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Rosario's lips nearly twitched to a frown. Clearly he saw a little bit of her nervousness in the wedding ceremony. "I'm okay with marrying you. Loving you is going to take some time." she whispered so that only Herz could hear what she was saying. "But I hope falling in love doesn't take too long. We wouldn't want to disappoint the emperor by not having little heirs in the near future." Rosaria took the glass and she looked at the waiter suspiciously.

"This glass is dirty. I want a clean glass of wine." She said to the waiter very calmly. "Someone was trying to drug me. It can't be Herz or his Father. My father is still fuming with his muted tongue. That only leaves one subject."

"Uh...I did not know your glass was dirty." The waiter said nervously. His eyes looked around with worry.

"Any alchemist worth their salt can tell when wine has been tampered with. Especially with a drug connected to the Cult. You're a clever rat to sneak through here if you are a Cult Member."

The Waiter's eyes widened and he quickly tried to reach for a hidden dagger in his pocket. A rough hand grabbed the "Waiter" by the wrist. "Now now, no need for that." Na'ari twisted the man's wrist and gave a small whistle signal to the guards nearby.

"Found your missing person guardsman. Tell one Insciri that you'll be bringing him in to interrogate him." Na'ari stated as he pushed the waiter to the guard who restrained him and dragged him to his superiors. Na'ari then took the glass Rosaria complained about and gave a fresher glass to her. "Lady Rose, Lord Herz, congratulations from your humble and loyal Retainer of your House. Na'ari Azura."

Rosaria's eyes slightly widened at the name mentioned. "It's you.. The Emperor tracked him down and made him our servant? The Young mercenary who saved my life all those years ago?"

"I look forward to serving you both. Enjoy the festivities, lovebirds." He smiled before walking back to the crowd to mingle with the other guests.

"We certainly will, Na'ari." She said with a small smirk.

Na'ari sighed inwardly to himself. He knew he was easily recognized by Rosaria. The guilt chewed him like a dog to a bone, he helped thwart her assassination, but failed to save her mother, which spiraled him to the man he was today. He heard the Emperor call to him to join with the discussions he was havin with the two heads of the individual houses the newlyweds were from. As he approached he felt the small glare of recognition from Lord Elias Zankora.

"My lords, this will be the head of the personal guards for the House of Aurelis! His Grandfather was a very good friend of my Father's and he will gladly serve your children well." The Emperor stated.

Na'ari sighed to himself, wishing the social stuff was over. He felt a little uncomfortable trying and failing to read most of the moods of the people. But he could tell one thing between both Heads of the houses of Zankor and Kael. They were tense, if not angry.

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"One of the Maids is coming in to try and help with the cleanup!" Shouted a soldier into the banquet hall. Before there was any protest, they let in the maid who was nervously looking around the room. She was clearly trying to not look at the bodies of her coworkers, which caused her to end up bumping into the tall individual whilst picking up some shards of glass.

"Ah! I'm so sorry sir!" She yelled out being slightly flustered.