Chapter 697
Chapter 697: Vol V Chapter 57
Of course, Sui Xiong would not mention this suddenly for no reason.
Because just then, he received a prayer from Kalisa.
Generally speaking, when Sui Xiong’s followers pray to him, a majority of them were eulogies, while most of the remaining were prayers for blessings—everyone knew how powerful the Void Mask was and also knew how protective he was over his followers. So it was most practical to pray to him for blessings. As for the last handful of people, they were generally praying for wisdom or wealth. After all, His Majesty, the Void Mask, was a famous, wise man. He was also regarded as a great fortune god whose ability to earn money was only second to the Goddess of Wealth.
However, Kalisa prayed to Sui Xiong for something very different from the rest. She prayed for Leon to have a small workload so that he could spend more time with her.
This wish was perfectly reasonable. As Leon’s girlfriend, she was well qualified to put up such a request.
Sui Xiong had intended to give his approval directly, but he suddenly thought of another matter.
Leon and Kalisa were definitely in a relationship. It had already been more than 20 years, but up till now, the two were still not married!
When he thought of this, he suddenly felt a deep groove in his heart. And he wanted to break into a cold sweat, where the beads of sweat would be enough to form a drop of sweat that was as big as a human’s fist.
How could he have neglected such a big thing!
Carefully thinking in retrospect, Leon had followed him for more than 50 years. Back then, he was in his early 30s, and now he was already over 80. Kalisa was about 14 or 15 years younger, and now she was already past 60. The two of them had known each other for more than 50 years. A short 50 years meant nothing much to the two of them as they had such long lives that were comparable to that of dragons and such. But for Kalisa to spend almost half a century waiting, this was genuinely not something nice to do!
A woman’s youth was fleeting. Even for those long-lived species, their bodies could be spared from aging, but mentally, it was difficult to remain young.
Because Sui Xiong had spent a thousand years in a trench to cultivate himself in solitary retreat, his mental state had become a little problematic, causing him to lose sensitivity to time. Regarding various matters, so long as he felt that they were not important, he would toss them to the back of his mind. Putting them off for a decade or two certainly did not amount to much—anyway, they were not important matters, waiting for their turn did not matter. It was certainly hard for him to think about how this period of “waiting” could directly cause a party to wait an entire lifetime.
This was the case for Kalisa and Leon’s marriage. Because both the man and woman were long-lived beings, he did not put this matter to heart. He had always thought that Leon would propose sooner or later. Sui Xiong had never thought that even though he had never set a commandment like “clergymen were not to marry,” which was actually in violation of the natural law of discipline, Leon still adhered to it with self-discipline. Being the Archbishop of the Church of the Void Mask, Leon was a true-blue clergyman. So even if he had long determined that he was in a relationship with Kalisa, he had never thought of getting married to her.
In the course of time, this dragged on for decades.
After Sui Xiong grasped a clear understanding of the situation. He felt guilty and at the same time, and he did not know whether to cry or laugh.
“You really think too much!” he said with a bitter laugh. “If you want to get married, just do it. Why the need to procrastinate? Still considering your capacity as a clergyman… Clergymen can’t get married? Even gods can marry, so why can’t clergymen? Don’t be influenced by the misconceptions of the past. Do what you should do!
“What? You said that it’s a bad influence? People are going to gossip? Bah! You are the archbishop of the Church of the Void Mask! Who am I? I’m the Void Mask myself! You want to get married; I approve of it. Who dares to gossip? Whoever wants to gossip, ask him to come forth, I’ll beat the hell out of him so that even his mother won’t recognize him!
“Alright, alright, don’t you worry anymore! Consider the matter settled! I’ll make the arrangements for your wedding ceremony. This time, we’ll make it a very big deal. We’ll hold an extremely large-scale ceremony and let the entire Main Plane know. We must let the entire world know! I’ll visit the Goddess of Love and the Goddess of Family in a while to persuade them to give you their blessings at your wedding. What? You say these two goddesses are at odds with one another? If they’re not on friendly terms with one another, that’s their own business. If they’re unwilling to help, that will mean they want to strain their relationship with me! I’ll just tell them this, friends or foes, the choice is theirs!
“Alright, rest assured. I’m so powerful that I won’t be taken advantage of. What? You’re not worried that I’ll be at a loss, but worried that I’ll kill those two goddesses? Hey! Do I look like a murderous man to you? That I’ll kill someone over such a small matter… My image is that bad! Don’t look at me with prejudice!”
Sui Xiong had been going on for a long time. Seeing how Leon was still filled with concern, he sighed deeply and gave Leon a pat on the shoulder. Then he said, “In short, you can just relieve yourself of all the worries, as well as concerns and wait to be a bridegroom. Leave all the other things to me.”
“I’ll really be worried if I leave things to you…”
“Throughout the years, was there anything that I’ve not done a good job at? The whole world praises me for being a jellyfish sage with both wisdom and courage; what is there about me for you to worry about!”
“But your unreliability is equally well-known,” Leon said worriedly. “I can remember how many strange and bizarre things you have done over the years… you aren’t thinking about turning my wedding into anything like those, are you?”
“How is that possible!” shouted Sui Xiong in rage. He was so angry that his tentacles were flying all over the place. “Do I look like someone so unreliable?”
Leon laughed, but he made no reply.
So Sui Xiong left in a huff. He secretly swore that he must do such a marvelous job that no one would be able to nitpick on anything!
However, in less than ten minutes, he changed his mind.
An archbishop of a church getting married was a major event. This could only be seen on the Main Plane once every umpteen years. If he did not make big news out of it, would he be doing justice to himself? Would he be doing justice to Leon?
Imagine this, thousands of years later, when everything became history, would people still remember an ordinary wedding? Or would they remember an earth-shattering wedding?
Obviously, it would be the latter!
As a person, Leon was a little low-key. But being his boss, Sui Xiong felt that he had an obligation to help Leon leave his name in history. And it was not just leaving behind a biography of an emperor or king, general or minister, but also leaving behind many popular folktales. Then that would be considered perfect.
Was it not obvious when a few people would remember the achievements of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in ancient China as they fought battles throughout the length and breadth of the country? On the contrary, people like Shen Nong, who tasted a hundred types of herbs or Huangdi, who had 3,000 imperial concubines were widely known by all. The best way to be remembered by the future generations was to make big news out of such events!
He could not help laughing at the thought of this.
After a good laugh, he used his tentacles to scratch his head, feeling as though he had forgotten something.
What was it?
“Forget it! However major it is, it can’t be more important than our family’s brother’s wedding!” said Sui Xiong. He was an open-minded person, so he was able to toss anything that he could not remember to the back of his mind very quickly. Then, he focused his concentration on how he should design Leon’s wedding.
As for the Goddess of Wealth, who was filled with worry over whether the merchant party and aristocratic party would really fight… Sui Xiong had forgotten all about it.
Most artists’ ways of thinking followed a single-thread model. Even becoming a jellyfish was no exception.