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"Are you nervous?"
Rozemyne put her hand in the back of Ferdinand's hand, she shake lightly her head
"I'm happy" She murmur "We will have our Starbinding Ceremony soon, none of our retainers would be able to stop me from hugging you or even kissing you" She gave him a soft smile before both of them enter the teleportation circle and arrive to the Royal Academy for the Archduke Conference
Ferdinand's ears turn slightly red and he quickly excused himself with the excuse of needing to prepare himself for tomorrow(The conference) and the wedding (which takes place the fifth day of the conference)
She farewell him with a noble Euphemism and a noble smile in her face, she decides to do the same as her fiance and go to her room and rest for tomorrow, she was very excited to finally be able to marry her fiancé, she put her pijama and she decided to go to sleep a little bit earlier than usual and wait for tomorrow's conference even though her Starbind will take place the fifth day of the conference not the first
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"Aub Alexandria, it is time to wake up" Leiseleta call with a soft voice and watch her master slowly wake up, she take her lady to the bathroom and help her take a bath and then she decided to gave her a massage with an oil that have a Raspberry scent
"Leiseleta, is the new room of Ferdinand in Alexandria ready?"
"Yes, Aub Alexandria, yesterday Philine told me that the new room of Lord Ferdinand was already ready"
Rozemyne wanted to give a big smile but she decided to continue following the noble etiquette and just give a slight nod, when she was already dressed with a black dress (flour length), her hair tied up with various hairpins that Ferdinand gifted her and her light purple cape that she herself embroider
"Aub Alexandria, it is time to go" Her scholar Clarissa enter the room and inform her that they needed to go to the Archduke Conference already
They all headed to the Common room where Ferdinand and all his retainers were waiting for her, Ferdinand came close to her and offer his hand to escort her to the Conference, she put her hand in the back of his hand and they headed out and went to where the conference will be talking place, Alexandria was the number one ranking duchy so they were pretty close to the Auditorium (where the Archduke Conference take place), they were ones of the firsts to arrive there, in less than five minutes all Archdukes were there and the Conference started when Zent Eglantine decided it was time to start
"I am very grateful with you all for being here and with the Goddess of Time, Dregarnuhr for have woven of fate tightly together and allowed us to meet once again" Eglantine take a sit after the greeting that Aub Dunkelfelger was expecting to finish to finally start talking
"Aub Alexandria it had reached my ears that in Alexandria Starbinds of the same gender are legal and even normal, it is that true?"
Rozemyne had really expected that one of the Aubs would ask her that "It is true Aub Dunkelfelger, I believe that gender is something to no really care about when it comes to give your 'Raphael' to someone or when it comes to serve the Gods and take care of their land" Rozemyne speak gracefully with a neutral tome expected of someone with her rank, she had explained that gender does not matter when it comes to love or politics
Aub Dunkelfelger smile pleased with the answer "Then I would like to submit a marriage proposal to Aub Alexandria, to marry my one and only Daughter Hannelore"
Rozemyne and Ferdinand(And all the presents except the ones from Dunkelfelger) lost their composure for a second but quickly went back to their poker face
"Aub Dunkelfelger I believe that this is something that we need to talk in private if you don't mind" Rozemyne spoke trying to maintain her composure
"I don't, I would be delighted to speak in private about this affair"
"Then Aub Alexandria I would also like to submit to you a marriage proposal to you to marry with my youngest Daughter" This time even the ones from that duchy lost their composure
Rozemyne was in shock (She wasn't really showing it though) "What I said earlier will be the same for you Aub Ehrenfest" Rozemyne internally wanted to kill her adoptive father for propose to her to marry Charlotte
The rest of the conference continue and thankfully finish relatively normal, Aub Dunkelfelger and Rozemyne decided to had a tea party in Dunkelfelger dormitory in two more bells and Rozemyne and Sylvester decided to have a tea party in three bells
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When Rozemyne and Ferdinand arrived to Alexandria dormitory they didn't talk to each other, they just went and take a bath, change their clothes, decide which gift to bring and which sweets to bring
When the time come Rozemyne, Ferdinand and their retainers went to the Dunkelfelger dormitory, when they arrived a retainer of Aub Dunkelfelger gave all of them a magic stone with is mana so they would be able to enter the dormitory, when they enter Aub Dunkelfelger, his first wife, Lord Lestilaut and Lady Hannelore and their retainers were kneeling with their hands crossed on their chest
"May I pray for a blessing in appreciation of this serendipitous meeting, ordained by the pure rivers flowing from Flutrane the Goddess of Water?" Aub Dunkelfelger speak as the representative of Dunkelfelger
"You may" Rozemyne had a neutral expression as a noble lady
"O Flutrane, Goddess of Water. May you grant Aub Alexandria your blessing" A small light came out of the ring of Aub Dunkelfelger directly to Rozemyne
"You may stand" Rozemyne granted permission to them to stand and they all went to a meeting room where they all dismiss their retainers
"Aub Alexandria, I apologize for the sudden marriage proposal but it was because I hadn't been able to had a meeting with you"
"I understand, but may I know the reason why you want to marry Lady Hannelore to me?"
"I must say that at first I wasn't convinced of doing so, but with the response you said
I was very sure that I will be fine I marry you, I know that I'm very found in you and I that I loves you, I know I would be fine if you are my wife, I believe this marriage will be good for Dunkelfelger and for Alexandria, this married is because of personal feelings but also it would be very good politically speaking" Hannelore's cheeks were dye by the noble winter color
Rozemyne share a look with Ferdinand and she slightly nod "I understand, If Zent approves I will take Hannelore as my first wife next year, she should be able to come with me to the Archduke Conference, but I would like to know when she is going to move to Alexandria, after being engaged or married?"
This time Aub Dunkelfelger was the one who speak "I believe it would be good if she moves at the finals of Summer after the two of you are engaged"
Rozemyne nod "I would ask permission to Zent tomorrow in the Archduke Conference"
They continue talking about I don't know what for a half a Bell and Rozemyne and Ferdinand excused themselves because they needed to prepare to go to Ehrenfest dormitory and tall with the stupid of Sylvester who was probably being scolded by Florencia
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They arrived to Ehrenfest dormitory and like in the Dunkelfelger dormitory they gave them a magic stone with Aub Ehrenfest's mana in so they could enter, when they enter Sylvester, Florencia and Charlotte were kneeling with their hands crossed on their chest, they exchanged noble greetings and they headed to a meeting room and as they did in Dunkelfelger they dismissed all their retainers
"Adoptive father, explain what was that" Rozemyne order Sylvester with a very angry voice losing a little of her composure "And don't even dare to say it is because of something political, Alexandria and Ehrenfest have very strong ties, Aub Alexandria (which is me) is the adopted daughter of Aub Ehrenfest (You), Ferdinand is the half-brother of Aub Ehrenfest (You), the father of Aub Alexandria is the cousin of Aub Ehrenfest(You), the grandfather of Aub Alexandria is still a Archduke candidate of Ehrenfest" She was looking at him with a look that normally Ferdinand is the only one able to have
Sylvester swallow hard and shiver a bit and was going to speak but Charlotte interrupted him and speak
"Aub Alexandria, I deeply apologize for the sudden marriage proposal but it was necessary, I really don't want to marry an Archduke candidate from any duchy, I do not have intentions of marry someone who will use me to have connections with you, I do not wish to harm you or Ehrenfest or doing something that will harm any of you but Hauchletzte is putting pressure to father so he accepts the marriage proposal" Charlotte wasn't even trying to keep her composure anymore
Ferdinand sigh "If Zent approves, Charlotte will be Rozemyne's Second wife"
Rozemyne glare angrily at Ferdinand for not even ask her her opinion in the matter but then she remembered that she didn't have asked him about the Marriage proposal of Hannelore so she stayed silent and just nod but then she remembered something "Is Charlotte going to move before or after the marriage?"
"She will move after her graduation in the Royal Academy when she come to age" This time was Florencia who speak
"I understand Adoptive mother" Rozemyne smile at her with a noble smile
The meeting ended one bell later and they just went to Alexandria dormitory to rest for tomorrow's Archduke Conference
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In the second day of the Archduke Conference Rozemyne and Aub Dunkelfelger asked permission from Zent to make Hannelore the fiancée of Rozemyne and future first Lady of Alexandria, even though it looked like a request it wasn't, Eglantine can't say no to Rozemyne and they both knew that so Eglantine approved the request, also Rozemyne and Sylvester requested permission to make Charlotte Rozemyne's fiancée and future second Lady of Alexandria and it was also approved, it ended normally. In private one of Eglantine retainers went to Rozemyne and told her that Eglantine needed to speak personally with her, they decided to have a tea party in Alexandria dormitory, three bells after the conference of the next day
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The third day of the conference ended up completely fine, after the three bells have passed sin then, Eglantine, Anastasius and their retainers arrived to Alexandria dormitory and the only one who needed to kneel was Ferdinand and their retainers, they exchanged noble greetings and they headed to a meeting room where they dismissed all their retainers
"I'm gonna go to the point, one of you need to take over Yurgenschmidt" Eglantine didn't wasted any time
Rozemyne and Ferdinand were in shock, they lost their composure, Ferdinand frowned
"What are you talking about? You are supposed to be the Zent and I just Aub Alexandria" Rozemyne was the one who speak being very irritated "Do I need to remain you that if you are not Zent you are going to be arrested?"
"I'm well aware of that, but I'm dying, as a punishment the Gods(probably it is that) are giving me a slow dead, I'm not going to be able to govern for long, I'm going to die in Autumn, because the two of you have the book of Mestiora one of you would need to take over the country" Eglantine explained "Tomorrow I'm going to announce my disease and explain that in the start of summer one of you will take over the country"
Rozemyne sigh "I'll do it, I'm the Aub so I have the greatest position here, also I'm going to marry three people and the wife of Zent can't do that, and probably I'm going to marry another wife"
Ferdinand slightly took Rozemyne's hand "I understand"
"Eglantine and I have a request, can you please allow us to take care of Alexandria until Autumn when Eglantine dies, after that I'm gonna become an Archnoble and you can make Alexandria part of the Sovereignty"
Rozemyne nod "Alright, Eglantine is going to be Aub Alexandria until she dies, then Anastasius is going to become a Archnoble, I suggest to you to become a blue priest"
Anastasius nod "I was thinking the same but a priest can't have kids"
"Your daughter can be reported that she died with her mother but she can be adopted as a noble from another family, but not Klassenberg"
"I will think about it, I appreciate your suggestion Aub Alexandria" Eglantine looked at Rozemyne and later at Ferdinand "I'm sorry for don't have helped any if you when you needed it the most"
"There is not need to be sorry, you already did it and there is nothing you can do about it" Ferdinand told her
"I understand Lord Ferdinand" Eglantine was thinking of how to change the subject "Aub Alexandria, Lord Ferdinand I have a question, as we agreed Anastasius and I are going to live in Alexandria castle, so you are going to live in the palace?"
Rozemyne just nod "We are, so I expect that the palace will be in a perfect state when we move there"
"Of course, we have already moved of chambers, if you want to when the conference finish you can go to the palace to start moving in and making your own choices of how do you want the palace"
"I understand, you don't mind if we move in Summer? We will need to arrange a lot of preparations as well of changing a lot of medals"
Eglantine just nod and gives a farewell to them and she, Anastasius and their retainers just leave
Rozemyne and Ferdinand called in their more trusted retainers "You can't say a thing of this to anyone but I'm going to become Zent in Summer so we are going to move to the palace and the Sovereignty" All their retainers were in shock and Hartmut and Clarissa were more than delighted by that
They discussed for a lot of time and later they went to rest for tomorrow's conference which was going to be more than exhausting
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"I have an announced to do" With that six words every Aub, first sposes and retainers become silent "I'm going to resigned to the trone" She stopped a moment but started talking before anyone could "Unfortunately I have a serious disease that not even magic can cure, by the end of Autumn I will be probably dead, in the time that happens I'm going to become Aub Alexandria and when I died the duchy will become part of the Sovereignty or other duchy, as you can have notice already, Aub Alexandria will take the trone as she have the book of Mestiora, she is also a legitimate Zent, she is the one that the deity Erwarmen chose to govern Yurgenschmidt after me" With that said she take a sit
"Aub Alexandria is that true? Are you going to become Zent?" Aub Dunkelfelger was the one who speak first, he was between happy, afraid and a little bit angry with the fact that Hannelore was going to become a wife of Zent as the stupid of his sister did
"It is, I cannot leave Yurgenschmidt to die, I will become Zent and take Lord Ferdinand as my first husband, and Lady Hannelore as my first wife if you haven't changed your opinion about that, same goes to Aub Ehrenfest and Lady Charlotte that unfortunately is not present as Lady Hannelore"
"I haven't changed my mind Aub Alexandria, and I believe neither have my daughter Charlotte" Aub Ehrenfest was the one who talked first
Rozemyne just nod and gave him a noble smile
"Neither have I, Dunkelfelger is the sword of Zent and I know you won't enter a war without a reasonable reason, I support the marriage between you and my daughter"
"Aub Alexandria I would like to submit a marriage proposal for you to marry my Daughter Luzinde as your third wife" Aub Gilessenmeyer was the one who had speak
Rozemyne wasn't sure, she didn't really knew her
"No, you should better take my daughter Edaline as your third wife" Aub Neuehausen said
"Lady Edaline as the Zent's wife? Don't make me laugh Aub Neuehausen, that girl doesn't know anything about politics"
Rozemyne didn't knew what to do "Stop, I'm going to think about it, I don't even know any of them, and Aub Gilessenmeyer I wish you haven't forgotten that a third wife doesn't enter politics"
Aub Gilessenmeyer lost his composure for a moment and just stayed silent for the rest of the conference where Rozemyne was being given lots of Marriage proposals for the position of third wife (At least seven of them and they decided to later discuss that) the forth day of the conference ended without any further problem