Hello everyone, here is the extra I promised.
Just wanna let you know I decided to make a sequel of this story and this is a preview to it, so if what you are about to read makes absolutely no sense to you, it's fine, it's kinda the idea actually. Keep in mind this is happening at least 5 years (I haven't decided yet, but that's the minimum) after the ending of the current story.
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Epilogue: Things to come
After the events of that morning, Ken and Shinou had retired for the day, saying they would come back to the temple, but instead they had sneaked into one of the rooms on the second floor that was used to store medicinal herbs. Shinou sat in a wooden chair near the door and Ken rested his back on the wall next to the window.
"Did we made a mistake five years ago?" Murata finally said, in a tone that meant he didn't really think they had, but he needed someone else to say it.
"Of course not, it is the pride of the nobles, that is clouding their judgment" Pride was a big issue with mazokus, it had always been, and both of them knew it too well.
"Remember we were in a similar position that time also, when we decided to intrude the first time". Those two last words clearly meant trouble, if the former king was using them it was to make a point. If they had intruded a first time, they could do it a second time.
"So what are you saying? Don't tell me you wanna keep messing with their lives after all that's happened?" The Sage said, turning away and looking through the window at the image of the royal couple, drinking tea in the courtyard, trying to conceal their own concern to the world around them. This time Ken was truly upset. Things were never meant to turn out like this. To be honest, he did wanted to intrude if he could.
"Can you think of a better way?" the blue eyed blond said, standing next to Ken and looking down the window too. The whole scene really had a strong sensation of deja vu for the both of them.
"Honestly I can't think of any way. There are limits to what you and I can and can't do, you know?" Ken answered with a chuckle, trying to sound like he didn't care, like he found the whole thing to be amusing, like he almost always did when he saw his earthen friend struggle with things. But this time was different, because there was probably no solution to Yuuri's current problem.
"Are you sure about that, my dear Sage?" The tone and grin gave away Shinou instantly, he had already thought of something. Ken's eyes glowed for a second with hope and amusement, before being hidden by his glasses. He let out a half smile.
"I'm listening" was all he said, without turning around to face Shinou.
"I seem to recall hearing something that could help those two right now, from one of our travels to the east, when we were trying to establish commercial relationships with some of the islands of the sector" Ken's mouth dropped, his brain digging deep to reach those long forgotten memories, and forgotten for a good reason. He began to understand where Shinou was trying to get to.
"You can't mean... the Sennyo tribe?" He turned around, his voice quivered a little, his memories regarding that people, and that island in general, were not pleasant, to say it politely. Shinou only smiled, quite wickedly, as a response. Ken felt a chill running down his spine. Shibuya you better be thankful for this, he thought, and directed his eyes to the Maou, who was now enjoying what looked like a pleasant talk between lovers, with the blond by his side.
"Fine I'll do it" Ken had the feeling he was going to get a headache soon and put a finger on his temple, slightly massaging it, thinking he was going to end up looking like lord von Voltaire if he kept listening to Shinou's brilliant ideas. "I'll have to do some research first, there's no guaranties of this working out. I'll ask Yozak to come along with us once I finish".
"As you wish. We have to be careful, though" Shinou pointed out, concerned about letting the spy know about their intentions. Ken nodded in agreement, the less people who knew about this, the better. Not only because of the obvious reasons, also because there was only so much his own pride could take. He took one more look at the couple on the first floor, trying to convince himself this whole thing was going to be worth it.
"If you ever split up, I'm going to personally kill you both" he whispered before walking out of the room. Shinou followed, laughing in expectation for what was to come.
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Okay so that was very short, but I don't wanna spoil the new story.
If any of you understood what was going on, or has any suggestions for the new plot I'll be happy to hear about it in your reviews
And now to answer some of the previous reviews:
nevynwatcher: thanks so much for your comments! To answer your questions, Wolfram's voice is probably taken away by Shinou to make sure he would not reject him and ruin his plans, also, it comes back at the right moment for two probable reasons: one is that Shinou gives it back, to give Yuuri a final push; and the second is that, since Shinou's powers was running out at the time, he couldn't maintain his control over the blond's voice. It was the idea to leave that fact hidden until the ending, so that's why I didn't answered before. About the laughter, it's because no one really knows what's going on except for the three of them and that's kinda funny, especially since Wolfram doesn't have a clue about Yuuri's newly discovered feelings at that moment, but anyway it's an accomplice kind of laughter.
DarkAkuma808 & anonymous: I ended up deciding to make a whole story as sequel and I hope you'll enjoy it, also that royal wedding might be a part of it, so look forward to the sequel ;)