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The Palace is the center of Black Rabbit Kingdom, and with it, King, Prime Minister and Prince are the pillars and foundation of it.
No matter how long they'll take, they'll always reborn.
They are part of the World, they'll never be absent... King and Prime Minister, at least.
Prince's position is covered every one hundred years and it's a rare phenomenon.
It is said that Hajime-san, our King, was unable to contain his power and because of that Heaven gave to us a Prince: Aoi.
He is our symbol of good luck, the one who helps Hajime-san to reign the World.
I've always thought that Aoi hated to be a Prince, but no, it wasn't like that.
He was afraid.
"He must be so lonely...", His Majesty's words kept resound in my head.
Aoi, my best friend, is afraid to be alone.
I decided to protect him and only him, under the order of my King, because I didn't want to see him feel bad.
I was afraid to see him feel bad.
When I saw Aoi for the first time, he was huddled on the legs of a little Hajime-san.
All of us, Prime Minister included, were just children.
In my eyes, the King seemed to be mysteriously mature, but this is another story-
The Prince needed someone to be with, someone who would listen and protect him.
A bodyguard?
Yes, I became a kind of bodyguard... And as such, I would have to stay by his side until the end.
There’s no such things as reasons
There's no such things as royalty.
There's only a Heaven.
How it choose us?
How it choose the King?
And the Prince?
We don't know...
"He's just a child"
He was that.
A child, a crybaby who was crying night after night 'cause he was afraid to be alone.
But now it's not like that anymore.
I'm here with him.
He's growing healthy and strong like the cherry tree in the garden of his Palace.
He no longer needs my cares, needs me -the one who was sleeping with him to protect him from his bad fears-.
Day by day, I understand.
I could not reach him anymore.
Like the butterfly at the head of the kingdom, even him transformed himself.
He can do it but he cannot become anything else... Just like Hajime-san did when he became King.
I should hug him, but I can’t be the one to do it anymore.
Like the cherry blossoms coming for a new season, it seems that it has arrived for him too.
I can't say "I'm his bodyguard" anymore... Aoi, forgive me.
I showed you my most sensitive side so you can take my place.
Growing up, he became a great Prince... One of those who takes care of his bodyguard too.