Chapter 106: Order, Boundaries, Decision, Behind the Mask, Fragile and Promise.
'The Royal Capital of Sachstein is quite a sight. Even with them only having 10,000 men; taking the city will take at least 15 days under normal means. Well I could take them in probably 5 days if I used the Brittanian troops, but why would I? I mean, I have 30,000 troops that belong to the nobles that defected to our side. Oemitsu will not mind if I let them all die, or at least 90 por cent of them. Either way, it doesn't affect Brittania-'
Koku's plans were interrupted by a messenger who entered inside her tent.
"Reporting! I have a message from his Majesty. Take the capital in four days or you will lose your head, Koku!"
Koku gasped. Her King was as merciless as always... it just made him more attractive in her eyes.
"Get the catapults ready!"
She ordered. Her soldiers then lined up multiple catapults that threw sacks over the city walls, instead of throwing rocks, multiple heads fell down from the sky. It was heads of cities and villages that koku massacred, psychological warfare was Koku's best weapon.
She could see that the citizens inside the wall were all afraid of her getting in and massacring them.
Now is the time for her to show a softer approach. While normal generals have "morals", Koku couldn't care less, she is an former bandit and she still uses the same tactics she used back when she was a bandit.
Multiple horsemen under Koku's orders screamed that if the city surrendered, then they would be spared, the more they resist the worse the aftermath will be.
To make matters worse, Koku rounded up all the captive in front of the gates of the city and executed them one by one. For each minute they didn't open up the gate, citizens of Sachstein were dying.
The King looked completely unaffected by this, however, the same cannot be said for the soldiers. Most of them considered that dying for such a King is not worth it... either they opened the gates or suffered the consequences later on.
The unrest in the city grew by each minute.
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Oemitsu was in a dilema.
When he went to Sasha's chambers to torture her, he was met with a stinky, vomit filled cell and a barely alive Sasha.
Her mind was almost broken and she was completely dehydrated, to Oemitsu, he couldn't care less since he was planning on doing something similar... or even worse.
However, to Vergo, he saw this as someone disobeying the hierarchy of the family.
This is why he is right now in the middle of a table with two sides, on one side there is Vergo and Menchi, on the other side there is Pakunoda, Shizuku and Ponzu.
Shiro and neon were sitting right beside him and Elizavetta was behind him showing that she was completely neutral to the subject. Or that she didn't care.
"Pakunoda disrespected the hierarchy of the family, the one who should have judged Sasha is Oemitsu. Pakunoda must be punished for what she did."
Vergo said while Pakunoda was enraged by such comment.
"I did what I had to do, you know it perfectly! Oemitsu was in a coma and who knew how long he would take to wake up, I had to avenge Machi!"
Menchi immediately countered.
"It doesn't change the fact that you had no authority to do such thing and the fact that you almost killed her with a experimental gas. It makes you someone too much unstable for us to allow walking around."
Ponzu, not wanting to let this comment about her gas being unsafe voiced out her opinion.
"My gas is not experimental, Sasha was not in a life threatening state. The gas served to cause her large amounts of pain, not to kill her."
Pakunoda then turned to Oemitsu with a grim expression.
"Mitsu, do not protect the woman who killed Machi. I did what I had to do, you knew it perfectly. I held myself back enough, I didn't kill her. I just made her life a living hell."
Oemitsu then slammed his fist on the table, making it be destroyed by his new strength.
"ENOUGH! I will end this stupid dispute. You are right, Pakunoda. Sasha deserves to suffer for what she did to Machi and you are also right Vergo, Pakunoda overstepped her boundaries. I don't want a family with members that stab each other in the back when I am not around. Pakunoda, I will let you torture Sasha until you are satisfied."
As soon as this words left his mouth, Pakunoda smiled, however, that smile was short lived.
"However, you will do so with someone supervising you. I will not let you kill Sasha, but I will let you torture her until you are satisfied. Ponzu will be the one supervising you, she will know when to stop you, at least I trust that she does."
Pakunoda was unsatisfied with her restrictions, but as long as she gets to torture Sasha then she will be happy.
Vergo was also satisfied since Pakunoda was restricted in a way, if she wasn't, then in his eyes people from the family would trample over Oemitsu's authority as they wish.
In his mind, Oemitsu's orders are absolute and none should defy them or else it is a sign of betrayal to everything they represent.
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After Oemitsu's decision, everyone was forced to leave the room. Except Pakunoda, everyone left. Even his sister, Shiro left since they knew that whatever Oemitsu wanted to speak with Pakunoda was important.
After everyone left, Pakunoda turned to him.
"Why are you protecting Sasha? That bitch killed Machi!"
Oemitsu looked at her in the eyes.
"I am not protecting Sasha, I am protecting you.... you blame yourself for what happened to Machi... don't you?"
Pakunoda lowered her head and stayed silent for several minutes. When Oemitsu approached her and lifted her chin, he saw that she had a broken down into tears as soon as she heard that, but she was hiding her face from him.
"Yes. It was my fault... I followed her with her stupid plan. I should have consulted you before acting, this entire situation could have been avoided if only... if only I was honest with you-"
Before she could finish her sentencs, Oemitsu pulled her into a hug.
"It is not your fault. I shouldn"t have used you as a bait... If only I was there earlier I could have stopped it before it happened. If we keep blaming ourselves we will just descend into a darker hole, it is time for us to learn from our mistakes. Besides, Machi isn't dead yet. I promise you I will bring her back."
Pakunoda's facade broke completely. Her tears rained down from her eyes.
"Yo... you... you pro... promise?"
Pakunoda asked in between sobs, Oemitsu hugged her even harder.
"I promise. You know better than anyone else, I never break my promises."
Oemitsu said while he caressed her back with affection.
Pakunoda smiled while tears trickled down her face. It was a trully beautiful sight.
'I cannot let her blame herself for Machi's fate. I will shoulder everything, and I will make sure that Pakunoda does not break. It is my job as the one leading the family to take everyone's burdens, I will not allow them to be sad. Right now, Pakunoda needs Sasha. She is her relief toy, if she loses it than she will break down.'
This is the only reason as to why Oemitsu let Sasha live or else she would have died already.
'Considering the amount of torture she went through and the amount that she will go in the future. Perhaps death is a relief, but she is needed for Pakunoda's stability.'
"You are truly a dummy, always shouldering our burdens... neh! I love you."
Pakunoda whispered the last part into Oemitsu's ears, making his heart skip a beat.
Pakunoda then broke their hug before she looked at his eyes and closed distance with him. Oemitsu did the same. Soon enough, both their lips clashed and they shared a loving kiss. Pakunoda's lips were soft and delicate.
They kissed for about a minute but when she felt that Oemitsu's tongue was about to enter in her mouth, she pulled her head back before she placed one finger on his lips.
"Not so fast, mister."
She smiled.
"I love you, however, I want to take it slowly... and I want to be your next, so you can't savour any more girls, okay?"
When she asked that, her left hand trailed his crotch and met his rock hard member that even if covered by his trousers and boxers, it still was big.
"I can agree with it, but you know that without sex, I grow weaker by the day, right?"
Oemitsu inquired.
"Yes, but it won't take long. I assure you. I want to prepare myself to when I'm going to lose my... virginity... it was something similar to a dream that I had when I was a teenager..."
She said this with a embarassed voice.
'Who knew she can be this cute?'
Oemitsu thought.
"... anyway. Mitsu, would you endure and resist your lust for a few days so that I can prepare myself?"
Hearing her question, Oemitsu nodded before he kissed her again.
"I can, Paku. I'll wait until you are prepared, however, you really need to be prepared. I will be really pent up."
He whispered to her before he blew hot air on her ear.
"Nhaa~. I will. Besides, like that you will be able to fill me with your love."
After this, she giggled naughtly before they continued to share kisses, however, Oemitsu honored his promise and resisted his lust while he made out with her. They didn't went pass the caress and kisses stage, much to Oemitsu's chagrin.
'Being blue balled is always irritating. No matter who does it.'
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