Surprise surprise I made a chapter two. I dunno feeling kinda good about this so ill keep them coming.
As Ryan was following the two maids through a hallway to meet the women named Emilia he was getting lost in his thoughts.
"Just what in the fuck is going on. This has to be some sort of hell and I'm already dead, but this shit just feels too real."
Ryan's thinking was interrupted by the two maids suddenly stopping in front of two large doors. Only then did he notice how small and fragile looking the two maids looked.
"Jesus they both got to be at least five feet. Is everyone here this tiny?"
They both turned around and met his gaze. Then the one with blue hair. Rem he thinks heard the other one call her. Spoke to him.
"Lady Emilia is just through this door waiting for you."
As she finished speaking Ryan found it odd again on how he could understand them.
It was as if he could hear them speaking English to him but if he concentrated hard enough he could hear that they weren't exactly speaking English at all.
"None of this shit makes any fucking sense" he thought to himself before replying.
"Oh umm… alright?" He said in more of a question than a statement.
They both then turned around again, and each grabbed a handle on the tall doors before opening them in perfect unison.
"I don't know if I find that cool or creepy as fuck"
When both of the doors were open Ryan was met with a big open room with a large stretching table in the middle of it with chairs all around.
"Jesus is everything in this place so fancy and huge?' Ryan said more to himself than anyone in particular.
The maid with the pink hair, Ram if he is guessing correctly, spoke up almost in a manner of self defense.
"Lord Roswall's mansion and all of the items in it represent his status. Anything less would be an insult to him"
Ryan met her gaze. Even though it was a neutral one he felt daggers being stared into him by it.
"Of course… wait Lord who?" He asked before realizing she was referring to someone else besides Emilia.
"Lord Roswall" she replied "you will meet him shortly. He should be returning from his business soon."
Ryan shifted his weight on his feet almost put off by this.
"Important guy I bet" He said again more to himself than to anyone but Ram then only simply replied
"Yes he is"
With that awkward encounter out of the way Ryan realized that Emilia was waiting at the end of the table still waiting on him.
Almost embarrassed by completely forgetting about her Ryan made his way to a seat that was already set up with plates and dinnerware full of food.
As he sat down he couldn't help but stare at the food.
"Fuck when was the last time I ate? Feels like its been days"
It was then Emilia finally spoke up and Ryan looked up at her when her voice got his attention.
For the first time he noticed her snow white hair and purplish eyes and also her pointed ears.
"You must be tired, you didn't have to force yourself to come and meet me."
Ryan shook his head.
"It would have been rude not seeing as you already had all of this set up"
Emilia nodded "I would have understood if you wanted some time to yourself. But I am glad you that you did come to see me rather quickly."
Ryan smirked "If I wouldn't of, I guess you would have had to eat all of this yourself" he said trying to crack a joke
Just then almost right in front of Ryan's face a small floating fairy sized cat appeared.
"Then I would help her eat it!" it said matter of factly.
As a muscle reaction Ryan almost jumped back out of his seat.
"What the hell is that!" he said almost at a shout.
On its face it showed only amusement on Ryan's expense.
"Puck!" Emilia shouted scolding it "Why would you do that to him?"
Puck replied while giggling "Seeing his reaction to me was too hard to resist"
Ryan slowly relaxed back into his seat with his face in amazement and confusion.
"I.." he started "don't know how to respond to this." He said while studying the creature Emilia called Puck
"I'm deeply sorry for him" Emilia said embarrassed "he sometimes does stuff like that"
Ryan finally settled back into his seat when out of pure curiosity he reached out to poke Puck in his stomach to see if he even was real or just Ryan's imagination. All he felt was the most soft and fluffiest thing in his life.
"You are probably the softest thing I've ever felt" Ryan said now fully rubbing Puck's belly with his hand.
"Awww thank you. If you're extra nice to me I will let you pet me even more" Puck said simply enjoying the belly rubbing he was receiving from Ryan, who just now realized he might have been getting carried away.
"Umm.. thanks" Ryan said pulling his hand away "I might have to take you up on that" he said smirking
Then almost immediately after that Ryan's stomach began to growl.
"Please tell me they didn't hear that" Ryan thought and looked at Emilia to see her blushing from embarrassment on his behalf.
"Please Puck don't distract him anymore and let him eat. He had a very rough time" Emilia said
Ryan rubbed the back of his head "Yeah, I guess I have" he said with a brief image of Rick's body flashing to his mind. Then he went to pick up a spoon to eat the meaty soup.
As he took his first mouthful of soup Ryan's eyes almost went completely wide in shock.
"My god" he said in between another spoonful "this has got to be the greatest thing I've ever eaten in my life"
It probably wasn't but not eating for almost a full day made Ryan feel this way.
Emilia gestured to Rem the maid with the blue hair with her hand "Rem here makes all of the food we serve here"
Ryan looked up at Rem with a mouthful of soup and tried to say something before remembering to swallow. After he gulped down he serving he met Rem's eyes with nothing but pure gratitude.
"You must have been trained by Gordon Ramsey himself" he said with full seriousness.
Rem replied simply "No, but I assume they must be a great cook where you come from and I'll take that as a compliment"
Ryan nodded his head eagerly and said in between bites "Trust me, it was".
In what was only a short amount of time Ryan had completely finished the whole bowl.
"My" Emilia said socked "you were very hungry, weren't you?"
"Sorry" Ryan replied while wiping his mouth with a napkin on the table "I just couldn't help myself"
"It's alright, please eat more if you wish" she said politely
"No it's okay that seemed to do it for now, I guess not eating for a while shrunk my stomach or something. I think I'm ready to talk now"
Emilia nodded and then asked the most obvious question.
"Could you start by telling us your name?"
The thought completely flew by his head. He practically knew everyone's name here, yet they didn't know his. Unless…
"You can't read this?" He said pointing to his nametag on the right side of his chest
She shook her head "No, I don't even know what language that is"
"Umm.. it's English. I get If you couldn't read it, but my name is Ryan."
Emilia then nodded her head "Nice to meet you Ryan" finally now knowing how to address him "but might I ask what is English?"
"She can't be serious right now" Ryan thought to himself
"Well English is a language" he said too fearful to say anything more that might confuse her
"Great now back to thinking I'm the crazy one or something" he thought
"Strange, I can't say I have ever heard of it" Emilia replied looking to Puck to see if they had any answer, but they only shrugged their tiny shoulders
"Well" Ryan said clearing his throat "might I ask a question now?"
"Yes please" Emilia said
"Where exactly am I?" he said leaning back into his chair trying to get comfortable
"After you passed out in the field due to your injures I thought it necessary to look after you until you fully recovered"
Ryan then again looked at his left arm and started to loosen his sleeve and roll it up to his elbow and showed it to Emilia
"Well I do truly appreciate that but" he said almost fully hold his arm out and examining it was made of pure gold "how come there isn't any scabs, bruises or even scars on it?" Ryan finished while poking at his arm to make sure it was really there
"That would be do to Ram and a little bit on my part too" Emilia said gesturing to the red haired maid who only simply nodded.
"She healed the most life threatening of your wounds" Emilia continued "While I finished the rest of what needed to be tended to with my magic on the carriage ride back"
Ryan refused to show anymore shock on his face and decided to skip over the magic part mostly for the sake of not making him appear stupid or weird. He decided he would come back to that at a later time.
Ryan looked at Ram "So both of you saved my life?" with a voice of gratitude
"I only simply did what was required of me think nothing more of it" Ram stated simply
Ryan stared rolling his sleeve back down his arm.
"Well I appreciate it none the less and you too Emilia I don't know what I could do to repay either of you"
Emilia raised her hands shaking them "No no, if anything I think I owe you. If you wouldn't have been at the village there is no telling how many people could have been hurt or even worst killed" she said then finally remembering about Ryan's friend
"We also tried to help your friend too but by the time we got there it was too late" Emilia continued while Ryan was trying his best to keep eye contact with Emilia and not stare of into the distance and sink into depression over his friends unfair death.
"It's okay" he said "I appreciate all that you've done for me so far anyways I wouldn't ask the impossible from you"
They sat there in a short silence until Ram spoke up
"I must excuse myself, Lord Roswaal will be arriving shortly" she said bowing before leaving
While they both watched her leave Ryan spoke up again
"So you brought me to this mansion but where exactly am I?"
Emilia gave him a confused look until she replied "The Kingdom of Lugnica" she said as if even a child would know the answer to that question
"Kingdom of fucking what?" Ryan thought to himself.
"Right of course" he said not wanting to make himself seem like a weirdo or anything "Just after all that's happened my memory is starting to fail me"
Emilia nodded with understanding.
"So how exactly did you and your friend find yourself near the village?" Emilia asked
Ryan scratched his head "I don't exactly know myself, one second we were in the desert fighting then the next a loud explosion happened and when I came to I found myself in the woods just outside of the village"
Emilia looked at him curiously before saying "That does explain your slight tan but what about your magic weapons?"
Ryan took a depth breath "Well first off they are not by any means magic and how to fully explain them.." he trailed off
"So their not magic?" Emilia asked
"No I can fully assure you that they are not but I can show you how they work better than explain it. I think you would understand it way more first hand."
Emilia nodded but then said "That would have to wait then, it seems Lord Roswaal had returned."
Ryan turned his head to look at the door way and the first thing that he said took him off.
What he saw was a tall man in the most eccentric outfit and makeup he's seen outside of a carnival.
He leaned to Emilia and whispered "That… that's not him is it?"
Emilia made a face of understanding to Ryan's surprise to the mans look.
"Yes that is Lord Roswaal himself" she whispered back to him
Ryan than sat upright again and watch and Roswaal entered the room
"Well well well, it seems our guest has finally awakened from his nap" he says almost exaggerating every word in a eccentric way just as comparable to his clothing and makeup
"Umm.. yeah I did" Ryan started trying his best not to be weirded out by this man
"I sooo do hope that everything has been to your liking so faaar protector of my village" Roswaal said
"Your village?" Ryan asked raising an eyebrow
"Why yeees of course that would be my villaaage as well as everything else in my domaaain" Roswaal said approaching the table to sit at the head of it.
"Well I guess I just did what anybody would do in my situation I guess"
"Nooonsense I am greatly indebted to you for your actions" He said sitting down now at the table
"I wouldn't go that far" Ryan said kind of uncomfortable with the idea that this man owes him anything
"Whaaaat kind of lord could I be if I couldn't prooootect my own subject? Roswaal said why Ram was preparing a teacup for him
"I was mainly just trying to protect myself and my…. now dead friend" Ryan said struggling to get the last part out
As Ram Roswaal took a sip of tea before he continued
"If there is aaaanything I could do to heeeelp you it would be my pleasure"
Ryan glanced at Emilia then back at Roswaal
"I can't really think of anything to be honest besides maybe a… burial for my friend"
Roswaal nodded "Of coooourse that goes without saaaaying" he stopped to take another sip from his cup "If there is aaaanything eles please don't hesitate to ask"
Ryan looked at Roswaal while thinking anything that could help him in his current situation
"Of course I want to go home but how will these people react if I start babbling on about how I just magically appeared here?"
Ryan than spoke up asking for the next logical thing he could think of
"Someplace to stay would be nice, maybe even work if that makes it easier for you"
Roswaal contemplated his request
"Weeell Lady Emilia waaas on her way to the capital to meet up with some diplomats" he said gesturing to Emilia
"Buuut she decided to stop and help a certain someboooody" He finished by then gesturing to Ryan
"That would be me I'm guessing" Ryan said "But meeting diplomats? How exactly important are you?" Ryan finished by asking Emilia
"Well" she began kind of caught off by the attention now turning to her "I am the candidate to become the forty-second ruler of the Kingdom of Lugunica"
"Wait" Ryan said putting up his hands "Your telling me I was basically rescued by a future to be Queen?"
"If aaaall goes correctly for heeer than yes you could saaay that" Roswaal said
Ryan looks at Emilia seeing the embarrassment of Ryan's statement creeping on her face
"It- its not as if I was hiding it from you" she said while fidgeting
Ryan lets out a couple of laughs before continuing the entire thought of him being rescued by a future Queen amusing him
"Well if there's anything I could do to help I would be more than happy too" Ryan said finally relaxing in his chair
Roswall speaks up before Emilia taking advantage of Ryan's offer
"The caaaapitol can be a dangerous place for a Lady all by herself" Roswaal says catching both Emilia's and Ryan's attention
"I went and saaaaw the aftermath of the village incident aaaand it seems your are more than capable of haaaaandling yourself" he says then finishes the rest of his tea
"If youuu could company her to the capital this woooould be most reassuring for me"
Ryan and Emilia both look at each other both taken aback by this request
"If anything" Ryan says finally speaking up "She is far more capable than me"
"Nooonsense, besides it wouuuld but my mind at ease after what haaapened at the village"
Ryan scratched his head while looking at Emilia
"I suppose if she doesn't mind I could tag along, even if she doesn't need me to"
Emilia again somewhat embarrassed by the compliments and attention speak up
"If Lord Roswaal insist and you don't mind I could use the company"
"Weeell then its settled Ryaaan here will help accompaaaany Lady Emilia to the capital" he ends by clapping his hands
"Rem and Ram will shooow you to your belongings so you boooth can head out" Roswaal says standing up to excuse himself
Both maids bow and say "Of course Lord Roswaal" in perfect unison
As Lord Roswaal reaches the door he looks over his shoulder to both of them
"Ryaaan" he says to get his attention "If aaanything happens to Lady Emilia" he lets the sentence hang for a second before finishing with
"It will be your head"
Lord Roswaal then makes his exit leaving
Ryan taken aback by the sudden serious nature of the man made him look to Emilia for reassurance
"He was joking right?" he ask her
Emilia smiles "Don't worry I don't you will have to worry about that" she says getting about and to go get ready to leave "Rem and Ram will show you to the main door to met me when your ready to leave"
As she walks out Ryan says "But he was joking right" to himself
The approaching maids gets his attention and Ram speaks up "This way please we will show you to your belongings"
Ryan gets up begins to follow them as they lead him to the room with his gear. When he enters the room he tries not to think that Rick is only in the next room separated by a door.
"So I can grab my stuff now" Ryan says to the maids
The one with blue hair speaks up "You can take whatever you think you would need to defend Lady Emilia"
Ryan nods "Right"
He looks down at the gear laid out on the massive table. Both his gear and Ricks was laid across the table with the maids seeming to put everything that looked alike together in sections.
"Guess for starters is my vest" He says as he grabs his vest and slips it on. He noticed that the maids must of hand cleaned every piece of gear that had fabric on it.
"You two would be a god send at a CIF clearing" he says to them as he slides his vest comfortably in place
They both tilted their head in confusion
"In other words thank you for cleaning everything I appreciate it"
They both then nod their heads in unison, accepting the compliment
"My sister Rem cleaned everything she is the one deserving of your thanks" said the pink haired maid Ram
Ryan raised an eyebrow "She cleaned all of this? By herself?"
"Yes my sister is amazing at everything she does" Ram said
Ryan checked his vest while putting in fresh magazines from Rick's vest
"Six magazines for my M4 two for my M17 one flashbang two grenades and my IFAC"
"So she cooks and cleans. What exactly do you do then?" Ryan asked when reaching for his helmet
"My sister generally handles all household responsibilities while I help her when I can" Ram said as if it was nothing to be embarrassed by
"This doesn't bother you Ram?" Ryan asked clipping on his helmet
"No my sister is amazing just the way she is, in fact she is amazing in every way" Ram says matter of factly
"Well I guess if your both happy with the arrangement" Ryan says as he holsters his M17 into his right leg holster and grabs his M4.
He decides he already has more than enough of equipment if he's going to be with Emilia and decides not to carry his Assault Pack filled with extra gear.
"Alright well I'm good to go" Ryan says turning to both of the maids and they begin to lead him out the room to the main doors. Before leaving Ryan looks at the door leading to Rick.
"I'll be back man. I'll do you right in the end just wait a little longer" He says to himself before again following the two maids
When they reach the main doors Emilia meets them
"Have everything you need?" She ask him
"Probably more than enough but I don't want to test Lord Roswaal on his promise"
She smiles "Then lets be off, its not a long walk but the sooner we start the better"
Ryan nods and begins to walk next to Emilia outside the door. When he exist the main door he finally sees the front of the mansion
"This place is huge, if what Ram said was true exactly how important is Lord Roswaal?"
"Well in a short he is helping me become the next ruler" Emilia replies
Ryan tilts his head to the side taking this into consideration "Yeah I guess that makes sense"
As they walk down the main path of the mansion pass the gardens and bushes flowing with flowers they make their way to the road that will lead them to the capital.
They mainly walk in silence until Emilia glances over at Ryan's outfit and weapons
"So" she says getting his attention "if their not magic what exactly are they?" she says
Just then Puck pops out as if the question awakened him from some sort of slumber
"Gah Puck again?" Ryan says almost jumping from the surprise from Puck again
He snickers before saying "Yes what exactly are they? I've never seen anything like them in my whole life" he ask while floating around Ryan's M4 to get a better look at it.
"Well I did say it would be easier to show you but its kind of dangerous so ill do my best explaining it" Ryan says holding his M4 out in front of him while walking. He points to the magazine first.
"This hold my ammo that lets my gun shoot"
"Magazine? Gun?" They both ask almost together
Ryan sighs "Oh god this is going to be harder then I thought"
He continues "It would take a while to explain every little detail but essentially my M4 is classified as a gun and ammo goes inside the magazine" he then points at the M4 itself
"Magazine goes in the M4 which then lets the ammo feed into the M4"
Ryan looks at both of them to see if their still understanding. Puck seems fine but Emilia seems like she's trying her hardest to understand every word Ryan says.
He continues non the less.
"And when I pull this with my finger" he says pointing to the trigger "it sends an small object out this end very, very fast" he says now pointing to the muzzle of the M4
And then lets the M4 rest again on the sling across his chest
"That's basically it in a nutshell, sorry if I didn't explain it that well I never really had to"
Emilia nods appreciatingly "No no, you did well and I guess I understand everything you said"
Ryan smiles "Thanks I never really was a teacher"
"So" Puck says speaking up "Its not magic?"
"No its not magic Puck just.. science." Ryan says smirking
"Science huh? That's really amazing" Puck says floating back over to Emilia
"I guess with that answered I can go back to sleep now, call me if you need me Emilia"
"Of course Puck" She says as he disappears again
Ryan still not use to it ask "So where exactly does he go when he does that?"
Emilia point to the green emerald hanging around her neck "He goes here to rest when he's not out and around"
"I see" Ryan says as if it was so obvious
"Well how much longer do we have?" He ask
"Once we past the village we have a little ways to go after" She says answering him
"Hmm the village is this way too huh?" Ryan ask while they both come to hop over a small ditch in the road
"Yes this is the path we took to bring you back to the mansion"
"Hmm well good thing its not a long trip then" Ryan says
They then begin to walk in silence again and follow the road that will lead them to the capital.
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