In a small chapel atop a spire, two men and three women were holding a wedding ceremony.
It was obviously an odd match, yet the townspeople were all delighted, clapping one after another.
Strangely, most of the townspeople who had come to attend the wedding were adult women.
There were very few adult men, aside from a handful like the guards and the Town Chief. The only other males were children.
There were very few elderly women as well.
The male adventurer turned to Mei Guangzhan and said enviously, "I can't believe you got two without saying a word. I took a huge risk."
"I can give them both to you," Mei Guangzhan said quietly.
"Forget it."
At that moment, the Town Chief's Second Daughter secretly said to the two of them, "They're all the same."
The male adventurer was somewhat puzzled. "What's all the same?"
But just then, a white-bearded Father walked up to the five of them and opened an ancient book. "Before the great, merciful, distant Ate Lan, bathed in divine light, are you willing to become husband and wife and offer your bodies and souls to great... Ate Lan?"
"I do," the male adventurer quickly said.
If he refused, he would be thrown into a cell. He did not want to be taken away.
"Me too," Mei Guangzhan said, taking a shortcut.
Fortunately, no one cared about that.
The wedding ended quickly, and they were sent to the bridal chamber.
The bridal chambers were in a row of wooden bungalows behind the chapel.
This was getting stranger and stranger.
Shouldn't the bridal chamber be at home? The Town Chief's house was huge, more than enough to accommodate them.
This was clearly a dormitory, and a temporary one at that.
The male adventurer was starting to shrink