Twisting Past: Old Countryhumans X Reader

Chapter 27: War

Germany-1806
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The sound of the empires talking was heard through the mansion, and they argued and yelled, which sometimes scares Leopold. The young boy runs through the halls and only stops at his 'fathers' office.

Leopold sees Prussia as his other parent, though Y/N never confirmed it to him. The child peeks inside and sees the empires gathered around his father's desk.

"France is out of control! We've lost three Coalition wars! Aren't you worried about the revolution spreading around in Europe?!" Britain yelled, it frightened Leopold.

"Look, we'll deal with it, ok? I'll just have to gather my army." Hapsburg reassured the British country.

Sweden had his arms crossed as he leaned against the wall. Prussia had his hands folded, and he was carefully listening. The thought of war is something he's not up to yet. He's an old-style country that still used old tactics, and him fighting France? He might not win, but it's a thought to consider.

After the third coalition, his favorite Empire, Holy, has gotten very ill. After the collapse of his kingdom, he's been weak and sick.

Leopold now realized he was leaning in too much on the door to the point that he fell on the ground and into his father's office. The empire looked down at the small boy, Hapsburg picked up Leopold and raised him.

"It's mini Prussia!!" Hapsburg laughs as he spun Leopold around.

"I'm not Prussia! I'm Leopold! Feared by Hamburg and Frankfurt! And the son of Y/N!" Leopold huffs as he crosses his arms. The Austrian country chuckled as he set the small child down.

Leopold starts to run over to where Prussia is, and he climbs onto the kingdom's lap. He clings to the country's clothes as he stares at the other kingdoms in the room.

"I didn't know you have a child, Prussia~. Gotten busy with that duke, eh~?" Sweden whispered. He grinned at Prussia, who rolled his eyes.

"I've done nothing - Besides, he's not my blood." Prussia hissed at the Swedish kingdom who smirked more.

The door opened to reveal the duke, Y/N. They had their arms crossed and their foot tapping on the floor. Leopold gulps, he got off of Prussia's lap and made it over to his parent, who grabbed their son's hand and dragged him out.

"I told you not to disturb the empires while they're having a meeting. Now come, your food will get cold." Y/N sighed. They let go of their son's hand and continued walking down the halls with Leopold behind them.

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to see what they were up to.. do we get to see Holy soon?" Leopold asked, he fiddles with the buttons on his shirt as he walked beside Y/N. Y/N stops, and they turn around to look at Leopold. They crouched down to his level and cupped his cheeks.

"Of course... After you eat we'll go see him, I'm sure he'll be happy to see you." Y/N agreed. It smiled at Leopold, and it made Y/N's heart warm at the sight of the cute smile. Y/N got up and went back to walking, Leopold sped up to match his parents' speed.

As the two made it to the dining room, the small boy ran around to get to his seat, which was next to his guardian, of course. Soon after the empires joined in, Prussia only gave a glance at the group at the end of the table before sitting down at his seat.

As the servants presented their food Y/N and the cities discussed, though Leopold didn't pay attention until

"We've finally made it so that when something happens to you, Leopold will take charge of running us. He would be your successor for now unless you find another person to take your place." Hamburg announced, Y/N grinned and hummed.

"Like I will have another child or an apprentice, Leopold would be fine. I trust you and Frankfurt will help him as you did with me." Y/N chuckles, and they stab their fork into the meat on their plate before biting it.

"Of course, you're going to have more children with the way you're visiting Prussia more often." Frankfurt teased, and the comment made both Y/N and Prussia choke on their food/drink.

"Frankfurt! Quiet over there! We have guests." Prussia growled in embarrassment, the empires laughed as Y/N punched Frankfurt's shoulder. Frankfurt laughed, and Hamburg was sitting beside Leopold in silence.
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After dinner, Leopold ran out of the dining room with Y/N, Prussia called Y/N's name, but he was ignored. Leopold thought Y/N was tired from all the things they'd been doing. As the two made it to the large corridors, Y/N opened them, and Leopold ran inside to see the old empire from within the room.

Holy lay on his Crimson bed, his face full of cracks and his eyes pale and tired. He saw Leopold coming towards him and he softly smiled, he slowly sat up on his bed so he could see the boy better.

"Guten tag, Leopold und Y/N." Holy greeted, Leopold climbs on the bed and crawls his way to the empire.

"Holy, can my guardian sleep by you? They're tired from all the work they've done!" Leopold asked, he lie down on the empire legs and looked up at Holy.

"Leopold!"

"No, no, it's fine, I don't mind at all. Come and rest Y/N, you look like you had a rough time." Holy insisted, he pats a spot next to him. Y/N hesitated before lying down on the bed beside Holy and Leopold.

Holy pets Leopold's hair, ruffling it a bit. Leopold talked about how he defeated Hamburg and Frankfurt and the adventures he had. Holy smiles at the energy of the child that lays on his lap. Y/N had their head laying on Holy's chest, listening to his heartbeat in rhythm.

"And then Hamburg killed Frankfurt! So I did what anyone would do to save their comrade! I avenged him!" Leopold finished, Holy clapped and cheered.

"Wunderbar! What a great soldier you are! You will grow up strong for sure." Holy weakly chuckles," he coughed a bit, but it soon stopped. Y/N tightened their grasp around the empire. They don't want to lose him.

"You'll stay forever, right?" Leopold asked, Holy, sighed, and shook his head.

"Leopold, my boy, there comes a time when all great empires and kingdoms face their end. But I'll be watching over you and Y/N when I'm in the stars with the other empires." Holy responded, he ruffled Leopold's hair, who laughed and asked him to stop.