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Special thanks to Enma_Eden for helping me with this chapter and for teaching me some with grammar along with KMbunny!
I'll do my best to edit the remaining chapters for a better read!
"The Queen has returned!" The royal guard announced as they pulled the
gates open of the Castle of Sina.
Midnight stallions carried a slick black carriage, adorn with artistic craftsmanship worthy of a Queen.
There, in front of the palace door, stood I- watching the carriage pulled in.
I, Eren Yeager am not fond of my Queen. He rarely conversed with me and the only time we stood side by side was when both of our presence were needed. That applied now.
Two years after we were wed, our relationship never progressed. We are nothing but strangers. Arrange marriage was not a new thing, but I thought that maybe, just maybe, things might work out for us. But sadly, I can't force what I wanted. Even on our wedding night, Levi said it bluntly and clearly that he didn't want to do anything with me after that night.
I didn't mind. I am too busy running the country. It was better that way than to dwell on our none existing relationship.
Queen Levi took a trip to the mountains with only his knight, Erwin, and his loyal servant, Hange. The Queen loved going to the hot springs and I thought of the idea on buying the whole establishment and present it as a gift to him, to make clear that we are not going against each other and commit treason.
It was only that time when I saw my Queen's blank face filled with color- as a tint of pink spread on his face while he quietly said his thanks.
I stared at the carriage as it stopped. It was tradition for the King to greet his Queen when they returned from a trip. Even though I cared less for my Queen, I couldn't help but wonder to what must have cost the extra week.
Levi should have travelled for two weeks, then I received a letter that they needed to stay in their vacation spot for an extra week due to the unexpected weather in the location. I doubted that I would get an answer, my Queen tend to keep to himself all the time and that's no longer new to me.
The servants lined up in the sides and all their heads were bowed. I didn't dwell my attention on rumors but believing that my Queen was not nice to everyone was a given.
"Your Majesty." Jean, my loyal servant, spoke out his worry. He knew how cruel the Queen other than I, since he experienced it himself. Seeing his majesty Levi returned sent a shiver down on his spine.
"It's alright," I watched blankly as the carriage door opened.
The Queen of Sina finally stepped out. His beautiful robe moved gracefully with him, as well as his waist long raven hair that complimented well with his snow-white skin. The air carried his scent and I savored the sweet vanilla scent of my Queen. It was a natural reaction, I was bonded with this Omega and it pained my Alpha to not be able to lay my hands on him. But I'm a king with dignity. I won't force my Queen in bed just to satisfy my needs.
Queen Levi stood in his perfect beauty- a male Omega with a pure blood. Yet, his cold nature and harsh treatment towards everyone out weight his beauty.
But, there was something different.
I narrowed my eyes on the Queen as he approached me.
The raven's body language was different, and his cobalt blue eyes held something that I couldn't honestly point out.
Then Levi smiled at me. A pure smile. The next thing I knew, I felt the little Omega's arms wrapped around me, pulling me on a gentle hug.
I froze.
"I'm back," Levi looked up at me with another smile.
Levi's PoV
"Where am I?! Who the fuck are you people?!" I shouted as I forced myself to my feet.
I woke up and discovered that I was in a forest full of corpses, and two people I never knew were crowding me.
"My Queen, calm down." The one with the thick glasses on her face spoke and scooted closer to me.
"Get the fuck away from me!" I screamed as I slapped her hand away.
"Hange." tthe other person, tall as fuck with brushy eyebrows stopped the shitty glasses. "Let's give him some space."
I stared at both of them, catching my breath. I wondered where Farlan and Isabel were, and who were these people and more importantly, how the fuck I end up in a forest with these two?
My eyes slowly moved to the chaos behind the two and instanly, I started vomiting. I have seen a handfull of gruesome sight in my life but for some reasons, my stomach flipped on its own.
"Your majesty!"
I couldn't hold back the tears as bile raise up my throat. When my stomach finally settled down, I wiped my lips with my sleeves, but then noticed the quality of fabric that I was wearing.
I had on a very expensive looking robe. And there's blood- a lot of it.
What the fuck?! Did I fought tooth and nail with this shit?! Yes, I like pretty clothing but this one fits for a Queen!
I was pulled back from my thoughts when the giant blonde gathered me in his arms. I immediately tensed, feeling my body rejecting the touch of another Alpha.
"Gahhhhh!" I screamed and tried to push out of the blonde's hold. All I wanted right now was to rip this eyebrows hands off me. And deep inside, I have a strong urge to call for my Alpha.
Wait, what?!
"Your Majesty! Forgive me! I'll be taking you to a much safer place!" The blonde tried to explain as we ran.
"Put me down! You fucker!" I screamed. Feeling my stomach knot up in excruciating pain.
When we reached a good distance away from the mess, the blonde Alpha put me down.
Finally, I can fucking breath without feeling needles stabbing my skin.
"Stay away from me!" I warned while my hands searched some knife or something in my robe.
"But Your Majesty-" The one with shitty glasses tried approach me.
"I said stay away!" I screeched then panted. My body grew heavy and my vision started to blurr. That's when a drop of blood landed on my hand. I reached over the area on my forehead and I saw my palm was coated with blood.
"I-I-" I barely gasped out then nothing but darkness.
Hange's PoV
After a few hours, I tended my Queen. I wrapping a bandage on his head, before swapping blood stained clothes with clean ones, and forced him to drink some medicine.
"Hange." Erwin called as he watch the Queen lay motionless on the blanket. I knew he felt horrible for not protecting the Queen enough. Erwin's a fine knight and he's aware that an ambush was welcome in very corner but we didn't expect to be out numbered.
"Our Queen didn't remember us," I poundered. "One of those bandit had hit his head hard. It's possible that His Majesty had amnesia."
"No! That can be!"
"It's very possible base on his reaction towards us but we'll never know how bad his the memory loss until His Majesty is awake. Don't worry, I put some herds that will calm him on his medicine, so we can have a straight conversation with him." I informed.
"I must inform the King!"
"No!" I stood up. "Not until I know how much the damage had done and another thing are the bandits."
"Those bandits," Erwin recalled. "It's not a robbery for they are after the Queen. It could be they were sent by another royal."
"Yes, I've noticed the His Majesty," I explained and turned to look down at my Queen. "I saw his eyes grew wide in recognition when the bandits revealed themselves."
"Are you saying that His Majesty might have known who sent those bandits?" Erwin asked. Every month we returned to the mountains where the hot springs were but during those times we rarely encountered an ambush.
"I could be wrong, after two years of serving our queen, I know he had a lot in mind but never utter a word about it." I perked up when I noticed my Queen's fingers twitched.
"Your Majesty!" I quickly sat next to him.
"Where?" His Majesty blinked at us. Noting that he was much calmer than before. I figured that the drug must have taken effect.
I quickly aided him to sit up. "My Queen! Please drink some water!" I took the cup from Erwin and offered it to my Queen and His Majesty drank the cup until the last drop.
"Your Majesty, how are you feeling?" Erwin asked, kneeling in front of his Queen as an act of forgiveness for not protecting him during the ambush.
"A bit shitty is all." The queen breathed out while I and Erwin blinked at him, we are not used to hearing the Queen using such vulgar language. It was quite shocking and scandalous.
"Your Majesty, can I ask you what year it is?" I gently prompted.
"Ahhh, 1245? And the fuck you calling 'Your Majesty'?" My Queen glared at me.
I stared at him with and covered my mouth in shock. There's a possibility that Queen Levi's memory was back to when it was four years ago!
"My Queen! It's already 1249!" Erwin busted out.
"W-What?" His Majesty shivered before grabbing my shirt and pulled me close. "What the fuck is going on?!" He demanded.
"Your Majesty, please allow me to explain and help you," I begged. It pained me to see my Queen this way. Yes, His Majesty might be cruel and cold towards everyone but he treated me and Erwin with respect, it was not the best but I knew that there was something good in him. And maybe today, I'll have my answer.
"I-I... Okay," My Queen breathwd out. Exhaustion was written on his features. I could tell that he wanted to keep arguing but the drug kept pulling him back to a relax state.
"Your Majesty! We were ambushed on our trip and one of the bandits hit your head, Hange said that you have amnesia." Erwin explained and knelt in fornt of him. "Forgive me my Queen! For I have not protected you. My life is in your hands!" Erwin offered his sword to him.
"What?!"
"Erwin, you are not helping," I hissed at him. Turning towards His Majesty, I took his hand on mine and gently patted it. "Let's start from the very beginning, my name is Hange and that is Erwin."
"Ummm, hi. I'm Levi..."
"Hello Levi, can you elaborate who you are? Like, fullname, what you do for a living, where you live and do you have friends? We'll do the same after you. Is that okay?" I smiled.
"Ummm, yeah I can do that... Ummm... My name is Levi Ackerman, I lived in the streets with my friends, more like family, Isabelle and Farlan. I- we steal things to survive and... where are they?" His Majesty looked up at me with eyes that held worry. I patted his hand.
"It's okay, I'll tell you when we finished our little introduction. My name is Hange Zoe. I lived in the small village in Chamomile Valley. I work for the queen and I have too many friends to count but my best friend is Erwin and you, Levi." I laughed and dare to poke his nose, when His Majesty didn't snapped at me, I smiled. He just stared at me weirdly, I couldn't help but feel honoured to see this side of my Queen.
"My name is Erwin Smith. I lived in the main city of Sina and I serve the Queen's crown as his knight. And also, my friends are you, Your Majesty and Hange." Erwin gave him a knowing smile. I could tell how happy he was to tell that we are all friends.
"O-Okay... You guys thought I was the Queen?"
"No, Your Highness, you are the queen." I explained.
"But- but that is impossible, I was abandoned and lived in the streets my whole life..."
"Your Majesty-"
"Stop, just call me Levi..."
"Okay, Levi," I couldn't help but smile. "It's 1249, your relative took you out of the streets in end of the month of 1245. 1248, in the first month, you were wed to the King , His Highness Eren Yeager of Sina."
We waited patiently while Levi tried to process all the information for a minute. Then a sadistic smile painted on his face. "I'm the Queen."
"That is right." Erwin confirmed.
"I'm the Queen!" Then he brust out laughing.
That took us off guard. Levi's past was not a secret and it was my job as his servant to get to know him more than anything else but now, based on how he acted, I'm afraid I had a lot to learn about him.
"Where is Isabelle and Farlan?" He asked me, smiling genuinely. "They've got to hear this."
"Levi, your friends." I bit my lower lip, unsure of what really happened to them. In the end, I decided to choose the safest option. "They passed away."
And just like that, Levi's whole demure shattered. "What? When? How?"
"During the winters of 1245. Your relative was able to save you but your friends had already passed away when they arrived."
Levi was silent for a moment, then tears started to fell on his eyes. Levi covered his face as he wept. I took a deep breath and patted his back, I knew it was not easy to loose your loved ones. But for me, I was honored to work for the queen when nobody dared. Seeing my Queen at such a state only fueled my loyalty to him. Maybe Levi's not cruel, cold and ruthless, maybe he was just sad?
I had to fix this.
"But!" I said in cheery voice that made him slightly jump. "You were happily married to a great Alpha, I didn't say 'great' because he is the King but he really cared and loved you with all his heart."
"Really?" Levi sniffed and wiped his face.
"Hange." Erwin whispered at me and I just smiled at him. Erwin's blue eyes went wide before a smile turned up on his lips. "That is right."
"Yes, and you have a baby!" I almost squealed. "Crown prince Rivalle!"
"I never imagine having a kid," Levi talked to himself.
"All of us didn't imagine on having a kid! But you were a good mother and you loved your family very much!"
"So, I lived in the palace now?" Levi finsihed wiping his face and a small smile was once again back on his lipsm
"Yes, and every evening you loved to stay at the pavilion and drink Earl Gray." Erwin added.
"That seems like a dream, you guys are not tricking me or anything, right?"
"Never! We devoted our lives to you! Our queen!" I spoke out excitedly.
"Okay," He chuckled before looking down at his hands. "I'm the Queen and I have a family."
"Yes, but we must not tell the King or anyone." I instructed.
"Why?" Levi brows furrowed, confused.
"The kingdom will be divested to hear what happened to you. It will not be good."
"And the bandits that ambushed us, my Queen I recalled that you recognized them." Erwin scooted closer.
"I... I don't remember," Levi breathed out. "I don't remember the ambush or anything after the start of the month on 1945.."
"It's okay, I can brew some herbs that is beneficial for our memory, maybe you can recall them." I took his hand again and patted it.
"But that's impossible! I have no idea on what I do!" Levi exclaimed.
"It's okay, we will teach you!" I smiled. This time, things will be alright.