Chapter 18:

It had been nearly a month since the rebellion ended and things in Germania were almost back to normal. Eléonore and Al were currently sleeping in their bedroom on the royal castle, today was an important day, as it was the coronation of the new king.

Eléonore woke up first, as she was preparing to leave the bed, she felt a couple of arms sneak inside her nightgown, grabbing her breasts just like they did when they first met.

"Good morning honey."

Al kissed her in the neck.

"Morning… you know you really have to stop groping me every morning."

"Why? As you said I'm very happy with them… so I can enjoy them whenever I want. "

Eléonore blushed madly, what was she thinking saying such embarrassing things out loud? Al let go of them and slowly turn her around until she was facing him.

"But more importantly... I know it gets you in the mood to…"

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, followed by the voice of one of the servants.

"Your majesty, the prince is waiting for you in the throne room, the ceremony will begin in less than half an hour."

Al sighted and dismissed the servant at the other side of the door, he grabbed Eléonore and pulled her toward him and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

"It seems we will have to wait till tonight… so come on, hurry up and get dressed!"

"That was what I was planning to do before you interrupted me! ..." She made a little 'hmpf' noise and turned her head away from him. " It seems that someone will have to be punished tonight."

"Great, now I definitely can't wait."

Eléonore turned her head back towards him and gave him another kiss before finally getting off the bed, as they were getting dressed, Al was speaking about the ceremony.

" I can't believe Albert finally gets to be a king… you know there are still quite a few detractors that think the country would be better with me or Alfred in the throne."

"Really, I thought you said you weren't popular enough to get a supporting faction."

Al chuckled "Well you see... It's not like they want me as king, that's just needed to have you as a queen… it seems you're pretty popular now, and ever since that incident everybody knows who actually wears the pants in our relationship"

Eléonore blushed again… seriously, ever since that day it seems everybody had taken the chore of reminding her about it every chance they got… oh well, it might had been embarrassing, but she didn't regret a single thing she did.

After they got dressed the couple leaved for the ceremony, it was over rather quick and even prince Albert speech was a little on the short side, it seems that they just wanted to get over it and move on… not that she could blame them, the country had been a mess for the past month and it was needed to have a crowned king in order to completely restore it to its original peaceful state.

During the celebration, the couple found Saito and Louise in the dance hall, they had remained in the country for the past month, helping however they could so that peace could be restored.

"Good morning, Louise, Saito san."

"Ah… good morning Eléonore neesama, Alphonse sama, we haven't seen you since the day after the battle for the capital, so we were wondering about your recovery."

It had taken nearly a month for Al to completely recover after the torture he had to endure, luckily, there was no permanent damage and he was perfectly fine now,

"I'm fine thank you, since your sister nursed me every day I managed to recover pretty quickly, she can be so sweet when she tries."

Eléonore pouted, Al hugged her and kissed her cheek which made her embarrassed and blush all shades of red.

"Yep, I know that, if she is anything like Louise, she usually acts like she doesn't care but when it matters the most, she is the sweetest girl in the whole world"

Louise pouted, Saito hugged her and kissed her cheek which made her embarrassed and blush all shades of red

Both guys laughed a little while they respective wives frowned.

"By the way, tomorrow we'll be going back to Tristain, we really would like to stay, but we have to get back to our lives there… you know, we also have 'things to do, places to visit and children to make'."

Saito chuckled, while Al had to hug Eléonore tighter so she wouldn't kill him.

"Are you sure? I heard from Kirche that you helped us against the orders of your queen, we would be honored to offer you asylum in Germania and even a title and properties as a thank you present."

"There is no need to worry, we just received a letter from the queen and it seems there won't be consequences for our actions… I guess since we are in pretty good terms with her and we are now heroes in this country as well as our own, she won't do anything too drastic… I'm still expecting an ear pull thou"

"Well that's good to hear, but you know if anything happens you can always count with our help, and I'm not talking just as a germanian prince."

As the party came to an end, Saito and Louise excused themselves, they had a long travel ahead of them and they probably wanted to rest, before they went to their bedroom, Eléonore gave Louise a little box as a gift, inside there were half a dozen plain white cookies she had baked and a note with instructions on it:

"Dear Louise".

"Give one of these cookies to you husband and eat one yourself when you are alone with him"

"I wanted to give you these as thanks for helping me save my new home and keeping my husband in one peace… I'll warn you these things are very powerful so be careful when you eat them, make sure to be completely alone and have at least half a day to spare."

"PD: I can give you more if you want, you can also have the recipe… it's actually a state secret, but since you helped me a lot, I think I can make an exception."

While Louise was curious about what her sister could mean with the cookies being 'too powerful' that could wait until they were back at home.

When the couple finally leaved, Eléonore and Al moved themselves to one of the balconies of the castle, they just wanted to be alone for a while.

"Elle chan… I want to tell you something…"

Eléonore nodded giving him permission to say want he wanted.

"You see… the thing is… I still haven't said it… back when I was captured, I almost gave up hope, but the thought of seeing you again kept me going, and when I saw you in the platform that day… I was so happy… what I want to say is, Elle chan thank you for saving my life" Al moved himself closer and gave Eléonore a warm and tender kiss.

"Dummy, there is nothing to thank me for… you know when I thought I was going to lose you I panicked, I even cried until I had no more tears… but that was when I realized just how important you are to me… that I couldn't allow for you be taken away… that I love you… you're the most important person in the world for me… so please… don't ever leave me alone again…"

Eléonore hugged him as strong as she could, he returned her hug and for while they remained in that embrace, after a few minutes had passed, she raised her head and looked at him with eyes full with need and desire, understanding what she meant, Al quietly asked her "Shall we retire for today?" she just nodded and quietly followed his lead towards their bedroom.