The Queen's Acacia
By The Ephemeral Sanity
The treaty of Nasods and Humans had been declared official by the seal of vow—stating the future marriage of the Nasod Queen and the claimed "Prince of Hamel". Peace was said to have began exploring the bounds of each lands in haste as time flows undisturbed. But that statement was only a glimpse of the wide horizon. Although tranquillity resides in the throne, the scars brought by war was still aching in pain. The people who took part and became a victim of the bloodshed never recovered from their gruesome experience. It was an unforgettable memory to be buried by the loss of many. War was still in the hearts of the people—fighting their fear of another wave of bloodshed to come.
The peace treaty was only of formalities that ensures a temporary peace and a second wave of war as soon as the strings were pulled from either sides. One wrong move would set everything in ablaze and will restart the unwanted phenomenon. The only hope for both races was to successfully merge together as the Nasod Queen and Prince of Hamel undergoes through the ancient tradition: the vow of the sacred union—marriage.
But as Chung Seiker was still an infant, the vow of the sacred union will have to wait.
The cries of young Chung seemed to grow louder and louder as time progresses. The Nasod Queen grew irritated as she gently racked the crib of the infant to calm his nerves down. But unfortunately, Queen Eve was not successful at her attempt to stop the infant from crying. The Nasod Queen turned to her most trusted Nasod and exclaimed, "The noise that this infant makes is unnerving. Oberon, silence him at once!"
Oberon bowed as he apologized to the Queen. "I am only programmed for combat and strategical purposes. I do not possess the intelligence to handle a human infant. Also, I have engaged myself into safe mode so my sensors will not evoke into terminating the human when the noise pollution rises to the maximum level. My apologies, my Queen, but you have no use of me under the current situation."
The Nasod Queen had her eyebrows knitted while she gazed over the infant as she caressed the soft smooth cheeks of young Chung which made the child less loud as he was before. Queen Eve had her eyes widened as she realized that touching soothes the child to calm his nerves down. "What a strange creature humans are." She muttered to herself before she turned to Oberon.
"Oberon, is the new servant ready to operate?" The Nasod Queen asked. A project was done by Oberon for the last 504 hours. It was a project to create a Nasod that would be capable of handling the situation that both him and his Queen are unable to.
"Yes, my Queen." Oberon turned at a certain direction where a silhouette of Nasod could be seen as it was getting closer. "Present yourself, female Nasod." He said in a monotonous tone as he summons his creation.
The new resident of the Altera castle presented herself to the Nasod Queen. "My Queen, I am a Nasod that specializes in maternal operations. How may I be of service to the Nasod Queen?"
The Nasod Queen nodded in satisfaction. "First and foremost, I will grant you a name. I hereby call you Ophelia of the Nasods."
Ophelia bowed as a sign of appreciation. "Thank you my Queen."
"Ophelia, your primary job is to educate me with the way of human maternity as I am to cradle the infant by myself for future reference. My Code of the Empress cannot be installed with such intelligence; therefore, you shall provide me beneficial education instead. But there will be times that I do not have the time to engage with any maternal operations, so you will be given the task to take care of the infant while I am busy with the political matters. You must always take extra precaution and care upon handling the human as he will be my consort in the future."
Once more, Ophelia took a bow upon agreeing to the Queen's contract. "Yes, as you wish my Queen."
"Very well. I have an important meeting to attend to and Chung's presence is essential. Ophelia, take the human and follow me. Oberon, led the way."
"Yes, my Queen." Both Oberon and Ophelia respectfully replied simultaneously.
The Nasod Queen and her servants had gone through a certain hallway that only the Queen and her most trusted allies could enter. The hallway impregnates a passage that leads to the secret underground chambers of the Queen where the forbidden experiments were kept. A series of advance computers, capsules, and cables were neatly lined up together in a file. The smell of oil and various chemicals welcomed the servants and the Nasod Queen to the realm of revolutionary science and technology.
Queen Eve approached the farther end of the chambers. A human was strapped on tightly by interconnected blades on a bed to prevent him from escaping—or rather, from causing damage as he might go berserk at any given moment. The Nasod Queen smiled darkly over the human. "How are you feeling, Raven?"
"Never been better." The human manage to let out huff before evoking a grin as he tried to not succumb to the pain caused by his newly installed Nasod arm.
"Excellent." Queen Eve smiled in delight as she gesture towards Ophelia who was carrying young Chung. "Ophelia, bring Chung and come closer."
Ophelia obeyed her Queen and walked closer to her. Raven gazed at the new Nasod and the infant she was carrying. Curiosity got the best of him so he unconsciously said, "A child?"
"Raven." The Nasod Queen called out to him in a serious tone. Raven turned his attention back to the Queen as he waited for her to continue. "Before I complete the process of installation, I have a contract to settle with you. As payment to your rebirth, you will serve as a Shield and Sword to my future consort, Chung. You will not have to aid the Nasods into battle. I only wish for you to 'protect' him as you Humans would state. Will you agree upon my request?"
Raven intense gazed over at her so-called consort. A human child and the Nasod Queen? How was that even possible? The age gap was far. If the child was at the age where he could be of use to procreate, then the Nasod Queen would be—no, it was not his place to think of such. Raven had his gaze turn back to the Queen. He had suffer so much from the war. Betrayal by his comrades—his people, and the loss of his everything were his attained scars of war. Raven sought for power. Power to annihilate those who betrayed him—those who took away his family and his love. If protecting Chung was his only gateway to attain that power, then so be it.
"I swear my oath to the Nasod Queen as I will protect the child with my life." Raven said as he intensely looked eye to eye with the Queen.
The Nasod Queen smiled in satisfaction. "Oberon, untie him at once. We will approach the final stage of the operation."
"Yes, my Queen." Oberon obliged.
Queen Eve floated in mid-air as she was about the change from the Code of the Empress to another one that specializes in creating Nasod Weaponry. "A Code solely created for the purpose of destruction. Battle has once more seeks its aid. Provide me the power and intelligence of the ancient Nasods, Code of the Nemesis."
Nasod Drones and Spears were created out of carbon and metal particles from the air and hovered as the Queen floated. The newly summoned weapons disassembled into microscopic pieces. Raven looked up at the Nasod Queen with a slight fear attached to his countenance. The Nasod Queen held out her arm and pointed at Raven. The disassembled pieces quickly flew towards Raven and pierced its way inside his Nasod arm. He screamed in pain as the disassembled pieces reformed and restructure his arm from the inside. The phenomena continued in less than an hour; finally, the operation was completed—leaving Raven to his knees as he collected himself to face his new power.
"Raven. I now cast upon you the power of the Nasods. Do not betray your sworn oath." The Nasod Queen said as she reverted back into the Code of the Empress.
"Yes." It was the only thing that Raven could manage to utter. The arm was excruciatingly painful that he could not speak nor think properly.
Ophelia and Raven are now employees of the Nasod Queen. In less than a day the Queen managed to gather competent allies that would support her in the future. Peace was ephemeral as a silk thread. If the peace treaty would last, then Ophelia will be able to do her job to its maximum extent. If not, then Raven will ensure the safety of Chung as Raven will never betray the Queen as he was scarred by betrayal from his own people.
Time flows by undisturbed. Whose job will be fulfilled to its maximum extent?
