The kingdom of Celestia is devastated by a flu epidemic called Myshuno that takes many lives, including Gilbert, the husband of Ruby Nugen. Though some recover like Alexandria Nugen, the epidemic leaves many families without parents or children. The kingdom mourns its losses but comes together for celebrations like the wedding of Millicent Noble to help lift spirits as they rebuild from the tragedy of Myshuno.

1. THE KINGDOM OF
CELESTIA
Chapter 15 Myshuno

2. RUBY AND GILBERT HAD FINALLY GOTTEN MARRIED. THE FORMER FISHERMAN’S DAUGHTER HOPED SHE WOULD FIT IN HERE ON THE FARM.

3. GILBERT AND RUBY’S WEDDING HAD BEEN BEAUTIFUL WITH THE GROUND DUSTED IN A LIGHT SNOW. IT WAS SPRING, BUT THE SNOWS
WERE HOLDING ON LATE THIS YEAR.

4. THE WEDDING HAD BEEN ATTENDED BY BOTH THE NUGEN AND THE GORDON FAMILY HAD ATTENDED THE UNION. EVEN MARCUS MANAGED TO
MAKE IT OVER.

5. ALEXANDRIA WAS MORE THAN A LITTLE ANNOYED TO HAVE HER LITTLE SISTER WEARING THE SAME ROBE AS HER, BUT THE FAMILY
COULDN’T AFFORD TO BUY A COMPLETELY NEW PATTERN OF FABRIC. OR SO THEIR MOTHER SAID.

6. IT WAS CERTAINLY COLD BATHING IN THESE WINDS. THOUGH SHE HAD TO ADMIT SHE HAD QUITE A NICE VIEW OF THE CAPITAL BATHS FROM
HERE.

7. MILLICENT HAD BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN MAKING RUBY FEEL AT HOME. SHE’D ALWAYS LIKED GILBERT’S MOTHER. IT WAS NICE TO GET
ALONG WITH YOUR MOTHER IN LAW.

8. RUBY FOUND HER JOB TRAINING FROM HER FATHER WAS QUITE USEFUL IN HELPING MILLICENT BRING THE NUGEN FLOWER SHOP BACK TO
ITS FORMER GLORY.

9. BACK AT THE HOUSE, ARACELI HAD RECENTLY TAKEN UP FLOWER ARRANGING. SHE WAS INTERESTED IN JOINING THE NEW NUNNERY THAT HAD RECENTLY
OPENED UP. SHE DIDN’T REALLY THINK MARRIAGE WAS FOR HER. BESIDES FINDING A DOWRY FOR BOTH SHE AND ALEXANDRIA WAS LIKELY TO BE TOO MUCH.

10. ALEX WOULD BE MUCH HAPPIER SETTLING DOWN INTO FAMILY LIFE WHEN THE TIME CAME.

11. RUBY WORKED TO KEEP HERSELF IN SHAPE. FITNESS HAD ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO HER. HER MOTHER REGINA HAD TAUGHT HER TAI
CHI VERY YOUNG.

12. SHE’D MANAGED TO GET HER MOTHER-IN-LAW INTERESTED IN THE ART. THOUGH THE MEN OF THE HOUSE AND HER NEW SISTERS DIDN’T
SEE MUCH USE IN IT AT ALL.

13. IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE RUBY HAD BEEN ABLE TO INFORM HER FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW THAT SOON THEY WOLD HAVE THEIR FIRST
GRANDCHILD. KEITH AND MILLICENT WERE BOTH ELATED!

14. SHE’D CUT HER HAIR SHORT FOR THE PREGNANCY. HER MOTHER HAD ALWAYS BELIEVED A WOMAN’S HAIR OUGHT TO BE SHORT WHEN YOU
WERE PREGNANT.

15. RUBY SEEMED TO TAKE PREGNANCY VERY WELL. MILLICENT HAD BEEN QUITE IMPRESSED WITH HOW LONG THE YOUNG WOMAN HAD BEEN
ABLE TO GO OUT AND WORK THE FIELDS IN HER CONDITION.

16. THE FIELDS WERE LARGE, AND IT TOOK ALL HANDS ON DECK TO KEEP THESE CROPS ALIVE THIS SEASON. THE SNOWS JUST KEPT FALLING
EVEN THOUGH NOW IT WAS SPRING.

17. RUBY HAD ALWAYS LOVED TO COOK AND IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THE HELP OF ALEXANDRIA IN THE KITCHEN. ARACELI WAS ALMOST NO USE
IN HERE AT ALL.

18. IT WAS PROBABLY BEST THE YOUNG WOMAN HAD DECIDED TO COMMIT HERSELF TO THE NUNNERY.

19. ALEXANDRIA WAS ALWAYS ASKING IF THERE WAS ANYTHING SHE COULD DO TO HELP OUT WHILE RUBY WAS PREGNANT. SHE WAS
SURPRISINGLY CONSIDERATE.

20. MILLICENT WAS ON HAND FOR THE BIRTH OF HER FIRST GRANDCHILD. THE FACT THAT RUBY WAS HAVING IT IN THE FIELDS THOUGH WAS
NOT IDEAL.

21. IN THE END, THE NUGEN FAMILY HAD WELCOMED THE FIRST OF GENERATION 4. A LITTLE BOY GILBERT AND RUBY CHRISTENED MIGUEL.

22. GILBERT HAD GONE TO SLEEP EARLY. HE’D NOT REALLY FELT WELL LATELY.

23. MILLICENT ADORED HER GRANSON. SHE LOVED NOTHING MORE THAN STAYING HOME AND SNUGGLING WITH HIM.

24. RUBY WAS WORRIED ABOUT GILBERT. HE HADN’T BEEN ABLE TO WORK IN THE FIELDS FOR A MONTH NOW. THIS HORRIBLE COUGH HE
HAD..HE’D NOT BEEN ABLE TO SHAKE IT. THIS COUGH WAS ALL OVER THE KINGDOM RIGHT NOW. IT WAS CALLED MYSHUNO…

25. IT WAS TAKING MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ALL OVER THE KINGDOM TO THEIR GRAVE. SHE DESPERATELY HOPED IT WOULD NOT TAKE
GILBERT.

26. OR ALEXANDRIA. SHE’D CAUGHT IT HAVING INSISTED ON TAKING CARE OF HER OLDER BROTHER. RUBY HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE GILBERT
FOR WEEKS.

27. GILBERT HAD DIED EARLY ONE MORNING…THE VIOLENT COUGH PROVING TO BE TOO MUCH FOR THE MAN TO HANDLE.

28. GILBERT NUGEN HAD BEEN BURIED IN THE LOCAL GRAVEYARD ALONGSIDE HIS GRANDFATHER ARMANDO.

29. FORTUNATELY, ALEXANDRIA HAD MADE A RECOVERY FROM THE COUGH. SHE NOW WAITED TO SEE IF HER FATHER COULD SECURE A
MARRIAGE FOR HER. IT WOLD PROBABLY NOT BE TOO DIFFICULT SINCE THEIR WERE MANY MEN IN NEED OF ANOTHER WIFE THESE DAYS.

30. AT LEAST, THE FAMILY WOULD HAVE ONE LAST SOMEONE TO REMEMBER GILBERT BY ARRIVING SOON.

31. KEITH SADLY REFLECTED ON THE FACT THAT HIS GRANDCHILDREN WOULD NEVER KNOW THEIR FATHER. OF COURSE, HIS FAMILY WASN’T
THE ONLY FAMILY IN THE KINGDOM THAT HAD BEEN DEVASTATED BY MYSHUNO.

32. HE AND MILLICENT HAD FEARED FOR SURE THEY WOULD LOSE BOTH THEIR SONS. HOWEVER, MARCUS HAD MANAGED TO PULL THROUGH.

33. THAT POOR BOY JAMES GLENHAM HAD GOTTEN SUCH A ROTTEN DEAL. HIS MOTHER AGNES, SHE HADN’T BEEN MORAL HAVING A CHILD OUT
OF WEDLOCK, BUT DYING LEAVING HER POOR BASTARD ALONE IN THE WORLD.

34. DAVID SAID AGNES HAD ALWAYS SUPPLIED HIS STORE WITH THE BEST FISH. SHE’D CERTAINLY WORKED HARD TO LOOK AFTER THAT BOY OF
HERS, THERE WAS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

35. JAMES HAD ALWAYS HAD THE FAVOR OF LEIA MCCARTHY FROM WHAT KEITH HAD HEARD ABOUT TOWN. PERHAPS HER FATHER GEORGE
WOULD BE PERSUADED INTO GIVING THE YOUNG LAD A CHANCE?

36. NOAH HAD RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTED THE FISH THE YOUNG MAN BEFORE HIM HAD INSISTED ON GIVING HIM. HE HAD BURIED SO MANY PEOPLE THESE LAST
FEW MONTHS. HE’D BEEN SO INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE. HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE ALL PERFECTLY WELL. HE KNEW SOME PEOPLE LIKELY WOULD SAY
NOAH SHOULDN’T HAVE WORRIED WITH GIVING AGNES GLENHAM A PROPER GRAVE. SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF A BASTARD, BUT NOAH DIDN’T CARE. HIS
FATHER HAD BROUGHT HIM UP BETTER THAN THAT. WHATEVER, SHE’D DONE, EVERYONE DESERVED TO REST IN PEACE.

37. ANDREA AND RAGNAR WERE ANOTHER COUPLE WHO COULD CONSIDER THEMSELVES BLESSED. SOMEHOW, WITH ALL THEIR BROOD AND
CLOSE LIVING QUARTERS NOT ONE OF THEM HAD FALLEN ILL WITH MYSHUNO.

38. THRYA LIKE A LOT OF YOUNG GIRLS LATELY HAD DECIDED JOINING THE NEW NUNNERY WOULD BE A GREAT PLAN FOR HER FUTURE. SHE’D
BEEN HONORED TO HELP OUT AROUND THE CAPITAL DURING THE CRISIS AND SHE COULDN’T SEE GIVING UP ON THE WORK NOW.

39. HOW COULD SHE NOT AFTER HEARING ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER COUSIN EREK? HE’D ONLY BEEN 10, BUT HE’D PASSED AWAY.

40. ALONG WITH SAGE AND JOURNEY LAMPRIGHT. EVEN THE NOBLES IN THE CAPITAL HAD BEEN SPARED.

41. LORD RAYYAN HASHMI HAD DIED AS WELL LEAVING MARYLENA A WIDOW WITH 4 DAUGHTERS.

42. THE HASHMI ESTATES NOW FELL TO THE CARE OF PRANSHU AND HEIDI HASHMI. THEIR SON MANOMAY WOULD BE THE HEIR AND HIS FIRE
HAIRED YOUNGER BROTHER NIVESH WOULD LIKELY MAKE HIS FORTUNE ELSEWHERE BESIDES THE CAPITAL.

43. HER OLDER SISTER MILDRITH AND HER PARENTS OF COURSE HAD BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THYRA GOING ABOUT WITH ALL THAT SICKNESS
FLOATING AROUND, BUT THEY KNEW THIS WAS SOMETHING THE YOUNG GIRL HAD FELT CALLED TO DO. AT LEAST, NOW SHE WAS BACK HOME.

44. SHE’D GOTTEN TO STAY WITH COUSIN ISEULT FOR A WHILE SINCE THE NUNNERY HAD BEEN A BIT OVER CROWDED. IT WOULD BE A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE
THEY COULD FIND HER PERMANENT ROOMS. NO MATTER SHE WAS MORE THAN WELCOME BACK HOME WITH HER PARENTS AND SISTERS.

45. RAGNAR AND ANDREA WERE GLAD TO HAVE ALL THEIR CHILDREN BACK UNDER THEIR ROOF AGAIN SAFE AND SOUND.

46. BRIGHTER DAYS WERE ON THE HORIZON. OSBERT SEDLOW HAD BEEN ARRANGED TO MARRY MILDRITH NOBLE. HE HAD WORKED FOR
MILDRITH’S FATHER FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AT THE LAW OFFICE, AND HE WOULD NO DOUBT FIT IN NICELY HERE.

47. THEY’D GOTTEN MARRIED AT THE GREAT FIELDS RUN BY THE CHEN’S.

48. NOBLES, MERCHANTS, AND PEASANTS ALIKE HAD ATTENDED. THE KINGDOM HAD NEEDED SOMETHING HAPPY TO CELEBRATE OF LATE, AND
A WEDDING HAD BEEN JUST THE THING.

49. THOSE THAT REMAINED IN CELESTIA WOULD JUST NEED TO FIND A WAY TO CARRY ON AND NOT LET MYSHUNO DEFEAT THEM.

50. YEAH SO NOT SUCH A HAPPY TIME IN MY LITTLE KINGDOM. I HAD A FLU EPIDEMIC THAT JUST WOULD NOT GO AWAY…
SO I MAY HAVE TAKEN MATTERS INTO MY OWN HANDS A LITTLE. *COUGH* KILLED EVERYONE OFF WHO HAD IT AT THE
TIME *COUGH* WELL AT LEAST IT’S GONE, THOUGH I DO ADMIT I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR JAMES KILLING AGNES AND
ALL THAT. WELL I’LL SEE YOU ALL SOON. HOPEFULLY WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE LESS DEPRESSING.