An assassination attempt forces Neuvillette and Wriothesley to work together. But the case ends up getting a lot more complicated than they had thought it would. And so does their feelings towards each other.

《 𝐀𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐅𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. ◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ 𝐀 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧. 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞. 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭? 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬, 𝐢𝐭'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞. ---------------------------- - ⚠️ 𝐓𝐖 ⚠️ - 𝐅𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐒𝐅𝐖 (𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 🖇️) ----------- 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞. 𝐢'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 '𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩

Wriothesley, a criminal who was arrested at the age of 18 and released 5 years later, began his reputation as the Lord of the Fortress of Meropide, but in fact, throughout these years, he continued to commit crimes secretly. Neuvillette, Chief Justice of Fontaine, had recognized Wriothesley and realized his crimes, sentencing him to 10 years in prison. Wriothesley, disgusted by the situation, searches for a plan to regain his position as the Lord of the Fortress of Meropide. "A criminal knows how to ration the criteria around him, thus making my life easy to deceive others." Wriothesley said, expressing his thoughts while completing his plans with Clorinde's help. Fanfic by ©Loxermp/2023

Wriothesley takes it upon himself to investigate the sudden disappearances of melusines when Sigewinne doesn't return from her sudden day off. This leads him straight to the Chief Justice himself, only to find that Neuvillette too seems to have taken a few days off. Warning! This story, while just like my other stories, doesn't have smut, unlike my previous stories it is on the more mature side, here and there (mostly some jokes). Read at your own discretion. The title may change. OMG I'm obsessed with this ship! This story is getting written ASAP! Credit for cover goes to @Liiiiiiimsao on Twitter