Disclaimer: I do not own bleach! All credits go to Tite Kubo
Silbern Royal Office
Ichigo was sitting in his office chair, going through some of the finished report given to him by the A.N.U and it wasn't a secret he was annoyed over the situation in Ansbach village, the whole situation had been out of control for several years and the population there wasn't used to the new presence in the village, crime was high and people were scared.
It didn't help a lot to have a hazmat unit come in to clean the village and remove any source of disease in the village, not only that but there was also an entire company of soldiers, a lot more in comparison to the Ansbach garrison which housed around regiment, or 4000 soldiers to be exact, now they had over 20.000 soldiers in the region, the 112th division was split up between the village and the base closeby.
Though Ichigo was grateful that this was the only village reported to have such conditions, but he decided to have the A.N.U investigate other nearby villages just in case, and then move on to other villages, corruption was still a problem though it was not as bad as it was with Ansbach, he looked at another file from the research division that had found a variety of permanent solutions for Liltotto's request to have a mobile QSR-5 Monitor radar system, he was impressed by them and would have to see the solutions.
One file gave a unique solution, one that had really peeked Ichigo's interest that also utilized every capability of the QSR-5 Monitor and put it into full action, leaving a variety of problems solved if they used this solution, though it was just a prototype for the time being, if it succeded Ichigo knew he would have to put the new technology into full action and high priority on the testing list to get it out of prototype testing quickly.
Ichigo's attention was brought out when he heard a knock on his door.
"Your majesty, the grand mistress is here to speak with you." The soldat said.
"Very well let her in." Ichigo responded as he nodded to the soldat.
Ichigo looked at Bambietta as she entered, he saw something bad was troubling her, anyone could see it as clear as day, she was an emotional mess.
"What's wrong?" Ichigo asked as he looked at Bambietta, seeing how she was internally shattered.
"It's Sabrina..." Bambietta replied peeking Ichigo's interest.
"Did something happen to her?" Ichigo asked, though he had seen her future and knew that she should be fine physically.
"She asked me something, something troubling." Bambietta replied as she went over and sat down.
"Hmm?" Was all that came from Ichigo.
"She asked if she deserved her life, she asked if her parents would be better off if she died..." Bambietta replied with a worried tone.
Ichigo had not forseen this, he know understood why he did feel a little uneasy when he saw Sabrina's future, some of the cryptic words spoken in the future he foresaw was getting clear as daylight, he knew what Bambietta wanted to ask him, even if he did disapprove there was no guarantee that her family would be safe unless the threat had been dealt with in one way or another, if they were to be let go they still had family friends in high positions, rich ones that could easily pay for assassins to get to Bambietta's family as revenge, it was highly probable and Ichigo knew that Bambietta's family needed bodyguards in that case.
"I see, and now you want those two boys executed for destroying Sabrina's childhood and part of her life." Ichigo responded, he knew the answer so it wasn't a question, something Bambietta noticed.
"How did you know?" Bambietta asked, though she knew it was a stupid question since she figured Ichigo had used the Almighty when he was bored or something.
"I have already forseen it." Ichigo simply responded as he laid back in his chair and looked at the roof.
"I see." Bambietta responded dumbfounded.
It was quiet for a while, Ichigo didn't say anything but he knew Sabrina's safety depended on his choice now, it was her, Bambietta's sister or those two teenagers who had been spoiled rotten and gotten away from everything thanks to their father.
"You won't allow it?" Bambietta asked carefully.
"Never said that." Ichigo responded simply.
Bambietta raised an eyebrow at Ichigo, he didn't respond at all, he just looked at the roof in deep thought, it was obvious he disapproved, but Bambietta knew he knew more then she did, it was obvious from how he acted.
"What do you know?" Bambietta asked, hopeful that Ichigo would respond to her question.
"Well... Truth to be told, i have already seen Sabrina's future and the most probable was a bright one, there were some cryptic words that hinted at this conversation and it's outcome, but i saw another one which disturbed me a bit, it's the one where i let the boys go, these boys have family friends that are rich, and they will blame Sabrina for their father's execution." Ichigo responded.
"Do you think they will try to kill her?" Bambietta asked shocked.
"My answer is that they might try to kill your entire family, which is why executing the mayor and his family might scare them into backing off aswell as sending hints to their friends that we know who they are and that they are currently being watched by the A.N.U." Ichigo responded
"My father works at a mine in Ansbach." Bambietta replied.
"I know." Ichigo responded as he handed a file over to Bambietta.
Bambietta looked at the file, it was a report from the commander of the 112th division that stated that Ernst was under tight security after someone was caught following him.
"Someone followed him!?" Bambietta asked in shock.
"Yeah, the A.N.U are interrogating him now." Ichigo responded.
"Great... So my family is in danger..." Bambietta said.
"Which is why you and i are going to make sure they know who they are messing with, we are going to scare them into backing off." Ichigo responded.
"How?" Bambietta asked.
"We take the mayor's family and the general back to Ansbach and round up all the rich people with ties to that familys actions, those we know that are collaborators with the mayor will be pointed out in public and dragged to the wall besides them, and then publicly executed by firing squad with other rich families being forced to watch." Ichigo responded.
Bambietta was surprised over this, the daten didn't tell her that Ichigo was capable of this, but it didn't bother her, he showed that he didn't allow corruption or any threats against the people of the Wandenreich, even if it's internal through corruption.
"So how will that work?" Bambietta asked.
"Simple, nobody wants to die, if we send a message like that it will force them to back off for their own safety, that harming other innocent Quincy will not be tolerated, if they want to continue living they will have to behave themselves according to the law." Ichigo replied.
"And when do we do that?" Bambietta asked.
"After we speak with the mayor." Ichigo replied.
"Alright." Bambietta replied.
"Well your family will be safe, i have already spoken with Meninas who have issued orders to the labour ministry and today will be your father's last day in the mines, i will talk to your father and mother and offer them both jobs here in Silbern, it is also my understanding that Sabrina doesn't want to go back to Ansbach so she gets to move and it would be easier for them to live here, something i have talked with Uryu about already that have assured me that they will get their own rooms in the castle whenever they want to, just like with the chancellors families. They will be granted a household in the crown district inside the castle walls where the Lamperds, McAllons and Catnipps live, they will be neighbours, and that area is under tight security at all times since it is a part of Silbern castle and is inaccessable to the normal population." Ichigo responded.
"I see, so they will be granted a chance to live here." Bambietta said happy with the decision Ichigo has already made.
"Yup, your parents will want to stay close to their eldest daughter, and they want to make their youngest daughter happy which she will be if they move, and you get to see them and they get to see you whenever you or your family wants to, they will be safe and get better paying jobs, and i get to make you happy, and the chancellors will be happy that you are happy. Everybody wins." Ichigo said as he focused hit attention onto Bambietta.
"I really don't know how to repay you for everything you've done." Bambietta said with a sad smile.
"Easy, you already do." Ichigo responded with a smile.
"Huh?" Bambietta asked curious as to what he meant.
"You repay me by being happy, that's all i could ask for." Ichigo said as he stood up and walked towards her.
Bambietta stood up from her chair and grabbed Ichigo and pulled him into a kiss, they kissed madly right there and then ready to take things further, then the speaker on the phone was heard and the stopped, they had been interrupted.
"Your majesty, the guards are ready to send the mayor and his family to the throne room, should they be sent to the throne room now?" The controller asked.
Ichigo was annoyed by the interruption and so was Bambietta, but she wanted to hear what the pricks had to say.
"Take all of them?" Ichigo asked Bambietta.
"Yeah i want to hear what those assholes have to say." Bambietta responded.
Ichigo took up the phone and ordered the controller to send them up. Ichigo and Bambietta started to head towards the throne room.
Silbern Dungeons
The mayor and his family shared their cell, they had been there for a day now, the cells was dark, cold, and dirty. a small window with special bars and special barrier outside the bars to stop all abilities and voices from going out was there and was the only light source, but the dungeons was in the basement so there wasn't any room for a large window, and the light from the door was nonexistent, since the door was mostly a metal door with only a small barred window on it that had a hatch attached to it, the door had two hatches to be accurate, one for the bar and one on the floor which they used to throw bread and water in.
They didn't get anything else than bread and water, it wasn't even butter on the bread, just plain bread, they could sometimes hear the guards patrol the dungeon hallway, the cell was specially made, no abilities would work, even if you used an ability the room would just absorb it as it was obvious it had seki-seki properties, though they had seki-seki binds on their right arms with their tags on them to identify them and say which cell they belonged to.
It wasn't necessary to use it, no one could escape the cells no matter how hard they tried, they would still be stuck there, though it was obvious that the seki-seki binds was for the guards safety it wasn't needed in the cell, they had only received it after the mayor tried to bust out using a heilig pfeil, attempting to create a shockwave that would destroy the walls, which the walls easily absorbed.
Eventually they heard a key that unlocked the cell door and the door handle was being moved on the other side of the door, and then the door opened and inside came a bunch of guards.
"Get up bastards, all of you will meet his majesty and the grand mistress now!" The soldat said as he used a baton to hit the wall.
Some of the guards was armed with rifles with bayonetes attached, just in case they should try something funny, the group that had gotten them was pretty large, a small rifle group,and the soldats that would hold and escort them was carrying batons, they were black and quite long, and surely very painful to be hit by.
"Come on, get up!" Another soldat said as he dragged the mayor up forcefully and put him in handcuffs behind his back.
They were all forcefully dragged up and handcuffed and then dragged out of the cell, and through the dungeon hallway at a quick pace, when the eldest son looked at the handcuffs he noticed these handcuffs was manifested before they had entered, usually the guards used handcuffs that couldn't be manifested or created by reishi manipulation since they contained seki-seki ore to prevent the prisoner from using abilities, those handcuffs had to be specially made, but it was possibly because of the seki-seki binding they had on their hand that they felt the need not to use it.
"Hey easy! Don't you know who i am?!" The mayor asked annoyed by the guards rought treatment.
"Yeah, i know who you are, a mere nobody who is living on borrowed time." The soldat replied nonchalantly as he continued to drag the mayor.
"I have friends in high places, they can help you and make you rich if you release me, we'll even pay good money if you can kill that little treacherous bitch of a girl along with-" The mayor said.
The soldat used his baton to punch him in the gut before he could finish his sentence, the mayor fell to the ground in agony, the soldat just looked at him and the entire escort stopped.
"Are you trying to bribe me into releasing an asshole as yourself? And worse are you trying to bribe me into betraying his majesty and the grand mistress by killing lady Bambietta?!" The soldat asked furious over the offer.
"I was thinking more of her fucking sister, preferably her family too." The mayor replied.
Both the soldats that carried the mayor was furious, the kicked and beat him to teach him a lesson.
"And besides i doubt you got anyone higher than the grand mistress or his majesty, anyone else will just be killed for treason, that's how it goes, once we find your connections they will be executed, we all know it, they're also living on borrowed time." The soldat replied.
"Yeah right." The eldest son replied.
"Don't believe me? His majesty has already made the plans, he has seen them through the Almighty, which allows him to see any future possible and even alter them, he has seen all your connections and know who they are, and they will be in Ansbach soon enough, and then they're dead." The soldat replied with a smirk.
"What? A power like that is impossible." The eldest son replied.
"No, Yhwach had that power, it's an ephitet that belongs to the König Macht, the Quincy king do have that capability." The general replied making his presence known.
"Seriously?" The youngest replied.
"Yes, seriously, if he has already used the Almighty to see them then all your connections will die soon, probably with us." The general said.
The boys became worried, Sabrina had forgiven them so why did they have to die?
"You mean they will execute all of us? Even my little boys?" The wife asked hysterically.
"Most likely." The general replied.
A soldat punched the general and ordered him to shut up, which the general followed, it wasn't any meaning going to the grave beaten half to death, the wife started to scream and cry for her sons mercy, the two boys was scared over what they have gotten themselves into, they now knew that the emperor could not be challanged in any way, it was suicidal, and to suggest treason was stupidity in itself by their father because the soldats would just be easily found out.
The soldats continued to drag them towards the throne room after they had picked up the mayor.
Silbern Throne Room
Ichigo sat on his makeshift throne, when he saw the massive doors open and the prisoners was brought in, he saw the hysterical wife, the scared teenagers, and a beaten mayor, he knew what had happened and knew what the mayor had proposed, he was happy for his soldiers loyalty, though he didn't understand why they quickly became so loyal, maybe it was because he ended the war and reunited the empire under a single banner or maybe something else.
It didn't matter now, he still had some unfinished business with the mayor and his family, aswell as with the general, Ichigo had already ordered a gate using the shadow of someone, since Erwig noticed that the gate of the sun really wasn't needed as long as you were trained use the shadows of your body as long as you are inside the Wandenreich, only for trips outside the Wandenreich was the gate of the sun really needed just like a Senkaimon.
Their last time in Silbern would be here in this very throne room. He watched as the soldats stopped right infront of the makeshift throne and presenting the prisoners, he did notice Bambietta's angry flare of reiatsu, but they were goners and Ichigo knew Bambietta wouldn't kill them now.
The chancellors was also present in the room along with Gina and Emmerich. Emmerich and Gina stood on the side of the prisoners, with the Chancellors standing on the left side of the makeshift throne with Bambietta standing on the right side of it.
"Please, have mercy for my children your majesty!" The wife begged.
"Mercy? The same mercy they showed Sabrina? The same mercy you showed her? If you are unable to show mercy to others then why should you receive mercy yourselves?" Ichigo asked as he looked at the wife with his trademark scowl.
"They made some bad mistakes is all." The wife replied.
"And these mistakes will continue to happen as long as they live, i have already seen the future with the Almighty and they will not back down no matter what, so i will have to make an example of them!" Ichigo replied.
"Please-" The wife said before she was interrupted by Bambietta.
"The topic is closed, even if my sister did forgive them it does not absolve them from their crimes, the law demands that justice is carried out, they are charged with assault and attempted murder and manslaughter and torture of innocents, not only that but we have witnesses to the attempt and the murders aswell, and so are you and your husband, aswell as charged with corruption and treason, in which you have been found guilty by his majesty on all charges! And the law is clear, the punishment is death!" Bambietta replied with a stern voice.
"I will take their punishment many times over i swear it on-" The wife said hysterically before being interrupted.
"If you had not allowed your sons to act the way they did and properly punished them and allowed witnesses to stop and punish them rather than executing the ones that tried to punish your sons they wouldn't be in this situation! You are just as guilty for their crimes as they are by letting your own children roam free without any punishment whatsoever! If you had done a good parenting job they would have gotten out of this situation alive and free! But instead you spoiled them rotten and let them get away with everything, something that should never be done! Because of that they are now viewed as a threat to Sabrina and the Basterbine family and in order to avoid any danger to them whatsoever they must be put down!" Ichigo said sternly refusing to back down from his decision.
The wife started to cry hysterically, much to Ichigo's annoyment, her sons was obviously scared of the fact that this was the end of the line for them, that their fates have already been decided, they both thought about it and it was quite like karma, they realized that everyone that was executed by the militia on their orders or beaten by them all felt like this, karmatic justice indeed. All their misdeeds has finally caught up with them, the fear they felt was the same fear everyone else felt from them as they were about to be killed.
The mayor on the other hand was outpowered, he couldn't do anything or say anything to make this situation any better, he couldn't just order up a militia of what?.. a couple hundred men to fight the entire Wandenreich army in the throne room of the emperor of the Wandenreich? The emperor had the power to handle the situation himself aswell. That was just a stupid thought, there was no way out of this one, his region was already controlled by Silbern directly and they had their army there.
A well trained army that he couldn't fight against even if he wanted too, he knew his militia was easily defeated, it was impossible to stand up against regular soldiers with just a militia, the differences was quite distinguishable, the militia was just farmers with pitch forks in comparison to the regulars, they lacked training and discipline, they couldn't even materialize a weapon even if they tried, something the regulars did with ease.
"And you! As a mayor you should represent and serve the people of your region, not just go around killing off political opponents, or giving yourself luxury and kill off anyone who disagrees with you, or for scolding your children for misbehaving! You are a disgrace of the Wandenreich! What do you have to say for yourself?" Ichigo asked the mayor as he looked at him sternly.
"Yhwach knew what he did, he knew the benefits of maintaining a single mayor! That was how it was back then and that is how it should be! Someone who has been in that position long enough knows how to do the job properly!" The mayor replied.
"Normally you would think so but looking at you on the other hand... you haven't got the faintest idea on how to do your job!" Ichigo replied with an amused tone over the argument.
"I have every idea how to do my job! I maintained peace and order! I maintained prosperity to the region! They survived because of me!" The mayor replied angry with his emperor.
A soldat hit him in the head with his baton for his disrespectful tone.
"They survived because they got help in the last minute! You mainted peace through fear rather than happiness, which is why no one rioted or rebelled and did as was told! But the region did not prosper! A region that prospers is a region where the people are happy! Where they all have food, shelter, safety, safe drinking water and money, and no there was no order! People have resorted to crime just to be able to survive! You ruined the region and the village! Your water pumps had dangerous contaminants in them, bacterial and viruses, and there is a lack of food, and a lack of safety, until now atleast, the list just goes on." Ichigo replied a bit angry by the mayors argument.
The mayor did not respond, he didn't even bother to continue to argue with Ichigo, Ichigo looked at the two sons of the mayor and decided to speak with them.
"And you two! What do you have to say for yourselves? Bullying a 4 year old girl and attempting to kill her, real brave of you, and further more contributing to the execution of innocent lives because you got scolded..." Ichigo said to the two teenagers.
"I just wanted to hear her talk, she was always quiet." The eldest replied.
"And because she was quiet you decided to bully her?" Ichigo asked calmly.
"We thought we could hear her voice that way." The youngest replied.
Ichigo felt Bambietta growing more and more angry and decided to let her have her way with them, Ichigo looked at her and nodded to her.
"So you went through all that trouble just to hear her voice, there was other ways that didn't involve bullying my sister and allowing her to have so much self doubt she believes she no longer has the right to live! That she is nothing else but a burden because you pieces of shits, she asked me if she was a burden to our parents because you beat them up because they tried to defend her! She asked me if she deserved to live! That is the damage you have caused, a fucking 4 year old should not have thoughts like that! For all i care you can all burn in hell!" Bambietta yelled out at them.
Liltotto and Uryu frowned over hearing what Sabrina had asked Bambietta, Candice and Meninas was more alarmed over it, Emmerich and Gina alongside the soldats was disturbed by the damage these two kids have really caused in the girl, they all now understood why Bambietta was so eager to have them executed, in a sense it was justified considering how many lives they have ruined.
"Perhaps they will, considering the damage perhaps some people do deserve to go to hell, since all Quincy come back to me after death and i already have an inner heaven and a inner hell, perhaps i should send people like you guys over to it to burn until reincarnation, which will take a lot of years in my inner hell considering a minute is a hundred years, and you wouldn't reincarnate for about a minimum of 300 years if you're lucky." Ichigo responded, reconsidering how to manage his inner hell.
They were all terrified, first execution and now they would go to hell? They hoped Ichigo was lying.
"As your chancellor i would advice you to do so, there cannot be any redemption for people like them, they must be thoroughly punished" Surprisingly it was Uryu who said that, which also gained approval from the other chancellors, even Emmerich agreed to that.
"Well then the decision is made." Ichigo replied as he looked at the prisoners.
"We're sorry, alright." The eldest one replied terrified.
"Oh so now you're sorry? Didn't sound like it back in the infirmary! And the only apology i will accept from you is your dead body!" Bambietta replied pissed off over their attitude.
The boys said nothing in return, just looking to the ground, fearing what was to come, they had fucked up and now the price had to be paid, there wasn't anything they could say really to get out of the situation, if Ichigo did see them as a threat the decision was already made, Ichigo could see the future and saw that if they were to be let go they would eventually become an even greater threat.
Ichigo noticed their silence and decided to give the general a chance to explain himself.
"And you, what do you have to say for yourself? According to my reports you have helped with the torture of innocents, manslaughter, assaults, corruption and treason." Ichigo said as he looked to the general
"I have nothing to say!" The general replied.
Ichigo raised an eyebrow at the general's choice of silence, he was surprised over it really, the general didn't even try to defend himself against the charges pointed at him, though he had already been found guilty by Ichigo on the charges placed against him, he was speaking with them now to hear their defence for their actions and yet this man chose to remain silent.
"Very well then, It is as the grand mistress previously told you, you have been found guilty on all charges and the punishment is death, i cannot allow people like you to ruin the empire through your actions, it is inexcusable and it is tyranny! Emmerich, is the firing squad ready?" Ichigo said as he fixed his look towards Emmerich.
"Yes your majesty, the rich is also assembled in the town by your orders, marshall law has been declared in the village aswell, all the soldats now need is someone to shoot at." Emmerich replied as he looked at his emperor.
"Very well, gag them to avoid having them tell the others why the rich is being called up, let's go!" Ichigo said as he stood up from his makeshift throne.
Gina opened the gate of the sun in the throne room, the soldats gagged the prisoners and along with Ichigo, Bambietta, the chancellors and Emmerich went through it carrying the prisoners who was trying to resist.
Ansbach Village
Ichigo and his group went into the village center, everyone stood there, the rich was guarded by the soldats from 112th division, to ensure that they did not leave, the regular people was curious as to what was happening, they had already lined up in two lines and was prepared to shot anything they were ordered to, they had already summoned their rifles.
"Soldats! Salute for his majesty, the grand mistress and the chancellors!" An officer said.
The soldats saluted, the entire population looked at Ichigo as he came with his black cape, and his party, it was obvious who he was as he stood quite nicely out, the population all saw their mayor and his family alongside the general of the closeby military base being dragged to the wall all gagged up and tied up.
"Do not proceed with the execution until i have given a nod of approval directly to you!" Ichigo said to the leading officer.
"Very well your majesty!" The officer said as he saluted.
Ichigo looked around and noticed the soldat's carrying banners and white oriflamme flags that had the silver cross on them and golden edges, and then he noticed a soldat carrying a horn which also had a small banner of the silver cross on it, which he would blow into when announcements would be made, and besides him stood a soldat carrying a folder with the silver cross on it, Ichigo counted the first line of soldats in the firing squad and noticed it was around 40, and since the second line was just as large the total amount of soldats in the firing squad was 80 men, then he looked at the guard line, all had summoned spears and shields, something Ichigo did wonder about and asked Bambietta for more details.
"The guard line always summons spears and long shields since holding rifles is more difficult in a defensive stance, if there is a line behind the shields then they carry rifles with bayonetes, so to put it simply it is easier to use spears along with shields rather than rifles and bayonetes, though that is usually one of the instances we actually use spears, they are often manifested in lines where close combat is expected, though it is usually depending on what kind of shields they use, they can manifest a small shield best suited with a sword or a long shield best suited with a spear, the small shield takes less space and is easier to move around to defend while the long shield is best suited for shieldwalls, which the spears will function as spikes to hold off any enemy that charges towards them. Usually soldats carry multiple Quincy crosses to manifest things needed, sometimes even up to five crosses in reserve." Bambietta replied.
"Why so many reserve crosses?" Ichigo asked.
"Because if a manifested object created by the cross is destroyed, the cross shatters aswell, rendering it useless, therefore we usually carry additional crosses just in case a cross shatters or if they need additional weaponry, though the crosses are quite solid. the only exception is you because your zanpakuto is a part of your soul, therefore you can summon them without using a cross, since you use a zanpakuto, however you do have a natural ability through the König Macht to summon a sankt bogen, and other abilities, making sure you don't need a cross in many cases though some Quincy can manifest a heilig bogen in reishi form without a cross, it is quite difficult to create and maintain it, however when you manifest something physically, you will need a cross." Bambietta replied
Ichigo did understand the point, he never thought about that at all to be honest.
"Anyways when you point out guilty people to the soldats over there they will grab them and drag them to the wall." Bambietta said as she looked over to a group of soldats
Bambietta turned her attention afterwards towards the crowd and noticed her father standing there, wondering what was going on, she widened her eyes at seeing him, she did not really want him to be there to see the execution, but she couldn't make a scene either, so she just had to endure it.
Ichigo looked over the group of soldats, they were ready to sprint into action, Ichigo pointed out one man he saw in his visions, and the soldats grabbed him and carried him forcibly, he tried to struggle lose but couldn't break free, and then Ichigo pointed out another one, and he was grabbed, and then a woman, she was taken aswell, after a while around 14 people was taken, which meant that 19 was now at the wall.
"Give your nod of approval to the two soldats carrying the horn and the folder over there to begin." Bambietta replied as she looked towards the two soldats.
Ichigo looked at them and they looked at him, waiting for his approval, he nodded at them and the Soldats turned towards the crowd, the hornblower blowed the horn and made a small quick tune out of it, in which the crowd became silent. Then the soldat carrying the folder opened his folder and read from the paper in it.
"All power to his majesty! These people have been charged of corruption, torture of innocents, attempted murder, murder and treason! By decree of his majesty, they have been found guilty on all charges and will face his majesty's justice. By decree of his majesty all secondary persons have been found guilty in aiding the convicted, or associating with the convicted of either one of the mentioned crimes and shall face his majesty's justice in which demands their lives as punishment for their crimes, a punishment handed out by a firing squad, in accordance to his majesty's justice and commands!" The soldat yelled out to the people.
Some of the crowd began to cheer at the realization that the corrupt and tyrannical people was finally getting justice, the people that had been bothering and starving them for so long, will finally receive justice.
"I guess the people support your decision your majesty!" Emmerich said.
"It would seem so." Liltotto replied.
"Probably not a wonder, this has to be done whether we like it or not." Uryu said.
"Indeed, our position cannot be moved so easily through emotions anymore." Ichigo said to Uryu.
"I know." Uryu replied.
Ichigo nodded at the officer to commence the execution, some of the people at the wall was hysterical, they tried to deny their guilt but Ichigo has already seen them, he knew they were guilty and it was true, they were all guilty of the charges made against them, each of the corrupt people all held a great amount of power in the region, and now they were done for.
"Make ready!" The officer yelled.
The soldats in the first row crouched down, and the second row took their stance, all of their rifles was now at a 45 degree angle.
"Take aim." The officer yelled out.
The soldats raised their rifles to their shoulders and aimed right at the condemned, the officer once more looked back at Ichigo.
"Give one more nod to approve the execution, and the officer will give the order to fire, the safety measure for proceeding was made by Yhwach for inducing fear of execution, it was a way of getting information, therefore another nod of approval is needed to proceed with the order to fire." Bambietta said.
Ichigo did understand the point, though this wasn't an attempt to get information, Ichigo nodded at the officer and the order was given.
"Fire!" The soldat yelled.
Loud bangs filled the village as the soldiers pulled the trigger, shooting them where they stood, all 19 people fell to the ground, the officer gave one last order.
"Safe, stand!" The officer yelled.
The soldats put on the safety on their rifles so they wouldn't fire in case someone had subconsciously reloaded the reishi bullet and they placed the rifles with their stocks on the ground, the first line stood up and they all stood in the same manner, at attention with the rifle stocks on the ground. The officer summoned a reishi pistol and went over to the condemned, he used his leg to verify their status, he checked the first three people that was dead, then the fourth one he had his doubts and used his pistol and shot the man in the head, and then continued on, until he reached another one and shot a woman in the head, then he came to the youngest teenager, checked, shot in the head, and then he came to the wife, shot in the head, rest was confirmed dead.
"That concludes the execution your majesty!" Bambietta said.
Ichigo nodded, Bambietta looked towards her father who just looked at the bodies. He did seem kind of relieved to know that safety had been brought here once more, but Bambietta was unsure what he would make of the fact that she was in on the execution of these people, did he understand that it was part of her job? That doesn't mean he approves, she would have to speak with him.
"I think i see your father Bambi, is he coming back with us?" Meninas asked.
"I have to ask him something." Bambietta said as she went over to her father.
"Clean up here." Emmerich said to one of the officers.
"Yes sir!" The officer said as he ordered the soldats to clean up.
The crowd still cheered for Ichigo's decision, realizing they now were free of the burden of tyranny, Ichigo noticed this and so did his chancellors, it was very obvious that the right call to smack down hard on corruption was made. Ichigo had set his foot down and made examples of them, something that had quickly given him popularity in Ansbach.
Bambietta on the other hand had just approached her father and began to speak.
"Daddy? Will you come back to Silbern with us now?" Bambietta asked.
"Yeah, my job is done, evidently i don't have a job anymore." Ernst replied not knowing what to do.
"I know, it was a decision made in Silbern, his majesty will speak with you later regarding several job offers." Bambietta said
"The decision was made in Silbern?" Ernst replied.
"Yeah, sorry about that, the chancellors and his majesty wants to move you to Silbern in the royal district connected to Silbern castle and under the security of Silbern directly." Bambietta said.
"So they want us to move to the capital?" Ernst asked.
"Yeah, and i do to." Bambietta said with a low tone.
"I see, we have been trying to move away from Ansbach for quite some time, so i guess we can take you up on the offer, a new job in Silbern you said? What kind of job?" Ernst replied, noticing how his daughter became a bit scared regarding the talk they had.
"A variety of possibilities is availeble from what i heard, but you will have to speak with his majesty later on that account, all i know is that it is better paying jobs" Bambietta replied.
"I see." Ernst replied as he looked to his daughter with a smile.
"You're not upset or angry are you?" Bambietta asked a little bit afraid of the answer.
"No i'm not, though a warning beforehand would have been appreciated." Ernst replied with a smile, camling his daughter down.
"Sorry." Bambietta replied.
"Is she the daughter you looked so long for?" Another voice asked.
Bambietta looked towards the voice and noticed several people have been listening in on their conversation.
"Yeah, this is Bambietta, my eldest daughter." Ernst replied proudly.
"I see, so she is alive, that is good news indeed, i see she is in the military? And from her uniform an officer at that too." A female replied.
"Now that is impressive, what is your rank young lady?" The male asked.
Bambietta didn't have time to answer before a soldat officer appeared next to her to deliver a message.
"Grand mistress, his majesty and the chancellors are ready to leave, and are awaiting you." The soldat said.
The crowd was surprised to learn that Ernst's eldest daughter was the grand mistress.
"Ohh, you're the grand mistress? You've surely grown since i last saw you." A familiar voice said.
Bambietta recognized the voice but couldn't place it directly, she looked towards it and noticed a familiar man, an old family friend of theirs that used to live in Floriance with them, she thought the man was dead after he was injured in the riot.
"If i recall correctly you are my old neighbour, gramps?" Bambietta asked, she didn't remember his name, she never did, but he often did give her candy when she was a small child, and always treated her well, though he had some gray in his hair he wasn't any older than around 60 years old or so, she just called him gramps.
"Ahh so you do remember me?" gramps asked with a smile.
"Of course, i always used to sneak to your house and you always gave me candy many years ago." Bambietta replied with a smile.
"Haha, that is true, so it really is you, i'm glad to see that you are well, we have been worried about you since you disappeared, where did you go?" gramps asked.
Bambietta didn't really want to talk about everything that happened to her, she wanted to avoid this topic at all costs, she didn't even want to tell her father but he was just as curious, but she sidestepped the question.
"A lot of things happened." Bambietta replied with a sad tone, even though she did try to hide it.
Gramps and Ernst noticed this and knew something had happened to her, something terrible, but they didn't want to ask any further, they didn't want to hurt her.
"I see, well you are alright and that is the most important part." Gramps replied.
"Yeah, though i suppose i have to leave now, i still have work to do. You coming?" Bambietta asked her father.
"Yeah i suppose." Ernst replied as he came with her.
as they left the crowd for a bit Bambietta decided to say what was on her heart.
"Sorry you had to see that, i know you might disapprove for my part in the execution." Bambietta replied.
"Don't worry about it, you have a job to do, and a part of that job is to see justice done and the law enforced right? Who am i to judge?" Ernst replied.
Bambietta felt a huge sense of relief hearing that, her father wasn't upset with her at all for her part in the execution, something she greatly feared he would be. But he wasn't and that was enough for her. Bambietta and Ernst arrived over with Ichigo and his group and they left for the gateway, back to Silbern.
Silbern Royal Office
***A while later***
Ichigo was in his office, Ernst had received a letter of positions availeble in Silbern, one of the included working in the O.D.K as a situation analyst and strategist for the supreme command, it was regarded as a position of high honor amongst the Quincy, just working in Silbern castle was a high honor, the position has peeked Ernst's interest and he was talking with Sabrina and his wife about it, he had been assured by Ichigo and several other officers that he would receive all the training he could need for the job. Bambietta came into the office to speak with Ichigo.
"Hi Ichi." Bambietta said with a smile.
"Oh, hi Bambi." Ichigo replied with a smile back.
"Daddy talked to mommy, she agreed to move here, Sabrina was pretty happy about it too." Bambietta said with a smile recalling the huge happy face her sister had when the decision was made.
"That's good to hear, has he decided amongst the various jobs yet?" Ichigo asked with curiosity
"He seems quite interessted at the job at over at the O.D.K." Bambietta replied.
"I see, it's a good job and we need more people there." Ichigo said as he leaned back in his chair.
"Yeah, which job offers did you give him?" Bambietta asked.
"A.N.U second unit as an intelligence operator, the O.D.K with a variety of positions availeble, including radio operator, command and control which he is interested in, among other things." Ichigo replied.
"I see, all jobs located in Silbern?" Bambietta asked curiously.
"Yeah, if he takes the job at command and control he will get his own office down in the O.D.K section." Ichigo responded.
A knock on the door was heard and the soldat entered on Ichigo's order.
"Your majesty, Ernst Basterbine is here." The soldat said.
"Send him in." Ichigo replied.
Ernst entered the office.
"Your majesty, after some thought i would love to take the job at the O.D.K as a situation analyst and strategist." Ernst said with a smile.
"Good, you can begin in two days, i suppose you have some stuff to move from your old home?" Ichigo said with a smile.
"Yes, we will need to move our furniture." Ernst said.
"I'll go help them with it." Bambietta said.
"Very well, welcome aboard, Bambi knows where you'll live from now on, and where your office will be, aswell as the location of the O.D.K, she can show it to you." Ichigo said to Ernst.
"Thank you your majesty!" Ernst replied happily over his new job.
Bambietta quickly went with her father to show him his new workplace, happy over his decision.
'A part military family huh?' Ichigo said internally as he focused on his paperwork.
To be continued
A/N: I forgot to add in earlier the part with the Quincy crosses, every Quincy must use a cross to manifest a weapon or object, like a tent, since tents are multiple parts it would require several crosses to put it up, and i decided to give the Quincy reserve crosses for a variety of reasons, one is that if a weapons break the cross would break with it and so on, so yes reserve crosses would make sense for any Quincy if they have common sense, i know that i would have had extra crosses if i ever were one. And no since seki-seki stops reiatsu based attacks and blocks reishi Quincies shouldn't be able to manifest that through their cross.
While Quincies can build by forcing reishi into a single point, building is a different process then manifesting weapons since in theory they should be able to turn any object into reishi and change it's shape by rematerializing it, since reishi materializes naturally as is shown in Soul Society and if Quincies are masters at reishi manipulation then they should naturally have this ability by my belief.
How Silbern castle was rebuilt will be explained at a later chapter, so any questions regarding that will be answered later. Atleast i will try to answer it as good as i can.
Trivia: This execution was actually inspired by medival and modern executions, with the firing squad being more modern like and the hornblower and reader being more medieval like, aswell as carrying banners and oriflamme flags was quite common in medival periods during public executions as it showed the sigil of a lord or king. It was actually common to use a heraldic and oriflamme type flags during medival ages as heraldic was often used by the british and the holy roman empire and oriflamme flags commonly used amongst the french.
Trivia: When the oriflamme flag was shown on the battlefield in medieval ages it often symbolized no quarter to be given or no mercy while a red oriflamme flag signified cruelty and ferocity, though in this case it is a white oriflamme flag with a silver cross, it was often used as a sign of royalty as well, as it was used by the king of france as a battle standard.
Fun fact: In the canon bleach we see the Wandenreich city, as a medival like town, but the soldats wore gas masks, trench coats and barets, the trench coats and gas masks being commonly used by the military in the trenches in world war 1 and the baret more commonly used in world war 2.