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Lend your strength…and in order to save everything else...please..
Ren was awakened from his sleep to a bright flash of light.
"Rrgh!" Ren groaned out, instinctively covering his eyes with his arms from the light. It's brightness was so intense that Ren felt sweat begun to appear on his face, until the light stopped just as soon as it's started.
Where am ? Ren thought, vaguely seeing walls on both sides but more light coming from the front and the back that led him to guess he's currently in an alleyway. But Ren's eyes were still adjusting from the bright light, not understanding what was going on right now. But he's guessed it was something important if he's in this state at all.
"How am I...?" Ren said after noticing what he's currently wearing right now. His phantom thief attire.
"I have to examine this." Ren said to himself, Ren then got up and leapt onto the top of one if the buildings to both confirm his physical state and get a better grasp of his current locale.. What Ren saw wasn't something he's expected to see. Everyone was dressed like they were in about somewhere in era France.
But he's pretty certain he's not in the actual past despite it looking like it for a few simple reason. One he's sees a cell phone tower, two the roads are paved and there were cars, just not a whole when compared to what he's usually sees. It's like he's at some kind of weird convention that decided to go all the way on the old french stuff.
But Ren knew he's had to get a better grasp on this so that he's could find out what's going on.
Clothing wise, he's could probably fit in if he's removed his mask, far more than the other phantom thieves would...
But then he's realized something else going on. He's was disoriented by his current situation that he's didn't realize it, but, now that he has its impossible to ignore.
"Where's Morgana?" That cat was with him 24/7, so it's strange that he's not even here. He's was sleeping right on top of him the moment he's went to sleep, so him not being here was just strange. Yet low and behold, the cat wasn't with him right now. So was it only him here? Or were the others also here and we're just spread out away from each other? Depending on the situation, either scenario could either be good or bad for him. But Ren was sure of one thing right now, he's not going to get anywhere if he's stays in one place.
Ren noticed two things right off the bat about himself. One, he's capable of understanding the words of the people in the area despite them not being in japanese. He's knew they were saying words in a different language, presumably french, but he's capable of understanding them, fluently. How was this even possible? Ren is certain that whatever brought him here gave him the ability to do that.
"It's convenient at least." Ren said before descending from a buildings rooftop to another alley, so that he's could listening to a conversation between the two people he's seen close enough to an alleyway.
"Is the former queen still locking herself away?" One man said, sounding annoyed, no aggravated. Former Queen? Was there some kind of political power dispute happening?
"Don't worry." His friend said to him, trying to calm him down while sounding pleased with something. "She and those cronies of hers will be done for before long."
"Yeah, that's the punishment she deserves after her long list of crimes!!" The other one said, shouting out his hearts desire before getting a cheer of support from the people around him.
What's going on? Is there someone after her?.
Ren then noticed that a restaurant was opened, on the sign over the entrance read the name, Hudson's. Ren had a feeling that this would probably be a help for him.
"You seem like you're new around here?" The old lady said to him, observing Ren carefully. Ren felt her eyes on him, being surprisingly keen to his movements, as if she expected him to do something she didn't predict and try to figure out why he's did it.
"Yeah, mind telling me what's going on as I've been completely lost since arriving here?" Ren asked her with the most pleasant smile that's he's could muster on his face.
"Heh, please stop with the forced prince charming good boy angle! Doesn't work when you're dressed that suspiciously." The old lady said to him with a laugh. "But I'm willing to tell anyone anything as long as there willing to listen."
Okay, so this is ren's first chance at gathering information, so he's should start with what was probably the most important to him at the moment.
"Do you mind telling me what year it is?" Ren asked her, needing to know the timeframe for events he's currently working under.
"That?" The old lady looked at him like he's a fool, before saying the year, "It's..." However nothing else came out of her mouth after that. It's not like she didn't stop talking, but her mouth didn't make any noise. Was she doing this on purpose, or were there simply something going wrong?
"Thank you." Ren said to her, thinking about this before adding it to the list if weird things he's found in this world. What was happening there?
"So, I've been hearing a lot about a former Queen finally being punished, so what did this horrid queen do to gain such a rebellion?" Ren asked the shopkeeper. If it's this serious, then something must have broken the camel's back on this matter. But what was it? Ren soon got the answer from the shopkeeper.
She then sighed before saying, "Nothing. This rebellion isn't based on anything she's actually done, but what others thinks she's done with no evidence.
"Spending the kingdoms funds for her own pleasures, molesting babies and children and making them her slaves well into adulthood, and seducing the wives of men and commit affairs in front if them while said men are tired up and forced to watch with her taking them to her palace as her concubines." Was what she's said to Ren.
"Wow." Ren said in surprise at the list of debauchery she's apparently committed.
"Don't sound very surprised there boy?" The lady said to him with a sigh. "However, if you ask anyone if any of them happened, they'll deflect the topic so obviously that even an idiot could tell."
"Really? So there spreading rumours about things she didn't do?" Ren asked her. Were they trying to start a rebellion? "Is the budget spending true at all?
"No, while that would be more reasonable, there more mad about the later two than the first." She said to him, once again surprising him. "And they've tried to target her supported the second one even says a word defending or praising her."
"I see." Ren said, getting a better picture of what's going on. However, he's wants to see things for himself at this point. "Thanks for the talk." Ren said to the old lady.
Ren saw that the crowd was once again surrounding the castle with them trying to break it, but to no real success at all. It's far tougher than what it's appearance would suggest.
Ren meanwhile was sneaking around the castle, using the riots loud noise as cover for his actions and trying to see if there were any openings in it so that he'd be capable of meeting the queen for himself. He's then noticed that there was a part of the palace that was weaker than others with his third eye. Ren then leapt to that part of the building to get a closer look at it.
"Yup." Ren said to himself after getting to it. "This can work." But Ren timed it with the protesters loud noise before smashing the spot as discreetly as possible. Which was loud enough that if there wasn't a riot trying to destroy the place Ren would have been caught. Ren then dropped down into the palace to see what he's came here to see.
Ren soon saw a girl that was absolutely beautiful. Her hair was silver and her eyes blue, however the girl had a kind, graceful air about her that made everything look calmer around her.
Ren now felt like he's knew what girls felt when they saw Akechi's prince charming detective prince act. And the thought disgusted him when the second that he's had it. But now's not the time to be disgusted by your rivals fangirls. Ren thougt to himself.
"So, am I right to assume your the one who's here to bring me to the execution grounds?" The girl asked him with a calm voice and warm smile on her face, as if she'd expected him to be here right now.
"You're completely off the mark." Ren said to her, feeling the dissonance from the scene. She's acting like there wasn't anything wrong with this scene and that she's All I'm here to do is meet with you."
"So, where are the others?" Ren asked her, looking around for other people. From what ren's been hearing other people should have been in the castle as well. But there was only her in it right now.
"Sent them away under the cover of night using a friend's abilities." She said to him, explaining it to him. "They don't deserve to be punished alongside me."
That line gave Ren a hunt towards her true character
"Still, you're rather accepting of events for someone who's about to have her palace taken down." Ren said to her, observing how she's acting. There was no cowardice in her actions, only pure acceptance. And as far as Ren could tell, the smile on her face wasn't truly a faKe one. It's not behavior Ren found distasteful but...something about it is just annoying to him.
"I'm the queen of France, and if the people believe my rule isn't needed, it's my place to step aside for them." The girl said to him.
"That's a sad way too live, isn't it?" Ren said to her, trying to understand why she thought like this. There was no need to stay here at all. Was it out of a heavy sense of duty? Or was it something else? Ren wasn't sure what.
"Maybe so, but I'm the queen." The girl said to him with no sense of regret at all. "If the people decide they have no need for me, it's my place to accept that."
"If the people have no need for you then there is no reason for you to stay here, is there?" Ren said to her, trying to convince her to leave at this point.
"The queen is the servant to her people, and thus she
"Even if there punishing you for things you haven't done?" Ren asked her, getting a silent reply out of her. Ren saw this and kept the momentum going.
"There's no reason for you to be punished for things you haven't done." Ren said to her. "You don't have to accept your people's unreasonableness. Doing so will only lead to them condemning you as much as they like without a shed of truth. At that point your not even a servant, just a prisoner!"
"Since youre being stubborn, than a thief has only one option." Ren said ti her with a sigh, picking her up in a princess carry, surprising the girl.
"Wha-?" She started, surprised that this was even happening right now
"I'm just going to steal you." Ren said to her, looking at her in her eyes.
"If your people don't need or want you, then I see no problem stealing what they're about to throw away with no hesitation?" Ren said to her with a smirk on his face.
"My, you're quite daring aren't you?" She said to him with a giggle. She's didn't expect this would be the outcome that he'd reached. "But I can always fight back you know?" She pointed out to him.
"A thief that isn't would sooner wind up defeated if they weren't." Ren told her.
Ren then leapt out of the crystal palace to on top of the roof. Ren then saw that the riot has finally spread to the back.
Ren then walked over to the front of the palace buildings.
"No way!" Ren said to them. "I'm taking your queen for myself."
"I'm simply the thief that's stolen your retribution from you." Ren said to the crowd with a smirk on his face, before saying, "If punishment for your noble queen is what you seek...then try to steal her back from me!!" This got the crowd angry at him at this point, but before they could say anything to condemn him, something appeared behind him taking shape behind him, appearing from blue flames.
"See ya!" The creature then grabbed them before grabbing them and flying off from the location with it's grasp on them. They were flying faster than the crowd could catch up to them, and no weapon they have would be fast enough to shoot Arséne down.
"Whoa. It's a good thing we've got out of the city." Ren said to his new traveling companion, the former Queen. Arséne was already returned back inside of him. But there
"Oh yeah, mind telling me your name?" Ren asked her, forgetting that he's didn't ask her for it. "I'm Ren Amamiya. Probably should have done introductions before I stole you away,."
"I'm Marie Antoinette." The girl said to him with a smile on her face. "It's a pleasure to meet you...Ren." She said to him.
Marie Antoinette? Wasn't that the name of a famous french queen? And wasn't her reign before this time period?
"So, mind giving me a better picture if what's going on?" Ren asked her. "Like what exactly this world is and what are you?"
"Aren't you a servant?" Marie asked Ren m, confused about what he's talking about. "Didn't the throne give you what you needed to know when you arrived?"
"I have no throne, so I'm absolutely clueless about anything that's happening here." Ren said to her, leaning back while sitting on a log.
"Oh, a newbie servant! never thought I'd get to see one here!" Marie said to himself. "Well, I think this would make me your senpai then." Marie then began talking her fingers to her cheek.
"Then I'll guess I'll tell you everything I know." She said to him, exposing the long and complicated information pertaining to the business of being a servant.