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Sidhe finished the spell and stepped up with her sisters and waited as Amaris began speaking. She let her powers out, releasing to control she had been holding on the bad luck. She started recieving flashes of the near futures of those who would recieve bad fortunes. She smiled, distracted, briefly, by the thought of her powers at its full power. She curtsied slightly as her older sister introduced her to the kings, face returning to its natural blankness, her pure white hair with light red highlights becoming redder as the hour progressed, as an effect of her powers. It never remained red, she didn't have enough control on her powers to keep the magic coursing through her body as Reyne did. Dealing with the spirit magic was why her twin's hair had turned violet long ago.

Before her, the kings began to reject the proposal put forth by Amaris. She had seen this, something else was coming too, she could feel. Something big and something not planned. The men had already met others who had won favor in the eyes of the royals. A little more bad luck in those girls direction wouldn't hurt, she thought, a wave of the dark red aura of misfortune clouded around the ones in question.

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Fahad started when the mysterious women stepped forth. What was happening? He saw a girl run into what looked like a wall. And his sister put a hand up to the shield and attempted to pound on it. Was she okay, he thought, taking a step forward, and stopped when the leader of the girls spoke. "I am sure you know about the threat of the kingdoms of Ordrin and Grendel invading the four kingdoms here. Well, they asked our father to stop it and he did. He asked for a favor in return one day and they gave their word. Well, he wants that favor now and we're here to carry it out. He requests that their sons marry us, his daughters. So there's no need for you four to look for potential brides, because you're looking at them. Now will you honor your parents' promise or not? If you don't, there will be consequences. Believe me, it's really not such a bad request and our kingdoms will be aligned in peace." Did his father make a deal with the sorcerer of Ordrin. Why hadn't he told him about this. Had Fahad's father planned to sell him off in marriage when the time was right? or Did he expect the Sorcerer to call for something else in repayment.

Takumi made a speech about the laws of marriage in the kingdom of spring. He was right, they didn't have any obligation for any promises the late monarchs of the four kingdoms had made. If thier fathers had told them or included them in whatever deal they had made, then they would be duty bound to marry these girls, but it was not the case. "I was never told about this deal by my father." He said. "I do not take part in it." His country did have marriage customs, but the autumn kingdom traditionally used arranged marriages. A deal made by both parents for influential matches. It was, in fact, expected of him to start looking for a good mate for his younger sister, as older sibling and guardian, though he knew she could take care of herself more than he could. If it came down to worse he would marry one of these girls, but he would rather not. Not now that he had found someone he might enjoy being around.