21st Century Necromancer

"The wedding dress is already ordered, and the wedding photos will be taken at the bridal shop, so all that is fine... Have you booked the hotel for the wedding, Mr. Chen Yu?" Hiromi Jounouchi was checking a little notebook for wedding preparations, some items were already checked off, but there were still many details unconfirmed.

Chen Yu was tallying the guest list for the wedding. Hearing Hiromi's question, he looked up and said, "For the hotel, I had Ryosen-kun book the Imperial Hotel, a total of fifty tables. Hiromi, do you think we should add more?"

As he spoke, Chen Yu passed the guest list he had been compiling to Hiromi.

"You're inviting so many people from the hospital!" Seeing the majority of names listed were colleagues from the hospital, Hiromi was surprised but understood that these colleagues indeed needed to be invited.

However, as she flipped through the list, she noticed some names seemed to be missing: "Mr. Chen Yu, what about the people from the hospital we used to work at? How come you didn't include them? Nurse Chief Chiba took good care of you back then; it wouldn't be right to leave them out!"

As she said this, Hiromi picked up a pen and began to add names to the list. Compared to Chen Yu, she was clearly more familiar with the staff from the hospital where they had previously worked.

Reminded by Hiromi, Chen Yu realized he had indeed overlooked this. Although he had only been at that hospital for a little over a year, Hiromi had worked there for many years and had many friends there. How could they forget to invite them to their wedding?

"I completely forgot. If you hadn't reminded me, Hiromi, it wouldn't have occurred to me. Should you take the invitations over there or should I?" Chen Yu smacked his forehead and asked Hiromi about delivering the wedding invitations.

As Hiromi continued adding names to the list and heard Chen Yu's question, she thought for a moment and replied, "In that case, you handle the University of Tokyo side, and I'll deliver them to our former hospital. You were only there for just over a year and aren't familiar with some people."

"Thank you for your help, Hiromi," Chen Yu nodded and agreed readily.

After adding the names, Hiromi checked the guest list from top to bottom again to make sure no one was missed. But, seeing the names Chen Yu had listed, including his classmates, Hiromi hesitated, "Mr. Chen Yu, are you sure you want to invite them as a couple?"

"They are long-time classmates after all. It wouldn't be right not to invite them." Although Hiromi didn't specify a name, Chen Yu understood who she was referring to.

"Alright, they are your close female friend after all, so we should definitely invite them." Despite feeling a slight twinge in her heart, Hiromi graciously consented to Chen Yu's invitation of Zhu Yiting and her husband to the wedding, considering the relationship they had shown to be that of good friends.

After confirming the guest list, Hiromi's concern shifted to other matters. She flipped through her small notebook, marking off items, "If there's no problem with the guest list, next up is choosing the bridesmaids and groomsmen. My bridesmaids are easy to sort out, but what about your groomsmen, Mr. Chen Yu?"

"My groomsmen? Higashiyama, Glasses, and Nakagawa should be fine, and if not, there's still Ryosen-kun and Yoshiharu-kun. We'll definitely have enough people," Chen Yu shrugged nonchalantly, not particularly concerned about this matter.

Seeing Chen Yu's attitude, Hiromi couldn't help but shake her head. Ideally, groomsmen should be close friends, but since Chen Yu felt colleagues and subordinates would suffice, Hiromi had nothing more to say and nodded, then checked off the groomsmen and bridesmaids on her list.

Watching Hiromi methodically check off each item on her small notebook for the wedding, Chen Yu remembered something and said to her, "Oh, Hiromi, didn't you say before that you wanted to have a Shinto wedding at the Dance Hall of Hachiman Daijingu Shrine? I've already made a reservation for the day before our wedding. First, we'll have the Shinto ceremony in Kamakura, then return to Tokyo for the banquet. What do you think?"

"Really? Mr. Chen Yu, did you truly make the reservation?" Hearing Chen Yu bring up this matter, Hiromi's face immediately lit up with joy, but then quickly shifted to hesitation, "But won't that be too much trouble? Traveling from Tokyo to Kamakura for the wedding ceremony and back again seems so exhausting. It's fine for us, but what about your parents and my mother..."

In response to Hiromi's reluctance, Chen Yu gently took her hand, "Hiromi, a wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime event. Do you want to leave yourself with any regrets? Plus, I've already booked everything, and even paid the deposit; we can't cancel now, can we? As for the trouble of traveling, it doesn't take much time to get from Tokyo to Kamakura by Shinkansen. Don't worry about it."

Hiromi wasn't very firm on canceling the Shinto wedding at Hachiman Daijingu Shrine in Kamakura to begin with, as it was a dream she had held since her student days. Now that it was going to come true, she was very excited and happy, with her hesitation stemming only from the slight inconvenience it would cause.

After Chen Yu's persuasion, Hiromi hesitated for a moment and then nodded in agreement, no longer insisting.

Seeing Hiromi agree, Chen Yu smiled, "That's right. Hiromi, all you need to do on that day is to dress up beautifully as the bride and then marry me."

"Hmph! Easier said than done, with so much left to prepare. How could I just focus on dressing up and waiting to be the bride!" Hiromi huffed and tossed the notebook filled with various responsibilities in front of Chen Yu.

Glancing at the list in the notebook, Chen Yu casually pushed it aside and wrapped his arms around Hiromi, "These things can be arranged slowly; we still have plenty of time before the wedding date we set. Let's get the most important thing done first!"

"The most important thing? What's that? Did we miss something important?" Hearing Chen Yu say this, Hiromi picked up the notebook again and went through it without finding anything she had forgotten.

Watching Hiromi earnestly check the notebook but unable to grasp what was missing, Chen Yu said with a smile, "It's the marriage registration, Hiromi! Don't tell me you forgot about that?"

With Chen Yu's reminder, Hiromi finally realized that they had not yet completed their marriage registration.