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Title: Marriage Meeting
Inspired by: Chapter 33 of the Manga Akagami ni Shirayukihime
Character: Izana Wistalia
Wordcount: 356
Rating: General
I wanted to crumple the paper I was holding. But seeing the cursive lettering of my own mother, I stifled the urge to do so and folded the thick parchment paper instead, before sliding it back into the envelope from whence it came from.
But even as I inserted it, the words written there burned in my mind and I could not help but let out a soft sigh.
..arranged to meet the house of Allulion's eldest daughter and son..
Knowing my mother, she is quite anxious about my unmarried state. I am almost in my mid twenties, and while I consider it is still too early to think about marriage, reading between the lines, my mother is insinuating the fact that I am not getting younger and prolonging my bachelor state would make the royal advisers feel frantic about the next in line to the throne.
I am only to be blamed for the situation I am in. If only I had not let down my guard around her, then perhaps I wouldn't be feeling so conflicted now that the time has come and I am being pressured to marry as soon as possible.
I wondered how long I can postpone this meeting? I thought, fingering the eagle quill before forcing myself to sit up straight and applying my full attention to the paperworks piling in front of me.
It seemed forever, or probably an hour has passed when a knock came to my door. I'd welcome a rampaging elephant just to distract me from my other thoughts.
Maruko, who is busy filing paperworks went to the door and opened it, after I gave my permission.
Garack Gazelt came into the room like a hurricane.
"Prince Izana!" she hurried to my desk, not paying attention to her disheveled state, or that her assistant was trailing behind her frantically trying to keep up with her quick strides, balancing stacks of files on his arms.
"Good day, Head Pharmacist." I stood, frowning a little. Did something happened?
She slapped a paper down in front of him.
"I need to send Ryuu at Lyrias as soon as possible!"
Notes:
Lady Haki and Lord Makiri of Lyrias. When I was writing the Lyrias/Olin Maris Arc, I did not know what their last names are. So I scooted around and found the name Lothian.
The marquess of Lothian is a title of peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1701 for Robert Kerr, a Scottish nobleman.
However, after the last dozen chapters, somewhere in between the pages, there was a mention of the Allulion family in Lyrias (I am too lazy to reconfirm this). So I went back and decided to change the name Lothian to Allulion. I do hope, it's the correct family name for Lady Haki and Lord Makiri.