Empress of Eternal Winter (GL)

Chapter 28: Emperor Alastor.

Chapter 28: Emperor Alastor.

Elizabeth's POV

What could have made Victoria that mad?

"I don't understand why Victoria would be lashing like that inside there! Something must've happened!" I told Tobias who was occupied on making sure the layers of the earth wall were strong enough to withhold whatever attack Victoria did.

"Tobias, can we go out now? What if she's in danger?" I pulled onto the gloves on his hands and he chuckled hearing my words.

"The general in danger? That's rather impossible, your highness. If there's someone in danger it would be the people that even attempted to attack the general." (Tobias) told me, making my heart be at ease knowing that Victoria is good at avoiding danger.

She has shown me her prowess at the art of fighting back when the assassins attacked me in the carriage, perhaps a few times before without me noticing in my early years but at the same time I wanted to get out of the forsaken barrier to see it for myself.

To see her safe.

Yet I knew I wouldn't risk my position of safety, giving Tobias and the other knights working hard to protect me to be hurt so I should listen to their orders.


"Everything became quiet, Sir Tobias! I think the fight is over. We could only feel the first layer of the earth barrier being destroyed other than that there is no more damage." One of the earth magic user knights reported and we could breathe a sigh of relief. The oxygen here is getting a little low.

"Alright, prepare for any kind of magic attack and hold onto your weapons. We'll be laying down the earth barrier in fifteen seconds." (Tobias) orders, and the rest follows.


They all let the earth barrier down, the debris turning into sand.


"Hah..."


A cold mist covers the entire room, we could see the once drenched floor now turned into a flat ice slippery surface and a man standing in front of the door.


"Cold... it's cold." I shivered, my dress was not one for this level of cold. The man stood still with his fur clock, tired eyes staring into the open door of the council room.


"..." (Victoria) was on her knees, behind her were many people. Soldiers whom I didn't know and Count Nikolai who was cowering in fear but still he did his best to kneel.


The Count and Victoria kneeling?

 


"Victoria!" I yelled out, I wanted to run towards her in a hurry but stopped due to the slippery ice surface that was in front. The mysterious man noticed me and frowned.

"Princess..." (Victoria) muttered out in dismay, looking like she wanted to stand up and run to me but something was stopping her from doing that.


"M-My Emperor."

I turned around and heard the other knight's gasp in shock, their armors clanking as they kneeled upon the icy cold floor looking serious. They did not mind the cold, slowly snow fell inside of the hall. "Welcome home, emperor! We greet you with the utmost respect and honor!"


The Emperor, my father?

He's that man the winter seems to follow. Stood six feet tall, black hair with gray strands a sign of his old age but still the emperor looked young and handsome just-


"Are you my father?" I asked my head turning to him, my eyes staring into his eyes. The expression on his face daunted, first he seemed interested, soon it was lost in a matter of a few seconds.

We had the same color of silver, while mine was still full of life.

Those pairs of silver eyes seemed to be dead and tired.

"You look just like her."

"???"

Look just like who? Could he mean my mother?


"Did I come at a bad time, to see you two acting like children fighting inside my home and to risk my daughter's safety." (Emperor Alastor) says with a hoarse voice and the two keep their heads down further.

Victoria and Count Nikolai's body stiffened hearing his words. The aura and presence he gave, my first impression of it, was that he was scary and an intimidating man.