The Day I Married the Fire God, Three Brothers Regretted It의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 9

"Are you sure you want to marry Hephaestus?"My father's brow was deeply furrowed."The Titan War three hundred years ago damaged his legs and his divine core. Everyone says he'll never recover or father divine heirs. If you change your mind, there's still time."I lowered my gaze to the marriage contract in my hands.On the parchment, a sun and a cluster of pale blue divine fire overlapped."I'm sure."My voice was soft, but there was no hesitation.The gods all looked down on Hephaestus for his injuries, but the Northern Realm controlled every mine and divine weapon in the realm.Even confined to a wheelchair for life, he had enough power to defend his domain. More importantly, an alliance with him could strengthen the Sun Palace's position.This marriage would bring the palace its strongest ally, and give me a way out of a family that had nothing left to offer but favoritism."Once the marriage contract is submitted to the Temple of Fate, it can't be changed until the ceremony is co

For the next two weeks, I stayed in the east wing.My three brothers were busy preparing the wedding for Daphne. They never came to see me.Occasionally, I would pass them in the corridors.Orion had the guest list in hand. Pyron was personally preparing the wedding circle. Zephyros was scouring every corner of the realm for flowers Daphne liked.Exhaustion lined their faces, but they smiled in a way I hadn't seen in a long time.Yet everything they were preparing should have been mine.Seven days before the wedding, I went to the Sunset Cloud Sea to check on my dowry.That sea of golden clouds was a gift from my father on the day I was born, and my mother had filled it with golden roses.On the day of the wedding, it would become part of my dowry.When I arrived, Daphne was standing in the center of the Cloud Sea.My three brothers were directing servants to take down my solar crest and replace it with laurel patterns common in the mortal world.Zephyros spotted me, and his expression

In an instant, a powerful force drew me to the center of the great hall.There before me was the Fire God of legend, Hephaestus.I placed my hand in his.His hand carried the warmth of divine fire, yet it didn't burn me.We descended slowly to the center of the Sunset Cloud Sea, and every guest rose to their feet.My three brothers stood frozen.The veil on Daphne's head was blown aside by the wind, revealing a face drained of color.Orion was the first to recover."This has to be a mistake."He stepped in front of the chariot, his voice tight."Helias just had a little argument with us. She can't possibly go to the Northern Realm. She could never marry you."Hephaestus looked up at him coolly."Who are you?"Orion's face changed.As heirs to divine domains, they obviously knew each other. Everyone understood Hephaestus's real question: what gave Orion the right to speak for the bride?Pyron rushed over to me."Helias, do you have any idea how serious a marriage contract is?"Was it wo

Three days after the wedding, Orion came to the Northern Realm.He brought everything I had left behind at the Sun Palace.My old crown and my old ceremonial gown.The dowry my mother had prepared.And even golden roses they had transplanted from the Sunset Cloud Sea."We were wrong that day."But we never meant to drive you away, Helias."How could we let you come here and suffer? It should've been Daphne all along!"Come back with me. Father and Mother miss you. The Sun Palace is your home."I asked him coldly, "If the bride really had been Daphne, would you still think you were wrong?"Orion fell silent.I answered for him."No."You only regret getting the bride wrong. You don't regret giving her my things, and you don't regret choosing to believe her every single time."Just then, Pyron and Zephyros rushed in.Zephyros clutched a message sigil in his hand."Daphne is missing. She claims you sent someone to tell her that if she didn't leave the palace, Father would send her back to

One month later, I was formally crowned Queen at the Fire Temple.The banners of the Sun Palace and the Fire Temple rose together, and inside the hall stood two thrones of equal height.My three brothers came too.Orion had resigned from his acting divine office and gone to guard the border. Pyron had compiled every misunderstanding from the mirror into a book, writing a belated apology on every page. Zephyros had picked golden roses and waited outside the Fire Temple for seven days.I didn't see them.They once believed I could never leave my brothers behind, so after every act of favoritism, they assumed there would always be time to make up for it. But disappointment is like water dripping on the same spot. Eventually, it wears through even the bond of family.A servant brought me the golden roses Zephyros had left.I glanced at them and had them planted in the garden outside the temple.I didn't destroy them. I didn't forgive anyone because of them either.Before the coronation beg