The Story of the Wind Wanderer
Snowball #71

Several weeks passed by so quickly, entering the middle to the end of winter. For most people, winter is an exciting season, especially for children. On this sunny afternoon Altezza walked alone through a field on the edge of town, he saw that there were many children from among men and women who looked very engrossed in snow fighting. They clustered with six against six, and built forts out of the snow on either side of the opposing field, before they then made snowball clumps using their pair of small hands, and finally attack each other.

The Altezza silently watched their game from a distance. The children looked happy, even a few times they laughed while playing snowball. In the middle of the game, a girl in pink clothes suddenly looked at him, realizing the presence of the second prince who was busy watching them.

"His Highness the Prince?!" she dropped the snowball in one of her hands, and then ran towards her. What one of the boys did caught the attention of his friends, and they also watched and ran in the same direction, approaching Altezza on the sidelines.

"Good afternoon, Your Majesty!" greet the twelve children simultaneously, bowing his head before Altezza, smiling at him with their carefree faces.

"What are you guys playing? It was exciting like that" asked Altezza, smiling at the children.

"Snowball!"

"Snow war, Your Majesty!"

"Easy fun! It's cold, too."

They immediately answered the question, as well as trying to explain their feelings in simple languages that they could understand.

"Will His Majesty play together?" cetus was a boy.

"Was the man enough?" sahut Altezza, smiling looking at the cheerful expression of the children who seemed difficult to fade, especially when staring at him.

"That's enough!!" tell some of them.

"Come, play with us, Your Majesty!" bring one of the girls.

Altezza smiled at the children, each of their eyeballs looked really hopeful, and managed to make his heart melt, "alright! You're a team, against me, yeah!" said it.

Hearing the decision given by Altezza to join their game. The children jumped in joy, cheering happily. Some of them drew Altezza's hands, and invited the prince to join the middle of the field.

Altezza slowly entered the field, patiently following some of the directions given by the boys. They look adorable in both eyes, especially when the children are trying to talk but with a simple vocabulary that they understand.

"We're going to throw a lot of snowballs, so Your Majesty should take cover behind here" said one of the girls in pink, pointing out a sizable snow mound.

After these simple directions are given, the game begins. Altezza was alone, standing behind the snow mound, and making a snowball with both hands. Not finished making, the children had already thrown it with a lot of snowballs, while cheering happily.

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Walk in the afternoon wearing warm clothes and a red scarf around his neck. Bianca accidentally passed a field on the outskirts of the city, and watched a figure she knew was involved fun playing with children on the field. From a distance, the woman stopped her steps for a moment, seeing Altezza who was still in his warm white royal robes running around and around being chased by countless children who were not stopping to throw him with snowballs.

The expression on Altezza's face seemed very happy with his smile and laughter that were heard many times. Not only the prince, the children who played with him were no less happy, they were unceasingly laughing and smiling.

The move from Altezza finally came to a halt, and fell on the soft, thick snow covering the field, and allowed the children to surround themselves.

"Hahaha, Your Majesty lost!"

"Our day won!"

The happy cheers of the children were heard and seen, they jumped in joy with cheerful expressions after watching Altezza give up, lying on the snow and not resisting. The young prince then stood back up with his smile and said, "i don't wince," then chuckled, followed by the laughter of the children.

Not long after because the day is also slowly towards night. The children were one by one picked up by their mother who came to the field, and were surprised by the presence of Altezza who turned out to play. One by one they thanked the young prince for accompanying their children to play, even the children also expressed their own gratitude.

"Your Majesty, thank you!" cetus daughter when she was standing and held by her mother on the sidelines, waved her hand to Altezza.

Unable to say when he saw the children's cheerful faces, Altezza simply responded with a smile and a wave of hands, until he finally realized the presence of Bianca who was quietly watching him from the end of the field. When all the children who played with him had gone home with their parents, Altezza immediately moved closer to Bianca there, while cleaning her robe from the remnants of snow.

Bianca chuckled to see Altezza approaching her, "you seem to like children very much" he said.

Altezza laughed and responded, "not really, I happened to be passing by and accidentally saw them playing."