The Promise Ceremony

Inside the Beast King’s Residence, Ethan and Lily sat together with the young lady sitting on Ethan’s lap with her head resting on his shoulder.

The battle ended an hour ago, and everyone was being served refreshments before they started to talk about something very important.

Lily’s mother, Leah, looked at her husband with a solemn expression. However, Seff held her hand, and gave it a light squeeze.

“It’s fine,” Seff said before shifting his gaze to his soon to be son-in-law.

Gilbert had the same expression as Leah, especially after he heard Joanne’s introduction to her in-laws.

“My name is Joanne Valentin.”

The family name, Valentin, was something that not many people dared to use because it was a name that had caused people many hardships in the past.

Even those who were born with that family name chose to change it, so that they wouldn’t be implicated by the notoriety that it carried.