Ninety nine roses

"What do you mean? Is it really that easy?" asked Yi Chen as the mission completion announcement echoed in the background.

He breathed deeply as he deactivated his mech. The simulation ended and Yi Chen sat down in the break room. He pulled out his towel and wiped the sweat on his forehead while Li Ran yammered on about some distant cousin of his running off with his pregnant girlfriend and getting married.

It was only when Li Ran mentioned the small chapel somewhere on a small rural planet called Star Dust did Yi Chen begin to pay attention.

In the federation, marriage between partners under the age of twenty five required parents' or guardians' consent.

That's because family property was involved and certain legal contracts had to be signed first hence parents needed to give the couple the green light.