Disclaimer: I do not own bleach! All credits go to Tite Kubo
Silbern Throne Room
Ichigo thought about the massive throne room, he was surprised, it was covered in white and gold colors, with massive golden chandeliers that light up the room brightly, if anything it was quite similar to that of Saint George's hall of the Winter palace from floor to roof, only a lot bigger, probably three times bigger in both length, width and height as it was meant to accomidate a lot of people.
especially during dinners should it be held there with a lot of guests, or to give out royal commands or royal judgment, or for any other occasion that the room might be suitable for. Though there were little windows as they were placed close to the roof on the right side of the throne room, and at it's back center, was a platform with five steps, where a throne could be, once Ichigo learned to materialize it of course.
On the roof there was hanging several white banners with golden banners, white a big bright silver cross on it, as they hanged there in rows between the chandeliers, it was atleast 9 rows and twice the amount in chandeliers, while on the throne platform there was a silver cross on the wall right behind it, and it was massive, Ichigo had yet to learn to manifest his throne, so for the moment he only had a makeshift throne to sit on that was provided by the servants until he could manifest his own.
And right now Ichigo was sitting on it in the massive room, his mother had really wanted to see him, she had missed him greatly and wondered how he was doing, though she had also come to pick Yuzu and Karin up too since they needed to head home, something neither of them wanted, and Masaki understood that considering their extravagant life here, he was happy for seeing his mother right now, Ichigo had told her that they had found Bambietta's family, they knew since Masaki and Bambietta had come quite close rather quickly.
But Masaki was shocked to hear all that had happened to them and Bambietta's sister was now in the infirmary and very sick, Masaki understood why her son had called the three best people he knew, and she was surprised by how quickly they got a good diagnosis together. They were quickly interrupted by a soldat knocking on the door.
"Enter!" Ichigo said and the soldat did as told, he stepped forward and saluted.
"I bring a report your majesty, The A.N.U in Ansbach that was ordered to arrest the mayor that had pestered the lady Bambietta's family had to call in the army, they were fired upon by a private militia serving the mayor, warnings was given by the A.N.U to the militia before hand but they refused to listen, the 112th division was dispatched and was fired upon at their arrival, they quickly returned fire and have completed their mission, the mayor has been arrested along with his family, the militia commander, and another militia soldier, among our wounded are 13, but none dead from our end, in the militia there are 76 dead, and 47 injured and 1 captured, a total of 123 in total, no civilian casulties, among our soldiers, 1 A.N.U captain, and 12 soldats." The soldat said as he read from a report he had gotten from O.D.K.
Ichigo frowned, Yuzu was horrified that a battle had taken place, Masaki frowned aswell, though she knew better that corrupt people would kill to hold their power. And that this was necessary, she did support her sons decision, the militia did get a warning after all but still refused to stand down, Karin frowned aswell, she thought the same thought her mother did and thought that they could just blame themselves.
"I see, i hoped this situation could have been solved without violence." Ichigo said with a frown.
"The O.D.K and A.N.U requests to charge Mayor Clemuin Ettlone with treason, murder, and corruption and requests his execution alongside the execution of general Olivoph Baumenn on the grounds of murder, deriliction of duty, abuse of power, disobedience of orders, corruption and treason." The soldat said.
"The execution of the mayor was meant to happen regardless, he has done a lot of damage, and so has the general, but for the time being throw them all into cells and have Emmerich question the milita, I will personally speak with the mayor and his family along with the general." Ichigo said.
"As you wish your majesty! And one more thing, Sabrina Basterbine tested positive for Legionnaires disease, Lord Isshin, Lord Ryken, and Lord Kisuke assures us that she will be okay." The soldat said
"Very well, you are dismissed." Ichigo said as the soldat walked off after he saluted.
"Execution?" Yuzu asked.
"Yeah, the guy was a prick, no one will miss him, but why execute a general?" Karin said.
"General Olivoph Baumenn was a supporter and close friend of Mayor Clemuin Ettlone, he made life for the population a living hell and stained the reputation of the military through extreme corruption, besides, i don't need generals that has commited treason." Ichigo said.
"Ahh i see." Karin said in understanding.
"But why execute them?" Yuzu said in shock over murdering someone.
"Because they have commited heinous crimes, they are the reason why Bambietta's sister is very sick, and that can be viewed as attempted murder of a child, if your brother executes these people for their crimes then he will show that he has a zero tolerance policy towards corruption, and that corruption is punishable by death, that alone can decrease corruption a lot, and fix many problems in the long term, knowing your brother he doesn't want to do this but he is a ruler, and that field is gray, do you really think that what these men did is okay and should go with minimal punishment?" Masaki asked Yuzu.
"No... I don't, i suppose i should be glad i'm not in a leadership position, it's not suited for me." Yuzu said looking down on the ground.
"Yuzu, sometimes the law must be put into harsh action, the law itself is gray but considering the action of these men it is black and white, sometimes breaking the law is justified, sometimes we must do it, but breaking the law through corruption is a black field and can never be justified, you can break the law for other peoples safety, you can break the law to save someone, or help someone, those are justified, even if the law says it is illegal, but their actions are not justified and must be punished." Ichigo said trying to comfort his sister.
"I think i understand." Yuzu said calming down a little bit, internally she was happy that her brother had that point of view.
"Good." Ichigo said as he put his hand on her head and smiled to her.
Silbern Hallway
After a while they left, they needed to get home, though their father would stay longer for obvious reasons, they were having a nice little chat, until they were interrupted by yelling.
"Stop this! I demand to see his majesty this instant!" The mayor yelled out.
"Yeah you will see him soon alright." A soldat said as he dragged the mayor by his arms.
"There must be some sort of mistake!" The mayor's son yelled.
"A mistake?! A little girl is sick because of you bastards!" Karin yelled in disgust.
The soldats stopped, the mayor watched Karin closely along with his family.
"Who the hell are you dickhead?" The second son asked.
The soldats grabbed the second son and bashed him into the wall with terrifying might, the boy screamed in pain, before an officer summoned a reishi pistol and aimed it at him. The Kurosaki's where shocked by this,
"You will not show disrespect to his majesty's sisters or the royal family, try it one more time and i will execute you here and now!" The officer yelled in anger.
"Please, don't hurt him!" The boys mother pleaded.
"The royal family?" The mayor asked as she studied them.
"I see, you are the emperor's mother and sisters." The militia commander said.
The second son now understood why he got in so much trouble quickly, and he quickly apologized, he knew he could be executed for this, a thought that terrified him.
"Instead of apologizing to me what about Sabrina?!" Karin asked pissed off.
"Ahh the mute, is she dead yet?" the first boy said in a laugh.
"What?..." Yuzu asked in shock.
Karin became enraged and lost all control over her emotions.
"Soldier! Beat that bastard to a pulp!" Karin practically ordered, she has never issued orders before and thought they would only obey her brother, but to her surprise they did as ordered.
"Yes your royal highness!" The soldat replied.
They threw the first boy into the ground, the soldier smashed his face against the wall 4 times before he lifted him up and threw him into the floor with a loud bang, and then he dragged him up again and punched him several times in the face and stomach. he broke his arm and nose, and then he kicked him when he was lying on the floor, badly beaten and bloodied.
Masaki knew she should have reacted but she was pissed of herself and wanted to actually kill the kid for his actions and lack of respect for others, if Karin hadn't ordered the soldat to beat the kid she would have killed him herself, the boys mother began to scream for his mercy seeing how badly beaten he was, she was scared the soldier would kill him.
"Alright that's enough!" Karin ordered after hearing the boys mother and the soldat quickly stopped and lifted him up again.
"Listen here you little piece of shit, i'll be sure to tell my brother about your words and i suppose that when he is through with you, you'll be begging for a fucking firing squad!" Karin said in rage, scaring the boy.
"I think that is enough Karin-chan!" Yuzu said, for the first time she actually supported violence, she thought the kid deserved it.
"Yeah, i'll call Ichi-nii when i get home." Karin said nonchalantly, she hoped Ichigo would fuck that kid up so badly he would be begging for death.
"Please, i'm sorry... i'm sorry..." The boy said in fear, though he was struggling to say anything.
"What's going on here?" A voice came from behind.
They all looked to the voice and noticed Ichigo standing there.
"Your majesty!" The soldats said in unison.
The mayor looked at Ichigo, he noticed his trademark scowl and noticed how unfriendly he looked, he took note to be careful with his words around him, his sons looked at Ichigo too, they were surprised to see the orange haired emperor, and noticed how unfriendly he looked themselves with his scowl.
"Ichi-nii." Karin said as she uncharacteristically ran into Ichigo and grabbed him, Ichigo noticed this and wondered what was going on as he only looked on surprised by Karin's actions.
The boys began to sweat, fear covered their entire bodies, the were unable to speak, they were unable to even blink. Karin and Yuzu told him what the boys said and their fears was justified, Ichigo stepped infront of the prisoners, and looked at the two boys, the could feel his anger through his presence, but not his reiatsu, if they had they would have been crushed and killed by it.
"Care to explain your actions?" Ichigo said looking sternly at the boys, anger had filled his tone for the disrespect his precious sisters have gotten, Karin had admitted her order but Ichigo didn't care at all about that.
"We're sorry your majesty, it was a mistake that will never repeat itself i swear!" The mother said trying to defend her two sons.
"I did not speak to you!" Ichigo said looking sternly at the mother.
"We're sorry, it won't repeat itself your majesty." The boys said in unison
"No it won't! I'll personally make sure of it! How old are you anyways?" Ichigo asked in anger.
The boys were terrified but they didn't dare to lie.
"I'm 13." The first boy that disrespected Karin said.
"I'm 15." The second boy that was beaten up on Karin's order said.
Ichigo looked at them, inside his rage and disgust was boiling, he just wanted to puke at the two.
"13 and 15 huh? And you bully a little girl at the age of 4?... Which one of you pushed Sabrina into an infected fountain and got her sick?..." Ichigo said lowly, his rage apparent.
Masaki noticed her sons rage, she was worried he would harm the two teenagers in front of his sisters, though she knew they had called for this situation themselves.
"He did!" The 13 year old said looking at his brother.
Ichigo looked at the 15 year old, a 15 year old teenager, bullying a 4 year old? It was disgusting to the bone.
"Did you?..." Ichigo asked the 15 year old teenager.
The teenager was more scared than ever now, it was true, it was him that had gotten Sabrina sick, and now he had mocked the situation and gotten into a ton of trouble, trouble he thought he would never have, he had always gotten away with everything thanks to his father, people was executed just for trying to scold him, but this was one man they couldn't touch, harm, or execute, one more powerful than all of them.
"Yes..." The 15 year old replied lowly.
"Amazing... 15 years old and brains the size of a god damn peanut, and a coward aswell, what in hell's name made you think it was a good idea to bully Sabrina in the first place?! If she dies you go with her understand!?" Ichigo replied, though he knew Sabrina was going to get better, he wanted to scare the teenager into knowing his actions.
"Please, don't kill him!" The mother screamed.
"Gag her!" Liltotto said as she entered the room.
"Yes lady chancellor!" A soldat replied as he gagged the mother.
"I was wondering what was going on with all the noise, this the shitheads that harmed Sabrina?" Liltotto asked with a narrowed gaze.
"This little shit here is 15 years old, and bully a 4 year old, can you fucking believe it? This one is 13 and this one is 15." Ichigo responded.
"13 and 15? What the fuck is wrong with you two fuck faces?!" Liltotto almost yelled, Ichigo was surprised by the fact that Liltotto showed emotions in this situation, she never did it show any emotions in any situation.
"Let's take them to the infirmary your majesty, they can apologise to Sabrina there." Liltotto said
"I don't think they want to apologise." Karin said as she started to explain the situation to Liltotto.
"Well, then Sabrina has a big sister who is the grand mistress, and will rip you two dickheads to shreads for just sneezing if she feels like it." Liltotto said, recalling how brutal Bambietta could be.
"Very well, take the two teenagers to the infirmary, and escort the mayor and his companions over to the dungeons." Ichigo ordered.
"But wait your majesty can't we talk now?" The mayor asked as he was dragged off
Ichigo decided to accompany the kids to the infirmary, saying his goodbyes to his family, as they left for Karakura town.
Silbern Infirmary
Sabrina began to cough a lot, while she was being treated she wasn't well just yet, it would take some time before she got well again, treatement could last for weeks, and she was still at a dangerous phase, she wasn't out of the woods just yet because of her bad immune system.
The doors opened and revealed Ichigo and Liltotto and some soldats carrying the boys, Sabrina noticed the one that pushed her into a fountain, he was bloodied and badly beaten, the other one had gotten a little beating too but not so much.
The two kids just looked at Sabrina, she was lying there, all wired up, and very sick and weak.
"Who the hell is this and what happened to them?" Bambietta asked.
"You two..." Ernst said in anger.
"Are you happy with yourselves?! Is this what you wanted?!" Ausilia screamed out in anger.
Bambietta took notice of this, as did everyone in the room, it didn't take long for them to connect the dots, these were the ones that had bullied Sabrina.
"You two are the reason for this huh?.." Bambietta asked as she stood up, rage filling her heart.
"Sorry..." The two teenagers replied.
"Sorry?... Is that all you have to say?... By all rights i should kill you where you stand!" Bambietta yelled out in rage as she summoned her reishi sword.
The teenagers almost started to cry out of fear now, the soldats movied a bit further away and so did Liltotto and Ichigo, if Bambietta wanted to kill them no one would really stand in her way, they could but they didn't want to, now they were the prey for once.
"I always wanted a sister and now i got one and you two are trying to take her away from me, i'll kill you before i let that happen!" Bambietta screamed at the top of her lungs.
Ernst and Ausilia said nothing, they were surprised by the scene as they didn't expect Bambietta to have grown so attached to Sabrina already, but her wish had been granted, two actually with Ichigo's help, and their wish to see their eldest daughter again was also granted with Ichigo's help, and their wish to help their youngest daughter was also granted with Ichigo's help, Ausilia was apprehensive over shedding blood, Ernst didn't know what to say.
"What do you want us to do? You'll kill us like you killed our militia, like you'll execute our mother and father, we are goners anyways!" The 13 year old yelled out, realizing he was on a short timer.
"Yeah, you are on a very short timer. Might just take you outside and kill you right now." Bambietta said looking at the teenager.
"If we're going down than i sure as hell hope that fucking bitch you call a sister dies horribly, hope she screams in pain and agony!" The 15 year old screamed, making sure everyone heard it.
Bambietta snapped, her rage was visible in her eyes, Ichigo and Liltotto noticed it and quickly flashed away to Sabrina to cover her eyes and ears, she didn't need to see what they now knew Bambietta would do. Bambietta noticed what Ichigo and Liltotto would do and once she saw Sabrina covered in both eyes and ears she charged at the older one in a execution attempt at a massive speed.
"I forgive him..." an unknown voice that no one had heard before said, it was a weak voice.
Bambietta stopped, her blade just a single millimeter from slicing through the head of the eldest of the brothers in an attempt to bisect him vertically, Ernst, Ausilia and the two teenagers was surprised, they have never seen such speed in their life, Bambietta was fast, very fast to be precise, the teenagers didn't even realize what had happened, it took just a single second for all of this to transpire.
In a single second their emperor and a chancellor had quickly covered Sabrina's eyes and ears, and in a single second their grand mistress had caught on and charged, ready to bisect the eldest of the brothers, if Sabrina hadn't started to speak before all of this transpired the eldest would have been dead, without so much a single sign of hesitation from their grand mistress, it was shocking.
The others in the room was surprised, the quiet girl had just spoken, Bambietta looked over her shoulder and Ichigo and Liltotto had let go of Sabrina, she watched her big sister closely, and even if she didn't show it she was amazed by how quick everyone was.
"I forgive them... But i can't forgive that mean mayor for what he did to daddy..." Sabrina said, once more speaking.
Bambietta backed down, dispelled her reishi sword, she was feeling her heart warming up over the golden heart of her little sister, despite all that she had been through, she still forgave them, Bambietta just looked in wonder at Sabrina, her heart filled with pride over her little sister, seeing how forgiving she was, how innocent she was, how adorable she was and how cute her voice was, despite all the weakness in it Bambietta heard it, the soft, innocent and cute voice of her little sister.
Sabrina pulled her arm up, once more using every part of strength she had, everyone saw it, how weak she was but they saw the hand, grabbing in the air, but it wasn't the air the hand tried to grab, it was Bambietta, everyone saw it, she wanted her big sister, to keep holding her hand, Ernst and Ausilia saw it, it was more than just admiration towards her big sister, it was a sense of safety and protection Sabrina felt.
The very thing they could not give her, Their eldest daughter, Sabrina's older sister, had given her, the warm safety from everyday torment, the security they had tried to give her was given to her by her older sister in just a single second, no questions asked. No questions was needed, Sabrina was the little sister their daughter had always wanted since before she disappeared, and she had gotten it and she would tear hell a new level if needs be just for her.
Bambietta saw her little sister trying to reach for her, and turned around and went back to the bed, sitting down on the right side of the bed, she put her hand on the bed with a open palm and Sabrina let her hand sink into it, and she held it, she felt safety and comfort from it, one that no one could take away from her, not even the mayor or his sons, the bullying had stopped, anyone who dared to bully her now or just so much as give her a wrong look would meet the wall with a firing squad from the A.N.U.
But truth to be told, Sabrina didn't want to go back because of the bad memories, she might have forgiven them but she still had a lot of bad memories, the tears she shed every night, the pain she was inflicted, the beatings she would have to endure, all the wounds she would receive physically and psychologically, those would always remain.
"Nee-san... After i get better... Can i stay here?... I don't want to go back." Sabrina asked with a whimper.
Bambietta looked at her with surprise over the question, she knew Ichigo had already given his consent to it, it was his castle after all, Ichigo never said no to her, they had even shared the same bedroom in the royal quarters, and the royal quarters had a lot of guest rooms, a big dinner room and other chambers in it, surely she could use one of those.
"Of course you can stay here." Bambietta said confidently.
"I can?" Sabrina said with a tone of happiness.
"Of course you can, i will order the servants to prepare a bedroom for you in the royal quarters." Ichigo said with a smile.
"Thank you... Thank you" Sabrina said with a happy tone.
"Yeah yeah let the girl live like royalty now, i feel sooooo bad for her." The youngest boy replied.
The soldats didn't take this tone nicely, they pulled their fist and in unison they punched the teenagers jaw as hard as they could, effectively breaking parts of it, though he did maintain the ability to speak. The teenager screamed in pain.
"Haha serves you right, perhaps now you will feel some of the pain Sabrina went through." Candice laughed out.
"I don't really think he will say a lot more." Meninas said as she looked at the youngest of them.
"Of course he won't say a lot more, look at it, his jaw is broken, that is gonna need time to heal, it will be painful for him to speak." Liltotto pointed out.
"Just throw them into the dungeons before i have them to be executed, i've had enough of those two." Ichigo said pissed off over the boys attitude.
"Yes your majesty!" The soldats said as they carried them away.
"Hey aren't you going to fix his jaw?" The older brother asked.
"Shut up and be glad you're still alive!" A soldat said.
Indeed, the boys could have been easily executed for their stupidity. Ichigo looked at the boys as they were being carried away by their arms, he had spent a lot of time down in the infirmary already. And he had work that needed to be done, and he also had to make some calls, and now he needed to get the research unit to sterilize the fountain in Ansbach and clean it.
"Well i got work to do so i'll see you later, you can take the rest of the day off if you'd like." Ichigo said as he leaned over to Bambietta.
"Yeah i'll see you later, thanks." Bambietta said as she leaned over Sabrina and kissed Ichigo on the mouth.
Sabrina and Ausilia noticed this, Ernst hadn't told them about them at all so they both were surprised to see this, Bambietta and their emperor kissing and showing affection, Sabrina really didn't know how to react, truth to be told she just wanted her sister all to herself for the time being, or maybe for eternity, not allowing anyone else to be with her. But another part of her also wanted her sister to be happy, and she did feel a sense of happiness over seeing what she saw, so she could allow for a small kiss for now, but Sabrina knew she had to get used to it, her sister deserved happiness too after all.
Ichigo noticed something off and looked at Sabrina, Bambietta did the same, and they both saw her expression of annoyence and disapproval, her expression practically read that's long enough, though she didn't say anything and went back to her quiet self, it was quite obvious that she wanted Bambietta all for herself, Ichigo thought it was quite amusing that he had to share Bambietta now, not that he complained about it.
Ausilia was more stunned that her daughter was in a romance with the emperor, and she did wonder how long this has been going on, but considering how long they have been seperated she didn't ask, she felt she didn't have the right to get involved into her daughters private life for the time being, but she was happy that her daughter had found someone in her life, even if it was someone she never expected.
Ichigo quickly left the room amused over Sabrina and her small show of disapproval and jealousy and went towards the research unit.
Silbern Research Department
Ichigo walked through the halls of the research departments, glass windows showing into every lab in the department, their scientists and researchers was hard at work as always. Ichigo eventually came to Erwig's office and knocked on the door.
"Enter!" Erwig said from beyond the door.
Ichigo entered into the office, Erwig noticed it was his emperor that had knocked, he quickly stood up as a sign of respect, truth to be told he held the emperor in high regards, thanks to him their labs has gotten a lot bigger, and more scientists and researchers had come in and more was in training, Erwig's field had expanded tenfolds with Ichigo as the head of state.
"Your majesty, you can feel free to just enter, no need to knock." Erwig said in a highly respectful tone.
"I just thought it was polite, never know if you are busy or what not." Ichigo responded with a smile.
Erwig appreciated the politeness and respect Ichigo was showing him, truth to be told he felt he didn't deserve the amount of respect his emperor gave him, but it did make him feel extremly honored.
"I appreciate your gesture your majesty, but i am never too busy to talk with you and the higher ups your majesty." Erwig said with a smile.
Ichigo gave out a small chuckle, Erwig truly was a man of himself, he wasn't insane like Mayuri was and that made Ichigo feel a lot of relief. Ichigo went over to one of the chairs at the desk and sat himself down.
"There is a reason for my visit today, we happen to have a little problem." Ichigo said as he shifted his attention from politeness over to the matter at hand.
"A problem your majesty?" Erwig asked, he was curious to what this problem was, if it was scientific he would do everything in his power to solve the issue.
"Yes, i do not know if you've heard yet but i wouldn't be surprised if you have already, Bambi has found her family." Ichigo said looking at him sternly.
"Ahh yes, i heard about that, i also heard about what had transpired in Ansbach village, the mayor and his family along with a general has been arrested from what i heard, and lady Bambietta has a younger sister at the age of 4 years old that is very sick, that is what i have heard atleast." Erwig responded.
"That is correct." Ichigo responded sternly, looking at Erwig.
"How is the poor girl?" Erwig asked concerned, he really did hold Bambietta in high regards since she had been a lot of the reason why the research unit fared so well alongside Liltotto and Ichigo.
"We have found the causes for her illness, she is being treated right now." Ichigo responded. Erwig saw a connection here.
"And it was a virus or bacterial? Or something new?" Erwig asked.
"Bacterial, legionnaires disease." Ichigo responded.
"Legionella? That is a bacterial infection that sets in the lungs that affect the muscle of the body aswell and can cause a lot of problems, normally you get pontiac fever rather than legionnaires disease from the bacteria, legionella usually becomes active after 2 to 10 days... Then there is a contaminated water source in Ansbach?" Erwig concluded.
"That is correct, it was a fountain. If this runs rampant and can cause more legionnaires disease rather than pontiac fever it can cause a problem." Ichigo simply said.
"A fountain you say? I see... Now that is a problem, from my understanding Ansbach has always been a village suited on a island, surrounded by a river, if the fountain gets it's water from the river then the whole river may be contaminated, regardless i will assemble a hazmat unit and investigate the village throughly, i will order up some samples from every water source in the village including the river. Normally a hazmat unit isn't required for legionella, but a mouth mask is a requirement, regardless i want to take some precautions for my field units, so i'll order them into full hazmat gear, i will also monitor the population in case of infection." Erwig replied seriously.
"Precautions is highly appreciated, we don't need more people sick. Then i'll entrust this to you Erwig, i know you have a lot to do but i can't let this go unattended." Ichigo replied.
"Health is important, the health department haven't gotten their hazmat or field units yet so it's up to us to do their jobs, someone must do it, and right now we are the best option, we will not fail your majesty!" Erwig said.
Ichigo approved of Erwig's optimism, how he always took his job seriously, Ichigo did wonder why Yhwach never saw anything in him like he does, the man was smart enough to rival or surpass Mayuri, the biggest difference is that Erwig had maintained his sanity.
"I know you won't, thank you, regretfully i must take my leave, i have other matters to attend, i want a report on the situation as soon as you can provide one." Ichigo said as he stood up, causing Erwig to stand up in respect.
"I will bring to you as soon as we have answers your majesty, thank you for entrusting this to us." Erwig said happily, but also seriously.
Ichigo nodded and was on his way.
Silbern Royal Office
Ichigo went into his office, it was big and shiny, outside was a waiting room in case Ichigo should have several meetings, a guard was always positioned there to make sure no one just barged right in, the guard would always knock to inform Ichigo of the arrival of someone. In the middle was a table and chairs for Ichigo, Bambietta and the chancellors to sit in during their morning meetings, a further bit in behind two bars carrying the silver cross was his office, the office as a whole was big, it had a window door leading to a balcony, the first part of it had a roof over it and was connected to Silbern castle, and the second part was fully Ichigo's office there were two people.
One was his attendant Samund Abesse, he fixed all the papers and ensured everything was ready to be stamped, and was the chief of all the servants in the castle and ensuring that Ichigo got all the messages he needed aswell as he made Ichigo's schedule, if Ichigo also needed something such as food or drinks Samund would ensure that Ichigo got it through the servants.
The other was Ichigo's scribe, Abrons Weizeaux, he wrote down the orders Ichigo had and helped a lot with the paper work and wrote down everything Ichigo needed him too, even his speeches should he decided to make one, he also recorded any meetings through paper if it needed to be done, though it was mostly used electronics and computers since Ichigo wanted it, it also made things a lot easier around Silbern with documents and so on and made them more readable.
Ichigo went over to his desk and noticed the black cloak he had received from Gina, the emperors cloak, the same cloak Yhwach had used made of the same material, very fine cloth, Ichigo did notice a phone on his desk, it was quite big with many buttons, primarily the communication and announcement department of Silbern handled all the phone calls and announced important things over the announcement system across Silbern Castle, Ichigo looked at the phone.
The majority of Silbern was surprised over the fact that Ichigo decided to have an office to work in and did a lot of work himself, it was the room where politics and the matters of the empire was discussed, he sat down in his desk and ordered his attendent to bring him some files, one of them was the Floriance riot, list of casualties, damages and so on, including a seperate file holding pictures of the place.
Ichigo received them and looked at the files, he frowned deeply when he noticed the damage, internally he was shocked over the huge amount of casualties, but nothing did compare to the damages the pictures showed. How brutally these people was killed, their guts was spilling out from their sliced open stomachs, arms had been seperated, fires raging unchecked, it was horrible.
Ichigo got an idea and picked up the phone and tried to call Uryu but didn't get an answer, so disconnected the line and contacted the control center.
"Control center how can i help you your majesty?" The voice over the phone said.
"Call chancellor Uryu Ishida over to my office." Ichigo said into the phone, while he looked at the pictures.
"It shall be done your majesty." The voice said before Ichigo hung up.
*Beepbeepbeep... Lord chancellor Uryu Ishida please report to his majesty's office... Lord chancellor Uryu Ishida report to his majesty's office immediately!* The announcement system said.
Ichigo had personally ordered the announcement alert inside the system since it he got startled by the voice suddenly appearing, something that annoyed him a lot. While Ichigo waited for Uryu he decided to use the Almighty and have a little fun with it, seeing into the future was a bit fun, he looked into several futures, the most probable ones, and he smiled at them, but he noticed one in particular that peeked his curiosity, the one that was most likely to happen, and Ichigo knew it, now that he thought about it he should have used the Almighty with the Mayuri incident rather than to be caught off guard like he did, he had completely forgotten about the Almighty during that stress.
Another of the futures was Sabrina's, he saw that she would get better and well again, and he saw some amusing things too, something that made him laugh a little, and some things that made him frown and uneasy, she truly was adorable, eventually the guard knocked on the door, and told Ichigo of Uryu's arrival, along with Inoue's, Ichigo told the guard to let them in, and they entered the room, the guard closed the door.
"I was just about to say goodbye to Inoue Ichigo..." Uryu said with a hint of annoyment as they both went over to the desk and sat down.
"Now now, this way i can say goodbye to Ichigo-kun too." Inoue said with a smile.
"Sorry, i will keep it brief then, i have here some files i want you to look at." Ichigo said handing over the files.
"What files?" Uryu asked curously as he grabbed the files.
"The Floriance riot, or the Floriance uprising, depending on what you prefer to use." Ichigo responded.
Uryu didn't know anything about Floriance, he had never heard the name before, but the word riot and uprising did cause alarm in his mind.
"Do we have a riot or an uprising?" Uryu asked alarmed.
"No... This happened during Yhwach's time." Ichigo responded.
Uryu did wonder why Ichigo brought this up, he opened the file and read it, Inoue asked if she could see it too and Ichigo agreed, though he did warn her about the brutality, but she was curious, they were both shocked and stunned over what they read, then Ichigo handed over the other file, and their expressions changed from shocked to horrified, Inoue took her hand infront of her mouth, as she saw the pictures, children murdered, mass graves, some people were even buried alive, executions of entire families, a nearby fountain was filled with dead bodies, the water was red of blood, but something that peeked Uryu was it's location on a map, and he put the dots together.
"This is the village Bambi disappeared from the same day isn't it?" Uryu asked.
"Yeah it is, her childhood home." Ichigo responded.
Neither Uryu or Inoue knew what to say, to think that Bambietta experienced this as a child was horrible, there wasn't any words to describe it, anyone who managed to escape was lucky, no wonder Bambietta became seperated with her family, the mere chaos down there would be uncontrollable, and it would be easy to get seperated in the chaos, and people would take advantage of that, leading to abductions and human trafficking.
"I don't think we should dwell to much on the past but these people can't just be forgotten either, i wanted to know the status of our budget, so we can rebuild it and create a monument dedicated to the deceased, i also think the mass graves should be dug up and the bodies identified, it will be a long term operation, but atleast the deceased should have their own graves, with grave stones with their names, birth dates, and death dates written on it." Ichigo responded.
"I agree, the gold and diamond trade to the nobles of the Soul Society is faring very well, they are paying the money we want for it, we sell it cheaper but get much more in return, thereby effectively, underselling the gold and diamond trade in the Soul Society, though the nobles that do the gold and diamond trade hate us and want to stop this, they have failed, so our total amount of money is increasing by the day." Uryu responded.
"So we can proceed without economic repercussions? We are still rebuilding the empire on the outskirts and a lot of money is needed i'm aware of that, which is why i'm speaking to you, i don't want to overextend our budget too much during this time as other matters must take priority." Ichigo responded.
"Don't worry about that, i have already taken several factors into account and if i'm right we are way into the green zone in our budget, our reserve money is just increasing and to be fairly honest the majority of the reconstruction is finished from what we gather, we just need to ensure law and order and increase stability, the worst should be over by now, food is going around the empire easily, the amount of food robbery has gone down since we started military escorts, people are returning to their normal lives thanks to the amnesty you signed 4 days ago." Uryu responded.
"Yet, i'm amazed over the sheer speed this has been going at, i thought this would take years." Ichigo responded.
"Yeah, Kisuke granted us a material transportation device aswell so the furthest away regions got food atleast, they have their own crops so they have been making their own wheat and so on, so bread isn't an issue, meat has been transported in the millions away from Silbern, causing more stability, vegetables is also fast at reproduction around here due to the soil, but the potatoes still take a long time but the lack of it hasn't been an issue yet, since we got a lot of other food availeble, jobs isn't an issue at all and our economy is going up, the people are starting to return to everyday work life." Uryu responded, he was happy things went as quickly as they did.
"I see, that's good news indeed. Well we can discuss the monument and reconstruction of Floriance during tomorrows meeting, i won't hold you up any longer, thank you for your visit Inoue!" Ichigo said with a smile.
"Don't worry about it i'm always happy to be here with you guys, and i hope things are going to go well in the future too, i think you do great jobs." Inoue said with her usual smile.
"Thank you for the compliment." Ichigo and Uryu said happy over the compliment.
"Well, i'll say my goodbye to Inoue and lead her to the gate leading out." Uryu responded.
"Sure, oh and one more thing." Ichigo said getting Uryu's attention.
"Yes?" Uryu asked.
"Sabrina, Bambi's younger sister will stay here for the time being, just so you know." Ichigo said.
"I see, well perhaps it's for the best, she's been through a lot." Uryu said.
"I really hope she gets better soon, it's so sad to hear what has happened to her, i hope the ones responsible are punished properly for it, no one deserves to go through what she has done." Inoue said with a sad tone.
"So you know about it too huh?" Ichigo asked.
"Yeah i heard it from Ishida-kun." Inoue said looking to the ground in sadness.
"I see, well she will get better, anyways, have a safe trip home." Ichigo responded with a smile.
"Thank you Ichigo-kun." Inoue said as they left the office.
"Now then, the A.N.U and Emmerich are investigating the Ansbach garrison and militia, so i suppose i won't get answers from them anytime soon, might aswell just order up Sabrina's room." Ichigo said lowly to himself.
He ordered his attendant to ensure she had a bedroom in the royal quarters, and then went on with the rest of his work, stamping and signing.
To be Continued
A/N: Well so Bambi has gotten her family back and i guess justice is at the door, a chapter that included some politics aswell, perhaps not the most exciting of chapters, but hey politics are a part of a monarch's job too, what else did you expect?
Also, many would argue that Ichigo is out of character here, but before that is argued, you must also think of the fact that Ichigo is a national leader, a monarch, and to make matters worse Ichigo practically rules by himself with only the chancellors and Bambietta to function as advisors, since the Wandenreich is an absolute monarchy after all, he can either be a weak leader that let's crime go or a strong one that sets his foot down, in this story i want to portray him as a strong leader, which would force him to do things he wouldn't like, that is a leadership position.