(Jay is such a simp for Edgeworth and I don't blame him, have you seen that smexy beast we call Miles Edgeworth?

Oh, haha, this chappie sucks because I'm just tryna get one out.

But like my dumb self just realized in Frozen, Hans was trying to kill Elsa and make it seem like he was saving her by aiming the crossbow upwards instead of to the side or something.)

The princess and the new king had become fatherless. The queen had become a widow. They all had different way of coping with his death.

Reiko locked herself in her room and just cried. Shinya see overworked himself, and the queen bottled it up and smiled through her grief. She was hurting.

--------

Shinya sat down in the office. His coronation would be quite soon. About two days from then, just so they had a real king. Keigo was never near him anymore. He was trying to make Reiko feel better after the funeral.

"Your highness? Or should I say your majesty?"

"I have not been coronated. Refer to me as Shinya if you'd like, if not, Your highness is alright." He sighed. The person in front of him was the sketchy grand duke.

"Alright your highness, how do you plan on finding your mystery princess? You have no leads on where she's at."

"I'm not an idiot. I remember her features perfectly. The issue is about making sure it is her and not a liar and look alike." Shinya sighed. "Blonde hair and yellow eyes."

"Ah. Multiple women have that appearance. You're gonna have trouble finding her." Yotsubashi explained.

"And you think I do not know that?" Shinya grumbled. "And by the way, I'd like to receive the kingdoms mail from now on." Shinya said. Rikiya's eyes widened. He couldn't just kill the young man. It would make him suspicious. He killed the guard because he was a witness to his crimes, he killed the king out of revenge of something that happened when the twenty six year old prince was only a teen. Very odd, yes. If he just killed the king over asking to receive mail, he'd be caught immediately.

"Of course." He said and began to open up the door.

"Wait! Sorry, I raised my voice. Before you leave, I'd like to go over a few things."

"Oh? Then let's talk." Yotsubashi said.

"We're going to refer to the mystery princess as Her highness. It's a mouthful to say Mystery Princess." Shinya snickered a bit. He was weird as hell sometimes. The inside jokes he and Keigo made must've been funny. "Like I was saying, her highness is blonde with yellow eyes so our search will take a while. I plan on going along as well so I don't want a full army. That means no one would be defending the palace. So about five guards, Keigo, myself, and you? Would that be ok?" He asked.

Yotsubashi nodded. "Of course, but, your highness? May I recommend expanding your social skills? You tell me something I wouldn't want to hear then ask for my help. Just a recommendation."

"Ah, thank you. I shall work on it." He thanked the Grand Duke for the advice before he left.

------

The kings funeral was only a few days after their conversation. The Todoroki family didn't attend but they sent a few presents to the family once they had gotten word of his death.

Yotsubashi went to the funeral and saw Chitose and her family. The rain made everything look darker than it already was. Everyone wore black, the color of mourning. The king looked like a mannequin, not a once living person. He was meant to look like he was asleep. His mouth was sewn shut, his eyes were shut, and his hands were crossed on his chest.

"Hello." He walked up to Chitose. He held his umbrella tightly as he looked at Ryuko. She had her face turned to look at the casket and the royal family. She felt horrible for them.

While Ryuko wasn't looking, Rikiya and Chitose began talking.

"Here's a few books. I read them over and I know you'll learn about your little stick problem. The "king" says he'll be starting the search for his princess. I suggest you work quickly."

"Thank you." Chitose whispered.

-------

Chitose had read all three books. Why the princess had such books was a mystery she didn't want to know. Rikiya expected her to understand everything it said, which she did, it just took a while.

She honestly thought it was a bit insane and that her old friend just was insanely stupid. Not that he wasn't, she just thought he might have gotten dumber.

She had learned what the little white branch was. A fairy's wand. The fact that it came from a book was quite insane as well.

Chitose smirked as she heard Himiko's tormenting. Himiko was calling Ryuko "rat girl" because of her little rat friends. It honestly didn't bother Chitose, there were going to be rats. It was inevitable.

Either way her 'little stick problem' had been solved. It was a magic wand.

Ryuko had used magic to get to the ball. So she had seduced the prince?

That little witch.