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Thank you all for the all the kind reviews :).
WoodenStarfish: Thanks, i hope he will win them over too.
Imperial warlord: I will try to increase the chapter lengths.
Revan the Edgelord: I'll will try my best to make them longer.
Toa Solaric: He won't be able to excute Honest immeditely (even if he wants to). Yeah, he will try to get others to support him to archive his goals.
PersonaInsane: Maybe XD.
godisme: A ong battle awaits before Makoto before he could archive his goal. She will be a massive obstacle that he will have to move over with intellgence and caution.
regfurb: Welp, it will be hard for Makoto to use Budo (I'll talk about it in this chapter). The story will definantly change from cannon soon.:)
ShinHyuga90: Welp, I would disagree they are worse than her, but we each have different opinions. It will be hard for Makoto to gain their support due to their backgrounds, personal history and ideas so maybe or maybe not.
Makoto yawned as he made his way toward the royal dining hall, 6 royal guards trailed behind him in their crimson shining armor. Pass by servant bowed to Makoto as he passed by, only rising their heads after he have long past them. Even if he might not have any real power right now, he is still the emperor. As Makoto get closer his destination, he can still feel the fatigue of staying up most of the night, but his excitement and passion of his plan are keeping him energetic. He had stayed up most of the night, thinking up plans to overthrown Honest and restore the empire to its former glory.
Considering Honest's power and influence in the empire, it will be extremely difficult to bring him down. He has loyal cronies in every part of the empire that has benefited from his corruption and tyranny. Makoto will have to act cautiously every step he takes. He is walking a fine thread here, and one mistake could spell his demise. The first thing he will have to do is gather up supporters that he could trust and work with to destroy Honest and his faction. All of the servants and guards in the palace is out of the option. Who knows how many of them are loyal to Honest? Makoto is unwilling to put his life on the risk to find out. While Makoto trusts Great General Budo and is certain of him and his house's loyalty and commitment to him and the empire, it will be extremely difficult to secretly meet with him and bring him into the fold without Honest's knowledge. He rarely meets General Budo, and on the few occasions he does, it was under the watchful eyes of Honest. Makoto knows the strength and power of General Budo, but he doubts he will be able to defeat Esdeath and all of Honest's other Teigu users together with only support of normal average soldiers. Makoto will have to find other powerful beings that are willing to help him archive his plans and dreams of a strong powerful empire.
It will be tough, but. Makoto smirked as he thought of the plans he had thought up last night. He already has a few ideas on how he will do it. Makoto's cheeks turned red as he thought back to some of his 'embarrassing' plans. However, he bites down on his lips, not matter how embarrassing some of them the plans, he will enact them to rid the empire of Honest if it needs to be.
After passing by countless familiar rooms and hallways in the palace, Makoto finally arrived at his destination. The royal dining hall where he has eaten at for most of his life. However, before Makoto could take in the familiarity and the nostalgia of the room, he froze completely at the entrance. He swallowed hard as he stared at the demon that had killed his parents. The demon that had run his empire to the ground. The demon that had brought poverty and hardship to is people.
"Here, my emperor" Honest said in his usual soft voice that was no better than the voice of the devil in Makoto's ears. He gestured Makoto to the chair across of him on the only dining table currently in the large hall. Makoto felt chills go down his spine as a hidden rage rise in his heart. He wants to do nothing more than ripping the man in front of him into pieces. But, Makoto pinched his leg to calm himself down quickly. He must maintain his cover, Honest must not know what he is planning.
It took all of Makoto's strength to give Honest a bright smile as he made his way to the table. The 6 guards turned around and stood guard at the entrance. Honest shined Makoto his signature large smile back, but young emperor knowns the venom underneath it.
"How have you been Minister" Makoto greeted Honest as he takes his sit. "The usual" Makoto quickly ordered, knowing the servants already known what he likes.
"I thank you for your concern, my emperor, I have been very well" Honest replied as he munched on a large piece of meat. "The quality of the meat from my new shipment is exceptional" Honest chuckled.
Makoto felt ill inside when Honest took another large bite of his red fresh meat. While Makoto always felt weird that Honest likes to eat raw meat, he was never disgusted like he is now. After, Najenda showed him reports of a constant supply of young girls to the imperial palace under Honest's orders.
"Is there anything on your mind my emperor?" Honest asked after another bite. "You can tell me, your loyal servant anything."
Makoto would have laughed at that lie if he hadn't believed it for most of his life. "It's nothing Minister, I merely had a bad night." Makoto shrugged to act more convincing. A servant brought Makoto his breakfast while Honest finished his piece of flesh.
"I heard," Honest said. "Something must be bothering you, my emperor, let me guess?" He suddenly moved forward, staring into Makoto's eyes.
Panic arises from with the young emperor. Even if Makoto wasn't the cluelessness naïve little boy anymore, he is still only 12 years old (11 physically). His mouth was dry as he felt sweet to go down his shoulders. His heart was rimming under the gaze of one of the world's most dangerous man.
Suddenly, Hones burst out laughing. "How many times I've told you to relax more, you been stressed about running the empire again haven't you, my emperor," Honest said.
Makoto felt the heavy weight on his chest lifted as he breathed a silent sigh of relief. "Yes Minister, you know me best. I have been thinking about my empire. I feel like the weight of the entire empire is on my shoulder," Makoto said quickly before looking down to give the appearance of a confused young boy.
"You really shouldn't worry, my emperor. You are one of the greatest emperor that ever existed" Honest praised. Praises that would've him feel proud and accomplished to no end. But, now he knew the emptiness and manipulation behind his words. "Besides," Honest continued. "You have me, your loyal Minister to help you rule." Honest give Makoto another big smile.
"I'm honored to have you Minister" Makoto wanted to vomit when he said that, but it needs to be done. He returned Honest's smile with a forced smile of his own.
"Minister, I think I'll take your advice and take today off. Can you host the court for me today?" Makoto asked. He will need time to begin his plan. Besides, the court is filled with Honest's accomplices, going would be a waste of time. And time is running out.
Honest chuckled as he gives Makoto another big smile. "That it my emperor. Take as long as you need to rest. Stress is detrimental to your health through sleep and eating and other things. Eating a lot at night is really bad for your body." Honest bubbled on, but Makoto wasn't listening. He already knows. He was right to not trust the guards.
"Anyways, the empire is in safe hand. I'll take great care of it." Honest said, just as Makoto finished his breakfast.
'You sure will take great care running it into the ground,' Makoto though. "I'm sure it is, I trust you will do an excellent job Minister," Makoto said. He rises from his seat after wiping his mouth with a napkin. "I'll take my leave, Minister" Makoto continued as he begins to make his way out.
"Rest well my emperor," Honest said.
Makoto left the wretched demon behind and headed for the royal library. His guards once again resumed to follow him, guarding and, as he knew now spying on him. Makoto felt relieved beyond word when he left Honest's vision. Dealing with him was painfully stressful and tiring. But, seeing Honest had only made him more determined to archive his goals, overthrow Honest and restore the empire to its former glory.
As Makoto made his way toward his destination, he thought back to his plans. He had to hold back a laugh when he quickly glanced back at his guard-spies. He will use Honest's spies to his advantage.
Honest POV
'The boy…. felt different' Honest thought as he watched the boy emperor leave the hall. He didn't have any evidence, but his instinct, sharpened by decade political fighting tells him something is up. Honest waved the servants to bring him another chunk of his 'fine' meat and gulped down a glass of wine. He will pay a closer eye on our little emperor. But… images of the boy looking down shyly flashed before his eyes. Honest smiled and chuckled. What can his little puppet do? That little boy will always be his young native puppet.
A servant rushed back with his meat to avoid displeasing. The meat was juicy and young just as he liked, pleasing to his palate. Honest grinned at the delicious taste of the meat. He had handpicked which one will be served to him each day. Her meat is amazing and Honest confident her womb will allow him to feast well tonight.
His life is good, and he can get anything he want. He has boy emperor at his finger tips and the power of the empire in his hands. With the the support of Esdeath (as long as he allows her to fight and kill) and most of the army, no one can touch him. Honest smiled again. He will reign supreme forever until his in his hundreds, no matter what Budo, the royalists or the annoying rebels says. They are below him.
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Do you guys think I should rise the rating too M? I think I might have to in the future.
Hopefully I did the conversation good this chapter, this is the longest conversation I have ever writen, so hopefully I did good.
As mentioned by many people that they think the chapters are too short. I tried my best and increased the chapter from around 1000 words to 1600 words. I'll try my best to reach 2000 words in the future but, I cant promise due to how busy I am currently.
Next update will probably be in 2-3 weeks since of have lot's of year 12 sacks in the next 2 weeks.
Thanks again for the amazing reviews.
A bit of Makoto's plans will be review in the next chapter.