Marriage, Divorce, and Beyond: The White Mage and Black Knight's Romance Reignited Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 5] by Takasugi Naturu

Author:Takasugi Naturu
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Three: The Rural Couple and the Forest of Blessings and Death

Kingdom of Mert Calendar Year 787

Joshua remained busy going between the Aston capital and Riberry to assess the situation, facilitate the daily lives of the villagers, and continue the investigation into a medical treatment for those suffering from the disease. In his spare moments, he kept up Sir Warren’s care in the annex. These days flew by at a staggering speed until the twelfth month ended and the new year began.

For New Year’s celebrations in the royal capital, lively events like soirees and parties were held everywhere around the city. The town squares were filled with peddlers’ markets, traveling entertainers that performed plays and dances, and bands that played music.

In comparison, the New Year’s holiday in the east was quiet. The beginning of the year here was spent together with close family and other kin. It was quite eye-opening to see such a big difference in culture despite both locations belonging to the same kingdom. However, I thought that spending time together with family and other relatives was a rather wonderful custom.

This tradition was also common in Aston territory. I usually spent the new year with just Joshua, but this time we joined Earl Aston, Lady Margot, their son the young Lord Louis, and Lord Patrick’s mother the former Countess Aston for the occasion.

Apparently, dinner tables in Aston territory would be lined with a variety of extravagant food and drink—chief among them bird meat pie as well as a cake made with lots of prized fruit wine, nuts, and dried fruit. Incidentally, it was traditional to make the cake large and cut it into pieces to share, but more recently, it had become popular to make small cakes for individual portions.

The countess two generations ago had started sending these small cakes to hospitalized patients who could not spend the holidays with their families. Ever since Lady Margot had married into the family, her cakes had been the ones sent to the treatment centers year after year.

Joshua’s surprise at hearing that was immense. “You, baking?!” he blurted to his sister, resulting in a light sibling squabble.

According to the former Countess Aston, Lady Margot’s New Year’s cakes had a reputation for being delicious. Women and children especially liked them, as Lady Margot made them in shapes like flowers and stars.

Lady Margot had been born and raised an aristocrat in the royal capital. She had married into the family that presided over one of the rural eastern territories—one that was suffering economically, and also had quite a different culture from hers despite still being in Mert. Considering these factors, I had imagined that Lady Margot would have trouble adapting, but it seems that I was wrong.

It appeared that she got along well with Earl Aston, and she had taken to the customs and culture here. Moreover, she seemed calmer now than she had back when she lived in the royal capital. Her countenance was gentler too. Perhaps living in a rural environment had helped her slough off her excess energy.

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