[While those days are long gone and Joshua was still just a boy, he often thinks about what their lives could have been like. Had Rosaria stood and their father passed down his duties to the both of them. While Clive and Joshua had never had issues with the succession, even as a boy Joshua had always thought that ... While he had Phoenix, that Clive still would have made a better leader than he would have. The soldiers always loved Clive, wanted to see him grow strong... And Joshua was always just a small boy to be cared for. He never had time to see it further than that.
Had they had time to flourish and grow into men inside Rosaria's walls... while Joshua would have been the duke by name, and Clive would still have been his shield- Clive was always a Rosfield son first. Royalty.
He wants Clive to feel that claim on his wedding day. He wants the spirit of their father, stars away, to know it too.]
I promise that is all that I will request. [He chuckles softly.] Anything after that, I leave to you and Jill.
[And he is very much looking forward to whatever way they wish to celebrate.]
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Had they had time to flourish and grow into men inside Rosaria's walls... while Joshua would have been the duke by name, and Clive would still have been his shield- Clive was always a Rosfield son first. Royalty.
He wants Clive to feel that claim on his wedding day. He wants the spirit of their father, stars away, to know it too.]
I promise that is all that I will request. [He chuckles softly.] Anything after that, I leave to you and Jill.
[And he is very much looking forward to whatever way they wish to celebrate.]