"Right now… unlike before, Eco is my real name, Francesco… the name my father gave to me is one that has already been thrown away. Those who cannot abide by the rules of the house are not needed. Those who know the truth cannot be set free. It is a name that is buried beneath a blade."
There's no doubt about it, Eco was unique, just looking at who he actually was by blood and then at who he chose to be was enough of a proof.
He was content with living the life of a bard, sure he wanted to sing the greatest song of them all, but this was fine. He wanted to know the entire truth, but perhaps that was the wish he tried to bury deep inside. Yet when he came everything changed.
Belca…
Of all the people that he met there was no doubt that he was the most amusing, the most amazing person. The third son of Noctircus, the third in line for the throne…
Eco really was fond of the young prince, there was no doubt about it. Yet there was the side of Francesco… The one that couldn't keep his name and move on, the one who had embraced a new name to start a new life… He was envious of Belca who had grown from a naïve child that knew nothing of the world. The child that lived a life of a potential usurper…
He had grown into a person worthy of being a prince, he said he was only Linna's prince, yet now he was way more than that, he was the prince of his people, the savior and protector. He even took on Hector's ambition and integrated Hokulea into the society bit by bit.
And he never sacrificed his original identity. A small part of Eco, a part buried deep within his mind was envious of that, because to change his life he had to bury his name beneath a blade while Belca embraced it and let it mold him into what he is today.
Yet, he was Eco and to Eco Belca-tan was a precious person.
After reading the manga I simply had to write a story for it. Anyway I hope you enjoyed it.