Back with Bertia and Cecil’s wedding! This is the last part of chapter 17 or our Extra 1~
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Chapter 17
Bertia 18 Years Old (1)
Part 3/3
Translated by LynneSuzuran & Senhiro
She yearned to have the [Exchange of Rings] ceremony.
That kind of custom didn’t exist in this country so I didn’t know about it. However, more than understanding the reason, I just wanted to grant her wish.
Moreover… When I tried to put the ring on her, this felt similar to a ceremony to bind our partner with the ring, and it was surprisingly not that bad.
Also, even if I couldn’t tell her expression was under the veil, the finger that I touched was hot, indicating that she was delighted, and so I felt happy as well.
“Tia, will you also put the ring on me?”
When I smiled sweetly and held out my own left hand, she gulped and with a slight nod, picked up my ring.
Towards her putting the ring on my finger slowly and cautiously with her faintly trembling fingers, I felt something warm in my chest.
For me to be able to have these kinds of feelings, surely it was all thanks to her.
Having finished putting the ring on my finger, she peeked at my face through her veil.
She was definitely worrying over whether or not she should finish by kissing my ring, after having seen me do it with hers.
In that case, perfect.
Next was the Kiss of Vows ceremony. Instead of on the finger, let’s exchange a kiss on the lips.
I glanced intentionally at the archbishop, and though he was still surprised, he understood my meaning and progressed with the ceremony.
“Well then, next is the Kiss of Vows.”
As I slowly raised the veil, my gaze met with Bertia’s watery eyes.
…Thank goodness. Her face might be bright red and her eyes were brimming with tears, but her condition wasn’t as miserable as I’d thought.
Perhaps she was still in shock due to my unexpected action or she might be nervous, but Bertia was frozen in place and trembling just like a small animal. I put Bertia’s hands together and gently wrapped my hands around her hands.
“Bertia Ibil Noches… No, Bertia Ibil Alphasta. I, Cecil Glo Alphasta, vow that I will continue to love, respect, comfort, and help you in sickness and in health, through happiness and sadness, for richer, for poorer, and to fight together with you no matter what other hardships may surface, until the end of my life.”
At my words, her eyes widened even further. Feeling satisfied, I softly brushed my lips over hers.
“……………!!”
She silently screamed as her face turned bright red and her small mouth flapped open and closed.
Her reddening skin further contrasted with her white dress, looking even lovelier.
Her face was hidden from the attendees under her spreading soft veil and perhaps her expression couldn’t be seen clearly, or perhaps people were drunk on the atmosphere and even this expression full of surprise and bewilderment was taken as [lovely]. Sighs of sweet admiration filled the whole venue.
…It was only from the direction of Marquis Noches’ seat that I felt like I heard the sound of teeth gritting full of bloodlust, but I’d lose if I were to pay mind to it.
After all, the father of the bride was surely always like that.
If it were me, if my cute daughter who resembled her mother were to get married someday, I might just test her partner thoroughly, glare at him with eyes full of bloodlust, and inadvertently harass him once, twice, or even three times.
Now that I’ve obtained an existence that could move my heart, there was no way I didn’t understand how he felt.
“Tia?”
I tilted my head- an action loaded with double meaning: “Wasn’t it the vow you wished for?” and also, “Won’t you make your vow as well?”
“…Uhm, that… errr… that… right?”
Perhaps she discerned the meaning behind my gaze, or perhaps she was trying to say [the words of the vow] in her own way while in panic, but while opening and closing her mouth over and over again, she shifted her fidgeting gaze and looked towards the archbishop, seeking his help.
However, in this situation where I suddenly added the lines that I believed she wished for, the archbishop who couldn’t understand what was going on was powerless.
Actually, he put on a wise and gentle smile on his face to hide his discomposure, but perhaps he was sweating with an impatience unlike his usual self, he only woodenly nodded in response to Bertia and did nothing else.
“Uhm… uhm… uhm… I, Bertia Ibil Alphasta, will continue to l-l-l-love Cecil-sama no matter what!! I promise to support him!! Until death do us part!!”
The words of her vow echoed throughout the venue in a voice full of fighting spirit.
…I thought that she was bewildered by the sudden development and was just wondering what she should do, but Bertia, you were stumped because you forgot the words of your vow, right?
I sensed traces of her trying so hard to remember, but it was abridged quite considerably, huh?
Well, speaking of what Bertia was like, it was so like Bertia, though.
The corner of my mouth curved up naturally, and a smile escaped.
No matter when, she was a very amusing person.
“Hey, Tia. Where is the [Kiss of Vows]?”
Towards the girl who was making a satisfied expression over how she declared the considerably abridged lines of her vow, I smiled and asked for a kiss with a slight playfulness.
Truthfully, according to the custom of this country and based on her previous life, there was only one kiss of vows, but with how things were going, it shouldn’t be strange for me to ask for a kiss from her, right?
“K-k-k-k-kiss of v-v-v-vows, earlier…”
“I also want a [vow] from you, okay?”
I leaned my face in towards her as she protested that the kiss was already completed.
Of course, as I wanted a kiss [from her], it went without saying that I stopped approaching her just before her trembling lips.
“…………!!”
Her breath hitched, and I embraced her waist as she was so bright red to the extent that I thought she’d fall over at any moment now.
Usually by this time, Kuro’s tail attack would come, but as expected, she couldn’t interrupt now.
Speaking of which, it would be bad if she were to interrupt us in the middle of the ceremony, so Zeno—who returned before I even noticed—held her to back in his arms.
“Ti-a?”
I called her name with a small voice that only she could hear, sweetly coaxing her.
She swallowed perhaps to prepare herself, then closed her eyes and touched her lovely lips to the edge of my lips.
…What is it? This strange sensation where warmth gathered on this face.
My heart beat even more relentlessly than usual.
As if I had just finished exercising.
Also, for some reason, like I was feeling itchy, like I wanted to let out a cry, it was very strange… but I felt so comfortable.
“…Cecil-sama?”
After Bertia’s face left mine, perhaps she thought that my lack of reaction was strange, and she timidly opened her eyes.
“…?! …Cecil-sama, your face is so bright red. C-c-could it be that you’re feeling shy?”
Feeling shy…
At Bertia’s words, I suddenly became conscious of my own condition, and I reflexively covered my mouth with a hand.
For some reason, I felt very [embarrassed], and I unintentionally averted my gaze from Bertia.
I saw Bertia—who was just as bright red as me, no, even redder than me— smiling very happily at my reaction from the corner of my eye, but that was the last thing on my mind right now.
“Archbishop, proceed…”
I couldn’t endure being gazed by Bertia with her glittering eyes, so I urged the archbishop to proceed while I looked away.
The archbishop who came to his senses at my words declared with a face full of smiles that we would be recognized as a married couple now, presenting the [Book of Vows] in front of us.
After that, we needed to sign this and have the closing speech, then the wedding ceremony would finish.
I managed to recover somewhat after hearing the archbishop’s voice, and signed the written oath with my usual smile before urging Bertia to sign as well.
With this, we would officially be husband and wife.
As I felt relieved that the wedding ceremony ended safely, I listened respectfully to the archbishop’s closing speech that was superbly tedious again.
I wanted it to finish while feeling refreshed, but this was also something that couldn’t be helped.
“…With this, we recognize these two as husband and wife!!”
By the time the same old declaration was finished, the cathedral was filled with applause.
Looking out over the venue, the two of us faced the attendees and smiled together as we waved.
aww ? ?
thanks for this chapter!
Thank you for the update. Does the “turn your adblock off” show to everyone? It kept saying so to me (I even double checked that I did turn it off but it kept popping up).
If you are using opera you have two adblocks. And some mobile browsers have native adblocks.
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Yes me too, I use Firefox. I turned off ad blocker, I turned off Privacy Badger too just to see what would happen, I still got the annoying message every page. I don’t see any advertisement so apparently it’s not wrong? Well I turned it all back on and gave up
Oops sorry, it’s a plugin that malfunctioned. I have changed the plugin now, hopefully everything works nicely this time. Thanks for whitelisting the site, it’d help a lot ^^
Thanks for the new chapter!
Thanks for the last chapter!!! Been enjoy this novel for a long time and now that it’s finish make me feel happy. Thanks for the hard work for translate this novel.
B-but we still have chapter 18 and 19 o3o
There will be two more extra chapters so stay tuned ><
Really?? I’m really looking foward to it XD when will you release them??
Sorry for my late reply, it’s all been released XD
Ahhhh, so sweet
Thank you for translating
Thanks for the sugar, now my diabetes is inevitable.
Maybe I need to start an insulin shop so you people can buy the insulin I’m selling after reading the fluffy sweet chapters XD
Nice!
This was a good, fun story to read – thanks for translating!
while shein a panic -> while in a panic
Oof thank you! I’ve edited it xD
Omggggggggg im sooo happyyyyyyy!!!! This is so perfect awwww i love itttt!!!! ❤️☺️
Thanks so much for the translation
There will be a big hole in my heart after this is done. Manga version is of some help with that, but, I think, I need to find a series as good as this before I start readind this one for the 3d time.
If you happen to encounter a hiatus or a RAW series like this, feel free to contact me~!
Huh, for a second I thought there was only one extra, I need to pay attention more. *throws money at screen*
Thank you for all your support, by the way! QAQ/
Thanks for the chapter. I didn’t realize that there was more then one chapter of extras, had me a bit of a fright there.
When you don’t want a series to actually end XD
Ooof, thank you for telling me earlier to grsb anything for me to hug! If I don’t, I’ll definitely crush something in the palm of my hand due of overwhelmed sweetness (//∇//)
And Cecil-sama blushed!! I feel so touched (๑´̥̥̥>ω<̥̥̥`๑)
Glad to know my warning is useful XD
Thank you for your hard work and dedication to this super cute series, I’m sending you guys a virtual hug <3
Also, am I the only one shipping Zeno x Kuro here?
Nope, nope, many people are XD
Thank you so much for the chapter! It was so sweet I had to stop once in a while to regulate my breathing and read again, haha. Looking forward to the two other extras~☆
Whoa whoa, don’t get an asthma just because of the sweetness XD
woooow cecil is adorable!!!
will there be kids in the next chapters?
Since all the extras have all been released already… Yes, there will XD
This is so sweet….
Too much sugar….
Somebody help meeeeh….
I’m still grinning even now….
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Thank you so much for the chapters~
Smiling won’t kill you, it’s even good for your health, so why bother having someone save you? Ehehe XD
Thanks for the chapter!
This was adorable, if a bit puzzling. Generally royalty that had been engaged from such an early age would marry quite a bit earlier, or around 16 (or even 14 in some cases) during the late medieval period to very early industrial period (this appears to be during the late medieval as they are talking about more refined gunpowder in one of the chapters).
Especially since this is the crown prince, marriage happened early to ensure that the birth of heirs could be more likely to occur early, since the average life expectancy, even among nobles, wasn’t nearly as high as it was now.
I dunno, maybe that’s just me. I have played my fair share of otome games and I am aware they do tend to jump around between the heroine character age from 14 up to 26 so it isn’t like it is unprecedented. But when set in this time setting and for a crown prince no less I just have a very hard time seeing a marriage happening so late.
Nevertheless, ignoring that minor gripe of mine I really enjoyed the chapter, thanks again for translating this. ^__^
The expected age of marriage varies with a lot of factors, but life-expectancy both at birth and at time of marriage play a big role. Medicine and hygiene both appear relatively advanced in this setting (compared to gunpowder usage, at least). Things like glasshouse cultivation of medicinal herbs and the absence of a high infant mortality would indicate that the pressing need for marriage as soon as a woman is capable of safely bearing a child might have less weight than allowing a couple of extra years of formal education.
Such a setting is more conducive to otomege anyway, for several reasons, just like having a system of inherited nobility/wealth so that there can be a ‘prince’ or two among the capture targets.
Cecil blushing after all that–!! OMG I’M SCREAMING! I’m so weak against this type of reaction from characters that have his personality. Ahhhh SO CUTE! SO SWEET! I loved this extra so much!
As the Chinese say, this chapter was a lot of “dog food” I loved too much, I stopped reading several times just to let out my hysterical screams