Chapter 881: Seating Problem

People in this world are accustomed to holding weddings between one and two in the afternoon, and Princess Mona Cavendish's wedding was chosen for 1:40 PM on the 19th of the Month of Frost.

Although the Peace Church did not close because of this wedding, the church still carried out extra decorations. Yodel Palace had already sent eunuch attendants in advance to be responsible for leading the guests who arrived at the church door to the wedding auditorium.

This is not the main auditorium of the church, but a side hall used for daily preaching, because people believe that marriages blessed in the main auditorium of the cathedral will bring extra pressure to the newlyweds. Even if it is not the main auditorium, the solemn and solemn atmosphere is not lacking at all. The astonishingly deep auditorium is enough to accommodate hundreds of people, and the clean, reflective tile floor and the various religious oil paintings on the walls also give the church more sacredness.

The auditorium was already arranged. In the already solemn and solemn auditorium, the red carpet extended from the door of the auditorium to the preaching platform. The preaching platform was full of flowers, and even the huge holy emblem behind the preaching platform was decorated with flowers. The colored windows were dotted with ribbons, and the musicians wearing formal wear and the children acting as flower children had already arrived here.

Xia De and Retsia arrived relatively early. When entering the auditorium, there were not many guests sitting on those long wooden chairs. Just even though there were already quite a few people, the auditorium was still quiet, and everyone subconsciously lowered their voices. Xia De understood this behavior very well. Even an outsider like him coming to this environment knew that this was not a place to speak loudly.

The guests' seats were not fixed. Except for royal family members and direct relatives of both parties who must be in the first three rows, friends like Xia De who jumped out from nowhere could choose any position in the back.

A long bench could seat two people. Xia De and the blonde girl sat in the fifth row near the central aisle. Xia De sat on the outside, and Retsia sat on the inside. After sitting down, his hand was placed on the right armrest that seemed to have been polished, and then he looked around curiously.

The auditorium of the church itself is so awe-inspiring, but because of the wedding arrangement, it has a few more festive colors. There were no acquaintances around for the time being, and the guests who kept walking in under the leadership of the eunuch attendants lowered their voices and talked, occasionally greeting each other, but also controlling their volume.

Xia De could recognize most of them, and those gentlemen wearing black formal wear or red army uniforms could also greet Xia De in a low voice, as if they were not surprised at all that "Hamilton of Lei Jiede" appeared here.

"Miss Galina's carriage has already arrived outside the church, and will probably come over soon."

Count Deang, who works in the Kingdom's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, even told Xia De this news, and then said to Xia De's partner "Dorothy":

"Lady, good afternoon."

But the blonde girl's face did not look good at this time. After the Count left, a look of something big happening appeared on her face:

"Xia De, will Galina sit next to me in a while?"

Xia De is next to the aisle, and Galina, a non-direct relative with such status, can sit in the first three rows, but sitting in other positions is also fine. In occasions like weddings, everyone can be casual.

"Don't know."

Xia De answered, but in his heart, he was very certain that the great witch would likely do so.

"Dorothy" pursed her lips, tilted her head and leaned on Xia De's shoulder and closed her eyes. But she sat up straight again almost immediately, and when she opened her eyes, the cat lying on Xia De's lap meowed lazily again:

"Meow!"

"Good afternoon, Xia De."

Although she had been with Xia De, Dorothy still said with a smile. She was in a good mood, at least better than Retsia's mood:

"This is my first time being a bridesmaid for someone else. Oh, Xia De, you don't know how much I did this noon. Even with the help of the maid, the chief bridesmaid is indeed hard."

Although complaining in a low voice, the smile at the corner of Dorothy's mouth showed that she was also infected by this atmosphere, blessing the newlyweds who were about to get married. Dorothy looked left and right, very interested in the decoration style of the church:

"This is my first time entering the Peace Church."

"Retsia doesn't want to sit with Miss Galina, is this running away?"

Xia De asked in a low voice, and Dorothy immediately shook her head:

"Of course not, how could she be afraid of Miss Galina? She is prepared to arrange for others to sit next to me in advance."

"Who will sit next to you? Oh, good afternoon, Marquis Dirac!"

Xia De raised his voice slightly and greeted the old gentleman passing by. The blonde girl blinked and smiled. This was a very playful expression:

"You guess."

Before Xia De and "Dorothy" just walked in, the auditorium was already playing the famous wedding accompaniment music "Midsummer Grass", "To My Love", and "Call of the Snow Mountain Peak". The gentlemen of the band wearing formal wear were performing continuously on one side of the church, and it seemed they were not tired at all. And as time passed, more and more guests arrived here, then sat down and talked in a low voice.

This excited but solemn atmosphere also infected Xia De. He greeted people, and then talked with Dorothy about the decoration style of the auditorium and the origin of the religious murals on the head.

The two were talking, and a somewhat loud speaking voice sounded at the door of the auditorium. Xia De heard the word "Princess". He turned his head and happened to meet Retsia's eyes:

"Hmm?"

Xia De looked at Retsia at the door, and then looked at Dorothy beside him. This feeling was really wonderful.

The red-haired princess, at this time, was wearing a plain long dress. The dress decoration was extremely simple, not even having lace edges on the skirt. She was not wearing a corset, but instead tied a golden silk ribbon as a belt. Her long hair hung behind her simply, she wore two symmetrical silver bracelets on her hands, and silver high heels on her feet.

This "plain" dress and the princess's status did not match at all. If Retsia walked on the grass barefoot at this time, and wore a flower wreath on her head, it would be no different from the "holy girl" depicted in operas and knights.

According to the rules of the local wedding, the bridesmaid's clothing and jewelry must be simple—although the price of this clothing and jewelry Xia De could not earn in a month, the bridesmaid could not steal the bride's glory on the happiest day of her life, but instead had to make the bride look more beautiful, so she would dress like this.

Retsia, as a bridesmaid, appeared in the auditorium in advance, of course, not to find Xia De. Behind her, Princess Margaret Anjou and the accompanying female officials actually followed. Obviously, they were also here to attend this wedding.

This princess from the South was wearing a gradient blue long dress today. The upper body was roughly white dyed with faint blue, and the blue became more obvious from the waist down, until it turned completely blue at the hem of the skirt.

Retsia's skirt was not only plain but extremely thin, suitable for summer but not for winter, while Princess Margaret's long dress was not only complex in color, but the skirt was divided into at least three layers. She had light makeup on her face, and the eyebrows between the light blue eyes and the fair forehead covered by broken hair were exceptionally pretty.

When Retsia and Princess Margaret stood together, clearly the princesses of the two countries were beautiful in different ways, but because of the lining of the clothes, Retsia was rarely inconspicuous.

People near the door had already discovered the appearance of the two princesses, and greeted them one after another, and some even used Karsenrik language.

Princess Margaret only arrived in Tobesk yesterday. She was probably invited to Yodel Palace yesterday, and the visiting group led by the princess itself also had social needs to contact nobles, so everyone was not surprised by her appearance at this time.

As Retsia brought Princess Margaret and her party into the auditorium, people also stood up to greet them row by row. Of course, it was not standing straight, but the buttocks leaving the seat, and then bowing slightly. After all, this is a wedding. Even if you want to show the country's etiquette in front of foreign princesses, you must take care of the face of the Cavendish family.

These pictures made Xia De more and more excited. He liked this peaceful and beautiful time very much. But soon, Retsia brought Princess Margaret Anjou and her party to Xia De's side.

Xia De and Dorothy stood up like others, but did not expect Retsia to stop.

She introduced as if she were a complete stranger to Xia De:

"Miss Margaret, this is Knight Hamilton of Lei Jiede. You met at the train station yesterday."

Xia De vaguely understood what Retsia probably wanted to do, and Retsia had an indifferent expression, completely different from the enthusiasm when they met last time, which was when discussing the "Night of the Red Butterfly" in the carriage on Saturday afternoon.

"Good afternoon, Your Highness."

But he still did not forget to greet Margaret Anjou respectfully, and the latter also nodded with a smile.

So Retsia said:

"Margaret, what do you think of the seats here?"

She pointed to the seat inside Dorothy, and Princess Margaret nodded with a smile:

"Pretty good."

So Retsia asked Dorothy again:

"Lady, do you mind Princess Margaret sitting here?"

"Oh, of course I don't mind, this is my honor. But shouldn't the princess sit in the first three rows?"

Dorothy asked in surprise, and stood up with Xia De to make room, letting Princess Margaret and the accompanying female officials sit down.

"Margaret thinks it's better not to disturb today's newlyweds."

Retsia said softly, and made eye contact with Dorothy. The connected souls could feel each other's joy.

"Lady, you are really beautiful, and you are a good match for the knight."

When Princess Margaret entered the seat, Retsia said to Dorothy standing on the side with a smile. Just as her words fell, the orange cat Xia De was holding "meowed", and Xia De looked at Dorothy in surprise. "Dorothy" replied:

"Your Highness, thank you for your praise, you are also as beautiful as the most delicate flowers today."

As the words fell, the cat with narrowed eyes "meowed" again, and then Xia De heard Retsia say with a smile:

"Thank you."

These three sentences were all said by Retsia, and this kind of "boring" behavior made both girls laugh very happily at this time. Under normal conditions, they need to consume mental power and spirit to exchange souls, but on the special "Day of the Red Butterfly", this consumption was reduced to the lowest... Xia De knew this on that stormy night.

Today, Retsia just praised herself, and that night she exchanged with Dorothy more than ten times.

【Is now the time to think about these things?】

"She" reminded softly, Xia De immediately dispelled the memory. So Princess Margaret Anjou's position was close to Dorothy, Dorothy's outside was Xia De, and then it was the red carpet aisle.

After finding a seat for Princess Margaret, Retsia did not leave immediately, but waited for a while. Xia De originally wondered why she was still here, but the badge on his chest became extremely hot at this moment.

Xia De turned around again and looked at the door. Miss Sylvia, wearing a red dress, actually appeared.

The young great witch was also quite beautiful today. She should have come as a member of Princess Margaret's entourage, but I don't know why she was a step late. After walking over, she found that the entire row of seats on this side of the aisle was full. Dorothy wanted to stand up and give up her seat for this beautiful Karsenrik lady, but Miss Sylvia shook her head and sat on the seat on the other side of the aisle, which was separated from Xia De by the red carpet.

The witch nodded implicitly to Xia De, and Xia De also responded. But then, he felt the badge on his chest become even hotter.

As expected, it was Duchess Galina who walked into the auditorium with Tifa. She saw Retsia, who was wearing a bridesmaid dress, standing on the red carpet of the aisle at a glance, and then saw that the seats beside Xia De were all full.

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ps: Add 5k in the afternoon, the original chapters remain unchanged, which is 8k in the afternoon.

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