Chapter 109

"There are some loves that last a few moments, some that last years and some that last lifetimes, traversing over eras and generations and ages. This love sees not its person, but the soul beneath. It loves till its heart is pulseless and its body reclined."

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The Royal Enthronement and Investiture in disarray,

The Crown of St. Erdengaur,

Kingdom of Tristendyre,

The Second Sunday of the Second month,

Year I of the Era of Tristendyrian Revolution

 

During the celebrative Coronation Ceremony, the Chief Physician's eyes were keen in paying heed to Crescence, the maiden of the kitchen and her erstwhile apprentice's dearest friend, calling the attention of the blind falcon that had been a lovely pet.