The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 219

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Side Story 19

Seraphine’s expression looked rather bitter, though there was something playful lurking beneath it.
“I’ll do the flower scattering.”
“What?”
“I’m really good at tossing flowers around. Didn’t you know?”
Airi regarded Seraphine with a lukewarm gaze and spoke in a low voice.
“Listen, Seraphine.”
“What?”
“Flower scattering is something only children do.”
“I’m sorry, but my heart is still a child’s.”
He was simply stubborn about it. His way of pushing back was exactly the same as when he was small.
But Airi was no longer a child now. If that were the case…
“Shouldn’t you be growing up into an adult too?”
“I don’t know anything about that.”
Seraphine grumbled. He seemed genuinely intent on scattering the flowers.
But Airi thought to herself.
‘He doesn’t really want to scatter flowers at all.’
Airi had grown so much.
She understood why Seraphine was grumbling like this, insisting so stubbornly, hunching his shoulders, volunteering to do something as silly as scattering flowers.
‘I know why you’re acting this way, Seraphine.’
Airi, who had been quietly watching him, slowly raised her hand.
“Hey, Seraphine.”
“What? Why do you keep calling me?”
Since Seraphine was no longer a small child, she couldn’t simply stroke his hair the way she once did.
Yet even so, Airi ruffled his hair with all her might and broke into a soft laugh.
“Seraphine. Thank you. Thank you for always being by my side.”
But when Seraphine heard those words, his expression turned stubborn.
Normally he would have made a fuss about being moved or touched, but now he simply pouted and mumbled.
“Don’t say it like that.”
“What?”
To Airi’s question, Seraphine spoke quietly.
“Don’t speak as though you’re about to leave me soon. Please, Airi.”
Yes—that was why Seraphine kept saying such nonsensical things, insisting on flower scattering, and lingering stubbornly by Airi’s side.
It was because…
‘He’s afraid I’ll leave. He’s sad and hurt at the thought of it.’
But Airi had never once thought of her marriage as meaning she would abandon Seraphine.
It was simply that a new chapter of life was opening for them both.
At that thought, Airi’s eyes grew wide and she smiled brightly.
“You’re afraid I’ll leave you. But I won’t—I promise.”
……
“Whether I’m married or not, I’ll always be your sister. Don’t forget that, Seraphine.”
Seraphine laughed softly and pinched Airi’s cheek.
“You’ve really grown up, my sister.”
Airi laughed and looked at Seraphine, then spoke with playful challenge.
“Since I’ve grown up, call me Captain from now on. Seraphine.”
Just like back then.
At that, Seraphine laughed softly and murmured.
“Captain. If Berry ever troubles you, or if any villains dare to cause problems, call for me right away. I’ll always be a dependable older brother for you.”
Those words, surprisingly unlike Seraphine, sounded like the most reassuring and wonderful thing in the world.
Airi laughed and pulled Seraphine into a tight embrace.
Seraphine no longer made a fuss about scattering flowers.
That complaint had truly been an older brother’s way of saying, ‘Please understand my heart.’
Joyful, happy, with a heart that trembled faintly…
It was a special night before the wedding.

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The next morning, the grand wedding ceremony began.
But as Airi did her bride’s makeup, slipped on the Wedding Dress, and walked toward the Wedding Hall, only one thought filled her mind.
‘I think my eyes got a little puffy and swollen.’
It was probably because she’d cried and poured out her heart with Seraphine the night before.
Airi regretted her emotional evening and took her place before the Wedding Arch where the ceremony would be held.
“Huff… huff…”
But right here, at this very moment.
She noticed Declan’s eyes, which looked far worse than her own puffy ones.
“Um, Father…?”
“I cried a little yesterday. Not too much.”
From the state of his eyes, it looked like he’d cried quite a lot…
‘In a moment like this, it’s only proper as a daughter to pretend not to notice.’
So Airi took her father’s hand and walked lightly forward.
‘I’m becoming the wife of Prince Beri Jarkvel!’ Such thoughts crossed her mind.
Something felt (very much) strange…
The Wedding Road, scattered thickly with flowers.
‘I’m so out of it!’
As she walked the Wedding Road, Airi truly felt herself losing track of everything.
The Wedding Hall sparkled so brilliantly, Berry in his Tuxedo looked handsome, and Father kept dabbing at his eyes with a Handkerchief—that’s all she could remember.
‘They always say the wedding will stay in your memory forever.’
That must have been a lie. From the way things were rushing past in a daze.
As Declan walked beside her down the Wedding Road, still holding her hand firmly, he whispered.
“Airi, you’re still my daughter.”
At the end of the Wedding Road, Berry was waiting.
But at least for this one moment, Airi looked at her father completely.
And speaking boldly, with the courage she’d had when she was small, she said:
“Father will always be our father.”
Airi gripped Declan’s hand tightly.
“This girl is making me sentimental on her wedding day.”
Pretending not to see the tears forming in Declan’s eyes, Airi looked at the guests along the Wedding Road.
An enormous army of grandmothers and grandfathers had their eyes reddened like Declan’s.
‘Dinan, Belize, Saal, and Lireed came too!’
They had each become an excellent Summoner, Spear Knight, Nature Mage, and Sword Expert respectively.
‘Perfect!’
After looking at all of them, Airi took a deep breath.
Finally, the end of the Wedding Road.
Airi released Declan’s hand and took Berry’s.
As though beginning a new chapter of her life.

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The ceremony was presided over alternately by Melissa Marquess Grandmother and Lord Yelshanad’s Grandmother.
‘I still don’t understand why there are two officiants…’
But the grandmothers wouldn’t compromise on performing the ceremony, so they became co-officiants.
Melissa Marquess Grandmother and Lord Yelshanad’s Grandmother looked at Berry with affectionate yet murderous eyes.
Then they asked seriously and in unison:
Would Berry Jacquel take Airi Ortejo as his bride and love her for a long time?
To that, Berry answered with a kiss on Airi’s lips instead of words.
Sometimes a single kiss speaks louder than a hundred words.
Wrapped in pure white Wedding Veil, Airi gazed up at Berry and smiled radiantly.
It was truly a beautiful moment.
And…
Walking back down the Wedding Road.
Airi caught the whispered conversation between Declan and Olivia, seated in the Parents’ Seats.
“We should have a Remind Wedding too, don’t you think?”
“Don’t be silly, Declan.”
“It’s not silly. You came back alive, so let’s do it again.”
“Fool. Idiot.”
What? Why were they suddenly getting all sweet?
But the moment of surprise passed quickly.
‘Well, if they’re both smiling happily in their own way, isn’t that enough?’
Having heard their entire exchange, Airi smiled brightly and walked back down the Wedding Road.
This was a completely happy wedding, one that had already planned for a future Remind Wedding.
If there was one thing to regret…
Airi looked up at the Sky.
‘Is Lady Isadel watching our wedding from the sky?’
It was the only question mark remaining in an otherwise perfect Happy Ending.
And at that very moment…

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