Talk:Sistina Shiga/@comment-39435722-20190903211442/@comment-10330822-20190907045034

You are thinking about Soruna and Hauto's wedding, and yes, even nobles rarely have formal weddings with parties, only royalty really does that. But even then, there are still actual weddings, it just isn't make into an event, just the simple ceremony. Satou would still need to actually marry Sistina/Zena if he is to be considered their husband, until then, they are just fiance/fiancee.

What is worth noting is that after Sistina traveled around with Satou for a while, she stopped be called his fiancee, as if the bond was already husband/wife, instead Satou is referred to "as Sistina's". Duke Bishtal stated that no noble would see their relationship as simple fiance/fiancee at this point, and even if the engagement was called off, it would be treated more as a divorce than a cancelled engagement.

This is probably because, one would assume, Satou had slept with Sistina by that point. Hence why engaging the couple was supposed to be an answer to those who were uncomfortable with Sistina traveling with Satou as a simple attendant. As it would be unwise to send an unbetrothed princess on a trip alone with a young nobleman of similar age, and not expect something to happen.

The joke though is that Satou had no intention of ever laying a finger on Sistina, which makes the assumptions about their relationship incorrect and the King's warning irrelevant.