111 Not my Avatar pt5: Grave swords (2/2)
”He could have killed each one of us and walked out of the palace as if nothing happened” commented Hideki.
”Why didn't he” asked Garu.
”It's a message, he wants us to know we are living on borrowed time” suggested Hideki remembering Draig's words from that day.
”Akio you are the start of this so you need to come up with a plan” called one of the younger brothers as he didn't wish to die.
”You all aided me, you are just as guilty as I am” growled Akio showing the man Draig had met that first day in the palace.
”Brother, he will return. What are we to do when that happens” asked another of the siblings.
”He is only a child, it is not as if we have anything to fear behind our walls and army. He won't dare to return” stated Akio confidently.
”Ha, do you forget he wishes to become a Deva. A powerful Deva can destroy a Dynasty if he so chooses it is only by the grace of the Heavens that ours had yet to offend one but now there is apparently someone with the potential running loose but you sit here and speak of walls and armies. How well did these walls serve father and what of the Army that you speak of, is he not dead now” demanded one of the sisters
Akio grit his teeth as this was indeed the case until he seemed to have seen a light, his scowl turned into a smile.
”Don't forget that he is in service to our Imperial family” started Akio until the youngest of the Brothers decided to speak.
He was the first to fall prey to Draig's talisman forcing him into a fetal position and thus knew the specifics of the contract.
”You are wrong brother, he only served one person and that man is dead” sighed the youth, very few of them were Deva having seen it as a way to win their father's favor and demonstrate they had the strength to lead but none of them were as accomplished as he was.
Akio hearing these words felt his face fall back into a scowl, it seemed he would have to do something before something was done to him.
'Seems I will have to find a way to incriminate him' thought Akio as began pondering