Chapter 456: The Wedding (3)
Without being able to control himself anymore, Arthur turned back. What he saw, surprised him too. Louis was walking towards Talia at a faster pace as if he was going to start a fight.
All the guests were stunned and Arthur bowed his head hiding his smile. There are cameras everywhere and he didn’t want to be seen as rude or indecent.
He is doing it for real!
As the wedding preparations went on, Arthur found out that being an actual King wearing a crown is pretty difficult. Even though he is the Monarch, he couldn’t do what he pleases. Louis wanted to be ’a brother attending my sister’s wedding’. But his wish was immediately rejected.
All he wanted was to wear a formal suit than his Kingly garb. But he was refused. Even Talia was against that idea.
"The King of Esteria and even that hypocritical Prince will be there in all their pompousness and I don’t want my brother to stand like a boy beside them," were her exact words.
He was a Monarch first and foremost, and the rest are only secondary as explained by the aides. Louis was clearly displeased, but he maintained his composure. And Talia refusing his offer to walk her down the aisle gave him a bigger blow.
"Artie," he called him one night he was drunk, " Her grandfather... I respect him a lot, but she was with him until she was sixteen. After that, it was I who took care of her. How can she refuse me? I am going to walk her down the aisle nonetheless. Will she hold it against me?" he asked.
Arthur believed Talia won’t get angry at Louis. Lambert is a different case, but she respected Louis more since he is older than her. And so he replied the same to Louis. Since it never came up again, Arthur dismissed his call as some drunken mistake, but now it seems like Louis indeed was serious.
Eh... Just move aside, Louis... Let me see my bride!
Talia was a little startled seeing the fast-approaching man through her veil. The veil was very filmsy since it was silk tulle and she could fairly see everything, but she couldn’t see the face of the man approaching.