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"Are you sure the reports are 100% correct?" Weiss questioned for the umpeeth time as she stared at the picture she was shown. Unmoving and silent at the content that was in the image.
"Yes your majesty." Titus Drautos replied.
The Royal Council of Lucis stared at her with a understanding silence, many knowing her true origin which remained a top secret to this day to the public and most of the royal staff.
"…I see." She whispered in a somber voice.
Regis who saw that his wife needed privacy to take in the revelation decided to end the meeting. "Thank you captain for the report, this meeting is now over."
The members of the Royal Council stood up and bowed before leaving to their next schedule or to rest from the day's work; Captain Drautos of the Kingsglaive left too leaving Regis, Weiss, and Clarus as the only ones left in the large meeting chamber.
Neither of the three looked at each other as silence flowed for around over a minute before Weiss finally spoke up. "I can't believe it. T-they are here but… Why did it have to end this way!?" She cried out as she slammed down the pad showing the image taken at Leide.
Regis and Clarus winced at the hard slam of the electronic pad on the ornate conference table as they saw the content of the image she was upset about. Inside the picture were four female individuals, one in her early forties and the other three in their late teens. The woman had a light blond hair and green eyes; a tall body dressed in a white top and a skirt; and in her hand was a riding crop which the king and his shield had no idea why she was holding it. The other younger woman were dressed in black, red, and yellow. The dark clothed individual wore a outfit similar to a maid but less formal and a bow on her head, the red clothed one notably wore a red cloak and a red dress, and the yellow one wore a outfit that was rather revealing.
From what Regis and Clarus could remember of the description given to them by Weiss, these 3 young girls were her friends before she crossed over to Eos. And looking at their appearance, they were few years younger than his son. Yet somehow they were still young as Weiss described them to him and seemly haven't aged like her. Regis could see the heartbreak in his beloved wife's eyes as she saw that her friends never aged a year while she was around a decade from being a senior citizen.
"Clarus, could you please give us some space." Regis asked his dear friend.
"Yes, your majesty." Clarus formally replied before leaving the room to the royal couple.
"Regis… I don't know what to do." His wife cried out; bringing her hands to her face as she let out the dam. "When I arrived here at Lucis, I was desperate to find any method I could discover to get back to Remnant. But I gave up that hope when I couldn't find anything. When I fell in love with this world, with you."
Regis was silent as he listened on to his wife's words.
"For decades I have lived here to become the Queen of Lucis, fighting for the people of this kingdom. Falling in love and marrying you. Raising our son together. All these things I had that I nearly forgot the world I couldn't go back to but only in my memories and dreams. I gave up on that hope, and now it's here… Just not in a way that I wanted." Weiss choked on her grief.
"My friends haven't aged at all! They look like only a day or a week or months passed for them, while it was over 30 years for me. All those lost years i can never regain to spend it with them. The same with my sister!" The white-haired queen sobbed in her hand.
She then felt a tight warm presence around and glanced to see her husband hugging her, her body feeling slowly at ease at the loving contact. This was one of the qualities she loved about her husband, he was gentle in almost any physical contact they made with one another except for the more special occasions of the past. Returning back the hug and sniffed in her husband's shoulder as Weiss recomposed herself.
Regis looked to his wife's redden face and spoke. "Weiss, for all the time I have known you. From the confused cold, lonely girl I met for the first time to the passionate warrior who would sacrifice for her friends and kingdom to the beloved mother who ensured that our son would never live the life you went through. You have stood by with us for all those years and I will stand by with you no matter what my love. We will endure this together." Regis firmly declared.
Weiss gave him a smile as she sniffed. "Oh Reggie, being the sweet heart you always are." She hugged him one more time before pulling away to stand up. "On the plus side of the coming reunion, Noctis gets to see his extended family and godparents."
"I can imagine him reacting that he has godmothers younger than him along with a aunt few years older than him." Regis remarked imagining his son's reaction, for some reason reminded him of a confused chocobo. "Also, I'll have to plan arrangements for Caelum Via for our future guests."
"That would be wise. Will you excuse me?, I have to make sure Noctis didn't wrecked his car and prepare myself." Weiss planted a kiss on Regis's face before leaving the chamber, leaving the king by himself in the room.
The former heiress of the SDC felt anxious at what was about to happen in the near-future. She was going to meet her old friends and family back at Remnant, how were they going to react that the 17-year old Weiss Schnee who probably was missing for a day or week was now a Weiss Lucis Caelum, 50-year old woman married to a king of a kingdom? But more importantly how were they going to react to her husband and her son?
And then there was the White Fang, a old threat she had nearly forgotten about. She didn't have the fear and distrust she had towards the Faunus after the dock incident but that didn't mean she no longer despised the White Fang. If those fiends tried laying a single hand on her people or her family. May the Astrals have mercy on them because there weren't be any.
3 hours later
"My Queen, the outworlders are about to arrive at the Citadel in few minutes." A servant addressed her.
"Thank you." Weiss exited the chamber she and Regis shared and made her way to the elevator. She changed from her gown to her usual combat outfit composed of light blue shirt with a skirt-like ends, long white pants, grey boots coming up to her knee, and a black coat with red insides. She had to change her color scheme to adopt with her new life as a Lucian as black was the signature color of Lucis, and white being highly associated with Nifilheim. Besides, she has grown to appreciate the color of night.
A few Kingsglaive passed by her who gave her a respectful nod and enthusiastic greetings towards the queen who fought besides them. When the Kingsglaive was established, Weiss more or less took command of the elite group of soldiers as she unlocked their aura – which somehow worked in a another world not having much knowledge of aura – to ensure they had the maximum advantage against the military might of the empire.
She didn't simply stand in the back and command them, she directly participated in the thick of battle alongside them. She witnessed glaives dying in combat, dragging them into safety, saved by a few glaives in difficult situations, and getting to know about them when time permitted. The glaives were very happy to have a royal who fought besides them risking her own life as she was a high priority target of the empire. Her combined ability of magic, glyphs, and summoning made her a army of her own as she destroyed entire battalions in a matter of seconds and summoned an entire army of foes she defeated which spared plenty of fights the glaives didn't need to participate in.
The queen also made sure that the refugees turned glaives were always welcomed by the city and spent her own money to give a feeling of home to the glaives who lost their's by Nifilheim. Along with covert ops she would sometimes commission to hunters or glaives to deliver supplies to the homes of many Kingslaives member, something they were initially suspicious at first but later grateful for.
Regis remarked with amusement that despite founding the Kingsglaives, they were more loyal to her than him.
Weiss then entered the awaiting elevator before her and waited as the door closed followed by the lift descending down to one of the biggest moments of her life. She breathed deep and out and closed her eyes as she meditated to calm herself down, to let nothing drag her down and allow herself to be free like a bird. For what felt like a hour had passed the elevator beeped that it was at its destination, and she opened her eyes and stepped out of the elevator.
When she entered the main lobby of the Citadel, she saw them in the middle of the lobby.
Weiss' royal outfit is based of the Henceforward AU outfit worn by future Weiss Schnee.
Also Weiss is going to be reunited with her former team!
