Chapter 337 - Additional Family

The wedding between the Homura and Kazehaya Houses was just a simple process. After all, Kazehaya Gin and Homura Emi were just registering their marriage just like Ryuu and Alinea did a week before. The real wedding wouldn't happen until after their important task was finished, however, that was not reason enough not to make this event special.

Not long after the bride entered, she and the groom approached the table where they signed the documents presented by the mayor and the officials one by one. It didn't even take fifteen minutes to complete everything, including snippets of good words from the officiating people.

Soon, the small "ceremony" finished without a further hiccup. The group, along with the officials returned to the Cedar Palace where the small private fete was prepared for them. Even if the celebration was not open to outsiders saved for the mayor and the others, there were more people this time compared to the Koutaishidenka's wedding since the Kazehaya House had come from Hakone.

"Hey," Kazehaya Gin called out as he guided Emi towards his family.

Kazehaya Kirio stood at the side, silently watching the party with Kazehaya Aoi next to him. As soon as they saw the groom approaching, both father and son beamed.

"Big Brother!"Aoi called.

In spite of the stoic face, he usually wore. Aoi loved and followed his older sibling. Their father, whom Gin initially thought didn't care for him equally had on a gentle expression as they arrived.

"Gin – I mean Lord Stribog," Kazehaya Kirio corrected himself in embarrassment.

It was very obvious that the Master Kazehaya longed for his son, but his recently discovered status as a Returner to Ancestry made him hesitate. He looked confused and didn't know how to act with him.

Gin saw his predicament and sighed but the smile of his face never left. He took Emi and pushed her towards Kirio. "Father, this is Emi," he said, making the older man's eyes misty with unshed happy tears.

Initially, he thought that since Gin was a Returner to Ancestry, their newly formed bond would grow cold, as deities rarely treat their mortal families as their real ones. Kirio was so sure that his relationship with his eldest would become stale like the relationship between the Koutaishidenka and his parents who chose to retire somewhere far away.

But no.

Here was his eldest son, Gin, presenting him with his new bride. Kirio looked gratefully at his son and opened his arms to receive his new daughter.

"Emi…" he called out fondly and the girl didn't hesitate to step into his embrace.

"Father," she called, and she smiled at her husband's approving gaze.

"I'm so happy for you. You finally found someone who you really, really love among the beauties you've dallied with, brother," Aoi commented as he patted his older brother on the shoulder.

"And what do you exactly mean by that, you brat?"

Unlike Kirio, Aoi didn't seem to be much affected by Gin's divine status.

"Exactly what it meant, big brother," Aoi told him with an unusual meaningful smile aimed to bully his older sibling. "It was painful to see you going through a parade of women because you're too scared to confess to the one you truly like."

"You…"Gin was dumbfounded.

He realized, he was the only one in the Homura House who thought that he had hidden his feelings towards Emi well.

"Don't worry little brother, I will make him pay for that," Emi promised, making her husband groan amidst laughter.

"Do hold back a little on the punishment, daughter. The boy only became like that because he thought his case was hopeless," Kazehaya Kirio told the bride fondly.

"I'm so glad that it all worked out in the end."

In spite of the tragedies that happened, it was always a parent's wish to see his child happy.

Also…

"I'm glad that you're still my son," Kirio told Gin honestly. "Even though I was so happy that you ended up being a Returner to Ancestry, I was scared that you would no longer be our family."

"What are you talking about father? Didn't I give you a new daughter just now?" Gin teased, and then remembered something else. "Come to think of it, you shouldn't complain! Aside from a new daughter, I even gave you a new son!"

Kirio's eyes widened upon remembering this fact. How in the world did he ever forget about Perun? It might be because he nearly fainted upon learning that his son, Gin, was the Wind God Stribog and that the other twin, the King of Heaven Perun was also there just last night.

And that they were now registered as his twin sons…

"Where is brother, by the way? I should introduce him to you as well," Gin murmured as he scanned the place for his twin.

He spotted him almost immediately as his brother was as tall as him. Only Ivan was taller than both of them. Perun stood next to Alinea, who stood in between him and a stunned Suzuki Aki.

It seemed his brother was occupied with something at the moment.

Funny. Just as Kazehaya Gin and Kazehaya Aoi gained an additional brother, Suzuki Aki had to deal with a huge change as well. The poor guy must be having another shock right now. After all, he was not meeting Alinea's "brother" from the other world, but her actual father.

"There's no need to disturb His Highness, Perun," Kazehaya Kirio said nervously, and Gin shook his head at his father.

"In this world, Perun is Kazehaya Sora, my elder twin. You are his father now, so you can disturb him anytime you want," Gin told him matter-of-factly. "However, this time, I do agree that it's not a good time to call him over."

Kazehaya Kirio, Aoi, Gin, and Emi looked at the man in question who seemed to be in a deep discussion with Alinea and the others. Indeed, additional family members needed time to be introduced and such was truer in Suzuki Aki, who was a mortal's case.