Chapter 82 - Last Wishes

"Y...your majesty...please stop crying...my heart hurts seeing you like this...." The empress said as her cold and thin hands touched his warm tears.

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"My...empress...if that's what you want...I will do that but in return please....stay...please..." The emperor said as he wiped his tears and looked at the empress who said a small smile on her dry and rough lips.

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"Your Majesty...you know what is the one thing I like the most about you..." Empress asked as she looked at him with her warm red eyes.

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"Yes, it's because I always fulfil my promises...no matter what the circumstances are...I always do what I said." The emperor said as he looked at the empress while touching her face.

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"That's right....then your majesty...do you remember the promise we made before our marriage?" The empress asked as she touched his hands and closed her eyes.

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"Hmm, you made me promise that no matter between us who leaves the world first the other must keep living...." The emperor said as he looked at the empress.

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"Your Majesty remembers all of it...then your majesty it's time to fulfil your promise. And if not much then can you fulfil one of my wishes too." The empress asked as she looked at the emperor with teary eyes.

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"My empress why just one, ask me as many as you can, I will fulfil all of them." The emperor said with a smile on his face. 

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" Thank you...then for my first wish...can I call the emperor by his first name..." The empress asked as tears started flowing down her eyes.

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"Yes...you can..." The emperor said as he wiped her tears with a heavy heart.

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"Then...Theo...Please smile for me.." She said as she smiled towards him.

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"Yes, Aurora." He said as he smiled at her.

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"Hehe, I must be the luckiest woman in this world....because the one who loves me is you. And I believe even when I am gone, you will still keep this smile of yours and look after this empire and our kids, Alan and Alfred. And you will never let an innocent person get hurt for a deed they have never done." She said while holding his hands.

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"Everything my empress says is a rule I will never break. And I will make sure it's the same with everyone else too." He said as he kissed her hands.

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" Then Theodore I want you to remember this...whatever happened to me is the fate I chose for myself. So please don't blame anyone for it." She said as she held into his hands tightly with a serious expression on her face.

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The emperor hesitated a bit but in the end, he did agree to it, "Great then for my last wish...I want to go picnic with the kids...not only our kids but also the winter, Wilson, Carot, Smith, and also white family kids."

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"Aurora But that will put too much pressure on your body..." The emperor said with a worried look on his face.

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"I am well aware of that fact but I have wanted to do this for a long time....and I know if not now, I will never get to do this again. Furthermore, those kids mean a lot to me. So, before giving my last goodbye I want to play around with them. I want to see them happy for the last time." The empress said as she smiled looking outside the window.

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"Then...how about tomorrow." The emperor asked as he gently turned her face towards his.

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"Yes please!" The empress said with a happy look on her face.

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" Then I shall arrange everything by tomorrow and is there anything else you need in the picnic?" The emperor asked as he looked at the empress.

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"No I don't but can...you stay here for tonight." The empress asked as she held his hand.

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"Even if you didn't say it...I was going to say here anyway." The emperor said as he opened his shoes and lay down next to her.

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After that, both of them lay on the bed in each other arms but none of them was sleepy yet.

So they kept talking about things, 

"Your Majesty, thank you for believing me." The empress said as she hugged him.

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"What does the empress mean?" The emperor asked not understanding what she meant.

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"What I want to say is that when everyone was considering me as a witch you didn't listen to them and even when they threw themselves on you, you didn't wavier even an inch. 

If it was someone else they must have long given up but you didn't. Which somehow makes me feel lucky and thankful." The empress said as she rubbed her face on his chest.

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" That...you..knew about those rumours..." The emperor asked as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders.

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"Yes...even if I didn't go out, the outsiders did come inside." The empress said with a smile on her face.

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"I see...I just didn't want you to. hear such nonsense and as for the part of believing you. Aurora, you are my wife, my other half, How can I not believe you?" The emperor said as his golden eyes met with the red eyes.

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"You are the one who made me what I am today...so just how can I not believe you. Aurora my love...." The emperor continued as he kissed her forehead gently.

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"It was my wrong to ask you that. But your majesty in the future if you feel lonely...you can marry again...I won't have any objection with it." The empress said as she looked at him with a genuine look on her face.

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" I can listen to anything you say but not this...because in this lifetime you will be my only empress. The only person with whom I shared my feelings, my heart and everything that I had." The emperor said as he touched her face and wiped the tear that flowed down her beautiful eyes.

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"Your Majesty.....I am sorry to leave you alone..." The empress said as she hugged him tightly.

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"Don't apologize for something you don't have control over...as for me...I will never be alone since you left me, such precious children, to me. Alan and Alfred are here to give me company so don't worry instead please wait for me..." The emperor said as he stroked her hair

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"I will...both of us will cross the bridge of the afterlife together but please don't come too fast or else I will be angry." The empress said as she wiped her tears.

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"I will only come there when you give me the permission, Okay!" The empress asked as she giggled.

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"Okay~," The empress said as she giggled.

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"Hah, but Aurora you never told me what kind of wives do you need for our sons?" The emperor asked as he changed the topic.

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"Wives? That discussion is upon them so I don't think I have any say in that but still, I hope they marry the ones they love despite the fact of them being a royal, noble or a commoner. I want to be happy." The empress said with a warm look on her face.

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"That won't be easy....because they are the Princes who have millions of eyes on them but don't worry I will protect them and anyone who will come between them will have to pass through me." The emperor said with a proud look on his face.

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"Of course you will and no one will have the guts to pass through the emperor unless they have a death wish." The empress said as she laughed.

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"Well that's true~," The emperor said as he touched the empress face and gave her a small peck on her lips.

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"My empress looks so beautiful whenever she smiles that it melts my heart." The emperor said with a big satisfied smile on his face.

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"Seriously, even after all this time you are still all flirty!" The empress said as she looked at him with a smile on her.

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"No you are wrong, cuz I am only like this with you." The emperor said as he touched her hand and landed a gentle kiss on her hands.

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"I am glad to know that...I am the only one who can see you like this...I am truly glad." The empress said as she touched his cheeks.

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"You don't need to be glad for this because I am all yours and only yours." The emperor said as she let of a breath. 

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"I know and that is why I feel so glad." The empress said as a gentle wind blew through the room. 

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After the empress fell asleep,

The emperor called for the messengers and send messages to the households mentioned by the empress and invited every one of them as a special guest in the royal picnic along with the two princes.