Kotarou Nozomi Lucien's PoV
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"God this is boring...."
I whispered to two people.
"I know".
"Why are we even here?"
These two are called Aikiyama Saiku and Yamato Karasu. They are my two best and only friends (Other than my sister) and attend the same school as me. The reason we three feel depressed is because we're currently behind the group my sisters apart of, nicknamed by our classmates as 'The Princesses'.
Stupid? I know. Now, this alone isn't enough to make us depressed, it's because of the glares being thrown at us by our fellow classmates for walking with them.
"Who do they think they are!? "They better not make any moves or hurt 'The Princesses'!" "How dare you steal my harem!" Sort of stuff was thrown at us.
Normally we don't walk with my sister and her friend group, but my sister forced me to and my friends followed along with me, despite my heavy warnings. Another thing is that most of the girls in the group dislike me for being 'A Nerd' because I ended up outsmarting the teachers at our school (Not my fault their reaction speed is crap when it comes to snap in maths....) and therefore they also give me glares.
"Hey, Erm.... Mizuki?"
My sister turned around as some people in her group gave me the glare of death.
"Yes~?"
I gulped.
"Can me and my friends take a short cu-"
"No. That final".
She turned away as my face dropped in dejection.
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'Huh?"
As I rubbed my ears and eyes, I noticed that the sound around me became distorted and my vision spiraled out of control.
Then black, the last thing I saw before my consciousness slipped away from me....
Timeskip
As my consciousness returned to me, I felt someone shaking my shoulders and heard some sobbing.
I opened my eyes to see a big blurry mess and so I rubbed my eyes to clear them. When I could see properly, I looked up to see my sister looking relived with tears in her eyes.
"M-Mizuki?"
I looked about to see us in some random field. I scanned the area to find the others and found both Yamato and Aikiyama stood with.... swords in their hands? I'll ask later but finding the other ones is more important.
Time seemed to slow down as I searched and I found my sisters friends right behind them. How many are there? There were four to begin, and there's is four here, perfect.
The first was a girl named Yui Sakura, the second was Aoi Niko. Then there was the third one, Akane Emiyo, and finally, the fourth, Junko Kaiyo.
"Mizuki, whats happening?"
My sister looked at me in the eyes, as if pitying us all.
"After we all passed out, we found ourselves here with you still unconscious. Before we could do anymore, we found three swords next to us and some old fashion looking soldiers came down to us, shout at us in some language. We think its French".
"Oh? What did they say?"
She looked at me confused before realizing I know French. Actually, just to mention, I know all languages... helpful really.
"Erm... it was something like 'Arrêtez! Dans quel pays travaillez-vous!? Amérique, Espagne ou Angleterre!?'?"
"I see...."
"What's it mean?"
I stopped and thought for a minute, making sure I would translate it properly.
"Well, the French isn't exactly the same as our new era French, but it's base is similar. I think they said 'Stop! Which country do you work for!? America, Spain or England!?' ".
I then stood up and saw my two friends fighting off soldiers, winning by a slim amount.
'Shit! More are coming!'
I ran over and grabbed the last sword and nodded at my two friends who looked shocked when they saw me.
"Kotarou! You alright man?"
"Yeah Yamato, I'm fine. Who are these guys anyways?"
As I asked that, I pointed towards the old fashioned looking-soldiers.
"I don't know but I do know that they seem to be French. They have stopped their attack, but probably because their waiting for reinforcements. Why do they look like historical soldiers? Plus who uses swords nowadays?"
"I don't know Aikiyama. Maybe we should try talking to them?"
As I said that, a spear was chucked at my head as I deflected it to the ground and traced it back to the soldiers.
"Never mind, attack!"
We all dashed towards them and they seemed to be caught off guard a bit before raising their shields.
We started clashing with them, easily chopping up their wooden shields but denting the metal ones. More of the soldiers came, and they surrounded us. I don't really know what happened next, because I suddenly felt a hard handle of wood smacking into my neck, knocking me out.
Timeskip
"Huh? Urrgh....."
I woke up on a cold hard floor that felt like wood, with a pounding headache. "What even happened to make my head hurt that mu-...."
I started to remember our short lived fight and started to panic.
I frantically looked about and saw myself in some dark damp cell with bars in front of me. I tried to find either Yamato, Aikiyama, Mizuki, Junko, Akane, Aoi or Yui but found none of them.... concerning.....
I heard a door click and saw another soldier.
He walked to my cell and opened it... big mistake buddy!
I then dashed off, kicking his legs behind him before running to the door, only to find it locked.
"Shit!"
The guard looked at me. "You know, normally I would have killed you by now but because someone wants to see you, I'll let this slide. Now come with me. Now".
He grabbed my arms and dragged me around the place. From what I could gather, this is a castle in France, and old one at that. I was then pulled into a giant chamber decorated with Royal yellow and red, with fancy and expensive decor all around. I noticed a man sat on a throne with tons of guards and soldier surrounding him. 'He looks important' I thought to my self 'kinda reminds me of the clothing old kings would wear'.
All my friends were currently bowing down to him who,e wearing.... fancy clothes from what looks to be the 1700's? Strange...
"Are you Kotarou Nozomi Lucien?" The man spoke up in an authoritative yet kind sounding voice.
"Yes".
"I see, and why were you in a random field just near the Kingdom of France and what were you doing? Are you French? Can you speak French?"
I looked at him, still in the guards grip and the man, noticing my struggle signaled to the guard making him let me go.
"First, I don't know. Second, I had just woken up from being knocked out I think so I don't know what we were doing before. Third, I have a small bit of French blood, but it's barely noticeable. And finally fourth, I do speak fluent French, as you can see".
(I forgot to mention, most of the speaking is French but I am writing it in English. Since it's set in France, almost all of the conversations will be French).
"Alright then. Let me introduce myself, shall I? My name is King Louis XVI, also known as King Louis The Sixteenth. I am the current King of the French Kingdom".
My eyes widened for a second before returning to being completely stoic.
"As you know, my name is Kotarou Nozomi Lucien, I am 11 years of age and those over their are my companions. Let me ask a question Your Highness, what year is it?"
The king looked at me questioningly, as if to say 'What do you mean what year is it?'.
"It's 1788, why?"
My head started spinning, as I run my hands through my hair. '1788 in France! King Louis the Sixteenth or XVI?! Shit! The rebellion is going to happen next year! What is even happening!? First off I'm walking with Yamato, Aikiyama and my sister and her friends, then I find us all in France at the time period of 1788! How th-wait, where's Marie Antoinette?'
"Oh no reason.... anyway, are we going to be punished".
The king lightly laughed.
"Because of your honesty, and because you weren't doing anything, I'll allow you off the hook. Well..... on one condition that is..."
I saw an evil smile creeping up the Kings face.
"I'm starting to become worried.....'
"I want you to stay in France. Wether you work or not will define your lifestyle, but stay here. I fear enemies my kill you if they find you coming back from France".
"...Fine, I guess me and my companions will stay in France. Thanks I guess".
Suddenly, I felt the wind on the hair on my body move and I turned to see a soldier launching at me.
"You dare insult our Ki-!?"
And with that, I caught his sword and threw him across the room. I did expect him to give up at that, but I guess he really is prideful. Why? Because he shot at me again.
"Come on, I thought you were a professional soldier? Don't tell me your entire skill set is flying slowly at me? Ha! Pathetic!"
I smashed the top of his head and knocked him into the floor as I turned back to the King.
"Advice, get better trained soldiers".
"Wait". I had just turned around again as I heard the King call out to me again.
"Yes?"
"Where did you learn to fight like that?"
An idea popped into my mind. 'Yes! 8m going to use that line from Classroom of the Elite!' I rotated my head to wards him and stood still with my hands in my pockets. "Piano and Calligraphy".