Chapter 373 - Their Special Day

The discussion continued and obviously, everyone's response to Cecil's question was that they were going to rescue or help Fina out. Lucia was especially adamant about going right after their wedding, but Cecil decided not to.

"We can't."

"Why?!" Lucia questioned angrily.

"Because it's not the time yet," Cecil replied calmly.

"And why is it not the time?! Actually, is there even any kind of right time? Our friend's in trouble and we have to help her!"

"Lulu, listen to me first, okay?"

"NO! I say we're going and we're going!"

Seeing her act this way, Cecil became a little bit furious and he raised his voice and said, "Lucia stop being so childish!"

This only caused Lucia to glare back angrily at him. Everyone there was quite surprised to see the two bickering so intensely. This was the first time it had ever happened since the two were always so lovey-dovey all the time.

Cecil released a breath and calmed himself. However, his voice was still firm as he explained.

"Now you listen here. First of all, we need information. We need to know whether or not it's true that Fina is being trapped inside of her family's castle and not being grounded by her mother, the Empress. There's also the possibility of Fina or the Empress being threatened and if we blindly marched in there, we'd only be causing more problems for them. Once we've sorted that out, then it'll naturally be the green light for us to go and help her. Second, we need to know the actual political state that the Neftersea Empire is in right now. If we just go in there, extract Fina and leave, then the Empire might misinterpret that as us being the kidnappers of the Empire's princess!"

"B-but..."

"Lulu, listen. We can't go in there and charge through the front door. Why do you think Eli and the others still haven't made a move yet?"

"..."

Seeing that Lucia had turned silent, Cecil dialed down his tone and gently said, "There's plenty of other reasons that I can list why Eli and them haven't made their moves yet, but the first two I explained are probably the most important reasons, right?"

Cecil turned to Eli after he finished saying this to seek her confirmation. Elizabeth only nodded and let out a light smile. She then turned to Lucia and said,

"What Cecil said is right, Lulu. I know that you wanna go there now and just storm the castle and take her out, but you have to understand, the other powers of Urrugdrasil, besides us and the Elves, have begun taking action around the sea and are sidling up on the Neftersea Empire's borders, if we go over and rescue Fina without knowing the full situation at hand, then we'll only be causing them more problems. They already have enough on their hands due to the Orca Empire, and the Gigantes and Tempest Kingdom."

"O-Okay..." Lucia replied. She quickly sat back down and her ears and tails flopped down in dejection.

Cecil came over to her and began rubbing her ears and stroking her tailing in an effort to get her cheerful again. It was working albeit not like how it normally would when he did it on any other occasion.

"Don't worry Lulu, we'll get our chance. I'll have Quinn go and look for information once we've finished dealing with the Goldenia's issue."

"Hm? What issue?" Lucia asked.

Serilla as well also asked him, "Yeah, darling, what issue?"

"Eh? Oh, haha, it's nothing! Anyway, it's getting late, why don't we all go to sleep? I'll lead everyone to their rooms!" Cecil brushed off their questions lightly and quickly changed the topic.

"..."

"..."

The two women narrowed their eyes at him. Apparently, the two previous reasons why he didn't want to make a move to go help Fina weren't his primary reasons. At least for Elizabeth's side, it was her primary reason, but for their husband, that seemed to be a secondary reason.

They had been a little miffed by the fact that this husband of theirs had been moving silently behind her backs putting in all these little schemes and plans to protect and empower their family but being in the dark about all of it sure wasn't pleasant.

As his wives, the two had every reason to know about what he was doing. However, whenever they asked him, Cecil would always dodge their questions. If they did try to push him for an answer...well, Cecil would push them back, but in a different and more lewd kind of way.

Eventually, the topic would be dropped and Cecil would have his way with both of them.

After Cecil settled everyone else into their rooms, he was just about to go back into his, but the butlers and maids barred him from entering.

"I'm sorry Young Patriarch, but I'm afraid you'll be sleeping somewhere else tonight," Charles, their family's butler, respectfully said.

"Huh? What's up, Uncle Charles?"

"You see little Cel, tomorrow is an important day for you and your wives."

"Ah, you mean the wedding."

"Yes, it's exactly that. As per tradition, the bride—well, in this case, brides, and the groom cannot share the same room until after the wedding."

"...We had such a thing?"

"Well, it's not a family tradition, but it's more like an Earth tradition," Charles answered.

"Ohh...well, whatever then...though I was hoping to have a little fun..." Cecil said before he began mumbling the latter half of his words.

Charles flinched a little when he heard Cecil's words. Although he did mumble it, the butler was quite close to him and his hearing was quite sharp. Charles coughed and cleared his throat before leading his family's Young Patriarch over to the room where he will be sleeping.

There was another thing that Cecil nearly forgot, but Ainz, Lucius, his brother, Matheus, and Silver, would be his groomsmen while Eli, Velicia, Celestina, and Yuna would be his wives' bridesmaid.

He thought that tomorrow's ceremony was completely unnecessary but things had already developed until this late into the game so there was no turning back. Cecil was only telling himself this because he was feeling quite nervous. He wasn't able to get a wink of sleep that night.

*****

The next day quickly came and everyone had a very hectic morning, preparing this and that for the ceremony and the after banquet that would double as the homecoming party for Cecil and the welcoming party for the beastkin from Anglaria.

The invitations were handed out yesterday and only the most prominent families in the kingdom and the more important figures were invited. It was a given that the Silvaria branch families were invited since it was the wedding of their young patriarch.

The venue was already prepared and now, all that was left was for the main characters of the wedding to get themselves ready for the ceremony which would take place exactly at midday.

The women were getting ready while Cecil had already finished his preparations much earlier. He was now at the teleportation gate getting ready to activate it for the last batch of beastkin that would be coming over.

Kaiser, Luca, Celia, Anna, Ainz, and Elizabeth were here watching over him, just in case he did something stupid like walk through the gate and teleport over to the Anglaria Kingdom. Of course, that wasn't the actual reason. The others were here to pick up and guide the teleported beastkin.

Cecil was currently standing in front of the gate and was doing some fine-tuning before activating it.

Once he was finished, he quickly activated the gate. The formation arrays began glowing and a dimensional portal opened up and out walked a few beastkin. Once these beastkin arrived, they looked around for a moment before making their way off of the platform.

Celia and Anna called out to their husbands while Elizabeth and Ainz gathered the other beastkin together. A few of Elizabeth and Kaiser's subordinates were around so after a few words, they quickly handed down the beastkin over to their subordinates to manage.

Kaiser and Cecil's parents-in-law quickly went over to the family's estate. The venue of the wedding was naturally going to be done over there in the estate's garden. It was almost time for the ceremony so Cecil quickly returned ahead of his father and his other elders.

Of course, he did greet Serilla's father before leaving. The buff rabbitkin man was rather pleased with his son-in-law and didn't make things too difficult for him like how Cecil initially thought he would. Well, his mother-in-law almost made things difficult for him if not for Serilla having talked with her beforehand.

He was rather grateful that at least someone from Serilla's family agreed to their marriage. Also, some of Serilla's siblings came over as well and were constantly pestering him with questions and such. It was also one of the reasons why he left ahead of the group.

After making it back to the estate, the place was beginning to fill up with people. He returned to his room and found Lucius waiting there.

"Where's Ainz, Cecil?"

"He'll be back in a bit. So, are you ready?"

"Shouldn't I be asking you that?"

"Hahaha, I've already gone through this once! Piece of cake!" Cecil replied with a laugh.

Lucius only raised a brow at his words. He could already see that his ex-party leader was nervous. Having gone through this once or not, it was much different this time since it was more official.

His parents were here, his wives' parents as well. Then there were his siblings and other family members and also his friends and acquaintances. Even the Goldenia family was invited from afar.

When the time came for the ceremony, Cecil was finally able to see his two beautiful wives in their wedding dresses and he was quite overwhelmed at the sight. The same could be said for the invited people.

It was also quite to be holding a wedding where there were two brides. It did cause the humans who were invited to be a little unsettled but the beastkin only thought it was normal. The difference between the two cultures and races was made apparent during this time.

The ceremony went on without a hitch and soon came the reception. Here, after Kaiser announced the newlyweds, he then announced the return of his family's heir, Cecil, and also announced the next successor to the kingdom's throne, Matheus.

Everyone was naturally puzzled as to why Cecil wasn't the one who would inherit the throne, but he soon made it clear that he had no intention of taking the throne only because he saw it as a 'burden'.

Once the formalities were over with, the banquet started and everyone started enjoying themselves.

Another thing that had to be noted was that Anastasia had invited the most popular artist group in the city to perform at the party. It was quite an intriguing event for the beastkin since they weren't familiar with anything like this.

"Hey, Cel, what are they doing~?" Lucia asked.

"...Uhh, they're singing?" Cecil said, stating the obvious.

"I know that, but what kind of instruments are they using?! I've never seen those kinds of things before! Also, how come your answer sounds more like a question?"

"Well, I'm not one to care about those kinds of things and I've only seen my little sister playing recordings of them back on Earth..."

"Oh look! Some of them are singing while dancing!"

"Ufufufu~ look, everyone's enjoying it. The people performing are quite good looking as well~" Serilla said. Cecil involuntarily frowned when he heard Serilla complimenting them.

Serilla and Lucia saw this and they began poking fun at him.

"Hmhm~ it's quite amusing and the melody is nice. I think Fina would be rather attracted to this! She has a rather beautiful voice," Lucia added.

"I'm guessing you like it?" Cecil asked.

"Yup!"

"What about you Seri?"

"I find it entertaining since it uplifts the mood. It's also quite pleasant to hear and watch~" Serilla answered.

The song sung by the group of performers was rather upbeat and it caused many in the reception to cheer out or sing along, it seems like the song was quite popular amongst the Earthlings.

Cecil could see his little sister singing along while tugging on Ren who appeared to be a little distraught. Earlier at the wedding ceremony, the two were the flower girl and ring boy respectively.

The song was just about to finish so Cecil leaned into his chair and propped his head up with his arm. He was just about to close his eyes and rest for a moment but Lucia immediately tugged on his sleeve and asked him for a dance, he naturally complied since it was their wedding.

After their first dances, all they did was sit around at the main table so Cecil was feeling quite bored.

Serilla and Lucia had agreed that they'd take turns beforehand. While they were dancing, Cecil had his eyes on her but would sometimes take his time to observe everyone around as they twirled around on the dance floor. He nearly laughed out loud when he saw his 3 fathers drinking by the corner of the main table and flexing their muscles at each other in front of everybody.

Their wives were naturally together and watching over them but they had embarrassed looks on their faces.

"What's so funny, Cel?"

"I just think that our parents are being rather ridiculous right now."

"Huh? Where—oh gosh...what's daddy doing?!"

"Look, even Seri is looking over and laughing at them."

"...Jeez, so embarrassing..."

Halfway through the song, Lucia opened up her mouth and asked something rather serious.

"Cel, I wanna ask, is there something up with the Goldenia family?"

"Hm?"

"Well, you did say something about them before during our talk last night, I just wanna know what's up!"

"...I don't think we should talk about that right now, Lulu."

"The song isn't over yet, so I think we have a minute or two~"

"...Let me confirm something first okay? I'm still having Quinn confirm something about them and if things are as what I suspected, then I'll tell you about it before I take any action. They're here right now and I don't want to alert them so can we talk about something else?"

"Hmm...alright, but make sure you tell us these things, okay? We feel kind of useless nowadays since you never tell us anything..."

"Don't worry, I will... but I think I'll keep Seri out of it. She's pregnant after all."

"...I still think you should tell her. Seri probably won't do anything reckless because of the baby but you know full well that she doesn't like being left out. Also, you wouldn't want to see her angry, right Cel?"

"Hmmm...fine."

The party continued throughout the whole night but Cecil and his wives retired early into their bedrooms. Everyone who heard that they were going gave them a rather queer and knowing look.

Cecil was oblivious while Serilla didn't pay it any mind since she and her husband had already done what everyone was thinking. Lucia however, was looking forward to what was going to happen later tonight.

When they got to their bedroom, Serilla said that she would be sleeping somewhere else tonight and told the two have some 'fun'. When she left, Cecil and Lucia stood at the door awkwardly.

"Uhh..."

Lucia fiddled with her thumbs before bashfully saying, "I-I mean this isn't the first time we're going to be doing something intimate...so..."

Cecil scratched his head and quickly picked up Lucia.

"H-Hey, ahahaha~"

"Finally, right?"

Lucia didn't say anything and only smiled seductively at him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and snuggled closer to him.

"Before that," Cecil turned his body around and flicked his finger, sending a small Mana Bolt flying down the corridor before exploding it and calling out.

"There's no use peeping or listening in on us! I overhauled the entire house and made every bedroom soundproof!"

There was no reply but he had already detected the few presences near the end of the hallway. Cecil chuckled when he noticed them fleeing. He then turned his eyes onto Lucia and said, "Shall we go have our fun~?"

Her only reply to him was a deep and passionate kiss. The kiss immediately set Cecil into the mood. He quickly entered the room, kicked the door close, and locked it.