Chapter 5
At the morning time, Ms. Omi came in front of their door and requested to get in "Princess, may I come in". Princess Shu Ying replied "Yes, please". Ms. Omi came into the room with the accessories and clothes in her hand and the maids and servants after her took the more accessories and things in their hand. She looked close to them and said "what are those". Before marriage ceremony, we must help you for bathing and having perfumes and dressing up well. She said "okay" she followed them and went out from her room. Her maids and body guard were sleeping over curved rock sofas. At the bath room, she was being shock again because it was bubbling hot spring water so it wasn't like her bath room at the merman kingdom. So, she requested to them "are there any squids or sea snails for cleaning my tail and clam shells for brightening up". They said "Yes, they are we prepared it already for you". She asked them "did those things help the serpent women bathing in daily life". They replied "No, we don't need those we used only the lava from nearby volcanoes for brightening our tail and having the bubbling spring water for our skin". She had the conversations with them during bathing and spa time. When she had done, they took her to the dressing room. She saw the brighter crystal like dress upon the hanger. Then, she looked around the room there had the golden red coral upon the desk in their plate. She pointed over the desk and asked them "what are those for". They were laughing overlooking each other but replied to princess "those were the head dress and ornaments for wedding ceremony". After that, they put her on the chair and combing her silver silky hair and then dressing up with the golden red coral head dress. Then, they put the reddish crystal long clothes over her body. They put the lip tints over her lips and they said "done, princess please look at the mirror". When she looked herself inside the shell mirror, everything was changing and she was being a bride now.
The other side, the prince Eimu denied his father's decision. He said "how did you do that without asking my feeling". So, his father said "you had feeling over that girl right so you took her here". He said "No, father I took her here because you are her father's friend and she need help, we think you know something". His father said "Yes, I know so I requested her to do that and she agreed to me and now you make the problem". HE said "No, she was agreeing your words only because she didn't want to let her people die under the evil uncle's power". His father said "Yeah, may be but her father and I already had promised about you two if you don't want to marry her the dragon prince of the west will take her for sure". He said "what do you mean by that". His father said "you heard me clearly aren't you, her father broke our promises and did engage his daughter to the third dragon prince of the west ocean". Then, his father continued "he always did to his first, second and third daughters for raising his position over the four oceans". He glared to his father and said "So what". His father told him "son, don't think much, we got a chance to marry with the mermaid girl from that big kingdom, we will need much more support on coming future from her elder sister's family too". He replied "so that's what you think for your future, you didn't think for me now". His father pat his back and said "my son, of course your father worry about you so I did this decision in a hurry". After their conversation end, his father and he had a deal too. Today, he prepared himself to be a great groom. He had a red coral suits too. His maids were helping him to be shine today. When he finished dressing up, he went out and head over to her room. But everyone denied him to get over there. They said "it wasn't good if the groom saw the bride before the ceremony'. He said "really I saw her yesterday but why are you denying me to see her here". He did pushing them away from the door to get in the room. At that time, he heard the voice of her and she said clearly "we will meet in the hallway during the ceremony start please pull yourself back and stand in stable Eimu". Then, he held himself back and put down his suits and head over to the queen's room.
However, his father did a sudden decision, his mother sent the invitation letter to all for attending their wedding. They sent their letters to north, south and east oceans serpent king and the dragon king. So, her sisters and their husbands knew about her. They were surprising when they saw that letter why she did this in a sudden. Right after they got this invitation letter her sister Mu Ying sent a guard to go and find her sister's guardian Ms. Piru who was hiding herself somewhere at the border of Merman kingdom. Later, the letter just arrived in Ms. Piru hand and she knew where to go for finding her Princess. Ms. Piru was going there with the help of Mu Ying's servant who knew the route to go to serpent kingdom. At last, she found the big gate and their surroundings were much too different than the Merman kingdom. She wanted to know how could her princess live at there. With many thoughts in mind, she moved herself towards the gate and give them a letter sent from the Mu Ying the bride's sister. So, they looked at the letter once and they allowed her in. Now, Ms. Piru and her sister's servant could see her here. Ms. Omi the guardian of Prince Eimu came after them and guided them to the bride room. At there, they saw the different outfits of their princess. Ms. Piru saying the words with shaking voice towards the Princess "I am sorry for losing you at the castle and sorry for can't protect you well, luckily you are here". After she say that, the princess turned her body to her and said "I had my maids and guard here thank you for worrying me, Ms. Omi told me you had the letter what my eldest sister sent to me then please hand it over me". The maid beside her took the letter from them and give it to Princess. She opened the letter and read it once and put it on the desk. Then, she told "it's okay now, Ms. Omi please send them to the guest room where my maids stay". She was saying without telling a word but it mean "she won't regret about what she decided and she will do it however they tried to stop her".
Ms. Piru and the servant of Mu Ying arrived to the guest room and the maids of Princess was shocking to see the guardian of their princess. They said "we thought you die, thanks god you are still alive". Ms. Piru said "my little princess was changing a lot and she didn't tell much more to me". Then, they told her "just relax and sit down our princess haven't change anything, the only thing that made her change was the situation here". Ms. Piru said "what situation" to them. They said "aren't you see our Princess will marry to their prince Eimu in this evening so everyone kept eyes on her and she couldn't move out and had free time and also she might nervous because today is her wedding time". Ms. Piru said "Oh, is that so, do you know why princess decided to marry him in a sudden". They said "it wasn't a sudden it already plan between our king and serpent king since they born". Ms. Piru asked them "how did you guys know everything". They laughed out loud and said "do you say how, everyone said about this so we heard it, don't worry Ms. Piru the prince wasn't the person you thought in your mind". After Ms. Piru had conversation with them, she asked them about how did they met with the Prince. Then, they told Ms. Piru "the Princess herself found him near the border of Merman kingdom and she safe his life and healed his wound". Ms. Piru said "what next". They said "the princess said he read the scroll that she took from her father's desk and he said he can take her to King Wilu so they are here". Now, Ms Piru knew he was wanting to help her to fulfill her wish. But why is this end up with marriage. She couldn't understand about this well. She peeked outside the hallway and she saw the servants and maids were running all the hallway and they were being much busier than before. Then, they heard the blowing horn, so they told her "it's time for attending Princess's wedding ceremony let's go now". They dragged Ms. Piru along with them.
At the hall, everything was glowing in light of golden crystals. The hallways was so beautiful with the glowing flowers. Shu Ying was standing at the gate to enter the hall. She was stunning by looking the scenes of wedding preparations. This was so real for her to marry the stranger who she knew and helped. And then, she saw he was standing at the end of the hallway and the priest of serpent kingdom was standing at the center of the hallway. Everyone had their seats at the right and left of the hall. When they blowed the horn again, she started her steps towards him. During she walked step by step, she find her family members at the right and left seats. She hadn't saw her sisters and anyone but she saw her maids, bodyguard and guardians and the servant sent from her eldest sister. She moved her face back to the path and moved forwards to the end. At the end of the path, he was giving his hand to her so she took his hand and stand at the center of the hall and in front of the priest. The priest guided the marriage promises for both bride and groom. They followed the promises after him and they said "I do". When they finished, the priest gave the red crystal cup to them. Now, they knew they must crossed their hand and drink this for their wedding agreements. After they had drink this whole cup, everyone shouted out loud and pray for them.