East Meet West

138- The Marriage Ceremony

Today is the day of my marriage with Armelia. I picked up the clothes prepared for the marriage and got dressed.

Once again, I looked into the mirror.

‘knock’

“Sir, if you are ready, then I would request you to follow me to the ancestor grounds. Everyone is waiting for your arrival.”

I heard a women’s voice. It must be a Lamia guard, who has come to take me to the place where the marriage is going to take place.

“Ok”

I answered after taking a last look at myself in the mirror.

I followed the Lamia guard to their so called ‘Lamia Ancestor grounds’. We walked a long distance and finally reached the location.

After I entered the ‘Lamia Ancestor grounds’, I saw that the area was filled with dozens of people. But on the occasion of marriage, I guessed that many people would attend our marriage but that’s not the case.

Actually, Sheela has already told me that the number of people who will be attending the marriage will be low, as marriage between a Human and a Monster is something that belongs to forbidden cases between the races. And any interaction between the races would mostly involve violence. And if other monster tribes get the news of my marriage, then it could bring disaster for the Lamia tribe and me. it might even lead to a situation where all the tribes attack us.

“Orochi, you are here.”

Sheela came towards me, then she continued

“Come, I will introduce you to my mother and the other elders of the Lamia tribe.”

Then Sheela took me towards a middle aged woman who was sitting on a high raised platform and had her eyes closed.

“Mother this is Orochi, who is going to marry Armelia and become your grandson-in-law.”

After Sheela finished speaking, the middle aged woman opened her eyes and when she looked at me, I felt like a great monster was looking at me and it was as if I was standing naked in front of her, and all my secrets are nothing but an open book for her to read. Tremendous pressure was acting on my body, but the next moment that pressure was gone. Luckily, it was only momentary, or else I might have already been kneeling or even might have incurred some injuries. I can tell that the pressure released by this ‘middle aged woman’ or to be precise, my soon to be grandmother-in-law did it unintentionally. Because I am just a human at the peak of the Evolver stage and she is some veteran expert with high cultivation in the ‘Royalty realm’ so it is normal that just a sneeze of such powerhouse could kill me.

“Junior greets grandmother”

As a junior, I bowed and greeted my ‘Grandmother-in-law'.

“Good. I hope you take care of my granddaughter. My granddaughter is a very kind little girl and she is a piece of my heart. I just hope you both have a good life together and never let any bad luck befall on both of you.”

The ‘Grandmother-in-law' who looked a serious moment ago, was now smiling with kindness and we chatted for a bit. Although, the pressure was gone, but I still felt that her gaze was quite sharp.

She might be the mother of Sheela and grandmother of Armelia, but her age does not match her looks. She looks like someone whose age is between 40-50.

Well, I guess that is understandable if I consider her cultivation level.

As the cultivation of livings beings increases, the number of years they can live for also increases, and the rate at which their body ages, also decreases. And since her cultivation has reached a terrifying stage, it would be common for her to look young. And as a Lamia they possess extreme beauty, then that means it is another benefit to be a part of the Lamia bloodline.

Then Sheela introduced to me few other elders of the Lamia tribe. And all of them were in the ‘Royalty realm’.

From what I understood is, few of the elders of the Lamia tribe including the ‘Grandmother-in-law' live in the Urag Royal family and have high positions there. Actually, it is justified, the Royal family and the Lamia have blood relations, so they are quite close.

But the scariest thing that I understood is that the Lamia tribe is more powerful than the Leon clan.

Previously, I felt that the top powerhouse in the Lamia tribe was Sheela and her cultivation was much less than the Leon clan head [or my grandfather]. And the number of Royalty realm powerhouses in the Lamia tribe was only half that of the Leon clan. But now, I understand that whether its number of Royalty realm of a powerhouse or top powerhouse, all of it is more than the Leon clan.

I can roughly conclude that, if 10-20 Sheela’s can fight on an equal level with the Leon clan head then, it would take at least 50 people on the same level as the Leon clan head to fight Sheela’s mother.

After greeting everyone, the time for the marriage ceremony to take place arrived.

At the same time, someone shouted

“Look, Lady Armelia has arrived.”

I looked in the direction of the entrance and saw that Armelia was walking followed by her sisters Emily and Emma. Armelia wore a beautiful red dress and the few pieces of jewelry that she wore, further increased her beauty. Especially those bangles were like a finishing touch that a painting needs.

Then according to Sheela’s instruction, we climbed the stage.

“Are you feeling nervous?”

I asked Armelia who was standing next to me.

“No... yes”

“It's ok, there is still some time for our First Night. Don’t get too nervous.”

As soon as I said that, Armelia’s whole face went red and she covered her face with her hands.

There was not much to do in the marriage, some offerings and sacrifices were made to their snake god and then a small banquet was arranged. Of course, only a few dozens of people who were attending the marriage were at the banquet. This marriage is supposed to be done without the knowledge of other Monster tribes.

Later, after the banquet was completed, I was sent back to a room that was decorated with flowers. Even the bed was covered with flowers.

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AUTHOR’S NOTE:

[The next chapter and chapter 140, as they will contain 18+ scenes or adult content, so I would request people below 18 and the people who are not interested in those, to skip the next chapter & chapter 140, and start reading chapter 141. Rest assured, that the next chapter will not contain any important matter related to the story and if it does then, I would once again describe it in chapter number 141.]

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