"Since everyone is gathered, let's start, Arthur Van Panthohime and Lilian Ness Bartholeme, one step forward"
As in charge of the ceremony, Emma smiled stiffly and continued with this.
Responding to her words, both Arthur and Lilian stepped forward.
(Big Brother...)
Cristie didn't even want to let go of Arthur, however, Elizabeth's gaze fell on her causing her to reluctantly let go of his brother's hand.
"Well let's do this quickly, Her Highness Lilian please present her ring"
"Yes ~"
Smiling happily, the space ring on Lilian's finger sparkled and a box appeared in her hand.
Opening the box a beautiful and imposing dragon ring was revealed.
The ring was blue in color, in the shape of a celestial dragon, it had 9 small claws and the dragon's mouth a small diamond of deep blue brilliance.
This engagement ring was exclusive to the Royal family, whoever wore it would be treated as one of the royal family, it also meant that if Arthur accepted this ring he was willing to make Lilian his first wife.
This ring was also a status symbol, after all, a man could only wear an engagement ring in his entire life, if he wanted to marry another woman, the other wives could not give a ring to symbolize their engagement, which they had What to do is wear your own family Mana diamond and attach it to your fiancé's engagement ring.
As a sign of being below the first wife, because of this, the first wife was the one with the highest status in the family, but this was of course an unwritten rule of the nobility.
Since many women do not care about this and still share their husbands, an example would be Elizabeth and Phenelope.
For this reason, engagement rings were always designed to carry up to ten small diamonds of mana, which means the scale of men and women on the continent, for example, Lilian's ring was a nine-clawed dragon and in each claw was the place for mana diamonds.
The more mana diamonds the ring has, it symbolizes the number of wives that man will have in the future.
"Alright then..."
"Wait a minute, Mrs. Emma"
Preventing Emma from continuing, Charlotte stood up, likewise, everyone turned their eyes.
Having everyone watching her, Charlotte took a deep breath and cleared her mind from her nervousness preventing her from speaking.
"I am a member of the Royal Family, the Third Princess Charlotte Ness Bartholeme and I also want to perform the engagement ceremony with young Master Arthur"
After her words were finished, a small box appeared in her hand, with an engagement ring inside it.
"Charlotte! What are you doing?"
Carter's eyes widened, his little sister out of nowhere joined this ceremony, she even wore her engagement ring.
This was not part of the plan, Charlotte was not supposed to intervene.
Fortunately, soon calmed down, after all even if Charlotte wants to join in and come prepared, interrupting this ceremony is not something she can do.
"Your Highness of her Charlotte, excuse my daring but you cannot join this ceremony"
Shaking her head, Emma felt a little sympathy for Charlotte, she could understand that this girl fell in love with her and now she wanted to participate.
Unfortunately, it is not that easy, Charlotte cannot commit to Arthur, the Royal family does not have the power to use the two mandatory marriage passes with Arthur, even with the pact this would be rejected by Elizabeth.
"Your Highness Charlotte, her statement has no basis and support, cannot intervene in this ceremony, please step back"
And as expected Elizabeth rejected her mercilessly, she already had enough with Lilian to add Charlotte was too much.
Damaris remained impassive but she was quite mad at her youngest daughter, I don't expect her to be so reckless.
(I know you like Arthur, but that's not the way to propose)
Lilian was the same as Damaris, several veins bulging on her forehead and she would make sure to teach her younger sister a lesson when returned.
This is the commitment between Arthur and her, there was no place for Charlotte to intervene.
"That puppy has every right to join, I support her ~ ..."
Suddenly Margareth who had been silent suddenly spoke.
She crossed her legs and a smile spread across her face.
"Hey?"
Elizabeth was stunned, she could not believe that her own mother supported this commitment and even worsened the situation.
"Mother! What are you doing? I will not accept this, the other pass is from our family"
"Easy Elizabeth ~ Who said you will use your other pass? This engagement is between my Pup Arthur and the Royal Family .... her little Highness Charlotte is a member of the Royal family, so she may as well opt for the engagement ~"
Responding calmly, Margareth turned her hand over.
However her words were true, the pact explicitly stated that the engagement should be carried between the current male Spirit Fox and the Royal Family, never mentioning Lilian's name.
So Charlotte had the same rights as Lilian and she could appeal for the opportunity.
(So, is this why she visited Master Margareth every day? Good move Charlotte)
Damaris's disagreement disappeared and she was now very proud that her third daughter thought of this move.
Even convincing her Master Margareth of her was something she never imagined.
After all, Charlotte didn't get attached to Arthur like Lilian and she didn't dance with him either.
She was all the time with Margareth, winning over who could be her future grandmother ...
"Besides, I like that Puppy ~ ... She's very interesting ~"
Unlike Lilian, Margareth thought that Charlotte had more potential and could well surpass her older sister in the future, so if her eyes do not fail him, it is better if Arthur commits himself to Charlotte.
[Hahaha you were right!]
Claudia inside Charlotte laughed out loud, she was quite pleased by what she was seeing.
At first, when Charlotte told her about her plan, she thought she was crazy and that it won't work.
Who would have guessed that she would get the support of the Guardian?
"It was risky, but I won the bet ..."
As someone who read the novel and played the game, Charlotte knew Margareth's personality very well and also knew her likes.
Making use of this knowledge, Charlotte decided to embrace Margareth's powerful thigh and use her as a means of support.
Fortunately, Margareth did not reject her and I enjoy the insights provided by Charlotte.
In addition, Margareth always liked surprises and her bravery, she was patiently waiting if Charlotte had the courage to make her move, only then would she support her.
With Margareth behind her, Charlotte sighed in relief and stepped forward.
And although Lilian's gaze was terrifying, Charlotte didn't back down.
She needed to destroy all the death flags from and Arthur is necessary for her survival.
She needs the strongest of all to protect her, so future enemies will not be able to assassinate her.
"Errr ... Is it okay? So ..."
Not knowing how to continue, Emma shifted her gaze between Damaris and Elizabeth.
Elizabeth sighed and understood why her mother did all this.
He was doing it for the good of Arthur, after all, with this internal conflict of the Royal Family, it is not that his family refused the commitment, on the contrary, the problem came from the Royal Family, so it would take a while to solve the problem, giving Arthur a little more time.
Only a woman from the Royal family could fight against a woman from the Royal Family.
(Well thought out Mother ...)
Lifting her thumb to take me in, Elizabeth smiled.
"Seizing the moment and with everyone present, we the Seymur family would also like to strengthen our ties, uniting our children in marriage ..."
But the problem was far from over ...
Pushing Norma, Phenelope seeing the opportunity to intervene did not hesitate and quickly revealed her own engagement ring.
Opening the box, a beautiful ring of fire with a Phoenix beak, in which a small Sparkle Mana Diamond and 9 empty fire sockets were revealed in Norma's hand.
"For hundreds of years, the Seymur and the Van Panthohime have been allies, sharing resources and military strength, it seems to me that it is a good opportunity that this alliance continues for several hundred years more and I would be honored if Her Majesty blesses our children. "
They all looked at Phenelope who puffed out her chest and declared proudly as if this was something natural.
As Phenelope had promised, her family will fight and not let the Royal family take advantage of the situation.
"This....."
Every moment was thornier and Emma who was caught between the three sides shrunk a little.
Lilian, Charlotte, and Norma, each of these girls has a bright future.
"Stop!"
Suddenly the door opened and two girls entered.
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*Doorbell
[Side mission activated]
[Task: Avoid the engagement between Arthur Van Panthohime and the Royal Family]
[Reward: 500 origin points]
[Penalty: the difficulty of the main mission will increase]
* Psssss
Spitting out the Tea, a look of terror passed over Hatsumi's face.
"Hey! What's wrong Hatsumi? Do you want her to hit you?"
With several veins swelling on her forehead, Ludi quickly wiped the Tea that she had on her face.
She didn't know why Hatsumi suddenly spat at her, but Ludi treated it as a challenge.
She looked both ways for Arthur's presence, not finding him a sigh of relief, and began to twist her knuckles.
"No! Don't hit me, big sister, it wasn't my intention"
Seeing Ludi grasp her hand, Hatsumi quickly begged for mercy.
As a cowardly Hikikomori, Hatsumi has never been able to beat Ludi in a fight, so she was very afraid of her older sister who behaved like a child.
Although this was normal, after all this was a world with inverted values, therefore it was Hatsumi who was the weirdo.
However, in her small head, Hatsumi disagreed.
"That does not happen again!"
"Of course not!"
Swallowing, Hatsumi avoided having her forehead puffed out.
"Lupeta!"
Calling out her system fairy, Hatsumi muttered.
Right now Hatsumi was cursing the shitty system of her.
Stop an engagement?
It must be a joke, Hatsumi is barely 6 years old, her voice and decision would not be taken seriously by anyone.
[Can I help you, Master?]
"What's up with that mission? Compromise? What's this ?!"
[It is as the mission says, Master ... We must stop the commitment that is being carried out at this time]
Shrugging her shoulders, Lupeta was questioning the intelligence of the Master of hers, which she until now she did not know because the system chose her as host.
"How do you want me to stop an engagement ?! Are you crazy ?! I'm only 6 years old!"
[Master the system is fair, it will never grant a mission that you cannot complete, so even though you are a girl in 'Corps' you still have a chance to complete it]
Emphasizing the age of Hatsumi's body, Lupeta kindly explained.
After all, Hatsumi is reincarnated, she had experienced life, even sex, so Lupeta could not consider her as a 6-year-old girl.
"But..!"
[Look around you, you were born to the Rama family of the Van Panthohime and although you are a 'girl' your words have a certain weight in them, also your older sister is the protagonist of the novel, Ludi Panthohime's destiny is very special and your good luck is on top, I advise you to use this opportunity well to prove the fate of your older sister ... Who knows, maybe even the guards will turn a blind eye to you Hehehe]
After saying this Lupeta returned to the system, the rest depended on Hatsumi.
"Hmm ..."
Hatsumi thought about it for a moment, Lupeta was right, her life is certainly better than the previous one, she lived on luxuries and comforts, but if she wanted this life to continue she needed Arthur.
So she followed Lupeta's advice...
"What ?! Compromise! ..."
And as he told her older sister the truth, Ludi lost his composure for a moment.
"Mother you are a liar!"
Ludi was quite angry, now she understood why Emma disappeared, it turns out that she was carrying out the commitment of the boy that she likes.
(Mother I thought you supported me!)
And unsurprisingly, Ludi couldn't allow the boy who likes her to get engaged, so she dragged Hatsumi with her, to the event hall, they absolutely had to stop this engagement.
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