I don't own anything, only the idea of this fic.
First of all, many thanks to all the people who took the time to review this story, and I'm very sorry for the delay in the update.
The Culture crash.
"Alexia, Alexia, Alexiaaaaaa." Isacc was screaming like mad. "What did you do? Are you crazy? Don't you see he is the King of Zaibach?"
"Relax Isacc! Nothing happened," was Alexia's calm reply.
"What are you talking about? Don't you see? He will need at least five days to recover from the injuries you made on him!"
"And?" she replied as calmly as she had before, walking away from him.
In another part of the same place…
"Uh! I think I have something broken!" said Dilandau lamely, touching his back.
"Yes, you do! Your ego!" Van answered from behind, showing a smile of satisfaction.
"Maybe, maybe Not," he replied quietly with a strange smirk.
Van obviously was taken back by the answer. He was expecting for an anger burst or something similar from him but no! All he got was that quiet answer, oh, and the smirk, of course. He could swear it was one of… happiness?
"Whatever!" was all he said. "Anyway, Ivan told me to ask you if you could at least ride a horse? Because you know they don't want to camp here and there is a town a few miles away where we can stay for a few days, while you get better and the other guy from the south shows up?"
"And how the southerners plan to let their partner know where they will be?" Dilandau asked, surprised at the sudden change of plans.
"I don't know. They said that this guy called Gatti will find his way to them one way or another. Can you ride a horse?"
"Sure! It won't be a problem for me."
"Prepare yourself then. We will get going in an hour!" Van said no more and walked away to meet the others.
After a few hours, they almost reached their destination. Dilandau and Alexia were the only ones silent in the group, the rest were talking about anything that came to their minds.
Yet, others only listened, like in the case of Hitomi, who was nearly bored to death.
The cause of the possibly decease?
The King of Fanelia…
So she had only two choices; kill the person next to her or, effectively, die of boredom.
Hopefully she didn't have to choose.
"Uhmm… There is something bothering you?"
"Yes!" she snapped. "You."
Well, that was something he wasn't expecting at all.
"I only asked you about Fanelia! Not the complete history of Fanelia!" She said in an irritated tone. "I didn't come here to learn history! You know!"
She was angry indeed… That he could tell.
"Sorry?" was the only thing he could think to say at the moment. The southern queen was very angry and to say the truth, he didn't understand quite well why.
"Uf! Don't worry but next time do me a favor, will you?" She asked him with a malicious grin on her face.
"Yes, of course!" he answered with a happy smile.
"Don't talk to me ever again. Really! You are tiresome and I can't stand that kind of people." Then she turned away and speeded up her horse until it was far enough from him.
Meanwhile, the king of Fanelia was left speechless. He wasn't used to be treated in such a way, or maybe he did? That girl, queen or whatever, had said in his face that he was boring? He was boring?
Unfortunately for him, someone had heard the entire conversation.
"So, so! We are boring. Aren't we? "
"Shut up, Dilandau!" said Van very angry.
"At least I was beaten physically by a girl, and not emotionally like you!" Dilandau teased him.
"I said… Shut your mouth up, Dilandau!" Van yelled through clenched teeth. He couldn't stand this situation; his worst enemy was making fun of him and in front of everybody?
"Ok, take it easy!" he said, rising up his hand as a sign of peace.
"Well my friends, finally we've reached Dolavon, or better known by the name of the beer town," pronounced Mr. Ivan to the rest of the group.
"Beer town?" asked Alexia.
"Yes princess! This town is known because of their variarity and quality in beer," answered Ivan.
"Really?" exclaimed at the same time Alexia and Hitomi, with a happy smile on their faces.
"Why are they happy?" asked Van to Dilandau in a whisper.
"I don't know," replied Dilandau, frowning at the girls.
After a couple of minutes, they stopped at one of the inns looking for some rooms to stay. Well, only Isacc, Ivan and their respective apprentices. Alexia and Hitomi were the first ones to leave the group to go find a bar where to try the local beer and food, and of course, Allen went after them because he couldn't leave two lovely girls alone in a strange town.
Or at least that's what he said to the rest of the group, and for Van and Dilandau, they were more interested in insulting each other than anything else, including in the case of Dilandau, his own injuries. Of course that was until they found out that the girls and Allen weren't with the group any longer and went to find them.
Allen and the girls stopped by a small bar with a multicolored façade. More like a circus from Allen's point of view, but that was not the only thing that called his attention. At the entrance of the bar was a man, a tall one, with grey color eyes, well built body and long, brown hair. He had a mischievous grin plastered on his face and went straight forward to greet them when they dismounted their horses.
"Hello, my beautiful ladies. How have you been?" said the stranger as his eyes wouldn't leave the women in front of him.
"Gatti!" said a surprised Hitomi. "I was expecting you to be here but in three or five days, not now!"
"Yes!" added Alexia. "What happened with the novices?"
"Both of you know me better than anyone!" Gatti answered with a sigh.
"You got tired of them," Hitomi affirmed.
"Uhum!" Allen cleared his throat.
"Ah! Gatti, this is King Allen from Aulis!" Hitomi introduced them.
"Nice to meet you Allen," Gatti shook Allen's hand.
"He is also a Casanova, Gatti," Hitomi added.
"Is that so?" asked a very surprised Gatti. "Well this trip will be funny indeed, then. I hope to be able to exchange some secrets of the Casanova science with you!" he said very happy.
"I hope so," replied Allen. The happiness was contagious.
"Well, why don't we continue with this conversation on the bar, please?" Alexia requested them with a slightly annoyed tone.
"Yes, you are right," Gatti answered.
At the bar…
"Excuse me!" Gatti said to a waitress with his wonderful smile and his seductive voice, which he uses to conquer women.
"Yes?" answered the girl, almost melting because although Gatti was talking with her, Allen was giving her the same smile.
"Could you find us a table for four, please?" This time it was Allen who spoke, using the same techniques Gatti had utilized before.
"O…Of course, please come with me" replied the waitress.
"I think we do a good team together. Don't you think?" Allen asked Gatti.
"I agree with you!"
"Uhhh, I am hungry," said Alexia taking a sit.
"Me too," replied Hitomi, doing the same.
Meanwhile outside the bar…
"I think we found them," said Dilandau signaling their partner's horses to Van.
"Do you really think that Allen, the princess and the queen will be in there?" The king of Fanelia asked, amazed of the place. "This seems to be more a circus than a bar," he added.
"Well, it will be better to make sure they're in there!" affirmed Dilandau as he entered the bar, followed close by Van.
"Well, they are here Dilandau!"
"Yes and I wonder who the other guy is." he said, eyeing the group from the back with a frown.
"And he is sitting in the middle of the girls," Van added sulkily.
"While Allen is sitting in front of them all alone."
"I don't like this Dilandau."
"Me neither!"
"I think we must check on them!" said Van with a suspicious voice and went forward to meet them, followed by Dilandau. But when they got to the table the first one to speak was Dilandau.
"Hello, Hello" He greeted them. "I hope there is more place at the table for the both of us. Right?" He didn't wait for answer and took a place next to Allen while Van did the same next to Dilandau.
"Dilandau, Van," Allen was the first one to speak. "May I introduce to you Mr. Gatti from the south?"
"So, you are the one the southerners were waiting for?" That was Dilandau's rude answer.
"Yes! Nice to meet you, I am Gatti, the king of Dracma!"
"And I am Van, king of Fanelia, nice to meet you."
"Fanelia, you said?" he asked. "Hitomi dear, that's the country that is near yours. Isn't it?
"Yes, Gatti. The only thing that separates our kingdoms is the Ilictus forest."
"Can you stop this already? I'm very hungry and we haven't even ordered yet!" Alexia cut off the conversation angrily.
"Sorry for the delay, princes," said Dilandau. "What would you want to have?" He asked softly, taking the menu from the table and checking it.
"I didn't know Dilandau could sound like that," said Van to anyone in particular, but of course everyone on the table heard him. "This is disgusting!"
"If I am disgusting when I use my softly voice, then cover you ears and I will cover mine when I heard your stupid voice again," he replied icily.
"I want all what's in the menu," Alexia said to Dilandau cutting the start of a new fight between the two.
"What?" He asked her, not believing his ears.
"I already told you, I'm very hungry so I want the entire menu." she repeated.
"I think I will have the same, I'm starving too!" Hitomi added.
"I agree with you, I will follow your example," added Gatti
"But… are you sure?" asked Van to his companions "There are like thirty different plates and about ten deserts!"
"Yes we are sure Mr. King," replied Hitomi with a teasing voice.
"What are we going to drink?" questioned Gatti.
"I don't know, what do you suggest? Two or three beer barrels will do, Hitomi?" Asked Alexia.
"I think four or five barrels will be enough, remember we are six," she suggested with a shrug.
"Too much food is not good for the body my friends, and the same goes for the drinks, specially beer or wine," Allen interfered.
"Don't worry, we are used to these kind of banquets," Gatti affirmed.
After a few hours, the plates were clean and the barrels, dry. Of course Allen, Van and Dilandau had finished within the first hour. But the others? It took them almost four hours to finish everything they had ordered. It was awesome to see the quantity of food the girls had eaten and the beer they drank and how easily two drunken and beautiful girls could pick up a street fight. Also, how easily two kings got beaten -not from the man they were trying to protect the girls, but for the girls themselves.-
Meanwhile, the other two sovereigns conformed with just watching the whole fight, laughing at the stupidity of the other two.
Allen and Gatti were the same characters but with a different face and place of birth, because the other was the exactly the same.
Well that's all for now. I hope to be able to update soon. Again many thanks for all the people who reviewed the story and many thanks to my beta reader M-X.