Chapter 3137
The island is located not far from Palm Beach. The climate here is the mildness inherited from California. Even in the morning, there is not much coolness, and the wind blowing is warm.
As more and more people gathered in the square, the waiters led the crowd through the tree-lined path to the lawn beside it for breakfast. Breakfast was still in the form of a buffet banquet, but some welcome props were arranged on the side.
Every guest who entered could receive a gift, but this wasn't the official wedding gift, just some small things for the welcome banquet. Schiller also received one. He actually didn't know what was inside.
Breakfast was very rich, but most of it was cold dishes. Schiller had no appetite, found a chair and sat down, and began to unpack the gift.
The gift was divided into two parts, a small gift box and a rolled-up letter. After the letter was opened, it was just very ordinary welcome and thank-you content, with the signatures of Stark and all the brides and grooms at the bottom.
Schiller opened the small box again and found that it was an electronic watch inside. After turning it over, he saw the Stark Industries logo. It should be a new product from Stark Industries.
After he started the electronic watch, he found that this thing had a holographic projection function. The clock showing the numbers was floating above the dial. It was a product that Stark would design. Regardless of practicality, it was definitely flashy enough.
Schiller put these two gifts away. Breakfast time wasn't over, and he was idle anyway, so he took a plate, picked up some bread, and ate while strolling.
Schiller saw some young heroes, mostly Matt's students. Several people from the New Warriors team also came, but the young people were all gathered together to study the electronic watch and discuss some popular online topics.
Schiller then remembered that he still had an account to update. It wasn't that he wanted to let people down, but he really wasn't used to taking his phone and shooting wherever he went, and he hadn't updated it for several days.
Thinking of this, Schiller took out his phone, filmed Stark's gift, and filmed some food at the breakfast banquet. However, because they were all big shots, he didn't let anyone enter the frame.
Then it was random editing and random music. He finished it and sent it out. When the breakfast banquet was about to end, Ultron came over and said: "Sir, did you post a new video again? I was also considering whether to post a record of the wedding."
"I think you can go and do an exclusive interview with the bride and groom." Schiller suggested: "Regardless, Tony will definitely accept your interview. You can ask him more about his mood and so on. He must have a lot to say."
"Good idea!" Ultron said: "But don't you go yourself? Sir?"
"I went, and they would only think I was going to give them a big surprise." Schiller shrugged helplessly.
"Oh, that's right, you must be preparing a surprise, and don't have time to interview, so I'll go." After saying that, Ultron waved his hand and walked towards the back door of the manor.
Schiller could only look at his back helplessly.
The breakfast banquet ended, and the guests had all arrived. The service provider led them along another road to the transportation station at the back of the manor, where there would be a shuttle to take them to the official wedding venue.
Stark adopted a beach wedding, and the location was on that longest white sand beach he filled in. The pastor's pulpit faced away from the sea, while the guests faced the sea.
Many seats were arranged on both sides, with a bright red carpet in the middle. Perhaps because it was a collective wedding, the space left in the middle was very large, and the carpet was also very clean, without a single grain of sand.
The guests were soon seated. The officiant Obadiah and the pastor were discussing something in front of the pulpit.
After Schiller sat down, Star-Lord sat on his left, Eddie on his right, Natasha in front, Connors behind, Dr. Banner on his front right, and Winter Soldier on his back left. Good guy, how afraid were they that he would cause trouble?
Schiller, surrounded by superheroes, wasn't nervous at all. He looked at the wedding venue. During the rehearsal, only a frame was set up here, without such richness.
In addition to the carpet and chairs, the wedding venue was also decorated with flowers, balloons, and shrub arches. In addition to roses, the flowers also included many tulips and roses that looked very precious, mostly orange, red, and white, like California's most famous cocktail, "California Sunset."
The balloons were mainly pink, blue, and white, and the material was somewhat special, with the surface reflecting a silk-like luster, shining brightly in the sun.
The dining venue on the right side of the main venue was much larger than the breakfast banquet venue. Another most important purpose of the wedding was social interaction. Obviously, this was the main venue for the wedding.
The venue on the left was obviously a playground for children. Many guests present were whole families, with a large group of big and small children. Stark simply made a sandcastle and embedded slides, ropes, and the like into it, letting them play to their heart's content.
Although it looked like an amusement park, it was actually used for social interaction. When the children played inside, the parents could drink and chat on the side while borrowing the topic of children.
Today's wedding was destined not to end quickly. Too many people had too many things to talk about.
Schiller looked down at his phone. Dream-powered Strange told him he was ready. Next, of course, was the drama of taking a hot air balloon and passing through the world of illusions.
Schiller actually didn't know what kind of plot Eddie had edited, but seeing that the couples who walked off the hot air balloon were a bit dazed, he knew the goal had been achieved.
When the guests were seated one after another, Schiller had already changed into his groomsman outfit and followed the bride and groom through a rock cave on the side of the beach. As soon as they entered, warm cheers rang out on the beach.
Loki still went to be a bridesmaid, wearing a long dress interwoven with silver-white and light pink, walking behind Gwen. Gwen was holding that crocodile wearing a dress in her hand.
She seemed to like this crocodile very much, and kept touching its head with her hand while walking. Schiller could only pray in his heart that when the bouquet was thrown later, no one would catch Gwen's bouquet.
Schiller walked behind Steve, and Helen, the flower girl beside Pepper, winked at him.
They walked all the way to the pulpit.
All the newcomers lined up in turn, and the groomsmen stood behind them. The pastor began to read the vows, and the officiant stood on the side with a smile.
Traditional weddings didn't have the link of asking whether they were willing. After the vows were read, the newcomers began to exchange rings.
The rings were changed from one hand to the other, but everyone didn't rush to turn around because there was one last link, which was for friends and family to express their blessings for the marriage.
The representative of friends and family was naturally Schiller.
He walked to the pulpit, thought for a while, threw the manuscript full of polite words that Eddie had handed him to the back of his mind, showed a smile, and then opened his mouth to say.
"There is no doubt that today is a good day. The sun shines on us, making everything look so gentle."
"When I walked over from the red carpet, the warm sea breeze blew, and the white fine sand danced along the ground, like dancing an ancient and desolate dance."
"Our shoes left shallow footprints on the beach. Countless people have left such traces on this land, pioneers, fishermen, and gold prospectors."
"They came and went in a hurry between the ocean and the land, burying their flesh in the sand and sending their souls to the sun."
"I want to praise California. The sun here is so merciful, taking in many wanderers who have nowhere to go and building new homes here."
"The seawater flashing with green light, the slowly swaying palm leaves, the rustling sea breeze in the ears, all seem to be saying 'wealth, fame,' but to me, it sounds like 'love, infatuation'."
"Many years ago, when the indigenous people here picked palm leaves, cut the leaves, braided them, and put them on the roof of the newly built house, wealth, fame, and love were woven together and had a specific name—'marriage'."
"When the babbling children leave their footprints here like their parents, the California sun is still so merciful, the sea breeze is still dancing with sand under their feet, and we cheer enthusiastically for everything we witness at this moment."
"When the flesh is easily scattered by the flowing water of the river of time like sand, the souls woven together by lovers in the sun will remain in the memory of the sun forever."
"In the short history of mankind and the long life of the sun, there will be the name of this moment."
"Let us praise it, praise the California sun, praise the marriage woven from wealth, fame, and love, and praise the footprints named responsibility condensed in marriage."
"Praise the sand we collect like the most precious gold that will cover these footprints, praise the greatest flash of human emotion that will never fade—praise God."
As Schiller's voice fell, warm applause rang out in the guest seats. Everyone stood up and walked up to hug the bride and groom.
People gathered together to cheer and take pictures, then separated. The brides walked to the front, turned their backs to the crowd, and threw the bouquets in their hands.
Schiller had also retreated into the crowd, found the right time to reach out, very good, caught nothing.
The crocodile Loki bouquet fell right into Natasha's hands. Now Schiller decided to mourn for the crocodile instead.
Just then, Stark suddenly clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention. He said loudly.
"Thank you all very much! Thank you very much! The ceremony is complete, but I still have one thing to say!"
"My friends, to be precise, many of my friends, spent a lot of time to make us have such a perfect wedding, and if you ask which link moved me the most, it is naturally the scene we saw on the hot air balloon when we entered."
"My friend Dr. Schiller let his good friend enter our dreams to realize an impossible hypothesis for us—when we abandon our current identities, will our souls still be attracted to each other?"
"I was very anxious about this question, even unable to sleep at night, but now I have the answer. I saw the answer I wanted in my dream, which moved me very much."
"Now I hope I can share this emotion with you. Please give me a few more minutes to witness this beautiful dream that belongs to love together."
Everyone quieted down and was also curious about the beautiful dream Stark mentioned. And Schiller, standing at the back of the crowd, showed a cunning smile.
End of Chapter
