38 Chapter 38 (1/2)
”Alexis!” Annalise shouted in panic and fear, her son quickly rushed to meet her, he hugged her gently and called his lovers and sister...
”Mother, what is it?” Alexis asked her worriedly as she sobbed on his chest.
Sophia, Florestine and Irene gathered around the duo as Alexis turned to Irene demanding an answer.
”what happened?” He asked softly as Irene tearily explained that Aurelius collapsed on the throne a while ago...
”What?!” He shouted and comforted his mother and left to the Imperial Palace that was in chaos.
He rushed to his father's room which was heavily guarded, the guards seeing him, respectfully opened the doors to his father's chambers...
”Father...” He walked upto Aurelius who was pale and looked frail, he was lying on his bed while maids and doctors alike tended to him.
”...Alexis... is that you?” He croaked and rolled his eyes towards his son who kneeled down to his level.
”Yeah...” Alexis answered softly and held onto his hand gently.
”it's good to see you... I wanted to inform you that you will be acting-Emperor from now on... you will be coronated once I recover...” Aurelius smirked and coughed roughly.
The doctors quickly helped ease the symptoms and turned to Alexis who sighed and left the room, not before taking away the Emperor's Moon seal, proof of his authority, the key to his throne...
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”Your highness, the Republic has sent a division of it's forces to the border of the Kingdom!” An Imperial guard informed Alexis who was seated on the majestic golden throne...
They worked under him now, Aurelius was unable to continue reigning over the Empire as he was suddenly disease stricken.
Alexis was therefore the acting-Emperor until Aurelius was cured of his illness or until he was coronated and was made the Emperor...
”You may leave...” He sighed, the paperwork wasn't necessarily straining his body as he was a Divine Duke as of now...
But it does get repetitive and thus, boring.
”Marcus.” Alexis called out as a shadow jumped down from the pillars in the room and kneeled infront of him.
”Your highness!” He greeted as Alexis groaned with a shake of his head.
”Any new information from the other three?” He asked his right hand man.
”Nothing, your highness! They have been very quiet... even the Republic which is known for being very active...” Marcus reported.
'...what?' He thought, then it clicked him!
”Marcus, your operatives... are they able to gather information?” He asked carefully.
When Marcus shook his head negatively, he sighed.
”There is a barrier of some sort... it prevents our spies from entering, since we could not get any classified information, we got the runes of making such barriers instead...” Marcus explained as Alexis nodded and let him go...
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Three weeks prior to the conversation held between Alexis and Marcus, when Aurelius was still ruling, the leaders of the other three great nations gathered at a secret location...
The first to arrive was King Rivel and his party, a few minutes later, the council of the Republic arrived.
”You!” The council glared at King Rivel who was seated on his chair, he looked up and smiled wryly.
”Greetings, members of the Republic...” He said and nodded in acknowledgement of their presences.
”Grrr... You royalist dogs!” A council man insulted as the party from the Kingdom frowned at them and clenched their fists angrily.
”How dare you?! commoner!” A female guard shouted and reached for her sword but was stopped by her officer in charge who glared at her.
”Hoh? A mere insect from the Royal Elite Unit dares to bark infront of the Tokushu-Butai?” A man wearing a white military uniform asked her mockingly.
”Takeshi, stop it... such behaviour is not befitting of our unit!” Yamato chided and turned to his superiors waiting for an order.
”Please, calm down...” They heard a feminine voice as Amelia, Gron and Charlotte walked into the room.
”Might you be the leader of the rebel force?” Rivel asked the beautiful woman infront of him politely.
Amelia nodded and turned to all the persons in the room.
”Greetings, leaders of the Republic!” She lowered her head slightly as a sign of Greeting common in Namu culture.
”Greetings, leader of the rebel army...” They greeted back with bow of their own, they already liked her.
”Please be seated...” She motioned the council of the Republic to their chairs as they nodded.
Once all the groups were seated and waited in silence, Amelia opened her mouth to speak.
”I will start first, my name is Amelia, leader of the Rebel army of Satellia... the reason why I have called the respective leaders of both nations is because my wish is to bring peace to the continent...” She spoke, only to be snorted at by the female guard from the Kingdom.
Amelia turned to her and glanced at her with pity.
”An admirable goal, but how will you achieve such a thing? Especially with two arch enemies?” An old man from the Kingdom asked her curiously.
”I request both parties to cease all conflicts!” She stated.
”Huh?! Go back to your country you rebel scum!” The female guard shouted angrily which made the entire crowd including Amelia herself to frown.
”Silence!” Rivel noticed this and shouted at his guard who disrespected the leader of an army that rivals his own!