Chapter 216: < Last Chapter. Wedding. >
"What are you doing? Reporters are climbing up from there! Didn't I tell you to block them completely!"
A woman raised her voice with a cold expression. A young man, at a loss for words, replied nervously, "I'm sorry!"
The man approached the people with cameras trying to climb trees and mountains. It had been a year since he had been selected to act.
During that time, he had survived Cloyd and achieved satisfactory results. He had even risen to the rank of Black Shield. This made him a Cloyd agent, a career-long profession in South Korea.
It was a sought-after profession, chasing interdimensional criminals, maintaining dimensional stability, and hunting down criminals who abused their abilities.
Being a Cloyd agent. "I'm sure I've heard that..." Why was she, with her talent, struggling with reporters climbing mountains to cover a story? The more she asked herself this question, the more she felt like a failure.
Jung Soo-hwa shouted loudly, wondering what was wrong with this job. She would often shout into her radio. A toddler ran around in front of him, babbled nonsense. "Atsukrim! Attsukrim!" As he ran, shouting, the boy tripped and stumbled in front of Jung Soo-hwa.
Just then, as Jung Soo-hwa bent down to catch him, the boy grabbed his shoulder, spun quickly, and leaped over him. The boy moved like a gymnast, as if Jung Soo-hwa had become a vaulting horse. "Ha ha ha ha ha." The boy who had jumped over Jung Soo-hwa was pointing at him and laughing with glee, practically jumping with joy.
Although he could have been angry at being turned into a toy by a child like this, Jung Soo-hwa smiled and turned to the boy.
"Where's your dad? Where's your dad?"
"Dad? I don't know."
"Should we go to your sister and dad?"
"Yes!" Only then did the boy jump into Jung Soo-hwa's arms.
"Ohh." He was exhausted.
Although a considerable number of security and security guards had been mobilized, the number of people coming and going was still so high that it was no easy task to weed out any infiltrated journalists. Furthermore, each guest was a significant figure, so he was constantly on edge.
If he had gotten married at a regular hotel, he wouldn't have had to deal with all this, but now everything was on his shoulders. "And the kids..."
As he climbed the hill, he saw Ki-chan standing with his two children on his shoulders. The two children grabbed Ki-chan's hair and stood upright on his shoulders like ninjas.
"Harin! Harin!"
"Here." When Ki-chan turned to the voice coming from behind him, he saw his daughter, Harin, in Jung Soo-hwa's arms.
"Hmph. Didn't I tell you to stay where you could see your father!"
"Harin can see your father!" He was a stubborn boy who had inherited his parents' stubbornness and tendency to lie.
Ki-chan nodded and picked Harin up. Having triplets was overwhelming at times like these. He was grateful for their birth and loved them dearly, but as a novice father, there were many days when he felt overwhelmed.
"Shhh! VIP Seven! VIP Seven! We've entered the mountain."
"Clear the road completely and don't be seen!" Jung Soo-hwa gasped and quickly shouted into her walkie-talkie. "VIP Seven?"
Ki-chan asked, and Jung Soo-hwa softened the tense expression on her face and replied, "The bride's grandfather."
"Ah." At that moment, Harin in Ki-chan's arms began to struggle. "Grandpa Dok-jang! I want to see Grandpa Dok-jang!" J
ung Soo-hwa's face paled instantly. She had never expected to call the leader of the Jindokgok, Saryonju's uncle, and Liling-wei's grandfather by that name.
"No. I told you not to disturb them because they're busy today, right? What day is it?" The boy responded to Ki-chan's harsh tone in a low voice: "It's the day of the village wedding."
"So Harin should be quiet too, right?"
"Yeah…"
"Shall we watch Pororo?"
Ki-chan pulled out a pair of small glasses that fit the boy's face, and the boy nodded. The moment he put them on, the boy, like the other two boys on Ki-chan's shoulders, was fixated on Pororo.
"Vision glasses. Aren't they bad for the kids' eyes?"
"I usually don't let them watch more than an hour a day… But today is an exception. I wish I could split myself in half like Seo-woon. I get my eyes trained regularly, so it shouldn't have much of an effect… But don't let their mothers know."
Ki-chan whispered the last part under his breath. Jung Soo-hwa smiled at the sight, but as she listened to the report over the radio, her smile faltered, and she ran back down the mountain. "Huh. You're in a rush. You really are. If it was going to be like this, why didn't they hold it at a hotel?"
The wedding, which was supposed to be a small get-together with family and close friends, was becoming increasingly less of a small gathering. With each guest being a prominent figure, the staff was practically working themselves to death.
***
"We're going to be late." At his words, cold sweat broke out on the backs of the staff working feverishly in front of the dimensional gate. Kwang-gun Senruk. The staff member, who hadn't even imagined that he would be passing through the portal he himself commanded, bowed his head.
"I'm sorry. There are too many people…" Hearing that there were so many people, he turned his head and looked at the knights surrounding him.
He had reduced the number of guards because he thought Seo-woon would conduct the ceremony peacefully. He had only brought the evil twins and their 20 men, so he couldn't understand why it was taking so long.
At the same time as his annoyed expression, the staff member's cell phone rang. "Yes, this is the second branch manager…
"What are you doing?" Before he could finish his sentence, a cold voice rose up. His panicked question was answered by another loud shout.
-What are you doing keeping the Crescen King waiting for 20 minutes?! Are you crazy?! Huh?! Can't you let them through right away?! "Well… I need to check the items they're wearing and their subspaces…"
"Bodyguard like you! Do you want to die?! Didn't you get today's VIP list?! Let them through now!"
"I'm sorry. I didn't get the official document…"
"Let them through now!"
"Yes! After hanging up, the sweaty employee bowed and let Senruk and his team pass. "It was a mistake… I'm sorry!"
"Such things happen when you work for the government. Don't worry about it."
With that, Senruk passed by with his escort.
***
- We're currently on a mountain in Wonju, where Jin Seo-woon's wedding preparations are in full swing. The place you see over my shoulder is the venue for the wedding of the century. As you can see, Swedish and Korean Cloyd agents have gathered here to ensure tight security.
Ah! Did you see the vehicle that just passed? Judging by the vehicle's emblem, it looks like the vehicle of King Senruk, the King of Crescen and representative to the United Nations! According to our reports, the current number one player, Jin-ryung, has also arrived.
- A day after the Japanese prime minister declared his intention to attend but was officially rejected, the wedding of the century is finally starting...
- It's reported that the bride and groom about to get married are getting ready here right now. Oh! Just as I said, the King of Sweden just passed by! There were also quite a few reporters filming with cameras near the mountain. At that moment, three ordinary men passed by, catching the reporters' attention.
"Yeah! Now... Stop the camera! They must be spies." Three men in black suits managed to escape the reporters' notice. The three men were stopped by agents wearing similar black suits. "Excuse me, may I have your names?" The very polite agent held a guest list in one hand.
"Jeon Cheon-daeseong. Son O-gong." "Jeo Pal-gye." "Sao-jeong." After examining the list for a moment, the man tilted his head and turned his gaze to the men.
"Wait... Who are you?" Unless they were the type to dare mock government agents, these men were clearly out of their minds.
The agent who dropped the list was about to explode in anger when, thankfully, Jeong Su-hwa was there. "Are you Son Goku?"
"Well, I feel like I've seen you before. I came from far away because a friend of mine is getting married." Jeong Su-hwa nodded but looked at her with some suspicion.
Son O-gong, a shrewd man, couldn't help but notice the expression on the woman's face. When her face suddenly morphed from a monkey's to human again, Jeong Soo-hwa quickly made way for her. "Please go upstairs. I'll show you the way." "Thank you."
As they ascended, the first agent to greet Son Goku and his team sighed deeply. "Ugh. Really... What distinguished guests we have."
"Right. I'm so nervous, I'm feeling queasy." His subordinate agent nodded in agreement.
The emperor who had united an entire dimension. A representative of the United Nations and a king. Famous masters in the martial arts world. Leaders from all over the world. And their acquaintances were also present, meaning the agents were the ones who were dying.
Although they didn't say anything, the Swedish agents seemed to feel the same way. "At least all the VIPs got in." His subordinate's words seemed to reassure him, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
- Snap. Twenty-Eight. They've infiltrated. Requesting backup. Three mice.
As soon as he let his guard down, he heard a radio transmission and signaled his subordinate, then started running. "Damn reporters!" The agent ran, cursing. Like every day, this day was a busy one.
***
"The ceremony will begin shortly. Please take your seats, guests." A soft voice echoed throughout the mountain. The person officiating the wedding ceremony was none other than Lee Min. An open-air venue had been set up in the same clearing where Seo-woon used to train, and round tables had been set up nearby for the guests to sit and eat.
On one side were the guests from the martial arts world. On the other, the guests from Juriell's world, all seated in rows. "There are quite a few martial artists from Jindokgok." Jin-ryong nodded at his elder's words. "After all, it's the wedding of the clan leader's granddaughter. We'll be related by marriage."
Jang Do-cheon drew a line between himself and Seo-woon, saying they weren't bound by master-disciple ties, but Yugokmun's other disciples thought differently. Seo-woon was clearly a disciple of Yugokmun, and he believed that as long as Seo-woon and Liling-wei remained married, Jindokgok and Yugokmun were bound by marriage.
"We should have invited more family members!"
"You're right. Juriell will be scared." Juriell's cousins, Dorian and Ziel, responded to the people approaching from behind. "I'll be a guest from your bride's side, so don't worry about that."
"Your Majesty!" When the two saw Senruk and his guards arriving late, they quickly stood up and knelt.
"This is another dimension. Make yourself comfortable."
"Yes!" Once the two were seated, Senruk and his guards filled the seats. Senruk exchanged glances with the emperor sitting in the distance, then looked at Limmin, who was standing on the stage.
"Let's begin the ceremony." Before moving on to the Earth ceremony, I would like to ask for the understanding of our valued guests from other dimensions with different cultures. "I, too, am from another dimension…" Limmin muttered to himself, but the ceremony continued smoothly.
"First, the groom will make his entrance. Please greet him with applause. Groom, please come on stage!" Seo-woon, dressed in a tuxedo, entered the stage with a captivating voice. Walking with confident strides, the guests welcomed him with applause.
At that moment, Dorian stood up and headed towards where the brides were getting ready, but Senruk stopped him. "May I go in her place?" Senruk's words made him look down in momentary surprise. "I would be honored."
"And now… our beautiful bride… let us greet you. Brides, please come on stage!" After his somewhat clumsy words, the two brides began to walk onto the stage. Liling-wei took Jindokgokju's hand, while Juriell entered, holding Senruk's, and loud applause erupted.
The two brides stood side by side with Seo-woon and greeted the guests, then recited their short vows. Both brides recited their own unique wedding vows, and then the ceremony concluded. As soon as the short ceremony concluded, a celebration began in the hall.
Those who knew each other inquired about each other's recent activities and expressed their joy at seeing each other again, while strangers met and became friends.
They savored the endless food and drink and celebrated the wedding of the century. The topic of conversation at the celebration was, of course, the bride and groom.
"Give me some of your drink!" Seo-woon's expression brightened as he remembered the words of the man in the black suit. "When did you arrive?"
"Just now. Congratulations on your marriage." Seo-woon, instantly recognizing Son O-gong's energy, drank the entire drink in one gulp.
"Are you finished?" Son O-gong replied pointedly to Seo-woon's question. "What… Let's talk about that later. Let's enjoy today!"
Ryle, who wasn't very tolerant to alcohol, was practically dying under Dump's control, and a pleasant revelry was taking place here and there.
"Time to see the bride and groom off!" The guests taunted Ki-chan, who staggered around, his face bright red.
But if they kept the three of them here, their honeymoon plans could be ruined. Ki-chan, playing the villain, took everyone's glasses and helped the trio escape the hall.
"Karina, please!" Seeing Ki-chan sobbing, Karina nodded. Even after they left, the drinking party continued late into the night.
Ki-chan's triplets put on a show, showcasing their polished skills under dazzling lights, while the newly crowned emperor, drunk and in high spirits, made countless verbal agreements with the leaders of the Senruk world.
Seo-woon's four siblings became equally intoxicated, mingling with Jindokgok warriors and sharing glasses to strengthen their bonds of friendship. Seo-woon boarded the plane prepared by Karina and was the first to clear the alcohol from his system.
"Phew." Next to them sat Juriell and Liling-wei, still in their beautiful bridal makeup. "Alright, have a safe trip."
With those words, Karina stepped off the plane. The plane took off, and the bride and groom departed for their honeymoon. Of course, their destination was a secret.
"Hoo." Looking at the plane taking off, Karina sighed deeply, remembering the day that had been like a battle. For some reason, she felt like everything ended today.
Chapter 216: < Last Chapter. Wedding. >