章 51: Eurus

The group could feel not just their own heartbeats but also the heartbeats of the people surrounding them. The silence was extremely suffocating for them as the confidence they had was long forgotten. They were currently in front of the most powerful emperor in all the land. Unlike the other kings, a word of his was absolute. A king would be restricted be one's minsters while an Emperor words were law, even the ministers could only abide by them. This was the difference between being a king and being an emperor.

Still the one in front was no joke, they could feel his eyes boring into them, carefully analysing anything they had on them. They didn't know how long it had been as they felt stifled while their breathing became rugged.

"Rise."

A calm, childlike voice brought relief over their bodies as a few of them let out a sigh and stood up. Then as if in practice they all looked up at Amadeus sitting on his throne. Amadeus was less perturbed with this many people look at him compared to the first incident. Unlike before, the people in front were looking up with permission rather than brazenly looking at him.

"I have to extend my gratitude for heeding my orders on such short notice."

As Helena seemed to be the leader she replied,

"No, no your majesty. It was only our duties as citizens of the Empire to come."

"Well, I won't keep you guys for long as it seems some of you are rather impatient…"

Seeing Amadeus say that she could feel the impatience radiating from Jack and Steve while Bob felt normal, but he was getting fidgety.

"Then I would like to offer a proposition…."

"A proposition?"

"As you may know, your expertise in certain fields have indeed garnered my attention. So, I would like for you to become teachers…"

"""(I) Refuse."""

Amadeus expected this result as a smile stayed on his lips while Helena started panicking.

"W-w-wait, at least hear…"

"It's fine."

Steve seemed to speak up as his gruff voice overshadowed Helena's.

"I'm sure I'm speaking for all of us, but we came here because we saw the opportunity to kill our most hated enemies, not become teachers of some kids."

"Who said you would become teachers for some kids."

Amadeus' voice reverberated within the room as a serious expression appeared on his face. The group could see his eyes narrow through the veil as he continued,

"You would be teachers within the army, training the new recruits in how to kill your most hated enemies. But first…"

Amadeus snapped his fingers and a member of the Blade came walking out,

"Survive."

…

The group could be seen leaving the throne room while wiping their foreheads. The door guards seem to have changed while they all breathed out a sigh of relief. Joanna lightly hit the back of Steve's head as she reprimanded him,

"What the hell were you thinking? 'I'm sure I'm speaking for all of us…' where did you get such confidence from?"

"But, nee-san…"

"Shut up."

The rest of the group looked at the smaller girl scolding a man twice her size with astonished eyes. Bob was already leaving as Helena looked at her group.

"I will be going to the temple here so what will you guys be doing."

"Hunting Goblins."

"Jack there are no goblins here or anywhere near this city. It is the capital, those little sh*ts are probably to scared to even look at the city."

Jill made a stop at Jack's motive as she hurriedly dragged him off. Lisa saw this and hurriedly ran behind,

"Where are you taking him then?"

Helena watched the two girls drag Jack off and she turned to Sela and Thalia.

"I presume you two will be going to train."

The two nodded as Sela replied,

"I'll probably go meet my uncle before that."

""Uncle?""

The two looked at their friend with astonishment as she continued,

"Yeah, my uncle. He is the head of the imperial guards here."

"Oh wow, then Sela, you're some bigshot."

Sela laughed but didn't reply, her identity wasn't something that she could keep hidden from the group forever. Thalia didn't say anything, but she also left for the training grounds with Sela following. Helena then went to the temple located within the Palace.

Amadeus sat there and waited for them to leave. After giving out a few decrees he got up and made his way to his work quarters. This whole ordeal with the group was just a small episode within Amadeus' life. Eriko and co silently made his way behind him as she presented him with a glass of juice. Taking a sip, Amadeus felt refreshed as he turned to Velia,

"Any suspicious movements?"

Velia shook her head,

"It's been the same so far."

Amadeus nodded as he walked past the training grounds. There he saw Arius and Rex playing while Sela joined them. A smile found his lips as a small bout of loneliness appeared in his heart. His maids looked at him from behind as a worried expression masked their faces. Amadeus didn't dwell on it, he had more pressing matters at hand.

With this, months went by as the three adventurers got to work. With the sudden recruitment of army personal at the Drakonis Empire, the other nations imitated them and started recruiting more soldiers. While some people thought a war was nearing, some merchants thought of this as an opportunity to make money. Surprisingly though, none of the nations went to war with each other but just trained their soldiers.

Within the Drakonis Empire, Amadeus had brought up a training regime, to create a group of elite soldiers for certain troops. Some will focus on purely marksmanship while some on cavalry. From all the nations, the Elven kingdom boasted the best marksman while the nation of Dwarves boasted the best technology. As for the three nations part of the Humanus Kingdom, Mirista boasted the strongest mages, while Illustris boasted the strongest knights. The third one, Alaendra, boasted the strongest the strongest Generals while the Daemon Kingdom boasted their flexibility, having an army for all soldiers.

The Drakonis Empire didn't need to boast, they had dragons. But apart from that the most boastful thing was that they had elites in most fields. Whether it was their infantry, cavalry, knights, archers or even black smiths, they didn't lose out to all the other countries despite falling slightly behind. But most of all, the sheer loyalty the people carried towards the crown and Emperor.

Reaching his study room, he called for Irene and his maids to enter with him. The two girls followed him with eyes filled with confusion, as Amadeus sat down and handed Irene a piece of paper.

"Irene, I want you to find the best teachers in these fields. Don't focus on their backgrounds, I just want you to find people we can trust. I'll trust your judgement..."

He then turned to Eriko,

"…while Eriko I want you to search for special talents either within the army, or adventurers. Unique individuals that have talents that can't be found elsewhere. They can be anyone, a small-time accountant, or a villager or even a homeless man."

Amadeus then looked at Velia,

"I want each of these letters to be sent to the Generals…"

Amadeus was reforming the army. He needed to make sure orders were followed as quickly as possible and order was law. Talents needed to be found to help improve the workings of the Empire. Talents for administration, talents in strategies, talents in fighting, all were needed.

"Emily."

"Yes, your majesty."

"Come sit in my lap."

"Y-yes."

Emily, with a red face, slowly walked up and sat on Amadeus' lap. Amadeus didn't shy away and just rested his chin on her head. Amadeus was tall for his age while Emily was short for hers, so he found her head a nice place to rest upon. While the other girls looked o with gazes filled with envy, Amadeus took out a box and handed it to Ariadne.

The latter looked confused, but Amadeus spoke first.

"I heard you can only see far distances and you have a hard time seeing closer objects."

Ariadne nodded,

"So, I put in a little request and here is the finished object, Try it on."

Ariadne opened the box and what appeared was ap pair of glasses. They were circular ones and Ariadne put then on, letting them rest on her little nose. Her eyes brightened as she immediately bowed,

"Thank you, your highness."

Amadeus waved her away as he continued,

"I'm sure there are a few things you want to do so I'll leave you to it."

Ariadne didn't tarry and excused herself leaving the two. After resting on Emily's head, he let the little vampire go as she waited on him while he started doing work.

Like this time seemed to fly for Amadeus as he was buried in work until a year since his coronation had passed. The four Dukes had also stepped down after giving their help to Amadeus and their children took over their positions. Amadeus was currently reading a book within the library when the door opened and in walked a tiny little girl about the age of three. Her green hair was tied into two pig tails while her black eyes carried a playful shine. A cute yet evil look plastered her face as she snuck into the room while wearing a white one piece and carrying a little dragon plushie toy by the hand. Amadeus had already felt her coming in but ignored her, curious at what she was about to do. The little girl started tip-toing towards Amadeus while turning to her toy and shushing it with her finger.

When she got close to Amadeus, she suddenly jumped in front of Amadeus and imitated a dragon's roar with both her hands shaped like claws at head level with one of them holding the toy.

"Gaooh!"

A light laugh escaped Amadeus' mouth as he picked up the girl and threw her in the air.

"Waaaahahaha."

A cute laugh left Eurus' mouth as she felt the sensation of being thrown and caught. Hugging her, Amadeus rained in kisses, getting scolded in the process as she pushed his face away,

"Waah, Stwaaaahp, Ama-nii-chan."

A laugh left Amadeus' mouth as he held her in his arms and started walking down the corridor. The addition of Eurus came when Duke Yaalon, gave his position to his eldest son and they went off to the clan. It wasn't that he never wanted to take her, but there were strict rules to dragons returning to the clan. They were only allowed to return after the awakening ceremony so they couldn't take her. Yaalon was Baldrik's minister and close friend but most of all subordinate. Only with a heavy heart did he leave his cute little daughter behind and his worries never ceased as he left her in the palace, where Amadeus was. It couldn't be helped; he was worried for her safety and the Palace was the safest place in the continent.

Amadeus didn't mind, with the addition of the little critter, his days as Emperor were light-hearted as she was extremely attached to him. Eurus started to talk excitedly to him about her day with Amadeus listening intently.

"…then when Ms. Hardaker started asking for the culprit, it actually turned out to be Bruno."

"Oh, really, what happened then?"

Amadeus imitated a shocked expression to the girl's words while she continued

"Then…"

Before they knew, he arrived near the training grounds, and saw Arius and Rex there sparring. Sela was also there giving them pointers and watching over them. Lionel was their sitting on a bench with his wife. The two were on a break it seemed.

Lionel's wife, Brenda, had a motherly vibe to her. She was a woman of average stature and face with black hair tied into a bun and warm black eyes. She wore the standard maid outfit as she leaned o her husband's shoulder. They looked at their son sparring with his best friend when they heard,

"Any space for the two of us?"

Hearing the familiar voice, the two sprung up like cats having someone grasped their tales as they hurriedly bowed.

"Ma, ma. Calm down. I just asked for a seat."

Looking at Amadeus carrying Eurus the two helplessly sighed, of course they would be surprised, it was the person asking them that shocked them. Amadeus sighed lightly before smiling at them,

"It's fine, I'm just here to look."

Putting Eurus down, he held out his had nans the latter grabbed it and the two walked away.

"Want to go into the city?"

Eurus' head bobbed up and down in excitement as he ordered the carriage to be prepared. After a day of following the little girl's whims Amadeus came back only for a letter of high priority.

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