"What world is this? Why does everyone keep on forcing me to marry someone I don't even know and that too with three of them" Jarul Light was scooted in her small room with tears streaming down from her beautiful dark golden brown eyes where moon rays landed on a part of her face as she was mumbling on a chilly night.
Jarul is a kind girl with a soft heart she has short light golden hair with light wheat colored skin tone, she tends to help everyone with everything she could buy her power and one unfortunate day her parents died in an accident then she got no other choice but to go to his uncle's house.
Even though her uncle Jerm seems to be a thoughtful one he can't go against his beloved wife because if his wife abandoned him he could only turn into a stray and die of loneliness. In this world due to female scarcity they are more like the rulers.
Uncle Jerm taking Jarul with him was itself a suicidal attempt yet his wife let her stay in their nearby cottage just to use for household and any other labour works like slaves.
In the Angels troupe only female with golden aura gets to own a high level angel companion rest of them were divided among lower level like keepers and alchemists since they don't possess wings.
Among those angels only white winged angels are considered nobles rather different shades are commoners.
Jarul was happy to work as a slave after all three meals were luxury for her and she cooks well and even uncle Jerm wife used to eat her food from time to time. One day Jarul accidentally spilled a juice jar on her aunt Ian's luxurious dress in a sheer amount of exhaustion by overwork but her aunt was merciless then hit her pretty badly and poor Jarul she didn't know that was the start of her hell time.
After that however Jarul tried to sooth her Aunt Ian mind the people who are envious of her always lead her to a trouble and their petty tricks got succeeded and now her aunt was completely adamant on throwing away Jarul.
At first she was only thinking about how to send away Jarul but due to her fellow lady friends brainwashing she planned on selling her own niece without her husband Jerm or Jarul knowing.
"Jarul how long are you going to be my worker don't you feel like you need to start a new life?" Aunt Ian asked Jarul
"Why is the rush aunt I am just 27" Jarul clenched her faded skirt asking in a low trembling voice.
Indeed 27 isn't a big age for angles after all they live for almost 150 years.
"Still I feel so sad, Jarul when I was your age I got five husbands but look at you I hope you would at least get one but the law states every female should have at least three husbands otherwise they will be turned into a slave as well" Aunt Ian reasoned with Jarul in a sad tone yet her head was filled with complete maliciousness of acquiring the entire wealth for herself.
In Angels troupe gold was a tremendous assert and they can be only obtained from mining, hard labour work and there are beast stones too which are filled with magical sources depending upon how much time the beast has lived upon the land so it is also valuable for exchanging gold.
Without Jarul's knowledge aunt Ian informed her lady friends to spread the rumour saying whomever is willing to pay 100 gold will be wedded to Jarul.
Many Angels, Keepers and Alchemist were still single on the commoners level and not to mention there are some defective ones even though they were born in the nobility due to their lack of white colour. Some will never find a wife because of their sinner batch and all the families holding female children were considered wealthy even if they are commoners.
The commoners or sinners would only get to buy a wife with money that too if they are lucky enough because the female should accept them otherwise any amount of money won't match at all.
Some days later aunt Ian was able to get the highest three bidders the first one was Grey with 150 gold and the second one was Astra with 135 gold and the third was Chara with 130 gold. Well I thought she would at least fetch 200 gold but looks like that's all she could pull out aunt Ian snickered to herself.
Aunt Ian forgot something to get 1 gold the respective person has to work for an entire month and after an entire expense the particular person can only collect 10 gold coins and if they went to hunt they would need twenty beast stone for one gold coin so for a person to earn 100 gold will be their 10 years worth hardwork or he must be so strong to slay 1000 of beasts.
Aunt Ian's aim was to get as rich as possible by selling Jarul but her friends only thought of disposing of her to the commoners and make her life even more miserable hence they spread the information to the commoners alone and didn't inform the nobilities at all because if nobles were to hear of this exchange then Jarul will get a wealthy husband and they could also buy her with 200 gold as aunt Ian expected.
As for Jarul's acceptance aunt Ian only needed to fake her health and if it isn't gonna work on her then she would gladly threaten Jarul by saying she will abandon Jerm after all she wouldn't want her uncle to suffer so much.
The day of marriage
"Jarul how long are you gonna sleep dear today is your wedding ceremony" aunt Ian slammed my door gently and I opened it revealing myself with the best outfit I could wear cause other than those two old frocks I only have the house slave uniform.
"Let's go" i gave her a light smile because i was greatful that I got three meals a day to fill my stomach and she was able to find me a husband rather than to be thrown out as a slave. Poor Jarul, she didn't know her aunt had already done a back door deal to sell her and she even coveted all her betrothal money for herself.
In the Angels area the weddings aren't a grand setup only the respective parties were met and a spell will be cast upon them after that they will find a new place to start their newly married life.
It is a powerful spell so only a 90 years experienced caster could perform it upon the female cause if anything goes wrong anyone could get hurt by the spell and in a worst case scenario they could even die.
Jarul was walking beside her aunt Ian and whether she was interested in it or not she had to marry them because aunt Ian said she was affected with a deadly sickness and needed a lot of money and at the time these three angels were kind enough to provide it to her on behalf of the marriage.
Jarul walked mindlessly and stood in front of her three soon to be husbands and didn't even bother to look up after all there is no point in even looking.
The caster angel cast the spell and here I am with three new husbands. Everything went well and aunt Ian and her friends seemed to be too happy about my marriage well whatever what's done is done i can't go back to being a single lady i thought and to my surprise aunt Ian gave me a document and whispered "Dear Jarul this is aunts special gift for you"
"what is it aunt Ian?" I asked her to be surprised cause no one has ever gifted me anything.
"Nothing much it is a land that i bought for you as the betrothal gift from my pain staking savings" aunt Ian lied through her teeth she barely spent 20 gold coins to buy a land beside the mountain area after all those are frequented by the complete beast which is dangerous for any lifeform.
"thank you aunt Ian" Jarul thanked her aunt and soon everyone left.
There wasn't even a final feast for my marriage only me and my three husbands were left alone.
The silence was killing me as well as my hunger cause I didn't get to eat my breakfast and it's already past noon.
"How long are you planning to stay?" a soft yet masculine voice called out to me
"... " I was so scared and didn't know what to do so I kept mum, as I stood still.
"I am talking to you only" he asked as crouching down to my face level and that's when I saw his pale face with light grey eyes and dark grey hair up to his shoulder length.
He looked so good but why would he have to marry a commoner like me I thought to myself and I was ashamed of myself cause the air around him seemed to be high class and frightening too.
"I umm.. " grrrr-.-.-mble... Before I could reply my stomach growled and I went stiff as a statue but the grey guy tried hard to control his laughter while keeping up his stern face image.
"I know a place to eat if it's okay with you all?" another stern masculine voice spoke up and i don't know who he is and I didn't dare to look up at them cause I am still afraid of them I would say so.
"anything is fine by me" grey guy agreed and I felt like I am getting drilled by thero looks yet I still kept silent and took a quick peak at my other husband well he was having a wavy pale golden locks with perfect cut and he also had dark honey coloured eyes staring right back at me did he saw me peaking at him I was worried instantly and nodded in agreement.
"okay" that golden guy accepted and took us all to a nearby livelihood to eat. I have seen this place before while taking errands but never dared to try anything because i always had work to do at my aunt's home.
"one chick" grey guy ordered.
"one lamb" gold guy ordered.
"one cup soup" another masculine yet there was a cheerful tone to it while speaking.
Again it's a big silence ... Now not only three but I got four eyes drilling holes in my head including the waiter.
"uh ..." what am I supposed to say I don't know what to ask for I have never done anything like this before.
"rice..?" i asked more like a form of doubt but the waiter seems to be even more puzzled yet he didn't say anything further as he nodded in acknowledgement then went away.
"wifey!" the masculine voice called out to me, since it was the first time someone was addressing me I got embarrassed in an instant and looked at him directly that's when I noticed he is also as pale as grey and golden guy but he has two different hair colours as if he is cut into half and half because the left side of him has light grey hair with blue eyes and the right side of him has golden brown hair with green eyes. I was astonished for a minute because I have never seen anyone like him.
"I believe you have never been out till now?" he asked me once again and that's when I realised I was being questioned about something yeah.. Then I quickly agreed "yes this is my first time eating outside" i replied to him with a bowed head cause i don't know what to do did I do something wrong.... Ah... Someone please tell me.. I was panicking internally but scared outwards.
"thought much" he replied and casually leaned on his chair. That's when i noticed the double guy was seated towards my right and gold was in my left and the grey was opposite to me.
Many were dining at that area and everyone was bustling talking with each other but our table alone was a stark contrast to them all because neither of us spoke with anyone and even air would freeze if it passed our table.
"Here is your order" the waiter placed a small plate well it looked kind of small when it was placed in front of grey due to his tall and masculine aura but that same plate would look big if it were to place in front of me and there rested a complete boiled bird with some liquid topping.
Another plate with various meat pieces were placed in front of the golden guy followed by a big bowl full of soup yet there were meat pieces in that too.
Finally a big bowl of rice mixed with meat was placed in front of me if I could say the bowl was as big as my face and I don't think I can eat it all what do I do? I was so perplexed while looking at the food.
"let's eat" the golden guy said and we started to eat in silence even though the rice was good on its own I couldn't eat that much and anymore of it I would puke it out but what to do will he scold me for leaving it so I took a few more glaces at the golden guy after all he paid for the food.
"what are you staring at me for ?" he asked me with a doubted look It looked like he too was lost.
"do you want to switch with me?" The grey guy asked me and I immediately nodded to his questioning then in a flash he took my bowl and placed a clean plate with just one chick leg piece left.
I looked at him in a puzzle did he really eat all those chick? or did he put it somewhere else? out of curiosity I even looked under the table too but nothing was found then glanced beside me it was the same case the soup was almost gone and the lamb it only had two more pieces left but how.. how did you all eat so much in a short time I was baffled by myself.
"if you don't like " the grey guy looked sad but I immediately encountered "no! I will eat it it's just ... Ah nothing i will eat" and took a bite of the chick he gave me it was so soft and good even though it was just boiling it was tasty. Seeing my surprised look he looked happy too but his face was still the same as stoick pale.
In the next minute both the golden guy and the double guy placed one meat on my plate saying "try this too" and I didn't think much about it and they looked intently as if their heads are gonna blow up. "alright" I agreed and took the piece nearer which was from the soup and ate it which had a liquid texture after eating raw foods the soup meat was soothing to the throat and unknowingly I let out a satisfied moan "mmmm..."
"he..he..he" the double guy smirked saying "this soup is also delicious give it a shot" as pushing his bowl towards me "okay I agreed" as I kept the bowl beside me and took the lamb for tasting how it was going to turn out.
"Tasty" I agreed and continued "but also spicy" as hurriedly drank the left over soup. I should say all the combinations were superb and if I could earn a little more I will definitely buy these dishes in the future.
"don't you like it?" now the golden guy looked sad.
"no! I actually liked it ... It was tasty" I agreed and somewhat the uneasiness as well as the nervousness subsided after the one meal.
"good" now the golden guy was also looking happy. I don't know what happened but when I looked around i saw everyone was taking a glance at us so I thought maybe my husband's pale beauty drew their attention.
The Grey guy paid the waiter in a pouch and I don't know how much it cost hence I took out my last silver coin to pay for the meal.
"you don't have to pay I have enough money for us" the grey guy said and I did as he told me to buy keeping the one and only silver coin inside the bag.
Once again silence filled upon our table as we all looked at each other well I should say those three were looking at me again did I mess up something I wanted to look at myself but how "is something wrong?" I asked in a light voice not knowing what to say to them.
"Where do you live wifey?" double guy asked me as plopping his head on his palm.
"I live with my aunt" I immediately replied to him.
"ah I see too bad you can't live there anymore right" he asked me back.
After some thought "indeed I can't live there anymore" i agreed then aunt's document came to my mind "hold on my aunt told me that she bought me a place as a gift what do you think about it?" I asked him to hand him out the location and the paper she gave me.
At first he was curious but later his smile went stiff as he tossed the papers towards the grey guy.
The Grey guy took a look and suggested "it is quite a secular place but if you want to take a look I will bring you there"
I don't know anything about the outside world after all I was always in my aunt's home and never even did the grocery shopping by myself. I only cooked, cleaned and rearranged some furniture like that so seeing a new place was exciting to me besides as of now I can't go back to my aunt's house anymore.
And here I am standing in the middle of nowhere surrounded by forest on all the sides and that too the angel location has an equal amount of rocky mountains as well as the green forest.
There lied an old not just old it's a super old black house built in the forest wood.
"Are you sure wanna go in there" now the golden guy asked me in a worried tone.
"I don't know anymore" I honestly replied to him because this building has no stories like my aunt it only has a path between one room and a kitchen well at least the bathing and toiletry were separated but this place looked like a haunted house.
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