CH. 39: Manifestation Du Solitaire
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Thus continued for two hours in the night until next morning, Akira was still sleeping on Esdeath's bed while she had woken up early to prepare breakfast. But this time she prepared the morning meal with care and softness in pursuit of the best she could pull off with her current experience.
She took the breakfast plate and brought to him in the bed with her iconic smile on her face. Entering the bedroom, she notices that Akira was just starting to wake up, only a snap had created clothes that covered his body.
"Good morning dear, thought I might make you breakfast~" Esdeath spoke softly as she out the plate on the sheets, "Good morning Es-chan, hope you've slept well~" He responded with a muffled still-asleep voice.
Esdeath is sitting beside Akira while he's enjoying his lover's result of passionate loving, "I give to you Esdeath, I didn't expect you to be so good at cooking" Akira says with a smile.
Esdeath, who was playing with Akira's long messy silver hair, suddenly woke up from her fantasies, "I would unquestionably go to even further lengths for you dear~" She responds with a lovely smile.
Esdeath puts her right hand on Akira's leg and starts caressing it, this causes her to blush slightly and remember last night, that fabulous moment had craved itself in her soul, and in her body as well.
Esdeath puts her hand gently on Akira's shoulder with closed eyes, "Oh dear, I am so happy to have you here beside me" She says still caressing his leg.
Akira gives her a smile while putting the plate on the table beside the big bed, "Any plans for today?" He asks her, "Not really, apart from searching any evidence that might lead us to finding Night Raid members, I take you're familiar with that name, it's a famous group of assassins that look to overthrow this Empire" Esdeath says with a neutral tone.
"Yeah I know who they are— In fact, I know their identities and their whole history" Akira replied making Esdeath a bit sceptical, she raises an eyebrow and tries confirming what she just heard.
"I trust you fully dear, I won't question your methods but I'd be really surprised to see how come" Esdeath says.
Akira pulls out from nowhere a deck of seven cards in his hand, with each card having the picture of a night raid member and the imperial arm his uses in a playing card-style.
He throws the cards and they stop in front of Esdeath who was still sitting on the bed, she was a bit shocked with her small mouth slightly open as she glances at the pictures drawn on the cards ; Najenda, Akame, Tatsumi, Lubbock, Mine, Leone and Shelsea.
She takes the card showing Najenda, her old ex-general friend. Esdeath's expression slightly glooms and darkens remembering her betrayal.
But as she looks at Akira, her mood lightens up once again with a heart-warming smile, "Thank you dear, these infos are going to be of great help~" She says.
Akira scratches the back of his head with a poker face on his expression, "You know, i don't think eliminating Night Raid is the best course of action"
"I must, or else the Minister will continue with his tyranny about the Empire" She says.
Akira sighs, he didn't really care about Night Raid's fate since all of them are going to meet their inevitable demises anyway, but what Esdeath was looking for was War. She also couldn't give a rat's ass about them but as long as they existed the Minister will continue his satire, she wanted war, not babysitting the Emperor.
"However, I still want to hear your point dear, speak your mind honey, I won't get mad at you and you know it" She says with a smile.
"From what I know about you Es-chan, your endgame goal is getting stronger, to the point where you can do anything without anyone standing your way. You want to see war, spill blood and show the weak despair" Akira says as he stops to look Esdeath's reaction.
She was suprised to see that Akira perfectly portrayed what she was really aiming for "Yes, go on" She says.
Akira takes a deep breath then continues, "If you accompany me on my journey, I can assure you that you'll get what you want, If it is power and continuous war you seek, then I can satisfy this dark desire of yours— But in return, you'll have to abandon this Empire, you may return but it will never be a priority."
Esdeath wants to speak but she was shocked to say a word, all these revelations flooding her mind was too overwhelming, even for her. She reassembles her bravoure and strength then speaks her mind.
"I—I'm left speechless to be honest, your offer is very flattering, but what about my subordinates? I cannot just abandon them, not after all their loyal work and charity..." She says.
"I have the power to grant every single one of them a peaceful fate, even when the Empire collapses, your subordinates' destiny isn't a problem" He replies.
Wow, Esdeath did not expect such an outcome, she couldn't deny the fact that the Empire was going to crumble in the near future because of the current regime.
She couldn't care less, however her forces were going to take a big critical hit, some would leave, and some would stay. But if Akira was able to reward them at her regards, then she'd be very grateful.
In all cases, it was her decision to make.
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While Akira was having his little fun with Esdeath, Saeko had joined back the three primordials, they spent the rest of the day just visiting town and chilling around. The three devils weren't totally in the mood to befriend a human girl.
"Hey Testa, did you see that chick earlier with that badass gun she was rockin?" Carrera asked Testarossa remembering earlier.
"Are you perhaps talking about the girl from the tournament?" Testarossa tried to confirm.
Carrera snapped her finger in agreement, "Yup that one"
Saeko asked, "What are we looking for exactly?" She was feeling intimidated in the presence of these higher cosmologies.
Ultima pulled her shirt, "Carrera is looking for a girl with pink hair, she liked her weapon and wanted it" She explained.
'If she's that interested in a gun then i wonder how Takagi-kun would react...' Saeko thought.
"THERE!!!" Carrera shouted while pointing at a group of teenagers in disguise, among them was the pink haired girl she was looking for.
"Let's Go!!" Carrera shouted while running towards her.
Carrera ran towards the cloaked girl at very fast speed. She appeared in front of her and grinned in anticipation, the three people were chocked to see her just before the faces, as she came out of nowhere.
"Hey girl, I'm a big fan of yer gun, can I take a look at it?" She asked while pulling her hand.
For what seemed like a normal thing to do for Carrera, the girl sensed danger growing exponentially with Carrera approaching her that much. The fact this blonde girl saw her weapon ―Roman Artillery― was very bad.
The three jumped back in retaliation, this confused Carrera. They removed their cloaks revealing two girls and a boy, Tastsumi, Leone and Mine from Night Raid.
The crowd recognized immediately these people who'se faces were all around the capital in the wanting posters. The people began screaming for help and fleeing from the area in fear of the infamous Night Raid, the group of bloody assassins.
"What's your problem bitch I just wanna see your shit" Carrera said feeling annoyance and anger accumulating.
And thus, the encounter between the unreasonable devils and the rebels of the Empire just made itself, the future of this whole Capital was gonna be decided depending on the disastrous outcome of this fatality.
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"Who are these people??" Tatsumi asked, awaiting his two comrades' responses, "I—I don't know! They must be of the Jaegers!" Mine responded.
Leone clenched her fists "Jaegers or not, they're foes and that's obvious"
Testarossa was preparing on attacking any funny guy that would try doing something against them three. Ultima's face darkened, she did not like the blonde girl's hostile behavior, dark touches appeared on her hands ; [Death Thouch].
"Who are these guys? Are they our enemies? The blonde girl doesn't even look human..." Saeko asked, putting her fist around her sword's handle, preparing to strike.
Ultima pulled Saeko's shirt to get her attention, "They're evil" She simply said.
"We won't get down that easily Jaegers!!
He attacked Carrera using a long metallic spear, with each swing Carrera would produce an afterimage after moving quickly. Tastsumi would then get frustrated because his opponent is toying with him.
"Listen here dipshit, my business isn't with you, dumbass" Carrera then appears in front of Mine who was loading up her weapon ; Roman Artillery
"Get away from me!!" Mine starts firing bullets with her weapon but Carrera dodged every single one of them. Mine's eyes tremble, she looks around to see a possible escape route but Carrera attacks her.
"Nothin' personal but you're a difficult girl" Carrera says as she punches Mine in the stomach.
*PAW*— Mine spits saliva and the impact makes her fly in the air. She crashes on a stone wall behind her and she spits a mouthful of blood. Her vision became blurry, she quickly tried pulling out her
"Mine! She got your imperial arm!!" Tatsumi yelled at the injured and weaponless Mine.
Carrera smirked, she started celebrating her effortless victory while waving the sniper rifle around.
"HAHAHA, I GOT IT!" She celebrated.
"GIVE THAT BACK!!" Leone ran at Carrera from all directions with her ferocious claws facing her, she jumped at the careless Carrera to try and get
This caused Leone to faint and fall to the ground with the effect of her buff fading slowly, "LEONE!!" Tatsumi yelled with tears in his eyes.
The smiling Carrera stopped dancing around and then put her hands on the two opposite edges of the weapon. One hand on the trigger and the other on the canon, she closed her eyes and started meditating.
A yellow golden aura started spreading on the surface of the weapon, semblable to a contagious virus that corrupted Mine's imperial arm.
Carrera was getting more excited seeing her new gun's evolution, "My precious~ We're gonna blow up so many heads up together!" Carrera said with exponentially growing euphoria.
Testarossa and Ultima look at three Night Raid members. Now that they've gotten what they wanted, they were useless, "So, what're we gonna do we these humans?" Ultima asked with a poker face.
Carrera spares a small glance at the three, "Yeah no shit I don't give a fuck what they become, let's get out of here" Carrera then disappears from the scene.
The two demon girls look at the three people with a menacing look before they join Carrera back. Ultima held Saeko's hand and disappeared with her. Tatsumi calmed down and picked up Mine from the ground, they go check on Leone and they exhale a big sigh of relief because she was still alive.
"It's a miracle we're still alive... I don't know who they were but they're unbelievably strong" Tatsumi says with a dead expression and shaking hands.
Mine realizes that Carrera stole her weapon. She bursts into tears and starts crying about the loss of
Mine wipes the tears of sadness from her eyes, Leone wakes up slowly and with a terrible headache and a pain in the back of her neck, "Jeez what happened?" She asks.
Tatsumi helps her get up and explains the situation. Leone feels bad for Mine and her loss of
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Esdeath has just arrived to the capital's castle, she sent a messager to the minister demanding an audience with the Emperor. Approved, she walked down the throne corridor arriving to the hall where Minister Honest and the Emperor were waiting for her.
She kneels down before his excellency with a serious expression, Honest scratches his long beard and starts eating a piece of meat before welcoming Esdeath, "Ah, General Esdeath, we've been expecting your arrival" Honest said.
"Indeed, I've been eager to speak my mind about a very important matter we need to discuss" Esdeath said solemnly.
The childish Emperor gives her permission to speak, "Speak your mind General, and we'll do our best to provide you with what you need" He said.
Esdeath stays silent for a moment, she chews the words in her mouth and tries her best to not make it a terrible news for the minister. She sighs then regains her seriousness, "For the better continuation of my relationship with my lover, I'm retiring from the post of commander to the Empire's army."
Silence filled the room instantly, her last words echoed through the throne room and the guards around all flinched and looked at each other with confusion.
Honest drops the piece of meat in shock and the child Emperor is left speechless. "Pardon me General, I think my hair has gotten a bit long and they're making my ears twitch. Could you repeat your words if you may?"
Esdeath talks once again, but her decision is still the same. Honest flinches and the Emperor is getting insecure, "RIDICULOUS! What kind of rash decision is this General?! We're in the middle of a crisis in this capital!!" Honest shouts with anger.
The child Emperor is surprised by what Honest is spilling, when the human gets near death, he'll always say the forbidden, "Wh-What are you talking about Minister...? What kind of crisis is going out in the Empire??" The Young Master looks at the minister with a dark expression and terrified eyes.
Honest just realized what he just said in front of his master, "I-I'm sorry Emperor— That's not what I meant! Ev-Everything is just fine..!" He says.
Honest looks at Esdeath once again, "Leaving our forces is out of the question Esdeath! Not after all what we've done for you!!" He says with growing anger.
"Minister It's unfortunate I won't be serving the Empire anymore, but this won't, in any case be the last time you will hear from me and my lover." Esdeath says.
"And what does that even mean?!" Honest yells in confusion.
"I am still going to be taking part in Wars, far greater than civil conflicts or rebel attacks...—" Esdeath clenches her fist and a sadistic smile formes on her mouth, "I will finally participate in cold bloody Wars that have no end nor beginning, such excitement, I'm mesmerized by this thought!" She continues.
Honest begins to get seriously impatient with Esdeath. He relied way too much on her and that was a fact, now that she's leaving there won't be any way for him to protect his precious ass cheeks.
"Not like that Esdeath! I cannot let you leave so easily, even if it means assaulting you!" Honest yells.
Esdeath decides to leave the room, but as she opens up the portals, she encounters the Jaegers, all five of them united and in front of her, all looking at her with confusion and surprise.
Now, how were they gonna react?
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