PJO/Akame Ga Kill (Earlier this Year)
The Ice Prince
Prologue
Past, Present & Future
In a far distant world, there lay an Empire. This Empire had endured for a thousand years, but… It was rotting from the inside out.
The Prime Minister, a corrupt vicious man, had the ear of the young Emperor and into that ear he whispered darkly, twisting events so that he was seen as a paragon of good and that those that 'opposed' him were evil, selfish beings that knew only sin.
Into this world, a God entered. He was in disguise, having no desire to deal with the realities of being a Deity. He had no plans for his time on this world, but a night of drunken debauchery led to the beginnings of a new chapter in this world.
For this drunken God had done something thought impossible by the people of the Empire.
He had impregnated General Esdese, the strongest of the Generals of the Empire, as well as the biggest Sadist in the entire world.
From this union came a son, Esdese, unable to chose a name had taken to reading the displaced tomes. Books from another world, that periodically appeared into the lands of the Empire.
From these books she chose a name.
Perseus.
This is his story, the story of the son of the Sadist of the North.
These are his memories and his adventures, both good and bad.
This is the story of the Rebellion and the brave warriors who led it to victory.
However this is not the only story of Perseus Esdeseson, more adventures await him in the future, but for now. Let the story begin.
Book I
The Rebellion Begins
Book I
Chapter 1
Joining the Rebellion
Four miles east of the Imperial Capital
As it turns out, joining a rebellion when you are the son of one of the Empire's strongest Generals is not easy.
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
My name is Perseus Esdeseson.
I am 5 foot three inches and weigh around a hundred and thirty pounds (It's all muscle, thanks Mom!)
I have eyes as green as the seas of the far eastern islands.
My hair is pitch black with a single light blue streak that colors the fringe I keep over my left eye, after all if my enemies think I have a weakness their they'll go straight for it.
Morons.
But again I'm getting ahead of myself.
I was born eleven years ago, my father is some unknown person who got drunk in the same inn as my mother. I don't know him and won't say anything about him, after all I have no idea as to whether or not he knows I exist and what he might have done differently if he knew. But that's a conversation for another time.
My mother however is someone well known to the Empire, her name is Esdese (although I have heard some of the soldiers and commoners calling her Esdeath behind her back… I think she already knows and likes the nickname personally.) She is the strongest General in the Empire, Below Great General Budou of course. However… she is also the biggest Sadist in the Empire as well.
In case you're wondering, yes. I did get some pretty sadistic training, but I know that it's her way of expressing love so I don't mind it too bad. After I'm finished cursing her with every swear word and curse under the sun of course, although I do have to wonder at the intelligence of insulting my own mother's lineage, oh well.
I've never said I'm the smartest person around.
That said, after seeing the atrocities done by my mother and her soldiers I vowed to join the rebellion and change the Empire.
I mentioned this to my mother and was surprised by her response.
"If you do, Perseus. Then I will only accept your best. Even if you have to fight me and my men. Do not hesitate. Perhaps your strength will be greater then mine"
She let me leave, without even a token attempt to capture me or change my mind. I guess she really does follow her creed to the letter.
'The Strong thrive and the Weak perish'
If I win against the Empire, then I am strong. It I lose then I am weak.
I guess I should have seen this coming, mother would never turn against her creed.
It would not be like her to do so.