I Favor the Villainess

Lady Claire once said.

A wedding is a stronger personal meaning than a liturgical one, he said.

It is the significance of the wedding that they swear in each other that they will live together - that's how Lady Claire said it.

I'm biting that meaning right now.

"Are you nervous?

Lady Claire, next door, spoke to me with funny, unusual eyes.

The face is hung with a vale.

"... apparently so"

"Even Ray has that happen. I thought you had nothing to be afraid of."

"That's not true. There are so many scary things."

"Hehe, right? Ray is a human being."

"For example, when you drink alcohol, Master Claire."

"I'm not that bad of a alcoholic!?

"It's so cute, I'm scared."

"Ba, say silly.... Here."

It's okay, and Lady Claire held my hand with her hands in white gloves.

I grip back softly, too.

Today, Lady Claire and I are having a wedding.

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"Hey, Ray. It's time for us, isn't it?

When I was gradually accustomed to my new life and a paragraph in my teacher's work, Lady Claire had largely said that.

Time is evening.

The sky is getting a lot darker as I look around sitting on a chair I put on the balcony.

May and Allea are chasing Raea around in the garden, but I thought it was time to tell her to go into the house, etc., about the arrowheads.

"Excuse me. What are you talking about?

I didn't know what I was talking about, so I asked honestly.

Lady Claire has a bad guess, and she looks a little obstinate,

"It's a wedding. I've already found my way."

"Oh."

I've talked about Claire wanting to have a wedding before.

It looked like Claire was in a hurry at that time, and when I listened carefully, Claire had become unstable because she was no longer an aristocrat.

So I suggested that we hold the wedding only after Lady Claire finds a new way of life.

We then joined the Royal College as faculty and also got a new family called May and Allea.

I might say that in the post-revolutionary world, we have generally settled for a new way of life.

"My college friends say my life has settled down a lot. Now you can come to the ceremony. We've got your pay, and we can invite Ray's parents."

So, okay, and Lady Claire's going to be cute.

An angel, I guess.

"Right. Perhaps now is just the right time.

"Then...?

"Yes."

I got up from my chair and approached Master Claire.

Kneel down and take that hand.

"Will you marry me, Master Claire?

"... Yes!

Lady Claire looked a little surprised at first, then laughed at me like a big round of roses.

"Claire, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Are you cool?

"Do you have a crush?

May and Allea came on Rare with their ears.

"Yeah. Will you both attend?

"Of course. Yikes!

"I'll let you out of my way!

The two stood tall, tall.

Something's wrong.

"You'll be ready when you decide to be. We need to fix a date first. Could we be ready in two months?

"Right. I'm not going to make it that extravagant, and I was wondering if that would be enough."

From there, the two of us gave it to me to prepare for the wedding.

The ceremony did not hold down a church, but a frätel series of restaurants.

Because it's a public ceremony, not a divine ceremony, so it didn't have to be a church.

Rather, the Spirit Church is still skeptical of same-sex marriage, so we cannot have a ceremony in the Church.

Still, with the help of Lehne, I was able to rent a pretty good restaurant even in the Fratel line.

Invitations are sent to Dear Dollar, Lene, Lambert, Claire's college alumni, my parents, and Misha.

Prince Three and Manaria decided to drop it off this time because now that Master Claire has become a general citizen, she is too different in her status.

Instead of an invitation, of course, I'll send you a letter with a report that I'm getting married.

Lady Lily, who is wandering, unfortunately cannot be contacted because she does not know where she is, but she has no choice but to give up on this.

"Looks like you're gonna have to borrow the dress from a rental costume store."

"Right...... At a time like this, I wonder if you can sew."

"I don't think wedding dresses are usually in the area of sewing..."

After a conversation, such as this, Lady Claire really starts sewing is another story.

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That's how two months went by quickly, and we finally celebrated our wedding day.

Guests are already gathered at the restaurant where the ceremony will take place.

Claire and I, who had been offered a refreshment in the pantry, had also received a voice to have a pleasant conversation.

I made it into a buffet format, so the guests are thoughtfully bickering about the beverage with one hand.

"It's time to start, Master Claire, Ray"

"I understand."

"Nice to meet you today, Lene"

It is Lene, the young general of Fratere, one of the biggest shops now making a name for herself all over the kingdom, who will act as MC progression.

She wore a discreet dress that pulled me apart with her bride, Lady Claire.

Lene held a chamber of commerce with his brother, Lambert, to build a fortune.

But even after gaining her social status, she has sworn allegiance to Master Claire all along.

I've been looking out for you ever since I asked you to find a wedding venue.

He left it to his men today, and he undertook his own MC progression.

"I'll take care of it. And yet... it's beautiful, both of you"

Lene said that with a handkerchief on his face as he was impressed.

Master Claire chose a white mermaid line wedding dress, I chose a trouser style suit dress, not a skirt, although the color was white as well.

"Naturally, Master Claire is beautiful, and I'm not dressed in anything?

"That's not true. Ray is beautiful if you keep your mouth shut."

"Is that a compliment?

"Absolutely."

That's what I said, and Lene smiled.

"Come on, the stage is ready. And then you two can come in."

It was Lambert, Lene's companion, who prompted us.

He is in mornings.

The hand is already hung on the door.

Finally, it's the beginning of the wedding.

"Let's go, Master Claire."

"Yeah, Ray."

Master Claire and I squeezed each other's hands, and the two of us knocked at the door.

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When we were greeted by our guests by applause, we were passed to the back of the venue, where the guests were asked to say hello.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming together today."

Master Claire greets you on behalf of you.

I watched it right next to me.

Master Claire had a very full smile, and I had something emotional to remember the journey I couldn't say was flat to get here.

"I, Claire-François and Ray-Taylor, are getting married here today. It's not a legally-founded thing, but what binds us is more than a bond."

The guest responded with applause to the words of the prestigious Lady Claire.

"As some of you know, my meeting with Ray was clearly the worst. I'm going to have a wedding with someone like that right now, so I don't know what life is."

The venue boiled a little, Claire said.

"But now Ray is an irreplaceable companion to me. The person you're going to walk with in the rest of your life, you can't leave her and be anything else. It's really good to meet you, Ray, who has always stood by me on my side."

Those words, which were unleashed while staring at me, were something that was not during the rehearsal.

An unexpected strike.

It's sloppy, Master Claire.

I'm too happy about that.

"Ray, don't you have any?

"Claire, are you kidding me?

May and Allea approached me and handed me a handkerchief.

"It's okay, May, Alea. I was just a little too happy."

"Hey, Ray, Ray, Ray, Ray."

"Rarely"

Thanks to both of us, the venue soothed a bit.

You shouldn't be too shy, should you?

As I wiped my tears with a handkerchief, I smiled and waited for the continuation of Master Claire's greeting.

"Everyone gathered today is a witness to the bond between me and Ray. We swear to you that we will live honestly, positively and happily."

Applause again.

After waiting for it to stop ringing, Lady Claire took my hand and continued.

"Thank you so much for coming together today. Please enjoy the party until the end."

And we both bowed our heads.

The venue was wrapped in an applause that just kept cracking.

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"Congratulations, Master Claire!

"I'm impressed!

"Loretta, Pipi, thank you. You've come a long way today."

The first time I came to say hello after the party started were two women I didn't recognize.

Because of the way the dress is dressed and done, he's probably a former nobleman.

"Nevertheless... I can't believe I'm marrying that one..."

"We do a lot of terrible things to her..."

Is that it?

Maybe I've seen them before?

"Dear Claire, who are you two?

"Oh, you, don't you remember us!?

"Scattered, I messed with you!

When I asked, they just said they were out of heart.

No, 'cause I really don't remember.

"Loretta and Pipi are classmates from college. You were just messing around."

"... Oh!

Claire's surroundings, one or two.

Well, that shouldn't even be remembered.

"I remember. Excuse me."

"Well, maybe I shouldn't have been remembered,"

"Forgive us for what we have done?

Lady Loretta and Lady Pipi said it was a good idea.

"Forgive me, nothing, I didn't even remember."

"That's right! That's what you were like!

"Really... I apologize to Master Claire, but I wonder what would have been better for this one..."

The two seem dissatisfied.

"I just need to know how good Ray is."

"Well!"

"I can't believe Master Claire said such a curse!

"This guy, when you take your eyes off him, you attract people over there. I can't stop with more competitors."

Or, absolutely, I think it's Master Claire's mistake.

"Ray... did you ask for Master Claire?

"I wouldn't know if you weren't happy!

The two pushed away in such a precaution.

"You're a good friend."

"Hehe, isn't it?

I didn't recognize it as just a perimeter, but now I realize that Master Claire had a proper bloody friendship.

Thinking about it, I don't think my approach to Claire in the early days could have helped if it had been a bad reflection for Claire.

"But I owe it to Ray that they didn't get executed."

"It's also my fault that I ended the aristocracy."

"That's not true."

Master Claire smiles bitterly.

The next people who came to greet me were Laine and Lambert, whose MC progression work had come to a halt.

"Congratulations on your marriage!

"Congratulations, Master Claire"

"Thanks"

Lene hugged Master Claire and cried woefully.

I'm crying.

"I, Ray, absolutely believed that I would make Master Claire happy."

"Oh, did you? Why?"

"It's a reckoning as a squire!

"Survey"

I don't know, but I hear Lene was buying me a lot.

"Master Claire was so waggy and all-you-can-do, she was totally grown up..."

"Hey, Lene, don't. You're like my guardian, aren't you?

"Isn't that nice, about today? When I was a little girl, Claire really burned my hands."

Lene wrapped a tube around it for a while.

Lady Claire is upset.

Lovely.

"Enough of that already, Lene. My face is crushed."

"I'm not a nobleman anymore, okay?"

"Before my beloved!

"Ray, did you hear that?

"You burned it in my ear."

"Oh, oh, you guys!

Lene and I play with Master Claire.

When Laine and Lambert were banished, I thought it was already a lifetime goodbye.

"Lene."

"What, Ray?

"Is Lene happy now?

To my inquiry, Lene squeezed her eyes, but eventually,

"Absolutely. Because I have Lambert, and this is how my two loved ones made me happy!

That's what he said and broke his face.

"We're going to be happy, too, not to lose to you two"

Lambert said, holding Lene's shoulder.

"Well, it's a battle."

"You can't lose, Master Claire."

Lene shook hands with Master Claire before returning to MC work again.

Lene keeps the letter, said, and handed me a few copies.

Upon confirmation of the sender, there were the names of Master Rod, Master Sein, the three princes of Master Yu, and Master Manaria.

The celebration of the marriage of Lady Claire and me was in order, but there was also this sentence in Manaria's letter.

"If you two break down, come to me"

I thought I'd definitely go for it.

There were a couple of other letters coming, but only one of them was a meltdown.

When you look at the sender,

"... Dear Lily"

It was from Master Lily, who left Bauer for a wandering journey.

It seems that Master Lily was just stopping by Master Manaria's place, where she learned about our marriage.

The letter contained congratulations in several written letters, and this was the last addition.

"P.S., the mistress frame is still there, isn't it?

"There isn't!?

Lady Claire was about to break the letter and throw it away, but I got nothing.

"Not at all...... Ray's lady's in trouble, too."

"Yeah...... is it my fault?

"Whose fault is it?"

I don't care if they say so.

But I think Master Jerrah Claire is very cute.

The next thing I did was Misha.

"Congratulations, Lady Claire, Ray"

"Thank you, Misha."

"Thanks."

Misha was not wearing a dress, she was a monastic garment.

The outfit is perfect, so it hasn't floated at all inside this party venue.

That's a former upstream nobleman.

"Apart from the letter, even from you, I keep personal words of celebration. Bless you in the name of the Spirit God."

"Isn't the Spirit Church supposed to have been negative for same-sex marriage?

"The Church does, but originally there was no doctrine prohibiting same-sex marriage in spiritual teachings."

Master Yu says that under the Spirit God, everyone is equal.

"Sounds like you."

"Really?"

"Dear Yu, since I abandoned my royal identity, I've been completely disgusted..."

Misha sighed deeply.

"Don't you feel comfortable as a partner?

"Who is the companion? I don't deserve to be."

"If you say that, so will Lady Claire and me."

"I may be..."

As for Misha, it seems that her relationship with Master Yu is still a matter of endless concern.

"Don't jump in here thinking about it."

"That's easy for you to say."

"Because I'm experienced"

"... you did"

Misha laughs bitterly.

"Well, I don't care about me today. Congratulations, both of you. Please come back to the monastery to see me."

"Yeah, definitely."

"See you later, Misha."

Misha did not attend the standing party and seemed to be on her way home as it was.

"Congratulations Claire, Ray"

It is the dollar that brought May and Alea that came near with the great words.

Master Dollar has been completely round since he left the forefront of politics, and the shadow of the formerly arrogant grand aristocracy is now without shadow or form.

Congratulations.

"Congratulations."

"Thank you, Father. Thank you too, May and Allea."

"Thank you"

He exchanges a hug with Master Dollar and also hugs May and Allea.

"Ray... I really don't know how much to thank you"

"I exaggerate, Master Dollar. After all, I couldn't make a big deal of it."

"That's not true. My plan was that there would be more blood in the revolution, and neither I nor Claire would be able to live to usher in this era."

"That's not my only power. As a result of the actions of Dollars, Claire, and many others."

"You're humble."

"The dollar is too much."

When Master Dollar and I are talking like that,

"Uncle, are you nasty?

"We're hungry."

May and Allea pulled Mr. Dollar's clothes and said so.

"Haha, I'm sorry. Right, is May and Allea hungry? Which, let's grab something delicious and bring it up. What would you like?

"" Cream brulee!

Dollars that break up with each other are totally turned into favorites.

The man of the plot who manipulated the revolution is no longer here.

"Oh, Claire."

"What is it, father?

"Do you like Ray?

"Yes."

"Let me tell you something, I've known her since before the revolution, and it looks like she likes Claire a hundred times more. Answer thoughts with thoughts."

"... I'll remember that"

"Nice."

With that said, now it's time Master Dollar took May and Alea.

"I've been stabbed in the nail."

"Even Claire is no match for Dollar."

"Really."

We both laughed.

Finally, Claire and I had a place to say hello.

"Ray, Dear Claire, I really congratulate you. It's so beautiful."

"... Congratulations"

"Thank you, mother-in-law, father-in-law"

"Thanks"

They are my parents.

They did their best to join us from Euclidean all the way.

That's not all.

"Dress, I'm glad you made it."

"I also thought it would be nice to give it to a former nobleman."

"No, it's outrageous. Thank you so much for a nice dress."

As some of you may have forgotten, my home, the Taylor family, is a clothing store.

It's a wedding dress I gave up on having to borrow from a rental costume store, but what a tailor my father and mother had.

Of course, I have the cost of materials and more here, but finishing two wedding dresses in just two months is not a big deal.

My arm as a seamstress for my father and mother, was my first thought.

"Thank you, Father, Mother"

"It's for my daughter. Of course."

"... um"

That said, my father and mother are quietly making me weep.

"Ray has been a strange kid for a long time, but you've already totally left our hands when you've become so splendid..."

"... Ray was originally a child of the Spirit."

My father held my mother's shoulder softly as she couldn't stop crying.

But...

"That's not true, Mother, Father"

……

"I'm two kids. I'm nobody else's child. I'm proud of that."

Surely the two are not biological parents.

And for me, as a reincarnator, both parents of the upbringing have hard parts to say.

But the memory of Ray-Taylor in me certainly remembers the deep love I received from both of them.

Without the two of us, a human being named me wouldn't be established here like this.

"Ray..."

"... well... thanks, Ray. My beloved child."

With that said, my father held me tight.

"Dear Claire, Regards, About Ray"

"Of course it is. We'll both be happy."

"Thanks"

My mother also embraced Master Claire.

We became a real family on this day.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for the feast to end. And finally, the two of us, the bride, want to show you something."

When the dishes began to come out, which ran out, and alcohol turned to the participants to feel good, Lehne announced that.

Ha?

Is there something wrong?

When I look at Master Claire wondering if I'm the only one who doesn't know, Master Claire is also tilting her neck.

What do you mean?

"I would like to show you here the mark that the two brides pledge to love forever"

Lene grinned mean.

A yellow voice rises from the guest.

Uh... is that what this is about?

"? What is it? What begins?

Lady Claire is flailing.

He hasn't figured out what it means yet.

"Dear Claire, I mean swear to God."

"Oh, I see, that's the thing...... yes!?

Dear Claire, visibly upset.

Lovely.

"So that's not what you do in public......!

"It would be more of a royal road at a wedding."

"Oh, yes, though!

"Look, please be prepared"

"Please wait! Just sort out your feelings."

"I won't wait"

I looked seriously into both of those eyes when I grabbed Master Claire's shoulders.

Lady Claire also made her residence right, as she had been patient.

"Dear Claire,"

"... Yes"

"I love you"

"Me too, Ray."

"I swear I will love you for the rest of my life, Master Claire"

"Always by your side, Ray."

That's how the two lips overlapped.

Cheering from the venue.

"Now you can't pull back later."

"I'm not even gonna pull it off."

"Are you ready?

"This is your line."

Us talking colorless lines.

Master Claire and I, that's all we need.

"Let's be happy, Master Claire"

"You'll be absolutely happy, Ray."

The two brides lay their lips on each other again to be sure.