Early the next morning.
Knock, knock, knock. Someone knocked at Xiu Yuan's door.
Xiu Yuan closed his book and left the study on the third floor.
"I'll get it." Shenhe spotted Xiu Yuan from the second floor and spoke gently, a faint smile on her face.
"All right."
After answering, Xiu Yuan continued downstairs.
As the front door slowly opened, Acting Grand Master Jean came into view, dressed in casual clothes.
"Jean, how did you find time to come over today?" Shenhe asked, puzzled.
"Your wedding is tomorrow, isn't it? I took a day off especially to help you pick out a wedding dress. Well? Are you touched?"
Even Xiu Yuan had never seen Jean in casual clothes before.
Her pale blonde hair, usually tied in a ponytail, fell loose over her shoulders, making her look even gentler than he had expected.
"Pick... pick out a wedding dress..." Shenhe immediately recalled what Xiu Yuan had said last night, and her face flushed.
"Of course. You need a beautiful wedding dress to get married. You don't usually have much contact with the human world, so I'd worry if you went to choose one yourself," Jean explained.
"But there's also..."
"Him? Forget about him. He's never been married, so he doesn't know anything about this either. He's about as clueless as you are."
Seeing Shenhe about to point at Xiu Yuan, Jean pulled her hand down and made that pointed remark.
"But Jean, haven't you never been married either?"
If someone who had never married knew nothing about it, Jean shouldn't have been much better off than either of them.
"Remember, I'm the Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius. I may never have been married, but I've attended more than a dozen weddings. I know far more about them than