Summoning Gods
They held the wedding in the largest Starry Night Church in the Stars, made eternal vows under the officiation of their witness, Daedalus, and received everyone's blessings. Among them were not only Sonia's friends and family, but everyone in Ash's circle of friends—even Philly and Niya.
The bedroom after the wedding was somewhere Ash never could have imagined: an open-air room on a cliff. Outside lay a lake rolling with wave after wave, and below was a bottomless Abyss, but he had to admit that when the starlight filled every inch of the room, it truly had the dreamlike feel of a fairy tale.
Ash carried Sonia into the room in a princess carry, then gently set her down by the bed. Throughout the entire process, Sonia did not move at all. She lowered her head, hiding her expression beneath the headscarf, like a kitten in a stress response. Only her hand, clad in a white lace glove, kept holding on to Ash and refused to let go.
But as Ash looked at the young woman in the wedding dress, the emotions in his heart were a complicated blend of sweetness and bitterness. It was not that he was unhappy, but the problem was that this was not a wedding in reality. It was a wedding in Sonia's world of consciousness. If he had to describe it, it was like a lamp god giving you three wishes, and you using them to decide what to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner tomorrow.
He had once guessed what the deepest desire in Sonia's soul might be. Was it to become a Swordsman unrivaled in all heaven and earth, or to become the noble who wielded the greatest authority in the world, or perhaps to pursue immortality? Even if she