Chapter 107 107 During The Wedding

The day for the wedding came only after both the families were too tired of the celebration that had been going around for close to a month with little ceremonies in between in the name of tradition. Zach had even wondered if his wedding was only an excuse for both the families to keep the party going.

Both the families made quite a big deal out of it as if there wouldn't be any wedding after this one in their respective households. Just the way both the estates had been decorated was beyond anything Zach had ever seen. There were things that he had never seen before; decorations based on magic. Several mages had been hired to keep these decorations running. Similar was the case with all the lighting that changed colors every two or three minutes.

Both the families had gathered in the Luther family estate as per the tradition. Both families had invited the distant family members and friends. And of course all the notable families of their stature had been invited to the ceremony to bear witness to their alliance.

The only one missing from the ceremony was Diana who refused to attend the wedding ceremony of the person she loved. Of course she made the excuse that she didn't want to deal with the male members of these reputed families who had their noses up their asses and their eyes in the gutter. She didn't want to go through such a thing again after she had to go through it at the product showcase ceremony a month back.

Even Bruce didn't force her to attend after hearing her reason. This ceremony was very important for both the families and he didn't want anything to sour the mood of everyone present especially because this was the wedding of his benefactor. There was another reason behind his decision that he was unwilling to admit to himself. He was afraid that some other rich prick would take a liking to his little sister and he would be powerless to stop him. Diana was quite beautiful after all.

Zach had to stand at the entrance of the mansion to receive all the guests. It seemed that as the groom, it was his responsibility to do so. Cursing the customs of this isekai, Zach did what he had to do but it almost took it his all just to finish receiving the guest because of their huge number. It felt as if both the families were taking revenge on him for something he did to them.

Thankfully, he didn't have to keep standing there after the appointed time of ceremony came close even though the guests were still arriving apparently uncaring about the timings conveyed to all of them.

Even after he came inside, Zach couldn't be rid of those money grubbers. They kept coming to him to thank him for helping them all out.

Zach on the other hand, barely recognized any of them and only nodded his head sparingly towards each of them before moving on to the next one. These people didn't show the slightest bit of attitude despite the way Zach was treating them. They felt that Zach had the capability to treat them that way because of his increasing influence that would probably not stop any time soon considering his achievements.

Not only that but he had brought each and every one of them pile of benefits that they were not willing to part with by offending Zach or anyone associated with him. The trucks had not only raised their profits by manifold but had also allowed them access to foreign markets that were previously unreachable. That was the reason that all of them wished him happiness for the future and not a single one of them cursed him for his inability to socialize properly.

There was one family though that had not received any benefits from this project; the Macrae family. They had previously tried to take over the leftover assets of the Sosis family that rightfully belonged to the Luther family in alliance with the Elizabeth family. Although, Christina had apologized to Zach on behalf of the Elizabeth family and made use of the trucks, Macrae family had failed to take the initiative to do that since they couldn't get as much benefits as the Elizabeth family after Sarah lost to Christina in her approach of Zach.

As a result, Sarah didn't bother apologizing to Zach and in turn took over everything left behind by the Sosis family completely without sparing anything for the Luther family since she didn't expect to form an alliance with Luther family any time soon.

Sarah had also come to attend the ceremony on behalf of the Macrae family but wasn't too enthusiastic about it. She was in fact here to measure the degree of danger that each family allied with Zach posed to her family now that they had fallen behind in the race for progress. She was worried that there would soon come a time when the rest of the families like the Elizabeth family would close the gap with her Macrae family that had reigned at the top of Elizabeth city for decades.

As the gap became shorter, there would be families contending for the top position of the city with them. To her father, there was no greater humiliation than that. Therefore, she was sure that blood would flow at the time and she didn't want to bear witness to that.

Sarah took a look at Zach who had a forced smile on his face as he angrily nodded towards all those people that approached him and sighed heavily. She could not help but regret. She regretted not being faster; faster than the bitch of the Elizabeth family who acted even faster than her. Sarah prided herself for being a business equal to that of Christina despite being born in a mage family instead of a business family. But on the day of the product launch, she had lost to Christina quite thoroughly. If only she had secured the alliance with Zach, she would have been in Christina's place today and it would have been her family widening the gap between them and the rest of the families which would have secured their number one spot for decades to come.

In an attempt to be less conspicuous and to pass the time that was moving slower than a snail, Sarah hid herself in a corner where no one would notice her drinking all by her lonesome to drown her frustration.

Christina on the other hand was like a fish in the water switching between guests every few minutes as she tried to give time to all the prominent members of the city. Her smile couldn't be hidden from anyone as it was practically plastered over her face the entire time.

Some took it as the display of the bride's happiness but only the truly cunning and business minded ones knew what it truly was.

Her cheerful greeting was actually a declaration; a demonstration of her victory over everyone else in attendance. It was a display of the future authority that she will wield due to her husband's influence over the transportation industry.

Despite being the bride and groom, Zach and Christina weren't the busiest of the lot. That slot had been occupied by Bruce who was building connections, making all kinds of promises and cautiously avoiding the traps between the cunning words of all those who approached him. He was sweating profusely as he tried to bring as much profit to the family as possible as he wearily looked in the direction of Zach who was annoyingly sipping on his wine as the procession of guests said their greetings to him one by one.

Bruce envied how carefree Zach could be since he barely cared about anyone in this place. On the other hand Bruce who had to deal with all the business matters had to make good with everyone in attendance on the off chance that they would become a business partner in the future.

The reason that Bruce had to take on this entire burden was that Zach wasn't interested. Otherwise, everyone in attendance knew that Zach was the actual source of the trucks while Bruce was only looking after all the business activities that involved socializing with others.

Therefore, despite not having anything to do with the production of the trucks, Bruce was in an extremely important position. He could determine the fate of anyone as long as he willed it so which was the reason that he was being buttered up by everyone from all sides.

Unlike Sarah and Zach who were drinking to their hearts' content, Bruce was so crowded that he couldn't even grab a drink for himself let alone take a sip. His throat was parched after all the pleasantries he had exchanged but not a single person cared whether he was thirsty or not as long as they managed to exchange some words with him. After all, those words could decide whether their business would progress in the future or not.

Unlike the Luther family where Bruce was being swamped by the horde of unruly guests, George had it quite good. With a glass of wine in hand, George wandered around and exchanged pleasantries just like his daughter. But unlike his daughter, he wasn't doing this to flaunt or to taunt the others who couldn't be in his place today. He was doing this so he would not appear to be vain and superficial after having gotten his hands on a treasure that everyone coveted but couldn't lay their hands on.