17 Wedding

We returned to our chambers after informing Yun Gu about what happened in the ark. Mordred and I were discussing something very important.

"A Celtic wedding, what you think? Although is a very old tradition its say that the ceremony only need that the Husband and Wife to be in a ring made of flowers and four candles in each cardinal point, it's not recommendable that we make the wedding with something like a castle so the best way will be to make her in some kind of forest.

The altar needs to be put in the north, also needs a golden candle that symbolizes the Sun, a silver candle that symbolizes the Moon, a white candle that symbolizes us, another white candle that symbolizes the nuptial candle, a bowl filled with salt that symbolizes the earth element and another bowl with water representing of course the water element.

With this we have the Earth (Salt), Water, Fire (candle) and Wind from our environment, also the representations of the Sun, Moon and Human." (Lucius)

Mordred was contemplating the idea. The two after their first night together decided to marry but the traditions in this place are very odd and have semblances with the Chinese weddings. According to Yun Gu, the spouses needs to bow to heaven and earth but… we don't like the idea of bowing our head to other that wasn't our family and bowing to Heaven and Earth is out of the question. The two of us are enemies with Heaven maybe Earth is ok but here they don't appreciate the Nature. They think that Heaven is the top authority and that Mother Nature is only something that Heaven created 'Idiots' was my thought when Yun Gu told us that.

"I think that's good but if you haven't realized we are in the middle of the ocean there's not a single land mass in kilometers. So how are you gonna do the wedding?" (Mordred)

"Don't worry my beautiful wife; because of my level in profound strength I can sense that before we reach the barrier that separates us from the Illusory Demon Realm, a land mass maybe an island of about 100 km2 is there. In the island exist a lustrous forest and there's a mountain in the center of the island." (Lucius)

Mordred was looking at me with a haughty look in her emerald eyes. I think is more like aquamarine in color but emerald suits her more. We started to talk to each other again but this time I was making two beautiful white rings that are a pair. Utilizing the precious jewels and metals that were in the vault of the late God Moon King I was making them when the two of us were talking about our future plans.

"What we will do after we accomplished our task? Do you know how the status of the Illusory Demon Realm is?" Mordred asked me and was expecting an answer meanwhile I was entraled designing the rings in a white sheet and the precious metals and jewels were in the table that was working.

"If I don't remember wrong, Grail told me that the illusory Demon Realm after the war was in peace but it seems that the Emperor was heavily Injured after his fight with the Duke that attempted to kill him in his weeding night. Although he won in the end his body was in a very bad state, even using all kind of medicines the royal physicians were impotent and are only extending his life, his wife the empress is the one that run the Empire in his stead, it seems that he couldn't use his little friend in the end and the Empress although married is still a virgin. Other thing that Grail told me is that they are siblings something very disturbing if I may say." (Lucius)

"Why is that the two are married if they are related by blood?" Mordred says that with clear disgust in her face.

"It seems that the two have a bloodline that only the royal family poses, the bloodline is from a three legged Golden Crow. As you know, the mythical beasts that also existed in our world has descendants that share the same bloodline than them, with this they can use the powers of the say mythical beast, for example Arturia has a Dragon Bloodline the same as you, Karna has the Bloodline of the Sun God, Semiramis has also the blood of a Goddess in her veins. These bloodlines permit them to use more power than normal humans can do. That's the reasons that in all the royal families try to marry their children with others royal families to have descendants with a really good or excellent bloodline, in some cases the male marries a lot of wives because the need to increase the chances that a heir (male or woman) inherits an exceptional bloodline and in extremely rare cases – well not so rare - the scions of the ruler that are from different mothers, married to each other to maintain the purity of their blood. After all the blood is denser that water." (Lucius)

"Still is disgusting to do this; in the future you will have more wives besides me and you will not marry anyone of our children to each other to maintain that purity" Mordred dropped that nuclear bomb in my head. My hands that were steady designing the rings slipped and tear the paper. I hurriedly look at Mordred with an incredulous face. I was thinking 'why all of a sudden I need to marry more women! As if knowing why I was thinking Mordred says

"What? Is very common that a man marries more women in his lifetime as you told! In my time a man could marry the wives he wants if and only if he has the resources to give each one of them a really good life. Besides that he needs to provide his children with a lot of things: a good School, clothes, tuition fees, etc. and another good reason is that you need to acknowledge more wives because with more wivesyour defender origin will be stronger; remember that your origins are: Defender, Ruler and Avenger" (Mordred)

"N-n-n-no it isn't that, my surprise is because I thought that you will be against the idea that I have more wives in the future and share your husband." (Lucius)

"I know that you are from a distant time that we the heroes were but you need to understand that we are not anymore in Earth and this place has the customs that a man of your power needs more than one wife and you told me [that you didn't know that I will be your only wife] in your confession, you remember that right?" (Mordred)

"Yeah I remember said those words but that was in the spit of the moment, I thought that you will be my only wife and that we will have like thirty children between the two" (Lucius)

"Are you out of your mind?! What are you thinking?! You think I could give birth to thirty children. Are you trying to kill me?! You need more wives! And that's all. You will be the one that choose them and I will be the one that teach them the rules of the house. Period."Mordred say those words with a really regal voice. I unconsciously stand in attention and salute her saying "Yes! Ma'am!"

After our little chat we went to Yun Gu and told him about our plans. We requested that if he could be the one that officiates the wedding, something that he accepted right away.

A few more days passed without eventualities, all of us were doing our things without disturbing the other, training, reading, etc. Mordred was the one that was super excited, he requested me that open the gate of Babylon because she needed a new dress for the wedding. I complied and she entered the gate without a problem. I left the gate open and started casting the rings; the two have a very simple design with runes inscribed in each ring. Each rune has a purpose although the runes separately are inconsequential, the runes as a whole have the meaning of: "To the one that I give my entire being", the rings also have the property to guard to attacks below the Divine Spirit Realm to a certain extent.

The rings were made with Meteoric Silverlite, The eye of the God King Green Eagle, and the Azurewind Jewel. Each jewel represents the color of our eyes. I will give her the ring with the Azure jewel and she will give me the one with the Eye of the green Eagle that looks like an emerald but has the same level of toughness than a diamond back on Earth.

Ten days before we reached the Illusory Demon Realm we arrived at the Island but… that's not an island! It's like a freaking Continent; my expectations were off by a lot. The "island" is void of human civilization, has an area of about 10,000 Km2 with lush green forest in the four corners of the "island". Four rivers cross the forest in a serpentine way, like a dragon was making his way from the colossal mountains in the center. The Mountains are very similar to several of the most famous mountains in earth they are four in total: Everest, Iztaccihuatl, Denali's Mountain and Elbrus Mountain. There's some kind of valley in the center of the four mountains that is covered in fog, the Mountains are very much covered in snow. In the forests the sounds of different beasts can be heard all the time. When we approached the center of the "island" what we saw almost make our eyes fall from its sockets, our jaws were wide open that you could put an ostrich egg without a problem and sweeting buckets like mad.

The center of this place was formed by four enormous falls that are birthed from the four mountains. The minimum height is like four kilometers, a primordial forest was lying there with a lot of precious plants, some kind of butterflies with exotic colors were resting in different flowers, the very center of the place is formed by a small island surrounded by a lake so clear that you can see the bottom and the fishes swimming; the forest was adorned with the music of beautiful birds of different colors, the light of the sun makes the ambient more beautiful. In the end of the falls you can see four different statues that represent four different beasts: Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise, White Tiger and Azure Dragon. The statues were so lifelike that I thought that in any moment they will move! Wait… they move!

"Child of nature stand in front of us…" (Azure Dragon)

"We have a gift that we need to give you…" (White Tiger)

"Mother Nature gave us this task…" (Black Tortoise)

"After Knowing that you came here from afar…" (Vermillion Bird)

My mind was in a chaotic state, how in all that is sacred is that they know me?! And what task is Black Tortoise speaking? I looked at my companions only to see that they seem to be frozen in time. Wait… my surroundings are frozen! The time was stooped! My body could move and my thoughts are unrestrained so I don't think this is bad but better say than sorry.

"Who are you? How is that you know me?" (Lucius)

"We are the heralds of Mother Nature in this universe" (AD)

"We existed in the same time that the other Gods and primordial beasts" (WT)

"We fought against the Great way millions of years ago" (BT)

"We were the ones that started the collapse of the Age of Gods" (VB)

"Wait please… i have a question? Azure Dragon I know that in these world exist a remnant of the Dragon God, if my memory serve me right he is also an Azure Dragon so how is that you exists?" (Lucius)

"Boy, you need to know that the four of us were created not born. Each one of us was created by Mother Nature herself; we are different from the other beasts that were born millions of years after the birth of the universe. We can't have descendants and second we can only use our powers when Mother Nature is in danger and we can transfer our power to another person recognized by Mother Nature Herself. In this case our task is giving you four blessings." (AD)

"In my case what I will give you is the blessing of water (AD)

"In my case my gift will be the blessing of earth" (BT)

"In my case I will give you the blessing of wind" (WT)

"And in my case I will gift you the blessing of the fire" (VB)

"This four blessings will give you the aptitudes necessary to master the different aspects of cultivation in this universe. Mother Nature left another three sacred islands in the Gods Realm, these sacred islands are hidden from everything no matter if is Heaven eye's or the Great way eye's. The next islands contain the space blessing, dark blessing and light blessing, find them and you will have the blessings of the seven heralds of Mother Nature. Don't worry child of nature you will know where they are because our blessings will resonate with each other. So with this our task is done. Live well and prosper oh child of Mother Nature, you can use this island as you fit." (Azure Dragon)

When the four beasts spoke their last words my back was aching so bad that I was writing in pain in the floor. I don't know how much time passed but the pain was receding. After a long time I was again standing in my two feet without a problem. I took a mirror from the Gate of Babylon to look at my back and what I saw was a very big tattoo in it. The tattoo is composed by a Sun and Moon in the center of my back; the four beasts are arranged in their four positions like the mythical beasts: Black Tortoise in the North, Azure Dragon in the East, Vermillion Bird in the South and White Tiger in the West. The tattoo was completed with thousands of stars surrounding the sun, moon and beasts.

Other thing that I noted was that only the four beasts had color, the others are in some kind of gray.

When I was checking my back my affinity with the elements soared to new heights and not only that my body was sturdier and stronger, my five senses were more developed I can see the eyes of a fish in the bottom of the ocean without a problem and for last my sixth sense was more accurately, right know I can feel all the life that inhabit this "island". After composing me again the time that was initially frozen started again.

"Lucius this place is magnificent! Look the island in the center is the perfect place for our wedding"

Mordred started to talk to me and grabbing my shirt in the process.

"Yeah so how about we reach that place and set up the altar for the ceremony, we need to dress as well, what you say?" Lucius told Mordred that but he decided to reveal what happened later when they were alone.

"That's perfect! Let's Go!" (Mordred)

The five of them reached the place and started to set the altar, the flower ring and the other necessities. After four hours of work the altar was ready, the view of the altar in the center of the island was magnificent; a path made of braziers was illuminating the place because it was the afternoon when they finished. Lucius opened the Gate of Babylon and together with Mordred the two went to dress in their wedding clothes. After another hour Lucius finished dressing.

He was wearing dark blue pants, a white shirt, dark blue suspenders also his tie was dark blue and tied in an Eldrege tie knot, he was also wearing a dark blue waistcoat and black shoes. The materials are the most incredible fabrics made with silk. After standing and waiting another 2 hours more Mordred finished dressing and when Lucius Saw Mordred his mind was blow to the end of the Universe.

Mordred was using a long red dress made of silk, it was of-shoulder sleeves, the dress was also adorned with lines of gold intertwined in a dragon of sorts in the hem, and she was also using a pair of red pumps that make her height reach my eyes. Her hair was braided in a lace; her beautiful blonde hair was also adorned with two red chrysanthemums and a red flower tattoo was in the lower part of her right eye. Right now I know that I struck gold because I'm so lucky marrying this beautiful woman.

The two of us leave the gate of Babylon with our hands intertwined; Yun Gu was already in the altar in a white robe lined with gold in the form of a sun in the center. Yun Che and Su Ling were also wearing two white robes lined with silver and gold that represents the stars and the moon.

The two of us start walking in the path of braziers, the sun was setting and the moon was rising, the contrast of the situation make the ambient more beautiful. With steady steps we are standing in the center of the ring and Yun Gu begins his speech.

[Play In the dream, fate apocrypha OST]

"We are reunited today because these two decided to married each other. The bride Mordred Pendragon and the Groom Lucius Adricus are standing here by their own will.

I ask you Mordred Pendragon, you swear with your life, in the name of the four elements and the world that you will love Lucius Adricus eternally and be his wife in the good and the bad, until death apart you?"

"I Accept!" Mordred responded to Yun Gu with steadiness in her gaze.

"I ask you Lucius Adricus, you swear with your life, in the name of the four elements and the world that you will love Mordred Pendragon eternally and be his husband in the good and the bad, until death apart you?" (Yun Gu)

I look at Mordred at her eyes and with a smile in my face I answer "I Accept"

"Please take the hand of each other I will tie you with this lace made of flowers that indicates that you are united in both body and soul. Yun Che, Su Ling please bring the rings." (Yun Gu)

Yun Che and Su Ling take the two rings that I make and they give us the rings. I took the one with the blue jewel and put the ring in her ring finger. Mordred do the same to me and the both of us took the bowl with water and drank by turns. Later we take the nuptial candle and lit it together with the Sun Candle and the Moon Candle.

After that the two of us look in the eyes of the other and the both of us kissed each other. Claps were resounding from Yun Gu, Yun Che and Su Ling. The little animals that were In the surroundings started to make noises of approval and the birds started to sing melodious songs, the Sun, stay in the sky one last before completely setting, letting the Moon and its light adorn the valley with its beautiful light.

In this place and in this hour the world gave its blessings to this two people that were kissing under the moonlight and decided to unit their lives in sacred marriage.