After getting Lemiel to his Bed Chamber, Tettia took the Peace Treaty and placed it on his desk so that they could get in framed later as Licht waved the Servants away and began helping his friend out of his heavy Robes. "*Sigh* thank you Licht. I wish we'd been born brother's" Lemiel muttered tiredly, sighing gratefully. The Elf smiled softly, "you're welcome. I'm happy to help you. And we may not have been born as Brother's from the beginning, but I truly believe that we were born to become brothers". "Yeah" the King breathed. Tettia got the bed ready as Licht finished redressing his friend and gently helped him into bed, "here you go, time for bed Lemiel" the Princess said. As soon as his head touched the pillow, the young man was dead to the world. After they were sure he was asleep, Licht and Tettia sat next to the bed, silently contemplating the new King as he slept within his blankets.
"He's been working so hard since we defeated Zagred. No, even before that he was still working hard to find the monster. I've never seen my brother so exhausted. Lemiel always seemed to be full of excited energy, ready to work on his newest invention, get out and speak with the people, find some new and interesting kind of Magic that he'd never seen before. It's strange to see him like this, don't you think Dear?" Tettia asked her Betrothed. "Mmm" Licht agreed with a nod, "true, which is why I hope that I can offer some advice as a fellow Leader sometime. I want to try and lessen his load" the Elf replied. The Human Princess sighed, wrapped her hands around Licht's arm and leant her head on his shoulder, "I really hope we can help from now on" she added.
Black Clover
The next day the King was woken by a knock on his door and a voice, "Your Majesty? Your Majesty, it's time to wake up" a female voice called. Lemiel groaned and covered his head with his blanket, "'m too tir'd" he muttered, still half asleep. "But if you sleep too much longer, you might miss the Elves Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony" the Servant replied. The young King adjusted position and was about to fall asleep again, when her words registered in his mind, "I'm late!?" he shrieked, leaping out of bed and rushing around in a blur of Light Magic. "I can't believe I overslept!" Lemiel groaned in annoyance, pulling his Robes, which had obviously been freshly washed and dried last night out. The Light Mage took a quick bath before he got dressed. "I need Licht and Tettia's Wedding Gift as well, and I need to eat Breakfast" he muttered.
"This is literally the worst possible day I could be late!" Lemiel groaned.
Black Clover
Meanwhile Bethany, Akira, Paul and Kero were eating breakfast with the Elves. "In an hour I'm going to get my Grimoire, and then it's your Wedding too. I'm so excited for today!" Patry exclaimed with a bright smile. Licht and Tettia held hands as they looked from the 15-year-old to each other, holding hands, "so are we" the Sword Mage replied cheerfully. "I wonder when our brother will be arriving?" Tettia asked, looking around. "I'm sure he'll be here soon" Bethany replied. "So, is everything ready?" she asked, taking another bite of her breakfast, which had much larger helpings than most others. Well, except for her Father's and Kero's obviously. "Yes, thankfully we managed to finish rebuilding in time" Vetto answered. "Well that's good, I'm glad" the Card Mage replied with a smile. "The last Wedding I went to was my own, so I'm interested in seeing what an Elven Wedding is like" Bethany explained happily.
Black Clover
(Back with Lemiel)
As his Servant's finished dressing him, the young man smiled, "thank you very much, but now I have to go before I'm even later!" he called, shooting out of the Window using Light Magic: Light Arrow of Swift Motion. "Have a good day Your Majesty!" the young women called, even though the King was long gone already. 'Hopefully I won't miss them. I want to give this to them before the Wedding so that they can wear it during it' he thought. Soon Lemiel saw the wedding Venue, Village and hill where everyone was eating Breakfast. His stomach growled, "I really hope I can at least eat something before the Wedding too" he muttered. As he drew closer, everyone looked up and waved or called out to him. The King soon landed, "good morning, I *pant* hope I'm not late?" he asked, only slightly out of breath. "Brother, you made it!" Tettia called happily.
"Yes, sorry for not being here sooner. I had a bit of trouble this morning" the blond young man replied, before his stomach roared, causing him to blush. "Ha, ha, it's fine Brother, please, come eat with us" Licht invited. Lemiel walked over with a sigh of relief, looking over all the delicious looking food that had been provided, "thank you very much. I only hope I don't get my Robes dirty while I'm eating" he muttered. "Oh, don't worry about that. Even if they do get dirty, I can have The BUBBLES clean it," Bethany added cheerfully. Lemiel froze, paling, before his arms lurched to wrap around his middle, "don't you dare!" he whimpered, voice an embarrassingly high pitch. He blushed bright red, before shivering and forcing his arms away from his stomach, "no, I'll be fine, thank you Bethany" Lemiel replied, moving to sit beside his best friend and Sister. "I hope you're hungry, because Bethany's COOK worked alongside us to make all of this" an Elf woman said. "Everything looks delicious, I can't wait to try it" the King replied cheerfully.
Black Clover
After Breakfast it was time for this years Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony, well, for the Elves anyway. Patry practically skipped ahead. "He seems much better than he was only a few weeks ago" Bethany observed, "with everything that had happened, I was worried that the poor boy would be scarred for life" she added. "It's been a long road. Patry has take a while to get back to how you see him now. However, the remnants of that whole experience have still left horrible scars on his mind. Patry often has nightmares about Zagred coming for him when he tries to sleep. The poor boy was still too young to deal with all of this, despite the fact that today he's considered an adult." Licht replied. The Card Mage frowned, "I really wish that I could do more to help" she whispered sadly. "Are you kidding? You've already literally saved all of our lives. None of this would be happening right now if it weren't for you Bethany" Fana, who had overheard the conversation and moved closer, whispered.
"True" the young woman replied. "Stop focusing on what you could have done, and focus more on what you have done. Do you really think most people would have gone to as much effort as you did just to change the fate of people who might not even have existed?" Vetto asked softly, a Chipmunk on his shoulder. Bethany smiled gratefully, "no- alright, I'll let it go, after all, we have more important things to worry about today." She replied. As the Elf Tribe walked to the Grimoire Tower, Bethany grinned, 'even since I discovered this world, I've wanted to see a Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony! Now I finally am! This is so exciting!' she thought. Soon enough everyone was waiting in the tower. Then an old Elf stepped forwards "Welcome to the Grimoire Tower everyone, I am it's Master, for all of you first-timers. As you know, our kind is said to be blessed by the Mana. Show us the truth in those words. That each and every one of you will go on to do great things, no matter what kind of Grimoire you receive", she called.
"And now, let's see what we shall get this year shall we?" the old woman asked, as many Grimoire's floated out of the bookshelves and into the air. Patry watched, focused as Elves around him each gained their own Grimoires. Everyone else watched in anticipation. Suddenly, just when it seemed like everyone who would get a Grimoire had gotten one, a golden Grimoire from the top shelf lit up. Everyone stopped what they were doing and watched intently as the book floated down until it was right in front of Patry. The boy's eyes widened at seeing the design of his Grimoire. It was exactly like the one his Alternate Future Self had gotten! With slightly trembling hands, the young Elf reached out and grasped the book. As soon as he touched it, the Grimoire lit up with a bright golden light, the Four-Leaf symbol on it's cover shining brightly.
When the light died down, Patry's wide eyes began shining with joy and he began jumping up and down in excitement, hugging his Grimoire to his chest with a beaming grin on his face, 'I got it! I got the same Grimoire as my Alternate Future Self! And this time it won't get turned into a Five-Leaf one either!' he cheered mentally. Meanwhile everyone was staring at him and his Four-Leaf Grimoire with wide eyes and dropped jaws. "Licht! Guys! Look! Look! I got it this time too!" Patry cried excitedly, rushing over to their Leader and holding his golden Grimoire up high for everyone in the group to see. "Congratulations Patry. I'm so happy for you" Licht replied with a bright beaming smile. "So, I hope you're ready for those lessons. As soon as I have the time, I'll teach you as much as I can" Lemiel said. The others all gave their congratulations, before turning towards the door, "I hope everyone is able to come to my Wedding a little later, and I know that you all received some wonderful Grimoire's of your own" Licht called with a wave.
Then they all left, the rest of the Elves still in the Hall staring after them with wide eyes.
Black Clover
A few hours later, as the final preparations for the Wedding were being completed, Elves began to arrive at the Venue. "Thank you for coming, Tettia and I both appreciate it" Licht said with a bright smile to the most recent arrival. After every Elf was ready, Lemiel stepped forwards, "This is for you sister. I struggled to figure out what could be a good Wedding Gift. But then I found this" the King took out a box, and when he opened it, Tettia gasped with tears in her eyes. It was a gold necklace with white Jade flowers inlaid in it. "Wasn't that, our Mother's?" she asked as her brother lifted the necklace out of the box and put it on her, "it was, it belonged to her Mother and her Mother before her. Basically it's a family heirloom. I'm sure if our Mother was here today, she would have wanted you to have that necklace, especially for today" Lemiel smiled.
"Thank you Lemiel" Tettia replied gratefully and happily as she touched it gently. Licht placed his hand in hers, before he led her towards the stone Gazebo. Once they were in position, he stepped back and gestured towards the magic stones in their holders around his neck, "these stones increase magic and as you already know, we believe they pass powerful Mana and strength to our spouse. I hope it will be the same for you" Licht explained with a loving smile on his face. "So do I" Tettia replied, tears in her eyes. The Elf frowned slightly, "why are you crying?" he asked, gently wiping a tear away. The human Princess smiled through her tears, "because I'm so happy. We're actually here Licht. All our hopes and dreams, our future- *sob* our Son will have a happy life" she replied, crying more happy tears. As the Ceremony finished, the two kissed and everyone cheered, before Bethany held up her staff, "FLOWER! Create some flowers to celebrate Licht and Tettia's Wedding please- but not too many, we don't want to drown them" she called. Suddenly a pink woman with her hair in vertical curls appeared.
She waved her arms and pink flowers and flower petals rained down from the sky. Everyone smiled and laughed happily. Licht, Tettia, Rya, Vetto, Fana, Lemiel and Patry looked over to where the young woman stood and smiled gratefully. As the Wedding Reception continued, everything finally seemed to be right with the world.
To Be Continued