Soul Eater of the Rebellion

Amadeus, the twentieth emperor of the Adastera Empire. As the second emperor with his name, he is therefore called Amadeus II.

As I mentioned a little before, when I was a child, I was called to the emperor at a banquet attended on behalf of my father. He smiled clumsily at me and stroked my head with a big hand. At that time, I probably exchanged one word or two words, but the memory was already vague.

At that time, the emperor was already over fifty years old, and now he is over sixty, perhaps close to seventy.

Perhaps the prince will be the last son of Amadeus II. It seems that the Emperor loves Prince Shiohan because he is the last child he has given him since he was old. The fact that he visited the prince's room lightly proved that.

It is an unexpected reunion for me to be there. Well, the Emperor won't remember us, but I haven't seen the Emperor's face in ten years.

--The word "small" was the first thing that crossed my mind.

The emperor in my memory was large enough to look up. But the emperor today is about as small as I am. The big hand that licked my head is also wrinkled and shriveled.

In ten years, I grew up and the emperor was old - that's all I said, but for some reason, there was something stuck in my chest.

And the emperor, who noticed a stranger standing in my child's room, saw Baron Zide with a suspicious face.

"Baron, who is that? I don't see a face in the Imperial Palace."

"Yes, I am from the kingdom of Canary as a messenger of Sakuya."

"What, Sakuya?

The deep voice of the emperor is echoed in a paranoid tone. Then, the long slit of eyes turned towards us.

With majesty in the right eye and Meitetsu in the left eye, the eye possesses the character and power worthy of the Lord of the great Adastella.

I salute the imperial ceremony and the person in front of me. For a moment before I drooped my head, I felt like the emperor who saw me opened his eyes to surprise.

"--Why didn't you bring Sakuya's messenger to Yu? Keep the Imperial Army back from the border. General Eudis, who was in command, panicked."

The voice of the emperor, whose nose is rough, must be asked what kind of simplicity, but somewhere enjoyable. She seems to be intrigued by her daughter's actions.

Here, the prince opened his mouth.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I wanted to hear about my sister, and the baron forced me to bring her here."

"No, it's a purple garden. Anyway, I'd like you to call me Father in a place like this."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Father."

"Mm-hmm, that's fine."

The nodded emperor urged me to look up with my head down.

And now you're asking me directly, not Baron Zide.

"Now, again, who are you? It was a messenger of Sakuya, but I don't remember a man like you in the recent practice of Sakuya. I thought it was someone hired in the canary, but I don't know why Sakuya dared to send a new recruit to the Imperial Palace."

"Your Majesty, about that..."

Baron Zide enters to hand over the Empress's handbook in a cylinder.

However, the emperor waved his right hand lightly to dominate the baron.

"Baron, the rest is asking this man."

Otherwise, the emperor did not scold. However, Baron Geed trembled as if struck by lightning, stretching his spine and taking an upright position.

The emperor continued his words without noticing such a baron.

"I've never seen it in the Imperial Palace. I've never seen it in my recent routine. But your face is touching some other memory. Name it, young man."

The Emperor's gaze is on my face.

As a result, a heavy pressure like lead was applied to both shoulders.

It's not a war. It's not like hostility. It has nothing to do with magic.

The character of a person who has been at the top of a country for a long time before I was born. The weight of a human being came to my whole body.

What do you mean by negative? I was certainly overwhelmed by the Emperor at this time.

--Overwhelmingly, I was impressed. I see, there's this kind of strength.

I've never even had this feeling about my father. With that in mind, I answered the emperor's question.

"My name is Sky, Your Majesty. I'm not allowed to name my family now, but I used to call it the Mitsurugi Empty."

I tried to keep seeing you at the banquet, but if you name your sword, you'll understand. That's how he stopped talking and waited for the Emperor.

An abandoned swordsman's brother-in-law came to the Imperial Palace as the Empress's messenger. The emperor must be smiling "what the hell is going on" with a sharp expression on his face. I thought so.

But beyond my gaze, the emperor looked calm. It's as if you predicted words coming out of my mouth.

When I was unable to measure the meaning of the other person's reaction, I heard a surprise voice from another direction. It is the voice of the prince.

"Eh... the sword? Eh, but, eh, why is onee-sama... eh!?

"Purple Garden. A royal man does not reveal such a surprise. Keep any emotions deep inside your chest carefully and keep them deposited at all times. That's what the royal family is supposed to be."

"Ha, yes, Father! Sorry!

Um, refine.

The emperor, who nodded to the prince, called out to Baron Zid, who was beside him.

"Well, Baron. There will be a letter from Sakuya. Let it out."

"Yes, Your Majesty! This way!"

The emperor, who received the letter from the baron, broke the seal and began to read it.

Apparently the pleadings were quite long, and it took the Emperor quite some time to finish reading them.

Eventually, the emperor, who looked up at me from the writ, said gravely.

"Do you want to get forgiveness to come through the gate from the rest of the world? Sky, do you know what's sealed up ahead of that gate?

The question confused me. Because the answer was too clear. Though the original, it is not a question for the Dagger family.

I hesitated to answer for a moment, but I didn't think it would be an occasion for Tonchi to work, so I answered frankly.

"I know that the Oni Gods are sealed."

The emperor, who heard our reply, narrowed his eyes and pretended to think something.

And the emperor turned his heel toward the door of the room.

While the indoor man was confused by the sudden behavior, the Emperor said with his face only to me.

--- Follow me, empty.