After retreating from Eleanor's room, Arius immediately search for the brat who made a move to his wife. The asshole must have sensed that he will die today so he took off since he was nowhere to be found.

"Mr. Andrev." He called his secretary.

"Yes, Master?" Allen Andrev has been his secretary for thirty years now. He is efficient and loyal to their family.

"Find Eilif for me and bring him here." Arius said as he begin his paperworks that had piled up on his table.

Mr. Andrev wondered what kind of prank did the former pulled this time to make his eldest master seethes this kind of scary aura.

"Understood." After that, the secretary left the room to do his orders.

After a few minutes, Eilif has been caught hiding from a tree and dragged to Arius' office.

"I thought you got better at hiding." Arius stated while reading the papers he have in his hands.

Eilif just pouted.

"I did. But must be nice to have a secretary whose ability is agility. He scurried the whole territory in just a few minutes." Eilif said while still pouting like a little kid.

"Punk. How dare you kiss my wife's hand. You'll die today." Arius brought down the paper he was holding and stood up. He rolled up his sleeves and loosened up his necktie.

Eilif backed away in a struggle to run away but no use.

"Ahh!!! It's not fair! You should be the one to find me." Eilif whined like a little kid.

Arius pretended not to hear anything and just picked up a thick book and scanned it's physical appearance. He raised his hand as if he will hit Eilif with it. The latter just close his eyes and waited for him to just get hit.

A few moments later he felt a huge thing was on his head.

He opened his eyes slowly and saw Arius put the book on top of his head instead of hitting him with it.

"Hold the book with your hands and put it on your head. Stay like that for six hours straight while kneeling. That's your punishment." Arius ordered as he backed away.

"But-" Eilif attempted to protest but was scared when Arius glared at him.

"You don't want to? Then you must really wanted to die today."

"No! Who said I don't?! You want me to be like this right? Easy." Eilif said as he knelt to the ground wle holding the book on his head while nervously laughing.

That day, Eilif had realized to never mess with the future wife of his friend ever again.

In the morning, Arius and Eleanor together with her two ladies-in-waiting and Sir Thitus rode in a separate carriage and went to a nearby town which was a three-hour ride.

They decided to prepare for the wedding ceremony that would be held in the brood.

Since the wedding that would transpire in the Kingdom would be manage by the Royal Palace with a little help from the Barclay and Beaumont family as a sign of being in debt and being thankful for the sacrifice of Eleanor.

They entered the best tailor shop in the town. Mostly of the customers here are elite vampires, high ranking mages and witches.

Basically a known shop for people who possessed non-human abilities that's raking with money and high status.

"Welcome, Lord Barclay." A woman from the shop greeted Arius politely.

'He must be a regular here.' Eleanor thought as she observe that staffs action towards them.

"Hi, Lord Barclay. What can I do for you today?" A woman suddenly appeared from the left side of the room. Looking at her, she must be in her forties. She was probably the owner of the shop.

"We are preparing for our wedding. Can you show me all the latest wedding magazines you have in here." Arius said casually while the woman's eyes almost popped out of it's socket.

"A wedding? Oh my! Best wishes to the both of you. Come in, come in." The woman exclaimed as she ushered them in.

She ordered her staffs to brought out the latest magazine they have and put it on the table infront of Arius and Eleanor.

"Mr. Arius would you like to get your measurements first so the beautiful lady could take he time to choose a design she wanted?" The shop owner suggested.

Arius nodded and stood up. Before leaving he whispered to Eleanor.

"Take your time. I'll be back." Eleanor just nodded as she picked up one of the magazines to look at.

Arius followed the shop owner to the other room to get his measurements.

"Your soon to be wife are very, very pretty. You're such a one lucky guy." The owner praised Eleanor's beauty.

Arius looked back and saw Eleanor getting busy with the magazines.

Her furrowed eyebrows when she was focused about something never failed to draw Arius' attention in. He just smiled and entered the other room.

She called Lady Matilda and Lady Amelia to help her decide while Sir Thitus stood as a guard near the door.

Sir Thitus thought to himself that if the Knight Commander heard about this, he would flip the entire kingdom upsidedown. Just the thought of it made him sweat.

After looking at the magazines, She had finally chosen her top three favorite.

Arius got back after a couple of minutes and sat beside her.

"Are you done?" He spoke softly at her.

"Yes. Which do you think is the best?" Eleanor asked his opinion while showing the designs.

"Hmm, this one would show too much of your skin. How about this?" Arius didn't like the thought of showing others his soon-to-be wife's impeccable rosy skin that has not even had any tiny blemishes so he choose the one with a design that was a little bit reserve and conservative looking dress.

Eleanor looked day what he was pointing at. It was indeed her top favorite among the three.

It was a white long off-shoulder dress accentuated by the hips that reaches until her ankle and had a V-cut shaped in the back. It also made her collarbones and shoulder blades more prominent.

"Yeah, I like it too." Eleanor nodded.

Her soon-to-be husband has an eye for fashion like this. She wondered why he was so skilled with it. He must have brought his past lovers here.

With that thought, Eleanor couldn't help but frowned a little.

Arius has always been attentive of Eleanor's expression since the first day so he quickly noticed it.

"Why the long face? Is there anything you didn't like?" Arius asked her with a hint of worry in his voice.

Eleanor was pulled back into the present hearing Arius' voice.

"No, I just thought that you are quite skilled with fashion." She replied while shaking her head sideways.

"I see. Tell me if there's something you don't like. But, is that so?" Eleanor nodded.

Arius chuckled a little bit.

"It must be because I have lived for quite a while that I have witness how fashion evolves." He explained.

"Oh, that must be it." Eleanor agreed.

"Why? You thought it's because I had lots of lovers?" Arius jokingly probe.

Eleanor's ears turns red. Could he be reading her mind?

Seeing Eleanor's reaction, He couldn't help but laugh a little. His little wife is a little creative too.

"Don't worry, I didn't have anyone by my side. You're the first one." Arius appeased him and then stood up to negotiate with the shop owner.

"We want this pair of design. It must be finished within a week of preparation. Do you think you could do it?" Arius asked.

"Don't worry, leave it to me." The shop owner even gave him two thumbs up for assurance.

Eleanor was too stunned to speak.

'His first lover?' She couldn't believe what she had heard. Was he lying?

She's too busy with those thoughts until the shop owner asked her to follow her to get her measurements too.

They spent the whole day preparing for everything that's needed with the wedding.

Since the second one would be a private wedding, only the brood and close family and friends of Eleanor would be present.

They managed to finished deciding with the food that will be served for Eleanor's family to eat then down to the reception motifs and such.

After the tiring day, Eleanor went straight to her chamber and took a bath with the help of her ladies-in-waiting then she fell asleep as soon as her back hit the bed.