As soon as the orchestra started playing Mendelssohn's Wedding March, three figures began to march from the entrance of the chapel. All the people in the chapel stood up and turned their attention to the entrance at the back. In order, from left to right, Mom, Gabrielle, and Mother had made their entrance.
Each one of them wore gorgeous white wedding dresses that were crafted with intricate details. The dresses were long sleeves, and along with the white gloves, none of their arms exposed skin.
The dresses were custom-made, and we commissioned them with Astley's best tailors. The materials were of the highest quality, so they were hella expensive. This was their most important event so far, so we did not hold back with the finances to make everything perfect.
All of us were focused on the main stars of the event as they were slowly walking over the red carpet down the aisle with their arms locked. The family and guests then clapped and cheered for the brides. Even with their veils covering their faces, my mothers got their smiles, displaying how happy they were for this very important and memorable event.
Traditionally on Earth, particularly in western weddings, the bride walked down the aisle with her father, symbolizing the family giving her away to the groom. But none of the brides had a living parent, so it was impossible, and all of them were the brides in the first place.
There were no bridesmaids, groomsmen, maids of honor, or best men in the lineup, as we kept our social lives private. Also, there was not a flower girl or a ring bearer walking down the aisle.
Nevertheless, this was another world with different cultures and dynamics, and we did not have to follow everything on Earth. Actually, this world had no fixed standards for what wedding customs to follow. Noble and royal weddings in this world were traditionally solemn, but we decided to break this tradition and do whatever we preferred.
"This is actually the first time I have personally witnessed a wedding," Iris said. "It kind of makes me excited about ours, Raphael."
"We will eventually come to that moment in the future, Iris," I replied as I held her hand. "But today is their day, and we don't have to think about it for now. To be honest, I really wanted to see Iris and Sophia in their wedding dresses."
"Knowing you, I know that you are planning to make our wedding as grand, if not grander, as this." Sophia spoke her mind. "But I am definitely fine with whatever the cost of the wedding is, Raphael, as long as we are together forever."
"Thanks, Sophia. But I think I am certain to make our wedding extravagant, though I am not sure if it would be as big as this."
As I was having a chat with my fiancees, I could sense that Big Sis and her fiancees were listening to our conversation. Given the event, their minds might have been thinking of their future, such as their marriage and so on.
A moment later, as the music was about to end, the three brides stepped on the raised elevation in front of the altar, where they faced the officiant, the queendom's archbishop.
"I do." Mother responded with a smile.
After that, the officiant looked at Mom.
"Do you, Claire, take Mylene and Gabrielle to be your lawfully wedded wives? To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and not so good times, for richer or poorer,keeping yourself unto them for as long as you both shall live?"
"I do."
The archbishop then turned her eyes to Gabrielle.
"Do you, Gabrielle, take Mylene and Claire to be your lawfully wedded wives? To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and not so good times, for richer or poorer,keeping yourself unto them for as long as you both shall live?"
"I do."
"Now then," the officiant said. "To seal your love toward one another, Mylene, Claire, and Gabrielle, please place the rings on one another's fingers as tangible symbols of your love."
The brides held each other's hands as they faced one another again, and this time, they inserted the rings onto their left and right ring fingers. Once the ring exchange was done, the officiant proceeded to the next stage.
"Your ring exchange is complete, and you have given your consent to marriage. With the witness of your friends and family, you are now joined together in this most sacred commitment of marriage."
Soon after, the officiant raised both of her hands in the air.
"By the power vested in me by Goddess Primaria and by the power of your own commitment and choice within, I now pronounce you married! You may now kiss your brides!"
After that, my mothers kissed one another before the crowd cheers erupted in the chapel. And with that, they were now officially married.