After kneeling and thanking the three Adepti, Cloud Retainer, Mountain Shaper, and Moon Carver, Miyashiro was finally able to take Shenhe back to his Regent's Office.
With that, amidst the cheers of the crowd, Miyashiro carried Shenhe on his back and walked step by step out of the gates of the Liyue Embassy. When the onlookers outside finally caught sight of the Regent's wife dressed in her finery, a wave of enthusiastic applause and cheers erupted from the crowd.
Beside the Liyue Embassy, a luxurious, panoramic carriage had long been prepared. It was designed to offer a 360-degree, unobstructed view, allowing the crowds lining the streets to see the figure of Shenhe, the Regent's wife.
Miyashiro carefully placed Shenhe from his back onto the seat of the carriage, and then sat down beside her.
At this moment, the onlookers noticed something amiss. Why were there no horses pulling the front of the carriage? Hmm? Could the staff have been negligent?
Just as everyone was still puzzled, a sharp-eyed spectator suddenly pointed to the sky and shouted, "Look! Up there, there's something in the sky."
Everyone followed the voice and looked up at the sky. Today, Inazuma was sunny and cloudless; even if there had been clouds, they would have dissipated under the divine power of Miyashiro and the Shogun.
The crowd immediately spotted something strange. A black shadow appeared in the sky, falling and growing larger. The landing spot seemed to be near the carriage where the Regent and his wife were located.
As the black shadow grew larger, the crowd gradually made out its form. It was actually a giant dragon, and a pure-blooded fire-element dragon at that!
That's right, this giant dragon was none other than the true form of The Dragon Ursa, which had been captured by Miyashiro and gifted to Sara.
The appearance of this giant dragon shocked the foreign tourists present, especially those from Mondstadt, causing quite a commotion. Those foreign tourists immediately fell into chaos, wanting to flee the area, whereas the locals of Inazuma appeared quite calm about it.
A tourist from Mondstadt asked a local nearby, "That's a giant dragon! Why aren't you running?"
The local retorted, "Why should we run? That giant dragon is a malevolent dragon from Mondstadt that the Regent captured when he visited on a diplomatic mission, and then he gifted it to our Lady Sara of the Tenryou Commission."
Upon hearing this answer, the foreign tourists were stunned, saying, "Such a rare and powerful dragon was just given away like that? Your Regent is truly extravagant."
The local looked at them as if they were fools and said, "Outsiders, calm down. Don't be so ignorant. Have you not inquired about the surname of our head of the Tenryou Commission? It's Uchiha! She is family with our Regent, and it is said that Lady Sara is also one of the Regent's women. Giving things to his own woman is just moving things from his left hand to his right. You really haven't seen the world."
This was truly unfair to them. After all, in their own countries, they had basically never even seen a giant dragon, let alone captured or even slain one. It was nothing like Inazuma, where they boiled dragon bones into soup for free distribution and captured dragons. What was going on? Did that Regent have a special affection for the dragon race?
The next scene was even more explosive. After landing, this Adeptus-level giant dragon did not display any ferocity or roar wildly.
Under Miyashiro's gaze, it obediently folded its dragon wings, then carefully took the tow ropes from the carriage and, looking aggrieved, tied them to its own body. Thus, the first true Dragon Carriage of Teyvat was born!
When The Dragon Ursa actually began to slowly pull the dragon carriage before everyone's eyes, not only the foreign tourists but even the locals of Inazuma were shocked beyond belief.
Using a giant dragon to pull a carriage was something that, if it were in any other country, would definitely be seen as a fantasy, and they would be sent to a mental hospital. Yet, unexpectedly, in Inazuma, it had actually become a reality.
Just like that, The Dragon Ursa carefully pulled the carriage, carrying Miyashiro and Shenhe, and left the Liyue Embassy amidst the gasps of the onlookers.
The route for the dragon carriage parade had been designed long ago. It was not a direct path to the Regent's Office, but rather a tour around Inazuma City, allowing Miyashiro and Shenhe on the dragon carriage to receive the blessings of all the people of Inazuma and the foreign tourists.
The Dragon Ursa watched the humans, whom it had considered food for thousands of years, pointing and gesturing at it, yet it dared not harbor even a shred of resistance in its heart.
The scent of dragon bone soup still lingered throughout all of Inazuma. Especially along the way, Ursa saw with its own eyes the 'its own' bones being boiled in large pots, and the sight of the public queuing up to taste the dragon bone soup made The Dragon Ursa even more terrified.
It feared that the man sitting behind it might slay it just because it flapped its left wing first when taking off.
As for the dignity of a giant dragon, what could that possibly count for in the face of life and death? After all, the nature of The Dragon Ursa was to bully the weak and submit to the strong.
If it truly had the dignity of the dragon race, it would have been slain by Vennessa, the first Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, a thousand years ago, and would not have survived until now.
It was precisely because of The Dragon Ursa's shameless nature that it took the matter of pulling the carriage for Miyashiro in stride. Gradually, it began to grow ostentatious because of the crowd's cheers, mistakenly thinking that it also deserved credit for the public's reaction.
Even while pulling the carriage, it wore a look of triumphant arrogance. However, the more ostentatious it appeared, the more it highlighted the extraordinary nature of Miyashiro and Shenhe, who were sitting on the imperial carriage.
Facing the cheers of the crowd, Miyashiro and Shenhe, sitting on the dragon carriage, maintained professional smiles, quietly responding to everyone's blessings and displaying a composed demeanor. Yet, this very calm attitude left a deep impression on the people of Inazuma and the foreign tourists, causing their expectations for Inazuma to soar.
After nearly two hours of parading through the streets, The Dragon Ursa finally pulled the newlyweds, Miyashiro and Shenhe, back to the entrance of the Regent's Office at the designated time.
The Dragon Ursa, which had just been acting arrogant, instantly became like a wilted stray dog the moment it entered the entrance of the Regent's Office. It lowered its head, not daring to look straight ahead, because it felt several gazes that posed a lethal threat to it, all fixed firmly upon it.
Lord Barbatos, the Anemo Archon, Lord Morax, the Geo Archon, Beelzebul, Buer, Azhdaha, the Grand Narukami Shrine Guuji, the Vigilant Yaksha, Madame Ping, Cloud Retainer, Moon Carver, and Mountain Shaper—all combatants of Adeptus-level and above were already in position near the Regent's Office.
The proceedings of this wedding were finally about to enter the main event stage.
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