Akashic

After Arthur's time with Willow he found himself staggering through the halls of the Schnee mansion, by now it was already approaching midnight. And after what Willow had done to him, he had gained a new respect… or fear depending on how you viewed it, to women who were frustrated to say the least.

"I must say, the mistress having an affair with you was something I could never have expected" Arthur froze as he heard a man say. He soon found the fatigue wearing away as he straightened his body and turned to the the man who was staring through the window to the courtyard of the manor.

His hair gray and wearing a familiar black and white suit as he played with his cuff links, "Hello Arthur", the man turned to him, his grey eyes tilted up and a wide slashers grin on his face, "How goes it with the little cur?" he asked as Arthur did his best to reign himself in from gutting the man who had destroyed Fairy's entire life.

"Not going to say anything?" His voice one of mockery as he watched Arthur's fists clench, turning them even whiter and watched as his hair rapidly switched from white to black and back again, repeatedly.

"Well, that's okay with me, normally the Master refuses to let me interact with any of the staff or guests In the manor, so as to prevent recognition when he sends me out" he chuckled as he lifted a coffee cup from the table next to the window and took a sip before returning it to its plate.

"What, do, you, want" Arthur was able to force out.

"Oh, me, nothing, I just thought it was about time for a reunion" the butler answered, "And, I am also here to inform you of something very, very important"

"You see, the master is very angry right now after that little stunt of the little miss, it may have very well damaged his reputation and stocks for the company, and he is not thinking straight, even ordering me to rid this household of the mistress and the little miss"

"He… what?" Arthur felt his rage continuing to build, almost overpowering his sanity preventing him from potentially destroying part of the manor which he had no doubt would be something perfect for Jacques, especially if he publicized that he was the one to do it.

Watching Arthur's shift to black the butler began to laugh, "Oh, you do not need to worry, as much as I value the Masters orders I do have say in what I do, and I refused this one as it would certainly not look good if the two members of the Schnee family who went against him were to suddenly disappear or die" he explained

"And I must say, his following order was particularly fascinating to me, to either kill or capture you so as to utilize whatever means you have of creating that fascinating teleportation dust" he returned to looking out the window.

Arthur remained silent for a while until he asked, "Why are you telling me this?"

"Ah, a good question, because, you seem like fun prey" his grin grew even wider as he turned back to Arthur and leaned forward, "I want to see how long you can last when you have time to prepare" he chuckled and turned to walk down the hall.

"We shall meet again soon, Arthur" he said his hand behind his back as he walked down the hall disappearing behind a corner, leaving Arthur staring down the hall for a few minutes, before walking down the other side to Weiss's room, taking deep breaths all the way, to calm himself.

His teeth grinding as he thought about how he was now actively being hunted by at least two groups, one who treated him like prey while the other wanted him for some reason and to bring him to the enemy of the entire world.

Soon he stopped in front of Weiss's door, his hand reaching for the handle but freezing as he remembered her request,so instead he raised his hand and gave a light knock against the wood like she had asked him to do.

"Come in…" he heard Weiss say, soon followed by a deep yawn,pushing the door open Arthur saw Weiss was already under her blanket, her arms in the air as she stretched in her regular pale blue to white nightgown.

Her gaze shifting to Arthur, a small, dozy frown on her face as he had just awoken her on the brink of having fallen asleep, "Sorry" he chuckled, pushing his anger to away as he watched Weiss pout as he walked to his seat in front of her vanity, falling into the seat.

"Its… fine" she mumbled watching his equally as tired as her actions, "Arthur" she said, getting him to look to her, "Thank you" her voice low, "I, don't think things would have gone so easily had I not had you around to support me" she bowed her head slightly to him

"You have been with me since the beginning of this whole nightmare, and I don't know how I can ever repay you"

"You don't" Arthur chuckled, "I don't need a reward, everything I have done so far are things I've done of my own will, not for a reward, so don't even think about it" he gave her an exhausted smile while her expression turned to one of surprise.

"I am a member of the ric.h.e.s.t family in Remnant, and you don't even want Lien?" she asked, unable to properly understand his thinking.

"Nope" his answer was short and to the point, "I'd rather have you happy, than me wealthy"

Weiss was once again left dumbstruck by him, how can someone not even want a reward from the ric.h.e.s.t family, yet as she began to think about it she couldn't help but to sigh and shake her head finding that this was a very Arthur thing to say.

Shutting her eyes she shuffled over to the other side of her bed, "You have my permission to sleep on the bed for the night" she said, doing her best to keep her expression straight, and her slight blush hidden in the moonlight that poured in from her windows.

Arthur turned to her, unsure if she was joking, but seeing that she had shuffled to the other side, and her serious expression silenced him as he let out a light snort and stood up and quickly changed his bottoms to his pyjama pants, which was much simpler than ever before as he had learnt he could use the Tome to quickly swap out what he was wearing, though, he did still personally prefer to dress himself, but this was still a boon for some of his lazier days.

Seating himself on the beds end he threw his legs onto it, "Keep your hands to yourself, unlike Yang, I am not interested" she would have sounded a lot more believable if her voice hadn't slightly cracked at 'interested'.

"Don't worry" he chuckled, "I won't do anything" he told her and laid down, his head on the pillow and pulling the blanket over himself, his hands behind his head.

"Good" she muttered and laid down as well, on her side, away from Arthur, "And I am serious, don't, touch, me" she mumbled as she closed her eyes, while Arthur gave a light amused snort at her sudden return to Weiss, the ice princess.

Before Arthur could even say 'good night' he could hear her light snoring, having already fallen asleep from her already dozy state and the excitement from the ball. "Night Weiss" he mumbled to himself and attempted to fall asleep.

Only for him to be kept awake as his mind wandered to the problems which never seemed to decrease, from Ironwood to Salem to Emerald and Cinder, and now Jacques butler.

"Mmmm…" Arthur could hear Weiss groaning next to him, her body shivering as she began to toss and turn, eventually turning until she was facing Arthur who could now see he expression looked to be slowly turning panicked, that was until she seemed to find his shirt and latched herself to it, unconsciously pulling herself towards him until her head rested atop his arm, which began to calm her down as her expression returned to one of peacefully sleeping.

'Technically, I did not touch her' he chuckled to himself and shut his eyes, doing his best to put his worries aside for now and not let them consume him like they had done oh so many times before.

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"Ahem" Weiss coughed into her hand, getting no response from Arthur.

"Ahem!" she coughed again, only getting a slight mumble from Arthur.

"Oh, for the love of, WAKE UP!" she shouted and jabbed him in his side, earning her surprisingly little from him as his eyes slowly began to open, slightly drowsy from having just woken up, his eyes locking with Weiss's.

"You care to explain why you completely ignored what I said last night?" she growled, a small, blush on her cheeks which betrayed her anger.

"Technically, you touched me" Arthur's exhaustion quickly disappeared, as he retorted.

"Then, do explain as to why your hand was atop my shoulder when I woke up?" A small smile formed but quickly disappeared as Weiss forced a frown onto her face.

"My hand was on your shoulder?" Arthur sounded confused at her allegation.

"Yes, please explain" she growled.

"Uh, I, I can't I don't remember ever doing that" Arthur quickly raised his hands in defence.

Luckily, he wouldn't have to worry too much longer if Weiss was going to skewer him as a knocking resounded on her door, "Miss Schnee" Klein's voice came from outside, stopping Weiss's 'anger' as she quickly said.

"Yes, Klein? I'm getting dressed currently" she lied.

"That is quite alright miss, I just wished to inform you that your mother wishes to speak with you and is currently waiting for you as well as mister Fielder in the garden" he said.

"Thank you Klein, I will get dressed and head to breakfast first" she said, getting off the bed and moving to her wardrobe, sending a glare Arthur's way to get him to look away.

"Ah, that will not be necessary, your mother has had me bring breakfast to the garden" he informed.

"Perfect, thank you Klein"

Once she was dressed she walked to her door, glaring at Arthur the entire way until she left the room, at which her irritated expression disappeared and was replaced with one of embarrassment, she clearly remembered that she was the one who rolled over and grabbed him as she had awoken in the middle of the night, before Arthur had unconsciously placed his hand on her shoulder.

Taking a deep breath she tried her best to put her feelings away as she walked towards the garden, Arthur soon following behind, now full dressed in his usual attire.

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Alternate Chapter names: [The most dangerous game begins]

So, I'm probably going to start slowing down on chapters for this, I'm beginning to lose my focus and inspiration, so I want to take a decent break before each chapter, I'll still regularly upload but only like every two/three days, by no means am I dropping this, or going on hiatus.

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