Elf Tensei Kara no Cheat Kenkoku-ki
Epilogue: Wedding
Rarely did I have time to spare.
I'm alone in a room at the village chief's house and waiting for my turn to come.
Lucier and Kuw are waiting in separate rooms, Klao, acting chief, was preparing us at the venue, and Yukino was finishing today's dish with a few fire foxes.
I had finished cooking all night last night, but I left the finishing touches to serve the delicacies of the creation. I coached Yukino to cook as long as she had free time after she came to us, so as long as she had the recipe, I had no problem with it.
"I wonder if I was a good leader."
Ask yourself occasionally.
Elsier became strong and rich. But it doesn't matter if I was a good head.
The ideal head for me is my father.
My father once said, a good chief's condition is to dream to the people. That I can believe that if each and every one of you follows this guy, he'll be happier tomorrow. You told me to be that long.
I came for it. But sometimes I get anxious that everyone in Elsier really thinks you can be happy if you give me something about me.
And
"Can I be a good husband?"
Get two of your best daughters.
Am I a man worthy of those two?
I love Lucier and Kuw from the bottom of my heart. But no matter what you say, it doesn't make a difference that you're wearing two strands.
Even they, if they're serious, will want you to just love yourself.
But I wanted both of them. I didn't want to give it to anyone. I can't stand other men touching them.
I don't regret my judgment.
So at least we have to do everything we can to make it happy. And I won't do anything to betray you two any more. That's my duty.
"Dear Brother Cyril, the wedding begins. Come."
A silver firefox Yukino, my sister's share, came into the room.
He wears the same made-up clothes with stylish hair decorations just for today. Besides, my tail hair tip is better than when I met him this morning. I guess he came brushing.
"Is the food done properly?
"Yeah, I did exactly what Brother Cyril taught me"
Still thin chested and proudly said Yukino.
"That's Yukino. Yukino is cuter today than usual. The hair decoration looks great on you."
"I like this hair decoration, and Sister Ku gave it to me. Mother's appearance. I'm only going to wear it when it matters."
I wonder how important it is that you put that on me and Lucier and Kuw's wedding.
"What about Lucier and Kuw?
"Chemin and Krone are on their way to get it. Cyril, I wanted Yukino to come to your brother, so I asked him to give it up."
"It is. Thanks Yukino. It's a secret to both of us, though. I'd be happier if Yukino came too."
It really makes Yukino squirm in the three of us. I have feelings because I have been with you for a long time.
No, you're not. Stuck on me, desperately remembering cooking and chores, and seeing Yukino working hard at training Iraqsa and auditioning Kuw makes me want to support Yukino more and more. I purely like hard-working people like her.
"Dear Brother Cyril, I would never say Yukino because I would be depressed if I told Chemin and Krone. Just the secrets of Brother Cyril and Yukino."
When I said it was just the two of us, Yukino shook his tail in an upbeat mood. I show it from time to time, I love these childish places too.
"Shall we go? I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
The elves and fire foxes at the venue will be hungry and waiting for the beginning of the wedding, now or now.
I get up and walk out.
Then Yukino hugged me from behind.
"What's going on, Yukino? It's hard to walk when you're hugged."
"I'm sorry, Brother Cyril. I don't know myself. This is what I did when I realized."
Yukino's hand shivering as he turned from behind.
"I felt Brother Cyril go far, lonely, sad, my body moved on its own"
"I'm sure Yukino thinks that if I get married unconsciously, he won't mind. Don't worry, even after we get married, we'll deal with Yukino the way we always have."
"Brother Cyril, no... yeah, it's nothing. Brother Cyril, I'm sorry I held you back."
Yukino's hand slowly moves away. Yukino's adorable selfishness made me cheek down.
"Never mind. I'm glad you're sweet like that, as my brother. But maybe he won't even stay sweet. I only teach Yukino. We're gonna have more new families."
Since I heard about Ku, once a week I've been checking Ku's body. And I finally got certainty last week that I was pregnant. Something like a month pregnant.
I was telling him in person, and at that time Ku repeated that it was good, holding his mouth and pounding and weeping.
"New family?
"You can't if you still tell anyone. Koo's staying with my kid."
"Wow! Sister Ku's child! A new fire fox will be born!
Even though the Firefoxes had fled to Elsier because of everyone in the village of Firefox, they had always feared that they would stop bleeding.
It is a great pleasure to have a new life, also the child of the chief Qu.
"But I have to stay away. That's why I need a favor from Yukino. I need you to protect Ku."
"Yeah, I'll do my best. Definitely protect Sister Ku. Whether an Imperial soldier comes, a brave man comes, or replaces Yukino's life, I will try to protect him."
You can rest assured that's all you feel.
Though I don't need you to actually risk your life.
"Thank you, sister"
"Sister?
"Yes, I also want Yukino to take care of the child. Will you be the sister of a child to be born to? Yukino can be relieved."
"Leave it to me, Brother Cyril. Raise her to be the child of Sister Ku, a first-rate firefox warrior. It's warm the way Sister Ku did, so I'll do it thoroughly in the Lela ceremony."
"... is that still fast?
Since I found out that Ku might have gotten pregnant, Yukino's training started asking Lela, Ku's master.
Ku's training was pretty sparta, too, but what the hell is Lela's training to make you say it's warm?
"Let's get back on our minds and go"
"Yeah, Brother Cyril"
Yukino reaches out. I grabbed it. And Yukino pulled me out and walked out.
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Lucier and Qu in wedding dresses waited for me at the exit of the village chief's house.
Rarely do they both wear thin makeup. And most importantly,
"They're both so beautiful."
The two men in pure white silk dresses were very beautiful.
The dress itself is very simple and the decoration is held to a minimum. But simplicity adds to the meticulousness of the job, the excellence of the finest silk used and, above all, the charm of the two people who wear it.
I'm sure there would be a better dress if you looked at the clothes alone. But there is no beautiful dress in this world when Lucier and Ku wear it so far.
Even now, Erin's clothes store owner is amazed by her arms.
"Cyril's cool, too. Those clothes, they're courtesy clothes to the village of Elves."
"It suits you well. But why didn't Cyril tailor her clothes with Erin?
Ku's question is natural in some ways.
The traditional ancestral clothes I wear are made of strange materials that I don't know about, so I don't deteriorate. Still, there is a place for flashfulness. I think it would have been better to tailor it with Erin, but it was good for the wedding.
Still, I didn't want to wear these clothes to my wedding because I cheated on gold coins.
"My father, the head of the previous elves, said for the first time at the wedding, wearing these clothes." I'll make my wife happy when I'm older, but you'll all be happy, "he said. I grew up hearing this love story from my mother every day. That's why I've been dreaming since I was a kid. I say we put this on for the wedding and make everyone happy."
Dreams from childhood that I gave up once.
"Cyril is a romantic after all."
"But that's what I like about Cyril."
Lucier and Qu looked at me and laughed with a smiling eye.
"I need to tell you something before the ceremony starts. Lucier, thank you for not abandoning me."
When I was giving up everything, I was a scumbag. Nothing. It's just being flushed.
Such a bad man, if normal, would be well deserved. Lucier was the only one who believed me.
So I could stand up. There is now Elsier in that extension.
That's not all. Lucier always pushed me on the back when I tried to give up.
"Ku, thank you for staying by my side even though I said I liked you second. Thanks for liking such an dishonest man."
My best is Lucier. When Ku said he liked me, I told him to stay beside me because I like Lucier the most, but I also like Ku, because I don't want another man to take me.
Ku accepted me by saying that he would love me like that.
I appreciate that.
Elsier's operation also worked positively to support me all the way through the hard times of losing my family and friends. You wouldn't have won the second battle without her.
Lucier and Ku, they're both my best daughters.
"Cyril, thank you too. Thank you for being with Cyril, whom I like. My son-in-law is Cyril, so I can be the happiest daughter-in-law in the world."
"Me too. Cyril or so is the one who gets such a rough girl. I thank Cyril for so much help that I myself and all of the Firefoxes can't count. If Cyril hadn't been here, I wouldn't have known what it meant for your fathers to fight for their lives, nor could I have avenged your brothers."
The three of us hugged each other naturally.
It's a soft embrace. That alone fills nature and the mind.
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Step out the door of the village chief's house and go for the square.
In the square, besides the people of Elsier, came five chiefs from Bel Elsier, who came to Asur, a lady dressed from Erin.
There is a way in the middle of the people, where a red cloth is laid. We each walk with our hands drawn by Yukino, Chemin and Krone.
The shouts of congratulations and applause echo from both sides.
Then we reach a high stage, where Yukino, Chemin and Krone let go of their hands, and only me, Lucier and Kuwe rise to the stage. I went side-by-side in the middle with three of us.
As soon as that happened, my voice and applause stopped.
Klao was on stage in tailored clothes.
"Here today, we will hold a ceremony under the blessing of the World Tree"
A wedding celebration passed down to the elves.
"Groom, it's Cyril. Do you love Lucier, Kwe, both names, and swear to be together, whether the headwinds blow or are eroded by hunger or disease?
"I swear."
I snort. I won't let you two go no matter what time it is.
That feeling will never change.
"It's the bride, Lucier, and Qu. Do you love Cyril and swear to be with her, whether the headwinds blow or are eroded by hunger or disease?
"I swear."
"I swear."
Lucier and Kuw swore to me the same way.
"Now, speak your vows."
I kissed Lucier first, then Ku.
That's what comes to mind when your lips feel different.
"At this the covenant was made. May the three of you be happy forever."
Klao's words bring the vows to an end, and Yukinos rise to the stage and hand the bouquet to Lucier and Khu. When the two received the bouquet, the applause and cheer echoed simultaneously.
"Guys, thanks for coming to our ceremony. I swear on this occasion. Be a good husband and make Lucier and Ku happy. And I swear to everyone as head. Make everyone happy in Elsier."
The sound of the applause became more intense. I guess this fierce applause is because you believe in me.
Was I a good chief? The answer to that question finally returns, with something hot in my chest.
"It's the hemming of happiness from us"
"Everybody's coming."
"Receive happiness"
The moment I say that, the men and the married women step back two steps and vice versa, the unmarried women come forward.
Bouquet toss. Elves and fire foxes had this kind of custom with wonder. The next thing you get is a bouquet.
When he looked at Yukino, he was in a position where he caught a step as he looked with cold eyes at the women who were distracting him.
I thought you were interested in getting married because you said you wanted kids, but you're not?
With that in mind, the bouquet was released from both hands.
Drawing a parabola, Lucier's bouquet of thrown flowers was ripped off by Conna, an elf girl who had desperately reached out and made the jump. It would be the fruit of Iraqsa's training.
The bouquet, thrown by Khu, was bounced in a fierce aerial battle by the women trying to take the bouquet, bouncing up into the sky again, stoning in Yukino's chest, which stood blurry in the rear after it had a miraculous chance of being repeated several times.
Yukino has his eyes round. And he gave me a complicated look and then hugged the bouquet.
"The ceremony is over. It's a party from here. I prepared a neat treat for the desk and table over there. There is also a line of fine and rare liquors sent to me by Asur, who came from Erin. Enjoy your thoughts."
Cheer up and everyone goes to a table with food.
Best treat ever and delicious liquor is over there.
Deer soup, hamburger with vanilla of goat meat, steak of boar meat and roast with one chicken that the Firefoxes behaved when they first came at their request. Steamed Ivana with herbs, hand-rolled crepe skin that can wrap those ingredients.
Alcohol is lined with Elsier wines, as well as fine liquor delivered today by Asur.
It will be a big day.
"Finally my dream came true"
I've been drawing dreams ever since I was a child, I'll be as long as my father. A dream I gave up once. That finally came true. My best life companion is beside me too.
From now on, I need to protect and stack up so I don't lose the happiness I grabbed, and no, I'm not, I need to be happier.
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"Guys, look"
Two hours after the party started, when the food was about to run out, I took out my final weapon with a full Doya face.
That's a wedding cake.
That's also a three step oversized. All Elsiers were provided with an amount that could be cut one cut at a time.
Unlike the British style, etc., there is no particular significance to the stage. It's a big step if it's just easy to make, but I made it because it looks better this way.
Normally, only the part that goes into the knife is real and later fake, but this is all real. I don't even use a foundation to ensure strength.
To prevent it from collapsing, water sprinkles were made from potatoes, coated with them and then stacked, served with goat's milk and raw cream made of maple syrup, and lavishly decorated with candy finishes.
"What, this, wow, I've never even seen Erin like this before"
I'm surprised that Asur has never seen anything like this either.
"Lucier, Qu, it's the first couple working together. Cut this dessert apart and hand it out to everyone."
"Cyril, if I thought you weren't here at night, I'd be making this."
"It's like a confectionery tower."
They're both, like, impressed and strange faces. Still, at the bottom of my heart, I can see I enjoy it.
We lay our hands on each other for the first sword, smiling and entering the wedding cake.
This is what we started as a couple.