"Ughhhh… I hate working with other countries sometimes." Saito said sitting in his seat finalizing the plans for Marie's guards. The events of today were just too much for the King to take in at once. Louise of all people was the solo cause of all the revolutions. It sounded so stupid… it actually made sense; She hasn't been seen since the events of the wedding crashing and for her to lead this would make some level of sense. "Why does she keep appearing at the worst of times in my life? Derf."
"Yes?" The magical sword asked from above the man.
"Why did you not tell me this before, we could have prevented all this from happening?" Saito asked as the weapon remained silent. "It doesn't matter, what's done is done."
"You definitely have grown up over the years."
"True… you can come in Marie." Saito said as the door opened to reveal a confused daughter walking in his room."
"But how?" Marie asked sitting down on her father's couch which was surprisingly comfortable.
"Doesn't matter, what is it?"
"I was wondering about the Pope, he did not seem to be happy when he was leaving the place, what did you say?" Marie asked since she fainted before the meeting which resulted in her not knowing anything of what happened. Truth being told, Saito had to force himself to his chair from many of the things the Pope wanted to happen, the biggest including the extermination of the rebels which could result in a massive drop of population upwards of twenty percent. Needless to say, he wasn't happy so in response, any information regarding military advancements he had in his possession as well had from his world he did not all to be taken.
"Marie, forget about him." Saito said getting to the point of the problem.
"But why, was he mean?"
"No… he was… what is the word?"
"Mean?"
"No, he was very forceful on getting what he wanted from me and it did not end on good terms for either side."
"So he was mean."
"Marie, he is a ruler of a country and that must come before being friends with others." Saito said sounding somewhat harsh with his daughter on the politics of running a country.
"The he is a mean ruler." Marie said not knowing how right she was about that statement but didn't know why.
"Marie, I don't want what has been said in here to be spoken of anywhere else okay?" Saito told his daughter who nodded. "Then come here, this will be your first action as princess of this country." He said pulling a seat next to him as his daughter sat in it
"What is it Dad?" She asked moved a couple of her dark hair so she could see.
"This piece of paper will determine who will protect you when neither your mother nor I are around to protect you. The first choice is your mother's type which is led by Agnes-"
"Next." She said as Saito looked at her stupidly.
"You didn't even hear what kind they are."
"If Agnes is leading them, then I don't want them."
"Seriously, does she hate her that much; I guess I could talk with her after this is done about slowing down a bit." "Marie, this is serious stuff that will affect you for the rest of your life."
"I don't care, either she goes or they will not be my guards."
"Okay, which one of use spoiled her so much… I think it was me sadly." Saito though as he believed he was the cause of his daughter way of thinking. "Ok fine, let's go over the next one, my personal guards." Saito began but Marie had a better idea.
"What if we made the mages and sword people into one person and had a bunch on them in a group."
"So basically, magical swordsmen?"
"Magical Sword Maidens dad, you need to add the punch to the title to make it sound cool. Besides, women are better with a sword then guys, look at you and mom whenever you fight.
"Henrietta, where the hell are you when I need you." Saito took a deep breath as this choice was actually the one he wanted to do but he wasn't sure of who would lead it. Then, a though hit him but it would create an empty slot from him.
"What about aunt Tabby." Marie asked as her father gained a couple of tints of white to him skin.
"Okay, does she have mind reading powers or something? That was exactly who I was thinking. The only problem is she is a mage and not a sword maiden and also she is my advisor on the nobles."
"Dad, are you feeling ok?" She asked poking him on the cheek repeatedly but got no response. "Well, Magical sword maidens it is!" She exclaimed writing down her name along with a very sloppy version of her father. "There now for the clothing," She said as her father regained his body and saw his name, sloppy but his name nonetheless, on the piece of paper to the left of the magical swordsmen with a slash over the 'men' part and written on it was 'maiden'.
"Alright, what do you want your guards to wear? And remember, this is be will you until you pass away."
"Black and white!" She said as Saito had a sweat drop from his head, this was going to take a while.
"Your majesty, are you sure this is wise not to ask the King about his thought on the matter? This type of operation would be planned and coordinated by your husband." One of men of the table of Henrietta most trusted advisors said as everyone agreed with him.
"It is true Saito deals with military matters and this would be his job, but this is Louise we are talking about, His former master and love… and my former best friend as well." Henrietta looked up to face the men of her table. "This is something that needs to be taken care off but Saito, I love him to death and I would not say anything bad about him, but I don't think he would follow through with this if he was leading it. If I am, this would be a smother operation I believe.
"May I speak?" Another man said as the Queen nodded to the question. "I have seen some of the reports of the military and the only way to pull this off would be to either have our Dragon Knights or Special Operatives to handle this because of how danger Louise might have become in the last decade. This brings up a problem since they are under the direct command of our King and not you your highness."
"You are right… unless we enacted a state of emergency which allows me to take command of any set of units that I want without having to ask my husband." This type of think made every single soul in the room shocked at hearing this.
"Your majesty, enacting a state of emergency without telling his majesty could cause unnecessary results in the populace and we still don't have any idea if this would lead to success. Also…" he stopped himself but it needed to be said. "Your highness, I need to bring up two important things. You need to think about the future; if this fails when King Saito catches wind of you doing this without asking him could endanger your marriage. And then there is Princess Marie to take into account as well. Your majesty, I need to tell you the truth that may help you rethink this." The older man took a deep breath preparing himself for the storm to come. "Queen Henrietta, your daughter has a stronger bond with your husband than you, if this fails and the question comes to her whether who she will side with, I believe that she will side with King Saito."
"I'm telling you, black here would be so much better than blue and dark gray." Marie said arguing and partly winning the argument. In truth, Saito was letting her win because he wanted to hear what she was thinking on the design scheme on the future guards of his daughter. Suddenly, a wave of emotion hit the man and in an act of being a father, Saito grabbed his daughter and picked up his sword and placed in on his back while pulling the blade out. "Dad, what are you doing?" Marie asked almost in a cradle like position in his hands
"Be quiet, something is not right… Derf, do you feel that too?"
"Yes, magical energy but it's in a concentrated area of the castle. Not only that but it is foreign as well, not from any one group of mages in the castle." Derf started as Saito looked out the window and the first thing he saw was a large needle like weapon get thrown at him and missed barely. The needle landed on the windowsill as Saito put his daughter down who ran behind the desk as Saito pulled the needle out of the sill.
"What is it Partner?"
"Senbon…? Saito said as a thought reached his mind as to why they are not only in this world but also why they are being used. "Oh no…" Saito shut the window and locked it tight and turned to put his hand underneath the table to press a button. At that moment, an alarm system Saito had put into place a year before went off with a very loud noise that could be heard in the town itself. Suddenly, knocking came from the door as Saito jumped behind his daughter. "Who is it?"
"Imrahil, I'm coming in." a voice came across the door as Saito lowered his guard as the door opened to reveal Saito's Captain in his guards. "What is going on Saito sir?" The man asked as he bowed his head. The man named Imrahil stood at about twenty-five years old, two years below Saito, 5'9, had light brown hair which ran down to his shoulders with a rare case of golden-yellow eyes that resembled a cat for his eye colors. He wore chainmail with the symbol of the royal guards of the King which had the runes that Saito had on his left hand. The undershirt is a light gray with black pants. He wore a set of armored boots and gloved which are brown. The most noticeable thing about the man was that he had a longsword which was uncommon for people in the army or guards.
"Someone is trying to capture someone of the royal family." Saito said tossing the senbon to the Captain who caught it and growled at the weapon.
"What is your orders sir?"
"I want you to have everyone in the regiment to protect my daughter at all casts except for you Imrahil, you are coming with me to find our visitors." Saito said as Imrahil got on the guards speaker and gave the orders to his men. Moments later, men of the King's guard arrived and began to escort the princess to a safe place which left the two men alone.
"After you your majesty." Imrahil said pulling out his sword as Saito took point as the two ran down the hallway as Derf gave them directions towards the danger.
Author's Notes – Bonus points for whoever can guess where I got that the name Imrahil from. Chapter six and we already have danger, my way of say sorry for ditching this story in favor of Familiar of Who?.