Heh... oops. Posted the wrong chapter here. Sorry. It's fixed now. Thank's ThePenandtheSword for pointing it out.

Chapter 7

"Does anybody care about how this is possible?" Was the first thing to come out of Ivan's mouth. Right after telling Raguna his condition Edward had invited Gilbert and Ivan in and explained the situation to him. Ivan's question had been after ten long minutes of Gilbert and Edward planning the child's position in the royal family and the possibility of him being an heir to the thrown since Ivan seemed to be in no hurry to even pick up a girlfriend.

When he asked it both older men looked at him like he was weird.

"I think it's a legitimate question." Raguna put in.

Both older men look at both of them like they were weird.

"This does bring up a few issues, though" Gilbert said, turning back to Edward "We can't hide the fact that Chairo's pregnant. Maybe for another month or two, but it will become obvious eventually. The public loved him-they're certain to want to see him with the baby. If he makes an appearance they could learn of his amnesia."

"That's hardly an issue" Edward said "What matters to the public isn't if your grandson remembers being your grandson. They just like that he supports you and acts like them."

"Yes but…"

"Come on, Chai" Ivan pulled Raguna out of bed "Lets go, when Grandfather gets like this you just can't get involved."

Raguna followed Ivan to his room, where he was seated on a much nicer looking bed than the one he'd just been lying in. "Pregnant?"

"That's what Edward said"

"And you agree with him?" Ivan asked, sitting down next to his younger brother "You can think of a way a guy could get pregnant? A father? You're okay with this?"

"I… no. I'm not okay with it. I think it just hasn't completely sunk in yet. But… um… the father…" Raguna looked at the window so Ivan wouldn't be able to see his face "L-Lucas. Lucas… at the farewell party. He… he was drunk… and I'd hurt myself earlier that day so I couldn't stop him. I probably could have shoved him off easily, but we were on the edge of a cliff and he could have been really hurt or killed."

"Oh, he'll be killed" Ivan assured him.

"Haha…" Raguna looked back at Ivan and saw how serious he looked "N-no. Ivan, murder is… This is… You can't kill somebody" Ivan didn't look dissuaded. Raguna tried a different approach "He was wasted. I could have easily shoved him off, I didn't because it would have killed him. You'll just make everything worse if you take his life."

This one did seem to get across to Ivan "Fine. I'll just arrest him."

"I-if you do that everyone in Karida will-" Raguna stopped himself. He'd already given away to Edward that he'd been raped. It made no difference now whether or not Ivan did something that made it obvious. Edward would mention it to Lara. She'd say it allowed during a prayer. Half the town would hear her. They'd tell the other half. That's how news spread in Kardia. It was impossible to trust someone with a secret. "Fine. I can't stop you, can I?"

"No. I'm the older brother, remember?"

"No. I don't remember" Raguna reminded him very dryly. To his irritation Ivan laughed at this "Wh-what?"

"Want to go out to the garden?"

"In the day time?" Raguna asked "Won't the king-I mean Grandfather get mad? I'm not supposed to meet anyone…"

"We both know you're only saying that so you won't come off as over-enthusiastic. Let's go. If something bad happens I'll take the blame. Promise."

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Rune Caster: This ending is screaming 'I didn't know how to end this'.

Several good things happened since I last updated:
I got 2 of my 3 favorite types of pie (I love pie).
I found my missing thumb drive (now I've got 2, but I'm glad I found my old one).
My favorite character in my favorite manga turned out to not be dead.
I got full credit on a major assignment in my English class that another kid made me almost fail.
I got just the slightest bit better at drawing.