A month passed quickly.
There was little to prepare for the wedding, but there were still many things to worry about, so Bianca stayed in the capital and looked after me.
The wedding decorations were done by Bianca together with Her Majesty the Empress Grace.
Blie and Bianca became very close as I prepared for my wedding.
“For some reason, whenever I see Bianca, my cheeks feel tingly. Is this what family love is like?”
Bianca's eyes met mine at the same time. Bianca smiled awkwardly and disappeared, saying she had to go check on the carriage.
“...You’re pretty, Rien. Is it because you look just like me?”
I laughed quietly at Blie's words.
Madame Leblaix added my opinion to the dress that Rhodnes rdes had commissioned and created a beautiful dress.
In her words, it is the best dress that is 'simple yet gorgeous, classic yet modern'. I don't know if that is a possible design.
I was so beautiful that even I was dazzled by the decorations I had made, including Madame Leblaix's staff and Noura.
I could faintly hear people cheering from a little distance away from the tent where I was waiting.
“Rien.”
"Yes."
“I’m sure the Crown Prince will take care of it, but still...”
Blie carefully placed her hand on the crown of my head, making sure not to mess up my well-coiffed hair.
Even though we were born on the same day, Blie sometimes acted like she was my older sister, six or seven years older than me.
“If he makes you cry, tell me. I’ll pretend to be you and knock that shiny head of his off. You know I’m strong, right?”
The person who brought tears to my eyes was Blie.
Whenever Blie behaved like this, I felt like I was being compensated for the slightly depressing childhood I had had due to my mother's absence.
"Yes."
I nodded and smiled without saying anything.
Booooooo-!
The sound of the horned snail was so loud that it made my ears numb.
Finally, the sound of the coronation of Crown Prince Rhodnes and our wedding ceremony began.
***
The central square was where the canonization and execution ceremonies of the Saintess were held simultaneously.
The blue carpet started there and continued all the way to the main gate of the palace.
It was different from the imperial wedding ceremony usually held in the main hall.
“So is this the coronation ceremony of the Crown Prince or the enthronement ceremony of the Crown Princess? Is this really a wedding?”
“It’s a matter of humility.”
The nobles gathered in the central square and prepared to march together.
Because it was an unprecedentedly large-scale event, they were not sitting in specially prepared seats, but in an open carriage.
The new Crown Prince and his wife would meet in the splendidly decorated central square and ride together in an open carriage, followed by carriages of nobles.
That is, all the nobles were to become attendants at the wedding that was to take place today. The hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the square were to become guests.
“There are many ways to subjugate us. The Crown Prince’s coronation ceremony was omitted, and then when the marriage with the Grand Duchess who became a Saintess was confirmed, such a grand wedding was hastily held. In the end, isn’t it a show to show the entire empire that he is united with the Saintess who received the oracle to remove the last of the awkwardness?”
“Oh, my. Are you saying that because your daughter cannot become the Crown Princess?”
“No! His Highness the Crown Prince’s womanizing has long been known. He has a reputation as a prodigal son, so I couldn’t put my precious daughter in such a position.”
“I guess so. But is it really a political union?”
After hearing the meaningful voice of the old lady, the nobles who had been chattering became quiet for a moment.
Because Crown Prince Rhodnes emerged from a tent with magnificent curtains.
The silent nobles were momentarily speechless at the sight of Rhodnes, who was dressed more extravagantly than ever.
Their new Crown Prince was a perfectly beautiful creature of God, completely free of the momentum that had previously driven the West to its knees.
What was even more impressive was the spring energy that permeated his usually arrogant face.
“...Even though he has been a womanizer, it is understandable that he would be excited since this is his first marriage. The Grand Duchess is a great beauty, so, understandably, he would make such an expression.”
The lady who had been complaining for a while was muttering blankly. It was the first time she had seen the Crown Prince with such a face, so she couldn't help but mumble such excuses.
That was when.
The horn rang three times, and cheers poured down like waves from far away.
It was the sound of the bride's flower carriage coming in from the end of the square.
The top of a white carriage slowly came into view along a road decorated with all kinds of flowers, escorted by the First Imperial Knights and the Holy Knights.
Finally, the carriage stopped at the beginning of the blue carpet, and the Crown Prince Rhodnes with the aforementioned face strode towards it and opened the carriage door.
Suddenly, a silence as if cold water had been poured over the space engulfed the space.
And immediately the admiration followed.
"Ah!"
"And-!"
It was an outpouring of admiration at the sight of the new bride preparing to get off the huge carriage.
Crown Princess Adrienne, once famous for her glass body, looked full of life even from afar.
“Are you sure you were married once?”
Her golden blonde hair was tied in half, and the white chiffon ribbons that adorned it stuck out on both sides, looking cute when viewed from the front.
As the long ribbon swayed in the breeze, Adrienne's girlish image was further highlighted.
“You are a true Princess of the East.”
Someone leisurely commented like this.
The voluminous puff sleeves hugged the shoulders like flowers, and the white chiffon that billowed out around the skirt resembled a white tulip.
Holding a bouquet of bright, colorful flowers, she seemed like the most beautiful flower in and of herself.
“If you wear the Crown Princess’s crown, this is the dress that will make the crown shine.”
The ladies' eyes became busy.
Madame Leblaix openly boasted that her muse was the new Crown Princess, so the dress was probably her work.
“Look at His Highness the Crown Prince.”
Before the meal began, those who had been succumbing to the disease could no longer even open their mouths to the words “political combination” using the criminal investigation system.
It was because of Rhodnes, who stiffened and covered his mouth with both hands as soon as Adrienne's feet stepped out of the carriage.
Above the collar of his white robe, the Crown Prince's neck, which stretched out gracefully like a deer, was red, and his coolly exposed ears were also on fire.
I should have reached out and escorted her first.
Rhodnes was unable to move and just stared at Adrienne, today's bride, filled with emotion.
A hand wearing a white glove that reached up to the elbow waved awkwardly outside the carriage.
Rhodnes, who had been frozen in emotion for a while, finally escorted his bride into a beautifully decorated carriage without a lid.
The cheers grew louder as the carriage drawn by two white horses slowly began to move.
A shower of flower petals fell from the tall buildings.
The beautiful Crown Prince and his wife were a beautiful couple who were enough to remind people of the oracle and create patriotism where there was none.
Rhodnes, who had been known to pass by glaring at the nobles with an arrogant expression, could not take his eyes off his bride.
It was a face like he was in heaven, with no one around and only himself and the bride.
A shower of flowers is falling. As he wishes, a carriage of nobles follows behind him, clapping their hands so loudly that they almost fall off.
On the glorious path that he had to take while facing the palace, Crown Prince Rhodnes looked only at his bride who was waving his hand, and put his arm around her shoulder and smiled.
It was a sight they had never seen before.
“Political union... is that right?”
“From what I’ve seen, it looks like you’ve just met your match. This is so, like, stupid that I was so nervous about someone getting their head cut off..."
“It seems like you’re completely absorbed in it.”
The faces of the nobles, frozen with tension, suddenly relaxed when the Crown Prince and his wife finally arrived in front of the palace amidst the pouring flower rain and stood before the High Priest Teln, who was waiting for them on the large platform.
Some people secretly smiled along with Rhodnes, who couldn't take his eyes off the bride's face even as the High Priest Teln gave the blessing and continued to give a nonstop speech.
The atmosphere was as peaceful as any other wedding ceremony, to the point where no one even thought of a prophecy about a Saintess putting the red-eyed ghost to sleep.
Even their Crown Prince, who was an object of fear and awe, had a strange premonition that he might become a more saintly King than the current Emperor. For the inhuman and incompetent Crown Prince had never felt closer to them than today.
“In the name of the Lord, I bless Adrienne Ronta, who has become Crown Princess from today.”
The High Priest Teln presented Adrienne with the Crown Princess's golden crown on behalf of the royal family.
Vincenzo brought the Crown Prince's coffin, placed on a red cushion, in front of Adrienne, who knelt down and accepted the coffin.
The nobles who had been watching silently became agitated again.
If it had been a normal coronation ceremony, it would have been customary for the Emperor to put on the Crown Prince's crown and for the Crown Prince to put on the Crown Princess's crown.
“This can’t be happening...”
“The Crown Princess is crowning His Highness the Crown Prince!”
Adrienne also stared at the splendid display before her with complicated eyes, as it was something she had not expected.
But then she lifted her trembling hands and held the precious, shining crown in her hands.
With the voices of the nobles beginning to stir in the background, Rhodnes willingly knelt down in front of Adrienne and clasped his hands together.
In the eyes of the people, it was the perfect composition for Adrienne, wearing the crown given by the High Priest, to appear as if she were 'bestowing' the crown of the Crown Prince to Rhodnes by the will of the God.
When the Crown Prince's crown was finally placed on Rhodnes' head by the hands of Crown Princess Adrienne, the crowd of people who had gathered to watch the scene let out exclamations.
No matter what the nobles said, to the eyes of the common people, it seemed like the Saintess chosen by their God was blessing the Crown Prince.
“Prosperity to Ronta! Glory to the Lord! Loyalty to the Crown Prince!”
“Prosperity to Ronta! Glory to the Lord! Loyalty to the Crown Prince!”
It was in front of the Emperor and Empress watching from the high seat.
Adrienne met the eyes of Rhodnes, who was slowly getting up.
Only then was she able to snap out of the dreamlike feeling and close her mouth. And the man who became her husband stared at her closed lips and smiled with an incredibly charming smile.
“Without even consulting...”
“I thought I was dying to kiss you from the moment I got off the carriage.”
The words of blame did not continue any further.
“With this, in the name of the Lord, I proclaim the union between His Royal Highness Crown Prince Rhodnes and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Adrienne!”
As the High Priest Teln made his proclamation, Rhodnes pulled Adrienne's waist closer.
"Ann..."
“This time, it’s hard to discuss. I told you.”
It's a sin that you're pretty.
Adrienne was momentarily stunned by the whispered words.
And without an inch of hesitation.
Hot lips overlapped.
The cheers of the people and the flower petals poured down like a downpour.
Even the royal family, who had been watching with their mouths open, had no choice but to clap their hands enthusiastically at the momentum.
It was the most splendid and sacred wedding and coronation ceremony in Ronta's history.
Because of this historic wedding, the Imperial Daily unusually produced and distributed newspapers in the afternoon as well.
The newspaper which had carried the headline "The Historic or Political Union of the Holy Lady and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince" in the morning, began in the afternoon after the wedding with the following headline:
[The beautiful Crown Prince couple's vow for eternal love]
The Crown Prince and his wife kissing passionately in front of the embarrassed and cold sweat-wiping High Priest Teln, and the portrait was printed on the front page of the newspaper.
The Crown Prince and his wife kissing passionately in front of the embarrassed and cold sweat-wiping High Priest Teln, and the portrait was printed on the front page of the newspaper.
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