Disclaimer: I do not own bleach! All credits go to Tite Kubo
Silbern
It was a busy morning in Silbern, soldiers was running around, TV cameras was being put up and the whole population of the Wandenreich would be watching, the servants ran around and prepared for their arrival, the royal family spent some time together to go through proper etiquette one more time. Bambietta was in the command and control section of Silbern and overlooking security emplacements.
Fences and barriers was being placed to keep the population at a safe distance, and barriers was used as a invisible wall in case someone should try something, the K.G had been briefed and would stand at attention at the visit close to their emperor and grand mistress, though they would be a nice attraction, they were also on guard duty for their first time, many of the K.G soldats was excited, and some were nervous.
The A.N.U would wear civilian clothing and patrol among the population in secret, and stop any potential hazard before it became a major problem, the total manpower around the enterance was already consisted of 7500 soldiers, some visible and many others was hidden, and that is not including the rapid reaction force that was in Silbern castle in case of emergency, which consisted of an additional 5000 soldiers.
Security would be extremly tight, scanners and surveillence cameras from the A.N.U was already up and running, scanners camouflaged themselves and kept a close eye around the area, snipers would be placed on the roof to pick off any threat with their rifles, they had a special set of goggles given to them by the research unit that had a reiatsu sensor attached to them, basically making them see spiritual or spiritual aware beings through walls like a thermal camera, HARs systems was placed around aswell inside the safety net where Ichigo would meet the two noble families.
Bambietta was rushing all over along with the chancellors, Bambietta had to learn all the emergency and contingency plans should the worst happen and was currently going over the plans once more, medics was ready for immediate response in worst case scenario, doctors at the ready, emergency room prepared, reserved and well equipped in Silbern castle. Everything had been prepared for.
Emmerich was on guard duty and functioned as the field commander outside Silbern castle while Gina functioned as the field commander inside the castle, the chancellors would also be the primary bodyguards of Ichigo and the nobles that would arrive aswell as they would join in on the meetings alongside Bambietta, red carpets was out and the Senkaimon had been placed so they would arrive directly on the carpet when they walked out of it, which was placed by Erwig and Kisuke.
Ichigo was more focused on the meeting, politics and the greeting than he was with security, primarily because that was Bambietta's job aswell as Emmerich's and Gina job, and they had it very tight and very strict with a "no bullshit" or "don't even think about it" policy, Kenryu and Enryu along with the Kuchiki escort have been granted access to the current security protocols and security measures from Kukaku Shiba at Isshin's request and have been very impressed with the tight security, showing that the Wandenreich took the nobles safety very seriously, and it eased their minds a lot to know it.
Ichigo had to finish etiquette rehearsal early since he had to rehearse his speech he would give when they had arrived, Ginrei and Rurichiyo would also give their own speeches in front of the entire empire, Mayuri had also given central 46 and the gotei 13 massive tv screens to watch the event and members from 12th division was given special access to the Wandenreich on the request of Kyoraku to broadcast the event live there too.
This was a historical moment in the spiritual world so nothing could be permitted to go wrong at any cost, as it marked the first diplomatic and political trip between the Quincy and the Shinigami, who had been at war for a millenia.
Silbern defence Command
Bambietta stood besides her father and other officers and went through the security map once more.
"Sir, all the guards are in position, snipers are placed, barriers are up and running and fences are in place." A soldat from the defence command said to Bambietta
"Good, nothing can be permitted to go wrong today, it is of paramount importance that nothing unexpected happens to them!" Bambietta said sternly
"Yes sir!" All the officer replied, including Bambietta's father.
"I have gone through command positioning here in command and both me and his majesty approves, captain Basterbine along with captain Deublox is assuming main command over the defences, the rest of you are on outer city defence." Bambietta ordered.
"Yes sir!" The officers once more replied.
"If this goes without any complications, you can all expect a promotion, that's how vital this is!" Bambietta said sternly.
"A promotion?" Captain Deublox asked.
"Yes, you were also promoted recently weren't you? Two days ago was it?" Bambietta asked.
"Yes sir!" Captain Deublox replied.
"Well if this goes well without complications you will all be promoted up one rank with a increase in salary and all bonuses applied, regardless of places you defend, everyone gets a promotion, courtesy of me and his majesty directly. If something unexpected happens the other officers are ordered to help in any way possible, understood?" Bambietta asked.
"Yes sir!" The officers once more said.
"Questions?" Bambietta asked.
Ernst raised his hand.
"Yes?" Bambietta asked.
"I looked through the file and there were no official records of where the visitors would be or how long they will be here or anything about their locations, is that planned?" Ernst asked.
"What? You didn't get it?!" Bambietta asked annoyed.
"No." Several officer replied.
"Damn! Well there isn't any plans to go outside Silbern castle so that isn't a issue, however during their stay Silbern is on high alert, the visit will last three days, which means your mission will last three days, there will be a speech upon their arrival, and then afterwards a dinner and several meetings, however you must count on some unexpected planning, and in some cases improvise, there might be some deviation at times from the regular schedule, if they should decide to head out however i have asked the Shinigami escort to give us a warning beforehand so safety measures can be taken here, preferably 3 hours prior, i will have the control room give their schedules and plans to you and find out what the hell they're doing!" Bambietta said.
"Yes sir!" The officers once more said.
Bambietta was pissed, they already had one complication thanks to the control room, the Silbern defence command was working blind, thanks to them and she would kick their asses for it. She left the command center and headed into the door of the control center.
Silbern Control Center
"Can any of you fuckfaces tell me why the hell Silbern defence command hasn't received the plans or schedule for the visit?!" Bambietta yelled out once she came into the control center.
"Grand mistress? I thought they worked on their own accord?" The officer in charge said.
"Major Grattung, who in the fucking name of god gave you that fucking idea?!" Bambietta yelled.
"Well they always have and-" Major Grattung was interrupted by Bambietta's anger.
"I told you fuck faces that this is a fucking combined operation! Which part of that god damned order did you not get!?" Bambietta screamed.
"My apologies grand mistress, i will deliever the schedules and plans now!" Major Grattung said ashamed over himself for compromising the visit.
"Forget it! I will do it myself, seeing as you are incapable of doing that simple job! Give me the fucking schedules and plans, NOW!" Bambietta ordered.
Major Grattung did as command fairly quickly, they only had about two hours until their arrival, meaning that the Silbern defence command had more than enough to do already, and now they had to work partially blind and slower thanks to the lack of information.
"Here grand mistress." Major Grattung said.
"Thank you so fucking much!" Bambietta said as she turned around and left back to the command center, she smashed the door shut violently after she left, leaving the soldiers in the control center surprised, while their commander started to sweat bullets.
Silbern Defence Command
Bambietta entered the command center, she gave the file to her father, who read through it with captain Deublox, but the plans and file was big.
"Damn, it's too big, we just have to find the most important parts for now and go through it during the visit when they arrive should it be needed, we can prepare better when they enter Silbern castle." Captain Deublox said.
"Yeah, just memorise the most important parts for now, here, here, and here. these three pages, these are the emergency plans and emergency assets availeble, and this one is their schedule." Bambietta said as she showed of three pages.
"Understood, regardless, a copy should be made so we have one each, we copy the important pages first and then the other pages." Ernst said.
"Yeah, good idea." Captain Deublox said.
They both went over to a copying machine and copied the files and began to memorise the most important parts for now.
"Any other questions?" Bambietta asked
One officer took his hand up.
"Yes?" Bambietta asked.
"In cases of emergency, should we send some forces away from regional defence over to Silbern?" The officer asked.
"Only if it is needed, a threat can come just as much from the outside as it can on the inside." Bambietta replied.
"Very well sir!" The officer replied.
"Any more?" Bambietta asked.
No one raised their hand.
"Very well, i'll be on call if you need me until the visit, where i'll be availeble with along with Emmerich through radio." Bambietta replied.
"Sir yes sir!" The officer replied as they set of to work
Bambietta headed towards her office, she wanted to call the other chancellors and make them aware over the little communication breakup between the control center and command center, she didn't want to bother Ichigo with it because she knew he was busy with something else for their arrival.
Silbern Royal Office
Uryu was with Ichigo to hear his speech and to help him rehearse it, Uryu was impressed by the speech, though Ichigo didn't write it he did say the words to his scribe, so he did come up with the speech since this was a job he felt he needed to do because of the importance of the occasion, history would be written here after all and it needed to be done properly, and what impact would Ichigo's speech have if someone else wrote it? Atleast that was what he felt.
They were interrupted when three beeps was heard and the announcements system announced that Uryu had a phone call.
"Well, i guess i got to take it." Uryu said.
"You can use mine, the line to the control center is 0, that way you don't have to walk all the way to your office." Ichigo replied.
"Thanks." Uryu said as he went over to Ichigo's desk.
Uryu went over to Ichigo's desk and got in touch with the control center by pressing 0.
"This is chancellor Uryu Ishida, i'm in the royal office so if possible transfer the line here." Uryu said
After a while Uryu once more replied.
"I see, very well i'll call her up." Uryu said as he hung up.
Ichigo looked at Uryu wonder what it was all about.
"Evidently Bambi wanted to speak with me." Uryu said.
"Oh? Press star and press the G.M button on the phone, then it will call her up and connect to the availble line, after the call press the four edge to hang up, otherwise she will be put on hold once you put the phone down." Ichigo said.
"Very well." Uryu replied.
He pressed the star and pressed the G.M button and it connected to line 1, Bambietta answered the phone after a little while.
"This is Uryu, i'm with Ichigo in Ichigo's office, you wanted to speak with me?" Uryu said.
Bambietta explained the situation regarding the communications mix up, Uryu frowned at hearing the problem, but was grateful for the heads up.
"I see... Well thanks for the heads up, i'll inform his majesty immediately." Uryu said with a frown.
After a while, Uryu once more responded.
"So it is partially solved, good, Regardless this is something he should be aware of atleast... Yeah i understand that but he should know... Alright once more thanks for the heads up." Uryu said as he hung up.
"Problems?" Ichigo asked annoyed.
"There was some communications mix up between the control center and the Silbern defence command, the situation is partially sorted out for now but the Silbern defence command didn't receive the plans and schedule that the control center had until just recently and are working partially blind." Uryu said.
"Great, just what we needed..." Ichigo said annoyed.
"Regardless, Bambietta have solved the issue and have briefed the rest of the chancellors to be on extra alert." Uryu replied.
"Well, atleast she can be counted on." Ichigo said
"Yes, she takes her job very seriously, anyways should be continue?" Uryu said with approval.
"Indeed." Ichigo once more said as he continued his rehearsal.
Silbern Royal Quarters
Karin and Yuzu was getting in their dress, their Quincy sternritter uniform shaped in the form of royalty with a silver cross medal attached from the right chest region, with the royal sigil, though the royal sigil was quite different than Ichigo's, the medal was shaped in the form of a big silver cross with a square at the center holding the royal sigil with the shield, and a pointed crown on the top, both the girls wore skirts with white pantyhoses, Ichigo had also gotten the medal just with his own sigil instead, they were both exempt from wearing officer hats though, Masaki was also wearing the same.
Isshin had also gotten his uniform, unlike originally planned he was wearing white to represent the Quincies and the royal family, despite his Shinigami heritage, he also had his medal, he wore black and white boots with white pants, along with a white shirt and black tie under a trench coat. Everything was now prepared for the nobles arrival.
However what had surprised the Kurosaki family the most was the fact that Karin didn't complain over wearing a skirt or pantyhoses, normally she would have torn half of Silbern down before she would ever accept the fact that she had to wear it but she didn't, something Ichigo had blessed his luck with earlier, though he did suppose he would have to make it up to her later in some sort of way, or maybe it was repayment for allowing her the luxuries she had, she could do whatever she wanted and in the world of the living they could live like a normal family and in Silbern like royalty, a perfect deal actually.
Silbern Castle Gate
***One hour and 58 minutes later***
The Kurosaki family had all lined up, in front of everyone, the red carpet was out, the K.G had around 145 men outside, some stood in the line while 20 others was guarding the royal family by standing behind them, 120 men stood in a line with their new extravagant uniform, many Quincies was amazed to see them, their unique uniform surely fitted the royal guard, they all stood at attention and at a present arms stance, while one officer carried a sheathed sword stood there at attention.
Their rifles was in front of them with bayonetes attached and pointing upwards, berets and masks was on, four others would salute the visitors, two on the right side of the carpet, two on the left side. It was quite simple really, and then the gate of the sun opened, several hell butterflies flew out and out came Ginrei, Rukia, Rurichiyo, Kenryu, Enryu, and several others as escort along with servants.
They looked at the scene in front of them and was surprised, cheering was heard all around them and cameras was focused in on them, Rurichiyo had never seen anything like it, they were on a red carpet, soldiers standing with a present arms stance in a respectfull maner as they are greeting them here with military courtesy, they all noticed the soldiers with a unique uniform, and they were nice to look at.
"Who are those?" Rurichiyo asked looking at the soldats in their present arms stance.
"I do not know, i have never seen that uniform before." Rukia said as she looked at the soldats.
Rukia looked around and noticed the HARs system.
"Look grandfather, a HARs launcher is there!" Rukia said lowly as she looked at the system.
Kenryu, Enryu, Rurichiyo and Ginrei looked at the system.
"I see, though there doesn't appear to be a radar nearby, perhaps we were wrong." Ginrei responded.
"My apologies grandfather." Rukia said disappointed.
"Don't be, it's a new system." Ginrei said in her defence.
Rurichiyo noticed Ichigo and his family in their uniforms, she noticed Ichigo along with Bambietta was walking towards them and she couldn't help but smile over seeing her friend once more, she had eagerly awaited this moment, she looked around and banners were flying high, flags was flying in the wind, some with the royal sigil, some with the silver cross on it, some with the Kasumioji sigil on it, and some with the Kuchiki sigil on it, all four flew proudly in the wind.
They started to walk on the carpet towards Ichigo, Ichigo was smiling all the way, along with Bambietta and the rest of the royal family and chancellors.
"Shoulder. Right. Arms. Salute!" An officer said loudly who carried a sword, the guards did as ordered, they placed their rifles on their right shoulders and saluted the visitors, Ichigo and their grand mistress.
Eventually they met up at the center of the carpet.
"Welcome to Silbern, lady Rurichiyo, lord Ginrei, lady Rukia. I hope you enjoy your stay as much as we enjoy your visit." Ichigo said in a respectful tone.
"Thank you your majesty, may i say it is truly an honor to be here today. I look forward to spending the next three days here." Rurichiyo said respectfully.
"Indeed your majesty, it is indeed a great honor to be here, and it is a great honor to be the first state visitors of both the Wandenreich and the Soul Society, this is truly history in the making, the Kasumioji family, the Kuchiki family and the royal family of the Wandenreich meeting officially for the first time in history." Ginrei said respectfully.
"Indeed, the past is over and the bright future is coming, i'm confident of it." Ichigo said with a smile.
"It surely does." Ginrei said approvingly while Rurichiyo nodded in agreement.
"And may i also welcome some old acquaintances, Kenryu and Enryu, i am surely happy to see you again." Ichigo said.
"I thank you your majesty, this is truly and honor, i am moved beyond words that you remember us." Kenryu said with a respectful bow.
"Hahaha, i could never forget you two." Ichigo said amused.
Ichigo's laughter caused Ginrei to smile, Rukia gave out a chuckle while Rurichiyo began to laugh herself.
"Your majesty, if you would allow me a question?" Rukia asked.
"Yes lady Rukia?" Ichigo asked.
"I do not recall seeing these men before, nor their uniforms." Rukia pointed out.
Ichigo looked at the guardsmen, and noticed they were a new sight.
"Ahh they are the K.G, or the Keiserliche Garde, the royal guard of the Wandenreich, this is your first time seeing them i presume?" Ichigo responded.
"Yes it is, they are quite a new sight your majesty." Rukia responded amazed by the soldiers.
"Indeed, it is a newly made unit lady Rukia." Ichigo said approvingly.
"I think they look nice, i like their uniforms aswell your majesty." Rurichiyo said happily.
"Indeed, and they seem well disciplined and synchronized, and well trained your majesty." Ginrei pointed out.
Ichigo looked at Bambietta to tell more about them.
"Indeed lord Ginrei, their uniform is their standard wear, they wear it for ceremonial purposes, guard duties and in the battlefield, the unit is made up of veterans and experienced elite soldiers, they are the best soldiers the Wandenreich has to offer." Bambietta said.
"Ohh, that is very impressive." Rurichiyo pointed out, recalling how skilled the soldats of the Wandenreich really was.
"So how have things been faring for you lord and ladies?" Ichigo asked respectfully.
"Well i have gotten up in my age but it has yet to slow me down." Ginrei said honestly.
"I have been doing great, though a lot of work has been needed since the war but things are coming among smoothly." Rurichiyo said approvingly.
"I have been doing great, things have started to come together, how about you?" Rukia said approvingly.
"Well i have kept myself busy with a variety of things, otherwise things are doing great." Ichigo said with smile.
"And how fares the reconstruction of the Wandenreich?" Ginrei asked.
"It is almost done already, the whole empire had to be rebuilt but thanks to our ability to manipulate reishi it is almost done, all we now need is to handle the political affairs and build up more jobs for the people." Ichigo said.
Rurichiyo was surprised by this.
"What? That quickly? That is impressive!" Rurichiyo said in awe.
"Indeed, if we had the Quincies mastery over reishi we would be finished with reconstruction too lady Rurichiyo." Rukia said.
"Really?" Rurichiyo asked amazed.
Ichigo, Ginrei and Rukia all nodded at Rurichiyo, Rurichiyo was very amazed over the sheer speed of the Quincies, it would take the Soul Society years to do what they have done in just a couple of weeks.
"Though i wish political matters went as quickly i must admit." Ichigo responded.
"Politics are never easy, and it usually takes time in that regard." Ginrei said respectfully.
"Indeed, and how about your end in the Soul Society?" Ichigo asked.
"Well, it will take us up to 10 years maybe longer to fully recover in reconstruction alone, but otherwise things are going smoothly." Ginrei responded.
"I see, i guess that will be one of the topics during our meeting from my understanding?" Ichigo asked.
"Indeed." Ginrei said.
They went over and greeted the rest of the royal family, After that was done Ichigo decided to continue, they could talk privately later.
"Anyways, i have a speech to deliver, i heard you have some too, we shouldn't keep the crowd waiting too long." Ichigo responded.
"Indeed." The visitors said.
Ichigo went over to the stand and all the cameras and eyes focused on him, a servant of Silbern came and gave some papers to Ichigo, and he began his speech to the population of Silbern and everyone watching.
Silbern defence Command
***Just before the visitors arrived***
Things were busy in the command center, security was being controlled tightly, and no mess ups could be allowed, the room was filled with military personell, all sitting in front of monitors and radio equipment.
"Sir, the gate is opening." A soldat said.
"Alright, focus security on front row, get me a overhead view of the population." Ernst ordered.
"Yes sir."
They watched closely on all monitors, they couldn't see anything suspicious.
"Sniper unit, give a report." Captain Deublox ordered.
"Charlie two, situation normal." Charlie two said over the radio.
"Charlie five, all clear." Charlie five said.
"A.N.U units, give a report." Ernst ordered.
"Situation is normal." The A.N.U reported
"Sir they are entering, his majesty is walking towards them." The soldat said.
"Alright, order the K.G on alert, have them watch the crowd, they are lined up for that for a reason." Captain Deublox ordered.
"What is the radar status?" Ernst asked.
"Situation is normal, no unknown foreign reiatsu detected." A soldat replied.
"They are greeting each other sir!" The soldat said.
"Charlie four, we have a open window with good range, possible hazard, switching to thermal." Charlie four said.
"Get me eyes on their goggles, i want to see what they see!" Ernst ordered.
The soldats had switched to thermal, their goggle cameras was visible on the big screen in the command center, both their cameras came up as a divided screen.
"Room clear, no presences detected." Charlie four said.
"Radar reveals no presences in the building." A soldat said.
"Very well, get a scanner on that building, it's possible that someone forgot their window but not a chance worth to take." Ernst said.
"Fully agreed." Captain Deublox said in agreement.
"They are moving to the greeting of the royal family sir!" The soldat said.
"Very well." Ernst said
The greeting was done without complications
"His majesty is beginning his speech sir!" A soldat said.
"Very well, scanners up front." Captain Deublox ordered.
"Very well, moving scanners to monitor the front row!" A soldat said.
They watched for a while and nothing happened.
"Sir his majesty's speech is finished, Ginrei Kuchiki is beginning his." A soldat said.
"Very well, A.N.U divide and get to the middle." Ernst ordered.
"A.N.U copies." A soldat said over the radio.
it all went without a single problem.
"Ginrei Kuchiki has completed his speech, Rurichiyo Kasumioji is next sir!" A soldat said.
"Very well." Captain Deublox said.
"All measures have already been taken, nothing else we can do now until something happens." Ernst said.
"I agree." Captain Deublox said.
It went on for a little while until the radio called in.
"Sir, A.N.U reports a suspicious person in the back row, they are advancing towards the person now." A soldat said.
"Charlie two, suspicious presence near your position, A.N.U are on the move, radio locations delievered, be on lookout and provide assistance if needed." Ernst said over the radio.
"Charlie two copies, searching... Agents detected." Charlie two said.
"Copy, can you see the target?" Ernst asked.
"Charlie two hold... Affirmitive, target acquired." Charlie two said.
"Hold your fire, to not engage unless ordered too." Ernst ordered.
"Charlie two copies." Charlie two said.
"A.N.U has made contact, the target is disoriented, request medical." The A.N.U said.
"Copy, alerting medical." Ernst said as he nodded to a soldat.
The rest of the speech went unhindered.
"Rurichiyo Kasumioji has finished her speech, They are moving towards the enterance of the castle." A soldat said.
"Very well, a back attack is the most prudent, monitor closely." Captain Deublox ordered.
"Monitoring." A soldat said.
After a couple of second the soldat once more reported.
"Sir, the meeting has gone without complications, the rest is the control center's jurisdiction, our job now is to ensure no one sneak into Silbern." A soldat said.
"Very well, scanners around Silbern, have the snipers repositioned, and have the A.N.U assigned to their patrol lines along with the Silbern guard, get the K.G into Silbern in 25 seconds." Ernst ordered.
"Yes sir." The soldat said as he relayed the order over the radio.
"The worst is over for now." Captain Deublox said.
"Yeah, still we can't let out guard down." Ernst replied.
"Indeed." Captain Deublox responded.
Silbern Great Hall
***A little while later***
Ichigo was heading towards the royal quarters with his grand mistress, chancellors and guests, they had been amazed by the extravagance in appearance on the lower levels, however when they reached the top section even Ginrei was amazed over the sheer extravagance that was shown, the Kuchiki family surely couldn't compete with this, everything from the floor to the roof was extravagant, Rukia, Rurichiyo, Kenryu and Enryu was all amazed over what they saw.
A castle fit for a monarch, to say that Rurichiyo wasn't a bit envious would be a lie, she had never seen anything as shiny and beautiful as Silbern castle, it's true beauty was on the inside, like a message saying you shouldn't judge by outer appearance, or like you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover would most likely be the best word to describe it.
Though they had all thought that Silbern looked pretty good from beforehand, it wasn't a secret that some nobles was also envious of Silbern just from it's size and exterior looks, the massive tower was a show of leadership, might and strength, it was also very defensible and could be held by only a small garrison for years without complications.
Bambietta had noticed their looks and felt a little victorious on the inside that they had something not even the nobles of the Soul Society had, she knew it through the pictures that the Soul Society would lose if this was a beauty contest, or extravagance contest, though she didn't show her victorious emotion on the outside, but she did also note some worried expression showed from Rurichiyo and Ginrei, what they were worried about she didn't know, but she did become a bit more alert over the fact that they were worried.
"Are you alright? You look concerned lord Ginrei, lady Rurichiyo." Bambietta asked
Rurichiyo and Ginrei exchanges glances, unsure of whether to tell the Quincies of the threat of the other noble families because of their greed and envy, if they did it would create more trust between them, if they didn't a full scale war could appear if the situation went out of hand and Silbern had been somehow taken and they figured out who was responsible for the disappearance of their greatest pride.
"Ichigo, we need to talk before the interview, i have something to tell you and your inner circle." Rurichiyo said.
"Alright, we are heading towards the royal quarters now, we have a dinner table there with food prepared for you, is it something we can talk about over dinner?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes the sooner the better, what we are about to tell you is unofficial however and not part our purpose here." Ginrei responded, agreeing with Rurichiyo.
Ginrei knew that as a nobleman his house held great and personal respect for Ichigo and his actions, and it would tarnish their relations if they didn't tell him what what on their minds.
Silbern Royal Quarters (Dining Room)
Ichigo, Bambietta, the chancellors and the royal family along with the guests of the empire had sat down at the dinner table, preparing to eat, the table was filled with delicacies and extravagant and expensive food, all of it tasty, they had been served their dish and had started to eat.
"Thank you for the food." The they all said in unison, thanking their host.
"I hope the food is to your liking." Ichigo said.
"Indeed, it is very much so, the fine architecture of this castle and the fine food is indeed worthy of someone of your stature i must say." Ginrei said approvingly.
"I thank you for the compliment." Ichigo said happily.
"However, back to the matter at hand, there is a problem within the Soul Society regarding the Wandenreich. Your resources is a problem." Rurichiyo said.
Ichigo, Bambietta and the chancellors along with the royal family looked up to them for clarification over the words they just said, what Rurichiyo meant by that statement was unknown however Uryu had a small feeling as to why.
"Can you clarify your words better lady Rurichiyo?" Uryu asked.
"The smaller nobles that do the gold and diamond trade in the Soul Society are jealous because of your resources, the other nobles are jealous because you have Silbern, Silbern castle is proven to be very defensible and extravagant, truth to be told Silbern can be hold by a small garrison for decades without being taken, that is something we now know, however I must admit that the tower has changed since last it was seen. We wish to give you a warning." Ginrei said sternly.
Not even Rukia understood what they meant with this, she had never heard anything about Silbern castle, she looked at her two fellow nobles for clarification herself, this was completely unexpected.
"I see, how long has this been going on? And what does central 46 and the four great houses do with this situation?" Ichigo asked.
Everyone was surprised that Ichigo knew instantly what Ginrei spoke of.
"What do you mean your majesty?" Candice asked as she looked towards Ichigo.
"I think what Ginrei and Rurichiyo is trying to say is that the nobles are jealous of the resources we possess." Ichigo said.
"I see, is that much of a problem?" Uryu said.
"The nobility can hire mercenaries to attack this castle, which is something that the Gotei or central 46 have no say in or attack your resource sources." Ginrei said.
"I see, though they will never be able to take this castle." Bambietta said.
"How come?" Rurichiyo asked.
"The truth is that Silbern castle is more than just the tower, the tower is surrounded by a district called the royal district, and outside that district there is another defensive wall with four gates, the northern, western, southern and eastern gates, however the tower has just one gate, and is connected to the main gate, or to be more exact, the northern gate, the tower gate and the northern gate are oftenly refered to as the main inner and outer gate of Silbern castle since they are the most used ones, and the royal district outside the tower is part of the castle, the outer walls have a barrier protecting the district and the tower from any attack just like the Seireitei and is made of special dust to enhance protection on the walls directly, the difference is that the Seireitei has a soul barrier and we have a crystalized reishi barrier.
Therefore the dust was used and we used reishi to manipulate the dust instead into the construction, the walls contain seki-seki aswell making the walls resistant to kido and reiatsu based attacks, the tower is also made of the same material only that the material is hardened, making the tower naturally extremly fortified and when you approach the tower there is just a single gate made of seki-seki and that dust that gives you entrance to the tower, however, the dust is special and does not prohibit the use of reiatsu based attacks like in the muken in the Soul Society, it doesn't seal your powers away because of the dust inside the construction, therefore this castle can only be taken using medieval and modern means, namely the waiting game, since the materials that contain the dust is so hard any siege weaponry will be rendered useless, therefore a single soldat could hold this castle against a million attackers or more in a siege for maybe longer than a millenia if he is cabable of living that long." Ichigo responded.
Everyone widened their eyes in surprise, except Bambietta and the chancellors and Ichigo who told the story, even the royal family was impressed, Isshin knew of the dust but it had never been used in construction before until now, because the Shinigami was unable to manipulate reishi at all like the Quincies could. Masaki was surprised and even Yuzu and Karin was surprised, though they didn't understand much about seki-seki and the dust in itself.
"You're speaking of Kessho dust aren't you? The most powerful dust in the entire spiritual world and the only dust that weakens the seki-seki reishi and reiatsu disturbance range to zero, rendering it useless unless you touch the seki-seki directly. I've heard about it but i've never heard that it was possible to build anything from it." Isshin said surprised.
"That is correct, during reconstruction we practically tore the whole tower down and rebuilt it in a manner of speaking, the walls and the tower is made of it, however the tower has more seki-seki and more dust in it to further amplify the defensibility of the tower, and the gate also consists of the same materials and can only go one way, outwards, and the hinges to the gate also contains some dust in it aswell as does the locks on the gate, and is actually attached by being built into Silbern so they can't break, and the windows also has a security feature in it that closes when the alarm or security system is engaged, meaning that coming into the castle through the windows is impossible, however it also has a emergency defence system in place should something unexpected happen like a wall gets breached." Ichigo responded.
"It does?" Kenryu asked curiously.
They all looked at Ichigo awaiting his answer, now they were really curious. Silbern castle was more defensible then they thought.
"If Silbern city falls, there are defensive artillery systems that engages the enemy in the city, Silbern castle is a fortress that is made to be impossible to take with any force, therefore we can immediately launch counter attacks at any enemy, that is the trick with the barrier around the outer walls, they're one way barriers, anyone can attack the enemy from the inside, however attacks from the outside will be blocked, meaning that the force that has taken Silbern will besiege themselves while they lay siege to Silbern, another one is that should any part of the tower blow up we have found another material that is rare in the Wandenreich and does not exist in the Soul Society or Hueco Mundo, it is a material mixed with the Kessho dust and seki-seki and the dust and seki-seki will regenerate along with the destroyed wall fairly quickly, leaving only a three second opening regarless of the size of the breach." Ichigo responded.
They were all shocked to hear that, they had never even heard of a regenerative material before, Ichigo stood up and went to the wall, he put his hand on it and started to speak once more.
"However seki-seki and the crystal dust has one weakness, they can't stop a person that has become a god, meaning gods can destroy the walls of Silbern, but that's it, and creating a transcended being is almost impossible through artificial means." Ichigo said.
Ichigo blew a hole in the wall, The royal family and the guests watched with shock as the wall regenerated with crystal dust and seki-seki inside of it, just using reishi alone, it was stunning to see something like that created, they now understood how defensible the tower really was, or rather how defensible the entire castle was, it was unbelieveble, but yet they saw it with their own eyes, Silbern castle was clearly the most defensible and fortified castle in the entire spiritual world.
"Dad, what is Kessho dust and seki-seki?" Yuzu asked her father.
Isshin told her what the materials was, and Karin listened in with great anticipation, hoping to learn something, they were shocked when they heard how impressive the castle they were currently in was, how secure it was.
"What is this regenerative material called?" Rukia asked.
"No idea." Ichigo responded.
"You don't know?" Rukia asked dumbfounded.
"Nope, the scientists we have never named the material since they were busy with other things, if it has a name it is only a number and some digits." Ichigo answered truthfully.
"And how rare is it?" Ginrei asked.
"Truth to be told, extremly, there was a small mine under this very castle that held it, however we used it all during the reconstruction of Silbern, so far it appears to be the only place to have gotten it." Ichigo responded truthfully, they had used it all, however Ichigo intentionally held back any information that the Quincies could renew their own resources.
"I see." Ginrei responded.
"However, should the nobles of the Soul Society try to capture Silbern i want to make it clear that any attempts to do so is an act of aggression, and will not be tolerated, if the four great noble houses support their decision along with central 46 then we have no choice but to view the Soul Society as enemies once more." Ichigo responded sternly.
"I am fully aware, the four great noble houses and central 46 have denied their demands, and warned them that in doing so they will make the Wandenreich enemies and will not have the support of the four great noble houses along with the Kasumioji family, central 46 or the gotei 13 in their conflict." Ginrei responded truthfully.
"So all i need to worry about are nobles that act on their own?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes." Rurichiyo responded.
"Very well, i thank you for bringing this information to light." Ichigo responded.
"Do not mention it." Rurichiyo said happily.
"Anyways, our other concern that we are here for is the Wandenreich's support." Ginrei asked.
"Support?" Liltotto replied looking at Ginrei.
"Indeed, the Soul Society is weak from the war, truth to be told we do not have enough soldiers to defend the Seireitei at all, and yet we have to defend the Seireitei, Soul Society and the world of the living with our current manpower, and it is imperative that we have enough soldiers, meaning we have to rely on friend and allies for support." Ginrei responded.
"I see, you are asking for military support in case of attacks or unforseen situations?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes." Rurichiyo responded.
"I see, now that is a bit of a problem for the time being i'm afraid." Ichigo responded.
"Why?" Rukia asked.
"As the situation stands, we are currently training a local law enforcement unit to free up the military, however they haven't finished training, if it wasn't for Kisuke and Erwig this training would take years, instead we can finish it in three months thanks to the time differences in the schatten, though it is a bit risky and heavily monitored, and Erwig is still trying alongside Kisuke to find a way to control the time differences just like you do with the Dangai, but until those three months are up, the military is the current law enforcement of the Wandenreich, millions of police officers are being trained, however we are guarding 1.4 billion Quincies from crime and other threats with just 11.7 million soldiers, our army is undermanned and even more so with the Karakura security force that is made of soldiers from the Silbern guard, weakning Silbern's defences, despite our big army we are well undermanned in our military sector for the time being and rely heavily on technology, therefore i cannot spare any troops to send at the time being until the law enforcement training is complete, which should be in three months if things go well, if we're lucky, less. If i send out soldiers now i would have to send them from the Silbern guard, meaning Silbern as a whole would be weaker, the city would be undefended, the castle defences weakend, that is a risk i cannot take until the situation has improved, i'm sorry." Ichigo responded.
"Do not worry about it, i appreciate all the honesty you have given us about Silbern and the state of your forces, i kind of expected this to happen and so did the Soul Society, though we did not expect that you can free up your forces in three months time give or take, we expected years before you could free up your army, we are well aware of your police training and it is a brilliant idea, however in three months time, which is quicker that expected, is it possible to request assistance for that time, and lay plans for it now?" Ginrei asked.
Everyone looked at Ichigo, awaiting his answer, he thought about it and how this would affect politically, if anything happened the rest of the army should be freed up, making it easier for Ichigo to order up a mobilisation for the army in emergencies even when their forces are divided.
"Yes, we can, i can assure you that if all things go as planned during the next three months or better meaning it takes less time, then i can assure you that the Soul Society will have the Wandenreich military support for defence, however that is only if things go as planned." Ichigo responded sternly.
"Understandable, i thank you for your future support to the Soul Society." Rurichiyo responded respectfully with a bow.
"It's too early to thank me just yet, the time hasn't come yet." Ichigo responded.
"I do not believe it is too early to thank for anything, three months is fast after all." Rurichiyo responded with a smile.
Ichigo looked at her and smiled back, even Ginrei was pleased, Rukia felt a massive burden that the Soul Society had for quite some time now had eased up, they would get the military support they desperately needed soon enough.
"Indeed, we can speak more about that in my office, with some officers that i would dispatch later." Ichigo responded.
"Very well, i thank you, this means a lot to us." Ginrei responded with a nod.
After that conversation they spoke about political, diplomatic and friendly matters and so on as they continued to eat.
To be continued
A/N: Kessho dust, also known as crystal dust is something that I created, wanting to make Silbern quite defensible, I sat for a while wondering and searching for clues how to do it but there is nothing in canon that I could find regarding that, so I made it up entirely, and the reason I named it that is because in my imagination it reflected with a variety of colors and was bright, just like crystals, and it does reflect the seki-seki blocking range to zero unless you touch the seki-seki directly, meaning it is quite powerful, utilizing seki-seki alone in the tower is stupid because we all know that a seki-seki building can weaken anybody if you are inside the building for too long, it would be the same as what happened to Rukia during the Soul Society arc when she was in the tower, furthermore, Silbern castle is also made to be self-repairable, something that would in my mind make sense since Quincies manipulate Reishi and the castle self repairs using Reishi, making it more Quincy like, though the material utilized is yet to be named.