Soon, the carriages carrying the Cardel family reached the house of Duke Lunaris.
Elsa helped Elara to come down from the carriage, and she helped her to reach the hall where she had to sign the marriage document along with 5 associates or members of her family, while members from the temple and the administrative personnel from the kingdom were present.
"I don't see my son-in-law anywhere." - Baron Calder
"We have already done our part, so I asked him to go back to his chambers." - Duke Lunaris
'Is it some kind of protest that he doesn't accept this marriage with me?' - Elara
"Well, it can't be helped; I will meet my dear son-in-law some other time." - Baron Calder
The priest urged them to complete the procedure.
The 5 people who would sign the marriage certificate were called one by one, and finally Elara was called by the priest.
"Elara Calder, do you accept your marriage to the eldest son and the current heir of the Lunaris Family, bearing the title of duke?" - Priest
"Yes" - Elara
"Very well, you shall be known as Elara Lunaris after you sign the marriage oath." - Priest
She was brought to the document by Elsa, and she put her thumb impression on the document.
She was taught how to properly put thumb impressions just recently, in the last month, without making a mess.
With this, the people who had come to witness the marriage soon started leaving one by one.
Her father left without saying anything to her.
He just said that he would be going now to the head of the house and left.
Now only the mansion staff were left in the hall, along with her Father-in-law and her own personal maid, bearing the name Elsa.
"You should go rest at Lucien's chamber. I will send someone tomorrow to explain things to you." - Duke Lunaris
Duke said these words to Elara, got up, and left the room.
Elara was soon taken away by the head maid to a guest room.
"Lady Elara, please wait here for some time; I will make sure your things are properly set up in your room." - Head Maid
Saying so, the head maid left the guest room, leaving Elara and Elsa there.
She was cold.
A place unknown to her.
Soon she could feel people outside the guest room whispering.
'Guess they are maids curious about me' - Elara
Soon she could hear them talking. Their voice would be Inaudible to any normal person, but as her hearing was quite good due to one of her senses not working, she was clearly able to hear what they were talking about.
"Really? She can't even sign?" - Maid
"Yes." - Maid
"I pity young master to face such tragedy at such a young age." - Maid
"I heard he would marry that young lady from the Duke of West." - Maid
"Same, same." - Maid
"Didn't the head maid once say that maybe the 3rd princess will be his wife?" - Maid
"I think I also heard something like that." - Maid
"Maybe I should visit the young master's room tonight. Who knows? Perhaps while comforting his broken heart, I might even end up charming him." - Maid
"Aren't you older than the young master? Surely he'd prefer someone young and charming like me." - Maid
Hearing all this just made Elara even more heartbroken.
She was always called ugly by her family, so she didn't really have any idea what kind of face she had.
Soon, the head maid came back and declared that the preparations were over.