Chapter 267 – Tomb (5)
【Mr. Ursilla. Thank you for the ride.]
I got off the boat and bowed my head.
It was to thank her for bringing us here from the Kud Seth. At my words, Ursilla stopped lighting her cigarette and hit her hand.
【What is gratitude? A sailor’s job is until he returns. Can we say goodbye and say, “Only we go home and you guys go on your own?” We were eating at the same table for a while.]
【Hehe. After all, the people of the sea are loyal.]
Mix in some sincerity and fire lip service. Ursilla brushed her hands as if she understood.
【That’s right. She got paid too. I will be grateful for the gift your wife gave me.]
【Yes please. You can brag wherever you go.]
【Sounds natural. No matter how trivial the adventure was, if there were treasures in hand, it could be turned into a saga.]
As Ursilla said that, there was an unfamiliar bracelet on her wrist.
A magic item made by weaving twigs like a flower crown! It is an item that was made by processing a burning branch while Veronica was cooking at her inn.
You can light a small fire without consuming mana, and if you use mana, you can put out a fire without water or something.
It would be useful during maritime warfare or boating, which would be a big deal if there was a fire.
‘It’s made with leftovers from Veronica’s making her wand.’
It’s true that it’s useful, though.
Considering the rarity, wouldn’t even a diamond be rubbed? There is no one who prefers it, so you need to find a hosaga to get the price.
【Anyway, goodbye. As soon as we come to Britannia, we’ll fill up supplies and go buy something to sell.]
【A beer?】
【Looks like Kitai’s countryman has gone mad from the long boat trip. I heard that beer is also brewed from cows in this country?]
【I’ve never drank cow urine, but I wouldn’t know if someone changed it while drinking.】
We shook hands after giggling and joking.
【I won’t ask to see you again, but if we meet again, you can pretend to know me. I will pray that your last name will be attached to your name at that time for at least one day today.]
【Your last name?】
What kind of idiom is this? Ursilla shrugged her shoulders.
【This. Was it my mistake? I thought you abandoned your castle like the Vikings.]
【I don’t know the culture there. It’s all I’ve heard through rumors.]
【It’s a trivial thing. Vikings and sailors take off the castle, which is also the bondage of the land. Since the sea is the mother of all things, it is better to sever any lingering attachments or ties so that it is okay to return to its bosom when drowned.]
【Okay.】
Is it a custom or something? Ursilla jumped to conclusions, as if realizing that I was not very interested beneath the smiling face.
【There are three cases where a seaman has a surname. Either retired, or defied convention from the start, or achieved a feat and earned a name to be admired. It was said that most Vikings dream of a third.]
【Aha. You mean you want me to be that successful too. Thank you for your encouragement.]
Is it last name It was something to think about.
Even in a different world, family members unify their surnames. Anyway, Veronica, who is a god, did not match her family’s surname with her mother’s surname, Dana-Fran, who came from a matrilineal society.
However, it is also impossible to bring in several wives and unify them under the surname of one of them.
‘I have to think about my last name, too.’
It was an unexpectedly valuable piece of advice.
Anyway, I’m saying goodbye to this unique former married woman, the Navy. Thinking so, I chose my words for a moment and then asked a question.
【Mr. Ursilla? I’m asking this because it seems like it would be better to ask, but if I invite you in a month or two, will you come?]
【Something like that. It’s awkward when we meet again after a few weeks of separation. I’d consider it if I needed an extra person, but why? Are you planning to hold a celebration of some kind?]
Ursilla twists her head. I said shyly.
【Nope. I was thinking of sending a wedding invitation.]
In the past half year, when I was chased by time and external factors, all the lights in my feet were turned off.
It was finally time to hold the wedding, which had been sluggishly postponed since the proposal.
***
A wedding in another world is a bit different from my hometown in the 21st century.
There are differences in each country or region, but I will give you the most common example for now.
First, the celebrant must be a formally baptized priest or nun.
There is no such thing as asking a close friend or someone you respect to officiate. This was a world where God openly existed, so it seemed inevitable.
It was a provision that was subtly helpful to me, who seemed to have a wide network of contacts, but had a lot of friendships.
Next, there is no congratulatory money.
Instead, it seems that gifts such as household items and wedding dishes are prepared by the guests.
Finally, there is a crucial difference, which is that the wedding ceremony itself is not glamorous.
‘On Earth, it wasn’t strange to spend a year preparing for the ceremony.’
An older brother I knew said he was preparing to get married when I was a private soldier, and I used to hang on until I was discharged.
However, in another world, preparations are finished in just one month. It is a super-speedy wedding that will make Koreans’ minds go crazy.
From what I’ve heard, it seems that fancy wedding marriages aren’t very common in this world.
There is a feeling that this is because it is the standard of the common people.
In a church that is like a wedding hut for a man and a woman of the working class, while spreading pig grunt to neighbors, wow! Exciting! It must have ended after laughing and laughing.
The customs of the people of the other world at that time, when the ancient civilization roughly collapsed and became the Middle Ages, were carried on to the present day.
‘It doesn’t apply to the weddings of nobles and wealthy people.’
Therefore, I also planned to invest a large gold bar in ancient times in the wedding ceremony with Frank.
“Nor is an arm’s length. A wedding can be frugal.”
Fran, who was snugly in my arms, said that.
After sending off Ursilla and Goldine Sif’s crew, we returned home, unpacked, and rested for the night.
The next day came like that, and Col Macho Nord was planning the wedding in his wife’s room.
Unlike a proposal, a wedding cannot be a surprise. This is not an agenda to proceed alone. Shouldn’t I discuss it with Fran for a few days?
‘Fuck, a surprise wedding. The tone is awesome.’
Just imagining it makes my head dizzy.
That’s what her wife held out a pregnancy test and said, ‘I secretly got pregnant while you were sleeping! Surprise!’ I wonder if it’s the same as saying something.
“It’s only one wedding. It’s okay to make this gorgeous. You will regret it 100% if you do it roughly.”
I said while patting Fran’s head.
Think about it. My wife is already three.
What if Franc threw her wedding at her house like a kick-off party, and Dana and Veronica’s wedding was held on a scale that would make even the royal family drop their jaws?
How sad it must be for Fran to participate in the wedding.
No, I would never let it show, but if it were me, it would break her heart.
I use an electric kickboard and give my second husband a Rolls Royce. Shit, isn’t that a divorce lawsuit?
‘My wives are big-hearted, but that doesn’t mean I can be on my dick.’
It is best not to create a comparison distance between wives in the first place.
However, it is not possible to slurp off all the wives’ weddings by considering cost-effectiveness like soup with a downward leveling!
Considering the wives’ hometowns and origins, it may be different from the wedding I imagined, but since Fran is a body that has no regard for the culture of her hometown, I want to do my best with all my heart.
‘Fuck it, I haven’t even given Dana and Veronica an engagement ring yet.’
I was restraining myself so that I wouldn’t feel like an octopus foot because I couldn’t hold a wedding with Fran, but even in that sense, the wedding had to be done properly.
“Let’s discuss the venue for the ceremony. Fran picks out my clothes.”
“I? Lol. For some reason, it feels a little strange.”
“Heh. What’s weird You shouldn’t make me the most handsome husband in our franc eyes. If you don’t like the way you dress when you wear it around her side, it will remain in your memory for the rest of your life.”
“Ugh… Nord’s words are strangely persuasive.”
─Burr. Frank trembled as if his imagination had gone.
That’s how we scheduled the wedding. Being prepared quickly is helpful. It is said that sending letters and receiving replies is also faster.
I even forbade Fran from being an adventurer until the ceremony.
Screaming like ‘I’m going to get married when I get back home’ is a national rule that leads to tragedy in movies.
Even if you stay at home, you don’t have to worry about living expenses. There was a lot to do.
Repeat the training, get a reply from the wedding invitation, and figure out the number of participants.
I decided on the size of the ceremony hall, rented a wedding dress, and tried sparring with Frank in that gap.
As Lari Lura said the other day, shamelessly sitting on the sofa at our house, I slapped her on the knee and said, ‘Transformation. Hurry up.’ He looks at me with those eyes.
Veronica is preoccupied with her spatial magic slabs and practicing her closure, she gets scolded by Fran.
I was taken by Nunna and filmed Graduate Student Returns, so I was busy without my eyes open, and when I looked back, a month had passed.
‘Fuck. The last one is a bit odd.’
The smell of ink and health recovery potions wafting from the laboratory at Danane Lab was so familiar that I felt like I was walking past Nonsan.
I got goosebumps twice as much as the last time Enrir bastard asked Mjolnir to come out of hell.
They were researchers who had never met each other, but did they feel like they were reunited with a friend of 10 years?
That messy-haired bastard seems to have been at Carmine University and Germania University. Why is it in every fucking lab room?
Schrödinger, you are wrong. If we had conducted quantum mechanics experiments as graduate students instead of cats, mankind would have succeeded in advancing into space in 2020.
Anyway, no matter how my daily life went, time went by moment by moment, and soon the wedding date came.
With the end of November, when the winter wind starts to cool little by little.
***
I was the one who explained the marriage culture of another world at length, but when I experienced it myself, there were more similarities than I thought.
For example, a wedding cake or a wedding dress.
Other than that, there must be guests flocking to the bride and groom’s waiting room.
“Cute junior, Kangrim☆!”
A pink-haired minor (with one month remaining on the expiration date), who seemed to be noisy even when conversing in sign language, appeared in the waiting room wearing plain clothes.
It is a smart fashion that raises Fran, the main character. I refrained from touching the collar and twisted my head.
“Uh? What? Weren’t you with Fran?”
Strangely, in another world, the male and female 7-year-old boy is activated on the day of the wedding. The bride and groom are waiting in the private room.
‘No, is there a time like this on Earth?’
A 20-year-old kid, I don’t know. My reaction made Lalilura pout.
“I came to see you at most, but what was the reaction? The older sisters are very attached to Fran, so I, who is free, came to scout?”
It’s not a wedding, it’s a UFC event. Why are you inspecting enemy positions?
I thought so, but I welcomed it without showing it.
“Okay, come on. What about francs?”
“You are shaking like a dog in the rain! The unnies are holding hands!”
“It’s like a franc.”
In this situation, if we are not nervous, it is not our franc.
It was Fran’s way to be nervous and tremble when not in a tense mode. Lalilura looked at my hairstyle and frowned.
“Ah, senior! I touched my head again! It’s ruining the shape!”
“It was itchy, so I scratched it a little. Is it obvious?”
“I can’t live. Come on. If you mess it up again, I’ll leave it until right before the ceremony, right? If you don’t want to embarrass yourself while welcoming the guests, be quiet.”
Lalilura grunted and trimmed my all-back hair.
Lalilura applied a wax-like potion—a cosmetic made from glue.
“You see? Seniors look good without bangs, so are you thankful for your juniors’ careful grooming?”
“Loyalty, loyalty. I am entrusted with the mercy of General Priscilla.”
Still, let’s not talk like my hair roots are going to be ‘vegeta’. Ominously.
─Kik.
As I endured the itchy feeling of Wax, the door to the waiting room opened again.
He was a man of great stature and a ferocious face. If it’s a mafia movie, it’s 100% certain that it’s a bastard who came to a wedding to pay for his family’s revenge. Me and Lalilura recognized him.
“Ah☆! It’s Dorca! Hello?”
“Oh, are you here? I heard the reply saying he was coming, but the busy guy was overdoing it.”
“Haha. This kid had a guest, but he sat down and asked a young kid to get his hair done. What kind of noble are you?”
Dorca, the innkeeper who had arrived in style, twisted her mouth. I trembled.
“There are no personal feelings. When I wake up, I’ll be scolded by Ralilura. Anyway, thank you for coming. I thought about writing a wedding invitation, but I realized that there were only a few people close to me.”
Only those who have experienced it will know how it feels when 10 bundles of stationery remain even after sending out wedding invitations.
I realized why there is such a thing as a guest part-time job.
“I thought so, so I came. I was looking for someone to serve.”
“That’s fine.”
As I was talking to Dorca, the door opened again.
This time, it was Cromwell, the Sorcerer of the Mages Guild, and Carlisle, the branch manager of Jakso Doumra.
No, there are 5 hours left until the fucking ceremony, but is it true that people are already flocking? Being a stranger, Lalilura stopped waxing. I got up from my chair.
“Ah, you’re busy. Thanks for coming.”
“It’s a fucking difference in treatment.”
I ignored Dorca’s complaints and shook hands. Cromwell grinned.
“What. Thank you for inviting us.”
They called all personnel, even at the branch manager level. Edelin also called, but she probably went to Fran? It is full operation of the network of Nord, the forager of another world.
Carlyle said.
“Congratulations on your marriage, Nord. It’s nice to see talented adventurers getting together.”
“Ah, this player was taken away. Congratulations on your marriage. The gifts were left with the janitors.”
“This. It’s an honor just to make the event shine, but did you even bring me a present? What should I do?”
Social life ON while exchanging moderately.
Cromwell, who had been laughing, looked at Dorcas and bowed his hand.
“Dorca. You are here too. Are you familiar with Nord because of the inn?”
“Yes. The equipment you disposed of gave me some extra money.”
“I took care of it. Think of it as a pawn shop and come back to pay it back later.”
“Haha. My hands are now busy giving my wife a massage. There are no hands with weapons.”
Do you two know each other? Perhaps, like me, Dorca built her own house with the money she earned from being an adventurer.
Well, with that face, it’s unreasonable to be a warm-hearted innkeeper. Dorca said.
“We are not going. See you later.”
“Uh. Show her face to her wife too. You will be delighted.”
“What’s wrong?”
I sent the three furry males away and waited for the ceremony to take place.
I exchanged greetings with the blacksmith Clara, the gold class adventurer team who had fought together twice since the black magician subjugation, the research student slave colleagues from Carmine University, and other grateful guests.
“How are you? Fran looked happy.”
Mr. Beinya, the owner of the inn ‘Mutarat’s Children’ where Fran was staying, also came to visit me and said that.
“Yes. I also went to the grave to greet my father-in-law.”
“Um, um. Young people should live like that.”
After saying that, Mr. Beinha, who seemed satisfied, exchanged a few more small words with her before going to the wedding hall. I bowed down to see her off.
Today, my waist goes down and up. I’m very busy.
“Groom. Now is the time to enter.”
“Ah yes. Thank you.”
Beinya was the last guest to come to my waiting room.
I sent Lari Lura first and had her wedding helper arrange her dress. And headed to the dining room.
I also sent wedding invitations to celebrities like Nefertiti, Hotulusil, and Selena, but of course they were either busy or they got rejected replies. It must have been difficult to flex the time in one month.
─Jerbuck. That buck
I made my way through the wedding hall.
The Romanian-style church was the most splendid among the churches available for weddings in Sargadis. The guide took me to a room with a door and bowed.
“You just have to wait until the nun calls your name. Congratulations on your marriage.”
“Thank you.”
I thanked the first person I saw and opened the door.
Frank had arrived first and was preoccupied with the decorations on the ceiling as if waiting for me.
The white wedding dress and veil were dazzlingly beautiful.
It was a wedding dress made by Hella in Hremar and delivered. Fran’s dark hair and blue eyes were emphasized like accents, so they matched very well.
“… Ah.”
My husband and I were both stunned and dumbfounded, then came to our senses.
“Lol. Nor, it’s cool too.”
“Sounds like a public official. I thought if I stood next to you now, I would hear the thief.”
“It will be fine. I’m a rogue, nor a rogue. A couple of thieves.”
As I held out her arms, Fran took care not to wrinkle her tuxedo and crossed hers.
“Are you a little relaxed?”
“Yes. But again, I’m just nervous. I think I will cry if someone surprises me.”
“You can cry when you are happy or when you are sad. It is a husband’s duty to make sure that there are no days where he cries because he is sad.”
“It is also the duty of a wife.”
Just then, we heard a voice calling us by name.
“Groom bride. Please enter.”
It’s time.
We crossed our arms and took the first step. The wedding attendants opened the door without making a sound. Perhaps the sound of the door opening was drowned out by the applause.
The people sitting in the guest seats cheered and clapped.
I’m really sorry, but to be honest, I saw Dana, Veronica, and Lalilura first. What should I do with something familiar to my eyes.
Even though so many guests came to visit, the human heart was very cunning.
─Jerbuck.
I walked up the Virgin Road that stretched out in front of the road and climbed to the podium.
Sararak… A nun lifted her veil and revealed her face. As if she recognized the nun’s face, someone in her guest’s seat gasped.
Maria Hennessis.
It was the lord’s daughter, Lady Hennesses.
“Guests. Be quiet.”
She waved her hand, saying that she had taken her formal nunship in Romania.
In another world, the ranks of nuns and priests were similar, and marriage was possible. It was no wonder that she, a noble of her own, entered the cult to learn her healing magic.
It was the charisma of an aristocrat by nature and the pious attitude of a nun. The banquet hall quickly became quiet.
“Today, November 28th. A beautiful love bloomed even in the cold season when the red leaves fell and the vegetation fell asleep.”
Lady Hennesses spoke in a voice that could resonate far away.
“On such a beautiful day, as God’s representative, I sincerely congratulate the groom, Nord, and the bride, Francesca Eitrinen, who are planning to start a new family while receiving the blessings of the guests.”
Is it because the atmosphere is as sublime as the religious perspective is included? The officiating speech was short and solemn.
“I beseech you to embrace your spouse with love, even in the face of later trials and suffering. I pray that we will become a loving couple with a heart of gratitude. Next——”
Lady Hennesses realized his mistake and shut his mouth.
Usually, it is a situation where the parents of the bride and groom have to stand up, but as we all know, our couple has neither parents nor family to take their place.
Still, Young lady was not taken aback by the mistake and continued officiating the ceremony.
“Next, there will be a couple’s oath. Groom, Mr. Nord. Will you swear to love the priest Francesca Eitrinen for the rest of your life?”
“I swear.”
By the time I thought about opening my mouth, I had already let out all the words. It was a heavy voice unlike mine.
──From ancient times, marriage is said to be the grave of life.
It is black humor that is well known to the world. But today, I will interpret it differently.
If marriage is a grave——wouldn’t the fact that a couple in love enter the same grave could be seen as an oath to live together for a hundred years.
Marriage was literally a promise to love her until her black hair turned into green roots, and to make the grave of her life the same place.
“Father, Francesca Eitrinen. Will you swear to love your groom, Nord, for the rest of your life?”
The young lady questioned Fran as the final procedure for the engagement.
With lonely eyes, Fran looked at the empty guest seat where the parents of the bride and groom should be. As if the scars that had been carved in his chest before he had grown old now took shape.
So I took Frank’s hand and kissed the back of it.
So that Franc would no longer have to grieve at her empty seat.
“… Whoops.”
My Fran laughed a little and cried a little.
And, just like that, he whispered as if he had shaken everything off.
“——Yes. I swear.”
… That’s true
This is also part of Sajok, but I forgot to mention it, so I’ll say it.
One of the etymologies of Francesca.
The first wish given to the newborn Fran.
The meaning of that wish is… It’s called Freedom.
