Year 503…
"Men went extinct."
That new came as shocking for everyone. Years prior, a weird decease that only hit male people has ravaged everything. Oddly enough, women were not affected and this caused a severe crumble of social stability.
The survivors were put in a corner and all decided to go their own way. While the Northern countries opted to research about same-gender reproduction, the southern region just gave up all hope and went extinct. In the central regions, the large empire included, they soon found a way to reproduce via clonage.
Of course, it didn't solve everything right away but it was better than not doing anything. The current empress, in addition to the new technology, has decided to summon the wisest of philosophers and researchers as to create weapons that would allow them to defend their territory and the result of their research. That was when the 48 imperial arms were created and given to their best knights.
The empress had three daughters that exactly looked like her and had about the same personality. Their territory was divided for these three, who, after the death of their mother, signed a non-aggression pact. After all, being siblings wouldn't stop them from hating each others.
Not long later though, the oldest of the three broke the pact and invaded the other regions, killing her sisters in the process and then managed to be the sole dictator of the empire. Her reign was built on steel and corruption. A resistance rose up and caused a civil war. As a result, the imperial arms were scattered all around the country while the empress' daughter took the throne as to continue their reign full of corruption.
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Year 610
The young empress of the empire was doing some paperwork. At her right was the first minister who managed to control her and was the root of all evil.
"Lady Esdeath should be back next week as it seems. It looks like the fools from the western regions have easily capitulated." The older woman was clad in a corset and wearing a large elegant coat. She was rather fat and a not-so-innocent look in her eyes, her white long hair in boucle.
"Thanks for the information, Honest! We shall make a welcoming party for her." The empress was still very young, barely in her teens, yet very smart. She had short green hair cut above the shoulders and was clad in a royal dress. "Talking about which, how about the resistance army? I heard they have gained more support lately."
"You need not worry about them, Milady! Our elite agents are working hard on finding their hideout. We will wipe them as soon as possible."
Makoto paused her work an instant as she stood up and walked toward the large glass window. Her office was a very large one, located at the western area of the castle and had a nice view over the castle town. "But I feel bad. Why would people try to destroy this peace my mother has been working so hard for?"
"If I may, Milady; they are just the root of evil." The older woman stood behind her sovereign. "They can't be saved anymore. They have lost their souls in the sins of greed, lust and hatred and can't see what's good anymore. The best we could do is to give them the fastest death." She faked being hurt. "It pains me but someone has to do it."
There was a moment of silence before Makoto nodded. "I guess you're right, Honest. I need to stay strong and act more like a ruler… just like how my mother did."
"These are some remarkable words, Milady!"
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While the central empire was ravaging everything, the northern countries has decided to sign an alliance between them and managed to unify their technology. After getting words about the weapons called imperial arms, they started looking for said deadly weapon and hoped to defeat the rising treat as to avoid another worldwide catastrophe.
"As I said, we should attack as soon as possible!" The young blonde woman, whose clothes were composed of a black tank top and baggy shorts exclaimed. She had a large belt on with the face of a lion. "The longer we take to decide, the more the casualties will be."
"Calm down, Leone!" The other girl sitting at the opposite side of the table stated calmly. Her clothes were composed of a sleeveless black shirt and short skirt with a necktie on. A katana was sheated on her belt. "We need to gather as much information as possible. We still couldn't get in contact with the head of the resistance force."
The room remained silent after that. The few individuals, heiresses of different countries were gathered in a large room with a large circular table to decide their next strategy. Since the empire has been attacking every rising treat. Their generals were terrifying, especially Esdeath who was rumored to have destroyed a country on her own.
"Let us calm down, everyone." Another woman with a robotic arm, clad in a black suit, stated. "With the pact we've signed, we should be fine question food and iron for now. Since the population's trust toward us is still good, we need to think well before taking a decision. It would be a pain if something tragic was to happen."
"I agree with that." The girl clad in a pink dress and having pink hair attached in pigtails nodded at that. The purplenette wearing a purple dress beside her also agreed. Mine had a good reputation in her country of having an ice-and-sugar personality who always cared about her people whine not afraid to take a radical situation. "We've sent spies for now so let us wait."
"Last news I heard is that Esdeath has managed to conquer the western region of the main continent." The ginger of the group wearing an orange shirt and matching skirt spoke up. She had a candy in hand. "If that woman keeps being that terrifying, I fear our troop will lose moral very quick."
"True enough, your country in the one closest to the empire." Sheele thought as why their allies were worried.
The empire has almost conquered the main continent, having reached the north coast. Only a dozen of kilometers separate the main continents from Chelsea's island country while the northern continent were a couple of kilometers at its north.
The six of them remained silent for a moment. It was their ancestors who found the technology of same-gender reproduction so they made it their task to protect what their mothers gave their lives for.
Just as they were about to aboard another discussion though, the door was opened and a young girl who looked like Akame but with long-sleeve shirt and shorter hair entered. "Sorry to interrupt you but we just received news."
"What is it, Kurome." Her sister asked.
"Our spies were caught by the resistance members and they are asking to meet with us as soon as possible. It looks like they caught words of our alliance and wish to negotiate."
Najeenda thought one moment. It wouldn not be wise to team up with an army they didn't know about. No matter how they looked at it, these people needed to be extremely skilled to be able to catch their best spies. "Tell them we refuse. There is no guarantee we share the same objective."
"But why?" Leone asked as she stood up. "Now's your chance to get more manpower."
"We can't do such hasted decision." Mine interfered. "Doing an alliance with the resistance would give the empire more reason to openly attack us. Up until now, we have always remained neutral but they still managed to cut our communication with the eastern continent by stationing their battleships all around the open ocean and shooting down anything that tries to pass through." She breathed out. "I don't know about your people but the people of the far north would not be pleased at all. In fact, a referendum was made and the majority voted to remain neutral and stay out of this matter."
"You can't be serious, Mine!"
"There's no helping it." Sheele was the one to interfere as she placed her hands on the table, a pile of scattered documents in front of her. "We can't just rule with our own ideals. The popular opinion is very important and without their support, we won't be able to recruit soldiers or get the necessary rations."
"It's as these two has explained." The oldest of their group said as she lit a cigar up. "Now is not the time for such alliance."
"Yes, ma'am!" Kurome saluted before walking away. The blonde was not very pleased as she sat down and sighed audibly.
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"Damn!" A young girl with short dark blue hair slammed her first on the large conference table. "We got rejected again."
"Calm down, Wave." The blonde beside her reasoned her friend. Few people were inside a large conference room at the rebel's headquarters. Its location was unknown to everyone but the superiors of the resistance force for security. "We need to discuss about the captured spies as for now."
"There is no thinking long about it though," the tall woman whose hair was held up with a ribbon stated calmly. She was weary a heavy-looking armor. "They learned about our headquarters and our faces so we can't allow them to leave. I highly doubt they would agree to stay in our jail or join us though as their loyalty toward their respective countries is too high."
"Ane-san…" The brunette sitting across the tall woman looked down. She had the most innocent look of them, wearing a peasant brown dress. "We really need to find a way to deal with the general Budou and the wild hunt. We have already lost so much in the past year. At this rate, we'll lose the small remaining political support."
A girl with long green hair and wearing a dress slightly similar to Tatsumi placed her elbows on the table. "We won't be able to live long at this rate. And I thought we could convince the guys from the north to join force."
"There is no helping it." Run calmly stated. She was as anxious as everyone but remained strong and calm because everyone knew someone needed to fill that role. "They also have minor problems and don't want to risk losing their own support. Also, their method of reproduction is different from ours so that might cause a serious problem."
No one could disagree with that. Tatsumi just sighed. "We can't just stay like this. I am going to get some air." She stood up and walked away. No one tried to stop her and remained quiet. Not long after, Wave also excused herself to chase after her friend.
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Standing atop a mountain of corpses, a sole woman giggled while looking at the moon. The few female soldiers who have witnessed that felt rather scared even though the blue-haired woman was their ally. "Why is it all of them are always this weak?" she muttered, getting down and walking toward their camp. "Is there no out there who can give me a challenge?"
The soldier behind her gulped. "M-milady…"
"What is it, rookie?"
"I-it's about the survivors of the village we have raided…"
"Oh. Just kill them all."
"Pardon…" The girl wearing a light version of the imperial armor and having a bow and a bag of arrows on her back paused an instant. ""B-but…"
"What is it, Sayo? Are you trying to rebel against me?"
"N-no!" The ravenette stuttered. "I would never do such thinks… It's just the empire has signed the pacts and verse about how to treat prisoners of war in year 605. Killing them would go against it."
"Oh. That old piece of paper?" Esdeath chuckled. "No one cares about such a thing. The organization they put to defend these pacts is now the empire's weapon. Such laws only apply to our enemies but we are free to do anything. Have any of our enemy torture our soldiers, we would be justified to attack them but the opposite is impossible."
Sayo remained quiet before nodding and walked away, leaving the general alone. Said woman entered her tent while the rookie joined her friend. "How did it go, Sayo?" her friend was also clad in a light version of the imperial armor and a sword on her belt.
"She is a monster, Ieyasu. Joining the empire was the worst mistake we ever did… If only Tatsumi was here… she would know what to do."
Ieyasu placed a hand on her childhood friend's shoulder. "Worry not, Sayo! Knowing Tatsumi, she is somewhere out there fighting. We need to do our best getting stronger and recruiting as much allies as possible and then join the revolution army."
"Not so loud, idiot!" Sayo shushed her friend as she looked around. Fortunately, no one heard them. "For now, we got order to execute the survivors."
"I… don't know if I can do this…"
"I understand how you fell…" The shorter girl looked down. "…but this is our only way to gain Esdeath's trust, giving us more chance. I heard she is looking for people to train and become her direct disciple. We need to aim for that grade so our dreams would be within reach. For everyone's sake, we must act like demons."
"I know that… I know that…"
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A young woman was enjoying her bath while humming a happy tune. Her bathroom was different from what people would imagine though as there were several girls inside capsules containing weird liquid all around. It looked more like there was a bathtub in the middle of a laboratory.
"Today was such a nice day. I managed to catch a couple of new specimen and my researches gave their nice fruits."
"I see that you're in a good mood, Shiyuriyuu." A woman wearing a tight suit under a large coat walked inside the room. She was wearing a pair of dark gloves, her hair attached in ponytail.
"Of course since the result of our research was perfect." The silver-haired young woman chucked as she got out of the bath. "How about you? I feel like you have some good news to tell me, Doctor Sylish."
"You guessed right." The woman stepped aside to reveal a younger girl with long ginger hair and wearing the imperial armor. "This is Siryu. She has volunteered for the new technology implant."
Siad girl saluted. "It is a pleasure to meet you! For the sake of justice, I would give away my own body." She was a little deranged at how nude Shiyuriyuu was but brushed these thoughts away.
"Nice to meet you~" the young woman nodded as she got behind the girl and hugged her. "Let us work on that new technology right away in that case. Soon enough, the resistance, just like the northern alliance will crumble, giving me more specimens to look for."
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A/N: I know I have another AGK fic I need to continue but I just can't find inspiration. Sorry, guys.
As for this one, I am not sure to put any romance in this as this story will focus around politics and military stuffs. Of course, I am going to change a couple of things and will explain them at a later date.
Lastly, the update of this one might be very random so expect nothing at a precise date.
See you next time!