Chapitre Thirty-two: The Initiating
After Eriol had read all the plans that the Royal family and the general had written and stored in the hidden room, he had thought about many things- from the initial plans to the most recent one- the one that they had planned to retake the city. However, what he was most concerned was the plan to retake the city, for though the ideas for the plan was very good, it would require a lot of people who were going to risk their lives, which meant that the planning would have to be even more detailed.
He gave the signal to the person waiting outside and hidden room and Touya opened the door. He was frowning slightly, but Eriol smiled a tight smile. "The plans are actually very good, but the most recent plan would have to be more organized and detailed, for we are risking the lives of many people who are the citizens of this country. Besides, the most planning is this plan, for we need lots of details for such a massive plan that we hope to initiate as soon as possible, but at the same time, cut down the number of people who may be killed."
"I agree, but how to do that and how to carry out the plan without people getting killed, that is the problem. Most of the people are innocent and we cannot kill the soldiers that may attack us, for they are under the orders of Debonair, and we also cannot let them kill us. So what should we do?" Touya asked, as he started frowning more and more.
Eriol remained silent. He was thinking about this problem when he was in the hidden room reading the documents, but it was never going to be easy. If the worst came to the worst, people would have to die, even if they did not want it to happen.
"Can you give me more time to think about it before I answer your question? There are many details that I seem not to have thought about when I was in the room, though some were thought of, with quite a lot of details, I hope."
"You have one day to think about it, that is all that I am going to give you. Any more than that, give us a good reason, or tell us what you think which part of the plan that you think will probably succeed so that we can carry it out first. But most importantly, I need to know how we can pass this message to all the people in this city."
"All right. Meanwhile, it will be good if all of you take a good rest and conserve your magical energies. I will keep watch and think."
With that, Eriol went to sit at the chair near the door while Touya went into his room and slept like his parents and their subject, the general. Eriol pondered about the problem for quite some time and eventually, he knew what he was going to do. However, he planned to only tell them part of the plan that will be carried out first, He would only tell them the next part of it when the first part was completed. In a way, Eriol was now their master planner, who would plan all the plans that would be carried out to revolt against Debonair.
When everyone woke up, and had washed themselves and eaten breakfast, they gathered around Eriol and sat down, waiting patiently for him to speak, which he finally did, after some time.
"I have raised a small shield against eavesdroppers so you all need not worry about people listening to what we are going to say. However, it is a very weak spell, as I dared not cast a strong one in case the magicians sense it." Then, Eriol proceeded to tell them on how he planned to let the people living in the city know of their plans to recapture the city. Later, after everyone had heard of Eriol's plans, they made some amendments to it so that it would be a better plan and eventually, it became their plan A.
A few days later, as everyone went about doing their own things, Eriol locked himself in the house and used his magic. It was the stealthy kind, it's aura so weak that the magicians would definitely not sense it, but to the people whom he wished to hear of the plans, it would be very, very loud in their minds. To make the people terrified of saying the plan out loud to other people, he would, of course, have to attach another spell to it. This is what the people had heard in their minds:
"CITIZENS OF CLOW, THIS IS ERIOL, FRIEND OF QUEEN NADESHIKO AND KING FUJITAKA SPEAKING. YOUR KING AND QUEEN ARE ALIVE, SO IS YOUR CROWN PRINCE. WE HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN TO REVOLT AGAINST DEBONAIR AND WE SEEK YOUR COOPERATION. PLEASE GATHER AT THE CITY SQUARE ONE WEEK FROM NOW AT TWELVE NOON AND RAISE A COMMOTION TO DISTRACT THE SOLDIERS. THEN, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO WILL CAPTURE THE SOLDIERS AND THE MAGICIANS WHO MAY BE AT THE CITY. AFTER WE HAD TAKEN BACK OUR HOME, WE WILL HAVE TO START TRAINING SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT OURSELVES AGAINST THE ENEMIES. IF POSSIBLE, DO NOT KILL THESE SOLDIERS UNLESS NECESSARY. IF ANY OF YOU DARES TO TELL OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, YOU ARE WARNED THAT YOU WILL BE KILLED IMMEDIATELY BY A DEATH SPELL. REMEMBER TO HIDE YOU CHILDREN SOMEWHERE SAFE, SO THAT THEY WILL NOT WITNESS THIS. I WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH ALL OF YOU AGAIN SOON TO REMIND YOU OF THIS PLAN AGAIN."
With that, Eriol ended his contact with the people and slumped down on his chair. It was exhausting to maintain such a spell on so many people. He would have to rest, but before that, he would have to place a spell on this house in case people had decided to visit them. After that, Eriol slept, still on his chair.
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Yeah! Another chapitre complete! I hope that it is not too boring. Enjoy!
