"We are gathered to unite these noble members of their respective houses, and create with this Union a newer Noble House. Lady Rosaria and Sir Herz will head the new House Aurelis..." The preacher at the ceremony of the Imperial Palace drooled on.
"Hurry up! The sooner he proclaims us man and wife the sooner I get to kiss my husband for the first time!!" thought the furiously nervous bride. She knew how to transmute most components but never has she ever thought her wedding would be this nerve wracking. She felt her father's prying eyes in the audience. She had to force feed him a special potion to keep him quiet for the ceremony. She snapped back to concentration on the ceremony when the preacher got to the important part.
"Will both of you solemnly swear to keep each other, and swear to defend the empire?"
"We will." she answered, hopefully at the same time as Herz.
Watching the Ceremony, Na'ari silently smiled.
"Beautiful, do you not think so Na'ari?" Said a voice behind him. "I'm glad I got those two together. Maybe I should find someone with the Grandson of My Father's Blacksmith?"
The young Mercenary chuckled. "You'd be pushing your luck, your Majesty. No woman has claimed this dragon yet."
"Oh come now, surely the greatest budding mercenary in all of Serin, and you don't want to try and raise a family?" Emperor Ezekiel IV asks with a small smirk on his face. "Na'ari, all work and no play will do things to you."
The Mercenary rolled his eyes. "I have to oversee the beginnings of the Aurelis Clan. If I during that time, find the perfect woman for me to settle down and Raise a Family, so that I can pass down my blade to the next generation, I'll let you know."
"I now declare you husband and wife, Lord and Lady of House Aurelis. Lord Herz, you may kiss the Bride."