It was breakfast time in the Great Demon Kingdom and the residents of Covenant Castle were lucky enough to have the pleasure of his majesty, King Yuri and the Great Wise Man, joining them. The set up was amazing, what else to be fit for his eminence and his majesty. There were jams of nearly every variety, all made from the finest of local produce. Fresh milk filled jugs and glasses at every seat of the table, all from the cows that lived on the surrounding farms. There were pancakes, fluffy loaves of bread, scones the size of baseballs and a vast amount of other breakfast foods that Yuri had never seen nor heard of before.

Yuri was seated next to his fiancé who looked quite content with the seating placement, and Lady Celi, which he himself was not so happy about, as she kept trying to cuddle his arm as if it belonged to her. Conrad was on her other side, making sure her hands wandered no further. Günter came next, contentedly nibbling on a slice of fresh bread, a thin amount of jam the only thing that tarnished the white of the crispy baked goodness. The fruit of the jam slightly resembled a passion fruit yet bright pink in colour. Sitting beside Günter was Jozak who, for the first time in what seemed like ages, was enjoying the royal treatment at Gwendal's request. For some reason he didn't look out of place in the slightest, in fact, it looked as though he was born into the atmosphere of sipping tea with royalty. Stiff old Gwendal sat next to his favourite spy, spreading cream onto a rather large scone. Murata, who was at the head of the table facing Conrad, looked very at ease with his position at the head of the table, obviously having been placed there in a previous life.

The atmosphere that lay in the room was a very cosy, content one. Rather like a fat cat, full and sleepy after drinking a bowl of cream or milk. They talked about a wide variety of things, ranging from baseball to how to polish a sword in the most effective way. All of a sudden, the atmosphere changed considerably as Lady Celi brought up marriage. To be exact, the marriage of her eldest son, Gwendal. They could feel the air around them tighten as though a vacuum had sucked all of the oxygen from the room.

"Mother, for the last time, I'm not interested in whoever you want to stick me with now. There is already someone on my list." Gwendal groaned, trying to get her to change the subject.

"WHAT!" Nearly everyone at the table yelled.

"Oh...you were joking weren't you, Gwendal. Ha ha very funny." Yuri laughed nervously as though unsure whether this was the best idea.

"Why didn't you tell me Gwen? Who is this charming lady, or is it a strapping young man, you naughty thing you?" Celi giggled.

"Mother!" Wolfram warned her.

"Anyone for another cup of tea?" Jozak asked, trying, in his calm way to change the topic.

"If you wouldn't mind, thank you Jozak." Murata said, passing his china cup to the red head whilst glancing at Günter, who had gone rather stiff at the mention of marriage. Murata's glasses had gone tinted as he received his now full cup.

"That, mother, is none of your business." He said whilst continuing to slather much more cream on his scone than was necessary or healthy.

"Well then, when are you planning on getting married?" Celi asked persistent as ever.

"I'm not!" Gwendal practically yelled, "We're not interested in that right now." Gwendal said forcefully.

"Really Gwendal, do you share the same view as your lover? How long have you two been engaged?" Günter asked quietly and everyone was shocked to hear how forced his words seemed.

"Of course." Gwendal said glaring at the other man. "Twenty years isn't that long to be engaged and at the time we got engaged there was a war in the region. It wasn't a suitable time."

"TWENTY YEARS!" Everyone yelled again.

"Biscuit?" Murata offered to Jozak.

"Don't mind if I do." Jozak said, taking the biscuit gratefully.

"Well, dear Gwendal, the war is over and there are no disputes of any sort. Why not have the wedding now?" Günter asked.

"Because you and I both know that this state won't last, another fight could break out at any moment."

It was apparent that no one wanted to interrupt the two's bickering, but all wanted to hear more and so quietly tried to eat their breakfast while the two men argued.

"Excuses excuses. If you keep putting it off your fiancé might start thinking you've lost interest and they could very well go and find someone who could love them better." Günter glared at the large officer, hate reflected in his eyes. It was as though he was threatening him. "For all you know, they've already moved on to someone else." he sniffed angrily.

"You think so?" Gwendal growled, rising half way out of his chair and leaning across Jozak to stare Gunter down, teeth bared. "Well then. Mother I will meet this woman. I might as well have a backup, as it seems everyone is in doubt of my fiancé sticking around." Gwendal stood up completely and stomped out of the room.

"I'll tell her to come by in a week Gwen Gwen." Celli called to her eldest son.

"Excuse me; I have work to attend to." And with that Günter stood quite gracefully for a man shaking with rage, and dabbed at his lips with a napkin. Without so much as another word he glided out of the room towards his study.

"What the heck just happened?" Yuri asked.

"I'm not sure, but I don't think I have ever seen lord von Christ so angry before." Jozak said, whistling softly.

"Don't underestimate him Jozak, the man is capable of quite a bit." Conrad said startling everyone; the man had been so quite during the whole ordeal.

"I have a feeling whatever the problem is, we'll find out in the next week or so." Murata said knowingly.

And after such words from the great wise man himself, everyone could barely wait for the week to end, just so that they could find out what was going on between the two men.