Ashes and Kingdoms

When the city of the mouth of the Orne, Ordos, was laid down in the new capital, the construction of the new city began in the form of adjacent inland from the old city.

In order to cope with the swollen population, a survey of new water sources and the laying of water supplies began first, sewerage, zoning and rapid works were carried out. The bearers were Corps soldiers led by General Glaus, who returned from the east, and the Royal Capital Guard led by Callux, but refugees overflowing the city also cooperated with it in various ways.

Anyway, I can't even get a house to live in for the lack of construction going on. Everyone worked desperately to build their own capital.

- Apart from the powerless, the weak.

There was nothing I could do to get out of the army. Not all of the people who originally fled the Imperial Capital were able to reach Ordos as they were. Confusion on the road and lack of freedom in places of refuge caused unexpected damage to people's property and health.

Stealing happens everywhere every day, and the people who pointed their nerves in self-defense slap the suspicious. The Kalux and other imperial defense forces had to be vigilant to every human being, and there was always a fog of disturbance standing in the city. Neither the enthusiasm of building a new capital, nor the hope of rebuilding life, will keep that fog-clearing wind awake, just creeping inside.

Thus a year after the disappearance of the old capital, Emperor Diatius still had himself in the provisional office in the Ordos City Hall.

"Heavenly Dragon Marquis was half right and half wrong."

To Varys, who sighed small, the adopted son Senato blinked his eyes and tilted his neck silently. Sometimes His Majesty the Emperor speaks to himself, so it is difficult to judge whether it is best to ask back.

Varis pointed his quiet obsession at Senato and took out the words that he had kept on the shelf of his memory, with a slight smile.

"When trying to protect someone, people can be strong. So sometimes the presence of the weak produces good results. If we cut them off here, new weak people will only be created.... That's what I said. From the Imperial Capital, when we take out the last ship."

Oh, and Senato nodded. Both Varys and Calyx decided to abandon the wounded and the sick and the lowest of the people, who had been abandoned and left behind by all the inhabitants of the Imperial City, once. That was translated by Tenryu Hou Phineas after just a few words.

"To be honest, I was amazed at what the hell happened when those people were brought down from His Majesty's ship"

Unexpectedly, Senato has a teasing tone. Varis only raised a few eyebrows and responded to it with a snag.

I protected Myon. I didn't know you'd be surprised.

…………

Ironic or nothing. It was a pale word, but that's why Senato can't say anything back, just silence. In the meantime, Varys continued his own words.

"In fact, their presence was partly helpful. The initial panic of the evacuation seems somewhat contained by the fact that I have shown that even the weakest, most pitiful and worthless will not abandon them. But..."

Not saying afterwards, he frowned and looked out the window. Senato, who perceived what had not been spoken of, also became restless and annoyed.

That being the case, the topic was cut off, and after some clerical interaction, Senato resigned before the Emperor. The whisper of "Beware," which Varys called upon as he left, sounded more ominous than a warning.

It was clothing scattered on one side of the floor that welcomed Senato back to his room. but now that he's used to it, Senato just lightly blinds himself, turning a bitter smile at Nera, the samurai who's cleaning it up.

"I'm sorry, thanks for everything, Nella"

"You're welcome, I'm used to it"

Nella answering was smiling, but her voice seeped some sense of restraint. Ahead of them all looking at each other, there was a young man sitting on the floor messing with his clothes with clumsy hands. He or she is even serious in itself, but he or she doesn't even know what he or she wants to do, pulling and rounding, getting it out of the costume cabinet and putting it in, while the confusion increases.

"Mion."

As Senato gently called, he looked up painfully and smiled happily.

"Ah."

Let go of the garment and stand up with the voice of welcome, only posture perfectly thanking the servant. Senato slowly walked over and slapped him on the shoulder.

Myon's heart was eroded and blurred by the same “hunger” that once destroyed the royal capital. Although he barely survived, he couldn't stand up on his own for a while, and he just circled his body and cried.

Before Tenryu Hou Phineas returned to the north, his emotions settled and his inability to live ceased, but never came back to normal, thanks to the light he shed on the slightly remaining soul of Mion.

The vessels of the soul have been damaged, and there is significantly less power to store them than normal people - that was Phineas' explanation.

Now Myon can't be satisfied with one thing. Not only was she unable to work, she needed help eating and excreting, and that had become a job for Nella and a few middle-aged women.

"Dear Mion, Good luck. Enough here, hit the sun in the garden."

When Senato urged him, Mion repeated, "To," thanking him precisely again, and then left the room with an indelible foothold. Simple instructions will tell.

As unexpectedly, Nella sighs so much. Senato apologized again as he crouched down and cleaned out his clothes, too.

"I'm so sorry I made you do such a hard job. I wish I could do it myself."

"What are you talking about"

Nella disguised herself as having a loud tone.

"It is my duty to serve Master Senato. I will only do what Senato has decided to do until the end."

"Still, that would be quite a burden, wouldn't it? There's no one else I can count on, so I've always forced Nella to work so hard..."

To the frightened Senato, Nella turned a gentle grin.

"Really, I understand. I guess that's not all that one person, Mion, was decided to protect by Master Senato. So although the job itself does get a little tired, it doesn't feel bitter. Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

"... thanks"

"You're welcome. Besides, Mion seems to have a sense of being taken care of. Shall I say to you, Senato, that I... miss you? It can seem a little cute, so it's not like you don't have any fun at all. It's just that sometimes it's hard to get out."

"Yeah. That's all, but you have to be careful"

Senato clouded his expression and looked at the courtyard worryingly. In the bright sun, Mion sits on the bench in front of the flowerbed and looks up at the sky in a pleasant way. If I leave you alone, forever, that's how I often just sit around.

But he also seems to have a number of memories and habits, and you remind him of them accidentally, once in a while, he looks back at me and tries to rush out somewhere. I realized that my current location was not the royal palace where I worked as a servant, as if I was in a hurry to return.

Mostly before leaving the city hall grounds, someone finds it and stops it, at which point the 'sanity' without Myon disappears, but once in a while it was missed and out into the city, later it was hard.

"Especially these days, everyone seems to be tingling."

"Yes. Master Senato will not go out either."

"I'm fine. I'm not a little kid anymore."

Senato smiled bitterly, but in fact, as Varis was also worried, the wind against the weak was intensifying.

While evacuation lives are prolonged, those in good hands and those who have been blessed with luck find themselves early on in their homes and jobs, and inequalities and discontent are spreading among people. Old residents don't like the way newcomers look big, the infirmity is forced, and the spirit of sympathy and mutual assistance seems to be about to come to a bottom.

Myon is safe because he is protected by Senato, but if he is taken to the temple or to the mansion of the Seri Shi family, he is successively harassed.

The council has insisted that the emperor be held accountable, and Senato was named to the jade for being the grandson of that great Senato. The dragon Hou Senato, who created the cause of the disappearance of the Imperial capital, the Austra Gate, who founded the Hou Nation as far as the Empire is concerned, and his bloodthirsty successor to the Emperor Diatius.

"Not if we're cursing each other."

Heh, and I got exhaled. Senato was fed up and shook his head, and he rubbed his face and moaned, Oh no.

"As it is, I too, like His Majesty the Emperor, am going to have grief creeping between my eyebrows. If it were as beautiful as Master Varys, it would be too. Not me."

"Master Senato will have a full and neat face. However, a smile looks better than a worried face."

Nella laughed and took it for granted, and Senato returned a bitter laugh.

"Thank you very much for that. Well, maybe you should relax a little. In fact, there is no way that I or His Majesty will be executed because there is a General Glaus. Everyone just wants to deceive anxiety or get depressed and attack, and there will be no serious harm."

"I can't be more optimistic than that..."

"Oh, my God, I knew you wanted me to look difficult."

And Senato turned aside, and said, And he went again into the garden. Stand up as soon as possible.

"Shit, Myon did"

He's gone at some point. Nella also hurried to lay her clothes aside and rushed out to the courtyard. I grabbed the servant I was around and asked, but no one said they saw Mion. He's blurry in the garden is a everyday sight, so I guess he wasn't aware of it even if it got into his eyes. He just happened to leave somewhere while everyone was overlooking Mion like that.

Senato hurried across the garden to the gates of the city hall as he ran his eyes around him. If it's your usual 'I have to go home' seizure, you should be outside, not inside the government building.

As he crept through the gate and went out to the square, Senato split left and right with Nera. I don't have any noise or confusion, so I'd like to think that Mion is still very lost somewhere.

The crowd in the square remained the same as usual.

Freelancers sitting on stone steps at the edge looking out at the square and sometimes having a chat with someone next door who doesn't love anything else. People rushing through the square for their work. Groups wandering there are enthusiastic about business, life consultation, and intense discussions about councils and municipalities. Wearing between them, Senato continued to look for Myon.

The people who noticed him go out of their way and look at what the Emperor's heir is doing alone. Some of them were tempted together, understanding that it was the usual one. One of them found and told me a brunette young man flirting with a wave of people and falling leaves in the wind.

"Master Senato, isn't he the one you're looking for?"

"Oh, it seems so. Thanks."

Senato breathes in relief and turns to those whom he has shown in thanksgiving. I need to get Mion fast. I'm in a hurry. Not really, he didn't notice any signs of someone following him from behind.

"Mion! Over here, come on"

When he called, Mion looked back in awe. And look at Senato, who gently invites him, spreading a sobering grin of relief. The usual reaction, but every time I saw it, Senato was the thought of his chest being tightened.

It's hard for Nella and the others to look after her, but how hard will it be for Myon herself? You go back to 'sanity' without any foretaste, you don't know where or what you're doing, you're afraid, you're upset, you run away like you're being chased by something. When I finally feel safe, the next time, I will be shoved down into the fear of solitude as if it were the first time.

(How long will it last)

As the passers-by pushed me, I stared at Mion, who was coming this way, and Senato felt so sad. Maybe I should have gotten some "sleeping pills" before the magician disappeared.

It was then. Myon accidentally caught his eye and pushed forward.

"Danger!!

The screaming voice was certainly his before. Senato was quickly embraced by surprise and was nearly pushed down as he was. A shock is applied to the rear leg of the stomped foot. Mion exhaled beside his face.

The surroundings become noisy, and space opens up at best as people lag behind.

"Mion?"

The worst prediction came through Senato's brain. The body of a young man covering himself becomes heavier and heavier.

Chip, I heard a tongue pounding. With his face up, Senato captures the eyes of a stranger over Mion's shoulder.

Shortly afterwards, a few men rushed over and grabbed by the werewolves and pulled them down. At the same time, Myon's body is scratched.

"Mion."

Senato embraced it aggressively. He is interrupted and unable to support by a short knife that remains deeply stuck in his back, and sits down on the spot with him.

"Mion......, Mion"

From the trembling lips, just over and over again, only the name spilled. But I'm not responding to the call. He left his eyes half-opened and was already stuck. Returning slight sanity at the end, with a bewildered look.

Senato chewed his lips a long time and lowered Mion's lid with his left hand. His right hand is dirty with blood when he hugs him. Squeezing his red-stained hand into his fist, he stood up completely. And as he approached the man who was strangled with wings by a few leaves, he struck flat without saying anything.

Man's cheeks get wet on Zhu so as to contradict the dry sound. Senato glanced at the man with his grey gold eyes and said away harshly.

"Shame on you!!

To the intensity of his anger, the others lose their voices and calm back. Senato breathed deeply and slowly, letting his lips faint in the fierceness, but continued without disturbance.

"I have any idea why I'm being targeted. With such a great name, you must have committed a crime. But whatever you scream, it's all paranoia no longer coming down! Compared to what that mion did!!

"Cover it up! The Nakte kid who destroyed the Empire..."

The man called, but Senato silenced him with another flat-handed blow.

"You have no right to say anything. A coward who tried to make himself a gateway to his anger and fear by pressing responsibility on someone, even though he said that he had saved people forever, would not allow himself to be shallow and defended!

Strict repudiation raises a voice of endorsement from parts of the surrounding area. But Senato heard very little of it. Nella rushing, and Callux leading the soldiers to scratch the hedges, were out of sight.

"You destroyed the empire," you said.... doomed? Does Diatius no longer exist on this earth? No!! We are here alive, i.e. the Empire is alive again!!

Angry and quiet words gradually turn into powerful speeches.

I didn't mean consciously to make you listen. I had no idea whether I wanted to remind the hateful man of himself or appeal to the crowd listening around me.

I just couldn't help but raise my voice. For Mion.

"We've lost a lot. That's true. The sun that illuminates us has already left Jomtien. But it hasn't sunk yet! If this country were to truly perish, it would be that time when everyone would just blame others and not try to stand on their own, and no longer reach out to the weak, the needy. As long as we have the same power of will as Myon, the sun will not yet set!

At the end of Senato's speech, he cheers. And it came to pass, and Senato blinked his eyes, as he had returned to me, and turned his gaze to the crowd.

Or he's in tears, or he's poking his fist up and shouting Hail. Senato's name is repeatedly called with enthusiastic joy, and the applause never stops ringing.

Eventually Callux advanced and gave a respectful salute to Senato.

"Master Senato, you are safe and above all. We'll take care of it later, and you can come back here for a moment."

"... oh. Myon's body..."

"Of course, I cordially mourn. Rest assured."

The man will be executed the way he should after the investigation, I can whisper. When Senato saw it, the man was about to be taken, tied up at the hands of a soldier and cursed wild by the crowd.

"Dear Senato, I am sorry. You shouldn't have left your side."

Nella comes and bows her head deeply. Senato smiled and shook her head, placing her left hand on her shoulder.

"I was careless. I didn't think they were after my life.... I'm glad nothing happened to you. Even if I was in danger to you because you were serving me, I could not regret it."

Come on, let's go home.

Whisper and prompt with a trick. That's all Nella seemed to have guessed. Words don't go on, just nod and follow right behind Senato. The crowd cheered again as the soldiers walked out surrounding and protecting the two. Like a triumphant ceremony.

After his enthusiasm, he entered the city hall and as the soldiers of the escort returned to the square, Senato and Nera headed to their room alone. He remained silent and continued to walk in the same footsteps as usual, but when he came to the columnar hallway with a view of the garden, he finally stopped.

"... eh"

Whimpering leaks from between eaten teeth. Beating both fists against the column, pressing his forehead, he sobbed quietly. Nella walks over silently and gently attaches her hand to her back.

"I was... stupid... whoa! If you're more, more careful..."

Tears pounding and wetting the floor like weather rain.

Nella was just leaning on me while Senato repeated words of apology in her mouth. It's not your fault, Mion will be content to do the real thing too... without saying such a determined consolation.

Approximately two of us sinking in the shade, the sun was still pouring down on the empty bench left in the courtyard.

- Senato's speech at this time was to be written down by the hands of the people present and told at length with his achievements after he became emperor.

But he never mentioned it again, and forbade the citizens from treating Mion like a hero.

It was also whispered that it was because they did not wish the same sacrifice to be made, while they took care not to stimulate hostile parliamentary forces.

Either way, Senato himself didn't say anything. In addition to the short inscriptions, which I had carved into Myon's tomb. That's what it says.

"I stayed sunset and traveled to the world of the night myself"

(Final)