Europe / Russian Empire / Kronstadt (Port of Kronstadt): May 7th, 1817.
(Ivan's POV)
*Clink*
A very distinguished looking old man clinked his wine glass against a calm smiling man in a luxerious attire and said with a loud laugh "GYAHAHA, what a damn story Ivan."
"You have no idea commander bert." Said Ivan with a smile as he took a sip from the wine glass.
The table was silent. The surrounding port bustling with soldiers and servants
Commander bert's smile dropped and said with a serious tone "What do you want Ivan fletcher."
"You owe me a favor commander and I've come to claim it." Said Ivan calmly with the smile on his face not faltering in the slightest.
Commander bert scoffed and said as he took a sip from his wine glass "Don't fuck with me Ivan. I know what kinda man you are, your not gonna fuck me over again now tell me what you want."
"I want you to get me out of russia safely and back to cheshire in england." Said Ivan with a serious look on his face. His eyes cold yet very dangerous.
Commander bert's eyebrows creased and asked with squinted eyes "Will this favor get me killed or affect me in anyway."
"Very unlikely. If you can make this happen I will have you sitting millions of dollars." Said Ivan calmly with a smile appearing on his face.
Commander bert had wide eyes momentarily and said while bursting out into laughter "GAHAHA. don't bullshit with me Ivan."
The table was silent. Commander bert staring at Ivan for momentarily and his eyes suddenly widening.
"Wait. Your serious." Asked commander bert with wide eyes.
Ivan nodded and said with a serious look on his face "My life is on the line here."
"I see, but you see I would need more than that to accept using your favor. I am just not convinced enough and I know that this is a dangerous game your involved in. I am not stupid to believe otherwise." Said commander bert calmly as he waved his right hand for a refill of his wine.
A servant stepped forward and refilled both of the wine glasses and took her leave.
Ivan waited for the servant woman to leave and said with a serious look on his face "I have gotten my hands on a new product."
"Oh. I see, am I supposed to be impressed or something. Though please continue." Said commander bert calmly with a slight snicker as he grabbed his wine glass and was about to drink it.
Ivan was silent for a moment and said with a cold look in his eyes "If you don't accept my favor I will fuck you over. I also could give even less of a shit if you sell me out to the crown."
"Because the story I told you was fake you old fuck face" Thought Ivan with a serious look on his face not faltering in the slightest.
Commander bert was silent for a moment and said while adjusting his throat "Fine. Thre is a cargo ship heading for cheshire tomorrow but you better keep your promises about the millions."
"I got lucky" Thought Ivan while rubbing his beard.
"Don't worry, as soon as I arrive safely in cheshire unharmed, you will get your money." Said Ivan with his right hand extended as he got up from his seat.
Commander bert got up from his seat while shaking Ivan's hand with a slight smile and said "Very well, Ivan gletcher, very well Indeed."
Footsteps sounded.
"Hmm…, Excuse me for a moment, there's urgent things to attend to" Said commander bert while seeing a uniformed male soldier signaling at him very urgently and started taking his leave.
Ivan looked rubbed his bearded chin and thought with cold eyes "That boumilin fucker must have planted spies around me in russia. Luckily he is dead now and I can absorb his products and men into my own"
*BANK*
"Huh…" Said a familiar deep russian accented voice.
Ivan Immediately froze and looked down. His eyes widening at seeing a familiar face said with surprise "Mordred."
(Mordred's POV)
"Huh…" I said calmly, my nose picking up a familiar scent.
Vladimir went up to the ladder and looked up and said loudly with widened eyes "IT'S IVAN."
"Ah. It's you, thank god." I said calmly while climbing out of the sewage.
Ivan covered his nose and said with a serious look on his face "What is that smell."
"Sewage and a body in need of a bath." I said calmly with a shrug as vadimir came up with margaret on his back.
Margaret got off of vladimir's back and said with a pained voice "Ugh…my back."
"Fuck. Everything is ruined agiain now." Said Ivan with a sigh as he ran his fingers through his hair.
I stared at Ivan's silhouette for a moment and asked calmly "What were you even trying to do."
"I was going to flee russia and head back to cheshire england." Said Ivan with a tired sigh.
I squinted my eyes at Ivan's silhouette and said calmly "So you were planning to flee and fuck me over at the same time. No warning or hey mordred you have a whole army after you."
"You fucking piece of shit." Said vladimir with a face full of anger.
Adelaide climbed out of the sewage and helped william and abigail out.
Ivan looked glanced at Adelaide and and william and suddenly looked at abigail.
Time froze. His eyes widening as his heart started raced and muttered with his cheeks reddening "So…beautiful."
"Hmm…what is this" I thought as I heard Ivan's heart racing and glanced in the direction of where his silhouette was looking.
Suddenly a Inhumane grin formed on my face.
Ivan looked away from abigail and adjusted his throat, only to catch the look on my face and asked with a confusion "What are you doing."
"I'm smiling." I said calmly with a wide and very Inhuman grin on my face.
Vladimir and Ivan had a deadpan look on their faces and asked in unison "Why."
"Because I'm happy." I said calmly with the inhumane grin getting even wider.
Vladimir neck tingled momentarily and said with a wave of his hand "Smile fakely."
"Why. Nevermind." I said calmly while as my face turned to a closed eyed smile.
Ivan had a flabbergasted look on his face and said with a sigh and thumbs up "Much better."
"So you like my sister" I thought with with the smile on my face fading as quickly as the wind and my eyes squinting.
Svyatapolk struggled to climb out of the sewage and asked loudly "CAN SOMEONE FUCKING HELP ME. I'M INJURED."
"What was your plan." I asked calmly while staring at Ivan's silhouette.
Ivan looked around at the bustling port male soldiers occasionally glancing at us and said with a serious look on his face "Listen closely, you are all my servants. Nothing more or nothing less. I plan to aboard a cargo ship that sets sail tomorrow to head back home."
"And what then." I asked calmly while rubbing my chin as I stared down at his silhouetted face.
Ivan squinted and asked with cold eyes "What do you mean, and what then. We will part ways."
"No we won't, who told you that unimpressive lie." I asked calmly while looking around at all the uniformed silhouetted soldiers passing by us.
A vein appeared in Ivan's forehead as his said with his lip puckerd out with gritted teeth and a cold look in his eyes "Don't you dare try anything funny, you have more to lose than I do."
"Or what you fucker. You will do what." Asked margaret's voice from out of nowhere.
Ivan glanced down and seen margaret with a pipe in her right hand squatting in front of him with her lip puckerd out and bulging veins on her forehead in a gangster way.
"I will have to resort to underhanded methods to get rid of all you." Said Ivan with a cold look in his eyes as he stared down at Margaret who didn't flinch in the slightest.
Margaret got up slowly and said with a smile "I see. That is very cute young man but you could try better to Intimidate a woman that is 100 years old and there is no need to kill me since I will die in a few years anyway. It is wasted time and energy."
Ivan was silent. His face dark.
"What are your plans in cheshire." I asked calmly with squinted eyes.
Ivan glanced at margaret with entertained eyes and at me who wasn't basically looking at anything and said with a sigh "Dose my last name not speak for itself."
"Fletcher…hmmm, nope." Said margaret with a shrug. Not trying at all.
Ivan sighed and said calmly "My official title is baron fletcher of cheshire. Ivan theodore fletcher."
"Ah. Your grandfather tried to bed me. You look just like him. What a coincidence." Said margaret with a very unimpressed look on her face.
Ivan and I both was silent. His face dark and mines unmoved.
"Excellent. When we arrive in cheshire you will register us on your family tree as distant cousins and will marry abigail. We have english blood to so it wouldn't be strange for you with no family to house distant cousins." I said calmly while patting Ivan's shoulder with my right hand.
Ivan had wide eyes and asked with surprise "How did you know I have no family left alive."
"You said you had nothing to lose. From that word alone it told me you are not married, you have no family and you are a man that is very much willing to marry my sister and produce a heir." I said calmly while gripping his shoulder.
Ivan was silent for a moment and said while glancing at margaret and back at me "Fine. I will consider this a apology for fucking all of you over, by registering you as distant relatives, you all will be of nobility and will be considered british nobility."
"And it means that the russian crown cannot touch us even if it is known that the ainsworth family is in the british empire, it'll be taken as a threat for war if they do." I said calmly as I let go of Ivan's shoulder.
"It sounds like a good plan to me. I was from a english gentry family that is long gone now so it wouldn't be strange." Said margaret with a shrug as she exhaled a cloud of smoke from her mouth.
I extended my right hand for a shake and said calmly "Welcome to the family, Ivan theodore fletcher."
"Thank you, mordred ainsworth." Said Ivan calmly while shaking my right with a firm grip.
I stared at Ivan's silhouette with squinted eyes and thought "Thsnk you for being my resource"
"CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE JUST HELP ME ALREADY." Said svyatapolk roaring at the top of his lungs in pain.
Ivan and the ainsworth family not knowing that this fateful meeting could drown them both in death and riches.
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THE END…