< Chapter 98 - Wedding #3 >
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Uder opened his eyes.
And then it blinked again.
For a moment.
Did I just blink and dream?
In a moment of daze, Yuder blinked again, and soon forgot most of what had been going on in his mind. All that remained was a fragmented feeling of longing.
What is it?
Soon, I didn’t even have any doubts.
Even the memory of having dreamed for a moment disappeared like melting snow, leaving only the feeling that I was in a daze for a moment.
So Uther looked straight ahead again.
Because the real Cordelia was right before my eyes, not the Cordelia of my dreams that had dispersed like smoke.
Inside the tent.
Moonlight poured in through a small ventilation hole at the end of the roof, and Cordelia sat blushing in a comfortable outfit that could almost be described as a nightgown.
Why are you blushing this time?
Uther, who was searching his memory, soon realized something and urged Cordelia, who was hesitating, with a sly smile.
Hurry up.
huh?
Hurry up.
“Ugh.”
Cordelia’s cheeks turned red again, her lips twitched, and she soon twisted her hair with her fingers and pretended not to know.
“That, that’s why.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
But Uther spoke mischievously as if he had no intention of letting it go, and Cordelia pursed her lips again and rolled her eyes.
A look as if asking if I really have to do it.
As Uther nodded, Cordelia took a deep breath. She was so embarrassed, but she opened her small lips and said.
“Ugh, uh. My baby Cordell······.”
That was it.
Cordelia, who was speaking with a bright red face, looked at Uther’s face that was on the verge of bursting into laughter and started punching him indiscriminately.
“Hey! You said to do it!”
“I told you to do it, really… Hehe.”
Even as he was repeatedly hit by Cordelia’s soft-skinned fists, Uther continued to laugh, until Cordelia, whose face eventually turned sad, shouted.
“I hate you! I hate you!”
Looking at his face, he really looked very pale.
Uther hurriedly comforted Cordelia and said.
“You’re cute, you’re cute. You were really cute. Can you do it one more time?”
I meant it when I said it was cute.
But Cordelia immediately turned her head and spoke firmly.
“No, go back. I won’t do it.”
“Don’t do that. Okay?”
Cordelia felt herself shake again as Uther gently hugged her waist and whispered again like a snake.
I really hate you, but what should I say?
If Yuder says he wants to see you, do you want to do it?
‘Yeah, it’s nothing.’
It’s not like it wears out just because you do it.
Cordelia, who had changed her mind again, coughed in vain, but could not do it right away. She was embarrassed when she tried to do it again.
‘Whew, good.’
Cordelia took a deep breath and opened her lips again to speak.
“Ugh, uh. Baby… Hey! Don’t laugh!”
“Kuuuu, ha, but. But······ hahaha.”
When Uther burst into laughter as if he couldn’t hold it in anymore, Cordelia got really angry and pinched the back of Uther’s hand.
“This is really bad!”
“Oh, okay. I’ll do it too. So please forgive me. Oh, I’m a baby. Oh, I’m a baby mama.”
“Oh! Really!”
Why is it that Yuder does all the harsh things, but I feel ashamed?
Why is it that shame is mine!
“wah wah.”
“Oh, really!”
It was so embarrassing that anyone who saw it would have thought it was suicide.
So Cordelia covered Uther’s mouth with both hands, and Uther bit Cordelia’s hands.
“Why are you like this today!”
Why on earth are you doing this?
Why on earth do I feel like throwing a tantrum at Cordelia today? No, right now.
Uther hugged Cordelia. He looked up at the ventilation hole in the tent ceiling while holding Cordelia, who was struggling in his arms but soon became quiet.
The moon and stars were visible.
Instead of a pitch-black night sky, a sea of stars welcomed Yuder.
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“The surprise attack itself was a success. However, just like here, the enemy’s main force… namely, the high-level mines, seem to have withdrawn in advance.”
The next morning.
As he listened to Joanna, Jude looked down at the map.
There are twelve branches of the Devil’s Hand that attacked this time.
Four of them were huge branches with more than 100 residents.
‘And yet there was no superior mine.’
At this point, I couldn’t help but think that he had noticed.
‘So you’ve cut off your tail and run away?’
In order to save the upper-level mines, the mid- and lower-level mines and the ordinary demon followers are abandoned.
Considering the value of each of the higher-level mines, it was worth a try, but the Devil’s Hand would also take a considerable toll.
“Still, I think this surprise attack itself was a significant success. There may still be some small branches left, but we’ve already taken down all the major ones. It’ll probably be difficult for them to do anything within the Kingdom of Cailun.”
At Yuder’s words, Joanna nodded with a small smile.
“The Commander-in-Chief suspects that the high-level mines may have flowed into the Empire.”
“That would probably be more likely.”
The devil’s hand and the devil’s eye join hands.
It was entirely possible.
Originally, the two organizations were wary of each other, if not at all in conflict, but the situation was not good.
‘Is the fight from now on going to be against the followers of the devil rather than the seven great plagues?’
Of course, the remaining seven disasters themselves would have been a huge obstacle.
But the real enemies were the demon followers who were trying to cause the Great Summoning.
‘If I can root out the demon followers who have taken root in the empire······.’
No, at least if we can take down its core.
It can prevent the summoning.
It can prevent Armageddon, a direct confrontation between heaven and hell.
[Are you going to the empire?]
When Cordelia asked with message magic, Uther nodded.
There was nothing more that could be done in the Kingdom of Seilun.
You have to cross over to the Empire, gather the Empire’s playable characters, and then start a full-scale fight against the demon followers.
[Not right now though. There are still things to prepare.]
[Yeah, yeah, my sister has a wedding too.]
Gail and Adelia’s wedding is about twenty days away.
By then, I should be more or less ready to leave for the empire.
“Understood, Joanna. We will then head north. It was an honor to work with you on this mission.”
“It was an honor for me. May the sun’s light always shine upon you.”
“May the sun always be with you.”
As Yuder answered in the Solari Church’s way, Joanna smiled warmly and shook hands with both Yuder and Cordelia.
And twenty days later.
The northern border city of Baylun.
Gail and Adelia’s wedding has begun.
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Two of the twelve northern clans.
It was also a union between the Counts Bayer and Chase, who are currently gaining momentum.
Guests gathered from all over the Kingdom of Seilun, beyond the North.
After receiving a letter from Uther, Caesar came from the south to visit Baylun with many gifts, and Lucas, who originally lived in the north, naturally visited Baylun with the northern ravens.
It wasn’t just them.
From the beginning, Sylvia Crossbell, who was close to Cordelia, and even Emma Picus, who had become a follower of Cordelia after the incident in the royal capital, participated as guests, and the other twelve northern families also sent guests without exception. It was because Gale and Adelia’s wedding had grown into a national event that could not have ended with just sending gifts.
‘Because they came in droves from the royal capital.’
Not only the Royal Magic Guards, where Adelia had served for over five years, but also the various knight orders of the royal capital that had ties to Gale, vied with each other to send guests.
And several great nobles.
Among the Ten Swordsmen, three were members of the Count Bayer family, and as they were a family that had saved the royal family, they could not just pass them over.
“Congratulations!”
And Princess Darian.
As the youngest of the royal family, she visited Baylun to celebrate the wedding on behalf of the royal family.
It was a kind of performance that clearly showed what the royal family thought of the Counts of Bayer, and the effect was truly amazing.
“The number of guests alone must exceed a thousand?”
Adelia had originally envisioned a small wedding for her close friends, but now it had become a full-fledged national event.
Because of this, Adelia had no choice but to show Cordelia’s older sisterly side.
“Ugh.”
Adelia, who was blushing and crying, didn’t know what to do, and Gail, who was looking at her with a happy face.
As is the case with sisters, brothers tend to resemble each other.
“Still, you look happy, unnie.”
It was just as Cordelia said.
Adelia, wearing a white wedding dress, had a smile on her face the whole time.
wedding ceremony.
Two different people becoming one.
Vow to live together.
The wedding ceremony, which started in the morning, continued late into the night.
When Gail, who had been so happy that she burst into tears, hugged Adelia tightly and left the stage to everyone’s applause, the moon had already risen and hung high in the sky.
“But aside from your brother and sister-in-law, where did these guys go?”
“Isn’t it obvious that it’s not visible?”
“That’s it again.”
Kaisha and Lucas, who had become close friends, exchanged jokes and then looked out the window.
Because it wasn’t just Gail and Adelia who disappeared from the restaurant.
Juder’s room overlooking the garden of the Counts of Bayer.
Uther and Cordelia locked lips. It started out lightly, but soon became passionate, and they explored each other’s tongues.
And one breath.
Uder caressed Cordelia’s cheek as she breathed hotly and had an excited expression.
Soft, hot cheeks.
Cordelia took a deep breath again, blushing once more in the thick scent of yudder.
After Gail and Adelia’s wedding.
The following story was promised to the two of them a while ago.
“Cordelia.”
At Uther’s call, Cordelia pursed her lips and then raised her head to look at Uther.
Uther lifted Cordelia’s small chin slightly and kissed her briefly again.
Before I knew it, a smile spread across my face.
Uther pinched Cordelia’s cheek as she looked at him longingly, then put his hand into her arms.
Something that has been prepared for about three months.
Something I really wanted to give you.
Uther held out a small ring without saying a word.
We had already worn several rings due to item issues, but this was a ring with a completely different meaning than before.
An engagement ring with a blue sapphire resembling Cordelia’s eyes set on a silver ring.
A gift that is truly desired and longed for, not something that was decided at birth.
Cordelia also knew the meaning of the ring. In an instant, she became sad and looked at Uther with wet eyes.
“When this is over… let’s get married.”
There must have been a cooler word.
I was definitely prepared to say something better.
What eventually came out of his mouth were very plain words.
But why is that?
Strangely, tears came to my eyes.
Emotions welled up.
A feeling of discomfort.
A sense of foreboding.
But there is one emotion that overwhelms them all.
Cordelia finally burst into tears.
He nodded, trying to suppress his emotions that were swelled up as if they were about to burst at any moment, and he held back his chest. He answered Yuder’s words with a big smile.
Uther took Cordelia’s hand.
And the two of them laughed and giggled. This was because Cordelia, who had anticipated today’s events, had moved Count Chase’s ring to her other finger.
“As expected of Cordelia. She’s well-prepared.”
Now that I think about it, I used to carry a lot of stuff inside my skirt too.
As Uther laughed again, Cordelia pursed her lips and waved her hand slightly. It seemed to mean for her to hurry up and do whatever she was doing.
Uther put the ring on Cordelia’s hand. He held her hand tightly, then kissed her and whispered again.
“love you.”
Words that have been repeated countless times.
Words I’ve been longing to whisper once again.
“Me too, I love you too.”
Cordelia did the same. She responded with a big smile, even while shedding tears.
A strange sense of foreboding.
A feeling of discomfort that doesn’t go away.
But Uther and Cordelia didn’t really care.
The important thing was that we were together like this now.
The two of them covered their lips again. They held each other, grateful for the present.
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Time passed.
Time goes by.
Time will pass.
Things have changed.
It has changed.
And that change would lead to bigger changes.
But this was the end.
There could be no next chance.
The flow of time that flows magnificently.
That which no one can oppose.
It’s just a natural order that must be followed.
I opened my eyes in the great flow of time.
I forgot about it because it was so dizzyingly fast.
But the feeling of awkwardness remains.
A very slight sense of discomfort.
And what that means.
Another change that will result from this.
Heavenly voices watched the earth.
A voice from on high called attention to the scars engraved on the world.
And another one.
The young god Atalia, who had been in a long sleep, raised her head and looked up at the night sky.
Darkness was contained in the faded golden eyes.
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