One week rolled by so fast in Shin Makoku. Soon enough, it would be the day when Wolfram and Alice would get married. Celi was extremely excited for this event as for Wolfram...well he wasn't entirely against it and Alice seemed like she didn't care much about it.

"Just a few more days until..." Celi voice started to trail away. Her tone was that of a very excited kid.

"Mother..." said Wolfram, his tone sounded like that of some spoiled brat that was pleading something from someone.

"What?" said Celi. She didn't really understand how Wolfram felt, so she doesn't know what she did to make Wolfram sound like that.

"Please," he started.

"Oh come on, Wolfie" said Celi "you should be happy".

"Don't make a big fuss out of it" Wolfram continued, his face looked unpleased and sad. Secretly, he thought 'Yuuri, please come soon and save me from this. I really don't want to get married yet'.

"Wolfie," said Celi "I wonder...how many children would you possible have?".

"Mother..." said Wolfram as he sighed.

"I can't wait to get back to Shin Makoku" Yuuri commented while stretching his arms.

"Why so?" Ken asked while cleaning his glasses. "Darn glasses" he murmured while he continued to clean it.

"Why so?" Yuuri repeated what Ken had asked then he answered "I guess because I want to get away from all these tests already".

"Until when are your exams?" Ken asked, finally he had finished cleaning the lenses of his glasses.

"Friday" Yuuri answered. "I'll go back on Saturday" he stated.

"Do you think they were able to settle the humans who were getting ready to go against Shin Makoku?" Ken asked while facing the young monarch. Ken Murata may be The Great Wise Man but that doesn't mean that he'd know everything.

"Hopefully" Yuuri answered. he was in daydream mode, hence his voice seemed emotionless and his eyes looked at nothing in particular. He did not look at Ken as he spoke, he was too busy thinking about something else.

"Well, I gotta go now" said Ken. He was seemed like he was rushing to go away. "My mom called and told me to buy something and if I stay any longer here, I'm positive that the store she told me to go to will be closed" he added.

"Alright" Yuuri replied. "In fact, I'm getting ready to leave for home" he added.

On the day before the wedding, Wolfram was called to go to his mother's room.

"Wolfie," Celi called out sweetly. "Are you ready for tomorrow?" she pinched Wolfram's cheek as she spoke.

Wolfram looked down and remained silent. 'No, I am not ready for tomorrow'.

"You know, Wolfie," Celi let go of his cheek and walked towards a nearby couch. "It's okay to be not ready" she sat down and examined her nails as she spoke "Anybody who has an arranged marriage would most likely not be ready for it, so don't worry about not feeling ready".

knock knock

Wolfram flinched when he heard the knock. 'I should stop doing that. An honorable soldier does not flinch at a mere knock on the door' he thought while frowning at himself.

"Oh look, Wolfram, it's a lovely invitation for your wedding tomorrow" said Celi with a smile on her face.

"Huh?" said Wolfram "She made an invitation for it?".

Celi nodded then she asked "Do you think that if His Majesty arrives here tonight or most likely tomorrow, he'll receive one?".

Wolfram shrugged 'hopefully no and hopefully yes'.

The next day rolled by so fast, and Yuuri noticed that. "End of Wednesday at last" he said while yawning. He was biking while on his way home. When he got home he settled his things by his desk in his room then he entered the bathroom and took a long hot bath. Unbeknownst to him, his desire to go back to Shin Makoku ended up allowing him to travel to the aforementioned destination.

When he got there, he was shocked that only Günter was there to greet him. 'No Wolfram' he thought 'Oh wait, he'd most likely not be here because we…we are no longer engaged'. "Günter," he started, he was looking directly at his advisor when he spoke, then he finished his sentence with "where's everybody?".

Günter looked at Yuuri worriedly then he spoke "Ah, you see…everybody's attending a wedding".

"Whose?" Yuuri asked then he thought 'don't tell me it's Wolfram's wedding…no, it can't be' which made him blurt out a "NO! Don't answer that question!".

"Would you like to see this invitation left out for you, Your Majesty?" Günter asked then he quickly added "but, please wear first some clothes". A small thin line of his blood started to trickle down his nostril until it reached his upper lip then he handed Yuuri his clothes and he ran out of the room while saying "I'm sorry, Your Majesty!".

Yuuri saw a small envelope drop from Günter's hand as he ran away. He picked it up and saw that it was addressed to him. 'Must be the invitation' he thought then he opened it. As he opened it, he saw that there were two pieces of paper in it: one was very formal and elegant while the other was plain.

First, he read the plain paper and it read:

Yuuri,

I'm guessing you already found out that I am engaged and that I am getting married on the day stated in the invitation.

As a friend, may I ask you to kindly go to my room two hours before the wedding?

If you don't go, well, I'll have two thoughts: either you aren't here yet or you chickened out.

I'll find out from Günter sooner or later anyway, so if you are here…please show up….

~Wolfram

Then, he read the second paper. In the invitation—the second paper—it stated that the wedding would start at 10 am and when he looked for a way to know the time he found out that it was only 7:50 am. He quickly got dressed and headed out of his room and he walked towards Wolfram's room.

Celi entered Wolfram's room and saw that Conrad was helping Wolfram with his suit. 'Finally…' she thought 'I thought they never ever get this close to each other again'. "Are you ready, Wolfie?" she asked in a motherly tone "Are you nervous?".

Wolfram shook his head to both and Celi nodded "I know how you feel, Wolfie, so don't think that I don't. I know that this is not exactly what you want but this is how it turned out".

"I wish…" said Wolfram, his voice started to trail away.

"You don't have to do this if you really don't want to" said Celi comfortingly then she hugged Wolfram like any normal mother would though it was half-normal mother way and half-her normal 'bosom hug' way.

Wolfram felt a little more relaxed in the arms of his mother though he didn't feel very relaxed at the thought of already getting married.

Conrad quietly left the room to give his brother and his mother all the privacy they needed to talk about a personal topic. On his way out, Yuuri ran into him—literally. "Yuuri?" he said inquisitively.

Yuuri grinned at him then said "Is Wolfram in there?". He pointed at the room nearby.

Conrad nodded and Yuuri said a quick "Thanks". As he slowly approached the room, he knocked softly at the wooden door even though he was still at the edge of the door.

Wolfram, on the hand, enjoyed the company of his mother and only parted from her as he heard footsteps coming closer and gentle knocks on the door. "Come in," he said softly "Yuuri".

Well this chapter wasn't supposed to end at this part but I haven't been feeling so good lately, so I think I'll stop here for now.

By the way, I might not update within this week and next week because of lack of time this week and next week, but don't worry…all I need to do is encode what I've written then I can post it.

But if I'm lucky, I can post next week….

Well, what do you think? Do you think Yuuri can stop Wolfram's wedding? Or do you think that he won't be successful? What do you think will happen in the next chapter?

Tune in next time to find out the answers to the above question!

Oh, also, if you answer those questions right, then good for you!

See ya again next time,

~Square-Enix Fan

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