Chapter 229 - 229 Another Ceremony Taken Care Of

Inside the box was the female royal scepter. It was silver in colour and was roughly sixty inches or a hundred and fifty-two centimetres. She held it out and looked at the design on the staff. It had intricate designs all the way down. There were symbols etched in the staff and Yuki looked at the bottom. At the bottom of the staff, it had a ball and a ruby inside the ball. "This is stunning." She looked at the top and it was shaped like a crown. There was a black diamond heart at the top that was sitting there and it sparkled in the light.

Cedric pulled the item out of the box and it was the royal sword. It was the same silver colour. Along the hilt, there was black leather. The sheath for the sword was covered in the same intricate designs. The sheath had small black diamonds embedded in it and at the bottom of the hilt, there was a ruby that was caged in a silver cage, one that matched the scepter. Cedric clicked it to his belt then stepped back and quickly pulled the sword from the sheath. He swiped the sword right and left and turned thrusting the sword. He then stopped and looked at the blade. It was engraved. On one side it said 'Blood for the royal family'. While on the other side it said 'Long live the king and Queen'. He held it up to Yuki for her to see.

Yuki held the scepter in her left hand and then took the sword in her right as she looked at Cedric. "Kneel before me please." She watched as he complied and she took a step back. She took the sword and tapped his right shoulder then the left shoulder. Cedric for the Okami clan, you were always supposed to be the one that is to join the Delacroix tree. Now comes the time where you start your journey to ascend the crown." Yuki lifts the sword up and stabs it into his stomach. The sword starts to glow red as Cedric's blood runs down the sword. She pulls the sword and licks the blood that ran down her hand. The sword that was covered in blood pulses and the blood evaporates.

Cedric unclipped the sheath from his pants and held it out. He wounds where hissing shut as the demon blood took over.

Yuki puts the sword back into the sheath. "Welcome to the Delacroix family, Cedric Delacroix." She smiled and let him hold onto the sword.

Cedric stood up and looked at the sword that Yuki was now offering him. He took the sword and clipped it onto his pants once again. "I like the sound of that." He stepped forward and kissed her. "Only a few more things and we will be able to be officially recognized as husband and wife."

Ivy clapped her hands. "As the guardian, I would like to congratulate you both. There is something that I need to give to each of you but it must be down where the other cannot see. This is of course a tradition." She bowed and waited to see what they would say.

"As long as I am not far from Yuki I will allow it. Be far I mean outside the door." Cedric glares at Ivy but knows that he will get as he wants.

"Yes, of course! I would not even think about separating the two from you. I am merely a bearer of gifts." Ivy smiles and starts to walk down the hall. "Please follow me."

Yuki smiled and followed Ivy and Held onto Cedric's hand. "The sword is part of the ceremony so you must wear in on the wedding day or so my mind keeps saying."

"Yes, I know. I remember that is part of the ceremony. You did well without the memories of what to do." Cedric held out hi shand. "I like that I am finally a Delacroix, it has been something Luna and Ryan wanted."

Yuki took his hand and smiled, "I can see that. For the memories when they locked your memories and it happened to me I can tell that they cared about you greatly. If they had left you with the memories I can tell that you wouldn't have stopped hunting for me."

"No, you are correct I would've done everything within my powers to find you. Now that I have my memories I see why they did what they did but it doesn't make me any happier. I will explain what I can. You know that Aunt hates you. There are all sorts of people that are after you and there are a lot that just want the title 'King of Night'. I am not like that. I could care less about that title. I am going to be sending the bodyguards and Claude on a recon mission. There is a group that will come after you. I will take them out but we will use them as sacrifices in the ceremony."

"I see. Well, that is good that we can use them in the ceremony. The reason I remember the ceremony is because I had it drilled in my head since I was able to read. I will not forget it at all. Also, if anyone was to object they would turn against the new King and Queen so to show that we were above the opposite gender is supposed to kill them. If it is a Male I am to kill them and if it is female my chosen partner, in this case, you are to kill them. It shows that it will take nobody's shit." Yuki looked at him and smiled.

Cedric let out a sigh, "I am glad that you know about this. It is not easy to go through all that information. I am glad that I do not need to explain it to you. So the sacrifices are going to be a whole clan The blood ranging from old to young I think that is the best. I will use the sword that you have gifted to me, Love." Cedric stopped and cupped her cheeks and kissed her on the lips gently. "I am finally of your clan."

Ivy stopped in front of the door and looked at the couple. 'I am so lucky that I lived and got to do my duties. They are both amazing. I will do all that I can to help them out.' She watched as they kissed and stared into each other's eyes. 'Luna, they love each other so deeply.'

Cedric stared into her eyes and after he saw her blush he let her go. "Ivy is waiting for us. I do not mind an audience but I am sure that you do not want her to see just how far I am willing to take things."

Yuki took a step back and walked over to Ivy. His face was bright red, "Sorry for the wait Ivy."

"No worries at all Yuki. You can make me wait for as long as you want. A perk to being a queen. You are never late, everyone else is early. I will take Yuki into the room first Cedric and you can scan the hallway. That way when she comes into the room you will know that she is safe." Ivy held out her hand to Yuki.

"I will be inside the room. I will be safe with my people here. I trust them." Yuki kissed Cedric's cheek then went into the room and the door closed. Yuki looked at the barren room and looked at Ivy. "What is it here that is needed for me to be separated from Cedric?"

Ivy bent down and touched the floor and a door opened. Ivy led Yuki into the room to the screen that was on the wall. Ivy picked up a tape and placed it in the player and Luna popped on the screen. "Testing testing. Darlin, is it recording?"

Ryan's laughter was heard, "It is Love. The red light means that it is recording. You might want to start talking, our daughter is waiting."

"Yuki, our dear sweet girl. I am glad that you are starting to remember your love. Ivy must have noticed and that is why you are here. I am sure that you are concerned about why we did what we did but baby there was no other choice. Between all the clans trying to kidnap you, we had to take away the memories and make sure that you became a slave. You were right in front of everyone but they could not see you. They are fools and I will not care about them." Luna starts going off subject.

"Luna…." There was a warning in his voice.

"Okay, okay, sorry... I am just a little emotional. Max did a lot of evil things to your chosen partner and we decided that it was time to intervene. Cedric took that pain and suffering for you, Baby. No matter how much it hurt he just let it happen. When We finally learned of this it was too late Hestia and Asmoday both suffered as well. In the future, you will save a soul that will free Asmoday and Cedric. I am not sure how long in the future it will be but It is important that you do not turn down helping that little girl. It will not be hard to see who it is. You will know instantly." Luna nodded her head and took the camera from Ryan.