My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit

Chapter 406 - 319: Epilogue – The Wedding of the Two Little Ones

This war nearly wiped out an entire generation of the Kingdom, sacrificing millions, all buried within this city.

West Sea City was also completely abandoned; it is no longer suitable as a residential city. But here, a giant monument and statue were erected, forever commemorating the sacrifices of this war, with all the deceased’s information inscribed on it.

Later, this monument and statue will forever guard the western coast of the Kingdom, becoming an eternal monument.

The entire society seems to be enveloped in a combined atmosphere of mourning and celebration.

Screens on the street play tributes to martyrs and interviews about the Free Iron Curtain, and henceforth the entire Kingdom lowers its flags to half-mast. Starting today, everyone has a five-day holiday and this day is designated as "Heroic Spirit Day," commemorating the millions who bravely fought and sacrificed for the Kingdom and their homeland.

From now on, the Royal Capital will also have this holiday, and a custom has been established on this day to eat "worm meals," not real worms, but food shaped like worms, to honor the sacrificed heroic spirits.

...

At this time, Xue Dili and 5332 were in the Royal Capital, amidst the celebration of this five-day holiday and the pervasive mourning and remembrance for the deceased.

However, Xue Dili came here only to attend his two students’ wedding.

Cloud Star and Ronald prepared their weddings to be on the same day...

Although this might sound ambiguous, that’s how it is now; they both are ready to marry their lovers, planning the weddings on the same day. This was not widely advertised, only a few acquaintances were informed.

Even, because of the war, they didn’t have many acquaintances left.

Both young couples stepped into the marriage hall, preparing to make vows in front of the statue of Wise Man Yushua.

Yes, in the traditional customs of Giant Beast Star, the Great Sage in mythology is responsible for love and marriage.

It’s abstract, perhaps a bit Hell for the old one, but upon seeing the statue in the wedding hall, Xue Dili still feels a sense of disorientation.

The 5332 beside him noticed the change in Xue Dili’s emotions and said, "Xue Dili Brother, you look like you recognize the old gentleman on the statue."

"Yeah, I do know him..." Xue Dili said with a smile looking at the statue,

Cloud Star and his wife were kissing under the statue of the old one, applause resounded at the scene, Xue Dili also quietly applauded.

If the old one were still around, perhaps realizing he became a god responsible for love and marriage in some civilized traditional customs would be embarrassing, after all, the Great Sage never married nor had a partner.

But he might smile, like reminiscing about his past.

Now Cloud Star can engage in simple activities too; actually, his injuries are completely healed, the earlier nervous system disarray was only because when Xue Dili saved him, he was near brain death, with soul damage.

A few days later, simple actions are still okay, but perhaps after the wedding, he would have to rest in bed for a long time to recover, as the soul damage isn’t entirely healed.

It seems having noticed the last of the crowd, Xue Dili and the 5332 beside him, Cloud Star awkwardly waved over here, the pink-haired young lady next to him also happily waved at Xue Dili.

Xue Dili nodded.

Next comes Ronald’s kid’s wedding, almost the same steps, only this embarrassing fellow cried upon seeing Xue Dili from afar, making the scene awkward for a moment, but the host quickly smoothed things over.

Xue Dili also simply encouraged with a few words, the young ones completely entered the hall of marriage, having achieved fruition with their childhood sweethearts.

Perhaps they are both happy, too; both kids lost their original families but found new families upon arriving at the Royal Capital. Now Cloud Star became a councilor, and Ronald became a professor at the Magic Academy.

They ended up with their childhood sweethearts, perhaps without much turbulence or excessive soap opera drama, plain and simple, that’s enough.

Next are the more cumbersome wedding matters and processes in the Kingdom, which Xue Dili does not attend. As he walked away from the hall, 5332 beside him sighed, "The kids got married so young..."

"Yeah, but actually they should have established families, they’ve got their careers, and they’ve found their belonging, that’s nice." Xue Dili said with a smile, looking at the distant sunset.

"How old are they?" 5332 asked.

"One is almost 16, the other is 15... Hold on..." Xue Dili suddenly remembered the youngsters’ ages, his expression turned noteworthy.

"Uh, I mean, aren’t they a bit too young?" 5332 tentatively said, "What’s the legal marriage age in this country?"

"Let’s see, 14... good, good." Xue Dili checked, suddenly feeling relieved.

After all, due to different civilizations and races, maturity varies; just as at the same age, a 30-year-old Elf is still a young girl, while a 30-year-old human is considered an aunt.

People in this world mature early too, and since just recovering from the Giant Beast calamity, everything needs rebuilding, so the encouraged fertility leads to an earlier marriage age; however, adulthood is at 15.