“If you have not changed your mind about getting married, then I propose to return to the hall and complete the registration,” the prince interrupted our idyll, shifting from foot to foot.

It was written on his face that, on the one hand, he was very happy for the newlyweds, but on the other, he was very sorry that Kai was next to me, and not him. Apparently, such a cognitive dissonance happened to him for the first time, and this greatly knocked the prince out of balance.

“Yes, we must hurry,” Kai replied, throwing a worried look at the pinkish sun, and once again picked me up in his...