Arc 1.12

--- A Week Later ---

The royal guard watches as the Emperor dies from poison. He smiles mess with the Montes and you'll end up dead. As long as you don't mess with them you'll be left alone. He turns around and walks to the crowned princess room.

"Your father has died your highness. Will you accomplish your side of the agreement?" The Royal guard asks. She turns to him and smiles widely.

"Why of course! My father was gonna make the stupid concubine son the newly crowned prince. There was no way I was gonna let that son take the empire. He is lustful and he wanted to destroy all the progress I made to bring equality to everyone" She angrily states. She walks out to her father quarters and declares that the empire will go to three-year mourning. That she will be crowned the empress right away but the coronation everyone will dress down per tradition.

"This isn't appropriate Princess Alina" the advisor states. As the empire is usually run by the wife of the late Emperor until the three years of mourning are done then the coronation.

"Well, my father made three enemies how do we know they won't attack us then? I want to resolve at least two. What if the Thorton and Montes combine their forces with them? They will destroy us" Princess Alina retorts. Everyone turns quiet but they couldn't help but agree.

"We will start preparing for coronation" the other advisor declares. Princess Alina smiles and calls her late father's concubines. All of them had tears running down. One of them, however, had anger written all over her face. She the one who convinced her dad to switch her for a son.

"All of you can return to your homes you will be given double on what you brought in your dowry. For the ones who didn't bring a dowry, we will give the same amount of those you shared rank with. To those who don't have a home to return to you'll be given a home to stay in" Alina states. The concubine's nod in acceptance and one by one said what they wanted and left. The last one in the room is the concubine who was angry.

"You stole my son's positions he was supposed to be the Emperor, not you! The Emperor promised he would make my son the future Emperor!" the concubine screams in anger.

"Pfft, that's a lie my father made me the crowned princess when I was only 5. Even when I had younger and elder brothers. Why would he give it to a lowly concubine son? Instead of me the late daughter of the Empress" Alina states coldly. Even when her heart hurt that her dad betrayed her for flimsy women who only looked similar to her late mother. She did not want his death but her father wasn't the same since this woman came to their life.

"You know I was gonna be promoted to empress!" The concubine seething in anger.

"Big words was! And he didn't love you for you but because you look similar to my beloved mother. Who he truly loved" Alina laughs cruelly.

"I'm more beautiful than that dead bitch!" the concubine screams in anger cause she knows it's true.

"Send her to the dungeon for insulting the late Empress and insulting the future Empress" Alina orders. The guards take her out of Alina's sight.

"Please send out a letter that we would like to meet with Noyer and Linux. They can decide where and when" Alina orders another.

------In Nicolás Home 2 days later-----

"Do you think they'll attack again cause we beat them so bad? Why aren't you worried Nicolás did you do something?" June asks NIcolás as he looks at him.

"Yes but I cannot say or we might get into a bigger war" Nicolás mumbles not hiding anything from June. June smiles widely and nods.

"So Nicolás have you thought who you will marry yet?" June curiously questions Nicolás.

"I haven't found anyone yet" Nicolás states. He knows once they sign the treaty with Monero he is leaving this world. So there is no need to stay as Luciana is already dead because of the attack.

"The person you marry would be very lucky you know," June says with a smile. Nicolás turns to him and gives a confused look. "Cause when you smile it can lift anyone's mood. I really like your smiles too bad you don't do it often" rambles June a bit flustered.

"My smile lifts people's mood now? Weird people are usually afraid of me" Nicolás says nonchalantly. People cant even look him in the eye and he sees the fear in their eyes when they talk to him.

"Hey, Nicolás would you ever consider marrying a man?" Mumbles June, Nicolás almost didn't catch it.

"Um, I would if they could get me to love them even a little bit. I'm possessive to those I love" Nicolás answers truthfully. He has always been like that with anything he loves he likes having it with him. June's eyes turn to him with a huge smile forming.

"You are so amazing my princess general always accepting and not caring about gender!" June exclaims excitedly.

"General Nicolás, General June, Emperor Lance and Emperor Draco have called for you two" states a guard. June and Nicolás hurried over to the palace.

"General Nicolás and General June we have gotten a letter from Monero. They want to talk they said we can pick where and when. We have decided that we will meet in Linux and in four days' time" Emperor Lance states.

"You two will be there to protect us just in case they try anything. The two of you will be stationed here until the meeting is over" Emperor Draco continues. Nicolás and June look at each other then turn back and both bowed.

"We'd be honored to protect," Nicolás and June say in sync.