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Chapter 36: Rats Of Albion
Two hours pass by with Yuudai comforting Henrietta silently. He has been holding her close without a single moment of releasing her. It was at this time that one could see that Yuudai really wasn't doing this because nothing else was going on. He saw a girl blind in a sea of pain and hand to attempt to pull her as far away from it as he could. Despite this, he would never say that.
"Sorry for dragging you here. I know it's selfish after you already helped me now you're doing it once again of your own free will." Henrietta apologizes feeling her fear slip away as the rain turns into a drizzle.
Yuudai smiles once again for her. "It's nothing. I only did what I'm meant to do." He tells her.
"No, it's not nothing. That night...thought it was rather…" She trails off trying to find a word for it. "Brutally honest, you told me what I needed to hear."
"Yeah, but I think I went a little overboard there." Yuudai admits laughing nervously.
She shakes her head. "Still, the foolish me did not awake. I tried to kill you. However, you stopped the foolish tornado that I myself unleashed." Henrietta continues.
"As much as that hurt, I stalled just long enough." He says happy he didn't stay in there any longer.
"No matter how harsh your words were, through my trance, I wanted someone to say those words." She admits. She turns her head to look at him. "Tell me Yuudai...if I were to do something foolish and be instigated again...would you use your sword to stop me?"
The teen boy stares into her eyes without a look of hesitation. "Yes I would Ann. No matter how many times, I'd stop you with my bare hands if I had to." Yuudai answers. He won't let anyone hurt the innocent or his friends. This brings a smile to Henrietta's face.
Suddenly three loud bangs sound from their door. The two look at the door staying silent. Neither of them has to tell each to wait until whoever it is to leave. They both know it could be a stupid idea.
"Open up! It is royal police! We are searching for runaway criminals hiding in this inn! Open up now!" The voice shouts. The two ignore the voice and stay silent. Still, the knob keeps turning trying to open the locked door. "Open up now! It's an emergency! Or I will break it!"
"Not good." Henrietta says under her breath unbuttoning her shirt.
"Hey Ann...what are you-" He goes to ask, but she captures his mouth with her own causing Yuudai's eyes to widen.
She wraps her arms around his neck pushing him against the bed. Without a second thought, she lets her tongue in his mouth shocking him even more. This kiss was very intense and unforeseen since Yuudai is obviously still caught by surprise.
At the same time, the royal guard kicks open the door finding two commoners...making out. Like a bunch of idiots, the guard stands watching them for a minute or two. Yuudai pulls out of the kiss for a moment taking the role as a normal guy would.
"Get the hell out of our room!" Yuudai yells at them then, surprising even himself, he goes back to kissing Henrietta. This surprises her as well, but she doesn't let it show.
"Er...of course. Sorry for the trouble." The leader of the group apologizes. It's no surprise they listened though. It's an unspoken code between most men that a man and his women should have privacy if they're about to get it on. The guards make their way out without delay while shutting the door after themselves.
Henrietta pulls away still looking at him with moist eyes. "Well...that was…" Yuudai strays off unable to find words for what happened.
She doesn't let him find words softly pressing her lips against his. Henrietta pulls away tracing his face with a finger. Yuudai looks into her eyes finding her looking into his too. She then leans next to his ear.
"Tell me Yuudai...do you have a lover?" Henrietta asks in a soft warm voice. This sends a shiver down his body. This has never happened to him before, so he has only a little information to go on.
Yuudai strolls through his mind never even finding anyone that he'd even consider. "No I do not." He answers.
"Then treat me as your lover." Henrietta tells him.
Yuudai strains to look deep into her eyes to read her mood. "Only on one condition." She hums in question. "Tell me that you want Yuudai the commoner from another world to treat you as a lover. Not a substitute for a man I will never be."
She strains to say those words, but they can never make it out. Henrietta lays her cheek on his chest. "You must think of me as a shameless woman. I'm the supposed queen after all. Yet, I still miss someone's warmth at night." She tells him.
"Listen Ann. You are an important person to me. If you ever need me to sneak in and accompany you for a few hours then send me some kind of notice. I promise that I will be there as soon as possible." He says to her without hesitation or doubt.
"Do you mean that?" She asks.
"Of course. I may be Blanc's familiar, but if you need me then I will be there. You know, as long as somebody isn't trying to kill someone else or me." He answers.
She hugs him very tightly as if letting go could mean death. "I haven't heard such a sincere promise in so long." She states.
"Sorry to change the topic, but who are trying to lure out?" Yuudai questions.
She tilts her head. "Not going to question how you knew, but I'm trying to lure out a traitor." Henrietta answers.
"I see. Then we should get some rest for a while." Yuudai states getting comfortable.
"That's a good idea. We'll head over to the theater right when we wake up." She tells him.
"Alright then."
The Next Day
"So I am face to face with this horrible place again." Yuudai says glaring at the royal theater comically. "I wish to burn it to ashes."
Henrietta laughs nervously. "I'd rather you not do that."
Yuudai spots Louise running at the two of them. "Isn't that nice to see. Blanc came to greet us." Yuudai says. Henrietta sees her best friend and embraces her as she nears.
"Princess!" She exclaims in worry. "I was so worried! Where were you?"
"I borrowed Yuudai and hid myself in the city. Forgive me for not telling you. I did not want to drag you into this. So, when I was informed this morning by Agnes that you were acting together, I was surprised. Yet, you are my best friend, so I guess we were destined to run into each other sooner or later." Henrietta replies. Louise doesn't even look at Yuudai making him feel...weary.
Agnes walks over silently and kneels in front of Henrietta. "Everything is ready. Just waiting on your orders now."
The two teen girls pull away from the hug. "Thank you, Agnes. You did really well."
"Did anyone order any manticores?" Yuudai asks pointing at the manticore corps of the mage guards. The three look at them standing in front of the theater.
They spot them running over. One gets ready to yell at Agnes, but his eyes catch Henrietta standing there as well. "Your Majesty! We were worried! Where were you? We were searching for you all night!"
"Have you guards ever heard of discretion?" Yuudai questions gathering their attention. "So keep it down before you cause a scene."
The guards want to talk back, they really do, but they have heard about him. Friend of the princess and one that got in one of their colleagues face without punishment. That isn't heard of from a commoner. They nod returning their attention to Henrietta.
"Sorry for the anxiety. I'll explain it all later, but right now just follow my orders." She tells the captain of the guards.
"What are they?" He asks.
"Encircle Royal Tanaijiiru Theater. Do not let even a single ant out." She orders without room for argument in her voice.
"As you wish." He says looking suspicious.
"I want to kick this guy." Yuudai states. He turns to Henrietta quickly pointing at the man. "Can I kick this guy?"
"No. You may not kick 'this guy'." Henrietta tells him suppressing the urge to laugh.
"If you don't stop talking, I'm going to kick this guy!" Louise shouts at Yuudai. Usually Yuudai would stop talking, but this was her first words to him.
"For a minute there, I thought you weren't going to talk to me, Blanc." He says to her. She blushes then turns away from him with her arms crossed.
"Anyway, I'll go in." Henrietta states.
"I'll follow." Louise offers.
"No, you must wait here. This is something I should finish myself." Henrietta tells her firmly. "That's an order." She turns and walks into the theater as Agnes leaves on her horse.
Louise turns to look at Yuudai, but once again, he managed the disappearing act. Sadly enough, she knows exactly where he went. Knowing this, she sits against the wall to wait. No point in leaving yet.
Once inside, Yuudai finds Henrietta talking to the silver haired guy he met the other day. The black haired teen deadpans at him. "So I was right." He mutters taking a seat a little ways behind them. After a few moments, all the actors pull out wands and Silver laughs. "Sorry Henrietta, but this is a pretty bad situation, isn't it?"
Silver looks over immediately as well as Henrietta. "I told you to not come in."
"You told Blanc." Yuudai retorts. "So Silver, have you ever watched your men die?" Yuudai looks up to the actors on stage giving them an all too innocent smile.
"This isn't your show boy! So let us do our jobs in peace!" Silver, also known as Richmon, tells the teen boy.
"Cue the stage blood." Yuudai says calmly disappearing in a burst of speed behind one of the actors.
He quickly takes one of their wands and shoves it in one of their necks letting blood come out. He pulls out the bloody wand letting the guy fall to the ground holding his neck. Everyone stares at him in awe and a bit of disgust. Yuudai eyes the other actors with straight face.
"Do you like putting innocent lives in danger?" Yuudai asks slowly. He looks at the crowd of girls. "Please do your jobs then."
Knowing that he is the queen's friend, they all pull out guns and shoot the rest of the actors. Their bodies fall to the floor in a bloody mess right after they stop shooting. Richmon stares in anger at the boy and girls. The fencers. The group that Henrietta created made up of commoner women. They use guns and swords to win.
Yuudai starts to walk towards Richmon tossing the bloody wand to the floor. "Silver my dear enemy." Yuudai starts to say walking to him still very slowly. This unnerves the guy. "What could Albion have offered to make you betray my friend, Henrietta?"
Richmon pulls out a dagger holding it to her throat. Yuudai stops at that. Richmon smirks feeling victory even as the fencers pull out their own swords. "While having the money they'd be rewarding me will be a big pay off, being ruled by Albion is still better than by an ignorant girl on the throne." He explains.
"I'm going to be blunt with you. You have no right to judge who should or shouldn't be on any kind of throne." Yuudai states.
"And you think you know any better?" Richmon questions giving a cold laugh. "You're not much older than her majesty. All you know how to do is kill and follow orders."
"Following orders isn't my style." Yuudai's ring activates turning his hair into streaks of blue and his eyes become blue as well. Using his speed, he runs forth and grabs the dagger from his hand then puts in front of his own throat. "Unfortunately for both of us, I've become much more accustomed to killing idiots like yourself."
"How is it unfortunate for you?" Richmon asks hoping for some kind of miracle.
Yuudai deadpans at the guy despite the deathly serious atmosphere. "A teenager like myself shouldn't be so calm about this kind of thing." Yuudai states. He looks at Henrietta first. "What do you want done with him?"
Henrietta stares at Yuudai with cold calculating eyes. "Leave him here with us. You've done enough." She states.
Yuudai sighs throwing the dagger to the side.
"Fine then. I guess this was your drama to begin with." With that, Yuudai walks out of the royal theater leaving Richmon to whatever they deemed worthy of his crime. To others, he was known as a loyal person with dignity that betrayed the kingdom. To Yuudai though, he was just Silver.
End
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