loupmorque | Fortress of Meropide

We'll find some way to get dinner on the table. I'll help as much as I can.

[ He pauses. ]

Hold on, I've seen you around here before. We never had the chance to talk though. I'm Eren.

What should I call you?

I appreciate all the help, of course. Everyone's comfort down here in the fortress is my concern and goal, after all.

[ he can't help the grin a little, even if eren can't see it. ]

Right, we haven't met yet, have we?
My name is Wriothesley, and it's good to meet you. I know that name is a bit of a mouthful--so you can just call me 'The Duke,' or 'Your Grace.'

This fortress is mine.

Wriothesley, I mean. The Duke. That's easier to say, you're right.

Are you some kind of aristocrat? Running a fortress probably costs a lot of money.

An aristocrat? Haha, nothing of the sort. Truly the opposite, really. To make a long story short and not to bore you, back in my world, this fortress doubled as a prison. I came here when I was about thirteen, and after a twenty year sentence, I worked my way up in the world and eventually found myself in a position that'd have me take control of it.

...To make it a better place, for those who could no longer be part of functioning society, to give them a second option to going forward in life, regardless of the crimes they've committed.

It's no longer a prison here--thankfully--but the concept is the same. I want this to be a place where people can live and have community. Therefore the money to run this place comes from several places--both from my own pocket, from the job I work in the city as one of its protectors--as well as from the Aides du Meropide. A group that Maxima and the others living down here organized to help me with the costs.

So you aren't a noble. I had the impression that you were someone of a higher status because of your titles.

Never figured that you'd be a former prisoner though. I guess I should say thank you for deciding to use this fortress in a positive way. When I first arrived in the city I had no where to go. My home is at war and that was all I knew. I became a soldier to fight for freedom.

Down here it's different.

People were kind and they gave me food to eat. I didn't have to worry about starving. You're organized and keep things together. That's a good thing.

Back in the military, there were entire battalions that didn't know what they were doing.

The title is one I got because of my position of being the one who oversees the fortress and its autonomy. I didn't even really want the title--not even in my own world, really. I just felt I could do a better job than the previous Warden, so. Here we are.

I'll take the thanks, even if I don't really feel it's necessary. I feel anyone who was in my shoes at the time would choose to do the same. The world can be a cruel place. We may have just met today, but given on the limited information you just supplied me on your own world... I feel it's exactly for people like you that I want this place to function as a comfortable place.

I don't want anyone to starve. And I don't want anyone to live without the comfort of a roof over their head.

If you ever need anything, you can just send me a message. I'll do anything in my power to help you.

Well, since you aren't running this place as a prison I'd say you're doing a better job already.

You don't seem like a bad person and I don't regret coming here.

I'm not in the military anymore so there's no need for me to be rigid. Granted, that's still something I need to unlearn and it'll take awhile before I fully adjust.

I may need your help learning the ropes. There's still a lot of things I don't really understand. I'm only fifteen years old and everyone here's a lot older than me including yourself.

Your experiences in life got you this far. That's something I can commend too.

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