I Fell in Love With You, The District, This World

“Chevalier Kanael, the only knight of Kobatsuki District, will you marry me ?

“Iris !”

I am blushing.

I can’t believe it, it’s… a marriage proposal, I can’t believe it. My heart is beating so loud. I am literally dreaming.

I am crying but I only realize it at the moment I notice the surprised expression of Iris.

“Kanael ? What is wrong ?”

She takes my hands with hers.

“Are you hurt somewhere ?”

“Yes !”

“Where ?”

“No, I mean, yes I want to marry you, Iris.”

I cry heavily.

“Ah !”

Iris holds me in her arms with all the strength she has.

“I love you. Are you happy ?”

“Yes, I’m so happy to have you Iris !!!”

“I’m happy too, idiot.”

Iris and I are in front of each other, holding Kanamiyah between us.

“Agha !”

“Kanamiyah, you’re happy too ? We will officially be a family !”

“Agh !”

“I never thought I’d be so happy one day !”

Iris starts crying.

“I never thought too.”

Tears are falling over Kanamiyah, he shakes his head to take them off.

“Sorry Kanamiyah.”

“We’re just so happy that we can’t stop crying.”

Iris strokes Kanamiyah’s hair to take the water off.

Peachi is crying heavily and falls on his knees.

“Kanael…”

Fleur crouches down in front of Peachi and holds him in her arms.

“Peachi, I understand you too well, I feel hurt the same way.”

Peachi grabs Fleur’s clothes on her back strongly.

“I feel like dying.”

“I know, me too.”

Peachi stands behind us.

“You have to be happy Kanael or I will hit you.”

“Don’t worry Peachi, be sure that I’ll be happy. I hope you’ll be happy too.”

Mihail comes to see us.

“A marriage and a wedding, well I’m not an expert but I already went there. But for now let’s get out of here and bring the children home. After all that’s why we came here.”

“Yes, let’s go, my fiancée.”

I hold her left hand with my right hand, she shouts.

“Yeah !”

Kanamiyah lift both of his arms up.

“Agha !”

We go out of the cave and separate ourselves to bring the children faster to their own home.

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I stand in front of a grandmother.

“You’re such a nice young man, thank you for bringing my granddaughter home.”

“You’re welcome, she didn’t get hurt, that’s the most important.”

“Yes, to thank you I give you these lava cakes, take them with you.”

“Haha, thank you.”

Well I’m not sure that I can still eat it, after all what happened. To think that at first I killed them without much thought.

Iris talks with a little boy she brought back.

“Miss, is he your baby ?”

“Yes, it’s my adorable and lovely Kanamiyah.”

She kiss Kanamiyah on his forehead.

“He is so cute.”

“Yes.”

The little boy enters his house and comes back with a plush.

“It’s for him, it’s a gift to thank you.”

Iris takes Kanamiyah's hand into her and shakes it.

“Say thank you Kanamiyah.”

“Tha…”

“You were about to say your first word, isn’t it ? Thank you, take care of yourself.”

“Goodbye.”

“Kanael, did you hear ?”

“Well I was focused on my own conversation.”

“I told Kanamiyah to say “thank you” and he said “tha”.

“You mean he tried to say it ?!”

“Yes, exactly !”

“How fast you are growing Kanamiyah !”

I stroke Kanamiyah's head with my right hand and put his head against mine.

☼

“Kanael, after all your accomplishments, they decided that you could keep Kanamiyah and you could pay the rest later !”

“It's good news ! Right, my baby ?”

“Well, you had almost enough money with two lava monsters you killed.”

“I’ll earn the rest of the money later in another way.”

“Mm !”

☼

It’s the wedding day!

“Papa ! Mama !”

Iris and I are surprised.

“Kanamiyah, you said it !”

I am so happy that I lift Kanamiyah up.

“I’m so proud of you Kanamiyah !”

Iris strokes his left cheek with her right hand.

“Now we just have to get ready for our wedding.”

“Yes, we will officially become a family in the sight of all.”

“Yes !”

I kiss Kanamiyah on his forehead.

“We don’t wear special clothes for weddings ?”

“No, we just stay ourselves. When we marry, we have to stay the same as when we fell in love, these are the traditions.”

“It’s a great thing, it’s not a wedding for appearances. Who is presiding over the ceremony ?

“The priestess who represents the goddess, she will bless our wedding with her light power.”

“Okay, I can’t wait.”

The priestess stands in front of us.

“I’m blessing now this couple today in the name of the goddess with eternal love.”

There is a light coming out of her hands that goes towards us.

“The proof of your love can now talk.”

Lovy flies and stays in front of everyone.

“I’m Lovy, I’m the living proof of their love, I now bless them with my love halo. Liebe Power.”

Lovy’s halo surrounds Iris and I. The priestess adds.

“Under this love halo, the lovers can now kiss.”

Iris and I kiss each other passionately.

We hear a lot of people saying. “Congratulations !”

I stand in front of Mihail.

“Now you can tell me who your lover is ?”

“It’s him.”

Mihail’s hand points toward the man at his right, it’s a very handsome man.

“What ? But he’s too handsome !”

The man asks.

“Is it a problem ?”

“No… I’m surprised by your beauty. I hope you both stay happy.”

I keep talking with the man.

“Congratulations on your marriage.”

“Thank you, I will take care of Iris the best I can.”

“Yes, I’ll do the same too, since we’re going to live together.”

“Why didn't you do it before ?”

“For a lot of reasons.”

“I see.”

☼

I am sitting on the ground and Kanamiyah is on my left leg.

“Don’t worry, your little brother or sister will be with you soon.”

“Yes, I hope it’s a little girl though it wouldn’t change much.”

“Exactly as long as you take care of your little sister or brother. By the way, what are we going to call him or her ?”

“Well we still have time for that, we’ll see later.”

“Mm, you’re right. How are you feeling ?”

“Well even though I feel like I’m about to explode. I can’t wait to see our baby.”

“Me too. It’s going to be a beautiful baby.”

I have a flashback, I see an image of a girl.

After understanding the flashback I run towards Iris.

“Iris, I remember now who I was !”

“And ?”

“But I feel like you could be disappointed.”

“Then I guess you were a woman, right ?”

“How did you guess ?”

“Because you thought I could be disappointed.”

“It doesn’t disturb you ?”

“Well, you’re a man now. Why would it disturb me ? I love you the way you are now, yesterday or in a previous life, it doesn’t matter who you were. You’re the love of my life and we’re going to raise this baby together after birth.”

“Iris, I love you so much.”

“I love you too Kanael.

I rush and hug Iris delicately.

It was an amazing journey, I fell in love at the same time with Iris, with this place, the Kobatsuki District and finally with this entire world. I would never want to come back where I came from.

“Now I’m going to be happy with my new family and I will keep going forward and make new adventures.”