Chapter 373 - Coronation (1/2)

The group returned to Mars' palace at once and got the festivities started, Mercury's memory got a little fuzzy around the 1-day mark as that's when Mars brought out his very secret liquor collection, overall the atmosphere was harmonious as the 4 of them drank and made mary…

Mercury woke up, he lifted his head and looked around before he remembered

'Oh right, Mars sent me back…'

He was indeed home in the castle of Juliantia, he was in his private room and had so far been working on sleeping off 3 days of heavy drinking headache

'You know what… I'll keep doing just that…'

Mercury rolled over and tried to fall asleep again… Of course, life wouldn't be so kind to him as the door opened as soon as he closed his eyes again and Julia walked in as she spoke

”Good morning Mercury”

She walked over to the bed and bent down before she gave him a kiss on the forehead before she whispered into his ear

”If you don't wake up I'll pull a prank on you”

Mercury showed no signs of getting up, as such Julia showed a mischievous smile before she circled the bed and dove into it, and soon she laid hugging Mercury from behind as she whispered into his ear

”Wake up~”

”Alright… You win, I am awake”

Mercury opened his eyes and sighed before he muttered

”I have a heavy hangover though…”

”I know, you could barely walk straight when you got home yesterday”

Mercury closed his eyes again, right now the very presence of light that streamed in from the window was making his eyes hurt, the two of them laid there for a bit before the door opened again, this time it was Asma that walked in, she closed the door after herself and showed a mischievous smile before she dove into bed too and hugged Mercury from the font as she spoke

”Warm…”

Mercury opened his eyes again and for a bit, he gazed into Asma's eyes, she stared back at him blankly for a bit before she spoke

”Good morning..?”

”Yeah… Morning…”

Mercury closed his eyes again before he rolled over on his back with Julia and Asma now hugging an arm each, some time passed before the door opened once again, this time it was Marie that walked in, she showed a frown when she saw Mercury and the two that were supposed to wake him up still in bed, then she sighed before she walked over and crawled on top of Mercury and laid there for a bit before Mercury opened his eyes slightly and spoke

”Good morning…”

Marie nodded before she gave him a kiss, then she spoke

”We need to get up Mercury”

Mercury let out a groan in protest, Marie sighed before she showed a smile and looked over at Julia and spoke

”Help a little Julia, it's your brother that's getting coronated”

Mercury opened his eyes before he asked

”Wait, that's today?”

”...Yep”

”Yeah~”

”Yes it is”

Mercury sighed before he muttered

”Why did it have to be today..?”

Half an hour later Mercury was showered, dressed, and ready to roll

”Alright… Let's get this over with…”

Mercury was dressed in a formal officer uniform, he looked over at Julia that was dressed in a red dress, then at Asma that was dressed in a green dress, and then finally at Marie that was dressed in a light blue dress before he concluded that he really was blessed in this life…

The coronation was a long tedious event consisting of formal rituals and finally, the handing over of the crown to Julia's brother, Anton whom Mercury had met briefly with where the two of them had discussed Mercury becoming golem craftsman which was an honorary position after the coronation was over Mercury attended the party to keep the girls' company, as he was chatting with them the new king arrived and called out to Mercury

”Brother-in-law, do you have some time right now?”

Mercury nodded and followed after Anton out to an outdoor balcony where Anton leaned against the railing for a bit before he spoke

”It's about the golem craftsman position we discussed previously… It looks like Juliantia is going to need some golems rather quickly I am afraid...”