Clarification on the dedication thing. The picture I had the link too is what made me seriously start thinking of ideas for mpregs. ThePenandtheSword is the person who convinced to me to post a RF mpreg. They're both counted as inspirations, but the dedication goes exclusively to ThePenandtheSword

Azure Neko-Yeah, but by posting it seperatly people who already read chapter one are more likely to see it.

Chapter 6

Palace life wasn't nearly as bad as Raguna had expected, but only because his expectations had been very low. Every day Tabatha would wake him up with an outfit and breakfast already prepared. When he insisted he was capable of this himself she agreed to let him pick out his own clothes but she would still make his meals. After trying this out for one day she refused to let him decide what he'd wear again.

After this Raguna would spend the better part of his day receiving a lecture from either Ivan or Gilbert on how to behave in court, what to say in meetings, how to handle this or that situation, and so on. After this he'd sit in his room and read various books or practice magic.

Come nightfall he'd sneak out into the halls or, after being caught once, his window, and wander around the castle for a few hours before going to bed.

Ivan told him general information of his return had been released to the public, but since he was allowed little contact with most of the world he had no way of knowing for sure if this as true.

After several weeks of this Raguna was introduced to a desperately needed change in the least desirable of forms. He woke up feeling ill. Because it was a weekend the vast majority of the servants weren't around, so Raguna figured it would be alright to walk around the castle in daylight. He wanted to find Ivan. Tabatha had gone off the previous night to deliver a message to Kardia for him-after setting aside his clothes for the next day of course-so his brother was the only other person he was somewhat familiar with in the castle.

By this time he knew the castle's layout and could take detours to make it to Ivan's room without meeting people. The not meeting people was probably what bothered him the most about his situation.

Ivan looked shocked when he entered his room "You should be in your room right now. Grandfather is giving a speech today but if he finds out you'll-"

"I don't feel good" Raguna interrupted.

"What?"

"I feel sick. I asked Tabatha to deliver a message so she's not here and I didn't know who else to go to. I wasn't sure if it was a problem or not… everything's confusing here."

Ivan sighed "I'm sure it is. We're forcing an awful lot of new rules all at once. This is why I tried to keep it secret that I found you" He reached out and felt Raguna's forehead "How bad is it? You don't have a temperature"

"I feel like I'm going to puke"

"Maybe food poisoning?" Ivan guessed "I'll take you back to your room. Just rest for today-don't sneak out. If you're about to throw up just go into your bathroom. Alright?"

"Kay…"

Raguna remained silent on the trip back. It occurred to him that Ivan was babying him, and he was starting to behave in a manner that encouraged this. He didn't know what to say, though-he couldn't refuse help since he really had no idea what he was doing, but if he allowed this to continue…

He came up with a speech to politely tell Ivan to treat him a little less like a kid by the time they reached his room, but before he could give it Ivan spoke up again "Just get back in bed. I'll tell grandfather you're ill and have a servant you couldn't possibly know bring you something that should be easy to handle. Rest up so you can recover soon, okay."

"Okay. But Ivan-" Ivan left before he could say anything.

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As instructed, Raguna rested that day, and the next two as well when he continued to complain about feeling ill. Any doubts about this that his lack of temperature caused were dispelled on the third day when Tabatha brought him up something harder to digest on the king's orders and Raguna threw up all over his floor.

This was when he was given a doctor. Of course, since it was so ridiculously important to make sure no one knew about his amnesia he couldn't just have any doctor. No, he had to suffer through another two days of discomfort while someone the king trusted was sought out.

Raguna had to admit though, when he looked up and saw Edward walk through the door he almost cried for joy. Here was someone else he actually knew.

Edward shooed everyone else out of the room and pulled up a chair next to Raguna's bed "It's nice to see you again Ragu-er-Prince Chairo."

"Raguna's fine"

Edward smiled at him before digging around in a bag of equipment he'd brought with him "I thought you might prefer that" He said without making eye contact. It was a little difficult to hear him of the metal clanking of tools banging against one another "What's palace life like?"

"Not that great"

"I prefer more nature too. The gardens here are beautiful, though. You could get lost in them."

"I have" Raguna admitted "In the middle of the night. I can't go out during the day in case I meet someone I used to know and word of my amnesia gets out. I don't get why it's such a big deal…"

"Personally, I don't either. In fact, the people might even love you more this way, and it would give the nations more reason to dislike the Sech. Prince Chairo was loved by the people because he always tried to act like them. His maid complained that he never left any work for her to do. He refused most luxuries that came with being royalty and often snuck out into the city to interact with commoners. No one ever reported it because he was so fun to be with." For a second Raguna thought it was weird that Edward referred to him as a different person, but realized he didn't really consider himself to be the prince everyone knew either "You're even closer. You're used to living in a commoner's home, working for a living, being a normal person. If people found that out they'd feel an even deeper connection to you. And if they heard the Sech was responsible for your misfortunes they'd be up in arms. Other countries would rise too, because the Sech had kidnapped and experimented on a prince. That's a serious offense. They might even all unite to crush the empire."

Raguna lay there silently thinking about this. He couldn't really matter that much could he? It was all too much for him to really take in. Only a month ago he was a regular person-albeit one who didn't know his name or birthday. It didn't match at all with what he was told now.

"Now, let's see. I'm told the problem is nausea. No temperature"

"Nuh-uh"

Raguna had a thermometer stuck in his mouth anyway. Edward continued to question him while they waited to see what his temperature was "Have you eaten anything weird lately? You're a prince who's been kidnapped once already. Someone could have tried to poison you"

"Tabatha cooks everything for me"

"Mm. She has a good sense of taste."

"Yeah, but sense I got sick she only makes me rice porridge" Raguna said.

Edward laughed "Well, that's good for you. It's easy on the stomach. Let's see… hm… yup. You have a normal temperature. Task your shirt off." He pulled out a stethoscope. Raguna removed his shirt. He was wearing a nice comfy loose one since he didn't have to go anywhere. He shivered when the cold metal touched his bare skin. There was a moment of silence "Hm… you're heart beat is normal…"

Edward sat back "Well this is a puzzler. I examined you enough all those times you passed out from exhaustion to know that you don't have any sort of chronic illness, it's not a disease, and I can't see how you could have been poisoned. Maybe it's stress"

"That's all?" Raguna asked, grabbing his shirt and pulling it back over his head.

"Most likely, you were just reintroduced to the royal family after all. Though if that were the case you'd at least have an increased heart rate. Let me check again." Edward put the stethoscope back on Raguna's chest as the amnesiac finished slipping into his shirt, accidentally knocking the doctor's hand lower down as he did so.

At first it seemed a little funny to Raguna that Edward didn't move the stethoscope off his stomach, there was nothing to hear there. He became a little concerned though, when he noticed the intent look on Edward's face.

"Um…"

"Raguna… have you been involved in any sort of sexual activities recently?"

The Lucas raping him, a memory he'd successfully buried a few days after arriving, flashed through his mind "Y-yeah. Once. A-at the farewell party."

"I didn't know you played for that team"

"N-no! I was-" Raguna bit his tongue.

Edward gave him a sympathetic smile, getting the general idea of what happened. Rather than ask about it and put Raguna in a tight spot he said something even worse "Well, you seem to be pregnant."

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Rune Caster: All things considered, I think I came up with a pretty good way of getting the doc. to check him for a baby.

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