Chapter 28 The Princess’s Wedding Ceremony…

Chapter 28

28.1

Sacrificial incense is a precious and magical material, faithfully recording and re-presenting everything that has happened, untamperable. However, sacrificial incense is scarce, and even the royal family does not often use it outside of rituals dedicated to the gods.

"However," Princess Matilda said calmly, "the marriage ceremony is very memorable to me. Therefore, at my marriage ceremony, I used a piece of sacrificial cigarette given to me by my mother - she gave a sacrificial cigarette to each of her children."

The princess said this, and some of the guests nodded:

It is not surprising that a royal child would privately possess a piece of sacrificial cigarette; nor is it surprising that the princess would choose to record the wedding scene on the day of her marriage ceremony for commemoration.

Seeing the guests' reactions, the princess raised her lips, smiled, and lit the incense in her hand.

The guests unconsciously held their breath, staring at the gray-white smoke. It slowly spread across the banquet hall, gradually outlining a clear picture—

That was the lounge of the banquet hall.

The banquet lounge at Ravenmount Castle is a place specially prepared for the host of the banquet to rest and change clothes. It is decorated very comfortably, with long, clean and soft chairs. Next to the chairs is a vase of golden roses and some golden gauze, which were obviously specially prepared for the wedding ceremony.

Princess Matilda stood in front of a glass mirror while two maids were styling her hair.

This was a very peaceful scene, but the next moment, someone tore the tranquility of the lounge apart—

Alex Karajalang suddenly pushed the door open and walked in.

Alex is a gentle and handsome young man, with a beautiful face that seems to be carved from exquisite white marble, and he always has a gentle smile on his face; however, in the smoke of the sacrifice, his face is solemn, and a storm seems to be brewing in his deep black eyes.

"Matilda." He lowered his voice, "I need to talk to you alone."

Matilda's maid was slightly startled, then looked up uncertainly at Princess Matilda. Matilda said calmly, "This is not part of the ceremony. We won't be able to be alone together until after the banquet tonight."

Alex's face fell.

"I know what you want to do at the upcoming party," he said.

The princess said nothing.

Alex stared at her—almost staring at her. “I know why you agreed to marry me. You wanted the grand opportunity of a wedding ceremony to make it public.”

Princess Matilda looked back at him calmly, "What are you talking about?"

Alex said in a deep voice, "Listen, Matilda, I will not allow you to do this. We are married, and I don't want to hurt you. Please give it to me now."

Princess Matilda remained calm. "I really don't know what you're talking about, Alex. Are you okay?"

Alex took a step forward, his fingers gripping the hilt of his sword, and a sudden sense of dominance emanated from him.

"No more childish games with me," he said. "Give it to me."

The princess looked at the maid to her right and asked in confusion, "Can you understand what he is saying?"

Although the waitress didn't understand what was happening in the lounge, she could understand Alex's body language: it was a clear and unmistakable "threatening" gesture.

The waitress frowned and said, "Alex Karagaran, please think carefully. If you are disrespectful to the princess, you are disrespecting the royal family. This is contempt for the royal family."

Alex suddenly calmed down.

"I don't want to go to this," he said, "but I'm sorry, Matilda, but I won't allow you to do this."

As the young noble said this, he drew out his sword with a "swish" and placed it across Princess Matilda's neck!

"Give it to me," he said.

The crowd watching the sacrificial smoke cried out in surprise, and within the smoke, the princess's maid was also shocked and angry: "Alex Karagaran, are you crazy! Knight, where is the guardian knight!"

As Alex drew his sword, the scene in the sacrificial smoke gradually became chaotic:

The princess's guard knight appeared in the picture, and with a "clang" he knocked away Alex's sword, and started fighting with Alex; two maids protected the princess, and the princess held a short dagger for self-defense in her hand.

All the clashes and struggles unfolded swiftly. The scene in the sacrificial smoke flashed, the silver light of weapons flashed, and the princess's guard knight fell to the ground, while the princess's dagger pierced Alex Karagaran's left abdomen. Golden rose petals fell to the ground, their blood staining the golden petals red.

A waiter walked into the lounge, interrupted all this, and couldn't help screaming.

The smoke offering scene stopped here in confusion, the smoke dissipated, and everyone witnessed what happened next:

The page screamed, and Alex Karajalang stumbled, knocking down the lounge door. The Duke and Duchess stepped forward to mediate, but the Princess remained firm, saying, "In front of everyone, let's get this matter sorted out right now."

The Duchess looked at the scene in the sacrificial smoke, and the veins on her forehead throbbed slightly. She and Duke Karagaran exchanged a calm glance:

The Duke and Duchess, with their sharp eyes, saw it immediately: in the scene of the smoke offering, Alex swung his sword but always avoided the opponent's fatal point. In other words, he was "threatening" rather than "assassinating."

However, not everyone present could see Alex's concerns, and some people might have seen his concerns but pretended not to see them -

"Alex Karagaran!" Prince Richard shouted angrily, "How dare you point your sword at the princess!"

The dead silence in the banquet hall was broken by Prince Richard's angry rebuke, and a burst of uproar broke out among the guests:

"Alex Carragalang, is he crazy?"

"What on earth is going on?"

"This is disrespectful to the royal family!"

Prince Constance stood beside Prince Richard, his face also showing an indignant expression of protection for his sister, but his fingers were clenched at his sides until his knuckles turned white.

He Song stared at all this in a daze: "This...what on earth is going on..."

His thoughts turned, and he suddenly looked at Oulidsi beside him.

He Song looked at her in surprise and doubt: "You..."

Olidisi smiled without saying a word, looking at everything in front of her as if she was enjoying it very much; feeling Hesong's gaze, she turned her head and blinked at him happily.

Hesong suddenly remembered Euridsi's words:

"Not only will this Alex Karagarang not marry the princess, but he will lose his life during the marriage ceremony."

Hesong looked at Euridsi, almost speechless. "How is this possible... Alex has always been the calmest and most composed of the children of the Karagaran family. How could he draw his sword against the princess? What exactly is the reason?"

Many guests in the banquet hall had the same question as Hesong:

Alex Carragaran would have to be crazy to attack the princess; why would he do that?

Duke Karagaran and Prince Constance exchanged a quick glance, and both understood:

They had to allow Alex to speak in his own defense.

The conflict in the sacrificial smoke clearly had a hidden purpose. Alex was clearly asking Princess Matilda for something.

What is he asking for?

What does the princess want to "announce"?

Why did the two sides have a conflict?

If Alex couldn't come up with a convincing reason, it would be disrespectful to the royal family and the entire Karajalang family would be in big trouble.

So, Alex had to speak up to defend himself.

Duke Hugh Carragaran said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, it is very unfortunate that we have had such an unfortunate conflict at the ceremonial banquet. - Knight Commander!"

The Grand Master of the Knights of Ravenmont stepped out, and Duke Karagaran said in a deep voice, "Ask the Mermaid Doctor, Morman, to come and treat Alex. Immediately, right here. I want to hear his reasons. If he can't give a convincing explanation, I will personally escort him to the dungeons of Ravenmont Castle."

The Duke's tone was righteous, not one iota of Alex's defense. The guests nodded. "Yes, let's hear what he has to say. We need to hear both sides' reasons."

Alex Karajalang collapsed beside the lounge door, his eyes closed and his face pale. The wound on his left abdomen was still bleeding. He had obviously lost too much blood, which made his breathing increasingly weak and his fingers increasingly weak.

At this moment, a vague and strange singing voice appeared in the banquet hall——

A water tank half a man's height was slowly pushed into the banquet hall by four knights, and the air suddenly smelled damp and salty.

Someone whispered, "It's the Mormans...their tail fins need to be submerged in a water tank so they can live on land."

In the tank, the Morman merman sang slowly. His voice was completely unlike any human language, possessing a strange and alluring charm. As the merman sang, the bleeding from the wound on Alex's left abdomen gradually stopped, and his lips, which had originally turned gray, regained a hint of color.

The Morman merman stopped singing and whispered, "It is done. He now has a quarter of a star to defend himself."

Following the voice of the Moman mermaid, Alex Karagaran's eyelashes trembled and he slowly opened his eyes.

A waiter from Ravenmont Castle half-knelt beside him and handed a bowl of water to his lips. Alex held the waiter's hand and reluctantly drank a sip of water to moisten his dry throat.

Duke Hugh Carragher did not help him up.

He half-closed his eyes and said condescendingly, "Alex Karagarang."

Alex paused: "...Father."

"You'd better give me an explanation."

Alex's body suddenly trembled.

Prince Constance looked at him, and so did the children of the Caragaran family.

There was a hidden expectation in everyone's eyes: hoping that his defense could clear himself of the charges.

However, a hint of determination flashed in Alex's eyes.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Father... This is all my fault, and has nothing to do with the Karagarang family! The princess got evidence that I have a bastard child, and she wants to announce the existence of my illegitimate child at the banquet and cancel my engagement. I'm sorry, father, I have to protect my reputation and my child. I can't let her do this!"

Alex said, suddenly pushing away the male servant beside him, pulling out the dagger from his body, and rushed towards Princess Matilda -

This time, he really wanted to kill Princess Matilda with his own dagger!

However, the next moment, a figure quickly rushed to the princess's side, suddenly grabbed Alex Karajalang's dagger with his right hand, pulled the princess behind him with his left hand, and shouted quickly: "Protect the princess!"

It was Lorenz Ebrard!