Royal Magic Academy Festival Grounds, Still Somehow Standing. The second day of the school festival dawned in a blaze of banners, budget fireworks, and marital dread.
Rei staggered out of the infirmary with a daisy in one hand and a vague sense of doom in the other.
"Maybe today won't be that—" Rei murmured.
Then a bell chimed and suspiciously it was a wedding-like bell.
"Oh no," Rei whispered. "She wouldn't."
But she can, she would and she did. In Front of the Great Hall –
"Marry Me Now" Mass Wedding Pavilion Constructed overnight by cultists wearing veils and suspicious smiles, Lilia's booth stood five times taller than any other. It was white and it was glowing.
And it had a banner that read:
"Limited-Time Matrimonial Offer: Sign Here, Receive an Eternal Soul Bond! With cupcakes."
A choir of enchanted doves flew in a perfect heart-shaped formation overhead.
Rei stared in horror. "This isn't a booth. This is a religious uprising."
