As Adrian cried out in regards to the demise of his child hawk, faintly, the sound of birds chirping was heard someplace within the distance.

The sound didn’t appear to be heard by the adults’ ears, however Adrian’s small physique ran at full velocity and adopted that sound.

“Oh! Prince, we’re nonetheless cleansing …….”

The bird-keeper ran and pursued Adrian. However they fell far behind as a result of they underestimated a baby’s velocity. Fabian and Evelyn additionally went after the guard to seek out their son.

Evelyn sighed with reduction when she discovered a small again that filled with grime on his clothes. However someplace, her nostril started to odor one thing stink.

“Forgive me, Your Majesty … That is the breeding aviary the place disabled and deserted hawks are raised.”

Fabian appeared to know, then shook his head and checked out Evelyn.

“Not all black hawks are born sturdy and ideal. Subsequently, we practice and provides them missions in response to their respective skills.”

Solely then did Evelyn take a nod. Wanting on the distinction within the aviary space. It was evident that Fabian would give the top-notch black hawk to Adrian, even with out being requested.

“Adrian, you possibly can’t run like that!”

Evelyn shortly grabbed Adrian’s little shoulder and held him again. Adrian nonetheless tried to run and struggled together with his physique, however he couldn’t beat Evelyn’s power.

However, unexpectedly, Evelyn additionally discovered an object that caught Adrian’s eyes.

“That’s…?”

Adrian’s tiny finger pointed to the item. Fabian, who was curious, additionally took a peek behind Adrian’s again.

Watching them, the bird-keepers simply stood nonetheless as they didn’t know what to do. Fabian then referred to as one among them to come back nearer.

On the place the place Adrian identified, there was a child hawk that had simply began strolling. Nonetheless, from the form of its feathers and small claws, it appeared just like the hawk wasn’t the best start.

“Mo-ther, that’s additionally a black hawk…proper?”

“It’s a black eyas*. Born from an egg, and after passing by childhood safely, it can grow to be the mighty black hawk we all know.” defined the bird-keeper.

(T/N: Eyas: Child/younger Hawk )

The eyas was actually unattractive. The colour of its feather was uninteresting, and the unperfect form made the eyas look ugly. Nonetheless, its mom had a powerful intuition; she stared at Adrian from contained in the cage whereas holding her child.

“When it will get larger, will it grow to be a courageous hawk?” requested Adrian.

“After all. When you wait patiently, when the mom hawk hatches a wholesome child, I’ll give it to you as a present. I promise.” Fabian mentioned in a delicate voice, lovingly coaxing him.

However, Adrian’s gaze remained mounted on the cage, the place the mom hawk hatched her poor child.

“That too …..Will it’s a powerful hawk when it grows up?”

“Proper. However it gained’t be as massive or sturdy as you’ve seen earlier than,” mentioned Fabian.

“Why?”

Adrian checked out Fabian with shimmering pupils. Seeing his harmless gaze, Fabian, who at all times talked again to the congress’s nobles, was now speechless.

Fortunately, Evelyn helped him to speak to the kid on his behalf. “Adrian, everybody seems completely different, proper? Your father and mom, Nora, and likewise Lily, who maintain you.”

“…Sure.”

“All of them have their very own expertise. Nora is nice at cooking, and Lily is nice at enjoying disguise and search with Adrian, proper?”

Adrian nodded excitedly when the names of the pleasant individuals he knew have been talked about.

“So, though it’s not the strongest hawk, possibly, it can grow to be a sort and good hawk. Do you perceive?”

Fabian, who noticed Evelyn, was amazed at her approach of educating. There have been no mother and father who taught their kids like that anyplace, both within the Imperial household or within the noble household.

In Empire’s training system, mother and father typically didn’t reply when their kids requested an obscure query. Their kids have been introduced up, anticipating that they wouldn’t have any ineffective questions sooner or later.

“All proper then, Adrian ….” Evelyn gently pulled his hand, however Adrian’s eyes have been nonetheless nailed into the cage.

“Would you like that chicken?” Evelyn requested.

Though that black eyas was a little bit completely different, Evelyn had already learn Adrian’s interior ideas. And that youngster wasn’t capable of nod his head as a result of he was ashamed.

Adrian was a baby who was lazy to attend. The hawk that was presupposed to be given to him was lifeless, so he wished to have no matter he noticed.

However, Evelyn didn’t need Adrian to develop up as an individual who handled animals like objects.

“Adrian, that little hawk gained’t develop up as massive as His Majesty’s hawk that you just’ve seen earlier than and can lose the battle. … However, should you wait patiently, His Majesty gives you a powerful and courageous hawk, so why don’t you wait a little bit longer?” Evelyn tried to influence him.

This was the primary time Evelyn had performed a task as Adrian’s mom. At occasions like this, she missed her mom, Queen Miriam, very a lot. Evelyn now knew how tough it was to show a baby and make him understood.

“When you actually need it, I can provide you that chicken.” Fabian immediately intervened a little bit.

“Adrian, I’ll offer you that little chicken. After that, when a stronger hawk is born, I’ll additionally give it to you. That’s sufficient, isn’t it?

Fabian got here up with an ideal answer, however Adrian was nonetheless brooding with puffed cheeks.

“The ugly hawk…is it nonetheless a child?”

Each Fabian and Evelyn have been shocked by their son’s sudden query.

“Is the infant with its mother?” Adrian requested, wanting on the hawks within the cage.

The Palace chicken aviary was operated by an expert aviculturist*. They put the mom chicken and her child collectively as a result of the infant nonetheless wanted the mom’s care.

(T/N: Aviculturist > An individual who retains and rears (breeds) birds)

“When you ask the bird-keeper, you possibly can take it proper now,” Fabian mentioned with a sighed voice.

“No!” shouted Adrian.

Fabian tried to cover his embarrassment when Adrian seemed up at him with a deep frown.

He was a bit shocked, to be trustworthy. What number of occasions the moment-when he was yelled at by a child- occurred in his life?

“Adrian, you possibly can’t shout like that! Didn’t you say you’re now not a child?”

“Nooo… Adrian is just not a child…..The ugly chicken is a child….. A Child wants a mother.”

Fabian and Evelyn closed their mouths for a second after listening to his harmless phrases.

Whereas normally, a baby in his age would insist on getting every little thing he wished instantly. Nonetheless, Adrian’s considering appeared to be completely completely different.

“So, what do you wish to do, Adrian?” Evelyn bent down, making eye contact with him.

“Adrian, just like the ugly…… the infant noticed Adrian’s eyes earlier….. So, my buddy.”

Though a chicken couldn’t chuckle or speak like a human, it was a great factor that Adrian might be taught the which means of friendship.

“However, that chicken can’t battle strongly … is that every one proper?”

“A buddy makes Adrian courageous!”

Nicely, Fabian watched the sight with a extreme face. That youngster was actually his son. Adrian’s overflowing spirit resembled him quite a bit. Even simply taking a look at him made Fabian felt so proud.

“Then, what is going to you do with the sturdy hawk that you’ll get later? When you wait, you’ll get that too.”

Adrian shook his head shortly. “Adrian, my buddy!” he pointed his tiny-chubby finger on the little chicken within the cage.

“Ugly! is Adrian’s buddy!”

In his coronary heart, Fabian was glad. To see that his son had realized the which means of loyalty from an early age.

The information in regards to the good and genius Crown Prince, who had by no means existed earlier than within the Empire, appeared could be unfold throughout the continent quickly.

“Oh properly then, bird-keeper, come right here.”

“Sure, Your Majesty.” The aviculturist bowed with a nervous face.

“Let the mom hawk relaxation first, And I’ll take the eyas as a result of the Prince needs it. Can I take it now?”

“The eyas nonetheless must be cuddled by its mom, however I feel it’s positive so long as you are taking excellent care of it.”

Fabian nodded with pleasure. However as if she knew by intuition, when the bird-keeper tried to open the cage, the mom hawk stepped again and hid her child.

“No!” Adrian yelled his greatest phrases as soon as once more. “They’re going collectively!”

Adrian apparently wished to deliver the mom and her child altogether. It was an sudden request, on condition that the ‘mom’ hawk was a required device’ for laying eggs and elevating offspring within the Imperial breeding grounds.

“Adrian is just not a child. Child ugly wants its mother. Ugly’s mother can be unhappy!”

It then did Evelyn notice that Adrian’s new buddy’s title was ‘Ugly.’

“Adrian…” Fabian murmured softly, and he put his hand on Adrian’s head.

Though he didn’t say a single phrase, Fabian’s coronary heart was full of an unfamiliar heat. A delicate smile then appeared on his lips, “It’s an ideal and great factor to maintain the mom and the infant collectively.”

A beautiful smile bloomed on Adrian’s face.

Adrian, who obtained the long-awaited reward, rubbed his hair like a child in Fabian’s hand above his head.

At that second, the shocked look of Fabian appeared to be one thing that Evelyn would always remember.

***

Fabian put the cage in entrance of the Empress’s Palace and employed the most effective aviculturists to maintain it.

Adrian was thrilled with the present. He was so excited till he exhausted and fell asleep in Nora’s arms earlier than sundown.

As for Rebecca, she was busy deciding on the royals’ names to ask in one of many rooms that had been was a personal workplace. So, she briefly forgot about her different duties.

“Evelyn.”

Lastly, after so lengthy, that they had a candy time to spend alone collectively.

Fabian didn’t wish to waste this uncommon alternative and sat beside Evelyn whereas having fun with tea time.

“Your Majesty, when the Emperor and Empress drink tea collectively, they normally have to take a seat throughout one another or diagonally,” Evelyn mentioned cautiously.

Evelyn was properly conscious of that. Even Fabian had given her Adrian’s custody, he couldn’t do away with the entire etiquette that had handed down all through the Imperial household.

So Evelyn didn’t wish to be extra grasping as a result of she already obtained what she wished.

“Lately, I spotted that etiquette is ineffective.”

However, as a substitute of shifting away, Fabian narrowed his distance from Evelyn. The hole between them now was so shut that he might even really feel her trembling breath.

“So, I made a decision to compromise,” Fabian whispered fondly in her ears.

Up to now, his low voice sounded a bit scary and heartless. However in the future, oddly sufficient, his voice felt so heat and candy.

“After we’re alone, I don’t wish to be an Emperor.”

“…Pardon?” Evelyn was terrified, because the Emperor like him shouldn’t say such a joke.

“I don’t imply I’ll neglect my obligation because it’s already an obligation to my destiny.” Fabian’s smile seemed a little bit bitter. “However once I’m alone with you … How about we grow to be an strange couple?”

Fabian was deeply troubled earlier than saying this. As he may be rejected or reprimanded.

Above all, Fabian had by no means made such a want earlier than. So he was so sheepish and nervous that his coronary heart was shaking.

“I …… don’t have any alternative however to grow to be the Emperor for everybody on this world.”

The larger the continent he dominated, the stronger he was and the heavier the burden he bore.

Evelyn was the primary one that might really feel and perceive Fabian’s ache. And maybe, she wasn’t the one one who was sad previously.

“I simply wish to be a person and a husband in entrance of you on this world. Even when I don’t have eyes to take a look at you, simply sit near me and chuckle at what I’m doing…..Is simply too luxurious for me to anticipate such a life?”

Satirically, the Emperor of this world turned out to be the one who craved probably the most strange factor on the earth.

“Typically, possibly you’ll get indignant at me for being detached to you, and you may additionally scold Adrian and me as a result of I spoiled him an excessive amount of.”

Fabian was so pleased to image it. It introduced a longing and mournful smile to his lips for the primary time.

“If we disagree, we quarrel, and somebody will apologize first. And even when we get mad at one another, we nonetheless sleep in the identical mattress … Solely you, who can do one thing that makes me really feel wish to die.”

Evelyn felt unhappy as she listened to his confession. It wasn’t a form of sympathy as a result of she had that form of thoughts on him earlier than. But, it was a really completely different emotion than simply feeling sorry.

Then, Evelyn took braveness and held Fabian’s hand first.

“All proper, Fabian.”

A loving pink smile unfold on her lips.

“However don’t remorse it later.”

Fabian laughed faintly at Evelyn’s phrases. After that, he gently pulled her shoulder, locking Evelyn in his arms, and he kissed her on the lips.

There was no want for a sacred marriage letter, nor the vow on their wedding ceremony ring.

Simply pure love.

It was sufficient for them to overflow their emotions to one another.