whether familiar or unfamiliar, applauded and blessed them, as if everyone was optimistic about this golden boy and girl.

The person who presided over their engagement ceremony was a cardinal from the Church of Light. Only the Emperor in the entire Dawn Empire could invite him. Although he was only one "big" away from the cardinal who blessed Eli at his coming-of-age ceremony, their status was very different.

Cardinals can only be regarded as relatively high-ranking clergy, while archcards are second only to the Pope of Light in the Church of Light, and their status is even higher than that of the Son of God and the Saintess. There are only three archcards in the Church of Light, whose followers are spread all over the continent.

Archbishop Bode is famous for his straightforwardness. After the two engaged people walked onto the stage, he abandoned all the red tape, asked Eli and Princess Lina to stand in front of him, and started the ceremony directly without even a word of opening remarks.

"Eli Bruno, Lina Stock, today we will hold an engagement ceremony for the two of you. In the presence of all relatives and friends, and under the gaze of the God of Marriage, are you two willing to promise to love each other for the rest of your lives, and not to end this love because of poverty, illness or even death."

In the world with gods, all vows have their corresponding gods. Although it is not absolutely impossible to break a vow after making it, those who break the vow will receive corresponding divine punishment. The severity of the divine punishment depends on the content of the vow and the power of the corresponding god.

Generally speaking, swearing to the God of Marriage is only required when getting married, but considering the old emperor's love for Princess Lina, it is understandable that he came up with this idea to let Eli swear in advance. At this time, Eli naturally thought of a sentence he often heard in his previous life, pitiful parents in the world.

The old emperor was very optimistic about Eli, but he was also afraid that Lina would be wronged in the future. At this time, Eli was asked to swear to the God just for the engagement, which was also a test for him. If he didn't dare or made a very light oath with a slick mouth, the old emperor might change his mind and cancel the marriage.

Of course, he didn't mean to make it difficult for Eli. After all, it was not only Eli who swore, but Princess Lina, as the other party of the marriage contract, also had to swear to the God.

Listening to Archbishop Bode's question, Eli looked at Princess Lina's sparkling eyes, gently took her hand, kissed her through her white silk gloves, and then made his own vows.

"I, Eli Bruno, swear to the great God of Marriage and dear Lina Stocker that I will love Lina Stocker forever and ever, and will never change my mind under any circumstances, and this love will not be extinguished until death."

"If you violate this oath, I, Eli Bruno, am willing to give up all my strength, and my body and soul will fall into the boundless demon world, and I will be tortured by the demons forever and ever, and I will never be able to turn over until I die."

Eli's oath was very brief, without any gorgeous words or thrilling words, but he made love and punishment very clear. With his current strength and status, it is far less realistic to say that he would be struck by five thunders or pierced by thousands of arrows after breaking his oath than to lose his strength.

It is not difficult to kill a top warrior directly, but to make a proud warrior who has reached the peak fall to the mortal world and become a cripple is definitely more painful and unacceptable than killing him.

No matter what others think, at least Princess Lina and her old father were very satisfied with Eli's oath. This boy is straightforward and did not make a mistake.

After Eli made his oath, Princess Lina slightly tiptoed, wrapped two white silk gloves around Eli's neck, and then kissed Eli's mouth with her bright and sweet red lips. Then, she blushed and shook her uncontrollable cat ears and made her oath.

"I, Lina Stock, swear to the great God of Marriage and dear Eli Bruno that I will love Eli Bruno forever and ever and be his most obedient and sensible wife. This love is unique and will never be betrayed or changed. No matter what the situation is, at any time, even death will not end it."

"If you violate this oath, I, Lina Stock, am willing to be destroyed, without a trace of regret left in the world."

Compared with Eli's oath, Princess Lina's oath is more touching. After all, Eli only promised to love Lina forever, but did not say that he loved her alone. But Princess Lina promised that her love was unique and would never be betrayed or changed.

But no one cared about this issue. Those who could attend this engagement ceremony were either powerful or noble. The highest ones were emperors and princes. The lower ones were also important officials of the empire. The lowest ones were nobles from other countries and ambassadors to the Dawn Empire.

Among these people, who doesn't have several wives and concubines in their family? Even if the most noble princess of the empire is married, she may not be able to stop her husband from taking concubines. If the husband is mediocre, it may be possible, but that person is Eli Bruno, the most outstanding and peerless genius of the Dawn Empire, and now one of the top powerhouses in the empire.

Even His Majesty the Emperor cannot ask such a powerful being to love and marry only his daughter. Not only can he not do it, but even if he does, he will be opposed by others. After all, the blood of such a genius is so precious. Wouldn't it be a great waste not to reproduce more offspring?

Not only Princess Lina, if there is a chance, who doesn't want to send the most talented girl in the family to Eli, even if she is not favored after going there, it is not a loss if she can give birth to a son or a daughter by chance. Geniuses are born every year, why can't they come to my family this year?

This grand engagement ceremony has just begun, and many people under the stage are planning to participate. They don't expect to be so glorious, but they can be quietly married. Anyway, the main purpose is not to gain any status, and it is a victory to get closer to Saint Eli.

Of course, it's still the same sentence, it would be great if you can have a child...

"I have received your vows, and the God of Marriage will make a vow for you. Now, Saint Eli, Princess Lina, please put on the rings that symbolize love for each other."

Archbishop Bode made a prayer gesture, then his hands fell down, and he took out two engagement rings from somewhere, and handed them to Eli and Princess Lina respectively.

The two took the engagement rings inlaid with deep red blood diamonds from Archbishop Bode. Eli first took Princess Lina's hand and put the ring on her, and then Princess Lina followed his movements and put the ring on Eli.

Although it is just an engagement ring, it is made of extremely precious crimson blood diamonds, which are not comparable to ordinary diamonds. Wearing jewelry made of crimson blood diamonds can prolong the lifespan of ordinary people, and their lifespan can be more than doubled.

Even for high-level strongmen and even saint-level strongmen whose life breath is extremely powerful, their vitality can be increased. Wearing it can speed up the recovery speed after being injured, and the spirituality of crimson blood diamonds can be sacrificed to offset injuries for themselves. In the most serious cases, it can even offset fatal injuries, but after offsetting, the crimson blood diamond will be shattered into ash and can never be restored.

Of course, this thing is a rare treasure for other people, even ordinary nobles, but in Princess Lina's collection, there are countless treasures stronger than it. She doesn't care about a crimson blood diamond jewelry, but this ring is her engagement ring, and its significance is far more important than other treasures.

"The ring has been obtained, and love has been locked. Now, Saint Eli, you can kiss your beautiful fiancée."

Archbishop Bode's words were as concise as ever. After he finished speaking, before the audience had time to make a noise, Eli had already lowered his head and kissed Princess Lina's sweet red lips.

"Oh~ The princess is kissing me, so shy... woo woo..."

There was a little prince shouting in the audience, but his mouth was quickly covered.

"Master moves so fast, I haven't even had time to shout for a kiss!"

Cecilia hid silently in the corner, muttering a little sourly. It would be more vivid if she was given a handkerchief to bite.

"..."

Jessica stood next to Cecilia, saying nothing, but her expression was vaguely eager to try. She didn't know whether she wanted to take the stage to replace Princess Lena, or she couldn't help but want to show off her eloquence.

Because of their special status, Duke and Duchess Bruno arranged Evelyn and Eleanor in inconspicuous positions, which echoed Jessica and Cecilia who they chose to hide in the corner. Like Princess Lina above, she will be their daughter-in-law sooner or later, but at the engagement ceremony of Princess Lina, who will definitely become their son's wife, they still don't want other daughter-in-laws to be too conspicuous.

"This guy Eli is finally engaged, so Eleanor should be safer."

Not only Cecilia was muttering secretly, but Eleanor, who was waiting to eat, was also muttering quietly, but she was obviously overthinking. Whether Eli was engaged or not had nothing to do with whether she was safe or not. It doesn't matter at all, as long as Eli doesn't want to, she is safe, but as long as Eli wants to, let alone being engaged, even if he is married, Eleanor will not be safe.

"I'm so envious of Lina. When will it be my turn?"

Evelin held her cheeks in her hands and looked at the two people on the stage making vows and exchanging rings with envy. She had already begun to imagine her and Eli's engagement ceremony... Oh, maybe there may not necessarily be an engagement process. , but marriage always requires a ceremony, right?

"Ouch?"

At the outermost edge of the auditorium, Alyssa relied on her height advantage to see clearly the far away auditorium. She was young and couldn't understand what her brother and sister Lina were doing on the stage, but she felt that they It’s very fun. It must be fun. When can Alyssa get to play?

And further away, in a luxury hotel at least three streets away from the Duke's Palace, the tall Oliver was serving dishes. I don't know if the Imperial Capital is celebrating any festival today, but the business in the store is particularly good. She was already a little overwhelmed.