Chapter 308: Chapter 307 : The wedding Starts!

Margret sighed as she looked at the other girls around her, especially that ‘Nova’ who sat in her dress to the side looking at the mirror absentmindedly.

She would be a fool if she didn’t realize what was going on by now!

“Do you think the young master’s plan would work?” Mina asked as she put the final touches on her sister’s makeup and then put an ivory delicately decorated mask on her face. It hid most of it, with only large openings for her two sharp eyes and mouth.

She looked both pretty and mysterious.

“Definitely!” Mana said.

“Do you know what his plan is, to begin with?” Margret asked as she checked herself in the mirror one last time.

“... No… But we trust him!”

“What if his plan was to sell us all during the wedding? What if this was all an auction in disguise?” Margret asked as she turned around. Her crimson hair crowned her mask, making her look domineering.

“Then we will only need to resign ourselves to our fates!” Mana said.

“Stop spouting nonsense!” Aria said. She was very nervous. Totally not sure she ended up marrying Victor. She could freshly remember scolding him like his older sister a few months ago… He told her that she would want him, but she didn’t believe it.

“I am just saying… we don’t know!” Margret said as she looked at Lin who was looking back at her. “What?”

“Nothing…” Lin said with a sigh. She didn’t like Margret at all! She made her feel threatened!

“What’s taking Victor so long?” Mira suddenly asked as she helped the nervous Monica put on a hairpin… They were both nervous, but Mira as an actress knew how to hide it well!

“Who knows!” Margaret said, “He is probably out there scamming some little girl!” she said.

“True…” All the girls nodded. That was a fact about Victor. He would always manage to find some little girl and scam her, no matter where he was or what he was doing.

“You are really amazing, do you know that!” someone said. It was Victor who walked backstage. “I was really scamming a little girl… She would be joining you later!”

“Ahh… WHAT?” The girls were stunned as he began to change his clothes in front of them.

“Don’t look stunned… Now be prepared… Where is Ruby?”

“Here young master!” the little girl said as she walked from the side with a somewhat revealing priestess dress.

“Do you remember everything?” he asked as he quickly put on his ceremonial suit.

“Perfectly!” she said with a nod, secretly checking his body. Why couldn't she be a bride too? Damn, it... He better keeps his promise to marry her with Theta when they get old enough!

"Are you all ready? Did you put on the talismans I gave you?" he asked the girls.

"Yes," the girls replied.

“Good… Go on then… Let’s start!” he told Ruby as Lin ran to his side and began to help him button his shirt.

It was time to scam the world!

…
Outside, the wedding hall suddenly turned dark.
The attendants were startled and began to look around in the dim light. That’s when the screens that had been projecting a clear sky on the roof slowly transformed to display black clouds with bolts of lightning striking across them with a thundering sound rocking the hall.

On the dark stage, a spotlight suddenly appeared, revealing a short girl wearing a sexy priestess dress. She moved in a theatrical manner and stood right in the center of the stage.

“Ehm… A long time ago!” she began to speak in a melodic voice, signifying the beginning of the ceremony as the Venue quieted down. “When the world was divided into eight warring kingdoms! The fighting was endless and the blood of the innocent painted the earth brown and the seas red!” she said as screens on the sides began to display artistic renderings of the tale. They were commissioned prior to the wedding by the world's top artists. Victor planned to sell them right after the wedding in an auction… Margret was right about there being an auction after all.

“Then! A hero arose from the ashes!” the girl said as she moved to the side. Another spotlight appeared on stage revealing Victor who walked up with a smug smile.

He was wearing an extravagant gilded white knight suit that fitted him a little too well.
On his face was a decorative mask that only covered his eyes. He looked amazing.

Many of the women in the crowd began to fan themselves… Elise just watched in shock. She had thousands of thoughts in her mind and no answers.

Lara, El, and Mia were absolutely taken… They couldn’t lift their eyes off Victor. His dashing looks were totally lethal for little girls!

“The hero, knowing that he needed to unify the world, needed to prove his strength! He had to go to the darkest Mountain and defeat the evil dragon that terrified the world!” the priestess who moved to the side added in a loud voice.

“...”

“...”

“...”

“I said, THE DRAGON!” she called again as an empty spotlight appeared on the edge of the stage from which a wobbly dragon made his way up with the assistance of a girl wearing a veil.

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She helped the drunk priest, who was wearing a black dragon grab and a dragon skull mask, sit down on his jade throne, then backed away.

The attendants looked at each other as Theodore slapped his own face… Damn, that Victor. The priest was obviously drunk! He was even barfing.

Yulian and James Trove on the other hand sighed in relief as the girl in the veil was Lily… She was not a bride.

“After a grand battle that shook the heavens!” the priestess said as thunder sounded around the hall again. “THE HERO DEFEATED THE DRAGON!” she yelled in a heroic voice as Victor took a ceremonial sword from his back and gently smacked the dragon skull mask on the priest’s head.

The dozy priest just looked up “Stop it…” he said as he dozed off again.

There was a slight sound of giggles in the audience, but it quickly died down when Elena smacked the two little girls’ heads… Elise almost burst out laughing too, but the darkness and the shades she wore hid her face well.

Unlike Theodore who sighed, the attendants were a little shocked. The Priest clearly wasn’t doing this willingly. Regardless, no one cared. They were here for their benefit and to have fun!

“O DRAGON! IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO DIE! BEAR WITNESS TO THE UNIFICATION OF THE KINGDOM AND USE YOUR SACRED ART TO HOLD A GRAND WEDDING FOR ME!” Victor said in a grand voice.

“I… Ifdd… shhh,” The priest (Dragon) said as some drool fell from his mouth.

“HE WILL!” The girl translated on her own, making many of the attendants frown while others smiled in amusement.

The next moment the lights gradually turned on, revealing a totally revamped stage with all kinds of golden carvings and arrays engraved on the ground. The screens were now displaying golden clouds. Not only on the roof. The entire hall walls turned out to be made out of screens that no one noticed. They began to project images of the skies, making the attendants feel as if they were in a floating temple.

There was even some golden fog going around the hall, making the entire place look ethereal.

“Not bad…” Yulian said. Alice nodded. She was also amazed. Too bad she couldn't enjoy the show while knowing that Caspian was glaring at her from the back.
“I am sure you too will hold a bigger wedding when it is your time!” Elena said. After having some time with Yulian she found him to be a very educated and polite young man.

Alice, hearing her mother, couldn't help but blush and then frown a little… Never mind that. She decided to focus on the present.

The priestess girl, who was now standing next to the ‘dragon’, began to speak again after making sure that the attendants finished looking around… She was a little amazed too when she saw this place for the first time in the rehearsals.

“To Unify the kingdoms. The Hero decided to marry one princess from each! Eight in total! and let the Dragon bear witness to it as a priest, forming the 8 souls contract so that the bond can never be broken!” she said as she bowed then stepped down and eight girls in colorful wedding dresses and white masks stepped onto the stage with a golden fog around them.

Each one of them had a unique air around her that made her stand alone.

They were holding each others’ hands and looked dashing despite the customs that covered all of their body’s with only their hair and parts of their faces showing.

“O BRIDES! LET US BUILD A NEW WORLD OF PEACE TOGETHER!” Victor yelled, “LET THE WEDDING BEGGI….”

“STOP THIS FARCE!” a voice sounded coldly stopping the priestess girl who was holding a big horn and preparing to blow in it in her tracks.

Everyone looked to the back where Caspian stood from his seat and removed his mask, making those who recognized him sigh in shock as he made his way slowly toward the stage. Totally ignoring Alice on purpose.

Many got very nervous at this time, especially Luliana, Alice, and Theodore who looked at Victor waiting for him to start his plan…

The attendees watched as Caspian walked slowly from his seat until he stood right under the stage. Everyone frowned. Many didn’t know who Caspian was, but for those few who did like Harvey, Luliana, and Theodore this was a huge trouble.

On the other hand, one little girl closed her nose. It was El. Caspian smelled like her uncle Black’s sh*t after he threw it in the fermentation barrel… No, that thing smelled better…

“Can I help you young master Caspian?” Victor asked as he gestured to the tense Alice to calm down. He was publicly revealing that he already recognized Caspian but didn’t show him any respect on purpose.

“Since when was one of the hero’s brides a fake?” Caspian asked while keeping his cool as if Victor was just a junior and everything was going according to his plan.

“They are all genuine!” Victor said arrogantly as he pinched Monika’s butt making her yelp. “Tasted and certified… And what does this have to do with you?” he asked, making those who knew what was going on wonder whether Victor was just being courageous or was he a complete fool for facing Caspian.

Caspian paused… Did he mean tested? Never mind that… “It has everything when it is about her!” Caspian said coldly, throwing a fork that he got from one of the tables at the blue-haired girl. The fork hit the ivory mask on her face in its center in a flash, breaking it in perfect halves to reveal the delicate face of Nova von Astrom.

“NOVA?” Luliana asked in shock. This was not the girl she brought with her, but the genuine Nova!

“Didn’t you tell me she escaped?” Mirage whispered in a hurry.

“She did!” Luliana said.

“YOUNG MASTER CASPIAN…. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS? I AM NOW YOUNG MASTER VICTOR’S WOMAN!” Nova said as she stepped forward heroically, “Please show some respect!” she added according to the script prepared by Victor.

Caspian frowned, he knew she was fake, but this one was very life-like! He looked back at Mirage and at Luliana… they were both shocked, it was clear she was different from the one they saw in the morning.

He quickly activated his appraisal skill again just to be sure.

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