(art by BaosArt)
The time had come for the family to get their portrait done just as those in Josephine’s family line had done before her. Hunter didn’t quite understand the whole appeal of getting a portrait of them but Josephine explained how it was done by nobility as a way to show future generations what they looked like. After hearing the explanation, it made more sense to the ex-spartan. It was a form of historical documentation and from what the process looked like, it seemed that it was like a family photo that he got with Rebecca when she was a young girl. The only difference being that it would take a lot longer since this was going to be a painting. While Josephine got Rosalind and Xenia all set in their dresses, Hunter was tasked with getting Edward and Wilford all set in their outfits. Edward was the easier of the two as he would just wear a suit as is. Wilford was having a crisis on what he wanted to wear. He kept changing outfit after outfit trying to find the perfect one. While Hunter loved his son dearly, he would never understand his son’s obsession with finding the perfect outfit. Though, Hunter didn’t really have a place to talk. He never needed to change outfits as his battle armor pretty much did everything. He talked to Wilford to get him to settle on an outfit and he soon settled on his suit. After the boys were ready, it was time to start the painting. After a little bit the painting was finally complete. Hunter walked over with Josephine to take a look at the portrait that was completed of them.
“What do you think dear? I think that the future generations might like it.” He said.
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A family portrait was something that Josephine was used to getting done once in a while. This was not the first time as her parents had wanted it done with just her and the kids as that was traditional. However, this time around the portrait was to show off the heights of the children and how much they had grown. Xenia was the easier one to get dressed but Rosalind could not decided on what color she wanted to wear. It took a bit of time before Rosalind decided it would be cute to match her baby sister. Of course Josephine already knew what outfit she was going to pick as her daughters were in awe of her dress. It was a little older style at this point but to her she had a soft spot for it. “Now, come on girls, we need to meet with your brothers.” Josephine knew it was going to take some time to get it done so it was a good thing her children were used to it.
“Hmm well we did it by height for history purposes and it makes me realize we sure ended up with very tall children.” Josephine gave a small laugh as she realized she was all the way on the other side of her husband because of the height. “Mother? You don’t normally wear dresses that have bows in them. It looks lovely though.” Wilford of course was the first to notice her dress. “Thank you. Actually this dress is similar to how Lady Rinea wore it.” It was her way to remember her after all. “Well we should put this with the other family portraits.” This one was was going to go next of course the one her father had commissioned a long time ago when she was 18. She noticed that the children seemed to feel a lot better to move around but they seemed to want to change out of their clothes. “You can change back to more comfortable clothes now.” Josephine said as the children left to go do just that. She gave a smile as she went over to Hunter and gave him a kiss on his cheek. “Thank you for being the best husband in the world.” She really felt so blessed having him and the children around and she had matured a lot over the years because of it. Valentia had blossomed into a peaceful country and it looked like it was going to stay that way for a while. At this point she had moved on from the loss of her dear friends but would always fondly remember them. She was finally content with what she had, she was truly happy and hope that her children will continue to live in this now peaceful world.
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