Today Is My Wedding Day.
SIR LOU VANZEN, IN FRONT OF THE GRAND SUN-
TAKING CHARLES COURTNEY AS YOUR PARTNER,
DO YOU VOW TO OFFER UNCHANGING LOVE FOR ALL YOUR DAYS?"
YES, I DO.
Lord Lou, Please don't go ~~
AND YOU, LADY CHARLES COURTNEY,
"WITH THE SAME WEIGHT AS SIR VANZEN'S VOW,
DO YOU SWEAR TO TAKE HIM AS YOUR ETERNAL PARTNER?"
WHAT MUST IT FEEL LIKE TO LIVE WITH LORD LOU?
DIDN'T HE EXPAND HIS BUSINESS INTO THE RAILWAY SECTOR LAST TIME TOO?
YES...
I SWEAR.
I'VE BEEN ROBBED OF LORD LOU...
TO THINK LORD LOU IS GETTING MARRIED...
ANYONE WOULD THINK I'D STOLEN THE NATION'S GREATEST TREASURE.
... THEY PROBABLY COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE.
JUST HOW DANGEROUS A MAN SIR LOU VANZEN,
KNOWN AS THE EMPIRE'S JEWEL, TRULY IS.
WELL, THEN, NOW FOR THE KISS OF VOWS.
WHAT?!
Come on.
JUST WAIT.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE MARRYING BECAUSE WE LIKE EACH OTHER, SO JUST PRETEND TO DO IT.
IF YOU ACTUALLY DO IT, I'LL KILL YOU.
Whisper
HUH...?
WH-WHAT ARE YOU...?
OH MY, JUST LOOK AT LORD LOU!
HOW BOLD OF HIM.
HE MUST REALLY BE HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE!
HOW COULD THAT POSSIBLY BE?
IN THE FIRST PLACE, THAT JERK AND I
ONLY ENTERED INTO A SHAM MARRIAGE!
...IN LOVE, MY FOOT!!
...ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO,
THE HOLY KINGDOM'S GUARDIAN HEADQUARTERS
HEH...
HEH-HEH- HEH-HEH...
Why is he acting like that?
Just ignore him today.
FINALLY, I'M NUMBER ONE IN PERFORMANCE FOR THIS QUARTER...!!!!
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE I STARTED WORKING AS A GUARDIAN AGENT!
UNDER THE TYRANNY OF NUMBER ONE 'LOUVANDES',
JUST HOW MUCH HUMILIATION HAVE I SUFFERED ALL THIS TIME...!
[THE GUARDIANS], THE HOLY KINGDOM'S OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION.
FORMED AFTER THE WAR WITH THE EMPIRE 15 YEARS AGO, IT IS, SO TO SPEAK, A SPY AGENCY.
AND I, 'SHARAN', BELONGING TO THAT PLACE, HAD BEEN CARRYING OUT MY MISSIONS WITH OUTSTANDING RESULTS.
THE SINGLE OBSTACLE BLOCKING MY PATH...
GUARDIAN PERFORMANCE NUMBER ONE, 'LOUVANDES ELEONOR'
SHARAN. CONFIRMED IN SECOND PLACE AGAIN, I SEE. I'LL BE HEADING OUT FIRST ~
SECOND PLACE AGAIN, SHARAN. GREAT WORK!
IT WAS THE WEARYING, TIRESOME TAG OF ETERNAL SECOND PLACE.
AGAIN...?
THAT BASTARD LOUVANDES ALWAYS BEATS ME OUT TO TAKE FIRST PLACE!!
ACTUALLY, EVEN THIS FIRST PLACE WAS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE LOUVANDES WAS AWAY ON ASSIGNMENT, BUT
WHAT DOES IT MATTER? FIRST IS FIRST.
May you never return for the rest of eternity...
ANYWAY...
WHY ON EARTH DID THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR CALL FOR ME?
Heh-heh...
IS HE GOING TO CONGRATULATE ME ON TAKING FIRST PLACE IN PERFORMANCE ~?
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, SHARAN COMING IN ~
WELL, NOW! LOOK WHO IT IS!
ISN'T IT SHARAN, THE GUARDIAN'S ACE AGENT AND THE ONE WHO SEIZED FIRST PLACE THIS QUARTER?!
GUARDIAN DEPUTY DIRECTOR 'ORMOND'
COME OVER HERE! AGENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO STAY OFF THE DRINK,
BUT ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, WE HAVE TO TOAST OUR SUCCESS!
WHAT'S THIS? WHAT'S WITH THE UNUSUAL FUSS COMPARED TO USUAL?
He even has wine ready.
CALLING ME SUDDENLY AND PUTTING ON THIS UNCHARACTERISTIC ACT MEANS...
DEPUTY DIRECTOR. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR ME TO DO, JUST SAY SO.
NOW, AGENT SHARAN.
DO I LOOK LIKE A BOSS WHO ONLY PRAISES HIS SUBORDINATES WHEN HE HAS TO WORK FOR THEM?
YES.
ACTUALLY, THAT'S SPOT ON. SIT DOWN.
I GENUINELY HOLD YOUR ABILITIES IN HIGH REGARD.
THAT IS WHY THERE IS A TASK I WANT TO ENTRUST TO YOU.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO AGENT I'M AS CONFIDENT IN AS YOU TO PULL THIS OFF.
WELL, I AM PRETTY GOOD AT WHAT I DO. SO WHAT IS THE MISSION?
YOU KNOW THAT AGENT LOUVANDES IS AWAY, DON'T YOU?
YES. I ONLY HEARD IT WAS A LONG-TERM ASSIGNMENT.
HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE 'EMPIRE'.
TO FIND THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE HOLY RELIC.
A HOLY RELIC...?
THE HOLY KINGDOM'S HOLY RELIC.
A DIVINE ARTIFACT SAID TO HAVE BEEN GIFTED BY THE PRIMORDIAL GOD TO THE PRIMORDIAL POPE,
IT WAS PLUNDERED IN THE WAR AGAINST THE EMPIRE 15 YEARS AGO...
AN ITEM THE HOLY KINGDOM DESPERATELY STRIVES TO GET BACK AND THE EMPIRE HAS NO INTENTION OF RETURNING.
MISSION DETAILS AREN'T EVEN SHARED AMONG COMRADES AS A RULE,
YET TELLING ME EVEN SUCH CRUCIAL PARTS...
JUST HOW SERIOUS OF A PROBLEM HAS ARISEN THAT-
AS YOU KNOW, AGENT LOUVANDES IS QUITE GOOD-LOOKING.
AH, YES... WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING ALL OF A SUDDEN...?
HE IS CURRENTLY PLAYING THE NOBLE IN THE EMPIRE UNDER THE NAME 'LOU VANZEN',
AND DUE TO HIS LOOKS, IT SEEMS REQUESTS FOR COURTSHIP ARE ENDLESS.
IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE IT INTERFERED WITH THE MISSION, SO HE ENDED UP LYING THAT HE HAD A FIANCEE.
......UM?
REQUESTS TO SEE THE FIANCEE POURED IN,
SO HE EVEN WENT AHEAD AND SAID THEY WERE GETTING MARRIED SOON...
AND SO?
THE CONCLUSION IS THIS, AGENT SHARAN.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WILL NEED TO GO AND MARRY AGENT LOUVANDES.
WHAT??
MARRY LOUVANDES...??!
THAT'S ABSURD, DEPUTY DIRECTOR! AREN'T THERE OTHER AGENTS?!
EVERYONE KNOWS YOU AND AGENT LOUVANDES ARE CLOSE,
AND NATURALLY, CLOSE ACQUAINTANCES STICKING TOGETHER WILL KEEP YOU FROM GETTING CAUGHT.
Huh?!!
WE ARE NOT CLOSE! NOT AT ALL, NOT EVEN 1%, WE ARE NOT CLOSE!
Sharon? They're besties.
STRANGE. AGENT LOUVANDES EXPLICITLY SAID THAT YOU WERE THEIR CLOSEST FRIEND.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS! THAT JERK IS.......!!
HE DEFINITELY SINGLED ME OUT ON PURPOSE...!!
ANYWAY, I'VE DECIDED TO SEND YOU, SO HURRY ALONG AND GO PREPARE.
BUT...!
DEPUTY DIRECTOR!
I CANNOT,
ABSOLUTELY CANNOT DO THIS MISSION!!
IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THAT GUY!
IT'S BECAUSE LOUVANDES, THAT OBSERVANT JERK,
IS SUSPECTING THAT
I AM THE EMPIRE'S 'DOUBLE AGENT'...!!
On their wedding day, as Lou Vanzen and Charles Courtney exchange their vows, the bride furiously resists the forced bridal kiss. Six months earlier: Guard agent Sharan is celebrating first place when Deputy Director Ormond summons her. She is ordered to marry her rival Lou Vandes — who is operating in the Empire under the name Lou Vanzen — as his fake fiancée. Sharan is horrified, because Lou Vandes suspects her of being the Empire's double agent.
