A Crown Made Of Flowers

On the same day, but an hour later, Ian put the children on the back of the Tornado and took them to a meadow where beautiful flowers of different colours were blooming. He let the Tornado graze peacefully in the wide meadow, where he also saw other parents with their children or couples in love. Aqua played tag with Canelo without moving away from Ian. It didn't take long for Ian to join in the fun with the children, making them very happy to spend time together. Unfortunately, Vincent couldn't go with them as he had been summoned to the capital, but there was nothing he could do about it as he would be working under Allen after the Academy. Everyone had a great time together and when they were tired of all the running they lay down on the grass and looked up at the sky for a few minutes until Ian had the idea of making crowns out of flowers. The children were curious to see what the crowns were, so they watched as Ian skilfully braided the flowers together to form a sort of circle with an empty centre. Ian even made the crown for Tornado looking over his shoulder. As he sat on the grass, he looked down at his children with a smile on his face, the two boys now dueling with their toy wooden swords that Ian had made for them. Although they were too young for real sword training, Ian was surprised at how well they were doing.

|| How did we do, Mum? Did we do well? ||

|| Did you like that, Mum? ||

|| You were great, I'm proud to have such great warriors for sons. You have a talent for swordsmanship, and I see potential in your acting, who knows, maybe when you grow up you will surpass your dad in strength. ||

|| Mum really thinks so? ||

|| Of course, I would never lie about something like that. ||

The children immediately hugged Ian, they were really happy to have such a great mum, of course they were a bit sad that dad couldn't go with them, but he promised they would go with the whole family another time. As they hugged, Aqua saw a certain box that Ian had taken with him and decided to ask about it.

|| Mum, what's in this box? I saw you take it earlier, but you didn't even open it. ||

|| In this box you will find the instrument that I have tried to recreate. Would you like to listen to one of the tunes that can be played on this instrument? ||

When Ian looked at the boys, he could see stars in their eyes that told him how much they wanted to hear the tune. He reached for a wooden box and opened it. He took out an ocarina-like instrument made of wood with carved ornaments. As soon as he began to play it, a beautiful and gentle melody could be heard that spread out over the meadow. Soon, lavender fragments of magic could be seen in the air, changing shape under the influence of the melody. Ian, who didn't even know what was going on around him because he had his eyes closed to better hear the melody, didn't even realize that flowers of various sizes and types were being formed by magic all around him. At that moment, everyone was moved by the beautiful sight in front of them. Canelo and Aqua, who were in the middle, could admire this magnificent view, they had never seen or heard anything more beautiful. As soon as the song came to an end, the magic around them began to return to its original form as well. By the time Ian opened his eyes, everything was back to normal as he asked his children with a smile.

|| Did you enjoy my little musical performance? ||

|| Mom is awesome! ||

|| Mom was like a goddess in the midst of flowers! ||

|| Haha, I'm glad you liked it, but I wouldn't say my skills are of such a high level to call me a goddess.... ||

|| Why can't mom be called a goddess? After all, mom is very beautiful and wise. ||

|| Please don't say that, the Church doesn't like other gods than the one they represent.... If you are not careful, they may consider you a heretic. ||

|| Why does the Church have only one God when there can be more? ||

|| In fact, I don't know exactly why they think that way, but they are a bit old-fashioned, which makes it hard for them to understand other cultures and religions. ||

|| This church doesn't sound like a nice place if they don't let you be yourself.... ||

|| This is unfortunately how it is with religions, if I remember correctly there have been many wars over this to determine which is true and which is not.... ||

|| Why didn't people get rid of it if it led to wars? ||

|| I think it's because people are simple creatures who need to believe in something, even if the thing they're praying to doesn't exist. ||

|| Does this make them feel better? ||

|| That's right, if they can't believe in themselves, they can believe in the God they pray to so passionately. ||

|| Mom, does God even exist? ||

|| Unfortunately, I cannot answer that question for you. Some say they have seen the face of this god, while others say it is just a legend with no truth in it. ||

|| So people can see divine beings in their dreams? ||

|| That's right, such people are said to be blessed by God or simply His favorites. Most of the time, high priests and even the Pope himself have such prophecies. I didn't think you'd be so interested in this topic Canelo. ||

|| .... ||

|| ....Canelo, please tell me you haven't had an encounter with God in your dreams.... ||

|| Sorry mom.... ||

|| Haaa.... You don't have to apologize to me, could you explain to me exactly how it happened that God chose you as His favorite? ||

|| I don't know.... He started coming to my dreams a month ago.... Although most of the time we just talked to each other.... All this time I thought he was just a figment of my imagination.... ||

|| Nothing happened, in the end we are not sure if it is definitely a god. So for now, try not to mention it to anyone. ||

|| I understand, I will not tell anyone. ||

// I have a strange feeling that fate doesn't want us to be a normal family.... If Canelo really has been blessed by a higher being, his life may end badly.... The only plus is that most divine beings do not interfere in human affairs. //

|| It's not fair Canelo can just talk to God.... I would also like to have a god as a friend. ||

|| Who knows, maybe in the future one of the gods will shake your hand and be your friend. You are both young and have not yet shown the world your potential. ||

|| Mom is right, it is better not to rush into these kinds of things. ||

|| You're right.... ||

After talking, they decided to slowly gather to go home, the sun was slowly setting, making the sky full of red, orange, and yellow. As they walked down the city street all around them, they could see houses with lights slowly coming on in the windows, the streets slowly becoming empty due to the approaching night. They arrived at their house without a hitch, the kids immediately went into the living room, Ian went to put Tornado back in the stable so he could rest, and before going home he petted the horse and combed his mane. The rest of the day went on as quietly as ever, Vincent returned in perfect order for dinner, so they all sat down to eat and talk about how their day had gone, Vincent of course complaining that they had called him in for no particular reason, just wasting time he could have spent with Ian and the children. Rabell was a little sad that Ian hadn't taken her with him, but Bill and Deon had nothing to complain about as they were finally able to look after themselves and take a nap. You could say that today was a very productive day.

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