86 Sanctioned Marriage (1/2)

Just at this moment the door opened and a girl entered the room.

”Father, Elder Bai”, she then greeted the two men.

”Haha, little girl, we were just talking about you,”, the elderly man, who she had called Elder Bai, greeted her.

”Oh, then I guess that I cam at the right time?”

”For sure. So tell us how was it?”, he then asked in a caring tone. Even though they weren't closely related, since he came from another part of the family, he still saw her as something like a granddaughter.

”Not bad. He signed the contract.”, she then paused, before continuing, ”It is just aunt Jenny was there.”

As soon as these words left her mouth, her father gave her a pitying look. Elder Bai on the other hand, hadn't had any contact with Jenny and could only look at her bewildered.

”Jenny is my wife's sister and quite a meddlesome person. I'm sure that when she heard about the marriage she directly tried to interfere.”, Lin's father explained.

”Oh, so that's how it is. So what did she do?”

”She want's to force him and me to live together at her place. She even let it slip, that she hopes for us to have a child soon, so she has someone to pamper.”, Lin complained.

Seeing her so agitated, her father had to fight to keep back his laughter. It would be highly unwise to laugh at her at this moment.

”Then what did you expect would happen after the two of you married?”

”I thought we could just life our own lives as before.”, she answered.

Hearing his daughters answer he had to shake his head. How could she be so naive? There was no way, that she could continue like before after marrying. After all marriage creates a bond between both parties. In this realm it wasn't as important in this realm, since here the rights and duties of both partners were just about the same. That was to care for the other, which meant that if one partner was in danger the other had to try his or hers best to help. But in the upper realm, it was much more slanted towards the male. As there were additional rules enforced by the system, which were only applicable to the female. And with Lin's talent she would surely enter the upper realm, in the foreseeable future, which meant that she had to then live with this.

Seeing him shaking his head, Lin glared angrily at him. ”Don't tell me you think the same?”

He nodded his head. ”Yes, I too think it would be good if the two of you would get to know each other better. As for a child, just let nature take it's course.”

She huffed, ”Whatever. It's not like I can escape.”

He had to agree. Usually Jenny was a nice and easygoing woman, but once she had decided on something, there was no way to get her to change her decision. And she would any mean to get to her goal.

”Then what about the guy? Ivan it was, right?”, Elder Bai interjected.

”Ah right. Tell me about him. You didn't say much about him before.”

”Hm, I don't really know that much about him either. Let me just tell you about what happened during the meeting.”, she then proceeded to tell what had happend.

When Elder Bai heard about the Marriage Ring, he gasped. ”A Sanctioned Marriage!”

”A Sanctioned Marriage? What is that?”, Lin asked when she heard his exclamation.

A bit embarrassed Elder Bai coughed, ”To be honest I don't know that much either. It is something mentioned in some of our ancestral teachings.According to them a Sanctioned Marriage is a marriage between members of different mayor bloodlines, which has been approved by at least one of the great powers.