Chapter 3. Aah Im screwed (9)

3.5 Their Story

[2.5] A Certain Empires Story: Lets begin the clean-up operation.

Your highness! There is no need forthe imperial family to do this!

Right! We can take care of those rats ourselves!

Ina place thatwas louder thanthe town market, the emperor sighed andspoke lightly to himself.

Annoying.

Your highness, saying thatinthe midst of the meeting is

Its ok, its not like they can hear what were talking about oranything.

Bitch.

Oi, Im an emperor, you know?

Be more like an emperor, then. Do it beforeI start a rebellion.

Those guys are being annoying though.

Afterhearing this, Aruten, the man whowas the Imperial Magician aswell asthe emperors close friend, scanned the people inthe meeting andsighed.

Just how much did they get bribed just to support Howling thatmuch?

Probably more thanhalf of the people here got briberies.

Mm Getting rid of Howling would be hard.

The emperor reassured the magician thatthe man was wrong assoonasthe words escaped the magicians lips.

I already sent out the army, though?

What the fuck did you say?

Arutens veins popped out, andhe immediately struggled to keep the magic intact. Assoonashe prevented his spell from breaking, he glared atthe emperor.

Mm Well, the guys over there would probably bitch around fora whileifI didnt do something.

Perhaps it was becauseof the wizards glare, butthe emperor seemed to be quite nervous ashe spoke.

W, well, I sent my bodyguards along, soit should be fine.

Are you crazy? Whod guard you ifyou sent away your bodyguards?

Mm I dont need anyone to guard me?

Aruten was struck speechless. The emperor infront of him was the greatest idiot inthe history of the empire, butwas also a genius. Ifhe wasnt, the imperial palace wouldve nearly collapsed by now. Intruth, this emperor was someone whowas oncehailed asthe sword emperor inthe past.

And theres you, too.

Dont say something thatdisgusting. Say thatto a girl instead, damn it.

Aruten sighed ashe stroked his white beard.

Hah You already started doing it, soyou might aswell deal the final blow aswell.

Mn? How?

Just say its the imperial decree, andthat youd just kill them ifthey disobeyed.

Youre evenmore daring thanme?

Im your friend, afterall.

The emperor looked atAruten with a dissatisfied face, butthe wizard seemed ready to ignore the emperor completely whenfaced with complaints.

Well, inany case, this should probably work out one way orthe other.

Hmm, what about the children whoare captured there, though?

They will have to be sacrificed forthis, most likely.

There are a lot of children from noble families whojoined to spy aswell. One of them evenhas the right to the throne.

You dont have to worry about thatone. The old man from Nermia sent inthe Sword Saint. Well, he sent her into save the kid from his family, butSwins atthe place wherethe heir of Nermia is, soits all good.

You remembered the boys name? You mustve liked him.

The emperor made a happy smile afterhearing this.

Yeah. He he resembles me from a long time ago.

Didnt you say thatabout the crown prince aswell?

Yeah.

And you know thatthe crown prince goes out playing with women every day, right?

Of course I do. He already knows how to enjoy the world atsuch a young age he was born to be an emperor.

Oi, are you telling me playing around is a good thing?

If he has the talent to become the emperor evenwhileplaying around, he is fit to be the emperor. Im a genius too, remember?

Aruten closed his eyes, andreminisced the past he had shared with the emperor.

He could remember the emperor playing outside whilehe studied magic.

He could remember the emperor seducing women whilehe frantically researched magic.

He could remember the emperor being recognized asa high-class knight, whenhe barely managed to become a full-fledged wizard.

He could remember the emperor seducing away his first love around he time he got recognized by the tower.

He could remember the emperor becoming the sword emperor around the time he became an archmage.

He could remember the emperor being crowned whenhe became the imperial wizard aftermuch effort.

Maybe I really should start a rebellion

WhenAruten glared atthe emperor, the emperor purposefully looked away.

Hum, hum Inany case. We cant leave Howling be.

Evil always rises from time andagain.

We still cant leave them be.

Aruten sighed afterlooking into the emperors eyes, anddispelled the barrier.

that, your highness!

No, beforethat, think of the peasants, your highness!

No, beforethat!

From this moment forth, I shall issue out an Imperial decree.

Everyone turned silent from the emperors voice thatwas filled with power andauthority.

And

Let us begin the cleaning operation.

No one was able to go against thatorder.