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After Mishil, Chil-seok and Kenshin left the room, the three royals who were stand still in place, remained silent and didn't say anything.
Two of them, who are mother and son, looked at each other. They are confused, also their instincts say something is wrong with their guests just now.
Lady Shizuka was the first to speak, breaking the silence. "Anoo ... Did I just make a mistake?" She asked hesitantly. "I have a feeling that I had just let evil persons into our house!".
Heiji hurriedly embraced his mother, patting her shoulder gently. "No, Mom, don't say like that! Of course you aren't! You don't need to feel guilty like that! Isn't that right, eh, Kazuha?" He turned to Kazuha, asking for her support while mouthed to her 'help me console her!'.
Lacking of concentration, Kazuha answered with a slight stutter "Huh? Oh, yes Aunt Shizuka. Heiji is right. Stop blaming yourself, it's not your fault ..."
Feeling something strange with Kazuha's tone of voice, as if carelessly said, Heiji turned his head and instantly became annoyed when he found out that Kazuha was still staring at the hallway leading to the palace's exit gate. Somehow, his feelings told him that she was staring at her ex-bodyguard whom she "loved", even though he was completely out of sight now. And ... was that the wistful look Heiji saw in her eyes? Ugh! Really annoying!
"I, umm ... Do please excuse me for a moment!".
Heh? And ... Kazuha left Heiji and his mother just like that. What the heck is that? Did she just left, half running and without even waiting for an answer from him or his mother. Good Lord! What an attitude!
"Go!".
"Huh?".
Lady Shizuka tsked in annoyance at her son's reaction "Go after her!".
"Heh! Go after her? No, I don't want to! She can go wherever she likes ..."
PLOK!
Shizuka hit Heiji's head in exasperation.
"Ouch! Geez, Ma! What was that for?" With a slightly excessive style, Heiji stroked his head which his mother had just hit.
"Stupid kid! Still trying to fool your mother! Go after her! Don't say that I didn't tell you!".
Heiji is actually still trying to dodge. But when he was about to argue again, he saw his mother grimacing in annoyance at him, making him discourage. Wait! Did his mother just show him her fangs? Oh well, never mind that! After all his mother was right, why would he try to refute it?
"Why are you still just standing here? Hurry up and go!".
"Hai, hai, I know! Stop nagging at me!".
Witnessing the back of her son who now walked away from her, following Kazuha, Lady Shizuka rolled her eyes while sighing, before finally she chuckled in amusement.
"What a stupid kid! Wow! I never knew my son was this stupid in this matter! When Heizo comes home later, I'll ask him to educate Heiji to be a man!" The Princess of Kyoto muttered haphazardly.
"Oh, that's right! I almost forgot the more important thing!" She bumped her fist into the palm of her other hand "I'd better tell Otaki-san, about the incident earlier!". And she left, taking the opposite direction to her son.
When Kazuha reached the palace gate, she saw Kenshin who was bowing his head, as he took off the car that carrying Lady Mishil and his bodyguard, Chil-seok left the palace.
Though she did not approach him, Kenshin knew if the princess, his former lady employer, was standing behind him, when a line of guards who guarding the gate now straightened their bodies, taking a standby position, in her honor.
And sure enough, when Kenshin turned around, he found Princess Kazuha looking at him deeply. She was breathing heavily.
"Kenshin!".
The red-haired man only responded with a smile, then he bowed before her.
Ignoring the line of guards in front of them, Kazuha now approached her ex-bodyguard "I didn't expect you to come!".
Again, Kenshin just smiled faintly "Well, I guess you need help. I mean, this is about Lady Mishil, isn't it?".
Kazuha's smile widened, she completely misunderstood "Still, I didn't expect you to come. I mean, well, I didn't call you because I wanted you to come or something!". Shit! Why is she stuttering like this! Go gather all your courage, girl!
"Oh, that reminds me! I actually came here because I wanted to give you this! What a coincidence that you called me at the time, so I thought, I might as well come here ..." Kenshin held out a blue book-shaped object, perhaps slightly thinner, to the princess in front of him.
The picture of two rings intertwined with each other, making Kazuha suddenly unable to breathe.
Amazingly, she can still exert all her strength so as not to faint and ask in a trembling voice that sounds like a discordant whisper.
The question that actually she already knew the answer, came out painfully from her mouth. "What is this?".
Kenshin looked at her for a moment before finally answering "My and Kaoru's wedding invitation".