How to Train Your Hero

“Alright. On to the elephant in the room. How should we deal with the awakened?”

Youssef and Jeremy remained silent. Neither of them had any idea of the full situation at all, having only been ministers for a few hours now, so to throw out suggestions now would simply show their inexperience rather than their abilities. One thing they had realized, however, was that the emperor was an awakener himself. But how was that possible? He hadn’t been absent at all, let alone for the weeks it would take to undergo an awakening!

Still, it didn’t matter, so they pushed the thoughts about that until later when they at least knew what they should know as ministers.