Age of Heroes (Age of Heroes Chronicles)

Chapter 225: The marriage announcement (3)

Now, today, the continent is prospering and he is about to get marriage. And the wedding has stirred feeling of joy and increase his belief in hope.

Arial took his time for a while to look at the banner in the mansion top. The dragon. A crest of his family and now a beast that he must slay for his own survival.

The only one who knows about his secret right now is the Southern Healer who translates the text and Mikael who have told him that he can perform the baffling procedure of swapping the heart so he doesn't have to go to Vangua again to ask the Monks of the Temple

As thanks for not punishing him, Mikael has learned the translated text and is confident of his technique and he will be following him to the Land of Dragons and serve as his guide.

He would be the one entrusted to swap the heart

'Arial' Helia yelled from the mansion. Arial was startled and he was brought back into the moment.

Her innocence smile stirred his heart

'Yes'

'Come on in. Stay here tonight' she asks and once again his mother glance at him and grin.

'I leave you young boy and girls alone. Don't do anything I wouldn't do' she said and she giggles.

Arial just nodded even as he tries to pretend he was not flustered.

Helia blushed, her cheeks reddened like a tomato.

He then enters the mansion and give Helia a smooth kiss and join them all that night, playing with Adrianna and waiting for his father to return home, just like old times

That night Arial heard his mother sing song of love while his father sing in harmony with his mother, reminding him of his childhood memories and in that moment, the laugh and the smiles, it was a moment of pure bliss so much so that Arial wish that time would stop

The warm light from the sun in the windows, the winds that always blow in the evening giving the back door of the house a creaking sound, the smoke from the chimney when winter comes, and the sound of his mother singing for his father.

All of that he had remember. He remembers this, before everything change.

She remembers how younger his mother looks when she sang for his father!

And then his father would tell him the stories of Old Heroes, story of Great men, and Great Kings and Great Heroes.

Even though he is old enough to be called a man but his father still enjoys telling them and he has always enjoyed hearing them

For that night, that Arial knwos he would not forget for a long time, Arial enjoy himself, and he knows that this night would be one of the many of his happy memories that he will keep on making

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ACRO

The city has all heard the story and the news.  Such story and news is easily spread because many people want to spread it

The Young Lord is about to get married.

The city gave itself over to rejoicing at the entry of this spouse and their news of marriage and this news send waves to all the influential figures of the continent.

In the following month, with peace is all but guaranteed Beyond the Sea, Arial in an unprecedented move had even invite the King of Arakath, Azrael Mournstar to his wedding

It coincides with the King of the Dark Lands to come to fetch his bride.

Azrael has sent Arial letters saying that he will be delayed for he is near to capture the mastermind.

And he was not the only royalty rumored to come. Some had even guaranteed to the Vermont family that they will come for the wedding

And that is the House of Chu

The Chu will also attend with Zhang Liao Bao, bringing the deposed Emperor of Vern in chains during his wedding.

At least that was the plan. Instead Arial ordered Kyle and West to immediately secure the prisoner and transported him alive to one of the many dungeons in Arrandy

King Adrian sent letters to him that he will attend the wedding. The other Kings also sent letters that they will be attending.

Renasia declines for some reason. Their Princess will be crowned the same day that he would marry Helia

Arial also heard some news coming from the Far East. Princess Rhyssa has stopped harassing Dostov to prepare for her coronation.

The conflict with Terris dynasty happen because as story goes, it seems that during their meeting King Terris try to seduce the unmarried princess even though she has warned the King and because of that she beat the King half death before stopped by her Knights.

King Terris on the other hand return to Dostov and send an apology to Great Renasia considering that Great Renasia is the largest force in the south east.

But the Princess has made her mind and launched an attack to Dostov, burning Dostov southern villages and defeating very single units Dostov had thrown at her.

But for the coronation, the Goddess of War has retreat from Dostov battlefield to travel back to Renasia to take her crown and claim her birthright

Now her Knights are in Dostov, the battle is in a stalemate, waiting until their Princess return.

It is unfortunate that she couldn't attend though Arial have heard the report from his envoys that when she receives the letter she almost rips the letter.

Though Arial don't understand what warranted such ill treatment to his wedding announcement form a foreign Princess

The city has already even moving with many people all coming inside the city to see the marriage of the century

There will be feasts, festivities, pageantry and many merchants had flock to the city to take advantage of the crowd that came for the weeding and the common folk that wanted to see the couple.

This is also Arial chance to show the city of Acro to the nobles and kings of the other kingdoms. Arial wanted to show them his great and prosperous city.

Acro is the foremost city of the province and the source of great admiration among contemporaries.

There is a rich variety of foods and the obvious wealth that result from flourishing trade with other continents and other goods that the burgeoning populace benefited from.

Acro is also a beautiful city, filled with great buildings, clean and elegant with marble tiles, there is large church and certainly a fitting place to receive the new duchess of Arrandy

that is why he had chosen the Church at Acro instead of the other churches and city in the region.

Actually Helia is much occupied these days on the wedding preparations than he did but he also has something's to contribute.

His council where they use to debate about war, politics and economics is now debating about the guest of the wedding, the expense of the wedding and such.

Arial will make this wedding memorable wedding for her and for the city. He wanted his people, his subjects to see their new Princess and Duchess of Arrandy

And he wants to impress her. He is her man after all.

Such instinct is appropriate. To show her that she has not chosen wrong and to give her some happy memory if he somehow didn't survive the ordeals that is coming.

Lord Helve is also coming and his parents would never miss the wedding, Lord Helve to send his daughter away and his parents to give blessing of the unions.

And they are not the only one that is sending blessing to him. The Church had also send some blessing for his wedding

The Pope has sent blessing from Cori. The wedding is announced and Arial waited till the day they are join in holy matrimony.

This is his happy moment and for a while he could forget about dragons and death and focus for a moment to the good things he had in life.

It is a good day again in Arrandy

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