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Her tears kept on falling as she heard her husband's screams inside the prison. Itsuki's white wings are now dirty and wounded. He spat some blood on the ground after being beaten up by the guards and servants. She tried to stop Riku from ordering them around but his ears were closed this time. He dared to steal the queen from the king and the most unforgivable is he married and impregnated her.

"Itsuki!" She kept on calling for her while hugging her daughter. She prefers dying with him. The guardians of heaven got their child and this made her feel relief because he will not suffer from the devil's hands.

Riku stopped the guards and servants and they opened the cell. Shackles are refraining Itsuki's wrists and feet to move. He lost his entire energy to fight against them. Riku's demonic powers are making him weak and sooner or later, he will die. Gia went inside the cell as well and stood between him and Riku.

"Stop this. Don't kill him. Please." She begged but Riku just gave her a cold glare. He is just giving the appropriate punishment to those who tried to take her away from him.

"Kill him, then." He said but she shook her head. She knelt besides Itsuki and hugged him gently. The younger smiled weakly while staring at her face.

"You should not cry. This will be the best for you." He whispered but she just cried harder as she kept on shaking her head.

"No. Please, stay with me. I love you. I love you so much, Itsuki." She repeated those words a few more times before kissing his lips.

Riku clenched his fist while watching the two. He knows he will never be able to replace him in her heart but it doesn't matter anymore. Underworld is just another term for eternal suffering. All of them are suffering. It is not his problem anymore if she will not move on when Itsuki is killed.

"I love you so much more. I never regret loving and marrying you. I was so happy. I wished for us to have more happy memories but our time is up already." He coughed more blood and it tainted her gown.

"Kill him now." Riku got a black and gold dagger and handed it to her. She can't kill him. She doesn't want to kill him.

"Kill me. I'll meet you in another lifetime. I'll wait for you. I promise." Itsuki smiled sadly and tears fell from his eyes.

This is the most painful but Gia thought that he will not suffer anymore if she will kill him. She knows she's going to regret that she did it but she will hold on to his promise that he will meet and wait for him in another lifetime. She cupped his cheeks and kissed him once more. She became the happiest when she met him. This lifetime might not be their right time but she wants the next one to be the right one.

"Please wait for me there. Let's have our happily ever after soon." She sobbed as she pointed the dagger to his chest where the heart is located.

"See you soon, my love." He whispered and she stabbed his heart with the dagger. His sad and crying eyes widened but slowly, he closed it as it only saw her, the love of his life.

"Itsuki!" She screamed in pain and agony while hugging his dead body. Riku clicked his tongue and went out of the cell, going back to the kingdom's hall.

Itsuki's body started to glow and little by little, it vanished in thin air. His pure soul is now freed from the darkness. Only the black and gold dagger tainted with his blood left on the ground. Fuyu helped her mother to get up and leave the cell. She knows she's going to be like this for some time but she will be there to be her support.

She is feeling guilty that she didn't do anything to stop the king. She can't even call him father. He never became her father. All she got is her mother and son but she is hoping that her son will not turn like his father. Gia went missing for only one week. It was enough for her to give birth to her son with Itsuki.

The younger helped her to take a bath, cleaning the blood stains on her hands. She looked at her daughter and her tears fell again. She keeps on asking herself; why did they end up like that? What did they do last lifetime to be this unfortunate? She felt her mother staring at her, so she stopped a bit.

"Can you join me for a bath? I miss my little baby." Gia murmured and she nodded her head many times before taking her gown off and joining her in the tub.

"Do you remember? We used to do this but when you turned ten, you said it is already embarrassing. It is because your body is developing, desho?" She chuckled softly while listening to her mother's story.

The older reached for her hair and soaked it with the lukewarm water. Fuyu rested her body on hers and closed her eyes. She hugged her little baby gently, humming a lullaby softly. She will never be able to do this to her son anymore but she knows that he is safe there in heaven. She placed a kiss on top of her head.

"My little baby is no longer a little baby. You have a little baby now." She mumbled and Fuyu lifted her head a little to look at her.

"Okaa-san, I got a name for him already. I'll call him Yuuki." She gave her a small smile and nodded.

"It's a beautiful name, my little Fuyu." She kissed her forehead and the younger one pecked her cheek.