Chapter 426: True Happiness
Prince Leonard probably had no idea that it was the way his beautiful eyes looked at me and the way his alluring lips curved up into a smile that was responsible for making everything else fade away from my field of vision so that all I could do was focus on him.
"Thank you for making me your queen," I whispered softly and sweetly.
The prince only nodded his head once before carefully placing the crown on the top of my head. When I was aware of the world surrounding us again, all I could hear was the thundering sound of applause that echoed in the royal hall.
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"Hang in there for just a little longer, Mila," the prince said before flashing me a teasing smile.
"I guess we’re done with two out of the three parts of what we have planned for today," I mumbled before stifling a yawn. I had no idea why I felt so lethargic and sleepy, although it was only just early in the evening. So far, the prince and I operated as the perfect team to pull off two of our most important events of the day. After a wedding ceremony in the morning, and the coronation in the afternoon, we now had only one event left, which was our wedding reception in the evening.
The best thing about the wedding reception was the fact that it was supposed to be less formal than the other two ceremonies. Although that didn’t mean that I had complete liberty to do whatever I wanted, there was less pressure on me because I didn’t have to follow a particularly tight schedule. I stood close to Prince Leonard as I let him lead me around the large ballroom where we greeted many of our honorable guests. Everyone who was someone was supposedly there, although I did not recognize them despite being told to study the list of attendees.
"You don’t have to know anyone, but if you want to memorize some of the names, then I would recommend that you start with members of the other royal families. You can leave the rest to me," the prince told me reassuringly before gently patting my back in encouragement.
At first, I had to say that I truly underestimated the number of names on the list that I was supposed to learn. I couldn’t believe that there was a moment when I honestly thought that I could manage to memorize all the names and their associated positions. It didn’t take me long after flipping through the list and trying to memorize it to realize that it was a completely hopeless task. I quickly took the prince’s advice in learning the names of the key members of other royal families that would be attending our wedding and also the reception.
"Everything will work naturally. I’ll introduce them to you, and through that process, you’ll find out who they are," Prince Leonard told me before winking at me.
"Thank you so much, you probably have no idea how much this means to me. The list is just too long for me to remember," I admitted honestly with a slight sense of guilt.