Ronan opened his eyes and saw his surroundings were filled with blooming flowers. The green trees decorated the Blackthorn Palace beautifully. The colorful flowers were blooming, sending a sweet spring fragrance.
"Honey, co here. The ceremonial will start in a minute," soone called, making Ronan look back.
Arielle? Ronan was sure it was Arielle, but he had trouble seeing his wife’s face. And where were they now, anyway? Ronan knew so parts of the building there, and he was sure that he was in the palace, but where all the snow?
Ronan left the balcony and went into the room. He saw a pair of twin girls running by in their white dresses. Ronan estimated they were six years old each. He couldn’t see their faces, so it was hard to recognize them. One of them ran and hit his leg. Ronan automatically caught the little girl before falling to the ground.
He crouched down to look at her, but the little girl’s face was blurred as if he saw a glass full of dew. Again and again, he sharpened his gaze, but their faces still could not be seen clearly. Everything was clearly visible apart from their faces.
Ronan held the little girl’s head and was amazed to see their jet black hair. He patted a few tis and then let her go.
"Thank you, I almost fell if you didn’t help ," the little girl said then kissed Ronan’s cheek gently.
Ronan blinked a few tis, feeling sothing warm that was hard to describe. The little girl then went back to chasing her twins. He touched his cheek’s skin feeling the warm sensation that he never knew he wanted.
Ronan stood back up and saw a woman with beautiful shiny and long white hair.
"Arielle?" Ronan called to confirm that the woman he had trouble seeing was his wife.
"Yes, dear. Wait a minute, I have to put this first."
Ronan just realized that Arielle was not alone. In front of her, there was a teenage boy with jet black hair. However, Ronan could not see the boy’s face again. Arielle was correcting the position of the badge on the boy’s clothes.
Ronan frowned at it. The boy looked like him when he was a crown prince. Who was he again?
"Well, you can get ready now," said Arielle who then stroked the teenager’s cheek. It couldn’t be Sasha. That boy was even taller than Arielle, but Ronan could tell that the boy was probably sixteen years old, because Ronan was also that tall when he was a teenager.
That boy kissed Arielle’s cheek. When Ronan wanted to protest, Arielle walked towards him. The boy seed to be laughing with satisfaction at seeing Ronan’s jealous face. He even laughed out loud, leaving Arielle and Ronan alone.
"Co on, dear, don’t be jealous. Your jealousy habit never goes away, huh? Here, I’ll also fix your clothes. You must be very nervous," Arielle said while adjusting the position of his clothes.
Ronan was speechless. He followed wherever Arielle took him. The boy and the twins followed Arielle and him as they left the room. They were going to the cathedral right now. Ronan barely recognized the place. It was full of greenery and flowers that adorned the cathedral.
There seed to be a lively event...
A priest held Ronan in front of the cathedral doors, while Arielle and the three children were allowed to enter first. What was it? Why couldn’t he co in? Did the priest not know that he was the king?
When Ronan was questioning a lot of things, a trumpet could be heard, signaling the presence of soone else. Ronan turned and frowned at the sight of a girl wearing Arielle’s wedding dress and also having beautiful shiny white hair similar to Arielle’s.
There were two Arielle? The girl was the sa, Ronan could not see the girl’s face, so he was confused why there were two Arielles with him. Ronan’s hand stretched out by itself, and the girl also extended her hand. The hand seed younger.
"Arielle?"
The girl chuckled softly in a voice that was different from Arielle’s usual laugh.
"Do I look pretty like mama?"
Beautiful? Of course, Arielle was always beautiful! However, who was the girl who used Arielle’s appearance yet had a different voice from Arielle? And what’s mama?
The girl stretched out her hand and brushed sothing that fell on Ronan’s cheek.
"I’m glad Papa took off the mask. This way, I can see Papa completely."
Papa? Ronan suddenly had difficulty breathing. Sothing stuck in his throat, and his eyes felt hot. His heart felt tightly bound by sothing. Who was the girl? She had the appearance of Arielle and called him Papa?
"Oh, co on, Papa... don’t cry. Mama said papa had been crying all night. I also don’t want to cry today, my make-up will ss up."
She was not Arielle. Arielle was not a chatty person. But, why did his heart feel so heavy? Ronan gripped the girl’s hand tighter, looking at each other for a while. Then, the girl wrapped her arms around him and Ronan hugged her back tightly.
"Papa, don’t cry. This is a happy day. I promise to be happy with Xieno."
Ronan had tears in his eyes. He didn’t know for what reason. His heart felt heavy. The girl helped Ronan wipe his face from the tears. The priest who stopped Ronan before asked if he and the bride were ready to enter the altar or not.
Ronan and the girl looked at each other, then smiled broadly. The two answered at the sa ti. "We’re ready," both replied in unison.
The doors of the cathedral’s blessing hall opened. The orchestra and chorus filled his ears. A man in a white coat with red hair was waiting at the end of the altar. He turned around, and Ronan could clearly see the man’s face.
"Xieno, I will kill you if you make my daughter shed tears," Ronan muttered subconsciously.
The man on the other end of the altar smirked with satisfaction. As Ronan stepped into the hall, a dazzling light entered his view.
Ronan frowned and rubbed his eyes, then blinked a few tis. He looked at his surroundings in a confused state. He saw Arielle who was opening the curtains. Ah... Ronan fell asleep. He was exhausted after a long lovemaking session.
Ronan wiped his face and frowned at his wet hands.
"Tears?" he muttered and then rubbed his cheeks with both hands. He tried to rember what had happened, but he couldn’t rember anything.
(Huh? Was I crying because of having sex with Arielle, which was so much fun?) he asked in his heart.
"Ronan, get up and eat first," Arielle called. The girl was already wearing another tunic, which was gave her body a decent cover.
Ronan held his chest. There was a strange feeling. It felt like sothing had happened that shook him greatly, but he couldn’t rember anything.
"Xieno..." was the only na he heard.
"Ronan?" Arielle called once more.
"Ah, well... I’m coming..."
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