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"Who is he? tell me!" Vicereine grabbed Alissa by the collar as she frantically asked

"Calm down!" Alissa shouted

"How can I be calm?! I am feeling so afraid, pained, and distraught that I don't know what to do" Vicereine replied

"*sigh* I meant the Guardians, calm down" Alissa replied as she released a sigh

Guardian 1,2, and 3 were currently holding their swords and were pointing them at Vicereine, hearing the command of Alissa, they had no choice but to retract their swords.

Vicereine looked around and was once again hit by reality, she was currently a prisoner somewhere. She feels a deep sense of caring and love towards the man who was lying down by the bed in front of her, she was talking to a stranger yet why did she feel so close with the woman in front of her

She released her grip on Alissa's collar and wiped the tears off of her face, she looked for a seat nearby and helped herself.

"So? who am I really? from what I know, I was picked up by the church and was raised to be the perfect weapon for the church with utmost devotion to our God, Solaire"

Alissa looked at all of the Guardian's before signaling them out of the room. Cynthia went inside as soon as the Guardians left, it was planned beforehand.

Alissa sat on the bed before speaking

"Just as you saw on all the videos, you are the captain and Zeno here was your subordinate"

"So you mean this man is Blade Knight?"

"Yeah"

"I see and? why does the... video" Vicereine clearly is unfamiliar with the word so she had trouble saying it "uh, look so different?"

"That's because all three of us are not from this timeline, we're from the future, also all of those creatures you've been calling "invaders" were our enemies that somehow got transported here"

"I see, I've been wondering about their origins for some time now"

"Yeah, as you can see in the videos, you both were together, the last members of your squad"

"Yeah, and the so-called captain almost killed her own last member" Cynthia showed displeasure

"I'm sorry okay?!" Vicereine might've seemed calm but her actions showed otherwise

"No amount of apologies can forgive you for all the pain you've caused Zeno, do you realize how pained he was when he was forced to fight you?!" Cynthia herself wasn't backing down

"Enough already, everything you say is both true but nothing can change the past, let's just wait for him to wake up okay? for now, why don't I answer all of Vicereine's questions"

Cynthia clicked her tongue in displeasure while Vicereine glared at her

Alissa only sighed

"Uh, is this the wrong time to wake up?"

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Ugh, my body feels so goddamn heavy, it's been ages and my body once again felt so painful. Even breathing is a pain

"gfkds;hfdmh;"

What was that?

"Skij;ojgd!"

My hearing doesn't seem so good

'Command: Restore hearing system'

'Restoring system, detected several issues, E.A.R. S seems to have been damaged to the previous battle but it seems to have been repaired. Start E.A.R.S?'

'Yes'

'Starting, please wait'

'Run body scan'

Might as well run all tests while I'm at it

'Running body scan'

'E.A.R.S start up completed'

'Scan results

Body: okay

Limbs: okay

I. R. I. S: okay

Core System and programmes: okay'

All seems okay

I slowly opened my eyes and seem a standoff between Vicereine and Cynthia with Alissa stopping them

"Uh, is this the wrong time to wake up?" I asked and they looked at me with weird eyes

"You're awake!" Cynthia was first to hug me

"Easy" I chuckled as I ruffled her hair, I looked at Alissa before asking

"How long have I been down?"

"2 days" Alissa mechanically replied before shaking her head, she quickly hugged me as she smiled

"Vicereine? I'm glad you're okay" I looked at Vicereine and smiled

Vicereine looked at me with a weird glint in her eyes

"Vicereine? are you okay? you seem pale" I continued asking

She hurriedly stood up and slapped me in the face

"Why are you always looking after me and not after yourself?!" She screamed those words at me

I couldn't help but reminisce this, it always happens during missions where her spot gets compromised, I always rush to help her

Vicereine closed her mouth with both hands before looking at me with eyes wide open "Why did I say that?"

"Why'd you do that?!" Cynthia hurriedly checked my cheeks while Alissa was just flabbergasted

"It's okay, I'm fine" I laughed before looking at Vicereine, clearly she's still under amnesia

But something struck me, she moved and did something by reflex, maybe I can make her remember by doing something like this

"Vicereine, why does your left eye twitch when you lie?" I asked

"I don't lie! how many times do I have to tell you?!" Vicereine reflexively replied as her left eye twitched twice

Again, Alissa looked at Vicereine with a shocked expression, she also seemed to have understood my purpose

"Why did I?" Vicereine again closed her mouth

"Vicereine, can you remember now?" I asked

"No! I am not Vicereine!"

I shouted in a deafening tone

"SQUAD LEADER REPORT IN!"

"SQUAD CAPTAIN REPORTING IN!" Vicereine shouted in response before glaring at me

"Who are you?!"

"SQUAD LEADER, WHERE IS THE WRITTEN REPORT?!" Alissa asked this time

"I made Zeno do all the paperwork ma'am!" Vicereine replied

"Why am I saying all these?!"

"Vicereine, mind if I touch your AWP?" I asked

"DON'T YOU DARE!" She once again replied reflexively

"SQUAD LEADER, WHY IS OFFICER ZENO LATE?!"

"I MADE HIM BUY ME MY GROCERIES, MA'AM"

"AS PUNISHMENT, GET DOWN AND GIVE ME 50!"

"BUT MA'AM, I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY"

"AS ALWAYS BEING A SMARTASS! NOW DROP AND GIVE ME 100!"

Vicereine reflexively started doing push-ups, I couldn't help but smile, a scene I thought that would only play in my memory now seems to be in front of me