Chapter 102

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“For the sun of Radon!”

As we walked towards the center, the guards chorused loudly. The people behind them stood up in unison and clapped their hands. A smile spread across everyone’s faces.

Poof! A light sound was heard from both sides. Those who were waiting had torn the scroll. It was a scroll containing welcome magic used mainly in festivals.

Fluffy pollen and halos covered the air like fireworks. “Wow”, people instinctively exclaimed.

I lost my mind for a moment and looked up at the sky. It was an unexpectedly beautiful sight because Kwanach was in charge of preparing the ceremony.

“Do you like it?”

Kwanach whispered in a low voice as he gently led me from where I had stopped. I just nodded and smiled.

We slowly approached the front of the altar. The high priest in charge of all the temples came directly. It was thanks to the fact that the temples across the country became more firmly established as the imperial faction while solving the case of sclerosis.

The applause stopped, and a moment of solemn silence fell. The high priest looked at us and opened his mouth.

“Will you swear to be married before the Goddess Fahar, who opened the beginning of the world and closed the end of the world?”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

We answered in turn. Similar words to the wedding ceremony held in my homeland followed.

The entire human continent was a monotheistic system that believed in Goddess Fahar. It was common between the North and the South. Although there were often people like Roman who tried to harm the Goddess.

The final order of the vows was the same as at the previous wedding.

“We declare that you have become a perfect couple, and you can kiss each other as proof.”

The tightly tangled arms were released at the same time. Unlike before, I naturally stood facing Kwanach.

No matter who came first, we drew closer to each other. Kwanach’s strong forearms wrapped around my back, and I held Kwanach’s houlders with both hands.

As Kwanach tilted jis chin and approached, he raised the corners of his lips and grinned. It was a charming and perfect smile that made me dizzy for a moment.

Before long, our lips met without the slightest gap. Once again, applause echoed all around. Then, as if they had prepared a few more magic scrolls, a noise like firecrackers also exploded.

But it all sounded faint to me for a moment. It was because all my nerves were focused on the lips that were pressed against each other.

A rough yet warm kiss, as if trying to stifle impatience. In the sight of so many, Kwanach boldly put his tongue into my mouth.

I didn’t lose my strength or stagger my legs as ugly as before, and I held on to Kwanach firmly.

The third kiss of the oath, including the previous life. This time it was absolutely perfect.

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As soon as we finished our vows, we were escorted by the guards and went out of the palace. The entire central road of the capital was our march route.

From now on, it was a time for ordinary people who could not enter the royal palace for the ceremony.

The moment the gate of the imperial palace was opened, there was a sense of excitement in the air with great cheers.

“Wow!”

I saw people lined up on both sides of the road. All eyes were on me and Kwanach.

Excitement and tension came at the same time. I put my arms around Kwanach even tighter. As if Kwanah noticed my tension, he leaned his head towards me and whispered.

“It will be fine. Don’t worry.”

“Yes.”

I replied with a faint smile.

“Your Majesty! Empress!”

“For the sun of Radon!”

Along with the shouts, several voices erupted simultaneously. Not all words could be heard clearly, but it was felt that everyone was very happy and enjoying the day.

Almost all the people living in the capital seemed to have come out. There was a fence on the side so people couldn’t break into our path.

People sprinkled petals or stretched out their arms towards us. There were also children with twinkling eyes, riding on their father’s shoulders.

I looked around as much as I could, trying to make eye contact with as many people as possible. I wanted to shake people’s hands, but if I did, the chaos caused by this huge crowd would make it more difficult for the Guards to handle.

The people were very excited just to see the ceremonial procession of the emperor and the empress. It was an unusual event, and the entire capital was in a festive mood.

It was a very different sight from the capital I had seen before. It seemed as if the entire capital had become one gigantic wedding hall.

It was standard to have flower decorations everywhere, and a white cloth was hung on the roof of every building. Seeing it glistening in the sunlight, it looked like it was woven with silver thread.

Wherever I looked, it was full of white and shiny things. As I took in my breath, the thick scent of flowers penetrated my nose.

‘I’m glad I had another wedding…….’

I glanced at Kwanach next to me. It was quite different from the solemn and serious wedding in my country.

Most of all, it was fortunate that the people rejoiced with one heart and one accord, and it seemed that it was a festive holiday to be enjoyed together. With the foreshadowing of war, the rigid atmosphere had all disappeared.

When walking leisurely and making eye contact here and there. A girl on her father’s shoulder shouted in her chirping voice.

“Empress! Magic! Show me your magic!”

Maybe she was five or six years old? Even in this noisy situation, the child’s cry was clearly audible. The girl’s father stopped his child with a puzzled expression.

“Hey! You must not speak to the Empress like that.”

The father was at a loss, but I didn’t think of it as blasphemous. It must have been the pure curiosity of the child who had heard of my magic.

‘Magic….’

There was one thing that came to mind. To be able to bring joy to those watching. I said close to Kwanach.

“I think it would be nice to show them something. For fun.”

“As you wish.”

“Oh, but there are no seeds…..”

“I brought it just in case. It won’t happen, but I’m afraid there will be an emergency that will require your efforts.”

Again, one of the preparations of the thorough man. Kwanach took some seeds from his pants pocket and handed them over to me.

I paused for a moment, clutching the seeds in my hand. When our steps stopped, the people looked at us with half curiosity and half concern.

I stretched out my hand again, energizing the seeds. Whirlik! There was no place for the vine to lean on, and it grew on its own. Now that my strength had grown, I could control the plants I had created with my magic as I wanted.

The vines entangled with each other and floated in the air. As they watched the plants float in the air, people all exclaimed.

“Wow!”

It was a feat only I could do. In the air, the vines entangled and rotated splendidly, and then they flew over to the fences standing on either side of the road.

With an iron fence as a support, the vines grew faster. As the iron was tightly wrapped around it, the vines elongated all the way to the end. Those holding the fence were startled and released their hands.

The appearance of the vines growing in the blink of an eye looked like waves of green.

‘Done.’

It was my first time doing it, so I thought it would be difficult to control, but it turned out to be surprisingly easy. Despite losing the magical power, the vines did not lose their strength and fell thanks to the fence.

“It’s great.”

Kwanach, who had been silently next to me, uttered a low-pitched word. It was a sincere voice.

The people were bewildered, and when the waves of the vines stopped, there was silence for a while, and the shouts and cheers were louder.

I glanced sideways at the girl who had shouted at me. Her eyes widened as she gripped her father’s head and screamed in excitement.

“Me too! I want to be a wizard too!”

“How do you become a wizard, you little brat? Hey! You’re going to pull out my hair!”

They spontaneously burst into laughter.

Me and Kwanach started walking again at a slow pace. Kwanach looked at me without looking ahead and spoke softly.

“I am glad to see you are happy. Do you like what I prepared?”

“Yes. Thank you.”

I clinged closer to Kwanach. The hem of my voluminous dress seemed to be pressed against his legs, but that didn’t matter.

A sight full of joy and happiness. It will be a piece of memories that will last a lifetime.

After the march, we returned to the Imperial Palace. A splendid festival will be held in the capital, and an outdoor banquet will be held for three days in the Imperial Palace.

The nobles invited to the banquet seemed to stay at the imperial palace for a while. While we were marching, the imperial palace had already turned into a banquet hall.

There were several large tents pacing in the central square. It would be used as a place to eat or rest. A place for the band had already been prepared.

The real banquet would begin in the evening. I returned to my room, took off my wedding dress, and started preparing for the banquet.

“I thought we were going to rest until the evening.”

I was busy dressing up for the banquet. Marianne was helping with my hair. She took off the veil and tiara, and she decided to have my hair raised this time.

“The wedding day is usually hectic. Oh, did Your Majesty hear?”

“What?”

“I heard that His Majesty the Emperor recently took dance lessons. He was a person who hated dancing. He went to banquets, but he never danced.”

“Really? He didn’t say anything to me…”

“Maybe His Majesty was embarrassed.”

Marianne said with a small smile.

“Embarrassed about not knowing how to dance? I’m far from socializing, so I’m not very good at dancing either.”

“It would be great if the two of you just looked at each other holding hands. Anyway, it looks like you’re going to dance together today. The imperial palace has been buzzing for the past few days, “His Majesty is going to dance!”

I imagined the crude, gigantic Kwanach stepping along to the music. It didn’t fit in. It was a dance he had never danced in his life, so it must have been clumsy.

‘It must be cute though.’

A smile naturally spread across my lips.

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