"Come on my son." Ava helped Allen onto his horse.
"Mother...where are we going?" Allen asked.
"On a long journey." Ava said. "To ease our grief."
The two set off and rode deep into the forest, on their way to a neighboring kingdom.
Ava and Allen stopped in a clearing as the horses took a drink.
Neither of them saw Neah Campbell hiding in the trees. He reached out, and spooked Allen's horse.
Allen screamed as the horse took off. He grabbed on, terrified, as the horse galloped onto the Campbell estate.
His terror was intensified when he saw Sennen. He was dressed as a gentleman, not a clown, this time...but it was Sennen.
Sennen grabbed his horse and calmed it. "Allen...good to see you again."
"W-What do you want?" Allen asked.
"Just tell your mother how I saved you just now...it would be a shame if she discovered what you almost did to poor Mana..." Sennen smiled.
Allen leapt from the horse, and looked from Sennen to his mother, who was running towards them.
"Mother! This man saved me!" Allen said.
"Y-You did?" Ava said. "You saved my son. Please...do me the honor of being my new husband!"
Allen's mouth fell open in shock.
What had he done?