Chapter 106 - Epilogue: The Royal Wedding

>>Maya

I went back to the human world to take care of things. It was my first and last visit because I took care of all the things in one go.

I was already on leave from my job, so I went there and properly quit. Then I went to my house and emptied it because I had no use for the things anymore. I did pack a few of my clothes that would fit in the magic realm, other than that I sold all the stuff and gave the money to charity.

The last thing I did was go to meet Adam and Esra.

After my memories had returned I had some mixed feelings but when I gave it some serious thought I realized that the Adam and Esra in this life had no memory of their past and in this life they had been nothing but good to me.

I was an orphan at birth since my biological mother died during childbirth and my father had died a few months before in an accident.

Adam and Esra took me in from the very first day and were the greatest guardians one could ask for.

Just like for me, they were also guardians to many kids.

They were the sweetest people ever and they deserved to know about me.

Of course when I visited them I didn’t tell them any crazy shit about the realm of magic or having a fiance that’s actually a king of an enchanted country-forest.

I had a nice dinner with them and then afterwards I told them I was going to start a new life and I wasn’t going to add any technologies in it. I also made sure to assure them that I was going to be okay and that even if phone calls weren’t an option, letters always were and that I’d send them one every now and then since it’s possible to send letters from the magic realm to the human world.

It took some time but they agreed.

It was a good thing I thought everything through and my excuses were bought.

When all my dealings in the human world were done. I went back to the realm of magic where all the fae were extremely busy preparing for the royal wedding. Decorations were being made and food was being cooked in very large amounts.

Important guests from the other two enchanted kingdoms were also invited to attend. Other than that the ocean creatures were also given an invitation along with the mountain dwellers.

While most of the mountains were covered with trees so they were considered a part of the forest and were part of a kingdom but some mountains were in barren areas of no man lands, meaning they didn’t fall under any kingdom yet Yohan decided to invite them too.

I was very busy as well.

Why? Because apparently Yohan had told the fae people that the wedding will happen when he finds the most beautiful dress for me and because of that I had to try on so many dresses that were made by many people here.

It was hard, like very hard but in the end I narrowed it down to three dresses and the final one was chosen by Yohan.

After that the wedding date was decided and all the invitations were sent out.

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It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining brightly and the biggest clearing was chosen as the venue for our wedding.

The decorations were filled with white pastel blue and pastel pink decorations. With magic, the branches of trees formed an overhead shed and sprouted lamp flowers and wisteria, the combination of which looked stunningly beautiful.

A white flower carpet was laid down that reached the marriage altar. I had never seen anything like it and it was breathtakingly stunning. On either side of the flower aisle were dome flowers. Dome flowers are like an actual dome but transparent and in the middle of which is a bud that glows softly. Going further to the sides there were long rows of tables and chairs. There were so many that it was making me dizzy. All the tables had long rows of flower baskets in the middle.

The aisle reached to the altar which was an arbor made of wood covered with flowers. That is where the bride and groom say their vows. Next to it is a step that leads to the stage where the sitting area for the bride and groom is. The stage had an arbor tunnel with pastel pink wisteria flowers while the back of the stage were curtains that weren’t tied up but let loose so that they swayed majestically with the soft breeze.

When the day finally arrived, the palace maids were in a frenzy to get me ready. Early in the morning they bathed me, dried my hair, smoothened my skin with a face mask, then changed my clothes, styled my hair and did my make up.

It was all quite hectic till the point I was standing in the beginning of the aisle exactly at noon.

We had many guests, and all the seats were filled. As far as my eyes went I couldn’t see any empty seats.

I took a deep breath as I held a bouquet of Anemone flowers in my hand since they symbolize expectations and luck in marriage. What I like about the flowers is how pretty they are with a soft gold color.

I wore a white dress that had net bell sleeves. Light Silver mixed with pastel pink embroidery was done on it and it had a lot of fluff. The backside was longer and got dragged as I walked. The wedding veil was even longer and extended further back than the dress. For most part, it was a simple white net except at the ending part it had pastel pink flowers sewn in a manner that they seemed like real flowers.

On top of my head was a silver crown that was actually made of Yohan’s feather’s. It’s something like a tradition to use the feather’s of raven-maid’s at a royal wedding.

I giggled lightly as I remembered how the feathers were freshly plucked out of his wings that made him wince with each pluck but he endured it.

After taking some feathers, they were dipped in silver and dried to be shaped into a crown.

I looked straight ahead as the ceremony started.

Light music started playing as the forest fairies played the harps and everyone settled down on their seats.

I walked through the aisle and the dome flowers glowed by my side as I walked.

I smiled as I saw Yohan standing under the arbor in his handsome clothes. He was wearing a black leather pants which had laces styled from top to bottom on both of the outer sides. His shirt was plain white but his buttons weren’t straight. The button line moved as a semi circle from the beginning middle of his chest to the end right where it finished. His buttons were gold in color with a lot of luster and were neatly spaced. On his left shoulder he had a cloak with soft golden embroidery with white fur around the side-lines. The upper fur was thicker as compared to the rest of the side-lines.

His crown was made of branches and leaves being dipped in gold and carefully detailed.

As I reached the altar he extended his hand for me to take, I gave the bouquet to Anaya, one of the palace maids and took his hand. Then I stood under the floral arbor with him to exchange our wedding vows. Unlike in the human world, here, you say the vows yourself.

Because of that I had to learn the lines beforehand.

Yohan started first.

“I, Yohan, king of this enchanted forest, ruler of fae, am present here to bind myself to the love of my life, to offer her all my love and my life, to be there for her in troubles and joys, in sickness and in health, in rainy days and on sunny ones, in storms and in calms, I offer her a promise that comes with this ring.” He took the ring from the shelf behind him and put it on my ring finger, “I will always be there for you.” He smiled, “My Queen and my wife.”

I gulped and took a deep breath, then started, “I, Maya, from this moment forward the Queen of this enchanted forest, supporter of the king and his people, am present here to accept the bond that will bind me to the love of my life, to offer him all my love and my life, to be there for him in troubles and joys, in sickness and in health, in rainy days and sunny ones, in storms and in calms, I offer him a promise that comes with this ring.” I picked up the ring from the small shelf behind me and put it on his finger, “I will always be there for you..” I smiled, “My king and my husband.”