The ceremony itself was over in a flash.
Zeno himself is really not supposed to be here as he is not direct family, but Kiriga insisted. Zeno really didn't want to intrude on Kiriga's and Aiko'a wedding.
Aiko was Kiriga's well, former fiancé just now turned wife. She was considerably younger than her predecessors, being only 15 currently. Usually the wife of the oyakata is at least 4 years older to make sure the woman is ready for pregnancy. However brave Aiko here is apparently the only willing girl to marry into the Ubuyashiki's in this generation.
So, the age difference is 2 years this time.
Zeno almost sneezes, the winter air of January makes his nose itchy. Just itchy though, allergies are a complicated thing when you're immortal. Zeno had some sensitivity to pollen back in Kouka but it has mostly disappeared. Small mercies.
Well, at least the now-married couple don't have any allergies. Not that he knows much about Aiko yet.
Zeno gives the pair a soft smile. He can see small paper ocho and mecho folded around the sake bottle. Fumiko had prepared those specific ones, even though Kiriga had wanted to make them they both agreed it was better if she did it.
Although Kiriga had learned to fold them back when he was 10, he had never truly mastered the art. What with Fumiko being far superior in the art of origami. Kiriga never had the precise uncanny eye for the perfect folds like Fumiko.
Zeno leans back, just enjoying this happy scene. Kareki would be surely proud of his little boy.