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Chapter 9: Epilogue
"Prince Echizen! Stop right there!"
The young boy froze in mid step, his beautiful green hair looked exactly like the king's green hair. Slowly he turned around, his baby face spelled fear as a middle aged woman marched up to the young boy. The boy's large cat like eyes widened in fear as he attempted to do some quick thinking when he spotted a man and a woman walking together with a serene look on their faces. Seizing opportunity, he made a quick dash out of the vulture's claws and dived head long into the dress of the woman. The man looked down at the boy just as the woman bent down to hug the boy.
"Takahiro, what is the matter?"
The woman asked as the man looked on with interest but not saying a word. The boy had the queen's nose and almond shaped eyes as he's small arms wrapped itself around the woman's neck and he said
"I ran away."
"Prince Echizen! Your highness!"
The woman came up short of breath but nevertheless bowed down to the royalty as the man picked up Takahiro and once placed side by side, anyone with good eyesight could tell that the boy was almost a splitting image of the man carrying him.
"You may leave. Our son is with us now, there is no need for your service."
The woman left but she didn't seemed too keen on allowing the boy such leniency as the woman giggled a little and held the man's free hand.
"You are too harsh to the woman Ryoma."
King Echizen Ryoma merely smirked as he responded by whispering into his wife's ear with an equal amount of tenderness
"That is why I have you to balance out my harsh nature, Sakuno."
Queen Echizen Sakuno looked up at her husband lovingly as they shared a kiss while their son was in his father's arms and he was unmistakably pulling a disgusted face.
"Bleh."
"Takahiro,"
His father warned sternly causing the boy to look a little worried but his father merely continued
"Someday, when comes the day… you would fall in love with one woman. That one woman would eventually become your world and when that day comes, you'd find that you can't take your hands off her."
His son merely nodded as Sakuno laughed and the smile on Ryoma's face was clear and visible to the whole world. With his hand holding his wife's and she revealed her rather protruding stomach which made her glow so beautifully, but it was because Sakuno was happy with the man she loved and that was her husband and son… and the coming child. They were all happy, and that was all that matters now and forever…
End (really!)
Author Last Words:
It was strange to have it finished within 2 days... the whole story was finished within that short span but I kept it so that I could fix it. Notice that no. 8 and 9 were good numbers, and this is finally it! Personally I reckon 8 and 9 aren't brilliant but I suppose it was as good as any. See you all! Back to Candy hearts for me!