After Edward left his father's office, leaving him to deal with Camilla's anger alone, he went on to find his three fiancées to try and convince them of the plan that he and his father cooked up. And he didn't take long to find the three at the usual tea table.
When he announced his arrival to the three, Lynette, Atsuko, and Nanako, could only look at him for a moment before blushing and then looking away, due to all the things filling their minds. But due to their swirling emotions, neither of them could notice that Edward was making a rather sorrowful expression. And then he began kowtowing in front of the three, causing them to feel confused.
"E-Edward-sama, w-why are you kowtowing!?"
"Because, I'm extremely sorry for what my actions were last night, Lysette-sama!"
"!? Y-You d-d-don't n-n-need t-t-to a-a-apologize f-f-for that, E-Edward-sama!"
"Yes, I need to, Lysette-sama! Because if I hadn't fallen to my desires, we've could still a proper marriage ceremony with you, Atsuko-sama, and Nanako, Lysette-sama!"
"Eh!? W-W-What do you mean, Edward-sama?"
"… Because of my actions, I and father, decided that the best course of action is for all of us to officialize my marriage to you three as soon as possible, and that would mean… Having to forego having the marriage ceremony"
"I-I see… W-W-Well, I-I don't mind l-letting go o-of m-my m-marriage c-ceremony t-to b-become y-your w-w-w-wife, E-Edward-sama…"
"M-Me neither"
"… *Embarrassedly nodding*"
"Everyone…"
"A-And besides, w-we c-can j-just h-have t-the ceremony s-some other date…"
"I absolutely reject that idea, Lysette-sama!!!"
"Eh!? WHY!?"
"Because a marriage ceremony is something we can only have on the day we get married! If we do it at a later date or a year later, all its meaning goes out of the window, and not only that… And not only that… And not only that, I wouldn't be able to put your wedding ornament on you while saying everything that I love about all of you!!!"
" " ". . . !?!?!?" " "
At hearing Edward's very passionate answer to why he refused to have a marriage ceremony without it being to the very day that they got married, the three girls could only remain silent with surprised expressions… Until their heads once again suffered a steam explosion as their faces almost instantly turned red from the embarrassment they could perfectly imagine what they would feel in that situation.
The three were able to perfectly picture the scene of Edward saying all sorts of embarrassing stuff about them with a perfect smile on his face, in front of all their relatives and even more guests, for all of them to hear. Something that for the three would be unbearable to endure, especially when they could barely endure Edward's usual flirting, which to their luck, still happened in relatively private places with no other people around most of the time.
So in every way possible… This outcome of having to skip their marriage ceremony was the best thing that could have happened to them, with the other outcome being to suffer the equivalent of social death because of their fiancé's shamelessness and too much affection for them.
"I-I-I see… W-W-W-Well, I-i-i-its a-a-a s-s-s-s-shame w-w-we w-w-w-won't h-h-have a-a-a-a m-m-m-marriage c-c-ceremony…"
"T-T-That's r-r-r-right… I-I-It -i-i-i-is s-s-s-such a-a-a-a s-s-s-shame r-r-really t-t-t-to a-a-a-abandon i-i-it…"
"Y-Y-Y-Yes, I-i-i-i-it's t-t-t-too b-b-bad w-w-we w-w-w-won't h-h-h-have it…"
Lysette, Atsuko, and Nanako, all said in a very embarrassed tone, how they were so very sad about losing the marriage ceremony, in a very obvious way that they weren't all sad in reality, especially after hearing what Edward planned to do on the day of the ceremony it.
"Girls… You all are right… That event is too important for us to abandon it!"
" " "… Eh?" " "
"I'll go tell Father to stop with the plan of anticipating our marriage! We're going to have the marriage ceremony!"
" " "?!?!?!" " "
Hearing Edward make a complete 180 to his original intentions when he approached them, the three could only feel despair at the idea of having to go through that public social execution by having Edward say how much he loved them in front of a large crowd of relatives and acquaintances. So when he turned and began to move away, the three immediately felt the need to stop him and change his mind again.
And so they all went after him and began to hold him in place, as they desperately pleaded for him to… Go back to his idea of letting go of the marriage ceremony so that they could hasten their marriage. When he was the one who proposed the idea to them…
"W-Wait, Edward-sama! Y-You really don't need to do that! We're okay with just officializing our marriage with you!"
"There's no need to keep the marriage ceremony, Edward-sama! We're fine not having it!"
"Please stop, Edward-sama! We don't need a ceremony for our marriage! I beg you! We really don't need it!!!"
"Yes, we need it! How else will I show to you all, how much I love you three!"
" " "You already do it more than enough already!!!" " "
The four would remain in a stalemate of Edward trying to make his way back to his father's office to tell him to abandon their idea of skipping the marriage ceremony, while the girls held him in place while begging him to abandon the idea of keeping the marriage ceremony. That situation would only end after the three began flirting with Edward out of their initiative, which helped bring Edward to his senses as he calmed down after seeing the three dying of shame one after the other from being the ones on the attack without any preparation.
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A short while later
After successfully stopping Edward with the cost of embarrassing themselves even further, the three girls, accompanied by Edward all made their way to his father's office, so that they could sign the documents that would officialize their marriage to Edward.
*Knock knock knock*
Once they were in front of the door to his office, Edward knocked on the door to announce their arrival to his father.
"Father, I brought Lysette-sama, Atsuko-sama, and Nanako as requested"
"… … …"
But no answer came, instead, Edward felt like he had heard what appeared to be muffled rustling sounds inside his father's office.
"… … …" *Knocks the door again* "Father, can we come in?"
"… … … Yes, yes, yes! You all can come in now!"
With his permission, Edward opened the door, and inside he could see the image of his father breathing rather heavily as his clothes looked more wrinkled and messier than before as he was sitting at his desk seat as usual with his hands locked together in a pensive manner in a strategically placed position a bit above his nose that just so happened to cover his cheeks and mouth, while at the same time Camilla was standing next to Oliver with her back turned towards the door, as she appeared to be hurriedly fixing her clothes.
"…" (x4)
The four seeing that scene, could only remain silent as they refused to say anything to avoid an even more awkward situation, but that wasn't the only reason, because for Lysette, Atsuko, and Nanako, due to their very recent experience, they could quite clearly guess what had just happened between the two.
*Whispering* "E-E-Edward-sama, w-w-why was y-y-your f-f-father h-having d-d-d-d-doing it w-w-with t-t-the h-h-head m-m-maid?"
"Eh? Ah… Erm… Hmmmm…"
Hearing the question that Lysette worriedly and embarrassedly whispered to him, with the other two also quite tense to hear his answer, Edward found himself somewhat unable to answer her, not because he didn't know, but rather because of his agreement with his parents.
"… Lysette-sama, could you, Atsuko-sama, and Nanako, step outside for a bit. I'll go discuss with my father whether I can answer that question or not"
"O-Okay?"
"Thank you"
With that, Nanako and Lysette who had been both hugging one of Edward's arms let go of him, and alongside Atsuko, they all stepped outside of the office and closed the door behind them. Then, they all began hearing the muffled voices of Edward, Oliver, and Camilla as they appeared to discuss something, but neither of them could make out exactly what, and after just a minute or so, the door was opened again, this time from the inside as Edward revealed himself.
"You all can come back in now"
With a nod, the three girls all stepped inside the office a second time, but as they stood right in front of the door, Edward walked a bit forward and stood next to Camilla, who was giving a slightly embarrassed smile, due to the situation that they had found themselves in a minute ago.
"Lysette-sama, Atsuko-sama, Nanako. As you may all know, she is the Head Maid, Camilla, and… She's also my mother (kaa-san), and due to some circumstances we've been keeping it a secret on most occasions"
" " "Eh?" " "
"Lysette-sama, Atsuko-sama, Nanako-chan. You may already know me simply as Camilla, but my full name is Camilla Harding, and I am the head maid of this manor, as well as Oliver-sama's one and only wife. I want to thank you all for taking care of my adorable Edward, and also apologize for all the troubles he causes you all every day, fufu!"
" " "Eh?" " "
With a perfect gentle smile, Camilla introduced herself properly to Edward's soon-to-be wives, who could only look at her with their faces showing unfiltered surprise and confusion at that revelation, and as that fact began clicking into their minds, especially as they began to remember of all those times, they occasionally complained, read bragging, about Edward's excessive flirting to Camilla… The mother of the very person they were bragging about, and of course, that could only lead to one thing…
" " "… … …!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" " "
The three all shuddered with great intensity from the realization as their faces for the third time this day, immediately turned bright red as they felt like digging a hole and burying themselves inside it, from the killing amount of embarrassment they were feeling.
"Fufufu! You surely got yourself very nice girls, Edward"
"Ahahaha… Mom, I think they passed out"
At Camilla's rather amused comment, all that Edward could do was make a somewhat troubled laugh before pointing out that the three had all become unconscious all at the same time while standing, as their faces continued to remain bright red while their souls appeared to be leaving their bodies through their mouths.
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Some time later
After the three managed to wake back up from the shock of finding out that Camilla was Edward's mother, they were all able to find some peace to calm themselves down a little, so that they could properly sign all the documents that would make their marriage to Edward official, which during the time Lysette and Atsuko were unconscious, Oliver used the magical telephone to call both of their fathers, in this case Hamilton and Yuudai respectively, to get their permission to have their daughter marry his son, which to his luck, they believed his excuse of avoiding unnecessary interference from other parties, especially from within the Royal Academy.
While in the case of Nanako, Oliver used the time to anticipate the process of adding Nanako to the family registry, since due to her position as an orphan she had no family, meaning that she would be receiving the Harding surname due to her marriage with Edward, and become a member of the family.
And in what was a rather uneventful moment in this overly hectic day, without any fanfare or commemoration, Lysette-, Atsuko, and Nanako, were now officially married to Edward, which meant for all that Oliver and Edward were most concerned about… The problem of Edward fornicating with Lysette and Atsuko was not a problem anymore…
"…"
"…"
" "…" " <
Truly like father and son, the two agreed to never speak about that to anyone else no matter what, including themselves! To ensure that this matter would never become a problem ever again!
And with that, Edward, Lysette-, Atsuko, Nanako, and Camilla all left the office.
"Lysette-sama, Atsuko-sama, Nanako. If you three can excuse me, I'll go help with the preparations for the birthday party of all the orphans working at the manor"
"And I shall go assist Edward-sama in that matter, so please take this time to enjoy the rest of the afternoon… My dear daughters-in-law, fufu"
The three girls all blushed at being teased by Edward's mother before the two began walking away after bowing down to the three. The girls also bowed down, before walking away in the opposite direction. Once again, Lysette, Atsuko, and Nanako were all by themselves as they walked down the hallway, and the more they walked a bigger and bigger stupidly happy grin began to form on their faces.
After all, now the three could call themselves Edward's wife, but as they were basking in the happiness of that small detail, they all seemed to forget about another very important detail that came together with their marriage to Edward.