During this period, weddings began to show some signs of what would come in later generations.

They started to become larger and more grandiose.

It is important to know that from the Ancient Tomb Era to the Nara Era, the prevalent form of marriage on this land was "visiting marriages," a result of the matriarchal society. Specifically, the couple lived apart, with each residing in their respective parents' homes. The man would sneak into the woman's home at night, leaving as early as the next morning or staying for several days.

The children would live with the mother, while the man was responsible for providing for the wife and children.

By the Heian Era, there were new changes, and even the nobles began to experiment with some later elements of free love. Men would write love letters and poems to women to court them. If a positive response was received, the man could quietly visit the woman's residence to live with her.

When time moved to the Kamakura Era, with the establishment of the feudal system, the concept of "patriarchy" became increasingly strong. The samurai class began to replace the nobles as the central power on the political stage. More and more women started to move to the man's home after marriage to live with their husbands.

Starting from the Muromachi period and continuing to the current period, marrying into the husband's family gradually became the mainstream form of marriage. Especially during the turbulent Warring States Era, powerful samurai forged alliances through marriage to expand their influence and curb strong adversaries.

As a result, political marriages became popular among samurai families, and the corresponding wedding ceremonies also changed.

For instance, changing outfits during the wedding, giving gifts to participating relatives and friends, visiting the bride's family after marriage, and so on—these marriage customs began to take shape.

Based on the "Fox's Marriage" ability and the "Counterpart Country" level large-scale ceremony, Miss Fox Spirit could actually make various adjustments to customize the wedding process according to her wishes. However, she chose to go with the flow, only modifying a few details.

For example, making the wedding attire more beautiful, resembling the style of a phoenix crown and ceremonial robe, more in line with her aesthetic standards…

For example, ensuring the wedding process had more ritualistic feel, rather than merely having the bride bring her dowry over, with the groom and relatives and friends toasting and giving blessings to conclude the ceremony…

And some other details, and so on.

Everything was so natural that people affected didn't feel anything was wrong. They accepted these "settings" without any difficulty and even instinctively felt it was supposed to be this way, even happily believed a lot of the preparations were actually arranged with their help.

"Come, have a drink..."

"Today is a truly great day..."

"Hic, again, again, I'm not drunk, not drunk… hey, how can you cheat like this, turning into two people to drink with me? Isn't that unfair to me..."

The outer city was a sea of joy. However, only a few invited people could enter the wedding venue; they were from the Mino and Owari families. It was just a bit awkward because the number of people wasn't too many, making it not very grand or lively.

According to customs at the time, female guests should have been accompanied by their brothers or relatives. However, it was clear that Nobunaga would not take such a risk, so the delegation from Owari only had reasonably ranked people.

As for Mino... um, members of the Saito Family were killed off one by one recently by the old guy, and then suppressed again by Gu Mo.

Though some still remained, it wasn't to the point of extinction, nor was it so severe as to have an immediate shortage, but also not many could hold up the scene. Moreover, it was after all the Saito Family, and Gu Mo was not marrying in, so naturally, it wouldn't be considered his main family.

That's basically it, so the people present weren't many, just the delegation from Owari and the newly trained team under Gu Mo in Mino.

Besides them, there were people like Minamoto no Yoshiie and Abe no Seimei.

After all, even Gu Mo was affected by the power of the Fox's Marriage, so naturally, their paper puppet clone status could not escape either... Perhaps it was fortunate the old guy wasn't present and hasn't returned yet? Though even if he were present, there certainly wouldn't be any special treatment.

He might even gladly participate in the celebrations, not feeling there was anything amiss, as this is exactly the result of Amaterasu's Authority used for such mischief.

"Thank you, thank you..."

"Hmm, thanks to your good words."

Dressed in festive wedding attire, full of smiles, he toasted with guests, listened to their blessings before the alcove, and Gu Mo remained exceptionally calm.

Indeed, there was nothing to fear anymore.

Having made up his mind, he was ready to grit his teeth and persevere to the end since he had already done everything he could... My true self is still in reality, and stuck over at Jupiter's Moon Europa. Even if I could leave, nothing could be done directly until Hiri returns.

At that time, it was too late, so he could only work within the current conditions.

Since it was not the Immortal Body Transformation of my true self, relying solely on this clone is impossible to confront the terrible effect of the Fox's Marriage directly... Moreover, based on his several tests, this ability's scale already covered an entire country, a testament to how meticulously Miss Tamamo no Mae prepared for this.

Since it was impossible to completely overwrite "reality," fundamentally changing this troublesome problem…

Then his choice left one path—since the trend could not be changed, why not make some commentary on the details—

He could not completely distort or even dismantle the fundamental laws of this phenomenon, but he could add a few supplementary rules on the direction Miss Tamamo no Mae composed.

Additionally, because Japan is ultimately a small country and Mino isn't too far from Kanazaki, he could utilize the advanced Power of Lies to influence, so during the moment of spacetime replacement, this originally occurring "result" happened within Inaba Mountain Castle by bringing back the sisters Hidechika from the timeline over 370 years ago.

As for Kikyo, even earlier than Ah Xiu and the others returned, his shadow persuaded them to go back first. However, he left a trace of Power on Hiri to ensure that the Demon Hunter Girl opened the Teleportation Gate twice in succession without realizing it...

To them, it seemed as if upon returning, they didn't directly return to the reality of the Moon Surface City.

But in fact, the instant they returned, they immediately opened the gate again. The two Teleportation Gates almost overlapped, making it nearly impossible to detect any transition gap. And because of the different Time Flow Speed, although it was just an instant of returning to reality, they opened the gate again right away, yet this time was enough for Ah Xiu and the shadow to return.

Thus, the only Dao Mark Hiri could sense and locate was here in the Warring States Era, so naturally, the gate would open directly to this place.

After completing these arrangements, Gu Mo could prepare the next plan... Since stopping this nonsense was no longer possible, he might as well escalate it further.

Such dangerous thoughts flashed through his mind, and the smile on his face grew even brighter.

At this moment, a commotion arose not far away as the crowd parted ways, yet it was the other half of the soul at the venue—the bride had arrived... What was peculiar was that the commotion came from several different directions, and the crowd in the hall also parted ways from several directions.

However, no one thought there was anything amiss; they continued smiling, talking, and laughing, their faces expressing heartfelt blessings and joy.

Sincerely offering praise, feeling joy with eagerness.

So beautiful.

......

Finally given up, huh...

Constantly monitoring the ritual, Miss Tamamo no Mae smiled radiantly with curved eyebrows and eyes full of joy.

She sensed the Power of Master ultimately calming down, no longer trying to disrupt the ritual, probably realizing that nothing could be done, finally accepting reality helplessly.

That's more like it! That's more like it! Master just needs to obediently be the prize, and I, Tama, will chase away all the Fox Elves, striving to be the most virtuous wife... As long as I am here, it's enough; the others are unnecessary.

Oh no, I'm so happy that I feel like singing a song...

Great success! Great success!

With such irrepressible excitement and immense joy, she even began planning how to flaunt back in the reality world and plead with Master to have a wedding in reality as well, inviting the parents to witness. Miss Tamamo no Mae, very demure, was led slowly into the hall by the maid.

She wore a splendid and regal Fengguanxiapei, primarily majestic and elegant, like a dazzling pearl, becoming the most dazzling focus in the hall... one of them.

Because on the other side, the crowd also made way for two paths.

Almost identical attire, the other two girls were also led out.

"..."

"..."

Even though everyone continued cheering and applauding from the bottom of their hearts, offering blessings, and the scene became more lively due to the brides' appearance, it seemed like the atmosphere should've been more intense, but it felt like the air froze for a moment.

It's got to be an illusion...

They subconsciously thought this, looked around, and found everyone was all smiles, so they instantly concluded that's exactly what it was—everyone thought the same thing; it must be their own illusion.

How, how is this possible? It must be that I'm doing this wrong...

Miss Tamamo no Mae looked shocked, as if facing doomsday, gazing incredulously at the opposite side.

The two "brides" opposite were also silent.

The black-haired girl had a blank expression, being led into the hall by maids, glancing around a bit, seemingly still not processing what exactly this was.

Moreover, she seemed quite uncomfortable and uneasy, wearing this splendid and grand Fengguanxiapei which felt unnatural. Being not very accustomed to wearing a kimono usually, let alone this regal and exquisitely crafted wedding attire, akin to a piece of art.

Wearing such beautiful clothes, I'm surely a misfit, they must be mocking me...

Lacking any self-awareness in this regard, the stunning and flamboyantly beautiful black-haired girl gently bit her lower lip, lowering her gaze to avoid observing others' expressions, feeling somewhat of a Versailles-type of inferiority complex inside...

As for the Witch—

She couldn't quite maintain her usual indifference either.

Even Kikyo's expression changed when facing this situation.