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Code Realize Playthrough - Chapter 6: Negotiated Solution

The very much delayed playthrough of Chapter 6 of Code Realize was finally completed~! This was quite a long playthrough so I’m very much sorry for the delay. (Realised that I haven’t been playing the game for almost 2 months so yikes~)

This chapter’s spotlight is on my favourite Fran (at the moment XD)~! I really like that he had alot of scenes this time as I’ve been enjoying them very much~ <3 Fran was so cool this time even though he may seem to be actually quite dangerous... O////O” Nevertheless, it was interesting to see the many sides of Fran, even if only a tiny bit was revealed. It made me even more interested to learn more about him and like him as a person~ +W+

The story started with a dream. Someone was running through the wasteland, running away from a land of corpses. It was Fran, and as he flung off his mask, he cried out wondering what had he done. Fran had seen a small child reaching out for help, but ended up dying on the spot, and knew that this hell that he was in, was created by none other than himself. Fran screamed... until he awoke from the nightmare.

(This part probably revealed abit on Fran's backstory. Poor Fran on having to carry this guilt in his heart...)

Back to Cardia's point of view, Delacroix II had joined them and came to live in the mansion, and it had been a week since then. But both sides had yet to warm up with each other since... just before that they would still in a kill-or-be-killed situation with him ^^; As Saint had told the others that he would be helping them with the living expenses, they're not in a rush to earn money currently, but still they decided to find a source of income somehow. Cardia wanted to start a side job at home, but since she had to keep wearing her gloves, she can't do very detailed work and thus felt abit discouraged. Also, she wondered when would she be able to get rid of her body with this poison in it, thinking back to her limited past where people had attacked her and used words harshly that penetrated her heart. (Aww... Poor Cardia TWT)

During breakfast time in the morning, Impey remarked that he was glad that everyone seems to be satisfied with the breakfast he had made since he found it limiting to make them since they could only use preserved food for now (in order to cut down costs). Saint encouraged him by telling the meals were far from boring for him, but Impey wanted to provide more variety of dishes, claiming himself to be a genius chef. Saint decided to diss him that he thought that he was supposed to be a genius engineer rather than a chef ^^; Impey was worried about Van getting sick of his cooking since the latter hasn't been eating much. Van assured him that they're delicious, in fact still too delicious to the point that he still couldn't believe that Impey was the one who made them ^^; (That sounds more like an insult than a compliment ^^;)

Saint had noticed that the decrease of Van's appetite started when Delacroix II came to the mansion and wondered whether he was worried about him. Though Cardia was worried about them too, she knew that she can't just jump into the issues that were between them, and started to guess whether it's a bad idea to invite Delacroix II to stay with them... Saint pointed out that Delacroix II did not join them for breakfast again, wondering whether he's alright, but Cardia assured him that he's eating since the plates were always clean when she went and retrieve the food she left for him.

Just then Impey noticed that Fran was being weirdly quiet too with a serious expression, and asked him whether he had a stomach ache. Fran noticed that he was being called upon, and tried to assure the others that he's alright, but from the looks of it... it's not that convincing =w="

Lupin had been running around to different places so it’s sad that the other guys haven’t been seeing him much, nor he was able to join them at the table for meals frequently TWT Cardia remembered that the last time they all had a meal together was during the time they began to chase after Delacroix, which is probably quite a long while ago by now.

Seeing that everyone seems to be in low spirits, it’s up to our grand chef Impey to create a feast to make everyone happy~! Van thought it’s a good idea and wanted to cook too, but Van’s cooking skills... seems suspicious ^^;

Impey wanted to invite Delacroix to join them for the party too, and had given the name - Dora-chan~ (I know the translation was “Delly”, but I preferred the original / voiced version so shall call him Dora-chan / Dracula instead ^^;)

Suddenly, Lupin returned to everyone’s surprise, and Fran was curious on what he was up to for the past few days, to which Lupin revealed that he’s dealing with something, and managed to come up with lots of funds for them~ It was a lot of money, which Lupin said that these were his “handling fees” from stealing from the rich.

(Apparently, it’s really a large amount of money if Impey said that they could buy themselves an airship OWO”)

Of course, Cardia wanted to know whether this money was gotten honestly (since she wasn’t comfortable with capturing Dracula the last time they could earn from it ^^;). Lupin assured her and revealed that he had actually stolen the money from an evildoer, though most of the money he had already given away to the poor and only kept a small part of it for himself. Of course, this amount of money wasn’t to be spent on lavish stuff, so they better spend it more carefully in case they ran of money again ^^;

Interestingly, Saint asked Cardia out to accompany him for some shopping in the afternoon~ OWO (I think this may be the first time I get to see Cardia spend some alone time with him +W+)

After breakfast, Cardia went to bring breakfast to Dracula, but he isn’t in his room, so in the end, she just left his breakfast by the door. Suddenly, she heard a laughter, and peeking to look outside the window, she saw Dracula laughing happily while playing with Sisi. She felt at ease after seeing that he was able to laugh, and remembered how everyone had paid attention to her when she first laughed, she thought that perhaps this was the feeling that everyone had felt the last time.

(Aww, Dora-chan is so adorable here~ ^/////^)

Cardia headed down to approach Dracula, who was still in the midst of talking to Sisi and did not notice her approaching. But after Dracula noticed her, he quickly took a step back and was cautious against her.

(It would be good if Dora-chan was always so happy and smiling like this~ >////<)

Cardia tried to have a chat with Dracula nevertheless, by talking about Sisi since Dracula seems to be quite fond of him, and answered his question about why Sisi had a mechanical leg. After knowing that humans had mistreated Sisi and made him like this, Dracula thought that humans are heartless and evils, but Cardia tried to explain to him that not all humans are bad. (Not sure how much of Cardia’s words would be absorbed by Dracula though ^^;)

Lupin turned up soon after since he was looking for Dracula earlier on, and performing a magic trick, he made a suitcase appeared, which Lupin said was a gift for Dracula. Dracula opened the suitcase and was surprised to find that it contained the treasures of the vampires which he was planning to take back. Lupin had gone through the trouble to steal them back for him since in Lupin’s words, he never stole for himself, so he decided to steal these back for Dracula since the owner of these items were making dirty money anyway~

(Lupin, you look evil when you said it like that ^^;)

Dracula asked Lupin why he is doing this for him since he could not repay him (and Cardia caught him silently accepting the suitcase by pushing it behind him with his foot ^^), and Lupin assured him that he’s not going to take the treasures back from Dracula since he already had his own “reward” by stealing other stuff from these owners (and his handling fees ^^;).

(It’s cute how Dracula blushed later on and said that he’s not going to thank Lupin for doing this XD He’s really such a tsundere ^/////^)

(Apparently, Dora-chan doesn’t like the nickname we had for him, aww~)

Dracula affirmed once again that he won’t thank them while blushing before running off, so Cardia decided to thank Lupin on his behalf~ (Dracula is seriously so adorable that I just can’t be mad at him ^^;)

In the afternoon, Cardia went with Saint on a shopping trip just as what was promised earlier on, to get groceries for the feast later on as well as other stuff which the other members had requested.

(Saint is such a gentleman to carry all the stuff by himself, other than two apples for Cardia to carry ^^; Somehow this was part of his ego and he would like Cardia to let him have his moment of glory.)

Suddenly, Cardia was shocked by the headline shown on the newspaper - which reported on their attempt to kidnap Finis on the train and stated that the government would be stepping up on their search efforts to capture Fran since the article had portrayed him to be a violent terrorist. Saint was serious as he told Cardia that they should come up with countermeasures. And thus, they decided to head back...

But Saint started walking in the opposite direction?! Cardia was confused but Saint got close to her and whispered that they’re being followed, and guessed that the people seem to be from Twilight. He decided to let them follow them abit longer and somehow... it seems like this was the time for hands-on training according to Saint ^^;

(Okay, at least Saint will still protect Cardia if anything would happen wrongly here ^^; How reassuring~)

(Seriously I’m just randomly choosing whatever that sounds right for me ^^; Cardia’s answer sounds right to me, but...)

(Apparently, Twilight had attacked them in the middle of the streets so the answer doesn’t work in such a scenario D: So... did I even choose the correct option? o.O)

The two of them retreated into the alleyway, with Saint teaching Cardia that sensible tactics were no longer effective if the enemy threw their common sense out of the window. They ran until they saw more Twilight soldiers in front of them blocking their way, but Saint wasn’t surprised at all as he had already suspected that they had laid a trap to lure him and Cardia away from the main street.

Cardia was brave and told Saint to run away while she buys them some time since she still had the smoke bomb that Fran had given her in the pocket. But of course, Saint isn’t someone who would run away and desert a girl by herself. He’s confident of his combat skills anyway XD

(I thought I was supposed to feel awed by Saint instead at this time, but Cardia impressed me more instead~ She’s so cool~ XD)

However, a new presence appeared and that seems to scare the Twilight soldiers enough that they quickly retreat. And who was to appear at this time other than Sholmes~!

Cardia was cautious of him since she still remembered that Sholmes was in their way when they were planning to capture Finis. Saint’s words to Sholmes were very sarcastic, accusing him of following them... which was actually correct I’ll say XD

(Kind of feel bad for Sholmes for a moment here since it seems like Cardia doesn’t appreciate of him rescuing her =w=“)

Actually, Sholmes was very interested in Twilight and wanted to follow them, and also ended up following Cardia and Saint. He had also heard about the treasures that were said to be owned by vampires were stolen, and suspected that they were stolen by Lupin. Cardia tried to cover up for Lupin, but in Sholmes’ eyes, she was such a bad liar.

(Sorry Saint, but Cardia is just too honest and upright as a person~ It sounds as if he’s going to teach Cardia to lie XD)

(Saint showing his gentleman side again +////+ Aww, I just like these small details of gentleman actions~ ^////^)

Seeing how defensive they were against him, Sholmes had to assure them that he doesn’t intend to do anything other than confirm the facts. Even though Sholmes told them that they won’t be enemies for now, Saint caught onto that and asked him whether that would mean that they would become enemies in the future. And turned out... Sholmes told them that they would be enemies starting tomorrow morning D: He had been requested to help the Scotland Yard and the military to capture Fran, and the government was really serious about it, that Fran might even be killed if it was necessary as decided by them.

Sholmes’s and Lupin’s views on justice were opposites, and Sholmes had seen Lupin's acts as crimes, and even felt that chaos would be created if the mass had followed his ways. Therefore, if Sholmes had decided to seriously come after them, he was confident that he would soon uncover their location and schemes in no time, even suggesting them to leave Britain.

(Saint, your “another option” sounds like you’re planning on just killing Sholmes D: That sounds scary ><”)

Though Lupin and Sholmes’ views on justice were different, Cardia felt that they have something in common. Saint shared her views too and felt that both Lupin and Sholmes were very responsible for their actions, and were also very confident in themselves. But... it’s best not to mention this to Lupin since he still seems sore about Sholmes after being toyed by him on the train ^^;

(From Saint’s words, Lupin’s ego seems to be pretty deflated after the train incident ><”)

By the time Cardia and Saint made it back to the mansion, it was already sunset. They talked about what that had happened to the others, and Lupin’s expression turned grim when he heard about Sholmes joining the opposition and would be capturing them.

(Haha, it’s obvious that Lupin was very bothered and troubled that Sholmes is on the opposite side, but he doesn’t want to admit that he’s bothered by it ^^;)

(Hoho, is that so, Lupin?~ XD Poor Lupin’s ego must be shaking by now~)

The group then went onto their most important topic - Fran's wanted notice. They realised that their current location could be easily found if both the military and the Yard were actively looking for them, together with Twilight hot on their trails. Impey talked about whether they should escape from London and hide somewhere, but Lupin decided not to since it would interfere with their search for Isaac.

Suddenly, Fran proposed that he had an idea. He knew that the Twilight was specifically looking for Cardia only, and the government is not involved in that portion. Even though the Queen's guards were the ones who kidnapped her in the first place, Fran deduced that it was Finis using them for his own purposes, since after they've failed to capture her, there aren't any more investigations afterwards to look for her. This would mean that the government was only after Fran, to which Saint wondered whether Fran had wanted to turn himself in in order to divert the government's attention away from them.

(Of course, Cardia doesn’t want to hand Fran over so easily T////T)

Cardia voiced out on her discomfort on handling Fran over, which Impey agreed with her too. But Fran assured them that he’s not surrendering himself to be captured as there’s “something” he needs to do, and what he was planning was to negotiate with the government to get them to stop chasing after them. Van had thought that the idea sounds ridiculous, but Fran assured him that he knew that they had a good chance to win this negotiation, and that would mean that they would be able to get Victoria, the Queen on their side if they succeed.

Fran explained that the Queen had wanted certain knowledge that he has, and she feared that this knowledge would be leaked to other countries. (Apparently the knowledge that Fran knew was very important to the point that it could even turn the whole international situation around and place Britain in a difficult situation if it gets leaked out OWO”) Therefore, Fran planned to use this as a bargaining chip, to ask the Queen to guarantee their safety and freedom in exchange for not spreading the secrets to other countries. He also planned to let her know that Twilight was after them as well so that the Queen could help to restrict Finis’s actions later on.

But, Fran would not reveal what this important knowledge was about, though Van ultimately agreed in the end. Cardia realised that this plan was not something that could be done easily, since if not, Fran would have done it a long time ago, and won’t have to resort to running away from the government instead. Fran gave a weak smile and told Cardia that she’s right, and revealed that if the Queen doesn’t agree and decided to capture Fan instead, he would end up locked up in the research lab forever and ever. Even though Lupin was worried about Fran carrying out this plan since Fran would be in the most dangerous position, but Fran insisted, saying that he didn’t want to cause trouble for them.

Fran was serious and he cautioned the group that they would be going up against the most powerful people in the country - Queen Victoria and Finis. If they missed the opportunity to negotiate, Fran knew that they would be swallowed up their power, since Twilight, the military and the police would be closing up on them the more time had passed for them, and thus Fran felt that they had to make the first move before they catch them. He would need everyone’s help to make this operation a success and Lupin did not hesitate at all as he agreed to help him. Fran smiled as he thanked everyone for their help, but Cardia noticed that his smile seems forced.

The next night, Cardia was reviewing the emergency first aid methods and gun construction plan that both Fran and Van had taught her since she felt that she could be of help if she knew this knowledge, as they would help her to make calm decisions. She looked out of the window and saw that Fran was in the yard, sitting there silently without moving. Cardia decided to join him, as there’s something she wanted to tell him.

When she approached Fran, he was surprised and almost dropped his book when he finally noticed Cardia was close to him. Fran gave a weak smile and said that he was deep in thought and didn’t realise that she was there.

(Fran was surprised that Cardia was still studying late in the night, and worried that she would overwork herself. I wish someone would care for me like this too~ ^////^ Though I’m probably playing games late in the night rather than studying ^^;)

Suddenly, Cardia thanked Fran for thinking about everyone, since if his suggestion really worked out, it would guarantee safety for everyone, and then they would be able to continue on their search for Cardia’s father. But Fran showed a sad expression and said that he’s only doing this for his own safety actually. He doesn’t want to be thanked as he thought that he’s a terrible person. (Aww~ TWT)

Cardia doesn’t understand why he’s saying that and assured Fran that she had thought of him as a very respectable person since she really wants to make him smile seeing how sad he was. (I really like how these two seems to be supporting each other emotionally somehow~ ^/////^)

She started to give Fran lots of praises, saying that he’s very kind, considerate, smart and courageous. That finally made Fran showed a gentle smile as he had never heard anyone said that about him before.

(It’s a beautiful expression, but it seems so sad at this moment as well T/////T)

In the end, Fran decided to call it a night, but he still stayed there, explaining that he still wants to sit here and think for a little longer. Cardia was still worried about him, but she knew that she should not step in any further to ask about the reason why he seems so sad, or what was he thinking... Thus she decided to stay with Fran and sit with him, even if she could not give any reason.

(The last few moments of this scene is so cute seriously~)

After a period of time, Lupin announced that he had gotten the information he could gather for the plan. First, they would need to find a way to meet Queen Victoria if they want to negotiate with her. Cardia suggested on sending her a letter, but since the guys aren’t sure whether the letter would really get delivered to her (it might be intercepted by the messenger), they decide on another way to make themselves look strong., especially since what they would ultimately be doing was to blackmail her.

(Poor Lupin had been working overtime TWT)

So Lupin’s plan was to raid the palace and confront the Queen in person! That came as a shock to Impey as he remarked that Lupin was crazy to suggest that. However, Lupin was serious and even showed the blueprint of the palace for the rest of the group. He continued on talking about the plan and pointed out that they would be able to see her when she makes a public appearance during a knighting ceremony. There would be a large amount of the security at the event, and alot of the public would turn up to watch this ceremony. (It was also noted that Van was given the “Most Excellent Order” title at this event~)

Therefore, Lupin planned for the group to burst into the ceremony, and make the Queen promised in front of everyone that the government would not lay a finger on Fran and them anymore. Lupin was pleased with his plan and remarked that he wanted to make it a grand entrance to make everyone believe that Fran had a powerful back up +W+ He also planned to use the civilians attending the event as hostages, but Fran immediately rebutted that idea, telling him that they would become actual terrorists if they do that D: (Please don’t end up being actual criminals guys OWO”) Lupin grinned and assured Fran that he’s only doing it just to trick the Queen and “persuade” her to make their desired decision.

(Cardia is starting to doubt Lupin’s terms of “gentleman” ^^;)

The group planned to start this operation five days later, and thus started to prepare for the operation. First, they use an automobile to carry the Ornithopter into an alley near a hotel in the city for them to be used later in the plan. The Ornithopter would be used to help them land in front of Queen Victoria at the beginning of the ceremony.

When the group began to depart for the hotel some distance from the palace, which they would stay on standby before the plan starts, Dracula was shocked that he was the only one requested to stay behind and asked to house-sit ^^; But reluctantly, he agreed to stay, since there’s no other place he could go either, and would take care of Sisi instead. Even though Cardia had the option to stay as well, she decided to go with the others since they had felt that her skills would be of good use during the plan and that she was also glad to be of help to the others.

(Bye Bye Dora-chan, please be a good child at home~)

On the day of the plan, Cardia could hear fireworks going off while noticing Fran who was looking out of the window anxiously. It seems like the ceremony was about to start, and Fran was sure that he had to make this plan work, for everyone’s sake. Impey tried to make Fran more relaxed, and even Van voiced out that he would be coming along with Fran to help him. Cardia’s role was to stay here at the hotel and wait with Impey, as well as helping with the escape on the Ornithopter if anything happens.

However, Lupin started to feel that something was weird since it had gotten really quiet at the hotel. There aren’t any footsteps above or below them, and it seems that they were the only ones alone in the hotel right now.

(I’m the same as Impey, how could they even know all this just by noticing whether or not there are footsteps OWO”)

Suddenly, they heard a high-pitched mechanical squeal from outside, and soon Leonhardt’s voice rang through the hotel. He demanded the group to surrender and alarmed them to the fact that they were currently surrounded by two hundred soldiers. Saint guessed that the government must have known of their plan, which Lupin was surprised that he’s being traced since he was always so careful to cover up the traces. Van did not doubt Leonhardt’s words at all and felt that it would be trouble for them if they were really surrounded by two hundred soldiers.

Fran announced that they would have to change their plans. He volunteered to draw the soldiers’ attention while the group get out of the hotel. If he gets caught by the army, Fran planned to tell them that he was the one who threatened the group to shelter him and act with him, so that they won’t be blamed and convicted of their actions.

Even though Fran assured that he would be fine and he would negotiate after he had been captured...

(I just can’t let Fran sacrifice himself TWT)

When Cardia refused to let Fran sacrifice himself, Fran was shocked and remarked that this was the first time he had heard her raising her voice. The rest agreed with her too, with Van telling him that Twilight might come and snatched Fran away from the army too, and landing in Twilight’s hands would be bad news as they could hide Fran from the government and also torture him to extract information on Cardia’s whereabouts, so that might end up being bad news for the others instead.

Suddenly, Leonhardt’s voice rang once again, this time boasting that he’s going to revenge Lupin on what he had did last time. (It seems that Leonhardt was more upset about Lupin instead ^^;) Saint concluded that what they should do now was to make sure that none of them gets captured since if that happens, all of us will be placed at a risk as a consequence.

(Impey’s joke doesn’t go so well with Cardia ^^;)

Fran thanked everyone and decided that they shall just have to force their plan forward at this stage. They would split themselves into two teams - diversion team and negotiation team. The diversion team would aid to divert the enemy’s attention, while the negotiation team would take this chance to get through the guards towards the Ornithopter, which they would go straight towards the ceremony and barge in from the sky to speak with Victoria and start with the negotiation for their safety. He assured that he would help to get the diversion team out if they get caught. Even though this still sounds like a crazy plan to Impey, it’s the only choice they have right now.

(Saint sounds overly positive about this situation ^^;)

Leonhardt got impatient since there had not been any movements from them and demanded once again for them to surrender. He obviously was pinpointing towards Lupin this time, that Lupin could sigh and wonder when did Leonhardt’s priority changes to capturing him instead ^^;

As Van loaded his shotgun and was reaching to open the window, something flies into the room suddenly and broke the window. Cardia realised that tear gas started flowing through the entire room and the group quickly escaped from the room, but what waited for them outside the room were...

Lots and lots of soldiers! D: Lupin didn’t think that Leonhardt would be this efficient and turned out that he was right, the person who had planned for this was none other than Sholmes, who showed himself and thanked them for falling into his trap. Sholmes explained that he was hired by the government to assist them in the investigations, so that would mean that they were enemies now since Leonhardt had requested him to arrest both Fran and Lupin. Sholmes even helpfully explained how he had managed to predict Lupin’s moves based on his previous crimes, thanks to the large number of criminological statistics he had remembered in his brain. He dissed Lupin’s plan was lacking in originally as ultimately he viewed the “greatest thief of the century” as a criminal simply.

Van was about to shoot at Sholmes, but Fran grabbed the barrel and lowered it. Fran then stood forward and talked to Sholmes, telling him that he just can’t be caught at this moment. Sholmes told them that they won’t be able to escape, since all of the exits had been blocked, including the hallway, the hotel lobby and even the streets as well. Fran was not scared at all as he simply threw a test tube from his pocket at his own feet. That causes an explosion and opened up a hole in the floor as the group fell to a storey below them.

(Hehe, weirdly I’m enjoying this moment XD)

As the group ran towards the hotel’s exit, Lupin asked Fran whether what he had used just now was a bomb that explodes in direction of its impact and remarked that it would be a pretty handy gadget for him.

(Saint looks like he’s enjoying this way too much, how can he remain so calm at this time? ^^;)

Lupin suggested that the group to continue with Fran’s plan, with him, Van and Saint being the diversion team and would handle the enemies around the hotel. (Van is suddenly not threatened by two hundred soldiers anymore OWO”) Cardia would be going with Fran, which Saint remarked that he was surprised that she agreed since he had expected that she would stay behind.

However, their conversation was stopped suddenly due to the appearance of Twilight, who started to attack them. Van quickly defended and guessed that Twilight would have easily found out where they were by tracing the police and military. As Van was about to attack Twilight, Saint stepped forward and stopped him, saying calmly that he would take over instead. He told the others to go ahead since Van would be required to stop the army’s soldiers instead. Even though Cardia was worried about Saint, Van assured her that he would be alright since he could tell that Saint was actually highly skilled OWO” (When can we actually see Saint in actual combat though?)

The group finally reached where they had concealed the Ornithopter, and...

Met up with tons of soldiers again. (Seems like Sholmes had seen through this part of their plans yet again D:) Leonhardt finally showed himself and told Lupin to surrender. He didn’t even mention about Fran though... ^^;

(Lupin dissed exactly what I had in mind at this moment XD)

Impey was anxious and wondered what they should do, but Van was calmed as he told them that they could only do one thing since the enemies had already seen through their plans, and that would be to... defeat them by force!

(Yes, even though Van was considered a hero, he seems just like a bad guy here, which is soooo cool~! +W+)

Van shot at the army and managed to clear a path, urging the remaining of the group to run for the Ornithopter. Fran took Cardia’s hand (>////<) and together with Impey, three of them managed to get onto the Ornithopter in the end. Leonhardt did not want them to get away though and grabbed onto the side of the Ornithopter as it lifted off. The Ornithopter started to lose balance, and thus Fran had to put Leonhardt to sleep to get him off the Ornithopter, by hitting his face with a test tube ^^; Poor Leonhardt fell to sleep and fall off from the Ornithopter onto the ground (Hope he didn’t injure himself while doing that, yikes D:)

(Yeah~! Finally, they managed to head off in the end~! ^^)

As he drove the Ornithopter, Impey proudly declared that he had upgraded it to have the horsepower to carry three people compared to before. However, a military airship showed up before them in the sky and started to shoot at them. Fran was sure that the ship was Twilight’s work to prevent them from meeting the Queen, and it was without the government’s direction since they would definitely find it too dangerous to shoot at them in London where there are lots of normal civilians on the ground below. This was the time for Impey to get it together and get them through the attacks and to the Knighting Ceremony.

(Even though Fran’s pleading doesn’t work, Cardia’s works magic +W+)

Impey managed to get the group over the palace and down they crashed into the middle of the knighting ceremony.

The civilians attending the Knighting ceremony quickly noticed that Fran was there. Cardia noticed that there’s a woman standing on a stage in front them, and she was surrounded by soldiers. The woman smiled, but at the same time, she radiated so much power that Cardia could even feel that tension in the air was almost palpable.

(Impey was pretty much sick of them facing large troops of soldiers yet again by now =w=“)

Fran wasn’t scared though and took a step towards the Queen with a determined look. He bellowed at the soldiers, warning them that it would not be wise to shoot him. Cardia noticed that he was very serious, and even his gaze was coldhearted, which was definitely not like his usual self. If Cardia had not known about Fran was like usually, she would even believe that he is an actual terrorist right now D:

Fran announced that he had planted bombs all around the ceremonial grounds, and in his hand was a radio switch that controlled their detonation. Impey noticed that the switch was a toy that Fran had requested him to make for him earlier on, and knew that the switch actually doesn��t do anything. Cardia listened to Impey’s whispers and began to worry, since if the lie was seen through, she was sure that they would end up being executed. He requested to have a word with the Queen alone, wanting the guards to stand at a distance away from them instead.

The Queen agreed, saying that she doesn’t want to land her citizens in danger, and thus the guards retreated to a distance away, leaving just Cardia and Impey being the only ones near enough to overhear their conversation.

Queen Victoria seems really relaxed as she asked Fran when had she last met him, and that was two years ago. She smiled and remarked that she was delighted to see Fran trying so hard, and talked about how he had respected her alot two years ago, and the current him was just a spoiled puppy that won’t do what was being told. Fran was pissed and asked her how could she say that so casually after doing what she had done in the past.

Moving on, Fran told the Queen that he’s here to negotiate with her. He wanted the Queen to retracted his wanted status, guarantee his safety from now on, and also to grant him pardon for what he was doing now as well. However, the Queen was not threatened at all and told Fran that she would forgive him if he agreed to work for Britain again. But Fran was stern as he vowed to never assist the Queen again in her ambitions and thus the Queen calmly told him that the negotiation was off and he would have to die with his companions.

Fran started to bellow at the Queen that she doesn’t have power in this situation and it was him instead. He told her that he’s prepared to release the secrets that she desired to other countries, revealing that he had given copies of this information to a number of compatriots who would release them if anything were to happen to him. Victoria started to get more interested and wondered whether it was due to the influences of his friend that changed him.

(Taking this chance to show the Queen’s portrait in different poses~)

The Queen looked over at Cardia and asked Fran whether she was his friend too, remarking that she found Cardia had a very similar feel to Finis. That caused a reaction from Fran, which was caught by the Queen as she expressed a strong interest in Cardia instead. She told Cardia that she would want to keep her if she’s related Finis’s secret, and Impey immediately stood in front of Cardia protectively. (I think this is the only moment up to now that I actually felt Impey can be kind of manly XD)

Fran spoke to the Queen once again, warning her that he could easily burn up this entire place, but the Queen was stern and told Fran that she knew that this was a lie, saying that he can’t trick her with just a toy like that. Fran showed a surprise face, which the Queen observed and knew that she was right. That made the situation really bad for Cardia’s side D:

The Queen dissed that Fran was no good when it comes to negotiation since she’s good at it is in the politics, telling him to focus on doing research instead as a scientist. However, Fran doesn’t back down and showed a serious look instead, while Impey stepped back with Cardia.

Fran silently took out a single test tube and threatened the Queen that if he dropped this liquid explosive onto the ground, it would cause an impact that both the Queen and him would both die.

(Cardia could see that Fran was serious about this... Oh no D:)

Worrying about Fran, Cardia broke free of Impey’s grasp and ran towards him, which gave Fran a shock as he told Cardia to get away from him. But Cardia was stern and told Fran that this isn’t the right thing to do since no one would want him to sacrifice himself. Even though Cardia was still worried about Fran’s feelings, she felt that part of her mind was calm and could understand about the current situation. What they could have now as the last bargaining chip was Fran’s information, which Fran had threatened that he would release it to other countries, but it was a lie which Cardia was worried whether the Queen would look through that as well...

But, suddenly, the Queen sighed and told Fran that she’s satisfied when she knew that Fran would definitely not become an enemy of the state. She doesn’t know whether Fran was lying about whether he would release the confidential information, but she knew that if that really happens, Britain would be over. She decided to let him off, wondering why had he decided to stay in London since he could have easily fled the country long ago, and knew that staying behind to help his comrades isn’t his only reason in doing this. Fran remained silent and stared at the Queen instead, and thus the Queen left leaving a warning to him, telling him that she would be keeping an eye on him, and he better not cross her ever again.

The Queen announced to the public that the charges placed against Fran were all false accusations, and thus she shall proclaim his innocence and guarantee his safety. She was stern as she claimed that anyone who dared to harm him or his companions without her consent would be considered an enemy of the country.

With that, the incident finally came to a close and the group gathered once again back at the mansion, even holding the party that had been put on hold ^^ Saint thought back to how they had gone through with such a reckless plan even though he knew that they had no choice at that time.

Saint remarked that the members of Twilight were really going for the kill when they attacked him, while Van wasn’t pleased that Lupin had come to help him, saying that he could continue to fight them (but Lupin knew that Van was running out of ammo at that time XD). Cardia told the others that Fran was really courageous and was amazing at that time, while Fran gave a weak smile and revealed that he was actually so nervous to the point that he can’t even remember what had really happened at that time. Cardia remembered that Fran was different when he came face-to-face with the Queen and wasn’t like the usual kind Fran she had known. She went quiet as she remembered how angry and sad Fran seems to be at that time, which Fran noticed and asked her why she had suddenly become silent.

(Seeing Fran’s worried expression is bad for my heart TWT)

Impey decided to bring up the mood again and announced that Dracula had come to join them at the party, which was really rare. Dracula blushed and said that he’s only here as it was his responsibility to care for Sisi and to ensure that he has food.

(Yeah~ I get to see Dora-chan’s cute blushing face again~ ^^)

Cardia laughed as she noticed how similar Sisi and Dracula were when they eat and looked over at Fran. She asked him whether they could relax a little since they’re now officially protected by the order of the government, but Fran said that they still have to remain defensive since he doesn’t know when the government might turn their backs on them again. Also, Fran highly doubted that Twilight would give up on capturing Cardia, but Lupin assured him that Twilight doesn’t know where the mansion is so they won’t be able to trace them here.

Therefore, the group finally get to focus their search for Isaac (Cardia’s father if anyone had forgotten ^^;), to which Fran told them that he actually has a promising lead.

(Haha, when are we going to ever find Isaac? XD)

(Saint sounds like he could live for very long OWO”)

Suddenly, the group stopped talking as they were shocked to hear the doll bell rang. Fran was sure that this visitor was definitely some sort of uninvited guest, and that guest was none other than...

Sholmes~! (It’s kind of expected for him since he could easily trace them down... ^^;) He saw that the group was in the midst of a celebration and felt that he had appeared at the right time, while Lupin was shocked to see his appearance and wondered whether Sholmes had come to capture them. Sholmes assured them that he would not do that as he prefers to keep his work and private life separated, saying that since they were no longer criminals, he won’t have to arrest them anymore.

(Weird that Sholmes came all this way just to say this... o.O)

Sholmes revealed that the Queen was openly chastising Twilight, even though this won’t be publicized, since Twilight had caused damage to London when trying to shoot Cardia and the others down, and that had angered the Queen enough to restrict Twilight’s activities for quite some time. However, Sholmes was certain that Twilight would still continue with their activities, just that they would be more subtle about it so as to avoid being tracked down by the government.

(Van, you don’t sound embarrassed when you heard about this news XD)

Lupin demanded to know how Sholmes had managed to find this mansion as he was very sure that he covered up his tracks. But Sholmes coolly answered that Lupin had actually left traces everywhere for him to trace XD Saint decided to invite Sholmes to the party instead, though in exchange he had to keep the location of the mansion a secret, which sounds like a bribe, Sholmes took it anyway XD

(It was all too easy that Lupin just had to diss XD)

Seeing at how Fran was laughing and no longer has the frightening seriousness or dangerous aura like how he had confronted the Queen, Cardia decided to relax and enjoy this very moment at the party with everyone else.

(Saint was very interested and wanted to visit them again, but Lupin shooed him off instead ^^; Poor Sholmes was very unwelcome here I guess ^^;)

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