I'm having fun with this right now! OK, fans! Here's the next chapter!
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Elizabeta led him around Austria's house, so he was forced to see everything he already knew yet again. Fortunately, it meant that he can be distracted by the fact that he had no idea what to do about the fact that he was mislabeled as this Holy Rome man.
"In the end, nothing much has changed since the last time you had left so long ago." She stated. "You'll remember the house layout soon."
"…of course…" He said, mumbling it.
"Haha…I'm surprised. Knowing now that your territory had separated into Germanic nations, I knew that you were going to switch accents. But…I never thought that it would happen so quickly!" She laughed. "You sound so mature with your German accent!"
"Please, Hungary…don't rub it in…"
"Ahahaha…I'm sorry." She smiled. "Holy Rome, if I may ask you a question…"
"Hm? Oh, sure." He answered. "What is it?"
"I-I've heard from Italy that you don't remember much about your past." She blinked. "Is that true?"
"…yes. This is true." He lied.
"I-is there anything that you do remember?"
Ludwig was taken aback, wondering how he was going to get himself out of this. He could say no and save the whole tension that was going on, but suddenly he had a flashback. He was standing in the middle of a room mumbling something to himself when he opened a door and saw…
"…I-Italy's in my house…"
"Eh?"
"I-I remember when I first found out that Italy was part of my house." He answered. "I was…so shocked that she was actually with me…"
"Aw…you do remember something!"
"Yeah…yeah, I guess I do…" He blinked. "Hungary, may I ask what happened to the two people that escorted me here?"
"Oh, them? I think they're in the library, Holy Rome." She answered. "Why?"
"I, um…I'm just wondering. Perhaps I should…try to find the library…"
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When he went to the library, he saw that Japan was sitting perfectly quiet on the couch as Charice started digging through the shelves. She seemed to be extremely curious about the books concerning about this Holy Roman Empire person (which didn't surprise him one bit). Of course, she didn't find much.
"It's really hard to find anything here…" She complained.
"Please Charice…walk me through this." Kiku turned to her. "How would reading human interpretations of someone's past help us in this situation?"
"Charice, you have no idea what you're doing." Ludwig said. "Humans don't know us as close as the rest of us."
"I know that. That's not what I'm looking for~!" She chirped. "You see, humans end up shaping our histories anyway. So if we at least find out how the humans interfered with our lives, then we might be able to at least figure out anything personal. Think about it, humans are the only things on this planet that can dissolve countries. And dissolution is the only permanent death we have."
"I already know what Holy Roman Empire is, Charice." Ludwig stated. "It was created in the 800s by Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and was dissolved on August 6, 1806 by the French-"
Something stabbed the back of his mind and he collapsed on the ground.
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"Give it up, Heilrich…it's over. I've won."
He opened his eyes weakly to see France hovering over him with a blade in his stomach. He coughed once, and he felt blood drip from his mouth. He was dying by France's hands, was he? He turned his head and saw a man standing next to him. He was extremely short with a huge blue hat on his head. It was the man that dissolved his kingdom…Napoleon.
"So then…I'm going to die now…"
"Napoleon has taken down your king…my kingdom will expand." France smiled. "Meaning yes…you will die…"
"…Italy…"
His eyes fought themselves to stay open, but then he gave in to the lack of power in his body. He slowly let them droop, trying to find any type of power in his body to make him move…even crawl. He couldn't die here…not when she was still out there. He…he has to know…
"From now on…you're going to be known as Germany."
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"A-are you all right?"
"Hey, if you can hear us, twitch or blink or punch someone in the face or SOMETHING!"
Ludwig's eyes twitched before opening slowly. He saw Kiku kneeling down just a few feet above him, a concerned look on his face. That didn't even compare to Charice's look, which reminded him to how a mother is to her sick child. She kept moving her hair out of the way, as if to get a better view of him.
"Nothing's broken or something…?" She asked.
Ludwig turned his head around. He was still in the library…Austria's library. He remembered now…he remembered how he was here because Arthur (most likely) turned him into a child and how he was forced to hide here, where Italy accidentally mistaken him for…
"…Heilrich."
"C-come again?"
"My name…is Heilrich."
"Oh my god, he got brain damage!" Charice panicked. "Doitsu-ki, can you hear me? Your name is Ludwig, remember? Brother of Gilbert? You know, the one with the narcissistic issues and the bird that sounds exactly like him?"
"I know that…but my real name…" He sat up. "My real name is Heilrich…"
"Whoa." Charice turned to Kiku. "Is this a side effect of Arthur's magic? Hadn't seen that before."
"No…I think it's something else." Kiku turned to Ludwig. "Maybe being mistaken as this man Holy Rome is making him remember something?"
"…red spine."
"OK, what?"
"Red spine…second book from the third shelf to the left…hidden behind the atlas…"
As Charice wondered what he meant, Kiku quickly jumped to his feet to search where Ludwig was specifying. After he found the atlas, he found what he was talking about: a red book with a frayed spine and browned pages. There were scrawled words on the cover that seemed to be written in quill pen.
"Charice…Ludwig…you have to see this…"
She helped Ludwig to sit in the couch as Kiku sat between them. He straightened out the book, surprised that the pages were still somewhat sturdy and thus made it easy to turn the page. He couldn't read the words on the cover, so he flipped onto the first page.
~Property of Holy Roman Empire~
WARNING! NO ONE READS THIS!
This means you, Hungary.
…
And Austria.
"Whoa…" Charice looked up. "Diary of this Holy Rome guy."
"Not Holy Rome…" Ludwig blinked, somewhat understanding. "Me."
~*Ring*~
~*Ring*~
~*Ring*~
~*Ri-
~*[Hello. This is Ludwig's cell phone at 732-***-****. I'm not available right now, so please leave your name and message after the beep. I'll make it my upmost duty to return your call when I can.]*~
~*BEEP*~
"Hey, this is totally unawesome West! Here I thought you'd always answer your phone! Listen, if you're even going to listen to me and my total awesome voice, I'm telling you that I'm not going to be home tonight and for the whole week. I'm gonna be bothering Roderich again. Hope you don't destroy anything while the awesome me is gone! Call me back when you get this message!"
'click'
~*BEEP*~
~*BEEP*~
~*BEEP*~
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Having fun over there, guys? The mystery continues…