When she was introduced into the story, she was a tragic girl who did not look forward to tomorrow with life in her eyes because the loss of her precious person created a void in her heart. After she was able to see light once again, she chose to live on. Not only for her own sake but for the sake of Prince Touya. She will live on and remember him in her memories as long as she's alive. When it's her time to leave, she will be reunited. After all, Touya promised they will meet once again. 

"Michiyo." 

She turned around to look at Shouto. She smiled at him; she's been smiling more often whenever he come and visit her. Shouto in return had been smiling more often around her presence. 

"Shouto~." 

"I've got Tenya to look for Yuuki and the others. They will be here soon." 

Michiyo happily clapped her hands together, "I get to see Yuuki-san? Yes! I want to hear about her adventures! I bet she will have a lot to tell me!" 

Shouto smiled and he patted her head. On the surface, it looked as if Yuuki and the others will return just to visit but in reality Shouto wanted them to return because he wanted to put a rest to the unrest about Michiyo. He had been doing his best to keep Michiyo in the dark and away from the truth but there had been assassination attempts to come at her life. Shouto tried protecting her but there was one time an assassin got close to her by disguising as a maid and Michiyo was forced to use her Magic to cremate the assassin herself. After that one time, Shouto finally decided to get Yuuki and the others to come back and help find out the root cause. He felt bad having to rely on others...

"Shouto," She held his hand with both of hers, "I don't want you to think you can't protect me. You're doing your best for me already so please don't push yourself." 

"Michiyo..." 

"Plus, it's a good thing I am able to protect myself; I will be useful to you in my own way." She found herself a reason to live: For Touya, for Shouto, and for the child inside of her.

He smiled when she's thinking about him and his child. "I just wish I can protect you with my abilities." 

"There's no shame in relying on others. There's only so much someone can do on their own. I know that." After Yuuki helped her see past the sorrows, Michiyo had learnt how important it was to rely on others in order to regain that strength to stand back up again. She really appreciate Yuuki and the others and she couldn't wait to see her.

"I'll need to get used to it because I am used to relying on myself." 

"Just like you rely on Momo and Tenya, you can rely on more people, Shouto. You can do it if it's you." 

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Yuuki and the others arrived to the Palace on Eijirou's back. He won't be able to use Magic for the whole day but it was worth it since as though they manage to make it here in just 4 days. 

"Yuuki-san!" Michiyo was so happy to see Yuuki have returned to the Palace! She hugged Yuuki and Yuuki looked at Katsuki with a smug look on her face. 

"Look, Master~, I'm not a guy and I have a girl with nice set of boobs to hug me and greet me~!" 

"Fuck you, you stupid ass wolf!" Katsuki was about to kick her down but he noticed Michiyo's pregnant. "Yuuki, come here." 

"This is rare for Master to call for me~." She walked over to Katsuki while wagging her tail, "Yes, Master?" 

"Turn around." 

She wondered why but she turned around for Katsuki anyway. 

"Get that smug look off your ugly face!" 

*Author's note: Art by Izanami_No_Mikoto. This is a chibi version of Katsuki slapping Yuuki's head. Please give her love and support*

"Ow! That hurts!" 

Shouto came over to Michiyo's quarter immediately when he saw a red dragon land. He was glad to see their return. He nodded at Tenya as the knight got on his knee and greeted the young prince. "Katsuki, you're clever, you know Michiyo's pregnant." 

"Doesn't take a genius to find out-" The moment Katsuki said that, Eijirou and Yuuki both looked so shocked! "Never mind..."

"Congratulations, Michiyo-hime! Is it a boy or a girl?!" Yuuki asked while holding Michiyo's hands and waving it up and down again and again. 

"Hahaha, I don't know yet. A boy or girl doesn't matter as long as the baby is happy and healthy." 

Eijirou smiled and he patted her on the head, "Congratulations, Michiyo-hime. I mean it." 

"Katsuki, can you not call Yuuki ugly? I can't help but think you're calling Michiyo ugly too." Shouto kindly reminded Katsuki; the two girls looked the same! They could pass off as twins! If Yuuki's ugly then doesn't that in urn make Michiyo ugly? 

"HUH?! I'm clearly calling Yuuki ugly, aren't I?!" 

"You really don't see the problem in what you're saying?" 

Eri came back with the snacks Michiyo had requested for. "E-eh? There's even more people! I better go get more!" She's now troubled because the number of guests have increased and there's not enough snacks! Oh, how troubling it was being a young maid! 

"Eri-san, I'll help you." Tenya offered to help the young maid. It would be helpful to have more maids but not at the moment; there's people trying to disguise as a servant to bring harm to Michiyo and her child. For the time being, Eri's the only maid they could trust being in and out of Michiyo's quarter. 

"T-thank you, Tenya-sama!" On the bright side, the young girl's a diligent girl and she would never betray Michiyo. Michiyo loved her very much and always treated the little servant well.

Yuuki noticed Momo wasn't here, "Where is Momo? Shouldn't she be here boobing the whole place up?" 

"Why do you have to say it like that?" Shouto asked before answering her question, "I've sent Momo out of the Palace to discover what's going on with the recent assassination attempts on Michiyo's life. From the letters she's sending me, people are wishing for Michiyo's death in the name of protecting the kingdom from God's wrath." 

Katsuki looked at Shouto and then he looked at Eijirou and Yuuki, "Stupid wolf, you come with me. Eijirou, you stay here with Michiyo." 

"Got it." I'll protect Michiyo-hime no matter what!" 

Yuuki smiled at Eijirou and then she got going with Katsuki!

They headed out to the city and they were able to see so many people carrying some sort of charm on their person. Since when did the people here become so religious? The charms came in so many different colors but they all had the kanji for protection sewn in golden silk threads. It looked nice but what was it for? Protection from what?

When they've asked the locals, Katsuki and Yuuki found out people were scared of a fortune teller's prediction about the end of the world should Michiyo's child be born. The locals speculated that it's because Michiyo wasn't killed when Prince Touya died and the breaking of the tradition angered God that's why he will deliver divine punishment. The locals did not want God to punish them and they were told the charms will protect them. 

"What do you think, stupid wolf?" 

"You're calling me stupid, but what do you have to say about these people?" 

"Fucking idiots." 

Yuuki asked a grandma that she wanted to buy a charm too. The grandma thought Yuuki and Katsuki looked like a cute couple and so she told them where the vendor was...

Denki and Mina were earning good money from selling charms to the people of the Yuuei Kingdom! They couldn't believe their charms were selling like fresh hotcakes! They were making a good profit all because the people believe in some fortune teller's rumor! 

"I can't believe it! Another day of good sale!" Denki finished counting today's sale. 

"Hmm..." Mina's a pink skinned girl with black eyes. She's part of the Pink Tribe; everyone from that tribe have pink skin, black eyes, horns on their head, and Acidic Magic. She's not looking very pleased with the increased of sales. "Is this really a good idea? People were buying them and saying 'death to the princess'." 

"Nonsense! People just say that to make themselves feel better! Denki's a sociable man who's always keeping up with the latest trends to make a sale out of it. 

"Mina, don't start getting cold feet now." Hanta came up to the stall with boxes containing materials used to sew the charms. "Besides, even if we don't trick them into buying something, someone else will do it. "Mezo, you think you can make a lot?" 

"With my many arms? Sure." Underneath his cloak he was already making many charms to sell for the next batch of people for the next day. His Magic has a set of tentacles alongside his arms. He could transform the tips of these tentacles to replicate other parts of his body like the mouth, ears, and eyes. The duplicated body parts become more efficient than the originals; as a result, Mezo's able to hear better, see through more angles at a time, and they grant him much higher degrees of strength. 

"It's a shame I am a good looking man. Sewing is outside of my talent pool." Denki said to Mezo. 

Mezo looked at Denki, "What does sewing and being a good looking man have to do with one another? Sewing is a talent regardless of your gender or your appearance." 

"Uwehh...you don't have to go on a full blown lecture. Huh? OH! Welcome, Miss cutie with the wolf ears~! Are you new? Never seen you around before~." Denki put his arms over Yuuki's shoulders upon seeing her walk up to the stall. 

"I'm just wondering which charm would suit me." 

"You've come at the right place! I'll find you a special charm~. No consultation fee~." 

"Oh~? So you charge a consultation fee? I thought you were low to piggyback on rumors but you're even lower than that. I am glad I won't have to go easy on you when I kick your fucking ass in!" Katsuki blew up the stall without warning! He looked at everyone involved with the stall! 

"Hee...!" Denki started to release sparks! 

"Run!" Mina shouted so Hanta and Mezo had the time to remove themselves from the area! 

"Tape Magic: Long reach!" Hanta released a very long strip of what looked like sticky long white paper. It stuck at something and he grabbed Mezo's hand as the other grabbed Mina!

Denki ended up accidentally let out a discharge! 

"Kya!" Yuuki got hit by the electricity! 

"Gah!" Katsuki's hit by the electricity too! 

Denki stopped the electricity and then he ran away while complaining Mina and the others left without him!

"M-Master...!" 

"Do you remember their scent?!" 

"I do!" 

"This is an order, Yuuki! Bring those three to me! I'll take on electro boy!" 

"Yes, Master!" Yuuki focused Magic to her legs and and arms! She's jumping from roof to roof, trying to catch up to Hanta and the others. 

At the same time, Momo found a temple and she could hear a woman telling everyone who came to hear her words what will happen if the baby was born. 

"How horrible..." Momo couldn't believe people were taking it as the truth. "Shouto-sama..." She decided she will put a stop to the fortune teller! "In the name of the prince, Prince Shouto! All activities of the temple must cease!" 

The people began to panic and they left right away. The only one who did not leave despite her presence was the fortune teller. She's a beautiful woman with long flowing hair and a cunning smile. 

"And if I refuse?" 

"I, Momo of the Royal Knights will personally stop you!" She had confidence in her Magic! She could defeat this woman and put an end to Shouto's trouble! 

At the same time, Michiyo was playing the koto and one of the strings snapped. Thankfully, she wasn't hurt by a snapped string but she had a feeling something happened. She could somewhat feel it as the wind blew softly. 

"Yuuki-san..."

"Don't worry, Michiyo, Katsuki and Yuuki will be fine." Eijirou said to her. 

"Hm. I will believe in them. Hehe, Eijirou-san, have you noticed?" 

"Noticed what?" 

"When Yuuki-san saw me, she's a lot happier. I'm really happy because it feels like Onee is looking at me and blessing me with her smile." 

Eijirou smiled when she said that because seeing Michiyo happy was something he wanted. However, there was a part of him who felt guilty when she said that.

"Stop right there!" Yuuki caught up with Hanta, Mina and Mezo! She's in their way and she ain't letting them go past her! "None of you are leaving!" 

"Uwehhh!!! Get off of my back already! Your face is scary!" Because Denki had shocked Katsuki and actually managed to hurt him, Katsuki felt his pride was hit; he was attacked and injured by someone with a dumb looking face! That's unforgivable! 

"That's why I need to break your face to even it out, you asshole!"