"With that, let's start the eting!" Wuhan waved his hands, and several patterns appeared on the four walls of the room, startling everyone present. "Whatever happens from here on out is to stay within the walls of this room."
"Rest assured, Your Majesty. I will die before betraying your trust!" The minister bowed deeply to show his sincerity, and the others followed hurriedly behind him.
Wuhan waved his hand indifferently. "Empty words an nothing to . Show your loyalty through actions."
"Although I told you that this eting is an important secret eting, it's about ti I told you the whole truth." Wuhan tapped his fingers on the armrest of his chair twice before a huge image appeared in front of them.
"This is…"
"The map of the Feng Empire!" The minister completed the words of the scholars.
"I want all the major forces of the Feng Empire to be present under one roof." Leaning back into his chair, Wuhan rested his head on his fist while adding, "It doesn't matter if they are under or not. As long as they are in the Feng Empire, they have to be there."
*Silence!*
The minister quivered as Wuhan declared his intentions.
"Does… does His Majesty want to suppress all of these powers under him?" The minister raised his head and looked at Wuhan with eagerness.
Wuhan could practically see an imaginary tail wagging behind the man.
"That is not sothing you should know." Ignoring the look on his face, Wuhan coldly dashed the minister's hopes.
"Forgive for overstepping my bounds, my liege." The scholars behind the man shivered a little, unsure of what they were more afraid of—the King's ambitions or the minister's actions.
"I will tell you the reason when I deem you worthy, but at this mont, you only have to figure out how to get them in one place without them thinking too much about it." Wuhan dropped his final words on the three of them.
** *Splash!*
"Cough! Arghh!" The serious-looking man stopped in his tracks and coughed a mouthful of blood.
Despite the seriousness of his injuries, the man refused to fall to his knees. Gazing down, he saw a black blade piercing through his stomach.
He noticed that the blade was not black because of its color but because it had corroded so much that it looked black. There were several marks on the surface of the blade, making it appear as if it might shatter at any ti.
Despite being pierced through his body, there was not a single drop of blood that stayed on the blade. The blood dripped down onto the ground as soon as it touched it.
The man looked over his shoulder, his eyes eting a pair of lazy eyes. But this ti, he could see sothing else in them… a glint of sharpness. Discover exclusive tales on empire
"Why… captain…" He looked at his captain with a look of disbelief in his eyes. "I…"
*Splash!*
"How long are you going to continue this…?" The captain pulled his black sword out of the dying man. *Yawn~* "How long are you going to pretend to be one of us…?"
The guard, who was coughing up blood, suddenly stopped his actions and took his hand away from his mouth.
"Ahhh~ How did you realize that I am not one of your guards?" The man suddenly straightened his body as if nothing was wrong with him. "I thought I hid myself perfectly."
"Hmm, I have to say that your disguise was indeed perfect." The lazy captain scratched his chin, looking at the man thoroughly. "You even have the aura of that stone face."
"Stoneface?"
"Ah~ pardon , I am not good with nas. I don't usually rember people either." The captain scratched the back of his head in embarrassnt.
"Is this a technique or sothing?" While he was talking, he noticed that the man he had just stabbed suddenly started to change his appearance.
His body soon changed to that of a younger person, his face looking smoother and more charming. His hair turned short and brown, and his eyes appeared similar to a pair of blue gems.
"You must be the intruder… Can you co with ? I don't want to fight…" The captain disappeared and appeared behind the young man.
Just when he thought that the man would not be able to escape from him, his body suddenly turned into smoke.
"You want to co with you? Tell how you realized that I am the intruder." The young man materialized back, facing the straw hat man.
"Hmmm…" The captain stayed silent without saying anything for a while. There was not a hint of surprise in his eyes when he saw the man reappearing in front of him.
After the two of them stared at each other for a while, the middle-aged man finally opened his mouth to speak. "There were three reasons I could tell that you were not who you seed."
"First, it was your own words. You wasted your ti explaining everything to the guards while a criminal was on the loose. Were you looking for a pat on the back?" He asked after explaining, tilting his head a little.
The young man smiled in response and said nothing.
"Well, whatever. The second reason is that whatever happened, the person you impersonated was not supposed to leave his post. We have a different way of communicating without moving. I am sure soone from the guards must have noticed that."
"You said all that like it was nothing, but not one of your guards thought that." The blue-eyed boy laughed in amusent, as if rembering sothing he paused and added "Maybe one did…. Well, whatever."
The smirk on the young man's face vanished, replaced by a serious expression. "What is the third reason?"
"My instincts…" The captain replied imdiately with the sa expression, shifting his straw hat. He slowly placed the sword back in the sheath and looked at the young man silently.
"....." The young man was rendered speechless. He could hear the captain's words ringing in his ears.
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