
at noon at the imperial palace.
In the imperial palace, the young Emperor was sitting on his throne with the minister next to him. Under him, Bodou, Esdeath, and the Jaegers except Wave and Seryu who were invited by Zoro, they knelt in front of the young Emperor. The young emperor did not smile as he usually did, but his face looked solemn.
"General Esdeath, we heard that we will train with your team with that man, Zoro. Is that true?" The emperor asked
"Yes, Your Majesty" Esdeath replied honestly.
"When are you going to practice with him ?" He asked again, everyone thought the young emperor was still angry with what happened, he did not plan to ambush, Zoro right?
"Tomorrow" Esdeath replied as his eyes looked at the emperor curiously.
"Good, we want to accompany you tomorrow and meet him" the Emperor spoke.
"What's? Why do you want to see him again, Your Majesty? He is too dangerous" the Prime Minister spoke in a surprised tone.
"I hate to agree with the prime minister! But he's right, Zoro is too dangerous. If he attacks you, we won't be able to protect you" General Bodou spoke in a worried tone. His arms reconnected and worked as before. But he still remembered how easily Zoro had brought him down, how helpless he was before the monster. Bodou may not admit it or show it, but inside him, he knew Zoro was leaving a seed of fear growing in his heart.
"We know that. We'll meet him tomorrow with General Esdeath, and it's final! No one should speak contrary to our wishes" The young emperor spoke in an authoritative tone.
"But ..." the prime minister wanted to say something, but the emperor cut him off.
"Honest Minister, our decision is final, and you are not allowed to speak against it. If you dare to speak again, then you question our authority, We do not wish to punish you!" The young emperor spoke coldly while staring at the minister.
"We will go with General Esdeath and his team tomorrow to meet Zoro. General Bodou, you will come with us as well. No one else was allowed to follow" The Emperor gave his final order without leaving a place to speak.
"Yes, Your Majesty" everyone lowered their heads and replied at the same time.
The young emperor left his throne to his room, he would prepare himself. The prime minister stood in his place, gritting his teeth, he clenched his fists as he looked at the retreating child.
He did not know what the emperor wanted from Zoro, but he knew that his control over the emperor had begun to decline from that day on. The child will not listen or talk to him, he will just sit alone thinking for himself. He had a bad feeling about whatever the boy was thinking.
[Things can't go on like this!] He spoke in his heart.
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In the middle of the Wave empire and Seryu follows Zoro to infiltrate the ruins of a noble castle once destroyed by Zoro.
''this is the noble castle that was destroyed by Night Raid a while ago, why did you bring us here? '' Seryu asked.
but Zoro did not answer him, some time after that, they arrived at a warehouse that was still intact was where Aria used to kill its victims.
Zoro had Wave and Seryu look at what was inside to see what the imperial Face really looked like.