Chapter 6: Mace Flip

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Not to mention her father by law, the king was a clever one, and everyone sang about how smart he was. Although he was a sickly man, he was smart and would know how to choose well. And if she had guessed right, then what troubled her love was this war. He must have been afraid to upset her by telling her about the news, but she already knew what would happen, so she saw no problem in that situation since she already saw it coming.

Cassana decided to get close to her husband to make him rest his mind. She was afraid that something would happen to him if he filled his mind with all these thoughts before going to the war. She was scared that she would lose him because of his worries, so she decided to appease him a little.

After getting close to Steffon from behind, Cassana hugged his back tightly to calm him down. She wanted him to understand that it was alright and there was nothing to worry about, and she would support his every decision. Steffon, who heard her steps earlier, knew that his love was standing behind his back and did not turn around to see what she intended to do, but after feeling her hug, he could not help but hold her hand and kiss it.

"I am sorry, my love. I received a piece of bad news this morning..." Said Steffon, trying to explain the situation to his wife. He did not intend to bring up the topic to his wife like this and wanted to tell her the news slowly so that he would not upset her, but since he got caught in the process, he had to say everything right now. But before he could say anything more, Cassana's finger was on his mouth to prevent him from saying anything else as she spoke.

"Shhh, there is nothing to say sorry for, my love. Don't worry about me." Said Cassana as she moved to face Steffon's face while her finger was still on his mouth. She smiled at the worried man before kissing him. How would she allow her love to say sorry to her like that? He did not do anything wrong. It was those Blackfyre who wanted to ruin the kingdoms time after time. They were the ones who should say sorry for causing all these troubles.

"But..." Said Steffon since he wanted to explain his reasons since he did not want his wife to worry, but Cassana did not want him to complete. She kissed him to stop his mouth from saying anything more.

"Go, my love. Don't worry about anything in Storm's End. Everything will be alright and well-taken care of since I am here." Said Cassana with a smile on her face as she looked at Steffon. She did not want the man to feel trouble, but he insisted on troubling himself instead.

Steffon looked at his wife's eyes, and when he saw that there was any blame in those beautiful eyes, he sighed in relief and could not help but thank the seven for giving him such an amazing and understanding wife. Steffon got down a little to kiss Cassana a long kiss before getting down on his knees and putting his ears on her belly before speaking again.

"You can't trouble your mother when I am not here, you rascal. You have to protect her and don't make her upset, you understand??" Said Steffon as he held his wife's belly and spoke with the unborn baby in her belly. At this moment, he looked like an admirable husband and a loving father.

After saying those words, Steffon stood up and kissed his wife a last kiss before going out of the hall to find his first son, Robert, to see him before departing. He should follow his father as fast as he could since his father said that The North Armies should arrive by the end of this year. They would attack the Septstones at the start of the following year.

Cassana, who saw her husband go away, could not help but shed some tears as she did not know what the future was like and what it would bring to her and her family. She did not know if she would get to see her husband or father by law after this day or if they would die in the upcoming war. She could only have hopes and pray for the seven to protect her husband from future troubles.

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[A few days later in the Weeping town]

After a few days of Steffon's departure, a small boy came to this world in a small house populated by a group of Smallfolks. The mother of that boy died during giving birth to this child while the child's father was crying while holding his child in his hand as he moved towards the sea of Dorne.

That man was only a Smallfolk who worked as a fisherman in the Sea of Dorne. His name was Mark Flip. Although he was not rich and lived a hard life with his wife, they were always happy. He loved his wife a lot and did not want to get separated from her like that.

He looked at the boy in his hand and was angry at him because he was his wife's death. He was the one who took her from him. He wanted to throw the child into the sea and commit suicide to accompany his wife, who left them alone in this world to raise their son. But after he saw his wife's features on this boy's face, he could not help but cry out loud while looking at the sky and promising his wife to take care of their son.

"I will give you the name that your mother repeated many times in my ears. I only hope that you will live up to this name and did not disappoint your mother. Your name is Mace Flip from now on." Said Mark with a loud voice as he looked at the sky to see if his wife was looking at him. The people around him looked at him as if he was crazy and got away from him.

At that time, Mark, who did not care about the others' opinions, looked at the sky and saw a scene that left him speechless. He saw his wife's face in the sky, smiling at him and thanking him for not abandoning their son.

Mark looked at his son's face and hugged him with his arm before giving him a final look at the sky and returning to his house.

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