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Azik led Hobert and Klein back to the hotel's deluxe suite.
Azik asked Hobert, "You seem to know a lot about the history of the Fourth Epoch?"
"Because of the corpse of that ancient god of death, I gained access to read some secret knowledge." Hobert lied with a sincere face, "This is also thanks to Mr. Azik's help."
Azik smiled and shook his head: "I should thank you for reminding me of many things."
He pinched his temples: "Sorry, your question just reminded me of something else, my condition is not very good, I may not be able to attend your wedding."
Hobert said with some concern: "Can we help you?"
"It will be fine after a period of sleep." Azik said to Hobert again: "Put your hand out."
Hobert stretched out his hand, and Azik patted his palm, and a black skull with a phantom crown pattern appeared in Hobert's palm.
Before Hobert could take a closer look, the pattern disappeared, as if it had penetrated into his skin.
Azik explained: "Just now I gave you the ability to enter the underworld and mobilize a part of the underworld's power. In the southern continent of the Fourth Epoch, this was an unparalleled honor."
He shook his head with a self-deprecating smile and said again: "It's a pity that you are not a 'Death' pathway Beyonder, this mark is not of much help to you.
"But at certain times, you can also use it to make enemies of some undead creatures surrender, or make undead creatures have enough goodwill towards you, and will not actively attack you.
"Well, this is my wedding gift to you.
"I'll go find you after I wake up from my sleep."
Hobert looked at his palm and smiled happily: "Mr. Azik, thank you for your gift! This gift is too precious, I like it very much."
Azik also smiled, and after giving Klein a few more instructions, he entered the spirit world again and disappeared into the room.
Hobert took a deep breath and looked at Klein: "Okay, it's getting late, let's go."
The two came to the Jeffery Territory, Hobert's study, Selena and Freya were already almost asleep waiting.
Klein was slightly stunned when he saw the two girls, but then he returned to normal and thanked Freya who poured tea for him.
After chatting for a few words, Hobert asked the two girls to help the guests tidy up a guest room, and then went to rest.
Only the two of them were left in the study, and Hobert explained: "Freya is one of the two people I rescued from the Great Smog incident. I heard she knows Detective Sherlock."
Klein took a sip of tea: "Her mother and sister...?"
"I was one step late when I rescued people. Her mother's body had already been exhausted. It was only a few seconds late, and she couldn't be saved." Hobert said, "Her sister is still studying in Backlund."
"Then Selena..."
"At the beginning of the year, Selena encountered an extraordinary event." Hobert briefly described the encounter at the Boklun Manor, and finally said: "The name of the potion I took at the end of last year was 'Mentor of Disorder', and I need a few students."
Klein nodded, Selena's enthusiasm for the extraordinary world and mysticism is very suitable for being Hobert's student, and it is also reassuring to be with Hobert.
Skipping this topic, Hobert said again: "Get up early tomorrow and help me entertain the guests."
Klein was slightly stunned: "Am I not a guest?"
Hobert picked up the teapot and poured a glass of water for Klein: "Am I not entertaining you? Besides, who stipulates that guests cannot entertain other guests?
"Help me, there will be surprises tomorrow."
Klein smiled: "Lawyer!"
...
January 28th, Backlund, 1920 Brany Street, Factory District.
This is an abandoned factory, but today it suddenly became lively. First, a group of people in strange clothes came out of the factory and cleaned up the weeds in the yard.
Then the factory door opened, and two busy girls appeared at the door of the office building, one was Selena with striking red hair, and the other was Freya who didn't talk much but was very capable.
Around nine o'clock, the first carriage drove into the factory. Several men in gorgeous clothes but with obvious temperament that did not match their clothes got off the carriage. They looked at the empty abandoned factory in a daze: Did they go to the wrong place?
Selena stepped forward to greet him: "Are you here to attend the wedding?"
The leading man nodded: "Yes, yes."
"Please show your invitation card." Selena glanced at the invitation card: "Hello, Mr. Austin, please come this way. This is my companion Freya, he will take you to the wedding venue."
The visitors were Austin and others who had robbed tombs with Hobert. If there were only such experiences, Hobert would not have sent them invitations.
Later, the mercenary club sent three elite teams to assassinate Hobert, and Austin risked a huge risk to warn Hobert through Jessica.
So Hobert also invited them to attend his wedding.
Freya took a few deep breaths, trying to make herself look generous when facing strangers: "Please follow me."
She led Austin and others to the office building. On one side of the empty hall, there was a closed door.
This door was not as dilapidated as other doors, and the door was also very clean.
Freya followed the teacher's previous instructions, concentrated all her attention on the doorknob, and said in somewhat rusty ancient Hermes language: "Jeffery Territory!"
As soon as the door opened, the door frame was a piece of illusory space: "Please come in."
Austin and others looked at each other, concealed their surprise, and followed closely behind.
After shuttling through the spirit world for a while, another door suddenly appeared in front of them. When this door opened, the outside was completely a different scene. From the architectural style and people's clothing, it had an exotic atmosphere.
People were coming and going outside, looking very lively. This was the front yard of the Lord's Mansion.
On the front yard, Klein, with the face of Gehrman Sparrow, coldly directed the servants to do the next reception.
Austin and others were still reminiscing about the journey just now, and followed the servants in a daze to the wedding venue.
Back in Backlund, the abandoned factory became more and more lively, with carriages coming one after another. Selena greeted them seriously: "Ms. Daly and Mr. Leonard, we meet again, please come this way.
"That gentleman, are you also here to attend the wedding? Please ask the coachman to park the carriage over there."
At this time, Selena saw an acquaintance getting off the taxi: "Melissa, this way, this way! Mr. Benson, hello."
Melissa did not expect to meet her good friend here: "Selena, did you also receive an invitation?"
"No, I was arranged by Tutor Hobert to receive guests." Selena smiled: "We'll chat later, this is my companion Freya, please follow her to the wedding venue.
"Oh, by the way, I've seen the guest list, Elizabeth will come later."
Sure enough, after a while, Elizabeth and her family arrived.
Elizabeth was a little surprised: "Selena, your family is worried, why are you here?"
After seeing the letter left by Selena, Mr. Wood and Mrs. Wood were still a little worried and went around to inquire about Selena's whereabouts.
As Selena's good friend, the Wood couple must ask Elizabeth about it.
Selena smiled and said, "I am now studying mysticism with Mr. Hobert. If I have time, I will send a letter to my parents."
After chatting a few words, Selena had to hurry to greet the guests: "Mr. Harvey Hayden, please come this way.
"This gentleman, please show your invitation card, Mr. Dorian, right? Please go to the wedding venue with this Mr. Harvey Hayden."
Klein at the Lord's Mansion side, his eyes narrowed when he saw Melissa and Benson.
After taking a deep breath, Klein was relieved: This is the surprise Hobert was talking about last night!
He was about to step forward, but in the end he didn't take that step and continued to direct the servants to receive guests.
Back at the abandoned factory in Backlund, around eleven o'clock, Audrey and Glaint got off one after another as two gorgeous noble carriages arrived.
Selena's eyes lit up, and she sighed in her heart that this lady was so beautiful, and her clothes and jewelry were so gorgeous: "Beautiful lady, you are here to attend the wedding, please come this way."
With the arrival of two members of the "Justice League", the welcoming task on the Backlund side came to an end.
The last few guests were Captain Thomas and the other two. This morning, they received an urgent case and rushed over in a panic after going to the scene.
Selena smiled after looking at the invitation card: "Please come this way, three."
Freya had already gone to the Lord's Mansion to help, and Selena led the last three guests to the door.
Borgia said: "I said, the wedding will not be held in an abandoned factory."
Thomas also smiled and said: "I didn't expect that attending a wedding would also require passing through a 'Traveler's Gate'. This reminds me of my experience of going to headquarters to study."
Selena heard their conversation and noticed the Dark Sacred Emblem on their three carriages, knowing that they were all Beyonders.
She also recalled the encounter at Boklun Manor and sighed that the tutor knew so many Beyonders.
After passing through the "Traveler's Gate" and arriving at the Lord's Mansion, Klein stepped forward to take over: "Please follow the servants to the wedding venue, three."
Selena drank a few sips of water that Freya handed over: "The guests on the Backlund side have all arrived."
Klein nodded: "In a while, let the servants carry a table of food to the factory in Backlund to entertain the coachmen waiting there. Don't send wine."
Selena agreed: "Understood."
"Take a break, you guys go to the wedding too!" After saying that, Klein went to the wedding venue.
He didn't expect that he, who had never been married, would be in charge of the wedding reception.
However, he was only responsible for the Backlund side. The reception work on the Feynapotter side was handled by a steward named Dophis.
The wedding venue was held on a lawn not far from the Lord's Mansion. The weather was good today, not cold or hot, and it was just right to hold the ceremony outdoors.
The scene was already full of people, and the areas where they were sitting were clearly defined, with guests from Backlund and nobles from Feynapotter.
Klein also saw a few witches in the audience. He knew witches too well, so he knew at a glance that they were witches.
This made Klein believe Hobert's words last night, maybe he was really afraid of meeting acquaintances.
Then Klein thought of the sentence in Roselle's diary, "The taste of a Demoness isn't bad." He seriously suspected that the Beyonders of the "Black Emperor" pathway all had this habit?
Of course, even if there were witches, the focus of the audience was basically on Audrey. This gem of Backlund was the most dazzling presence no matter what banquet she attended.
Klein almost mistook Miss Justice for a Beyonder who had taken the "high sequence" witch potion.
Through the information of Backlund's nobles, Hobert's friends, etc., Klein easily connected Audrey to Miss Justice.
It was not until the Princess of Feynapotter, whose name was Ethel, arrived that she shared a lot of the focus of the scene. Although her appearance was far inferior to Miss Justice, she was better than her imposing manner. Many nobles from Feynapotter dared not even raise their heads after the princess arrived.
In addition, there were many guests wearing the robes of the Earth Mother Church. Klein sighed at the breadth of Hobert's social circle. He actually knew the "Giant Bishop" of the Backlund Harvest Church, and the Sanguine Emlyn, who was holding a parasol.
Finally, there were the seats reserved for local officials and people. Because there were a limited number of people who could sit down, more people watched the excitement in the distance of the venue.
After briefly reporting the reception situation on the Backlund side to Dophis, Klein also found a corner to sit down.
At 12 o'clock, the wedding officially began, and the music at the scene became solemn.
Fors, holding Hobert's arm, appeared in the aisle in the middle of the venue. Today, Fors was wearing a white dress that symbolized "purity" locally.
The veil was draped over her shoulders, and the skirt was decorated with lace and auspicious patterns, giving Fors a sense of sacredness.
The bloated skirt gave people a sense of elegance, and there was a long skirt behind it, with two seven- or eight-year-old children following behind to pull the skirt.
Hobert was wearing a Feynapotter-style, somewhat cumbersome traditional noble costume with a cloak. The reason why he liked the Feynapotter-style cloak so much was because it made him look heroic and majestic.
When the bridesmaid Xio, who was helping to hold the bouquet, appeared, everyone thought she was the bride's younger sister who was still in school, or the younger generation of the bride's family.
According to local customs, Hobert and Fors held a wooden box together.
There was a new dress in the wooden box, symbolizing a new beginning.
There was also a pocket watch that didn't look very new, symbolizing the past of the two people.
A blue flower, symbolizing the sincerity of the two people.
A somewhat crude bowl, which was borrowed from the residents of the town, symbolizing the harmony between neighbors.
There was also a pair of gemstone earrings given by Montresa, symbolizing the care of relatives.
As soon as she entered the venue, Fors saw her friends from medical school, many writer friends, and her mother's family members in the venue. They were waving to Fors and sending their blessings in advance.
After a brief surprise, Fors glanced at her fiancé.
Hobert smiled, looking ahead, and said, "I've hypnotized them; they'll forget the process of coming here and going back. But I listened to you and didn't bring your father over."
"Well, I contacted your uncle through your classmate and learned that they all really wanted to attend your wedding, so I invited them all."
Fors saw her grandmother's kind smile and smiled happily, "It's enough that they can come."
She had long been unwilling to associate with her father's family.
Especially at a wedding held in a foreign land, she naturally hoped that her relatives and friends could be present and that she could receive their blessings.
Fors took Hobert's arm and couldn't help but squeeze it a little tighter.
The two slowly came to the front of the venue, attracting everyone's attention.
Christian looked at the newlyweds with relief, feeling that he had lived up to his old friend's trust.
Mona also shed tears of joy, and Donna cried even more, as if it were her brother getting married today.
Audrey looked at all of this with a sweet smile, and others such as Daly, Leonard, Melissa, Elizabeth, Philip, Conrad, and others all looked at the bride and groom with blessings.
As for Ethel and the nobles, although they also seemed very focused, you could tell from their somewhat numb smiles that although they were here, their hearts had long since wandered elsewhere.
Bishop Simpson was already in place, and after Hobert and Fors came before him, the music stopped, and the cheers and jeers gradually stopped, and Bishop Simpson began to bless the two newlyweds.
The first part of the blessing was for the bishop to talk about the relevant descriptions of marriage in the "Holy Bible of Life", as well as exhortations to both men and women to take responsibility for each other after becoming husband and wife.
The Earth Mother Church is similar to the Evernight Goddess Church, and they both respect women's rights. Relatively speaking, women's responsibilities will be more demanding than those of the Storm Church or the Eternal Blazing Sun Church.
This part was a bit boring. The two children holding the skirt might have been too bored. One dropped the skirt and refused to do it, and the other wanted to find their mother.
The guests burst into laughter.
The second part of the blessing was the bishop's blessing: "May the Lord of the Earth, the loving Mother Goddess, bless you two. From now on, under the witness of the Mother Goddess, be of one heart and one mind, and walk with the Mother Goddess; may you be safe and happy, love each other, share the joys and sorrows, and never be separated."
Fors listened with tears in her eyes, feeling that just for this blessing, she would convert to the Earth Mother and often go to church to pray.
The blessing ceremony ended here, without the "Do you want him to want" and the need to seek everyone's consent.
But there was a ring-wearing ceremony. The ring Hobert prepared for Fors didn't have any gems or diamonds. It looked ordinary, but it also looked very unusual.
Many people have already noticed that this is an extraordinary ring.
That's right, this is the "Fighting Ring" that Hobert wore before. He re-sealed it, and the negative effects are already very small.
This ring will make up for Fors's weakness in combat.
Fors immediately felt the effect of this ring the moment she put it on, which surprised her a bit, because this ring is much more valuable and practical than a diamond ring.
This was the second surprise Hobert gave her today. She originally thought that the wedding, which had been rehearsed twice, was just a formality.
After Hobert put on the ring, he gently kissed the back of Fors's hand, which made Fors seem to come back to her senses, and smiled and gently stroked Hobert's face.
Hobert leaned over and, amid everyone's cheers, entered the kissing session.
Although this session was short, everyone enjoyed watching it, and then everyone could come forward to bless the newlyweds.
But with Princess Ethel present, of course she was the first to come forward to offer her blessings.
Princess Ethel, who was wearing a court dress today but still had very heroic short hair, got up, took out a roll of parchment that had been prepared from the open wooden box handed over by the adjutant, and raised it over her head: "I bring the king's blessing!"
The nobles immediately stood up solemnly. The guests from Backlund thought this was a local custom and followed suit.
Princess Ethel stepped forward, came to the two newlyweds, and read Ferdinand II's long blessing in a sonorous voice that almost made Hobert yawn.
After reading for several minutes, there was finally some substance: "...Hobert is a model among barons. By his own efforts, he re-dredged the Taz River and greatly improved the public security level in the South Colson area."
"The king and the Feynapotter government are very clear about these achievements, so all the territory of the former Viscount Wright is granted to Baron Hobert, hoping that Hobert will continue to allow more citizens to live a safe and happy life."
"Bless these newlyweds... (1000 words here)"
After the king's blessing was read, there was still warm applause, and many nobles even shouted "Long live the king!"
After Hobert asked Ethel to return to her seat to rest, he said loudly to everyone: "My wife is a best-selling author. She has written my experiences and efforts in South Colson into a book, which will be given to every guest as a small gift from us!"
"His Majesty the King said in his letter that I am a model among barons and a model among nobles. After you go back, you can tell the story here to friends who have not come."
"Carry out His Majesty the King's desire to establish a model. Long live the King, the King's will is our will!"
Everyone followed and shouted: "Long live the King, the King's will is our will!"
Fors smiled and shook her head, listening to her husband's distortion of the king's blessing.
Ethel, who had been in the army for several years, couldn't help but curse in her heart: Damn it! When did I say you were a 'model of the nobility' and a model that the king wanted to establish?
But it was obviously inappropriate to stop it now, so she could only let Hobert lead everyone to the "wrong place."
After shouting a few slogans, the wedding returned to its normal procedure, and everyone came forward to offer their blessings.
The guests from Backlund, with the explanations of Serena and Freya, also understood the meaning of this link, and followed the nobles to offer their blessings.
"Congratulations," Audrey said with a smile, "Hobert, you can't bully Fors, we are all her strong backing."
Hobert smiled so hard that his face was almost numb: "Fors is so virtuous, how could I bully her?"
Virtuous...
Audrey's eyes dimmed slightly, but she still maintained her smile and completed the blessing process.
Xio on the side was wondering, what point of Fors's can be related to virtuousness?
At this time, the citizens who could not enter the venue shouted: "Blessings to the Lord and Madam!"
At first, it was just a few people shouting, but later everyone's voices gradually converged, and it was somewhat magnificent.
Hobert and Fors also waved to everyone.
Ethel looked at Hobert's interaction with his subordinates, with some worries in her eyes.
The surrounding people's blessings became louder, and someone said happily: "Look, the Lord waved to me!"
"Bullshit! The Lord is obviously waving to me!"
After the blessing session, it came to the cake-cutting session, which is more characteristic of Feynapotter.
The eight-story giant cake was pushed up. According to custom, the bride and groom have to compete for the power to cut the cake. Whoever holds the knife to cut the cake will be in charge at home in the future.
Of course, this is a custom to make the wedding lively. This result has no legal or moral implications.
The way to compete for the power to cut the cake is that whoever takes off the other's shoe first can hold the knife, and both the bride and groom can take off each other's shoes. The best man and bridesmaid can also join the "battle", and even the young people present can join in to help the bride or groom grab the shoes.
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