2 What the heck is going on!! (Part 2)

I turned to look at the crowd of people that were gathered. There was over 300 seated people staring at me, waiting to see how I would respond. Sadly, I had too little information to know how I should have reacted to the brown-haired girl leaving without a word. I at least could guess that this was a wedding because of the girl's dress and my own tuxedo. However, I don't think chasing after a stranger while having no idea about where I am would be the best idea. After what felt like an eternity of silence, a grey-haired old man in a uniform walked up to me and said,

"Lord Harrison, it is time for you to start greeting the guests."

Not even acknowledging the fact the bride stormed off after the wedding? I must be missing something. Focusing on the task at hand, he called me Lord Harrison so he should be someone who works for me. The best thing to do now is to go someone private with this man and get as much information as I can.

"Please bring me to a room to rest, it is an emergency."

"But my Lord, what about the guests?"

"Tell them to leave immediately."

"What? The wedding ceremony just ended! You are supposed to host the after party for the rest of the night!"

"Is there anyone here with a higher rank then me?"

"No, the King could not make it today..."

"Ok, tell them all to go home right away and then bring me to someplace private as soon as possible."

"...if you say so my Lord."

I was planning to try to greet everyone that was a higher rank than me quickly and then send everyone home after, but it looks like I have a pretty high rank or no one of importance wanted to come to my wedding. After several minutes, the grey-haired man finished telling everyone to leave and started to escort me to a private room.

As we walked, I tried to observe as much as I could. The yard that we walked through was huge and I could see a well maintained garden in the distance. Is this a venue that was rented for the marriage ceremony? It is an impressive location, but I should expect as much since there is someone calling me Lord. I guess that makes me a noble... or maybe a Knight could also be called Lord? I shake my head. Speculating too much is a waste when I will get the answer soon. Eventually, we arrived at a large bedroom on the third floor of a mansion we had entered. The man finally turned to me and asked,

"So what is wrong with you Lord Harrison?"

"I lost my memory." The most plausible lie I could make up.

"What? How is that possible? You were totally fine while preparing for the wedding!"

"I have totally no memory starting from the very end of the wedding ceremony. My memory loss is so extreme that you will need to explain to me who I am and who you are."

"I still have a hard time believing you since nothing drastic happened between the preparing for the wedding and the end of the wedding...but ok. I am James. I'm your butler. You are the Duke of Edinburgh in the Nova Kingdom, Nicolas Harrison."

The fact that we are in a Kingdom called Nova proves that I am in another world. Sadly, I have never heard of the Nova Kingdom so that means I did not transmigrate into a web novel that I read before. It seems like all of my luck was spent on the fact that I was a duke. I feel relieved to know that I should not have to worry about money in this life. There goes my four years of studying to get an engineering degree down the drain. Another pleasant surprise was that I am in a body that shared the same name as I had back on Earth. At least I won't have to remember being called a whole new name. After process all of this, I still have so many questions swirling in my head, but the first one was,

"Tell me more about who I assume is now my wife. She will probably be devasted when she learns that I lost all my memories of her."

I feel pretty conflicted about taking over the body of someone with loved ones. If there is no way to go back to my original body, she will never be able to be with the man she fell in love with ever again.

"She is the daughter of the Count of Bert, Rebecca Simon. Do not worry my Lord. You do not have a close relationship with her. You two are in an arranged political marriage. She should already know that she is just an ornament that will never get love from you."

I furrowed my brows, "Why won't she get love from me?"

At least from first glance, she was very beautiful. I could definitely fall for her if she had good personality... Maybe this body already had a lover?

"Because everyone knows that you love to party and sleep with as many women as you can. You are known as a man that will never settle down with one woman when you can have your pick on a nightly basis."

"Wow, I need you to know that I do not feel that way at all anymore. Even if me and Rebecca do not work out, I will not be going back to a life of partying and sleeping with lots of women."

"But my Lord! You always said that the pride of a man is in the number of women he had spent with so you would sleep with as many women as you could to be the ideal of man."

The original Duke is starting to give me a headache. "Lets just drop this for now James. Tell me more about the type of person Rebecca is. Maybe now that I lost my memory and seem like a new person it would be best for us to divorce quickly and she can be free to find someone that she loves to marry. I can find another way to tie our Dukedom to their County so that she will not loss out on anything."

"First of all my lord, divorce is illegal in the Nova Kingdom. As for Rebecca, she is hard working and studious, but she has that awful attitude that you witnessed when she left the wedding ceremony without a word. She needs to be reminded of her place."

James was being much too harsh. "She is now the Duchess of Edinburg. No one but the King or Queen has the right to 'put her in her place'."

James grimaced, "I am sorry for my impertinence my Lord."

Now that I know there is no way for me to get divorced to Rebecca, I should try my best to have a good relationship with her. If she is hard working and studious, I hope that she is a good earnest person. The attitude that James talked about seemed like a pretty normal response for someone who had their spouse refuse to kiss them during their wedding ceremony so I won't put that against her. Since it seems like I am a much different person than the original Duke, I should talk to Rebecca and try to get to some kind of understanding.

"James, let Rebecca know that I will be visiting her bedroom tonight."

James nodded, "I will let her know that you will meet her tonight for the first night."

It was best not to fix this misunderstanding since it should help Rebecca have a little more respect in the Duchy. There was still a few hours before it would be time to go to marital chambers.

"James can you bring me something to eat in the meantime?"

"Actually there was some food left here for you. It has gotten a little cold since our talk, so I will heat it up with my fire magic."

"There is magic in this world?!"

"Of course, I can just use basic fire magic, but you are know as the strongest lightning mage in the entire Kingdom!"

My eyes widened, I wanted to strike lightning down right this moment but I did not yet know how to and also didn't want to burn the mansion down. Plus I need to focus on making a good first impression on Rebecca, learning about magic could wait for a different day.

"That is good to know, now leave me so that I can prepare for tonight."