A year had passed. A full year since the conflict Van Argeno had caused ended, a full year since Saya got to know her twin nieces, their Chevaliers and Joel VII… A full year since she became Solomon's fiancée. As he had promised, he had brought her on a trip around the world, where only there was only the two of them, and her family to contact. At the anniversary of their engagement, they came to Solomon's Parisian home, and brought Kai and Mao along with them: They would hold their wedding there.

Everyone near and dear to them was invited, and including the entire Red Shield. "This châteaux can accommodate three hundred people, why not?" Solomon had said when Mao suggested that all members of the Red Shield be witnesses to their wedding. It was a tribute to the ending of all they had suffered from, generation to generation, even a man as stone-cold as Joel VII obliged to attend to the ceremony when Adam and William passed the invitation to him. "Well, that is the last of our problems", he had told Saya during the few private moments they had together leading to the day of the wedding.

The ceremony itself was one that was both dazzling and elegant at the same time, held in the vast courtyard of the châteaux. Every single detail was perfectly taken care of, from the flowers to the placement of their guests, everything left to the extraordinary organizational skills of Kaya and Dina. The one who resided over their marriage vows was none other than dear Adam, who had become the captain of a fleet of highly-profitable fishing ships. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to witness the wedding of Solomon Goldsmith and Otonashi Saya" he said in a highly monotonous voice. Out of a sudden, his phone rang. "Excuse me for a moment; I have to take this call… Yes, this is Adam Thomas speaking. Yes, the wedding is going on smoothly. No, there are no Chiropterans with malicious intent within the vicinity of thirty kilometers. WHAT THE HECK DO YOU WANT?" All the guests began laughing as the call progressed. The mysterious caller began to interrogate Adam on every single fact that had to do with the wedding. "Well, just because you created this freaking world doesn't mean you have to stick your nose into other people's business! Good day, bye" There was a long pause that made Saya blush in the awkwardness of the situation. Solomon just remained calm, as he always was.

"Who was the call from?" William demanded from the first row of seats that were situated behind the altar.

Adam gave all of them a big smile and said, "It was God. He wishes you eternal happiness and health… wait, you won't get sick won't you, so we'll scratch that. Erm… oh yeah! He also said that he would be held responsible if anything you do not wish to happen does and you can blaspheme all you want"

Kaya, who was a bride's maid, stomped at his feet with her heels; a sign that mentioned that he was going too far. "Stick to the program or else" she whispered with gritted teeth.

"Ok, fine!" he replied, and continued, "Can't a guy hold a wedding in peace? First God, now my Queen…" Once again, his words extracted more laughter from everyone present. "If any man, of all species, mind you, can show just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace. Going once… going twice…" He received another death threat from Dina before he could say "Sold to the highest bidder"

Luckily, no one other than the twins contested Adam's words. Saya looked at Solomon from under her veil, and found that he was smiling at her. Smiling back, she whispered to him, "If Adam continues his antics, I'm afraid that Dina and Kaya will kill him for sure"

Her husband-to-be-in-the-matter-of-seconds nodded. "Well, we would have to find another captain of a ship then" He replied. There, they waited until the young Chiropteran Queens managed to force Adam to follow the necessary protocol, holding each other's hand. Never in Saya's wildest dreams would she imagine that such a day would come to her. Everyone she knew and held dear was there, not to mention she had the funniest man alive to make the wedding happen.

Three minutes passed, and Adam was still being reined in. As a last resort, the twins incapacitated him with combined Jeet-kun-do attacks and had him bound, gagged and dragged away. "Well, Kaya and I own two ships under the Goldschmidt name; do we qualify to replace Adam?" Dina asked coyly. When only applause was heard from everyone around them, she cleared her throat and turned to Solomon, "Solomon Oji-san, do you take Oba-chan to be your wife, to love her, to comfort her, to cherish her, to continually bestow upon her your heart's deepest devotion, in species-induced hibernation or no, forsaking all others, keep you only unto her, so long as you both shall live?"

Solomon looked at Saya, and said, "I do" with his most charming smile. Her heart raced. In a matter of seconds, she would be married to the man who had given everything to her, that brought her to this moment of happiness and bliss.

After snatching the microphone from her sister, Kaya said to Saya, "Oba-chan, do you take Solomon Oji-san to be your husband, to love him, to comfort him, to cherish him, to continually bestow upon him your heart's deepest devotion, in species-induced hibernation of no, and forsaking all others, keep you only unto him, so long as you both shall live?"

"I do" Saya said, blushing as she smiled at Solomon like she did when they met in Lycee three decades ago. Adam, who had "escaped" his captors then rushed back onto the platform of the altar and chased the twins back to their original places.

"Please join hands, face one another and repeat after me: you are my beloved, to love and to cherish, and to have and to hold, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in hibernation and in awakening, in sadness and in joy, to share our lives together, from this day forward" he said, dutifully. When the rings had been exchanged and the vows all said and done, there was only one thing to do. "Well, on the count that I am still alive and breathing perfectly well, I pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride in any way you wish, but don't make it obscene… Ok, ok, I get it, I'll stop! Just don't kill me!"

Without knowing the meaning of delay, Solomon lifted Saya's veil, drew her into his arms and kissed her passionately. Just then, a beam of sunlight fell upon them, as if they both of them were truly blessed by the Almighty.