Chapter Summaries

Valient prepared to welcome Velin to the Royal Capital while keeping his plan to extort the Kingdom of Bacio secret. Alva watched Velin arrive, and Velin entered the city as preparations for the wedding continued.

• Valient ordered the ministers to welcome Velin and kept the extortion plan's document with him to prevent it from leaking.
• Alva's student told him that Velin was coming, but Alva declined to go with him and later disguised himself to watch from the crowd.
• Velin's Lightwing Fleet stopped near the Royal Capital, where Valient and tens of thousands of people greeted him.
• Velin raised the crowd with law power, entered the city with Valient, and heard people discussing Alva's book about him.
• Alva watched Velin from the crowd before Velin flew toward the Royal Palace; Rafelia had agreed to provide a wedding honor guard.

Velin discussed Talisha’s wedding, dowries, and Yolia Island with Valient, then began reading a book about building a kingdom. Three days later, Risis and Olthea arrived at Lola Manor, where Kavir welcomed them and Olthea met her nephew.

• Velin confirmed that Valient and Talisha’s wedding would take place on April 8 and said Talisha’s dowry included the Underground World and Yolia Island.
• Velin told Valient he would transfer Yolia Island to the Ilia Kingdom in a year, and Valient promised to treat its residents well.
• Velin asked Kyle to buy copies of “Starting with Fifteen Knights, Ending with a Kingdom” and began reading one critically; Kyle read another copy.
• Three days later, Risis arrived at the Royal Capital and went to Lola Manor to visit his elder brother and sister-in-law.
• Ilisis sent Kavir to welcome Risis, and Kavir greeted Risis and met Olthea.

Velin met with his older sister Olthea in the Royal Capital and offered her a chance to change her circumstances through military service and marriage on his terms. Olthea accepted, leaving herself a hundred years to build a legion and choose a husband who met Velin’s requirements.

• Ilisis urged Olthea to accommodate Velin, then told Risis that their father had caused their grandfather’s predicament and asked him to keep it secret.
• Kavir brought Olthea to Velin’s manor, where Velin sent him away so he could speak with her privately.
• Velin said he had planned to arrange Olthea’s marriage because he saw it as her only remaining value, but offered her a chance to lead a legion in an interstitial space for a hundred years.
• Velin allowed Olthea to choose her own husband, provided the man met his strength, age, religious-affiliation, and family-marriage requirements within a hundred years.
• Olthea accepted Velin’s terms, and he told her she was free and asked her to visit their parents more often.

Velin attended the grand wedding of Valient Silvis and Talisa Exes, which formalized an alliance between the Ilia Kingdom and the Star-Prayer Kingdom. The Goddess of Life blessed the ceremony, and the Lightwing Fleet celebrated the newlyweds as the wedding became a landmark event for the Eastern States.

• Velin greeted Saintess Anastasia at the Grand Cathedral of Life before Valient and Talisa’s wedding procession began.
• Valient and Talisa traveled through the Royal Capital in a grand procession and arrived at the cathedral together.
• Pope Palitzer Habakak Kleichir officiated the wedding and read from the Life Bible.
• The Goddess of Life appeared to bless the couple, and golden light healed living beings throughout the Royal Capital.
• The Pope declared Valient and Talisa husband and wife, and the Lightwing Fleet sent beams of light into the sky to celebrate.
• A Kingdom of Bacio envoy watched the spectacle and concluded that Bacio’s ambitions would turn toward overseas expansion.