Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Five wedding dresses, each can be considered a treasure in the fashion world, yet Miss Xu’s eyes were immediately drawn to the one on the far left.

That wedding dress was neither the popular Xiuhe attire seen in film and drama nor the phoenix coronet and red veil recorded in historical documents, but rather a rare dark-colored cloak-style wedding dress. The silk garment was embroidered with peculiar patterns in red thread, resembling the claw of some mysterious beast.

Miss Xu walked around to the back of the dress and saw a beast embroidered on the cloak that was neither a dragon nor quite a python, yet more majestic than any python.

”It’s the Hidden Python of the Huo Family,” Andariel said, ”The Huo Family has always revered the Hidden Python.”

The Huo Family’s emblem is a six-clawed giant python named Hidden Python, though whether it truly exists or is merely a human imagination, due to a lapse in historical civilization, there is little known about it.

Miss Xu recognized the python and said, ”The Divine Xia Dynasty was abound with images of the Hidden Python; it was both the divine totem and the emblem of the Divine Hidden Clan.”

”The Huo Family is the descendant of the Divine Hidden Clan. Through the shifts of civilization, remembering the Hidden Python is not an easy feat.” Miss Xu stroked the python’s body, and memories of her past life as Lin Piaopiao, defending the country with the Lin Family Army, flooded back.

Back then, wherever they triumphed, black flags adorned with the Hidden Python would be planted.

”I choose this one.” Without the need for a fitting, Miss Xu decided on the ancient wedding dress featuring the Hidden Python pattern.

”Very well, let’s try it on.” Andariel called Belial to help Miss Xu with the fitting, and Belial brought along a young woman in her thirties or forties.

The woman wore a pair of denim overalls, a simple white T-shirt, with a few white hair clips in her French perm hair. Her attire was casual, and she wore old-fashioned silver-rimmed glasses, exuding the calm and quiet unique to a craftsman.

”This is Sang Ju, the second daughter of the Sang Family in Sang City, southern Xia Country. Her father is the most famous tailor in Sang City. The wedding dress I wore at my wedding was made by her father. The one you have is also made by him.”

After Andariel’s introduction, Miss Xu nodded and smiled softly at Sang Ju, ”Hello, Sister Sang.”

Sang Ju beamed at being called ’Sister’ by Miss Xu. ”Hello, Miss Xu. I’m here to help you try on the dress. If there are any parts that don’t fit, I’ll note them down, and my father will personally make the alterations.”

”Alright.”

The elaborate wedding dress made the dressing process rather complex, and the three of them busied themselves for quite a while before Miss Xu was fully clothed in the wedding dress.

Once she was dressed, Sang Ju stepped back a few steps to examine Miss Xu.

Miss Xu casually tied her hair with a black rubber band, adorned with no deliberate jewelry, without bridal makeup, and even her shoes remained unchanged. She looked simple, wearing a comfortable pair of flat shoes.

The more lavish and dignified the clothing, the more it tests the wearer’s temperament, figure, and appearance. But the dress, which seemed too overpowering in Sang Ju’s eyes, surprisingly didn’t overshadow Miss Xu.

It seemed like it was made to complement Miss Xu’s presence.

Sang Ju shook her head in admiration, ”No wonder my father said, after merely seeing clips of Miss Xu playing the piano in a live stream, that the traditional red wedding dress was not the most suitable. He said Miss Xu was deserving of the most noble and mysterious black.”

Sang Ju looked up at the room.

The entire castle was in a mysterious and eerie Gothic style, but Miss Xu standing inside seemed to magically infuse the room with vibrant energy.

She possessed a very contradictory temperament.

It was a cool detachment from worldly affairs intertwined with vibrant defiance. ”Miss Xu, you are surely the one in the world who can showcase its beauty and truth the most.”

”Thank you for the compliment.”

Miss Xu then asked Andariel, ”Your Highness, how do you think I look?”

Andariel gazed at Miss Xu for a moment before finally smiling, ”Perfect. I can’t find a wedding dress more fitting for you.” With the choice settled, Andariel turned to tell Sang Ju, ”Sang Ju, please tell your father that Miss Xu loves the wedding dress he made.”

Sang Ju nodded and asked Miss Xu, ”Miss Xu, is there anything else that needs altering?”

Miss Xu shook her head, ”No need.”

Curious about something, she asked, ”Is there a matching groom’s wedding dress on the Pilot’s side?”

Andariel chuckled lightly and assured her, ”Every set of your bridal wear has a matching groom’s suit, so there’s no need to worry about that.”