In the silence as if time had stopped, the first to restore it was Keithfalt. He frowned, visibly irritated with himself for being deprived of his thoughts for a moment, then he expressed words of welcome, always remaining expressionless.
"Welcome to Baldin, Princess of Lidea. I am your husband to be, Keithfalt Vis Baldin. I am sorry you had to arrive in haste, but the time of the ceremony was approaching. We had to make you travel immediately like this."
The attendants who finally regained consciousness started to cause a commotion as Keithfalt turned back without giving time for the bride to give her name.
"To send a great beauty here, Lidea seriously intends to defeat the Prince"
"However, it was unbelievable. As expected, his Highness wasn"t swayed by a prost.i.tute of Lidea."
Among the n.o.bles who were impolitely conversing with each other, without minding it could reach the ears of the bride, only the bride was staring dazzlingly at Keithfalt from behind.
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The marriage of royalties had a great significance on Weiss. The origin of the tradition was based on a legend in which a G.o.ddess descended upon the founding King who later unified this continent and became his Queen under the pledge. It was a G.o.ddess who was grieving that many people were suffering from war and starvation in a barren land, but to heal people living in this land with her blessing, they had to believe in her on their own, and also the people had to acknowledge this land as belonging to the G.o.ddess. For that purpose, the founding King and the G.o.ddess both suppressed the world war while supporting each other, and after finally unifying the continent, they held a grand wedding ceremony.
"To maintain this marriage, I will devote all of me to this country. In exchange, please confer me all of this country."
The King answered this and the pledge was signed here. The blessing of the G.o.ddess healed the land and the people, bringing prosperity for hundreds of years. ——— This was the anecdote of the G.o.ddess Vicia that everyone knew, the pledge at the royal marriage was a pretext to keep an absolute compelling force. The reason was that people who currently claimed to be royalty in this continent must have by all means the G.o.ddess" blood flowing in their body. Although it was said there was G.o.ddess" blood, there was no special power, and the Queen of the founding King was not a real G.o.ddess to begin with, as of now, there was no means for anyone to check. However, the church which was holding an immense power all over the continent, despite being neutral, never recognized a King who didn"t hold the G.o.ddess" blood. Hence, the people ruling the country must recognize themselves as descendants of the G.o.ddess, it was necessary to comply with the pledge. That was the reason why many important treaties between nations were often conducted with marriage of royalties.
On this day, one pledge was signed while being watched over by the statue of the G.o.ddess Vicia. The third Princess of Lidea country, Tinaria Via Lidea, devoted herself to Baldin, the Crown Prince of Baldin country, Keithfalt Vis Baldin, conferred the territory of Lidea to his bride. The bride, who received the territory"s rights, immediately declared the transfer of authority to the former King of Lidea, and the scheduled wedding ceremony came to an end with the sound of the church bell.