Nothing to blame ~ Wriothesley x Reader

It reeks of chemicals

"You want to be honest with me? What else are you hiding, your Grace?" Lucas laughed at his own words.

This whole conversation was quite distracting them from the whole situation. It's a good thing to get your mind off about it.

"At first I didn't really like you." Wriothesley told him which made Lucas chuckle "I knew that.. I also didn't like you either.. I have the feeling because of this mission.. we're getting a bit closer."

"Yeah.. that reminds me.. Navia told me once that you were the type of guy to easily fall in love with women like Y/N" Wriothesley glanced at Lucas in the eye to see his reaction.

"She said what now? I thought she knew I had a beloved now.." Lucas felt slightly upset at the fact that Navia forgot about that.

Wriothesley was surprised to hear this new information. "Here I thought, you were fighting with me to win her over." Wriothesley laughed as he remembered how they treated each other in the past.

"No.. it's just I haven't heard anything positive about you.. I just was a bit skeptical about you. I was thinking about miss Y/Ns safety as well." Wriothesley raised an eyebrow at Lucas words. "Well it is true that I did once think of miss Y/N as a crush.. but not until I met my lover"

"Oh? Looks like you got swooned by another woman.. anyway.. what did you hear about me that made you feel so uneasy around me?" Wriothesley was now curious what he thought about him.

"I was at your trial.. you were guilty for murdering your own parents. I still was 12 then." Lucas explained. Which surprised Wriothesley a bit.

"Looks like you're one of those lucky ones who witnessed my trial huh." He chuckled before continuing "no wonder you were a bit skeptical then."

"The way you confessed your crimes straight away, it seemed so unlikely for a criminal." Lucas tried to remember more of that trial.

Those thoughts got quickly cut off as one of the guards yelled "We're nearing the harbor!"

"Looks like our conversations have to come to an end. Let's get back to this later." Wriothesley said as he left him to check up on the destination up ahead.

"I better wake up Navia." Lucas thought to himself as he walked towards Navia's room. He knocked gently on her door and waited for a response.

As he didn't hear anything he assumed she was still sleeping "Demoiselle, Lucas will be entering the room." He forewarned as he opened the door slowly.

Once he fully opened the door, his assumptions were correct. she was still sleeping peacefully on the bed. He neared the bed and tapped her on the shoulder "Demoiselle.. we've arrived at the Bayda harbor. It's time for us to move again." He said in a quiet tone while shaking her gently.

"We're here?" Navia asked in a tired voice as she slowly opened her eyes. Lucas nodded "We got to go."

Navia rubbed her eyes before standing up from the bed "Did you get any rest?" She asked before yawning.

Lucas shook his head "I'll get myself a coffee I'll be fine."

Once the ship was docked, it was time for them to continue their mission. "We have to look for more traces that leads to their whereabouts ." Lucas suggested. Wriothesley nodded and told his men to split up and search the harbor.

The people of Sumeru were confused as they saw so many guards searching through the place.

"Uhm excuse me.." someone patted Wriothesley on the shoulder. "did you get any authorization to snoop through the entire harbor?" He asked with a serious look on his face.