Six months have passed since the Club’s negotiations.
The waiting room of a wedding hall.
This is the island where that secret party took place.
In Japan, the media would be too clingy, so Tomoya immediately decided to use his position as chairman to hold the ceremony on this island.
The bride and groom are inviting the attendants to the island, with all travel expenses for the attendants paid by the bride and groom.
“So beautiful, Anna …….”
I was fascinated by Anna who was dressed in a mermaid line wedding dress with exposed shoulders.
The dress is very well suited to Anna’s tall, well-styled figure.
“Y-yeah… fufu, I’m more than happy to hear Tomoya say that to me than anyone else…”
Anna is blushing and smiling shyly.
Konkkon.
“Groom, it’s about time.”
“I understand.
Then go ahead and wait…”
Anna nods her head and Tomoya leaves the waiting room.
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inside the church.
Tomoya waits at the designated place for the bride to enter.
“The marriage ceremony of the bride, Anju Shinjo, and the groom, Tomoya Shikai, will now take place.
Bride, please enter.”
With a staff member’s voice, the doors opened and the bride, the bride’s father, and the bride’s daughter, Yuna, wearing a pure white dress, appeared in the bride’s arms.
The attendees greeted the bride and her family with applause.
Anna’s mother pulled down Anna’s veil, Anna’s face was hidden in the veil, and step by step, she took her steps.
Anna was very excited, very nervous.
In just a few more steps, she would reach Tomoya.
That way, I can become Tomoya’s wife, which I had dreamed of.
She took a few more steps, biting her teeth with each step, and then she came to Tomoya.
He receives the bride’s hand from the bride’s father and escorts her to the podium.
Once on the platform, Yuna moves into Tomoya’s arms and they face the bride.
“As we perform the ceremony, if any of you present have any legitimate objections to this marriage, please offer them here and now.
If you do not offer it now, you may not raise objections at a later time and break the peace between these two.
Next, I would like to address both of you.
If you quietly reflect before God, who searches and knows the hearts of men, and remember that this marriage is not in accordance with God’s law, say it here and now.
For a marriage contrary to the Word of God is not one that God can reconcile.”
Silence fell over the room.
With silence, the legitimacy of this ceremony is demonstrated.
“Now let us read the Scriptures on love.
Without love, there is no use.
Love is forgiving, love is kind. It does not envy.
Love is not boastful or proud.
It does not do anything that is not polite, it does not seek its own gain, it is not angry, it does not think of the evil done to others, it does not delight in injustice, but rejoices in the truth.
It endures all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
Love never ceases.
What remains forever is faith, hope, and love.
The best of them all is love. Pursue love.”
The priest’s reading of the Scriptures comes to an end.
“We will now continue with the vows of matrimony.”
–The conjugal vows are made.
Tomoya Shikii, you are now taking this woman to be your wife.
Do you sincerely desire to take this woman to be your wife?”
“I do.”
“Do you pledge to obey the teachings of God, to make a pure home, to do your share as a husband, to always love, honor, comfort, and help your wife, and to always be true, loving, and firm in your discipline toward her in health and in sickness, in good times and in bad, until death do you part?
“I do.”
The priest continues, turning his body toward Anna.
“Anju Shinjo, you are now about to take this man as your husband.
Do you sincerely desire this man to be your husband?”
“I do.”
“Do you promise to follow God’s teachings, to make a pure home, to fulfill your portion as a wife, to always love, honor, comfort, and help your husband, and to always be true, loving, and firm in your discipline toward him in health and in sickness, in good times and in bad times, until death do you part?”
“I swear.”
“Then you will exchange rings, declare husband and wife, and kiss your vows, as a sign of matrimony.
The fact that the rings are round and without end signifies eternal love, and the fact that they are made of precious metal signifies their eternal value.
Tomoya Shikii, do you give this ring to Anju Shinjo as a token of your love for her?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Anju Shinjo, do you accept this ring as proof of your love for Tomoya Shikii?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Anju Shinjo, do you give this ring to Tomoya Shikii as proof of your love for her?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Tomoya Shikii, do you accept this ring as proof of your love for Anju Shinjo?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Then please exchange the rings.”
Tomoya receives the ring from the priest.
It is the pair ring that Anna prepared on the day Tomoya and Anna loved each other and made a baby.
“Anna.”
Tomoya hands Yuna to Anna, who holds out her hand and puts the ring on her finger.
Seeing the ring on her own finger, Anna is filled with an emotion that words cannot describe.
She had never thought at the time that this ring would become a real wedding ring.
She then received the ring herself from the priest, handed Yuna to Tomoya, and placed it on Tomoya’s finger.
“The bride and groom have made a promise to become husband and wife in the presence of God and the masses.
Therefore, I declare in the name of the Father and the Spirit that they are husband and wife.
Bride and Groom, kiss your vows ……”
Tomoya lifted the veil that hid Anna’s face and they kissed the fruit of their love, Yuna’s cheek.
The eternal conjugal love of Tomoya and Anna, and the eternal love of their family, including Yuna, is hereby pledged.