Chapter 606 The Second Wedding at Alina
Arad and the girls returned to Alina by the sunset. The day had already ended, and tomorrow would be Mira's day. As they sat at the house, Arad left alone to the church to check on the preparation.
CLICK! Arad walked into the church, seeing the nuns rushing around, and cleaning the place, decorating it for tomorrow. "Things look like they are going well," He said.
One of the nuns approached him, "Baron Arad, you returned from the elvish kingdom?"
Arad nodded, "Just a few hours ago," He smiled, "How are the preparations?"
"First," The nun looked at him, "Congratulations,"
"Thank you,"
"And about the preparation, we're almost done. It should be ready before midnight," The nun smiled, looking back and calling the head priest.
"Baron Arad," The priest smiled, "Can I have the family notebook you got from the elves?"
"Why?"
"Register everyone in one place, since it's one family," He replied.
"That makes sense," Arad pulled the notebook from his stomach and handed it to him.
"I get it ready for Lady Mira and Lady Merida by tomorrow. The time didn't change, so it's afternoon." The priest turned around.
"See you tomorrow,"
Arad left, returning home to the girls. The moment he walked out of the door, Mira greeted him.
"How was it?" She smiled.
"Ready. Since we're here, it'll be you and Merida right after another, so we can then head to the capital for Isdis." He smiled.
"I can't wait," Mira giggled, "Merida is already testing the dress. So we won't have the same problem as Aella."
"Please do, and make my suit a bit larger," He walked around the house, seeing Isdis. "By the way, where is Sebas?" He asked.
"The first house on the road from here to the village. He's been preparing it for a while." Isdis smiled.
"I'll go check on him. It's been a while," Arad left the house and walked through the garden, opening the gate and heading down the road in the snow, finally reaching the house that Isdis mentioned.
Arad walked into the house's garden, approaching the main door as he looked around at the garden. He knocked on the door.
"Sebas, are you here?"
"Baron Arad?!" A voice gasped from the inside with footsteps rushing toward the door. "I'm coming,"
He opened the door, looking outside as he fixed his glasses. "Baron Arad, what brought you at this hour?"
"Nothing important, just wanted to check on you?" Arad replied with a smile, walking inside.
"I've finished furnishing the house and already settled down. I was thinking of starting my work as a butler soon,"
"Don't force yourself. You still haven't fully recovered from the poison," Arad smiled, sitting on a wooden chair beside the table as he looked at Sebas.
"I'm getting better," He replied.
"Then I'll count on you after the weddings end," Arad smiled, "I doubt we'll be staying home for long, so I'll count on you to keep things in check."
"I'll do my best," Sebas smiled, "Those old bones aren't fragile yet, not that I'll be doing any hard work," He giggled, sitting face to face with Arad.
"I think you look healthier than most old men I saw," Arad looked at her, "Your back isn't hunched, and your reaction times are impressive."
"Really, how can you tell?"
"Your eyes follow me almost the same moment I move. Such reaction times are those of a fighter," Arad looked at him, "Were you a soldier at some time?"
"I was forced to fight in an arena as a slave. You could say I was a gladiator in my young days. Pitted against monsters and humans alike, we didn't have a choice besides killing each other, fighting for survival on starved stomachs." Sebas looked out the window, "Each morning, we hope we're fighting something fair."
"I could find that arena and blast it," Arad looked at him, "Of course, I'll take all the slaves out first,"
"Don't worry about that," He smiled, "We killed everyone there in a riot. I personally punched the manager there to death," He giggled, "Of course, we got caught afterward, and that's how I ended as a sacrifice,"
"That kingdom is already being changed by a brother," Arad stood, "I'll ask him to deal with it,"
"Thank you,"
Arad left the house, glad that Sebas was doing well.
Sebas stared at the door, his eyes shifting from brown to golden with a tint of red. A lion-like tail emerged from his lower back, waving like a whip as his ears grew longer, and two horns emerged from above them horizontally.
He hunched forward a bit as his arms and upper torso grew larger and more muscular, covered in brown fur as his jaw elongated. He looked like a mixture of an ox, a gorilla, and a lion all mixed into one creature.
"Need more time," He smiled.
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The next day came quickly, and Arad found himself standing with Mira and Merida inside the cabin. Unlike Aella, those two didn't have a problem with their dress.
"How do we look?" Merida asked, spinning around Arad.
"Beautiful," He replied with a smile, then looked at Mira who looked worried, "You as well,"
"I know but," Mira looked at her shoulders and arms. The tan she got from working in the sun was apparent, and she was uncomfortable with it.
"I don't like how those look," She stared at her arms.
"Can't you do something about them with that paint?" He pointed at the desk.
"You mean the makeup? No," Mira sighed, "It won't help, not on this scale,"
"Magic would do the trick," Merida looked at her, "I already called Merlin for it,"
Soon, Merlin walked inside the cabin, "I heard someone needed me for some fixing,"
"Not fixing," Mira stared at her, "Can you do something about this?"
"There are two ways," Healing magic, but the sun burnt skin will fall off, or illusion magic to mask it."
"Illusion magic, please," Mira gasped, and Merlin pulled a wand, waving it above her head. "So what do you want? Tan or no tan?"
Mira looked at Arad, "Which one?"
"Both are fine. Take the less noticeable one." Arad replied.
"Then all tan," Merlin smiled, "Since then I would have a smaller area to hide, meaning it's less likely that other mages would notice." With a wave of her wand, Mira's full tans covered all of her exposed skin.
Mira looked at her arms, then approached the mirror and turned around. Looking at her back and neck, everything looked fine with a uniform color.
"This is amazing!" She gasped, turning toward Merlin, "Thank you."
"No need to thank me," Merlin smiled.
"Let's go then," Arad stood, "It's time we got out,"
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Outside, people gathered around the church and inside it, waiting for Arad, Merida, and Mira to come out.
"Is he really marrying both of them at the same time?" A woman sighed, standing inside the church.
Cain who stood beside her nodded, "That seems the case," He looked at the ceiling, "Since they need to go to the capital as well."
"Is that really a reason?" She sighed, looking at him, "They could at least hold two weddings here, one for each girl."
"The nobles in the capital have tight schedules. Princess Isdis' marriage can't be changed, so it's best to finish here first before going there," Cain looked at her. "And what's wrong with that?"
"I don't know, probably give them a day each,"
"Do you think Arad won't give them that if they wanted it?" Cain stared at her with his eyes glowing with a faint blue flame, "Aella asked to get married in the elvish kingdom, and he made it happen." He stared at Arad, and Mira and Merida walked out.
Look closely at them, "What do you see?"
The woman looked at them, "They look. Happey?" But then, she could feel it. The shadow of a massive monster loomed behind them.
"They don't need to follow the norm. But do what they want." Cain walked away toward his seat. ^The blade of Winterhold that faced a demon queen. And the carpenter who only focuses on making new weapons.^
"Arad Orion," The priest asked, "Do you accept Mira Belethor as your wife, in life and death?"
"I do,"
"Arad Orion," The priest said again, "Do you accept Merida Gilmat as your wife, in life and death?"
"I do," Arad replied.
The priest turned toward Mira, "Do you accept Arad Orion as your husband, in life and death?"
"Of course I do," Mira stared at him.
He then turned toward Merida, "Do you accept Arad Orion as your husband, in life and death?"
"You have to wonder why I'm standing here, wearing an uncomfortable white dress." She stared at the priest, her eyes glowing green, "Of course I do,"
"I mean," The priest stared at her, "We have to go through this,"
"I know we have to do that," Merida looked at Mira, "What do you say?"
"I mean," Mira scratched her chin, "I'm a bit awkward around a lot of people. Just standing here is making my knees shake,"
"Me too," Merida said with pout, ^I don't care about this. When will this day end so I can get into bed with Arad? That is why I asked Mira to join her here. She'll feel more comfortable with me at her side, and I won't have to wait another day.^ Her mind screamed.
Arad looked at them with a wry smile. He can feel Merida's mind.
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