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Chapter 7
Many years later…
"Stella! Tell Morishima to stop bullying Renier!" Adelheid cried as she pushed open the doors that led to the throne room where King Rosered and Queen Kayuki were holding a court session.
Strauss sighed at the intrusion as the newly elected nobles chuckled softly amongst themselves at this daily occurrence. Kayuki rose to her feet and excused herself from the room before she led Adelheid out of the room.
"What happened again, Adelheid?" Yuki asked in amusement, smiling at the upset look on Adelheid's face.
"Morishima threatened to kill Renier when he proposed to me!" Adelheid cried in distress. "You've got to stop Morishima, Stella! He'll murder Renier and I don't want to be a widow!"
Yuki chuckled. "Morishima wasn't serious about killing Renier, Adelheid. But he would hurt Renier if he didn't take care of you properly." She tried to explain.
"No! You didn't hear him." Adelheid said frantically, her wide blue eyes staring at Yuki in a panic. "His exact words when Renier proposed to me were: I'm going to kill you. And he drew his sword!"
Yuki looked quite worried for a moment. "Well…"
"You have to stop them, Stella!" Adelheid pleaded and Stella gave in. "I'll see what I can do." She sighed to Adelheid and they set off in search of Morishima and Renier.
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By some miracle, Yuki managed to find Morishima just before he slaughtered Renier and gave him a lecture.
And by the end of the month, Yuki and Bridget were planning for Adelheid's wedding. Bridget still couldn't believe that her little sister, younger than her by four years would be marrying in a few days—and while Bridget was dating Morishima, they hadn't even got to the discussion about commitment!
"I still can't believe that Adelheid was dating Renier from ten years ago!" Bridget told Yuki. "I didn't even know that she was seeing him!"
"Don't worry, Bridget. Adelheid just knows how to keep secrets. That's all." Yuki reassured the frantic sister.
"It's not ok! Have you even heard what Morishima is talking about? He's furious with Renier and Adelheid from keeping something like this from him. He treats Adelheid like a younger sister and you know that he's protective about her!" Bridget cried.
"It'll resolve itself, Bridget, don't worry." Yuki tried again and Bridget sighed in frustration.
"I'll go find Laetitia to talk to." She slumped out of the room and Yuki laughed at her actions. They were worrying too much, Yuki thought. It was clear that Adelheid was growing up and she did not need any defending against any untoward attention the males were giving her because she had Renier was with her.
Having being good friends with Renier since young, she knew that he would prove a good husband to Adelheid. Now, if only Morishima and Bridget would agree…
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"Stella, I want you to meet Renka Landior, Renier's younger brother." Strauss told his wife as she entered his study.
Yuki studied the young vampire in front of her and smiled, offering her hand to him. Renka looked surprised for a moment before he shook hands with her and smiled hesitantly. Yuki thought he looked just like Renier with his red hair and brown eyes.
"Are you here to settle the marriage matters between Adelheid and your brother?" Yuki asked hopefully, forgoing all etiquette.
Renka nodded slowly. Yuki sighed in relief.
"Thank God! They're starting to contest Renier now and the poor man's nearly wet his pants!" Yuki gushed. Then stopped. "Sorry, it's an old habit."
Renka laughed long and hard at what she said and Yuki exchanged confused glances with her husband. When Renka could finally calm down he told her, "Actually, I'm here to stop my brother from getting too carried away with that contest! Renier is—"
A loud scream bought Yuki and Rosered hurrying to look out of the window to see what had happened. They saw Morishima huddling behind Bridget in his boxers while Renier stood in front of Adelheid. He was wielding a pair of swords. Adelheid clapped merrily, looking delighted.
Renka sighed. "That's what I was talking about." Then he threw open the window and yelled down to Renier, "Brother, if you continue to scare them, I'm going to get you back for that!"
Renier stopped advancing towards Morishima and looked at Renka in surprise. In a few moments, the two brothers were greeting each other and talking about what had occurred.
Yuki and Strauss exchanged looks again before they burst into laughter. It seemed as if life wasn't going to be that boring after all.
"Stella, we're going to Bridget's rooms to discuss the marriage stuff." Adelheid called up to the two. "We'll see you there, alright?"
Yuki waved a hand to them, smiling and she slipped her hand into Strauss's open one, tugging him out of the room. He smiled at her as they proceeded to walk down the hallway to Bridget's quarters.
The Night Kingdom was faring well in Strauss's hands and they had their friends with them. With their support, Strauss and Kayuki were leading the Night Kingdom into a bright future.
