The Chronicles of the Eternal Sage: Omnipotence

by Ex-Durandal 24

In the beginning, there was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word is God. Therefore, everything was made according to what I, God, wanted it to be. But things do not always go as we want them to be, there will be success and failure, it is natural to us and to everything. It happened to me so many times and it will happen to everyone for as long as the world exists.

10. Chapter 9: SÁCRVM·ꟾMPERꟾVM·ÆTHERꟾVM

ORIGINAL VERSION:

Monday, 25 December 2017

6:53 AM – Australian Eastern Standard Time - Brisbane GMT+10

RE-UPLOADED AND EDITED:

Tuesday, 26 December 2017

7:45 AM – Australian Eastern Standard Time - Brisbane GMT+10

EDITED:

Tuesday, 31 July 2018

11:41 PM – Australian Eastern Standard Time - Brisbane GMT+10

A Naruto and High School D×D /ハイスクールD×D Crossover

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my private belongings. Not even my life belongs to me, I just borrowed it. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto & High School DxD to Ichiei Ishibumi & illustrations by Miyama-Zero.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Reader discretion is advised.

A/N: This is the last filler chapter, I promise. Sorry again for the grammar mistakes. I'm sorry about the long paragraphs and rushed story. Merry Christmas to all of you, even if you don't celebrate it, and Happy New Year.

This chapter also used quite a lot of Latin, and I edited and translated them into English for everyone to understand. I'll try to lessen the use of Latin from now on.

There was a lemon last chapter if you haven't read it yet, sorry if it is sub-par, that was my first lemon ever.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama, Supernatural, School Life

Warnings: Violence, Strong Language, Sexual Content, SOME CHARACTERS WILL BE OOC

Tags: God/Immortal/Badass/Intelligent/Overpowered/A Serious Naruto/Harem/Minor crossovers/Ecchi/Limes/Lemons

Universe: Animeverse/Mangaverse

Series: The Chronicles of the Eternal Sage

"Jutsus/Time change/ Place change"

"Gods/Goddesses/Heavenly Beings/Demons or Dragons Talking"

"Gods/Goddesses/Heavenly Beings/Demons or Dragons Thinking"

'Flashback'

"Talking"

"Thinking/Telepathy speaking"

"When the nations of Europe continued their own bickering against each other, the nation that would grow to be most powerful in the world has just been founded."

- The History of the Holy Aetherian Empire, Volume I

Written by Her Imperial Majesty, The Queen of the Seas, Katerina Leviathan of the House of Uzumaki

Volume 3 - Foundations of an Empire

Chapter 9: SÁCRV́M·ꟾMPERꟾV́M·ÆTHERꟾV́M

Previously from the Chronicles of the Eternal Sage: Omnipotence…

"So, today would go on the history books as the day that this… empire was founded," said Amaterasu with a small smile as they watched the action below.

"Yes, and it is my husband's birthday today as well," stated Kaguya and the Goddess of the Sun were surprised before she palmed her face.

"How could I forget about that?"

"It is not your fault, your mind is still sequencing the memories that were restored to you, everything will be fine after a week or so," answered Kaguya, much to the relief of Amaterasu as shown by her facial reaction.

"Thank you, obaa-sama."

"What for? I haven't done anything."

"For letting me a part in all of this."

---

"Today, everything went according to the plan, and now, the rise of this holy empire has begun," firmly stated by Nero and Lilith heartfully agreed.

Story Start.

When the Empire was revealed to the world, nothing changed, no reactions of surprise, there was nothing, it is as if the land where the empire sat existence since the beginning. And it was everything that Naruto intended as he did what only he can do:

He altered reality.

Limitless Reality Warping, the highest possible degree of manipulating reality, metaphysics, and causation with nothing but a thought, he did it as if it was nobody's business. He did it on a whim and ignored all the rules he made in the past like they never existed in the first place. He seemingly integrated the Empire's existence into the universe and no supernatural beings outside his group knew about it.

It was some years after the founding of the Holy Aetherian Empire when it began trading with the Warring States of Japan. The Empire traded with the clans and remained largely neutral in the affairs of the Daimyōs and the Emperor of Japan at the behest of Amaterasu who wanted to wait everything out. The connection between the Holy Empire and Japan grew tremendously with the trading of goods and services because there was no language barrier, both countries spoke and wrote with same language and alphabet. The Empire also introduced the Latin culture, courtesy of Nero, to the Japanese, to prepare them for the coming of the Western explorers, and while cautious, the clans accepted the knowledge imparted to them.

But, there is another topic: the populace of the Empire.

The Aedra, Subjects of the Emperor, is a new race created by Naruto, they appear much like humans, however, they are not mortals. They are an immortal race much like Angels, however, they do not have any kind of wings to give them flight, but their inhuman strength and magical prowess make up for it, and they are slow to reproduce, and this is due to their lifespan, which is eternal, to balance everything out.

In truth, the Aedra were the prototype of the first humans Naruto wanted to create, hence the name 'Aedra' which means 'our ancestors', but he abandoned the idea at Kaguya's request, therefore, the idea of this race has been inside Naruto's mind since the beginning, but never got the chance to make them, until the idea of an empire was brought to him by his family.

They can only die if killed, and if they die outside the Empire, their bodies would be immediately teleported back to the Empire, and, if they die inside the Empire and someone attempts to remove the body from the Empire, it will also be teleported back to the Empire.

Lastly, if someone without knowing the proper spells that were specifically made for the task would try to remove any sample from the body for biological testing, it would backfire to the one attempting to remove any sample for DNA profiling and would result to his or her deaths.

This was the precaution made by Naruto to prevent anyone, whether they are human or supernatural, to protect the secrets of the Aedra.

It was also during this time when the Empire began its trade with the Portuguese when their ships were intercepted by the Holy Imperial Navy under Leviathan's command who altered her name to 'Katerina Leviathan Ōtsutsuki Uzumaki' to make it less obvious with the name 'Leviathan'.

At first, the Portuguese were confused as the ships that intercepted them looked similar to the others back in Europe, they thought these were Spanish or Dutch ships, but it turned out to be the vast empire on the Far East other European nations have heard before, the rumors and evidence were scattered throughout the Western World by the members of Scáthach's Holy Imperial Dragonguard - the Intelligence Branch of the Empire's Holy Imperial Legion, who disguised themselves as merchants and travelers.

Then came the Spanish, the Dutch, the French, and the English. The Empire traded with the Chinese and Indians as well. The European powers tried to conquer some land in the Empire, but this was immediately halted when the Holy Navy threatened to sink all the European ships inside the Imperial Waters, whether they are mercantile, exploring, or military. It was one of the few times the Empire showed its entire Naval fleet, fully armed, and ready for war, and the results ended rather well for the Empire.

There is also a population of Youkai under the immediate rule of Amaterasu living in a special district Naruto made for them inside Aetherius, but they still answer to the absolute authority of the Emperor. By having these Youkai living inside the Empire, Naruto had immediate access to Amaterasu who still hasn't told her subjects in Takama-ga-hara about her connection to Empire, and this intrigued a certain goddess. Inari.

Then he used the Universal Irreversibility to the very existence of the Empire, so that no one, but him, can undo or alter the reality of the Empire and its citizens. Only by using Absolute Restoration to the very existence of the universe would undo the existence of the Empire, but only him can do so.

Next, he imposed his will, the Will of God, the Absolute Will, the Divine Will to the Empire, so that it would never be destroyed, whatever happens, the Empire will always win whatever is thrown against it.

Also, when the Empire met the Portuguese and the Spanish, they were shocked to see that most of the population follows Roman Catholicism as well, but they also met the Shinto minority and planned to proselytize them, and when Naruto got a word of it, he immediately prevented them from doing such a thing and because they are protected by Imperial Law.

Soon, those missionaries returned to Europe, to the Papal States, to the Vatican so that they may inquire for knowledge about the Catholic Church in the Holy Aetherian Empire as they have never heard that Catholicism is part of the Imperial society. But much to their surprise, the Empire has nine Ecclesiastical Provinces, ten Archdioceses, and eighty dioceses, the several suffragan dioceses included, as well as its own military ordinariate - Ordinariatus Militaris Sacrum Imperium Aetherium, the Military Ordinariate of the Holy Aetherian Empire for the Holy Imperial Legion.

How did this happen when the Empire had no prior contact and missionaries from Rome?

Because he said so.

Gnosokinesis.

He created the knowledge of the existing Catholic Church in the Empire and inserted the new knowledge into the universe which allowed it to become an established fact and reality in all of the Vatican clergy, documents, and institutions, and the universe was none the wiser.

---

=Timeskip: The Emperor's Tower, The Empyrean Palace, The Imperial Palace District Inner Circle: 1550 A.D.=

"Naruto, I have some news," said Scáthach after she entered Naruto's office. She saw behind Naruto is a large and wide window that shows the entire eastern view of the capital city, it was night and the city is all lighted up, and it was beautiful. Aside from that, Scáthach now addresses Naruto commonly with his first name, because their relationship became closer, with the help of Lilith of course, and it was something that Kaguya was glad of.

"From where?" Naruto asked as he looked up from his desk, writing some paperwork while he has clones reading reports across the world and Empire while sitting on different chairs inside his office.

"Japan, a Jesuit missionary named Francisco Xavier from the Kingdom of Navarre has been living in there for more than a year now and has converted quite a number of the population already, a few thousand people at least. I didn't report it to you earlier because I thought Amaterasu already mentioned to you," she answered while Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"A Jesuit, that's a first one in this side of the world. What about him?"

"I've heard from my agents that he has some intentions to go here, in the Empire."

"Let him and his followers come, they can't be much worse than the Portuguese explorers that Leviathan intercepted with the navy," answered Naruto as he went on to look at the shining city behind him while sitting on his desk chair, something he hasn't used for a very long time, it was his chair when he was Hokage, and he preserved the chair inside his seals. His back facing the warrior-queen.

"True, those missionaries won't gain anything, in fact, they might actually feel at home," said Scáthach as she walked closer to Naruto.

"Maybe, but if they do come, make sure they are all watched."

"Just like those explorers from Portugal?" She asked.

"Yes, just like them. Did Leviathan ever told you the reactions of those Portuguese sailors when they were intercepted by the navy?" Naruto asked as Scáthach as she went towards him and sat in the clear space on his desk, both looking at the night skyline of Aetherius.

"She did, and as I remember, she said those sailors were surprised to find a vast amount of ships that looked similar to European ships but didn't recognize our flags, they were also taken aback when they saw Leviathan, a woman, commanding the ships and that our navy can speak their language."

"Must have been a shocking day for those explorers, to find a country far more civilized than any country in Europe in the Far East," said Naruto while he glanced at Scáthach with a small smile gracing his face. The warrior-queen stood up, then sat on Naruto's lap and laid her head back on his chest.

"What is it?" Naruto asked.

"I'm pregnant."

"Oh, you too?"

"You better take responsibility properly. Altria and I got impregnated during the same month, seriously, you're insatiable," said Scáthach while Naruto smirked as he caressed her long purple hair as her red eyes twinkled in delight.

"Do you remember that day, 6 years ago?" Naruto asked as they both watched the capital city at night.

"I do, just like it was yesterday."

---

-Flashback: The Emperor's Observatory, The Empyrean Palace, 6 Years Ago: 1544 A.D.-

It was a nice Friday evening, the people of the Empire and their families were having fun, everything is peaceful, from all the cities of the Empire, from La Pucelle to Sansretour, from Arcturus to Aetherius, it was peaceful but not everyone is in peace. There is one queen that felt conflicted inside, Scáthach, the warrior-queen.

Her long purple hair danced with the wind as her red eyes watched the sprawling city from the top of the palace, she silently thought about the many things that happened in her life since he joined Naruto and help him.

"Scáthach, what are you doing up here?" A voice asked from behind, and when she turned, she saw Lilith, wearing her silky nightgown that complimented her curvaceous body.

"I… I was just watching the city, it looks so beautiful." True enough, the greatest city in the world lives up to its title. Its concentric walls adorned by Imperial Banners showing the Imperial Standard and Coat of Arms are outlined by the lights where the Honor Guard patrols the city from above. Its buildings are unique from anywhere else in the world, everything looks perfect.

"It is…" said Lilith as she leaned on the balcony and watched the city with Scáthach where they remained silent for a few minutes.

"You still haven't asked father yet, it has been six years now since that day." Lilith broke the silence as they continued to watch the activity in the city below them.

"I don't know how to confront him about it," answered Scáthach while watching the sprawling city below them.

"What? You're just going to say, 'I love you' and 'make me your own woman' to him like I and the others did, how hard could that be? You're a strong woman little sister, you can do it. Try shouting at the top of your lungs that you love him, that could let out some steam." Scáthach looked at Lilith incredulously with a raised eyebrow.

"Everyone is going to hear us if I shout, Lilith."

"Oh no, not at all, no one is going to hear us from here, we are far too high for the others below to hear us. Come on, try it," Lilith urged Scáthach, but the warrior-queen stood her ground

"No way." Her answer was simple and firm, but Lilith has one more card to play.

"Well, I guess I'm just going to tell him about you and show him my memories, then we'll see." Lilith was about to leave with her teleportation spell, but Scáthach immediately changed her mind.

"No, no, no, don't tell him. I'll do it." Lilith smirked inside her head while Scáthach grew timid, quite unbecoming for a powerful warrior and queen.

"Really?" Lilith asked with a smile, and for Scáthach, that smile cannot be good, and dread began to fill her, but she said that she will do it, her already crushed pride be damned.

"Yes!" Lilith's smile widened while Scáthach tried her best to ignore the eldest daughter of Naruto, to no avail.

"Alright then, please shout as loud as you can, Queen of Shadows," Lilith said with mirth.

Scáthach glared at her but took a deep breath and in a few seconds, she shouted.

"I LOVE YOU, NARUTO UZUMAKI!"

Lilith wanted to shout in happiness with Scáthach's shout, why you ask? Because Naruto is standing right behind her.

"When were you going to tell me?" Scáthach's eyes widened as she suddenly felt his presence, she knew he wasn't there earlier.

"I-I…" She was frozen on her spot, she couldn't move at all as Naruto's presence is overwhelming her. But she blushed heavily when she felt his strong arms around her and his chin above her head. His warmth overflooded her body and she melted into his embrace. Meanwhile, Lilith began to chuckle.

"See, that wasn't so hard now," said Lilith, while Scáthach broke out of her trance and glared at her.

"You tricked me." Lilith's laughter grew louder.

"Now, none of that Scáthach, so, when were you going to tell me?" Naruto whispered in her ears while the proud warrior-queen was left in a blushing mess.

"I'll leave you two here, see you later, dad, Scáthach." With those words, Lilith vanished in a flash of light, leaving the two on their own.

"I'm not a very dense person, Scáthach," said Naruto as held the warrior-queen in his arms.

"T-Then you… already knew about my feelings…" said the queen and she felt him nod.

Naruto let go of her and grabbed her arms to face him, then unexpectedly, he captured her lips with his own. Scáthach's eyes widened, before giving in his kiss and returned it as much as she could. They broke out later with a thread of saliva connecting their lips, Scáthach's blush deepened.

"That's me returning your feelings," said Naruto with a bright smile on his face while Scáthach widened her eyes with tears of joy slowly coming out of them. Then, she threw her arms around him and pulled him down to kiss him again.

"Living forever is not bad, especially with the man I love," she thought as they made out at the top of the palace, with the moon shining down upon them.

---

-Flashback End-

"Living for eternity is not so bad," said Scáthach as she changed her position, now her body is facing Naruto and she leaned down to his chest while Naruto caressed her hair.

"Because you have us, you will never be alone my dear, they are here for you, and I'm here for you," said Naruto and Scáthach looked towards his eyes with affection. She then captured his lips and they made love for the rest of the night.

---

=Timeskip: Throne Room, The Empyrean Palace, The Imperial Palace District Inner Circle: 4th June 1670 A.D.=

"Father, I bring a letter from France," said a young man as he kneeled in front of Naruto, at least in his early 20s, he has a lightly tanned skin, grey eyes, and medium length white hair.

He wore a blue armor with numerous metal plates which formed into protective metal guards along his body with a distinctive white fur collar worn over a black low-collared, long-sleeved mantle that splits down the lower half and black pants.

On his right knee is a shuriken holster. He also has a black belt that carries several pouches containing his tools and other equipment on his back, on his left side, there is a katana sheathed and on his right, a wakizashi, all of this are the standard issue by the Holy Imperial Dragonguard - the Secret Intelligence Division of the Holy Imperial Legion. But above it all is a white, long-sleeve trench coat with the symbol of the Uzumaki Clan embroidered on the back with Great Red encircling it and Gáe Bolg piercing the whirlpool upwards.

The standard issue katana and wakizashi has the same motif - of the Red Dragon, Great Red. The tsuka has red samegawa and black silk tsuka-ito, the brass tsuba has Great Red engraved on it, the same can be said for the kashira and the menuki. It also has a matching fiery red saya with black sageo.

"Noctis, what news do you bring?" Naruto asked Prince Noctis Lucis Rizevim Lilith Uzumaki, his eldest son with Lilith, as the Emperor sat on his golden throne with white accents. It is full of ornaments and has white, soft cushion for comfortable seating. The armrests have engravings of the many focal points in Naruto's life. His throne is also placed at the top of a staircase, so he is looking down at Noctis.

Naruto wore a full-length maroon and white gown tied with a white sash, with a white haori over it. This was his everyday attire when going for a walk, he also has his customary maroon and white hat with the Uzumaki spiral at the triangular white foreground. Right now, a golden laurel wreath sits upon his head, just like the Romans and Greeks in the past.

"I shall read it at Your Imperial Majesty's command." Naruto nearly sighed in exasperation, it seems Kaguya's lessons to Noctis went deeper than he thought, so he just let it go motioned his hand to read what his son has to say, and with it, Noctis began reading the scroll on his hands.

"This was written by the Holy Aetherian Ambassador to France, Lord Lucius Antonius and I quote."

III·ꟾV́NꟾV́S·ÁNNÓ·DÓMꟾNꟾ·NÓSTRꟾ·ꟾESV́·CHRꟾSTꟾ·MDCLXX

Tertius Iunius, anno Domini nostri Iesu Christi, MDCLXX,

I, Lucius Aurelius Antonius, Fifth Knight-Paladin of the Holy Imperial Dragonguard, Ambassador of His Imperial Majesty to the Kingdom of France, writes to you, my Imperial Majesties, as I received intriguing news from the agents of the Holy Imperial Dragonguard here in Paris. On the First of June, the Year 1670, a secret treaty was signed by the Kings of England and France at Dover in England, the main details of the Treaty are written below:

The King of England, Charles II, shall make a public profession of the Catholic faith, and in return, shall receive the sum of two million of crowns, to aid him in this project, from the Most Christian King, in the course of the next six months. The date of this declaration is left alone to his own pleasure. The King of France, Louis XIV, shall faithfully observe the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, as regards the Kingdom of Spain, and the King of England will maintain the Treaty of the Triple Alliance in a similar manner.

If new rights to the Spanish Monarchy revert to the King of France, the King of England shall aid him in maintaining these rights. The two Kings shall declare war against the United Provinces. The King of France shall attack them by land, and shall receive the help of six-thousand men from England. The King of England will send fifty men-of-war to sea, and the King of France 30; the combined fleets will be under the Duke of York's command.

His Britannic Majesty shall be content to receive Walcheren, the mouth of the Scheldt, and the Isle of Cadzand, as his share of the conquered provinces. Separate articles shall provide for the interests of the Prince of Orange. The Treaty of Commerce, which has already begun, shall be concluded as promptly as possible.

Your Imperial Majesties, I hope this letter reaches you with haste, and I hope that you may use the contents of this letter as you see fit.

Yours in confidence by the Grace of God,

Lucius Aurelius Antonius

Ambassador of the Holy Aetherian Empire to the Kingdom of France

Noctis finished reading the letter and he closed the scroll, Kaguya, who was sitting at Naruto's right-hand side, motioned Noctis to give her the scroll, and the young man gave it to her by walking up the steps and bowing before Kaguya. Lilith, who is sitting at Naruto's left-hand side shook her head in amusement.

"Noctis, leave us for now," ordered Naruto and the young man bowed and left the throne room in silence.

"Hmm, Jeanne, Altria, what do you think?" Kaguya asked the two who sat on her right side in their own respective thrones while reading the scroll for herself.

"Bad idea, that is what I think of this secret treaty of theirs, the political climate of Europe right now is terrible," answered Altria.

"True, but we can use to our advantage," said Jeanne while Altria nodded in agreement, she got what the Maid of Orleans is implying.

"Whoever wins or losses, we can profit with our traders and businesses in those places," stated Leviathan as she sat on Lilith's left-hand side, in her own throne.

"Exactly, while we are bidding our time to reveal ourselves once more, we could continue playing politics with humans, to make the lives of our people better," stated by Jeanne.

"Our people live in the future, the technology here in the Empire are not supposed to exist yet. Our people also live much better than any humans on Earth and they will never know that as we have been isolating ourselves so that no foreigners would see how our cities look like, except the outskirts of the capital where they are received by our ports, those foreigners would never set a foot in the capital or in any our cities, I am making sure of that," Mordred said as she sat on Jeanne's right-hand side on her own throne.

"And while they wage war against each other, we continue to prepare for our plans in the far future," said Nero who sat on Leviathan's left-hand side, sitting on her own throne.

"Right, I'll have my agents continue observing and gathering intelligence for as long as possible," said Scáthach who sat on her own throne on Nero's left-hand side.

"Which means I shall also continue managing the ministries we've established," stated by Grayfia as she sat on her own throne at Mordred's right-hand side.

Then a magic circle appeared in the middle of the throne room, the magic circle of the Imperial Family. And it revealed a young man, the eldest son of Naruto with Leviathan, he has a medium length white hair that is slicked back, lightly tanned skin, and most of all, his youthful appearance, plus his unique golden eyes.

He is wearing a typical choir dress of a cardinal of the Catholic Church. Blood-like red cassock with red fascia around his waist, above it, is the white Catholic rochet reaching about the knee, the lower edge of the rochet and its sleeves are garnished with lace, lined with red silk. Above his chest is his gold pectoral cross suspended by a red and gold cord of silk. Atop his head is the usual scarlet zucchetto, and above it, is a scarlet watered silk biretta, as he is indoors, if outdoors, he would be wearing his red galero.

"Father," the man said before he genuflected before the thrones.

"Aurelio, I heard you were in the Vatican," stated by Naruto who leaned his back on the throne.

"I just returned, and I have some news from the Inner Sanctum of the Catholic Church and Heaven," answered Aurelio.

This is His Grand Eminence, Prince Aurelio Marco Levitico Leviathan Cardinal Uzumaki, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aetherius, Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Imperial Elder Council, and a prince of the Holy Aetherian Empire. Though, as only a few know his age, he changes his name in the official records of the Vatican and the Catholic Church in the Empire and has done the same thing thrice already, currently, he is known in the Vatican as 'Cardinal Leviticus Uzumaki' and is likely to change it again in several years from now.

"What is it?" Naruto asked.

"The Shards of Excalibur has been reforged, through alchemy and magic into seven different holy swords." With that statement, Altria immediately turned her full attention to Aurelio, while the rest were intrigued, especially Mordred.

"What have they done?" Altria muttered in anger.

"Seven swords for its seven different powers: Destruction, Mimicry, Heavenly Flare, Dreams, Transparency, Blessing, and Control. And, an appalling three-way deal was struck by the Catholic Church, the Church of England, and the Eastern Orthodox Church under the guidance of Michael to separate the possession of the swords. Three for the Catholic Church, two for the Church of England, and two for the Eastern Orthodox Church, ugh... well, at least they didn't make deals with Luther's hard-line heretics, however, the Church of England might have been infiltrated by them..." He trailed on, leading Naruto to speak.

"I sense something is wrong there, what happened?" Aurelio scratched back of his before glancing towards Mordred before looking towards Naruto.

"Ector stole one of the swords and fled back to England." Mordred palmed her face while Naruto sighed, Ector, is Mordred's eldest son with Naruto.

"That idiot, so that's what he's been doing since he left us, though how did you see him?" Mordred asked while scratching the back of her head in annoyance.

"He called me with his beacon, and I met him within the ruins of the Domus Aurea, he was carrying the Holy Sword of Control, Excalibur Ruler. And when I met him, something about his presence feels… different."

"What did his presence feel like?" Altria asked this was her grandson after all.

"He felt like he was dying, the same I feel with humans."

"Not surprising, after he pulled that stunt years ago with the Imperial Central System, he lost his divinity, he became mortal," stated Altria as she shook her head in disappointment while Mordred remained silent, meanwhile, Naruto just sighed.

"He also said he has a family now, with three children, and they are carrying the last name 'Pendragon' so that their connection to this family cannot be traced, and that he doesn't feel worthy of carrying our last name."

"Well, at least he knows his priorities, a pity that I will never see those grandkids of mine," Mordred said.

"Ector, 1st Earl of Pendragon, that is his name and official title now, his wife's name is Sophia le Fay, the last descendant of Morgan le Fay. After their marriage, she became Sophia, Countess of Pendragon, and they have three children, Gawain, Lancelot, and Vivienne, and together, they've re-established the House of Pendragon of England." Now, that got the attention of both former Pendragons once more, Naruto was also intrigued.

"Morgan le Fay, even in death, my sister is a pain on my backside, I never thought she would have descendants of her own, but it seems this woman is the last of her bloodline. And now, merged with my line through Mordred, they would have a powerful bloodline," Altria surmised while Mordred nodded in agreement.

"So, any other news that we need talk about?" Naruto asked, and Aurelio nodded.

"Sophia had Caliburn in her possession."

"What?!" Altria and Mordred exclaimed at the same time.

"But she can't use it, so Ector made it his family's heirloom, even though he can use it, he chose not to, because he knew he wasn't worthy to do so," ended Aurelio while the two Pendragon's sighed in gratitude.

"Are there any more facts that we need to know?" Asked Kaguya, but Aurelio shook his head.

"Not at the moment, and I shall go back to the Cathedral-Basilica of the Holy Spear of Destiny, that was a mouthful, my paperwork is waiting for me, but if something comes from the Vatican, I shall send it to the Queen of Shadows immediately." With it, Aurelio vanished with the magic circle and left the throne room, leaving the elder members of the Imperial Family alone.

"That Ector… of all the women he could marry, by sheer coincidence, it has to be the last descendant of Morgana that has my first sword, what were the odds… and Excalibur… how could they do such a thing to my second sword," Altria said before she sighed in sadness.

"We'll see how their descendants would do in the future, then, we'll retake all the Excalibur shards and I shall remake it into one," said Naruto while they all nodded in agreement.

---

=Timeskip: The Pendragon Amphitheatre, The Imperial Palace District Inner Circle: 1779 A.D.=

The Pendragon Amphitheatre, obviously named after Altria and Mordred, is a very large, open-air circular amphitheatre located on the north side of the Empyrean Palace and is not very far from the main entrance of the palace located on the west side of the palace. Aside from the walkways that connect all the places in the district, the highest level of the amphitheatre is connected to the palace itself via a wide marble bridge for the Imperial Family's exclusive access.

The amphitheatre is used solely by the Imperial Family for training their skills in the open air, and it has an illusionary barrier around it to hide any evidence of magic use from the outside. It was made by Grayfia, much like the other small to medium scale barriers in the Empire.

Currently, Naruto is standing in the middle of the open ground with the sun shining above them, in front of him is a heavily panting Kurohime, she is being trained by Naruto on how to use her skills as a youkai as he has already taught her how to use Youjutsu and Senjutsu, she just needed to perfectly control her abilities, especially Senjutsu, and it is best done in a place surrounded by nature.

Lucky for her, the Imperial City of Aetherius may be a bustling city, it is also a green city as it is covered by many trees and other plants, giving the impression that the city was built to coexist with nature.

"H-How did I do, father?" Kurohime asked, it has been approximately a hundred years ago when she began to call him 'father', which is technically true, as Naruto made Kurohime his daughter by blood via magic, and it also increased her power. In the eyes of the Empire, she is Princess Kurohime Uzumaki, therefore, she said that she must use another name when she begins her travel to hide her connection to the Imperial Family – Fujimai, that is the name she has thought of using.

"You did well today, but as I always say: there is always room for improvement," praised Naruto with his usual bright smile and the nekoshou blushed lightly.

"But I still have a long way to go to be ready to travel the world," she said, and Naruto nodded in agreement.

"Of course, but we still have at least 200 years until you plan to travel the world, so it is quite fine, besides, Inari has taken a liking to you."

Inari, another goddess from the Shinto Faction, and the second deity outside of Amaterasu to know who the Emperor truly is. She learned of Amaterasu's connection to the Empire because she was very curious and that she pestered Amaterasu so much in secret until the Goddess of the Sun gave up and told Inari who the Emperor is, and as expected, she didn't believe her, until she was brought to the Empyrean Palace, and that was 150 years ago.

Naruto had two choices when Inari was brought to the throne room by Amaterasu, one is to wipe out her memories, and two, restore her memories of him, of course, his family counselled him to choose the second choice as the first one would lead to ugly diplomatic relations in the future when he returns to the supernatural world, so he restored Inari's memories of him and just like Amaterasu, she cried in front of him.

And since then, Inari joined the Imperial Family in protecting the mortal world against rogue supernatural beings. They then opened a special academy for children who want to become mages in the outer circle of the Imperial Palace district, it is a heavily forested area and a perfect area to place a magic academy in plain sight.

It was named the Holy Imperial Institute of the Arcane, or for short, the Imperial Arcane Institute.

As Amaterasu doesn't have much job to do in Takama-ga-hara besides managing the Sun that shines on the East and ruling the Shinto Heaven, as well as her subjects, she applied to be one of the professors of the Academy as it gave her another solid footing in the Empire and it gets her closer to Naruto. Subsequently, she became the Archmagus, and Inari supporting her as the Mistress of Incunabula, the Keeper of Knowledge, which provided Inari a solid cover when she is in the mortal world.

"Inari-sama is very generous," said Kurohime, while Naruto just smiled at her.

"That she is… anyway, why don't you get some rest?" Kurohime nodded and they both walked away from the ground to the exit and there, they were met by Jeanne wearing her white battle-dress with armor and above it is her white and gold cloak with the Imperial Coat of Arms embroidered on her back.

Speaking of the Imperial Standard and Coat of Arms, it has an escutcheon with a golden crucifix on the middle, that has the insignia of the Uzumaki clan in the middle. In the top right corner contains the dove representation of the Holy Spirit with wings outstretched and an olive branch being held by its beak, there is also a light coming from behind and shining downwards to the opened Holy Bible underneath the dove. To the upper left contains a red dragon rampant, which represents Great Red holding two stone tablets containing the Ten Commandements represented by the Roman numerals I, II, III, IV, V written downwards on the first tablet and VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X written downwards on the second tablet; to the bottom right contains the Chi-Rho ( ) monogram with the Alpha (Α) and Omega (Ω) symbols accompanying it and to the bottom left contains the golden scales of Justice surrounded by a golden laurel wreath and accompanied by the Holy Sword Joyeuse - the sword of Charlemagne and now, the sword of Jeanne, the sword hilt is also surrounded by the Holy Rosary, just like the way Jeanne's Joyeuse has a rosary tied on its hilt.

The entire arms are surrounded by Naruto's royal red Imperial mantle that is lined with golden magatamas on the edges and is topped by the Holy Imperial Crown - the five-tiered heavily bejewelled tiara is topped by a small globe with a golden cross, sometimes called, the Quinregnum or the Quintuple Crown, which sits upon a golden Imperial Helmet which looks like a Roman Centurion helmet with the red crest, but much more ornate and protective. Surrounding the shield is the chain and pendant of the Holy Order of the Spear of Destiny, it also has a golden vegetal compartment below the shield with the Gáe Bolg superimposed above the compartment horizontally.

The shield is also supported on both sides by the Two Heavenly Dragons, Ddraig on the right side and Albion on the left side, and, the two dragons are holding two different weapons, Ddraig is wielding the Rhongomyniad while Albion is wielding the Clarent - Mordred's sword.

The two dragons wielding those two weapons alludes to one fact that only the elder members of the Imperial Family know about – before the Creation of the Boosted Gear and Divine Dividing, the Two Heavenly Dragons sometimes chooses their own champions, and during the Battle of Camlann, Altria was the Champion of Ddraig and Mordred was the Champion of Albion, which is why they were always destined to fight against each other in the end, and it happened, resulting to their deaths more than a thousand years ago.

Beneath the compartment is a scroll where the motto of the Imperial Family is written: AD VERITATIS ET IUSTITIA DEI - For God's Truth and Justice, this alludes to the Holy Bible, the Scales of Justice and the Sword of Justice which is represented by Jeanne's sword, Joyeuse, being depicted in the arms.

Lastly, crossed behind the shield, before the mantle, are the Four Great Holy Swords. True Excalibur and Caliburn are crossed at the upper side of the shield; below Excalibur is the Durandal and is crossed with Ascalon, which is beneath Caliburn. And beneath the Durandal and Ascalon is the True Longinus, which it lays horizontally in the middle of the back of the shield.

"My Lord." Jeanne bowed while Naruto sighed.

"Jeanne?" She just smiled at him, while Kurohime just shook her head, this was a usual event to them.

"Sorry, the force of habit."

"You always say that." Her smile widened, and Naruto just shook his head before smiling and opening his arms wide. Jeanne immediately jumped at him and hugged him, before kissing him on the lips. Her legs wrapped around his waist while his hands held her up.

"I missed you, my love," she whispered to him before sharing another kiss.

"I missed you too, my Jeanne, but you were busy, I was busy, we were all busy. We had too many things to do, especially during these past few months, but it seems we can get some rest now, come, let us go back to the palace." With that, Jeanne dropped down to the ground and they all walked up to the upper levels of the amphitheatre to the bridge where they walked across.

"How goes the situation in La Pucelle?" He asked as they walked towards the palace upper floors via the bridge.

"Everything went according to the plan, but it is better if we discuss everything in the council chambers, I believe everyone has news." With that, they continued to walk towards the palace where the doors that lead inside the palace middle floors, a tall man stood, he has a short purple hair, wearing a set of silver armor with golden linings, with a blue cape lined with gold attached to his pauldrons on his back.

"Lancelot," said Naruto in acknowledgment while the armored man, named Lancelot genuflected.

This was Sir Lancelot du Lac, once a Knight of the Round Table, now known as Sir Lancelot Pendragon, from the House Uzumaki of Camelot, and First Magus-Palatine of the Holy Imperial Palatine Guard, under the command of the Magus-General, Her Imperial Majesty, the Queen of Light, Jeanne.

"Your Imperial Majesties," addressing both Naruto and Jeanne.

"The Holy Imperial Elder Council awaits you, the Empress has gathered everyone," he finished, while still in his same position.

"Rise, and inform the others that we shall be there in a moment," ordered Naruto and Lancelot immediately complied, bowing deeply before vanishing with his magic circle.

"That one needs to smile more often," said Jeanne with Kurohime nodding in agreement, while Naruto remained silent.

"He is still taking in all the knowledge that was imparted to him, let him be."

"But he has been like that ever since you resurrected him a hundred years ago, even with Guinevere at his side, he is still like that." reasoned Jeanne.

"All true, but he is applying all of his heart to know the wisdom imparted to him and to know madness and folly that can come with it. He can perceive it like a chasing at the wind or the opposite, it is up to him to decide with his family to help him. For in much wisdom, is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow."

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=Timeskip: The Council Chambers of the Holy Imperial Elder Council, The Empyrean Palace, The Imperial Palace District Inner Circle: 1869 A.D.=

"Scáthach, how goes our agents in London?" Altria asked as they all sat inside the council chambers that sits below the Throne Room, it has a large, ornate, round table and the chairs are rather exquisite, and they are exclusive for the members of the Elder Council.

"They are doing quite well, and I also got word about your descendants on how are they doing in Britain," answered Scáthach as they awaited the others.

"Hoh? What are Ector's descendants doing now?" She asked.

"They are rather very attached to the British Royal Family, especially with Victoria, whom they protect from the shadows, while still keeping away with the Church of England. From what I hear, ever since Ector and his wife died years ago, no one has taken up to wield Caliburn and Ruler. And with the Industrial Revolution there, the Pendragons of Britain are currently prioritizing in economics and making themselves richer, as well as influencing several members of the both Houses of the British Parliament," answered Scáthach who saw the thinking look on Altria's face.

"Well, sometimes we must take a break from the affairs of the Supernatural it would seem, no?"

"Yes, absolutely," replied Scáthach before she stretched her arms.

"Dealing with all of that can tiring at times, but it is not to ourselves, but to God and God alone that we must give glory, for the sake our love and our faithfulness to Him," stated by the warrior-queen with Altria agreeing with her.

"Good morning, how are you two?" Leviathan asked as she entered the chambers, and the two queens looked at her.

"Good morning, we are quite fine today, how about you?"

"It's not so bad, by the way, the others will be here in a few minutes."

"Where are they anyway?" Asked Altria who drank some water from her glass cup.

"In their usual places, though, our beloved is in the Institute, he was checking the lessons for the next school year," answered Leviathan as she sat in her own chair.

"Hmm, I see… speaking of the Institute, I have some classes later today," mused Scáthach while going through the papers in front of her.

"Really? That means I must teach next week then, after that, I would be giving lessons at the Military Academy," said Altria while crossing her arms underneath her breast as she leaned back on her chair.

"That would be fun," said Leviathan.

"Leviathan, how is your youngest son?" Asked Scáthach.

"Well, luckily, he doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of his two older brothers," answered Leviathan with a small smile.

"That is a relief, I thought he would end up wanting to a member of the clergy as well. I mean, your two older sons are both cardinals of the Church now; Aurelio, the oldest would likely end up as the Summus Pontifex Ecclesiae Universalis one day," the warrior-queen answered with a small smile.

"Oh, I hope so, but knowing him, that would still be a very long time because he does not want to, besides, we all know the one reason why Aurelio decided to become part of the clergy," said Leviathan with a sad smile on her face and everyone nodded in agreement, it was a very dark period of Aurelio's young adult life and afterwards, he decided to become a priest, then a bishop, now, a cardinal.

"And - ah, Grayfia, come in, where's Mordred, I thought she was with you today?" Leviathan changed the topic and asked the former Lucifuge who entered the chambers, her silver hair is still braided, but she no longer wore her former servant dress, now, she is wearing an elegant blue robe with silver pauldrons on her shoulders.

"She was, Lady Leviathan, but she said she will catch up as soon as she finishes her monthly report," replied Grayfia as she sat in her own chair near Scáthach.

"I see, and please, how many times do I have to say that enough with the 'lady' titles? We are all equals here." Grayfia merely closed her eyes and smiled at Leviathan silently who sighed before shaking her head with a small smile.

"Hehe, never change Grayfia, never change," said Leviathan, meanwhile, Grayfia's smile merely widened.

"Oh, I will never change, my lady, for the Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I lack," said Grayfia with a smile.

"He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside calm waters," continued Leviathan.

"He restores my life; He leads me along the paths of righteousness, for His name's sake," followed by Altria.

"Even when I go through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no danger, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff – they comfort me," said Scáthach.

"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows," said by Mordred who came in the room with Nero on her side.

"Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever," finished by Nero as she sat on her chair.

"Ah, Mordred, Nero, how are you two today?" Asked Scáthach, as she looked at the two lookalikes with the mere difference are the hairstyles and their breast sizes.

"We feel exceptionally fine today, right, sister?" Mordred said before she nudged Nero on her side.

"Hn," grunted Nero with a small blush on her face while glancing away.

"What happened?" Asked Altria with a raised eyebrow, meanwhile, Mordred only smiled at her.

"We'll tell you later," said Mordred as she went to sit on her chair, with Nero following the act.

"So, we only need to wait for Aurelio, Noctis, Augustus, Francois, Bearach, Lilith, Jeanne, Mother, and Father," mused Leviathan while the others nodded.

"What are we even going to talk about today?" Asked Mordred.

"The usual monthly report and the current affairs of the world," answered Altria.

"I see, this should be fun," said her daughter Mordred.

"It will."

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=Timeskip: The Room of Music, The Empyrean Palace, The Imperial Palace District Inner Circle: 7th December 1941 A.D.=

Nero sat quietly on a piano bench inside the palace, then she lifted the covers and touched the keys, the room she was in - The Room of Music, on the third tier of the palace, as the name said, it is the music room of the palace and Nero frequently visits the room to play or compose music as the room has a wide array of different musical instruments, from Western to Eastern, it doesn't matter to her as she loves the variety and her artistic mind enjoys the freedom it gets.

Unlike the Domus Aurea Maximus which is for all the kinds of arts and located on the outer circle of the Imperial Palace District, the Room of Music is solely for music. Whilst she planned the exterior of the palace and the most important parts of the interior, she left a vast amount of space for Naruto to design and build, and he made the Room of Music for Nero as a gift and she thanked him profusely which truly meant they didn't leave his bedroom for an entire day.

Then, Nero began to play on the piano and sang.

"Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam,

Et lingua eius loquetur iudicium."

The mouth of the Just shall meditate wisdom,

And His tongue shall declare judgment.

"Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem,

Quoniam cum probates fuerit accipiet coronam vitae."

Blessed is he who endureth temptation,

For once he hath been tested, he shall receive the crown of life.

"Kyrie, fons bonitatis.

Kyrie, ignis divine, eleison."

Oh Lord, Fountain of Holiness,

Oh Lord, Fire Divine, have mercy.

"O quam sancta, quam serena,

Quam benigna, quam amoena esse Virgo creditur.

O quam sancta, quam serena,

Quam benigna, quam amoena,

O castitatis lilium."

Oh how holy, how serene,

How generous, how pleasant this Virgin who believeth.

Oh how holy, how serene,

How generous, how pleasant,

Oh Pure Lily.

"Aaaaaa…"

"Kyrie, fons bonitatis.

Kyrie, ignis divine, eleison."

Oh Lord, Fountain of Holiness,

Oh Lord, Fire Divine, have mercy.

"O quam sancta, quam serena,

Quam benigna, quam amoena esse Virgo creditur.

O quam sancta, quam serena,

Quam benigna, quam amoena,

O castitatis lilium."

Oh how holy, how serene,

How generous, how pleasant this Virgin who believeth.

Oh how holy, how serene,

How generous, how pleasant,

Oh Pure Lily.

"It's a beautiful song, Nero," said Lilith as she sat on a chair near the shelves of string instruments.

"Beautiful but haunting, especially with someone like your voice, you'd fit perfectly with the angels of Heaven," she continued while Nero looked back at her.

"Lilium... yes, it is, but it would be better if I had violin accompaniment, and no, I will not fit with the angels of Heaven, maybe with Gabriel from the tales you've told me," replied Nero with a small smile.

"The song fits for those in the war in Europe; our husband warned them years ago, but no one listened that war will come if they do not change the way the things that are going on, and there it is, the First World War, and now the Second World War, what is next?" Nero spats.

"The Empire of Japan attacking the United States and the British Empire," said Lilith while Nero immediately looked at her.

"They did, didn't they?" Nero asked, and she got a nod from Lilith.

"Just earlier this morning, they attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor and they were taken by surprise, then, in the seven hours that followed, they coordinated attacks to the Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island, then on the British side in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Though, they made sure to avoid our airspace."

"What did Lady Amaterasu say?"

"She was undecided on the matter as there are many underlying events that led to this attack," answered Lilith, and Nero nodded in agreement.

"It is to be expected, but what about our economic ties with that country?" Nero asked.

"We'll talk about it once alongside many things once we're in the Council Chambers, dad summoned the entire War Council," said Lilith as she stood up with Nero doing the same.

"Right, so, are the others already there?" Nero asked as they walked out of the large room.

"I don't know, but father, mother, Leviathan, Altria, Mordred, and Amaterasu are already there, however, dad has already called the others, our children would be there too."

"I see."

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=The Holy Imperial Elder Council Chambers, The Empyrean Palace: Later that morning=

"Japan was provoked by the United States, that is why they attacked Pearl Harbor, I know that we all know that. In the past four years leading to this attack, the US implemented ever more restrictive trade measures on Japan, including embargoes on oil, gasoline, and scrap metal, and froze Japanese assets. My people know how much they need those supplies to keep up with the fast-growing world and to make matters worse, other Western countries followed suit," said Amaterasu as she sat on her chair in the council.

"Leaving this Empire as the only country that continued to trade with them without any embargo on any goods, which is commendable, but for a resource-poor country like mine, it is not sufficient enough for my people to continue, and my country grew desperate and began to look at the oil-rich Southeast Asia which is already occupied by Western colonialists, as they cannot look towards the Empire's rich resources because they know that provoking the Empire is equal to suicide, I warned my servants in Kyoto about this and they all agreed not to do anything rash," continued the Goddess of the Sun while the others listened.

"About our continuing trade with Japan… the main Allied powers, notably Great Britain, United States, the Soviet Union, and China pressured us to embargo goods traveling to Japan, but I've managed to shut them down as we are not part of their alliance, I can't say they liked it, but I couldn't care less about their thoughts on the matter as we have been doing our own thing since this Empire was founded and we shall continue to do so. But coming to the topic of Japan entering the war, did they really have no choice on the matter?" Kaguya asked.

"I'm afraid not grandmother, but according to the intelligence gathered by the Dragonguard, the United States desired that Japan commit the first overt act. The Emperor and his ministers didn't know about it and these circumstances raise questions about what qualifies as a legitimate threat that permits a pre-emptive military response from my own people to the US, which they did as we can see from the ruins of Pearl Harbor," answered Amaterasu.

"As we can see, it seems very clear that both parties knew they are hurtling into war against each other, as we already know that neither side was sincere in their negotiations from what we've gathered. This war between Japan and the US was inevitable, just by looking at their negotiations, the two parties knew war would come, it is just going down on who would be portrayed by the West as the good side and the bad side, but if they were goading each other into attack, what difference does it make if one fires first or the other? Nothing, as the victor would write the history against the losing side. If Japan wins, they write history, if the West wins, they write the history, that is just how it goes as we have witnessed in our lifetimes. And that is why we are here, to write about history without bias to one side or the other," stated by Leviathan and the others contemplated with what she said while Naruto remained silent with his eyes closed.

"We have limited choices in this war, to fight in the war, to be the mediator, or to be neutral and remain isolated for the rest of the war," said Altria, as she is the Chief of Staff of the Holy Imperial Legion, as well as the Minister of Defence, all under the title of 'Queen of the Earth'.

"I would vote neutral, as we can use this to watch over the technological advances that the Allies and Axis would make, as it has been witnessed that war often result to faster technological advances as resources would be poured into researches and experiments," said a man with the appearance of a 28-year-old man with short white hair, lightly tanned skin, and grey eyes, he is also wearing a black simar with scarlet pipping, silk stitching, and buttons, as well as a shoulder cape, he also has the custom scarlet sash made of silk and atop his head is a scarlet zucchetto, and above his chest is a golden pectoral cross suspended by a golden chain.

This is His Grand Eminence, Prince Antonio Julio Leviathan Cardinal Uzumaki, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seraphim, as well as the Archduke of Zebel and a prince of the Empire, the younger brother of Aurelio and the second son of Naruto and Leviathan.

"It seems someone has taken all my lessons to the heart," said Jeanne, and they all chuckled, while the subject of the sentence nodded in agreement.

"Well, it would be foolish to not take your Imperial Majesty's lesson to heart, after all, as of 21 years ago, you are a saint of the Catholic Church, Saint Jeanne d'Arc," replied by Antonio to Jeanne who chuckled.

"I am still wondering how that happened, considering I'm still alive, but returning to the topic, I agree with your suggestion Antonio, and I too, would vote to stay neutral in this second great war and watch over the fighting countries, as it would be foolish not to," said Jeanne to the rest of the council.

"What about playing both sides, that would be fun," offered Mordred, and Altria looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"What? It's a suggestion, and It makes sense if you look deeper into it, while other countries kill each other pointlessly, we can just fund and give intelligence on both sides, while we use our Dragonguard to gather intelligence from them, we are already doing this in the European theatre, we're funding both sides while gathering intelligence on them, why not do it on the Pacific theatre, there is no difference, this is war. And, this would help us make our military even stronger to make a better deterrent for those who would try to antagonize us."

"Putting aside making our military even stronger as you said Lady Mordred, the war on Europe doesn't affect us much, and the same can be said during the First World War, as we are in the Far East. But this war on the Pacific will affect us one way or the other, that is why we must be careful when dealing on both sides, and all precautions must be taken, therefore, I vote neutral whilst mobilizing the full might of our military," stated by Grayfia with a firm tone.

"Mobilizing the Legion… that can be done easily, but this could be taken as a sign that we would enter the war, though, it could also be taken a sign that we are just preparing for anything. However, human minds are fickle and mobilizing our entire military can be taken as a sign of whatever comes to their mind due to paranoia that comes with talks of war. Australia and New Zealand are already wary of our navy, and mobilizing the entire Holy Imperial Legion would increase the presence of our military on our borders, but I do not care on how the world would take it, so, I agree with what Grayfia said," stated Lilith who leaned back in her chair to relax.

"We could do all of our suggestions with the right planning, we just need to be careful with what we do and see to it that we would never enter this war," voiced Nero as she looked at her papers.

"I am fine with any decisions we could come up with, either way, my Dragonguard would be continuing its usual work," said Scáthach as she stretched her arms.

"In the other side of the world, Pope Pius XII is trying to do what he can with the current situation in Italy," said Aurelio who looked at Antonio who shrugged and then, Aurelio continued.

"I'm sure the Realm of Heaven is not very keen on what is happening right now, but I don't know, Heaven has been silent on the matter, Michael hasn't made a move, so Gabriel hasn't delivered any message to the Vatican, but the exorcists are on high alert, the wielders of the shards of Excalibur sans Ruler are being kept hidden by their respective churches. Durandal however, is another story."

"What happened?" Asked Naruto.

"I heard that the current wielder, a young priest named Vasco Strada, defeated and cornered Kokabiel a few days ago," answered Aurelio.

"I should think Kokabiel didn't like that, he has been always an arrogant being, I never liked him, and I might actually kill him if I got the chance," stated by Leviathan while Aurelio just smiled towards his mother while he shook his head.

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=Timeskip: St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City State: 1964 A.D.=

"Why Heaven is silent again?" Asked Aurelio to one of the cardinals inside the basilica.

"I don't know, Heaven never sent any messages nor appeared to us, they have been silent since Pope John XXIII died," the cardinal answered.

"This Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican would create a lot of mess if not guided by Heaven, I mean, have you read the Lumen gentium? That apostolic constitution needs some revisions, or it would result in some unforeseen events that we might not like."

"I know that Cardinal Uzumaki, but without the guidance of Heaven, the Holy Father would just be going with what his heart and mind under the Grace of God would tell him."

"Hmph, did you know that we have been infiltrated? Cardinal Pacelli before he was Pius XII warned all of you about this," said Aurelio.

"What?"

"Unknown forces have entered this sanctuary and they might be influencing the pope to alter the liturgy, but there are too many possibilities so don't take my word for it."

Little did Aurelio know, he would be executing the same cardinal in a few years for transgressions against God and His Church. As the Church is vulnerable and Aurelio knows it, but he must do what he can, to protect the sanctity of Church founded by the Lord upon Peter, as the Lord once said that 'You are Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not overcome it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of Heaven,' and that Church is the Catholic Church.

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=Timeskip: The Cathedral-Basilica of the Holy Spear of Destiny, The Imperial Palace District Outer Circle: 30th November 2003 A.D.=

The Cathedral-Basilica of the Holy Spear of Destiny was named as such because Naruto possesses the True Longinus, or as it is also known as the Holy Spear of Destiny, the Lance of Longinus, and lastly, the Holy Spear of the Setting Sun. The Cathedral's high altar was designed by Nero to face east according to the symbolism of the Holy Bible:

Sicut enim fulgar exit ab oriente, et paret usque in occidentem: ita erit et adventus Filii hominis.

As the lightning comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

The symbolism is looking where Jesus would come again - from the east, as stated in the verse from Matthew.

Nero also traveled extensively to Rome in secret during the construction of the new Basilica of Saint Peter between 1500s to 1600s, she looked at the plans, the furnishings and other things that many of the architects designed. From Bramante to Sangallo, to Giacondo, to Raphael, to Peruzzi, to Sangallo the Younger, to Michelangelo, to da Vignola, to della Porta and Fontana, and finally, Maderno.

That is why the Cathedral's construction only started in 1627, a year after the Basilica of St. Peter was officially consecrated. Nero then oversaw the entire construction from start to finish, from 1627 to 1637, and when it was finished, it was magnificent, but for the Roman Curia, it was a different story, they didn't like it, because it was grander and larger than St. Peter's Basilica, which at the time, was the largest church in the World.

The finished Cathedral is what Nero called "the Basilica of Saint Peter that could have been… if I was the one that designed it".

This is actually true enough, as it clearly reminisces the grander drawings of St. Peter's from Sangallo's design and Michelangelo's own design combined with Bernini's bell towers and Maderno's façade, and the Square while it resembles the one from the Vatican with the two curving colonnades, Nero gave it her own Ancient Roman touch, and also had an obelisk with a Latin Cross at the center, albeit not an Egyptian obelisk, but of her own, as well as two fountains at the north and south, and at night, the square would be lighted by the lanterns.

The Cathedral also contains the largest church pipe organ and the largest functioning pipe organ in the world, with all 30,000 pipes functioning and well maintained, as well as one of the oldest, it is also the second largest pipe organ in the world after the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ in Atlantic City, New Jersey which has 33,114 pipes.

Inside the Cathedral is as grander as the outside, and the interior is very, very large. From the entrance, the ornate walls, the gilded columns, the marble statues, can be seen, but at the looking at center, you would see the nave of the Cathedral where the ciborium that stood over the high altar of the Cathedral. It is located at the center of the crossing and directly under the dome of the Cathedral. The entire ciborium or baldachin is made of gold combined with gilded bronze Solomonic columns, similar to the one from St. Peter's.

And from the high altar, the sun shines brightly through the windows from the east where Aurelio continued to lead the Solemn Pontifical High Mass or the Tridentine Mass that used to be prevalent before the Second Vatican Council but was replaced by the 1970 Missal after the Council.

As such, the Catholic Church of the Empire was forced to use the Mass of Paul VI, much to the displeasure of all the Catholics from the Empire, until the Quattuor abhinc annos letter that was sent by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to the presidents of the episcopal conferences concerning the celebration of Mass in the Tridentine form which granted diocesan bishops an 'indult' to authorize specified priests and groups of the faithful who requested it. Because of this, the Episcopal Conference of the Holy Aetherian Empire immediately allowed one priest for all the dioceses across the Empire to use the Tridentine rite once a week, every Sunday, much to the enjoyment of the population.

Then, the motu proprio Ecclesia Dei was issued by Pope John Paul II, and this expanded the scope of the permission granted under the 1984 special indult Quattuor Abhinc annos. But the Mass of Paul VI was still the rite that was used in common due to the Second Vatican Council and unless the Church changes its rule about it for everyone across the world, the Tridentine Mass will only be used under the guidelines of the ECHAE - 'Once a week, the Tridentine Mass will be used every 12 noon Mass and during special occasions, such as New Year, Palm Sunday until Easter Triduum, Pentecost, Feast of Christ the King, Advent, and Christmas'.

Aurelio is celebrating the Holy Eucharist in the Tridentine form as it is currently the First Sunday of Advent and it can be clearly seen with the first purple candle in the Advent Wreath being lighted earlier, and it means that the official celebration of Christmas is coming very close.

Aurelio then stood at the center of the Altar after saying the post-communion prayer, he then faced the people to begin the dismissal.

"The Lord be with you," chanted by Aurelio.

"And with your spirit," sung by the entire congregation with the accompaniment of the pipe organ. Then, the deacon stood a few steps below Aurelio and faced the people and chanted.

"Go, the Mass is ended." He officially concluded the Mass.

"Thanks be to God," replied the people while Aurelio placed his joined hands on the altar and began to pray in a low tone.

"May the performance of my homage be pleasing to Thee, O holy Trinity: and grant that the sacrifice which I, though unworthy, have offered up in the sight of Thy majesty, may be acceptable unto Thee, and may, through Thy mercy, be a propitiation for myself and all those for whom I have offered it. Through Christ our Lord. Amen." Aurelio then kissed the altar and turned towards the congregation behind him as his mitre and crosier were given to him to bless the people.

"May almighty God bless you, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit." The cardinal blessed them with the Sign of the Cross. Then, he moved to the left side of the altar, the Gospel side, to read the Last Gospel and it is always the Gospel of St. John 1: 1-14

"Amen."

"The Lord be with you," chanted by Aurelio.

"And with your spirit," they all sang.

"The beginning of the holy Gospel according to John."

"Glory be to Thee, O Lord." At the response of GLORY BE, Aurelio and all the Faithfull made the Sign of the Cross on their foreheads, lips, and breasts, then Aurelio began to read the Gospel.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of me. And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it," he paused, before continuing.

"There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came from a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him. He was not that light but was to give testimony of the light. That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world," another pause.

"He was in the world, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, he gave them the power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name. Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor the will of man, but of God," he paused again and this time, everyone genuflected.

"AND THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."

"Thanks be to God," replied by everyone.

Then, Aurelio returned to the center of the altar to bow, then he descended the altar to kneel at the bottom step with the Server to say the Leonine Prayers, the Prayers after the Mass, the Prayers ordered by Pope Leo XIII, once a close friend of Aurelio, as the Mass is officially finished with the final blessing.

The saying of this prayer was discontinued by Pope John XXIII in 1962 much to the anger of Aurelio but did not show it, as he was held back by his other five brothers who were also cardinals, and those cardinals were Antonio Julio Leviathan Uzumaki, Augustus Octavius Gaius Claudius Uzumaki, Claudius Pellinore Pendragon Uzumaki, Vortimer Caradoc Pendragon Uzumaki, and Francois Octavian Edmond D'Arc Uzumaki. And the six of them, including Aurelio, became the famous Uzumaki Cardinals.

But from the way the 21st Century is going, these prayers are even more necessary than ever, for the world is facing a great moral decline and the decline of moral values would only promote destruction, but there is a beacon of hope - God and Empire, and through them, the moral decline of humanity would hopefully be reversed.

"Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus," prayed by Aurelio.

"Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and in the hour of our death. Amen," recited by everyone and the entire prayer was repeated for two more times, totaling in three.

"Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy; our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send our sighs, mourning, and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary," Aurelio then paused, before continuing.

"Pray for us, O holy Mother of God."

"That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ. Amen," replied by everyone.

"LET US PRAY. O God, our refuge, and our strength, look down with mercy upon the people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph her spouse, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of the Holy Mother, the Church. Through the same Christ Our Lord," prayed by Aurelio.

"Amen."

"Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls." This is the short prayer to St. Michael the Archangel and is part of the Leonine Prayers.

"Amen."

"Most Sacred Heart of Jesus."

"Have mercy on us."

"Most Sacred Heart of Jesus."

"Have mercy on us."

"Most Sacred Heart of Jesus."

"Have mercy on us."

This addition was allowed by Pope St. Pius X, and it must be repeated three times.

"Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord."

"And let the perpetual light shine upon them."

"And may the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace." Then, Aurelio stood, and his mitre and crosier were given to him.

"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."

With the final Sign of the Cross, the servants, with the Processional Cross at the fore, began to walk down the aisle, towards the exit as the Schola Imperatoria Gregoriana Aetherius combined with the Imperial Chorale and the Choir of the Cathedral of the Holy Spear began to sing, and everyone sang with them as they sung Veni, Veni, Emmanuel or O Come, O Come, Emmanuel in English.

"Veni, veni, Emmanuel;

Captivum solve Israel,

Qui gemit in exsilio,

Privatus Dei Fílio."

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,

and ransom captive Israel,

that mourns in lonely exile here

until the Son of God appears.

"Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,

Nascetur pro te Israel!"

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel,

shall come to you, O Israel!

"Veni, O Sapientia,

Quae hic disponis omnia,

Veni, viam prudentiae

Ut doceas et gloriae."

O come, our Wisdom from high,

who ordered all things mightily;

to us the path of knowledge show,

and teach us in her ways to go.

"Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,

Nascetur pro te Israel!"

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel,

shall come to you, O Israel!

"Veni, veni, Adonai,

Qui populo in Sinai

Legem dedisti vertice

In maiestate gloriae."

O come, o come, Adonai,

who to the people on Sinai,

taught the law at the summit,

in the majesty of glory.

"Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,

Nascetur pro te Israel!"

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel,

shall come to you, O Israel!

"Veni, O Iesse virgula,

ex hostis tuos ungula,

de specu tuos tartari

educ et antro barathri."

O Come, the branch of Jesse's tree:

free them from Satan's tyranny

that trust your mighty pow'r to save,

and give them vict'ry o'er the grave.

"Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,

Nascetur pro te Israel!"

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel,

shall come to you, O Israel!

"Veni, Clavis Davidica,

Regna reclude caelica,

Fac iter tutum superum,

Et claude vias inferum."

O come, O Key of David, come,

and open wide our heav'nly home,

make safe the way that leads on high,

and close the path to misery.

"Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,

Nascetur pro te Israel!"

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel,

shall come to you, O Israel!

"Veni, veni O Oriens,

Solare nos adveniens,

Noctis depelle nebulas,

Dirasque mortis tenebras."

O come, o come, O Rising sun,

and cheer us by your coming;

drive away the clouds of night

and the dreadful shadows of night.

"Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,

Nascetur pro te Israel!"

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel,

shall come to you, O Israel!

"Veni, veni, Rex Gentium,

Veni, Redemptor omnium,

Ut salvas tuos famulos

Peccati sibi conscios."

O come, Desire of nations, bind

in one the hearts of all mankind;

o bid our sad divisions cease,

and be yourself our King of Peace.

"GAUDE! GAUDE! Emmanuel,

Nascetur pro te Israel!"

REJOICE! REJOICE! Emmanuel,

shall come to you, O Israel!

When Aurelio exited the Cathedral, towards the Sacristy, his father contacted him telepathically who was standing with the other members of the family on their reserved seats inside the cathedral.

"Aurelio, create a clone inside the Sacristy, and come to my observatory immediately and check out what happened," said Naruto and Aurelio discreetly nodded.

"I understand."

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=The Emperor's Observatory, The Empyrean Palace, The Imperial Palace District Inner Circle: Later=

Kurohime, or Fujimai as she renamed herself before she set out to travel the world, was lying down on the floor with the Magic circle of the Imperial Family painted on the surface. She was teleported to that place several minutes ago, and this would only happen if the said person is dead. And that is her status right now, deceased. She wore a simple white dress and she was very pale. This is what Aurelio saw when he appeared in the room, the gilded braziers around the room are lit with fire and illuminated the room.

"Onee-san!" He shouted and ran towards Fujimai while still wearing his vestments sans the mitre and the crosier, as he left it inside the Sacristy with his clone.

Aurelio touched her arm felt that it was very cold, and that is where he realized, she was dead. He stood up and removed his vestments, leaving only his incomplete choir dress, he then placed his vestments on the table nearby and called some of the elder members of the family, then, Naruto, Kaguya, Lilith, Leviathan, Altria, Nero, Mordred, Jeanne, and Grayfia appeared and they all saw what Aurelio saw.

"She's dead," whispered Aurelio.

"What happened?" Altria asked him, and he shrugged.

"This is the sight that I came upon; she was there, cold and dead," answered Aurelio as Naruto walked towards the body of Fujimai, as she is currently known, and kneeled on her side before placing his right palm above her forehead.

"Hmm… she gave birth to her second daughter a few days ago… then she died… by poisoning? Who would poison her?"

"You're going to resurrect her, aren't you?" Asked Jeanne while Naruto gave her a small nod.

"Yes, but seeing the state of her soul, she won't be waking up for at least a few years, as that is due to the system I placed upon those who died, then subsequently resurrected. And I will not use the Rinne Tensei because using that jutsu over the system I placed years ago would mess the entire system, and could render her comatose for decades until the system fixes itself without my intervention and I don't want that because that is what happened with Altria, Nero, and Mordred," said Naruto as he placed his right palm on Kurohime's chest.

"So, she would be sleeping for a few years?" Asked by Mordred who sat on the floor.

"Yes, and she must be protected by a barrier to prevent any outside influence from the realm of the dead," answered by Naruto with a nod, and then, he began the process of her resurrection, without alerting the system on Heaven, and that is also why she won't be waking up for a few years.

"Wait a minute… you used Rinne Tensei on me, Nero, and Mother?" Mordred asked.

"Yes, that is why you all didn't wake up until hundreds of years later."

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=Timeskip: The Archmagus Office, The Holy Imperial Institute of the Arcane, The Imperial Palace District Outer Circle: 7 years later, 2010 A.D.=

Amaterasu sat behind her desk, doing her usual work peacefully while humming the National Anthem of the Empire that was composed by Nero and Naruto back in 1545. She was checking the paperwork for the new school year and was reading through the documents when a knock on her gilded double doors interrupted her. She looked at the clock on the wall on her right-hand side before looking at the door.

"Come in," said the goddess.

The doors the opened and it revealed a woman in her late twenties, she has pale skin, long blonde hair, and green eyes. There is also a pair of golden fox eyes in place of normal ears coming out of her head. She is wearing a robe full of intricate designs and runes, this is Inari, the Fox Goddess.

"Inari, what brings you here?" Asked Amaterasu as she went back on her paperwork, while the other goddess walked in and closed the door.

"Kurohime just woke up," stated by Inari and Amaterasu immediately perked up.

"Really?" Inari nodded in reply.

"That's great, how is she?"

"Shocked, as she didn't expect to live, because she was poisoned as she said, by someone, and it couldn't have been her husband as she said he died during the early months of her second pregnancy, and it could not be Kuroka because the little girl was an innocent ten-year-old child at the time," answered Inari while Amaterasu raised an eyebrow.

"Hmm? What about the fact that she never saw her second daughter grow up?"

"Oh, trust me, she regrets that fact, but at least, from what she remembers, she held the little child and named her Shirone." Amaterasu nodded but had another question.

"Does she know what happened to her children yet? Especially Kuroka-chan?" Inari sighed at her question before shaking her head.

"No, as Naruto-kun wanted her to get her bearings together first, but he would tell her everything soon. It's not every day you learn your own daughter becomes a devil and even more so, an SS-Class Stray Devil in the Underworld, even though that is a big lie and we all know it."

"That's true, and just to think about it, remember when we talked about taking those two girls to our custody?" Inari nodded her head.

"Yeah, but it was too dangerous, considering Kuroka-chan and Shirone-chan was under the guardianship of some unknown devil from the branch family of the House of Naberius, then Kuroka-chan goes on to kill her King because as she said to us, that the unnamed bastard tried to make Shirone-chan a test subject on his research of creating a Super Devil."

"Uhuh. That was a year ago, ugh, damn it, I should have forced her to stay here in the Empire instead of going on her own. Now, her sister is a servant of House of Gremory, the house of the current Lucifer," said Amaterasu while Inari shrugged.

"Well, she said that she has no intention of bringing trouble from the Underworld to the Empire, and Naruto-kun respected her decision and allowed her to go." Amaterasu just nodded as she sighed to herself.

"Speaking of daughters, how are your daughter Yasaka and her daughter Kunou?" This time, it was Inari's turn to sigh.

"Kunou-chan is still a very cute and adorable little baby, while her mother… well, she still dares not try to come here in the Empire, she said to me that she still can't bear facing her father after the situation with Kunou's rather ignorant father. Naruto-kun warned her about that man, she didn't listen, now look at her, afraid to face her own father." Inari shook her head in disappointment.

"You need to push her to come back to her father's presence so that she could be at peace," said Amaterasu to Inari who looked outside through the windows of Amaterasu's office.

"Don't think I haven't, in fact, she wants me to occasionally bring Kunou to Naruto-kun so that the little baby can meet her grandfather while growing up."

"Well, that is good, well, should we visit Kurohime?" Amaterasu asked while Inari just stood up from her chair with a knowing smile, and the two vanished in a flash of light.

---

=Timeskip: The Ruby Palace, City of Latium, Duchy of the Gold Coast, Holy Aetherian Empire: A year later=

On a one Friday night, a man that appears to be in his mid-twenties with long blond hair and green eyes sat inside his office in the Ruby Palace, the Official Residence of the Duchy of the Gold Coast. This is Prince Lucius Seneca Claudius Uzumaki, the Archduke of the Gold Coast, second son of Naruto and Nero, he was reading the new reports that come in to his table, currently, it is about intelligence reports from around the Gold Coast and Japan, as the Dragonguard also covers Japan at Amaterasu's behest because she doesn't have enough men to watch over entire Japan. And that he is also one of the Nine Drakes of the Dragonguard, specifically the Drake of Daggers.

Then, his silence was interrupted when the doors to his office burst open, revealing a messenger of the Dragonguard and he was panting very hard.

"Paladin, calm down and drink some water, then tell me what happened," said Lucius, the sudden interruption didn't affect him at all. He stood up from his desk and took a bottle of water from his fridge inside his office and gave it to the messenger that was addressed by his rank as Lucius saw the badges on the man's shoulders.

"Thank you and sorry for the interruption, Your Imperial Highness, but there is trouble in Japan."

"Again? There was a trouble there last month with Himejima Shuri being killed and subsequently brought to the Capital by Father, what is it this time?" Lucius asked while the Paladin scratched the back of his head.

"The situation is… quite similar to the one from last month with Himejima Shuri," said the Paladin while Lucius raised an eyebrow.

"Really? Is it another human with relations to the Supernatural being killed?" The Paladin shook his head.

"No sir, this time, it is a Devil woman and a Protestant exorcist in a forbidden romantic relationship being killed by the latter's former comrades who made some deals with the Old Devils of the Bael Clan according to the one Devil that we caught spying nearby and tortured by the Shinto Guards to gain intelligence," said the Paladin and Lucius turned serious.

"While I couldn't care less about the dead exorcist, tell me more about the Devil, and what happened at the scene?"

"Our colleagues from the Shinto Guards are dealing with the aftermath, while I ordered the body of the Devil woman to be brought to the Capital, in the Black Palace as the Queen of Shadows and the Emperor would probably want, the body of the exorcist was left to the soldiers of Lady Amaterasu. We've also identified on the scene that the woman was the Devil that governed the Kuoh Town - Cleria of the House of Belial based from the documents and photographs that we've recovered from the house where they were killed."

"Good job for delivering the body to the Capital, but Cleria Belial… a member of the House of Belial? That's a High-Class Devil right there… and you say the Old Devils from the Bael Clan ordered this?" The Paladin nodded, while Lucius stood up from his desk and walked towards the window behind him before speaking again.

"Paladin, you've earned your rest tonight, excellent job, leave this to me, I shall bring this information to the Empyrean Palace immediately." His statement was strong and firm, and the Paladin bowed then left the room in silence. Soon after, Lucius vanished with the Magic circle of the Imperial Family, intending to report everything to his Father, and if possible, have him resurrect the Devil to know everything about this event, just like when his Father resurrected Himejima Shuri… the lover of the Fallen Angel Baraqiel.

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=Timeskip: The Pendragon Archiepiscopal Palace, City of Camelot, Duchy of Pendragon, Holy Aetherian Empire: 23rd December 2017 A.D.=

The Pendragon Archiepiscopal Palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of Camelot, and the current incumbent is Prince Vortimer Caradoc Pendragon Cardinal Uzumaki, the third son of Mordred, and he has been the Archbishop for 156 years. And there he was, sitting in his office with short golden hair, emerald eyes, and light skin, wearing the usual black simar with all the accessories.

He laid down on his recliner chair while reading a book titled in Latin and the book covers were ornately designed, while the title was written in golden ancient orthography beautifully on the front cover:

ꟾN·REBV́S·DEꟾ·DE·FꟾDE·CÁTHÓLꟾCÁ·FÁMꟾLꟾÁ·ETꟾMPERꟾV́M·

HꟾSTÓRꟾÁ·FÁMꟾLꟾÁ·ꟾMPERÁTÓRꟾÁ·DE·SÁCRV́M·ꟾMPERꟾV́M·ÆTHERꟾV́M·

PRꟾNCEPS·ÁV́RELꟾV́S·MÁRCV́S·LEVꟾTꟾCV́S·LEVꟾÁTHÁN·CÁRDꟾNÁLꟾS·VZVMÁKꟾ·

ETPRꟾNCEPS·NÓCTꟾS·LV́CꟾS·RꟾZEVꟾMV́S·LÁMꟾÁ·VZVMÁKꟾ

And this would be written in modern orthography with macrons in the future:

Īn Rebús Deī, De fīde Catholīcá, Famīlīá, et Īmperīúm:

Historīá Familiá Īmperátoriá de Sacrúm Īmperīúm Aetheriúm -

Prīnceps Áurelīús Marcús Levītīcús Levīáthán Cardīnális Uzumáki et

Prīnceps Noctīs Lucīs Rizevimús Lamiá Uzumáki

And in English:

On the Matters of God, the Catholic Faith, Family, and Empire:

The History of the Imperial Family of the Holy Aetherian Empire -

Prince Aurelio Marco Levitico Leviathan Cardinal Uzumaki and

Prince Noctis Lucis Rizevim Lilith Uzumaki

This book was co-authored by Aurelio and Noctis talked about the history of their own family, and the Catholic faith of the Empire, with Nero and Altria being the editors. This book also went into detail about the things forbidden by the Catholic Church that is done in the Empire, namely Incest and Polygyny, which goes on about the history of Naruto and his multiple wives, while completely omitting any mentions of Heaven, Underworld, the Great War, Naruto being God, and that his wives are also of divine nature as well.

And they told it as one of the many counters they have against the long-time critics of the Empire, notably those who call themselves 'Human rights advocates' from the Western World who says that Incest and Polygyny being legal in Empire while being the second Catholic state in the world after the Vatican City is a complete contradiction of the faith and that it places women in the Empire at complete disadvantage, and incestual relations could result to medical defects, but such a thing never infected the Empire as the Aedra were created perfectly by God.

Aurelio argued that God never forbade polygamy in the Old Testament, so the Empire never did, and he went on with this on full detail, whilst also going through the fact that the New Testament is largely silent on the matter. In relation to Incest, Aurelio also mentioned that God allowed this until the Mosaic Law, and like his other writings, he went into full detail.

Meanwhile, Noctis went on about the incestuous relationships and marriages in the Empire, particularly that of the Imperial Family, as it is common knowledge to the public of Empire that Lilith, Leviathan, and Mordred are daughters of the Emperor.

He also went on about the fact there are no medical effects that resulted from the Aedra having incestual relations for hundreds of years to keep their bloodline pure, and that unlike the other people outside the Empire, the Aedra were superior and blessed by God. Noctis also talked about his own marriage to his half-sister Princess Agrippina Julia Claudia Uzumaki, Naruto's eldest daughter with Nero, as well as talking about his own grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

The Imperial Family is very, very large, with Naruto having 32 children of his own including Lilith, Leviathan, and Mordred, and add the descendants of his own children, that would be quite a lot, even if six of his sons are Cardinals of the Catholic Church, their siblings still have a lot of children and grandchildren, even great-grandchildren in some cases.

Currently, the book is only being published in its original Latin text across the Empire, and this was deliberately done to piss off the critics of the Empire and Noctis came up with this plan, much to the amusement of the others. And the results were much better than they anticipated, and many outside the Empire that bought the book from the bookstores inside the Empire are requesting Latin scholars from universities to translate it into English, unfortunately, the book was written with the developed Imperial Latin alphabet and but can only be spoken with ancient Roman pronunciation, and differs from the Ecclesiastical Latin that most people can read. Hence, the difficulty of reading the book for non-Imperials increased, and it amused the Imperial Family even more.

Aurelio has plans to have the book republished in both Ecclesiastical Latin, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese for the Holy See and other Catholic Churches, Jeanne also wanted the book translated to French and she was allowed to translate it and is close on finishing it from the last time Claudius heard from her. Grayfia is also translating it into German while Scáthach is translating it into both Gaelic and Lowland Scots, so as it appears, Scáthach is writing two books.

Amaterasu opted to translate it into Japanese for Japanese Catholics and is also closing to finishing it. Altria however, has no intention of translating it into English, she left that decision to Mordred who can be very lazy at times, but she is actually already translating it into English, but from her pace, she wouldn't be finished until after at least 3 years.

"How was it?" Suddenly, a voice asked, and Vortimer glanced away from his book and saw Aurelio sitting on his sofa, near a window.

"You know you could have knocked, instead of appearing there all of the sudden but to answer your question. What was big brother Noctis thinking when he decided to write it in Imperial Latin?" Vortimer asked jokingly while Aurelio chuckled.

"No idea, but he told me that he and Agrippina-chan talked about it before he brought it up before the Elder Council, but it was funny, admit it." Vortimer just nodded in agreement with a small smile on his face.

"I wanted to see the face of that blasted UN High Commissioner for Human Rights when he looked at the book, but alas, his immature mind cannot comprehend the beauty of Imperial Latin." The two then shared a laugh before Vortimer looked at Aurelio with a serious face.

"What brought you here? You never come here unannounced unless something is going on, or are you thinking about something really important?"

"Jaune wants to talk to you," said Aurelio.

"Really? What does one of Queen Jeanne's grandsons want?"

"Something about his upcoming Student Exchange to Kuoh Academy next year, you know, that All-girls Academy that will become co-ed next year, the one administrated by Devils? He also said something about some training in Imperial Magic, considering you were an apprentice of Lady Amaterasu." Vortimer nodded in understanding.

"He's outside, should I call him in?" Aurelio asked and Vortimer nodded.

"Jaune, come in!"

And the doors into Vortimer's office opened, revealing a young boy in his teens with blue eyes similar to Naruto that are emphasized by his short messy hair that has a color that seems to be a mix of Naruto and Jeanne's hair. He is wearing a light brown robe with dark brown laced boots, but beneath the robes is a silver plate armor with golden linings, this motif of silver and gold are also shared by his bracers with fingerless gloves and his pauldrons.

On his right hip is a sword sheathed and this sword is one of the newer Holy Swords - Crocea Mors, formerly the sword of Roman Dictator Gaius Julius Caesar that came into Naruto's possession sometime before the crucifixion, death, and subsequent resurrection of Jesus on 33 A.D. and slowly through the passing years that lead up to the Great War, he extensively modified the sword to the point that it became a Holy Sword.

This is Prince Jaune Charles of Beauclair, the only son out of the eight children of Prince Louie Gilles D'Arc Uzumaki, second son of Naruto and Jeanne, and his wife, Antoinette Aurélia, together, they are the Archduke and Archduchess of Beauclair.

"Hello Uncle Vortimer," said Jaune in a respectful manner and bowed to Vortimer who greeted him back.

"Nephew," said Vortimer.

"Aurelio-nii here said that you want to talk about the things you need for next year in preparation to your transfer to Kuoh Academy, as well as training with the Imperial Magic," stated Vortimer while Jaune sat beside the relaxing Aurelio.

"Yes, uncle, that's why I requested to talk to you."

"I see, well, sit down there and we'll talk.

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=Timeskip: Theatrum Neronis, Domus Aurea Maximus, The Imperial Palace District Outer Circle: 25th December 2017=

Theatrum Neronis, the Theatre of Nero is the largest Roman-styled theatre in the Empire and the world, as it has a 40,000-sitting capacity, located south of the Imperial Palace, at the outer circle of the three walls of the Imperial Palace District. It is part of the extensive palace named the Great Golden House, after Nero's original Domus Aurea, and she designed every aspect of this palace. Currently, it was full of Christmas decorations such as garlands, wreaths, poinsettia plants, Christmas trees, and Christmas lights in preparation for the annual Christmas gala concert later at night.

Nero sat at the higher levels of the seats as she watched the people at the stage continue their preparations, she was taking a rest after the last rehearsal of the Imperial Philharmonic Orchestra, where Nero is Director of Music, it the oldest and the best of its kind in the Empire and Asia. They have several performances later tonight with Nero as the main conductor, but she would also be the soprano in some performances in which Aurelio, who is also one of the pianist and tenors for tonight, would replace her while she sings, but there would be some parts where Nero and Aurelio also have vocal performances for tonight, so the conductor during those pieces would be Prince Ludwig Gottfried Euclid Lucifuge Uzumaki, Naruto and Grayfia's eldest son, Archduke of Lucifuge, and some other international guest conductors.

"A penny for your thoughts?" Asked Naruto as he sat beside her.

"… it's just how time flies so fast these days, I mean, this year is nearly over, and it just went on so fast," replied Nero while Naruto chuckled.

"We were all just too busy this year, that's why, and we've also been very busy ever since the dawn of the 21st century, this world just began to move very fast because of the humans today and the current generation, they are all too hasty, but we'll deal with that later, tonight, we rejoice." Nero smiled and leaned at Naruto who placed his right arm around her.

"Yes, tonight, we rejoice." And they kissed.

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A/N: Holy crap, this is the longest chapter I've written as far as I know. Also, this is obviously the last chapter for this year, see you next year in 2018. I'm still fence-sitting about Issei, I can make him one of the main character because as you just read, Jaune, from RWBY, Naruto and Jeanne's grandson, will be attending Kuoh, and they could be friends. On the other hand, I can have Issei as a warrior of Amaterasu, being trained by the mentioned-only-once Shinto Guards. And lastly, we could stay canon route with Issei, but I really want to shout, "FUCK CANON!" because, for instance, it was mentioned that Lilith, yes that Lilith, the Mother of all Devils, is a captive of Hades, I mean, that destroys the very character of Lilith in this fanfic.

Lilith, in this story is the third most powerful character, behind Naruto and Kaguya, who are her parents, how can she be a captive of a god who couldn't even hold a candle to Naruto?

And that the Original Four Great Satans are all arrogant pieces of shits, while that is true for the Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Asmodeus in this story, however, the same cannot be said to Leviathan who regretted ever rebelling against Naruto, holy crap, that's just… ugh.

But there is something I wanted to do something dark to Issei while going canon route, Jaune, as you may have known that he will come to Kuoh Academy, can teach him the darker reality that is facing him, and not in soft, careful way mind you, but it would be like being slapped by sixteen-wheeler truck going on 100km/hr.

Or go to another "FUCK CANON!" route and make an OC named Hyoudou Issei.

I'm not writing the Harem list from now on, it is completed, and you'll just know who they are when they get added to the story.

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-Timeline of Events-

-1550 A.D. - St. Francis Xavier is a missionary in Japan and tries to visit the Empire

-4th June 1670 A.D. - The letter about the Secret Treaty of Dover arrived in the Empire

-7th December 1945 A.D.

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

Naruto summons the War Council of Holy Imperial Elder Council

The Holy Aetherian Empire mobilizes the Holy Imperial Legion

-1962-1965 A.D. - Aurelio and his brothers are in the Vatican for the Second Vatican Council

-24th August 1966 - The Holy Empire becomes a permanent non-member observer state of the UN (The Empire refused to be a permanent member of the UN)

-3rd November 2003 A.D. - First Sunday of Advent 2003 and Kurohime's body was teleported to the Emperor's Observatory

-10th October 2017 A.D - Naruto announces the existence of the Holy Imperial Lunar Colony to the rest of the world

-25th December 2017 A.D - Annual Christmas gala concert in the Theatrum Neronis during Christmas Day

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The current profile of the Empire: 2017-2018:

Official Name: SÁCRV́M·ꟾMPERꟾV́M·ÆTHERꟾV́M - Sacrum Imperium Aetherium - The Holy Aetherian Empire

Motto: PRÓ·DEV́S·PRÓ·ꟾMPERÁTÓR·ETꟾMPERꟾV́M - Pro Deus, Pro Imperator, et Imperium - For God, For the Emperor, and the Empire

Anthem: PRÓ·GLÓRꟾÁ·ETDEV́S·ETꟾMPERÁTÓR·ETꟾMPERꟾV́M - Pro Gloria et Deus, et Imperator, et Imperium - For the Glory of God and of the Emperor and of the Empire

Capital and Largest City: V́RBS·ꟾMPERꟾÁLꟾS·ÆTHERꟾV́S - Urbs Imperialis Aetherius - The Imperial City of Aetherius

Seat of Government: The Empyrean Palace, the Tower of Heaven

Official and National Languages: Latin, Japanese, and French

-Recognized Languages: English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese

Official Writing Scripts: Latin, Kanji, and Kana

Ethnic Groups (2017): 82% Aedra and 18% Japanese Youkai

Official Religions: Roman Catholicism and Shintoism

Demonym: Imperials (Official; sometimes used derogatorily by foreign critics, mostly communists) and Aetherians (Common)

Government: Unitary Catholic absolute monarchy

Emperor: Naruto

-ꟾMPERÁTÓR·CÁESÁR·NARV́TO·MÁXꟾMV́S·PꟾV́S·FELꟾX·ꟾNVꟾCTV́S·ÁV́GV́STV́S·ÓPTꟾMV́S·PRꟾCEPS (Made by Nero; Ancient orthography)

-ꟾMP·CÁES·NARVTO·MAX·P·F·ꟾNV·ÁV́G·ÓP·PR (Made by Nero; Abbreviated)

-Imperator Caesar Naruto Maximus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus Optimus Princeps (Made by Nero; Modern orthography without macrons)

-Emperor Caesar Naruto, The Great, The Pious and Blest, The Unconquered, The Majestic, and The Greatest Ruler (English translation)

-Naruto of the House of Uzumaki, Imperator of the Aedra, Lord of all the Realms of the Earth, Protector of the Holy Aetherian Empire, Defender of the Faith (Made by Altria)

-His Imperial Majesty The Emperor (Commonly used)

-Naruto-tennō (ナルト天皇) (From the Japanese speaking population)

Legislature: None

-The Holy Imperial Elder Council

The Imperial Family

The Ministries of the Holy Aetherian Empire

-The Holy Imperial Council of Faith

The President of the Episcopal Conference of the Holy Aetherean Empire

The High Priest of the Holy Imperial Shinto Shrines

Establishment:

-Empire and the Imperial City founded: 10 October 1538

-Duchy of Pendragon established: 3 November 1540

-Duchy of Beauclair established: 30 May 1543

-Duchy of the Gold Coast established: 21 June 1546

-Duchy of Mithrim established: 1 December 1548

-Duchy of the Reach established: 25 December 1550

-Duchy of Lucifuge established: 23 October 1553

-Duchy of the Dragonlands established: 21 July 1556

-Duchy of Zebel established: 23 November 1558

-Duchy of Toussaint established: 14 February 1560

-Permanent non-member observer state of the UN: 24 August 1966

Area:

-Total: 6 million km2 (7th)

-Water: Negligible

Population:

-1550 census: 20 million

-1650 census: 80 million

-1750 census: 140 million

-1850 census: 200 million

-1950 census: 260 million

-2017 estimate: 265 million (4th)

Population Density:

-400/km2 (31st)

GDP (PPP) 2017 estimate:

-Total: US$153.35 trillion (1st)

-Per capita: US$578,680 (1st)

GDP (nominal) 2017 estimate:

-Total: US$153.35 trillion (1st)

-Per capita: US$579,767 (1st)

Gini (2017): 10 - Low (1st)

HDI (2017): 0.998 - Very High (1st)

2017-2018 Imperial Budget: (In US Dollars)

-Total revenue: $6.4 trillion

-Total expenditures: $3.2 trillion

*The Empire has a very large budget surplus of $3.2 trillion

Military Expenditure (2017-2018): US$832 billion (1st)

Currency: Imperial Crowns - IC

Time zones: UTC+9 to +11

Date format: DD/MM/YYYY

Traffic: Left Hand Traffic with cars configured to Right Hand Drive

Calling code: +109

ISO 3166 code: AE

Internet TLD: .ae

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Naruto's children that were mentioned in this chapter: (16 out of 33 Children, including Lilith, Leviathan, and Mordred)

-Queen Azura Lilith Claudia Ōtsutsuki Uzumaki

-Queen Katerina Leviathan Ōtsutsuki Uzumaki

-Queen Mordred Vivienne Arturia Pendragon Uzumaki

-Prince Noctis Lucis Rizevim Lilith Uzumaki

-Prince Aurelio Marco Levitico Leviathan Cardinal Uzumaki

-Prince Ector Bedivere Gawain Pendragon Uzumaki renamed Lord Ector Pendragon - deceased

-Princess Kurohime Uzumaki a.k.a Fujimai

-Prince Antonio Julio Leviathan Cardinal Uzumaki

-Prince Augustus Octavius Gaius Claudius Cardinal Uzumaki

-Prince Claudius Pellinore Pendragon Cardinal Uzumaki

-Prince Vortimer Caradoc Pendragon Cardinal Uzumaki

-Prince Francois Octavian Edmond D'Arc Cardinal Uzumaki

-Princess Yasaka Uzumaki a.k.a Lady Yasaka

-Prince Lucius Seneca Claudius Uzumaki

-Prince Louis Gilles D'Arc Uzumaki

-Princess Agrippina Julia Claudia Uzumaki

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all you from myself and my family.

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO!

AD MAIOREM DEI GLORIAM!