For the groom to take a walk around the city before fetching his bride was a famous tradition in the city.
Previously, this tradition had started to allow the entire Garth to witness the wedding. However, as the city expanded, only those from wealthier families continued this tradition. When Leon had arrived in Garth, such an undertaking became all the more impossible as he himself had built a third layer to the city on its existing two to create the capital, inner city and outer city. Today, if one were to want to complete the entire city's land on foot, it would take a full day unless one were to ride a horse.
Even if a wedding was a big event that would require some assertion, no one would expect the groom to mount a horse early in the morning and travel through the freezing cold.
That wouldn't be a wedding, that would be torture!
If the groom were to be unhealthy, such a trip would cause his death.
