The Emperor and the Servant: A Tale of Two Heroes

Chapter 15: Hope

  The Ministers leave. Alfonso brings the Master Recorder again. “Are you sure it is time?” The man nods to Alfonso’s question and they leave. Solus passes by on the other side. By this time, no one was there.

  Patria and De Jure were talking. “The replacement for Von Sehen and his deputy, who were both conspirators in the assassination attempt on the Emperor and King Philip of Germany…has still to be decided. Even the members of this Ministry have a hard time deciding.” De Jure was uneasy.

  “I have a proposal. Can we not assign you as Minister of Assessment instead?”

  This shocked De Jure. “You mean pro tempore…”

  “No… There is a by-law we made before you came to the Council ten years ago. It says ‘if there is a vacancy in a Ministry and has been left there for forty days, then it is the responsibility of the Chancellor, as head of Assembly, to appoint the Viceroy as Minister to fill the vacancy.’ Besides that, it was noted the Viceroy had no Ministry of his own, except to the Chancellor of State. You are my deputy and I trust you. So if you believe in yourself, can you fulfill this role?” De Jure reluctantly accepts.

  Alfonso has a drink with his newly-appointed Deputy Minister, Robert Magdala of Leon.

  “

Señor, Es un honor ser su diputado. Muchas gracias.”

  “No necesitamos formalidades en Español , Señor.”

  “My apologies. Shall we continue?”

  “Ah the young and growing number of intellectuals interests me. You know, I am a year younger than Emperor Vincent or Master Constantine but I feel as if a lot of time has passed by. I see you people, young and growing, as the new hope of this Empire. Can you help me fulfill my role after my tenure is over?” Robert nods and they shake hands. “Yes I shall Lord Alfonso.”

  A shadow spies over Empress Hikari Eri as she goes to bed. His eyes were as vigilant as his character.

  He sees footprints on the basement halls of the palace and goes to check them out. However, they lead nowhere. Eri goes to the balcony…to see the bright moon and a shadow leaping at the background.

  Shimorinku grasps onto his left shoulder, which was regenerating after Marcus blew off the left side of his chest with the Lightning Stab, which also cut off his left arm. Right now, his body, having fused to the ground for some time with an Earth Style Fusion Jutsu, was recuperating after he had also been electrocuted by the attack, leaving him half-dead there. “Of the few jutsu I allowed myself to learn in order to gain strength, this one gave me a sense of immortality…but not like…” He had reached the obelisk where the Eternal Darkness Genjutsu was cast. He weaves signs. “Earth Style: Rock Coffin Release!” He brings out an earthen coffin that breaks apart to reveal Kentaro’s charred body.

  “Lord Kentaro, I had used your Earth Style Fusion on your ashes after the battle…in order to restore you but I only managed to bring you back in this corrupted and charred form. We need the Ritual of Return for this. The Dark Powers used this once to ‘recreate’. We shall do the same on a plain of mud, to complete the transition from death to life. We need a human offering for this though…”

  He sees a shadow pass by. “Preferably one close to the bloodline…of the Akuma.”

  The Seven Dark Warriors of the Akuma, known as the Seven Brothers of Chaos:

 Akuma Kaizen- Head of the Army, the User of the Fire Sphere, an impenetrable offensive defense.

  Akuma Okumo- Water Style: Waterfall Cascade; Water Sword former. Water Prison; Water Master