Chapter 52: An Unexpected "Great Gift"
"Bride, now I ask you in the name of the father of the Titans, on behalf of the gods: Will you sincerely marry the bridegroom, follow the commandments of the gods, and be with him all your life, no matter whether you are stable or difficult, adversity or good times, you will love him, care for him, and respect him wholeheartedly?"
On the altar, Zeus, the god of all gods, raised his scepter above Karet's head and spoke to her.
“......”
Karet's jaw was slightly lowered, her eyelashes drooping and long, and she fell into a state of contemplative reverie.
“...... Carreta ...... Cough...... Carreta ......"
Next to her, the bridegroom, Carmod, was anxious and embarrassed, and kept calling out to her in a low voice.
Zeus was also a little surprised, but then his nerves, which had been tense for a long time, felt an inexplicable relaxation at this moment.
He stared at the girl in his eyes that looked like a sculpture of ice and snow, and slowly withdrew the scepter.
"Karete!"
Venus, the goddess of love on the side, screamed impatiently, and the two clenched fists opened helplessly, and the wet palms were full of hot sweat accumulated from nervousness.
Today's ceremony is a major event for the entire Protoss. The first wedding since the rebirth of the Titans, all the gods were present, and there was no room for sloppiness!
Her body shuddered, and Carette came back to her senses. As if she had just crossed over from the other side of the universe, she looked around in a misty manner.
While she was distracted, the bridegroom, Kamod, had received the holy inquiry, and now it was her turn as the bride.
"Oh my darling, why are you so distracted here, do you know where you are and what you are doing?"
Hera, the goddess of blessings, stared at Kareta with a sharp gaze and a slight smile with curled lips, which meant a lot.
The gods who watched the ceremony let out a whispering noise.
"What's going on with the bride today? so absent-minded......"
"Don't think about the father of the evil seed, do you?"
"Yo, what a bad mouth, Carmod said he was the father of the child!"
Isn't it a popular saying in human beings now, that a child may not be the groom's child, but must be the bride's child. ”
"Hahaha...... You're so poisonous!"
Zeus looked at the somewhat chaotic order of the venue, raised his scepter again, and the audience was immediately silent.
Zeus asked Caret again with a solemn look:
"Carette, would you like to marry the bridegroom Kamod with all your heart, follow the commandments of the Protoss, and be with him all your life, no matter whether you are stable or difficult, or in good times of adversity, you will love him, care for him, and respect him with all your heart?"
"I ...... Willing to ......"
Kareta paused for a moment, then finally replied in a pale tone. Her head was still not raised, but she didn't want to show her more solemn expression.
Beside him, Kamod took a long breath with his chest straightened.
Hearing the bride's affirmative reply, his high heart finally fell back to its original place, and his mood became much more comfortable.
Zeus stared at Carette's gloomy peach face, and at the moment when she opened her mouth to give an affirmative answer, Zeus suddenly tasted an indescribable sense of amazement, as if he had lost an important treasure, and his mood turned to loss and loneliness.
"Well, bless you ......"
With a slight sigh, Zeus muttered and squirmed his lips, his voice was ethereal, and he suddenly felt weak.
Raising his hand to release the snap clasp, Zeus removed the jewel collar around his neck.
"Kareta, this is a gift for you...... Happy newlyweds, the gods are with you, and the glory of the gods will always protect you. ”
Barely squeezing out a smile, Zeus placed the collar on Karete's pink neck.
"Gifting" is an important part of the Titan's wedding process, requiring the parents of the couple to give the couple the jewelry or accessories they bring with them, meaning that the marriage will be as happy as their elders.
The holy mountain, Carette's father is naturally Zeus, the god of all gods, and the so-called "mother" is the only goddess who was given the title of "wife" by Zeus, Hera!
Blessing the goddess Hera and Zeus at the same time.
The accessory she prepared for the bridegroom was a gold armband on her arm, which she personally wore on the wrist of the groom, Kamod, and then blessed him with a smile:
"Happy newlywed, handsome groom, remember to treat Carette well. ”
"Thank you diva, I will definitely love her well......"
Hera smiled and nodded, squinting her eyes slightly at the extremely happy Kamod, the cold glow at the bottom of her eyes was like a fleeting flash in the pan.
The best is yet to come......! What is this little favor and small favor? The real big surprise is still to come......
Venus, the goddess of love, stands on one side of the altar.
After the "gift" was finished, she raised her hand to conjure a white pelican feather, walked slowly to Karet, and said softly:
"This holy feather is the proof of your vows today, that you will love one another from now on and never be separated. Come, dear Carret, take up this white feather that symbolizes the Holy Marriage! Hold it, and you will hold your own happiness. ”
"Holding the feather" is the last part of the wedding ceremony. According to the rules, the bride must hold the feather firmly in her hand after receiving it, and no matter what tricks the gods at the ceremony use, the bride must not throw away the feather. Once the feather is taken off, it means that the marriage is unhappy and is a bad omen.
Kareta looked at the white feather in front of her in silence, her expression showing a slight froze.
The feather was as thin as a slender leaf, and it lay quietly on the plump palms of Venus, faintly shining like a frost in the warm sunlight, and the whole body was clear and flawless.
Although it is so soft and white, it is so light that it has no weight. But the longer she gazed at it, the heavier and heavier Karete's heart became.
She has made a vow before the gods that she will be faithful to her lover and to her marriage. But the truth is that not only does she not love the groom next to her, but she is taking advantage of the holy marriage, and she does not know if this kind of desecration of love and marriage is a heinous crime, whether it will go to hell.
But for Karet, she is a deity who has seen the true hell and has been reborn in the karmic fires of hell.
Perhaps, hell is not terrible.
What is really scary is that you lose yourself, forget your original intention, and can't hold on to your original beliefs along the way......
"Come on, Karet, take care of this feather, don't fall off!"
Venus sensed Carette's hesitation, and moved the feather from her hand in front of her.
Thermod was also watching Carette's every move, and there was a slight hint of nervousness in her exuberant and stoic expression. He wished that Carette had taken the feather so that he could kiss her affectionately in front of the gods, and then pick her up and go back to the nest of the two of them, and close the door!
Carette took a deep breath, as if she had finally made a big decision, and resolutely reached out and grabbed the feather.
"Wait a minute—"
A shout scurried from the outside of the terrace into the altar, like a thunderbolt from the blue, awakening Karette from her state of confusion.
Startled, the feathers in Karete's hands were blown up by a gust of wind and drifted away.
"Oh my God, did you see that the bride didn't catch the feather?
"Which god came up with a spoof trick?"
"I don't know! It's not me anyway......"
The gods at the banquet were full of discussions.
Just as they looked forward to it, a young man in ragged clothes walked slowly under the altar on the red carpet of flowers. From the moment he appeared, his eyes were fixed on the bride on the altar, and he never left an inch.
Kareta was also looking at the man who was getting closer and closer to her, and a look of great astonishment appeared on her delicate face.
Staring at the airborne man, Carret's consciousness was in a momentary confusion, and she even wondered if she was still in reality, or was she suddenly taken to another illusory and sad dream?
"Lotus... West ......"
Slowly twitching her thin lips, Kareta murmured.
She had already decided that she would never have a chance to call his name again in this life. I can no longer be close to him, looking at each other's faces.
Jose lost a lot of weight, and his handsome face seemed to have been cut off by a sharp blade, and became more sharp. The sick facial features were stained by dirt and dust, and their clothes were disheveled.
There was silence on the field—
In full view of everyone, José hurried to the bottom of the altar and stared at the neon yarn fluttering on the high platform, her face full of amazement, lovesickness and painful emotions mixed together, and her expression was strangely complicated.
"Karete ......"
The muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and Jose exhaled his thoughts on his back.
The silent viewing hall was in an uproar at this time.
"This ...... This doesn't look like a prank, does it!?"
"Is that a human?
"Just that human! the man we met in the Dark Temple when our Holy Legion was purging the Dark Clan!"
"Oh, the one who had a lot of scandals with Karete?"
Athena, the goddess of war, sat next to Croto, the goddess of fate, and when she saw this, she quickly approached Croto, her terrified gaze still on the altar.
"He, how did that human get into the Holy Mountain!?"
Croto is also a puzzle:
"Oh God! it's embarrassing...... I'm really afraid of something......"
The goddess of fate seemed to be muttering to herself, and she no longer paid attention to Athena or looked at the altar, but bowed her head alone, wrinkling her eyebrows thoughtfully.
Providence...... Now, no one can stop the catastrophe of the world......
Although we have insight into the heavens and want to change our fate and save the common people with the ability to pick up the stars, in the end, these kinds of means are just the power to boost the rotation of the compass of fate?
On the altar, Hera, the goddess of blessings, looked panicked.
"Oh, great god...... God, what the hell is going on! Why are there humans in the place where our gods live? God, it's hard to imagine......
Hera exclaimed exaggeratedly as she turned her face to Zeus, the god of all gods. I saw that he was stunned and did not move, and he had simply become a statue with a shocked expression.
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