Chapter 55: Aeilus Return
3rd Person POV;
Sun Empire: Corona Palace
The Parliament is in a buzz once again, the royals try to speak and give sense to everyone but they refuse to listen to the royals of other Monarchs.
"Everyone!"
Doctor Edgar entered the Parliament with a menacing smile, the royal doctor shouldn't have access inside of the Parliament.
Unless it is an emergency but he went personally to deliver a message, the Knights cannot deny him access if that is the case.
"I am sorry to disturb this meeting, but I am Princess Phoebe's Doctor, some of the nobles as well as the nobles servants here, are pestering the ill princess, as a doctor that is taking care of her, I am very displeased at the behaviour you nobles are showing"
"It looks like Doctor Edgar caught wind of what is happening at Phoebe's doorstep" Lucianus said, Duke Aether shook his head in disapproval.
"The late Emperor has given permission that royal doctors can take ANY lengths to ensure the patient will recover, from their illness, and he also personally told me that I do anything to ensure that his daughter will recover from her illness"
The room is engulfed in silence, the once buzzing room, loud with chatter vanished, you can hear a needle drop at how silent it is inside, even the royals that could not silence them anymore about their complaining are impressed by the doctor.
"This is a very CLEAR and AUTHORIZED THREAT" Doctor Edgar said his menacing smile never left his lips "If I caught a noble or a servant pestering Princess Phoebe, I will see to it that they will be executed on the spot, as per his late majesties orders towards me, so I advise everyone to take caution, I will not tolerate anyone who pesters my patient, that is all"
With that he turns around the Knights opening the door for him but Doctor Edgar stops his eyes widening at the one who appeared standing outside of the Parliament.
"...!!!"
Not just him but everyone inside as well, they gasped looking shocked at the individual that has a soft smile on his face.
"Crowned Prince Aeilus!"
Doctor Edgar immediately bowed to him out of high respect, everyone followed suit.
For before them is the next Emperor that will take the throne and will rule the Sun Empire.
"It looks like my return has been awaited by everyone, I apologise but the Ophiuchus Empire is not a two day trip from there to here"
"Crowned Prince! Y-"
The aid as well as the butler of the late Emperor rushed towards him, Aeilus nodded at the two.
"I know, Father is dead, I came back to take the throne, and I have crucial information that will spare the Empire"
"What do you mean?" Queen Maegara asked.
"The ones that know the answer to this riddle, come to me and whisper to me the answer, the ones that do not know and have the wrong answer may go and leave"
The Parliament has been filled with chatter again, but it toned down once Aeilus put his hand up.
"One by one of you even the royals, must answer the riddle, you must obey the rules that I set up, everyone of you except for the doctor of course, go and tend to my sister, it looks like she got too excited seeing me"
"I will do as you command, your highness"
The Doctor stood up, his head hanging low before he stepped outside of the Parliament.
"The riddle is this: The Kingdom in the Sky is to the North, the Queendom of the Star is to the East the Terra Queendom is at the South, Where is the location of the Sun Palace? You have five minutes to think"
"Why is his highness asking this question?"
"What is the relevance of this?"
"Hm"
Lucianus looked at Aeilus with a thoughtful expression, the riddle was very simple, it was asking WHERE the location of the Sun Palace is, not the Direction of it, he said all those extra stuff to confuse people.
"Time is up!"
"That was fast"
"I haven't thought of anything yet…"
"Alright, the last one's that will answer will be the royals, now please fall in line in front of me in order for you to answer"
The nobles did what Aeilus has asked for, the first few nobles got it correct and let them stay and be seated in their seats Aeilus told the one that got it correct to be quiet about the answer since the result of this little test will impact what will happen to the Empire, they agreed and kept their mouth shut.
The following nobles failed miserably and were asked to leave the Parliament, of course the next one's became nervous and anxious, if they would have the correct answer, few of them got it correct and a lot had it wrong.
The Parliament consists of Fifty nobles, this nobles has been loyal to the Armaclei Family even way back before Celestia has become an Empire and United but, this is not the case in this time, because of the missing prophecy.
As well as Eric Armaclei's actions, their loyalty has been tested but few remain faithful to the Family, and the Ophiuchus Empire is the enemy Empire that saw the weakness of this Empire or Celestia, and attacked wanting to conquer it.
"The Royals are the last one's"
Lucianus and the others played along and as expected they got the answer correct.
"Yes, the answer is the Sun Empire, it is disappointing that out of fifty nobles, the only nobles that remained are twenty"
Aeilus scanned the Parliament, he shook his head and shrugged.
"It looks like the Ophiuchus Empire thought things through, have betrayal on the inside for things to go smoothly, House Firnby, Relish, Swallow, Requiem,Lo, Rey, An, Paul, Jacob, Luna, Aesop, Kirina, Kale, Deum, Weaver, Erwin, Levine, Ulric, Zumbus and House Qin"
Aeilus paused, he smiled at the nobles that were in front of him looking at him with curiosity.
"I thank you, for being faithful and loyal to the Armaclei Family, it has been so long that you have served the family and supported it."
The nobles looked at each other with a confused expression on their faces, Aeilus then cast a powerful barrier that nothing could penetrate it, even sound.
It is also the ability of his deceased Father, a powerful barrier that can protect, but one flaw of this is when the person has his guard down, they can be attacked if the timing is correct, like what happened to the late Emperor.
"What I did is simple; sift out the traitors that are inside the parliament, they will relay the news to a spy that I have returned and will take the throne"
"So that's why…"
"That's very intuitive"
"Please listen to me first"
The murmurs died down, Aeilus nodded and continued.
"I already know that some of the nobles are siding with the Ophiuchus Empire and with the tempting offer to have Celestia repaired by the Emperor of Serpentine Continent, but everyone is forgetting that the only one that can 'FIX' this Empire is the Prophecy Holder that the Omnipotent One has given powers too"
"..."
"Celestia has been plagued by wars, fighting to rule over the land of another Monarch, but the one that united this Empire is my one and only Father, everyone made a truce to drive off this invaders of Foreign Empires, and we successfully drove them off, thanks to everyone's effort"
"But Sadly, that wasn't enough, the Ophiuchus Empire is a land of Greed, Lust, Envy, Sloth and Pride"
"Your Highness, when you said that the trip to Ophiuchus to here is not in two days...does that mean?"
"Marquess An, you are correct" he nods "I have been living in the Ophiuchus Empire and here is what I gathered in summary of that Empire, 'Ambitious', the males have power while females are treated as slaves, it is like a reflection of the 'Sun Kingdom' when my great grandfather is still the ruler, our Empire has been more descent than that mess of an Empire"
"It seems that you are disgusted by the ways of that Empire" Duke Aether says
"Beyond disgusted, the men are disgusting but the one above them all is the Emperor, he has a harem of two hundred females, and he has two hundred and thirteen daughters, the son's are executed, he even killed his Empress that threatened to kill him and remove him from the throne, he has no mercy, he doesn't want anyone above him or equal to him anymore that is why there are only consorts now"
"The Harem system has been abolished here already…" The Earl of Swallow says "since there is more of a disadvantage than an advantage on the Monarchs…"
"That's correct, but it isn't the case of other Empire's, nevertheless this Empire is attempting to conquer us again, by killing my Father they think they have succeeded, but they are still wary of the Prophecy that came back, that is why they are trying hard to look for her"
"Then we need to increase the search-"
"Cousin" Aeilus said "I know you are worried for Seraphine, but we cannot focus on searching for her"
"What do you mean?" Lucianus asked.
"The Ophiuchus Empire, is going to wage war on us"
"War?!"
"How shameless is that Empire?!"
"Another War after this peacefulness…"
"Aeilus, is what we heard from you correct?!"
"Yes"
"They are going to get serious in taking the Empire huh…" Kristopherson said with a serious expression.
"Apparently they will search for the prophecy holder and kill her, no, enslave her, Aster on the other hand will be thrown into his harem, if they successfully found them and captured them"
Queen Aelisia looked like she was going to explode, good thing Duke Aether calmed her down.
"The Enemy Empire's plan is first searching for the whereabouts of the Prophecy Holder and Aster, but at the same time preparing their equipment and soldiers for War, it is a distraction, now, I know that you have utilised Knights in searching for both of the girls, but we need to distract them as well, we need to prepare for there attack, and the war that they will wage"
"When will this happen?" Lucianus asked
"Next year the second week of the first season"
"..."
The expression of everyone in the room became very grim.
"I do not know when this War will last, but we need to be prepared, we cannot rely on the Prophecy, we have been waiting for it for too long and we cannot wait around for my cousin, Seraphine to save us, we need to act on our own accord"
"What will be the plan, your highness?" Theodoros asked
"First, I need to become Emperor"
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