A Land Of Monsters And Men

The Visit

"Tch..to think my sister's son would be smart enough to ask for the hand of a Royal model. As much as I wish to serve you your fantasies on a silver platter but I'm going to have to break this down.

Because of what you are I doubt my nephew would even manage the courage to ask you for your hand. You are after all a Queen while he's still a soldier.

Besides, your people may ask you to offer your hand to someone else. With all of these challenges will you still choose to risk everything to be with that brat?"

You chuckled, blushing, making him lower his hat smirking.

"Of course, I will always choose him. I hate to say this to you unless Kenny. But" you grip his shoulder lowering him to your height as your face became shadowed causing him to feel uncomfortable.

"I've already bedded your nephew! I bedded him knowing my actual lover was outside the door. You know why Kenny? Because I could give less a damn what this world and other worlds want from me!

I've longed for the love of another that I would gladly risk my own future existence just to be with him! Just to live in an endless lie of tranquility! "

The world zoomed in closer to you as Kenny attempted to pull back but you grubbed his shirt tightly to hold his face between your hands.

"I have been hiding who I really am but if this world dares to interfere with my faith! With my desires of being with Levi!"

Kennys eyes shook as he felt as if he had lied to himself about you. You were like a mad giant, something he never saw or expected. You lied so well on the persona of a calm woman that he never even imagined this to be you.

"You are crazy!"

He attempted to pull back once more but despite how he was taller than you, you somehow held the power to keep him lower.

"I will do so without hesitation to kill and bring war to others. I will gladly risk the lives of others for him!
Do I terrify you Kenny? Do I make you wish you had never helped me gain this throne?"

He stopped fighting back as his face relaxed.
"No.."

You smiled warmly smacking his cheek lightly with the palm of your hand.

"Thank you Kenny."

Releasing him he held his hat looking down at you with a puzzling expression.

"Wh, why would you show me who you are? Why would you risk who you are to me? You know i don't hold my promises to serve you so why?"

You just kept walking along beside him.

"Because I wish to keep having an Uncle Kenny. And soon you will be an Uncle."

"What??" He was shocked.

Levi stopped with his horse in front of you with some of his soldiers and his eyes met yours as he questioned you holding a black coat.

"Going somewhere?" He pointed forward for his soldiers to go on without him.

"The lady here is to go visit some places." Kenny responded stepping beside you.

"It's not safe for you to travel alone; not everyone is happy to hear about you being the new Queen. Especially with your way of punishing criminals."

Kenny chuckled. "She won't be alone, I'll be escorting her through."

Levi squinted at Kenny not believing for you to have Kenny as your bodyguard.

" I should go with you."

"No." You responded with a cold gaze.

"I wish to explore with my bodyguard. Kenny has a reputation that is not very clean. This is his chance to prove himself to me. If I am to die outside these walls then it's because he allowed me to die.
If I come back unharmed then he has proven his loyalty to me. This is his chance to start now. Every monster needs a new chapter after all."

You smiled at Kenny who sweated feeling shivers go down his spine.

"I should still follow along with you." Levi jumped down from his horse as he looked at your concern and his hands rose up.
Stopping he remembered that you were a Queen and his actions are to always be accounted for.

Resting his palm across his chest and his other arm behind him he bowed to you.

"I assist the Queen to allow me to follow along for her safety."

You didn't want him to follow you through your journey because it's not villages you are going to explore.

"If you are to follow me you will not question where I go and what I am to do. If you can follow these two commands by heart then you may follow. Until then if you believe that my requests are too hard to follow then I suggest you stay to attend to your men.

I've already fixed the allowances for the scouts seeing how you risk your lives. I've increased the payments.
A life savings account has been made for whenever a soldier dies their families are to be managed.

Relocating the family to better households is the difficult part. Because the interior military police are spoiled with riches I'm afraid they won't do their jobs because they will take the scouts life wards as special treatment."

Your forehead tightness annoyed with these ideas on how this land is ruled. Holding your hand over your head massaging the problems away.

"My lady, let's remind you that you were not to think about the wall's politics today." Kenny crossed his arms across his chest while looking down at you by the corner of his eyes.

"Right, I apologise for telling you this Levi."

Levi held back in comforting you but he was showing freely how concerned he was. "No. I agree with Kenny, you need to relax today but your safety is still a priority."

Sighing, you continue to walk.

"Very well, I guess the both of you can tag along."
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After buying flowers and meeting with some people without them recognizing you as Queen you held a better understanding of their lives.

Finally when you were tired from the journey of the walls the sun had already settled when you arrived back to your room.

Levi accompanying you along with Kenny you told them good night. Waiting for them to leave you snuck out of your room and headed to the horses where Zeke was waiting with a cigarette.

"Why are you here? I thought you'd have left by now. If you are planning on telling me a plan to ima de my walls all I can say is you won't get out alive."

Zeke chuckled puffing his cigarette. "Not at all, I was actually going to leave tonight. Seems like you were as well. Where too, if I may ask?"

You walked up to the horse behind him with your flowers. "To shiganshina district."

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"Sir." A soldier ran into the training room where Levi and Kenny were.

"The Queen was spotted leaving the kingdom with someone on horse back."

Levi's eyes glared as Kenny stood up from the bench.

"Sent out some MPS to follow them."