Raven couldn"t help but wonder.*****
"So what really brought you here, your highness?" s.h.i.+gure asked.
"I will go straight to the point. We want to create an alliance with you, your highness," Akihiro replied politely.
"An alliance? That"s new. In the past hundreds of years not once did the four kingdoms created an alliance. I wonder why you brought it up?" s.h.i.+gure was shocked.
"I"m sorry but is it possible for us to talk to you alone your highness?" Akihiro replied glancing at Gato who was also there.
There are the three of them, him, Yukimura and Eureka. And the other two, s.h.i.+gure and Gato, in the inner hall.
"That"s possible but might I ask why she should be here instead of me, your highness?" Gato couldn"t help but be offended and answer in s.h.i.+gure"s stead.
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"She could be labeled as our strategist other than being a captain knight sir Gato," Akihiro replied.
"Then-"
"It"s alright Gato, go on and stand guard outside the great hall," s.h.i.+gure stopped him instead.
"I understand, your highness," Gato could only oblige.
After he left.
"How strong would the enemy be?" s.h.i.+gure asked afterwards, shocking the other three.
"You know it"s because of an enemy, your highness?" Akihiro asked.
"Once there was a premonition ability user in this family, it was thousands of year ago, he had said that far in the future a kingdom will start an alliance with the others in order to defeat an enemy that could destroy worlds. But no one knows if that would happen or not, during those times they were still on guard but as time pa.s.sed by, it only became a parchment in the library. My grandfather told me not take it easy, cause that far future might already be close. Though I have no idea why he thinks so," s.h.i.+gure explained.
"Then will you approve?" Akihiro replied.
"No, not yet. I can"t put my peoples lives in danger," s.h.i.+gure replied.
"I don"t know what we can give you though, your highness," Yukimura replied.
"You came here unprepared?" s.h.i.+gure asked.
"Our time is short, we want to prepare as much as we can, all I can offer is support to your kingdom when it too gets into war with a different enemy," Akihiro replied.
"That is enticing indeed but that won"t be in the near future, what if you died on your upcoming war. And in the end when we ask for help from your successor they"d deny the pact?" s.h.i.+gure asked.
"Won"t be in the near future? Are you for certain your highness?" for the first time Eureka spoke.
The other three looked at her.
"May I ask why you would be asking that?" s.h.i.+gure asked.
"Confederate Kingdom."
Two words and s.h.i.+gure was stomped for words.
"They are getting close, the real reason your knights wouldn"t allow us to borrow your training ground was because they are currently having a rigorous training. Within this month if I"m not mistaken you will start moving towards where the battle will commence."
"How did you know about that?" s.h.i.+gure couldn"t help but ask.
"I"ve been roaming around for the past few days, I"ve heard some talking about it."
"There"s only you here right now, if we indeed ask for your help the time it takes you to return to the Aurora kingdom and go to the place where the battle will take place, it will be too late already. Either we lost or we win," s.h.i.+gure explained.
"Indeed the travel will be too long, but you only needed our help right now. Ah no let me correct that, we won"t be including our king, your highness," Eureka replied.
"How can you be so certain?" s.h.i.+gure asked in return.
"Then would you gamble with me, your highness? If this war ended with the least possible casualty, will you sign the contract with our kingdom?" Eureka asked.
"Least possible casualty?"
"Yes, your highness. All I ask of your troops is to defend and not to fight back."
"Wh How is that possible?"
"For 15 minutes, that"s all I"m asking your highness. Give us 15 minutes to end your war. And if 15 minutes is over and the war didn"t end then you can fight back. Will you allow for this knight to ask for such a request, your highness?" Eureka then knelt down and asked with all respect.
s.h.i.+gure was stomped for words. "We also need the help of Confederate Kingdom, your highness," Eureka as if knowing what he was thinking said afterwards.
"Just how big is the enemy?"
"Bigger than anyone ever faced," Eureka replied standing up and facing him.
"I see, if this knight of yours king Akihiro has this much resolve and confidence, then I shall gamble. If what she says will happen. Then I won"t have any second thoughts in making an alliance with you," s.h.i.+gure looked at Akihiro and announced.
"Then my thanks shall wait until the end of battle, king s.h.i.+gure," Akihiro replied shaking s.h.i.+gure"s hand.
After they left.
"Have you agreed your highness?" Gato asked upon seeing his king coming out.
"I have at the same time I haven"t. We"ll wait until the war ends. But their three captains shall be joining us."
"Why would they be helping us? Is that their way to make as accept their alliance, your highness?"
"Yes and no, sir Gato," s.h.i.+gure replied with his voice being distant.
"I understand your highness," Gato realizing that s.h.i.+gure won"t impart to him what happened during the meeting could only accept defeat.
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"Did you really heard their war from the people?" Akihiro asked after they left.
Eureka faced him but didn"t reply. But her face says that Akihiro already know why she knows.
"I see, then what happened to their kingdom in that future?"
Akihiro asked just as they were out in the courtyard where the whole place was covered in white.
"This whole place was tainted with red. Covering everything," Eureka replied as if seeing the whole place.
Yukimura and Akihiro couldn"t help but s.h.i.+ver. A place as white as this, to be covered with blood, just how many people died?
"Then what are you really planning? How sure are you that you will win the gamble?" Yukimura then asked.
"In a game of chess, the game will end once you checkmate the king," Eureka replied.
"But the king is also heavily guarded," Akihiro understanding what she meant replied.
"I didn"t say that we will play a fair game of chess, your highness," Eureka answered respectfully.
This further confused Akihiro and Yukimura.
"You"ll understand once the war ends," Eureka feeling their confusion said afterwards.
Akihiro couldn"t help but pat her head, "Your current age is old enough to others but for me, you and the other five are still young. You"ve seen and experienced too much, I hope that you"ll allow yourself to relax and be happy even for a bit."
Eureka didn"t move or say anything, soon after Akihiro allowed her to leave.
Akihiro thought as he watch her retreating back.