I don't own Star Ocean, this is a fanfiction.

Millie and Ronix took the spare bedroom, she was actually happy they each got their own beds. I didn't hate the heart to tell them we actually bought those beds and we slept on them for a year, before I realized that I wanted to be closer to Ilia. As we lived together that one year I realized she was everything I could ever want in a spouse.

As we climbed into our bed she looked at me and she snuggled closer to me, we had done it so many times it was almost a routine for us, "Roddick what do you think will happen once we find the Archdemon and we get the blood we need to make the cure? Will you probably want to restart your life on your Planet? What would that mean for us?"

I could see that this possibility was really worrying her, "Ilia I don't want to think about the possibility that we would have to go our own separate ways, I want to spend the rest of my life with you, have some kids, grow old together, and eventually have some grandchildren of our own. When I said till death do us part, I actually meant that only death would take me from your side."

Tears began to flow down her face and she smiled, "I feel the same way Roddick, it just makes me feel so happy hearing you say that. Once this mission is over, who knows, maybe we can use the Underdeveloped Planet Protection Pact and you could work on a ship with me, or we could start a business together."

I placed my arms pulling her closer, "I only know that where ever I am, you are the only woman I want to share my life with." She actually laughed as she gave me a quick kiss on the lips. She even said what if we have daughters?

I always get a nice night's sleep when Ilia is by my side. I realized ever since she slept in the same bed as I did something I never did before, my bed without her is simply cold, and I never realized how lonely I was. Like always I got up bright and early, I went to the kitchen and began making breakfast.

The sounds of me cooking probably were what woke up Millie and Ronix as they came tumbling into the kitchen. Ronix looked a bit distracted, "The coffee pot is on the table, so is the sugar bowl. Get yourselves a cup while I finish what I am cooking."

Millie instead of sitting on the chair when towards me and looked at me with a suspicious look on her face, "Since when you do you cook? You never cooked anything with your mom." I told her Ilia and I both took turns in taking care of household chores, today it simply was the day that I did the cooking, and Ilia would take care of the dish washing."

Ronix was sitting down with his cup of coffee and he looked at me, "You have really changed in the time you been with my Executive Officer. I have to tell you I am still getting used to the fact that Ilia got married and has been living with you. You two been married for so long I would not be surprised if you had kids."

I looked at him for a second as I finished making breakfast, it was nothing too complicated. "I believe my beloved wife told you we actually took precautions. We made sure that our kids would be born in our time, let's face it, in they don't even have doctors. Most they have is a midwife or a healer. I also think that death during childbirth is not that uncommon in this world."

Ronix began to nod his head and Millie could not help to simply stare are Roddick, "So tell me what are we having for breakfast?" He walked over and placed the food in a large bowl and a plate. It was easy to see, it was eggs and hash. He also made a light salad.

"Now if you will excuse me, I need to wake up my wife." I walked over to our bedroom and she was still very much asleep. I leaned closer and whispered in her ear that it was time to wake up, when she didn't wake up I kissed her on her lips. That got her to wake up.

"Why good morning Roddick, did you finish making breakfast?" I told her I did and it was getting cold, or worse Millie and Ronix were eating it all. She told me it would take her a second the get ready I began walking back to our friends, who in fact were having just a cup of coffee each.

"She will be out for a few seconds. Any coffee left?" Ronix laughed as he told me that they only took two cups. I sat down and served myself a cup. I put in it some sugar, and looked at them, Millie was still looking at me with a funny look on her face.

"So Roddick you been married for four years, what else have you been doing?" I took a sip from my coffee cup and looked at them, I couldn't believe that I had to say this to my cousin. I mean it's not like we spent every second just in this village. We made preparations for our time to find and get the blood sample from the Arch Demon.

"Most of the times at first we helped with the formation of this village's defense force, and then as it turns out they really took to our training schedule and methods. We then took different mercenary jobs for different people. We made contacts, gathered resources, and even hired some people to get everything ready for you two to show up."

"It's not like we had a four-year honeymoon, we were actually pretty busy. In fact, I plan to go and ask for an audience with this nation's Queen to ask her if there was any news about the Arch demon or if there was some unusual civil unrest."

Ilia got to where we were and she was wearing her typical outfit consisting of a standard defense force gear. I looked at her and she smiled at me, she walked up to me and kissed me on my cheek, "Thanks for making breakfast. You know you are right, we should ask the Queen if there was anything strange going on. If nothing strange is happening it might be a good opportunity to introduce our two friends here to her and we might get some work."

I got up and began serving everyone breakfast, me being the last one to finally sit down and eat. "I have hurt cousin, you know there is no poison in that food." I began eating mine while Millie poked her food with a fork expecting it to jump at her. When she finally saw me eat she began eating hers.

"You can't expect me not to be surprised Roddick, how many times have you ever cooked anything when we were growing up? That would be never. So tell me cousin who taught you how to cook? I know my mother taught me."

I looked at Ilia and then looked at Ronix, "I was taught how to cook by the wife of the village chief. I also know how to take care of a baby, clean, wash and mend clothing thank you very much."

Ronix just kept looking at us as he finished his breakfast and was having a second cup of coffee. "So what kind of relationship do you have with this country's monarch?" That made me almost choke on my food as he said that. Ilia began patting me on my back to help me recover.

"Our relationship with the Queen is simple, we sometimes work for her, and we did introduce her to her captain of her royal guard. Ronix I know you might be feeling disappointed that I never considered marrying you, and that I and Roddick are married but believe me my husband is faithful to me and I am faithful to him."

As we got to the castle a large trumpet was heard, I really hate when they have to introduce us like that to the rest of the people in the throne room. "Lord and Lady Farrence here for an audience with her royal majesty, do you approve?"

The Queen simply moved her hand telling us to approach, if I could have a picture of the look on Ronix and Millie's face I could literately remember this day forever. As we walked towards the throne room we both bowed to show our respect to the Queen, I also had to punch Ronix in the gut to get him to bow since he clearly forgot his manners.

"I must apologize to you, your majesty, my cousin and her husband had no experience being in the presence of royalty before today, I apologize for their lack of manners and decorum." She smiled and looked at me and Ilia.

"I wouldn't worry about it Roddick, but I have to admit it is nice to see you remain as respectful as the day we first met, I hope you and your lovely wife are doing alright? I was not expecting to see you for at least three months, till the annual defense force meeting."

Ronix decided to put his hand up to ask permission to ask a question, which the Queen is the friendly person she did permit. "Excuse me but why did that man introduce them as Lord and Lady? Aren't they commoners like the rest of your nation?"

She began shaking her head, "Young man, they are called by such titles because they have in fact earned them, and are considered nobles in my nation. The efforts of Roddick to improve the defenses of one village have spread through out my nation, each village has a defense force which follows his training methods."

"Piracy and other harmful crimes are down, and people especially merchants feel safer than ever in these last four years. Crime had been a terrible thing in my realm, but since his efforts in his village, this realm has gone from being one of the worst places to live to one of the best. I imagine he never told you that he and his beloved wife are nobles, they always are so humble, a true example to nobles everywhere."

I looked at the look of utter shock on the good Captain's face and my cousin seems to be having trouble closing her mouth. "We came to your majesty because we believe that a new danger is possibly headed our way, this time of a demonic nature. There have been signs that something is not quite right, the dry season lasts longer, and the ice melts sooner than normal."

She began to nod her head, "Yes, my own advisers have told me as much, and as it happens we were sending letters to the other kingdoms around the world, had you not told me what you did, I would never believe what I heard from the furthest kingdom from our borders. Roddick tell me honestly do you think it's possible that a high ranking demon is trying to invade our world?"

That is exactly what we needed to hear, Ilia jumped at the chance, "Yes, your Majesty. I do believe that this will be the second time one of their kind invades our world, an Arch Demon has started another invasion. My husband is a great student of history, and that is why he made such efforts in preparing the defense force."

The Queen looked at me and got off her throne to come closer to me, "So you believed that this demon invasion would happen like in the old tales? Why would you think that?" I told her that history repeats, everyone in the room around us began to laugh like I said a joke, but I was dead serious about it. The Queen knew that I was not joking at all.

"Very well Roddick, as two of our most skilled warriors I commission you to find this Arch Demon and put an end to his invasion as soon as possible, I shall write a letter for you, this will tell other Monarchs the severity of the situation and urge them to provide you with as much aid as possible. While you are gone we shall remain and strength our forces, should it be necessary to provide you with some additional support."

I looked at her and bowed, "It shall be done, your Majesty. By your leave, we shall begin to head to our nearest neighboring kingdom, they might have more information regarding this demonic invasion or a way for us to secure travel to cross the ocean. We need to reach the realm where that letter came as soon as possible."

As soon as we actually managed to get to the port, the people knew of what me and Ilia had done in the past and let's just say we have earned quite a bit of fame because of it, the people that saw us wanted to either thank us or for us to sign an autograph, I didn't even know such a thing existed five hundred years before I was even actually born.

As we reached the boat, Ronix and Millie were both looking rather upset, "And when were you planning to tell us you two are actually nobles? That was one surprise I didn't expect Ilia, and Roddick why did the queen referee to her as Lady Farrence?" I guess Ronix wanted the answer to that sooner than Millie, or she was simply too embarrassed to ask.

"Captain we were introduced to the royal court by our legal married names. I do not think you have actually been listening to us, we are legally married, and have been for quite some time. As to the reason why we didn't mention of our noble status is that we actually don't think it's that important, we don't think about it much truth be told."

I sat down on one of the seats in the waiting area, Millie was looking at me with this unmistakable took on her face. The way her ears were and the condition of her fur was screaming at me that she was almost rabid with anger. "So you two are actually married, here I was thinking that you two had used that as an excuse or something. You know that she and the Captain at one point were dating right?"

I still don't see why she was so upset about, "Yes I know that Ronix and her had been dating for a little bit before we met, and they actually had ended that relationship a few months before we met. I know Ilia and she knows me, we don't keep secrets from each other, as any good marriage should."

Ilia was looking at me and sat right next to me, I guess she has been with me long enough to know when I am not having an easy time.