The wedding, originally a scene brimming with joy and celebration, was overshadowed by the war threat brought by an uninvited guest, casting a thick cloud over the event.

The guests continued to lift their glasses, watching the couple on stage, their smiles unable to hide their worry.

Eleanor's face was also terribly grim (though it did not mar her beauty), as any girl with a decent temperament would be overwhelmed by such a disruption on her only wedding day.

However, Aske quickly took her hand, wrapped in white silk gloves, and smiled, saying:

"Let's continue."

This sentence seemed to hold immense power, and Eleanor immediately revived, once again revealing a sweet, joyful smile.

"Then..." The Archbishop of Germania sighed, adjusted the tea-colored glasses on his nose, and continued to hold the classic, asking, "Mr. Aske Lepeios Achilles, do you wish to..."

Before he could finish, a woman suddenly walked in again through the hole in the church door that had been knocked open earlier, shouting:

"Enough! Stop for now!"

The Empire knights hurriedly rushed forward, only to stop in their tracks momentarily upon seeing who it was, hesitating and squeezing together:

The person who barged in from outside the church was actually Otto II's eldest daughter, Eleanor's sister, who was supposed to be in the Church Court, Bishop Adelaide.

"Adelaide?" Eleanor turned her head in shock on stage.

"Eleanor, stop." Adelaide walked over calmly with her hands in the pockets of her white coat, seeing the Empire knights on both sides as if they didn't exist, "Do not betray the trust the Holy Daughter has in you."

The guests were instantly in an uproar. If the military threat from the Northern Empire was like a flying axe thrown over, then the orders and denunciations from the Holy Daughter of the Church Court were more like a sharp dagger aimed at the chest — both the negative impact and the substantial harm were far more severe than the former.

"What kind of betrayal is that?" Eleanor coldly asked, "Are you referring to trying to steal my friend's fiancé? Or are you referring to letting my elder sister barging into my wedding to stop me from marrying?"

"The Holy Daughter asked me to relay to you: Before Mr. Aske became your fiancé, he had already promised to 'meet her upon his return,' and for this, the Holy Daughter has waited ten years." Adelaide sighed, "The Holy Daughter said she doesn't hate you for this, and if only you would let Mr. Aske return to the Church Court, this matter would end here."

In the guest seats, three cadre members from Earth silently exchanged glances, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.

On the way from Swabia to Aachen, finding ways to avoid the surrounding escorts and delivering the secretly written anonymous letter to the priest of a nearby diocese was certainly a dangerous undertaking for them.

However, Comrade Mao Zhongwei was experienced in this area, having once smuggled out a document with secret information from under the layers of guards at the Houston Consulate in the United States, avoiding illegal searches by U.S. intelligence agencies.

As for whether the priest who received the anonymous letter would report it level by level, ultimately reaching Miss Nora, it was beyond their control. Fortunately, everything seemed to have proceeded smoothly so far.

"Or else what?" Eleanor asked in a low voice, "Will you expel me from the church, excommunicate me?"

Adelaide did not answer, her eyes revealing a look of reluctance as she gazed at her younger sister, before continuing after a long pause:

"As your sister, I hope you could accept reality. The White Emperor and the Red Witch of the Northern Realm are looking for him, and the Holy Daughter of the Church Court has also named him. The Azure Longsword and the East Solomon Empire will soon join this struggle too."

"Mr. Aske, I am not deliberately targeting you." She turned her gaze to Aske, who was wearing the groom's suit, "But honestly, you have become the Helen of this era, bringing the world's disaster of the Trojan Horse. It is indeed sad...but it will not be diverted by your personal will."

"Marrying her here means she will become the world's enemy!" She suddenly shouted in a severe tone, her expression cold, "Mr. Aske, do you understand the meaning of being the world's enemy?!"

"It is indeed very troublesome." Aske sighed.

Now he finally realized... The whole team he led back then, eight naive girls, have now become eight big figures who would cause huge tremors in the world with their every move.

Previously, he could still find various reasons, just like before returning to Earth, to delay the girls' affections and declarations, to avoid a chaotic scene capable of destroying the world.

However, ever since he returned to this world, and in a moment of excitement agreed to Eleanor's confession (proposal), the delay plan could no longer be used.

He must make a decision.

This decision will inevitably bring about war.

Suddenly, Eleanor, by his side, grabbed his hand, gesturing him not to speak.

"Adelaide, I understand the Church Court's intentions." Eleanor deeply inhaled, the light in her eyes quickly solidifying, "But I will not give up my husband."

"But your church membership..." Adelaide hurriedly said.

"If God wants to take my husband away from me," Eleanor growled, "then I'd rather fall into the Fire Hell with him!"

The Aachen Cathedral was once again in an uproar.

Many noble guests even hurriedly stood up, pressing their hats or pulling their collars, not daring to say a word of farewell, and hastily left the wedding scene.

Preferring to fall into the Fire Hell, this remark was even more serious than "being expelled," almost allowing the Church Court to directly label her as a heretic... Even when Otto II tore apart his facade with the Church Court, the Emperor himself dared not lose his identity as a Catholic believer, or it would definitely lead to being abandoned by his allies.

This princess is crazy!

"You, you..." Adelaide was so shocked she couldn't say anything.

After a long while, her shock finally turned into a long, bitter sigh:

"Is it worth it?"

Is it worth it? Aske silently asked himself.

Then, he heard Eleanor beside him resolutely reply:

"It's worth it!"

She held his hand tightly, as if a knight gripping a longsword, steadfast without a hint of wavering and firmly said:

"I am his knight, born to serve at his side all my life, my existence..."

"...Even if it means becoming the world's enemy, it is no regret!"

This oath was so resolute that it brought a lasting silence to the Aachen Cathedral.

"Alright." Adelaide nodded sadly, "Then let it be so."

"Eleanor, I don't know if the excommunication will come, or when it will come... But no priest in the entire Empire's Catholic church would conduct your wedding."

"You, take care of yourselves." She turned away in desolation.

"I'm sorry, children." The Archbishop of Germania behind them also sighed, "According to the Church Court's intentions, I cannot continue to officiate your wedding."

"Eleanor..." Aske wanted to comfort her, but heard Eleanor coldly say:

"It doesn't matter."

She snatched the prepared rings from the pulpit, put one on herself, then took the one for Aske out of the box and placed it on his ring finger.

After that, she snatched the bridal crown made of flowers from the hands of the stunned Archbishop of Germania and placed it on her own head — something that should have been performed by the officiating archbishop, symbolizing God's blessing on this marriage.

Finally, having done everything herself, the bride Eleanor, with tears in her eyes, smiled and threw herself into her husband's arms in front of the few remaining guests in the church.

Aske held her in his arms, and she lifted her head to kiss his lips.

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