Chapter 14 - Queen Takes Emperor

Somewhere in the Far East Sector - God Eater World - One Day after the end of the previous chapter

(Scáthach's P.O.V)

It is amusing to think that in the end, I am back where I first started in this world, on top of a goddamn ruined office building looking over Aragami. However this time I am not alone as my dear Alisa is now a part of my retinue and my defacto apprentice in much the same way Cú Chulainn was for the original Scáthach

I can feel both Giratina and the Darksteel Vajra hidden within my shadow as well as linked with Alisa and me through conjunction like usual, the two almost eager to move on to another world but I know there is something I need to do first as I have technically made a promise…

Pulling out my company phone, I message Xigbar to meet me at my location so that I may accept the mission in question, that being [Kill the Unfairness]. It takes a small amount of time before I soon see a Dark Corridor open up near me and Alisa, with Giratina taking great interest in whoever is coming out of the Dark Corridor…

Xigbar smirks as he walks out of the Dark Corridor before chuckling and saying… "Jeez Kiddo, you've barely finished your first world and you already snagged a powerful addition to your little group…" Soon he shrugs his shoulders before reaching into his pocket space and grabbing a sheet of paper as he reads the words printed on it….

"Huh, seems like you already got yourself compensated for the errors of my dearly departed comrades in that shitstorm of a mission, good to know…" Xigbar says before he puts the paper back into his pocket space and hands me a voucher of sorts for a random free companion Tier 5 or below…

Upon seeing me raise an eyebrow in curiosity after finishing reading the voucher itself, he holds his hands up in surrender as he soon says… "Look, while the company already compensated you and all, I feel bad for letting the newbie I was supposed to keep an eye on, deal a threat that wasn't suppose to appear in this world ever.."

I give Xigbar a scrutinizing look for several moments before slowly nodding, putting the voucher away for now before I soon find myself asking… "So, when can we start on the mission you want me to perform…?"

Xigbar chuckles before he has me pull out my company device and search for the mission in question in the available acceptable missions section of the company phone. Eventually, we come up to the mission in question and before I accept it, Xigbar gently moves my finger away from the accept button.

"Woah Kiddo, don't go pressing that just yet as when you do, you'll be sent on your way without me giving you the rundown first.." Xigbar says as I look at him, then at the phone before slowly moving my fingers away from potentially accepting the mission just yet.

"A word of warning or something I assume…?" I ask Xigbar who nods, pulling out his own company device for a moment in order to properly explain how missions tend to work before he soon begins to explain by saying…

"Right Kiddo, here is how missions tend to work in our neck of the woods so to speak, most missions tend to have a generic modifier or a world-specific modifier….generic ones can be triggered on any world without worry…" Xigbar says as he shows the Tutorial mission, making me groan knowing I never actually thought about accepting something like that before he switches to the [Kill the Unfairness] Mission and soon follows up by saying…

"However, world-specific missions are different as, if you accept one outside of the world it takes part in, it will immediately transport you, your retinue/harem, and whatever stuff you own to that world without any warning….Trust me, I learned that the hard way…" Xigbar says while blushing slightly, not looking me directly in the eyes at the end of his explanation…

"I see….so is there anything else that needs explaining…?" I ask while slowly sliding my thumb towards accepting the mission, hovering said digit over the touch-screen as I have a minor little prank to play in mind…

"Nah, should be A-OK Kiddo…" Xigbar says before I chuckle softly and smile as I walk up to Xigbar and hold out a hand for him to take. He smiles softly and shakes my hand before I have to resist grinning while holding my company phone behind my back and ask…

"By the way, have you ever had anyone teleport while you're in the middle of a conversation with them…?" The question has Xigbar off-guard as it comes out of nowhere as he thinks for a moment before saying… "Not that I Know–"

I immediately hit the accept button for the [Kill the Unfairness] and almost shortly after feel myself, Alisa, my two creature captures and my pocket dimension get teleported away right before Xigbar finishes speaking…

[ P.O.V shift ]

(General P.O.V)

"-Of….Oh, you clever little sneak!" Xigbar finishes saying as he watches Scáthach and her sole companion disappear from his sight right before him. The eye-patch-wearing man chuckles as he looks at his outstretched and with fondness, soon saying to himself…

"Well my love, looks like my new favorite newbie will be doing what we intended to do ourselves before that day…." Xigbar soon takes out a cigarette and lights it, channeling healing magic to deal with the negative effect on his lungs while still getting the hit as he stares up at the sky of the God Eater World.

"Good luck Scáthach, May your Heart be your guiding Key…" Xigbar says as he forms a dark corridor underneath his feet and disappears from the world of God Eater once more, with none knowing his role in the events only a few days ago save for Scáthach and Alisa…

On the road not far from the Imperial Capital City - Akame Ga Kill World

(Scáthach's P.O.V)

The moment I and Alisa appear on the dirt road I recall seeing from the anime of Akame Ga Kill, I can't help but let out a giggle of amusement as I can only imagine Xigbar's face when I teleported to the new world ever so suddenly.

Both Giratina and the Darksteel Vajra are thankfully still within my shadow, ready to be unleashed upon this dark and sadistic world upon my sole command but for now I have no desire to cause chaos and mayhem with no rhyme or reason…

So, the first order of business is to make my way to the capital in order to grab the child emperor from the grasp of Prime Minister Honest, although trying to enter into the capital with a body and outfit like mine is just asking to be grabbed while my guard is down and turned into yet another suffering victim of the corruption brought on by the prime minister of all people…

While I am tempted to try my luck on a full assault, I know that it's suicide with the limited numbers I have despite the raw power my retinue has at its disposal. This leads me to pull out the company phone once more and buy the Deep Weave perk for my shroud of power in order to give myself and other shroud-bound like Alisa the full ability of flight as I intend to attempt a night-time air-drop.

The moment I finalize the purchase of the perk, I can feel the Shroud of Power fully meld into my very being as well as Alisa's own melding into hers, the two of us smiling as we briefly lift off the ground and float in the air.

"Perfect, this should do well for the Night-time Infiltration…." I say as I briefly look up to see how long until nightfall, spotting the position of the sun thankfully approaching the western side of the sky above and is not long before sunset…

"Alisa, I would like you to head back into the pocket dimension for now as once I have the emperor I will immediately throw him in with you before attempting to achieve some secondary objectives I have in mind for tonight.." I say, making Alisa frown as the Russian God-Eater soon responds by asking…

"Would it not be best if we proceeded together…?" I shook my head in a negative fashion as I know full well that while I do have the perk warranty plan active, I don't want to see the day that I ever have need of it beyond using it for To the Victor Goes the Spoils.

Speaking of that last perk, a recent announcement that in roughly several days' time, the perk will be automatically disabled due to a company board ruling that it has become too heavily abused with a full reimbursement.

This means I need to make use of it while I still can, and I have two targets in mind for my spears to make the final primary targets of this soon-to-be-disabled perk. Unfortunately for everyone here, that does not include Honest as I intend for him to get justice by the hands of people in this world rather than be sold off.

There is a certain catharsis in having one who propagated the suffering of the empire to be made to suffer by the hands of those who have suffered, as dark as it may sound in the end. Plus I do intend to make a few changes beyond the Boy Emperors' redemption of course…

Regardless, it is time to start planning my infiltration of the Capital and of course the Imperial Palace carefully. It is at that point I open up a portal back to my pocket dimension as I need to save a portal spot in case I need to do a quick evac out of the Palace for any reason…

"I would prefer it if you stayed in the Pocket Dimension during the infiltration as I do want someone to keep an eye on the boy emperor once I grab him…" I say before Alisa is silent for several moments before sighing and nodding, understanding what I'm saying and also sensing my dislike at the thought of putting her in danger trying to be stealthy when she's never had to be prior and heads into the pocket dimension, allowing me to close the portal behind her.

With that sorted, all that is left is simply to wait until night falls upon the Imperial Capital and then the infiltration mission can begin in earnest, I can only hope to achieve at least one or more of the secondary objectives.

Imperial Palace - At approximately 10:30 pm that same night

(General P.O.V)

As night falls upon the Imperial Palace, the guards patrol the grounds for even the faintest hint of trouble as they all expect that at any moment they may be infiltrated by the dreaded Night Raid

However, on this night there is a very different sort of infiltration than what they're used to happening right above them as a cloaked figure floats ominously in the night sky above them, wrapped in the shroud of constant shadow…

The figure waits until the guards on their current patrol route have moved away before flying down toward one of the darker areas of the palace, barely a sound coming from the cloaked figure as they approach a nearby servant's door into the palace and begin to trace a rune onto the door knob…

Moments later, the Rune gently glows as the door unlocks itself before opening slowly, the figure swiftly entering before the cloak itself manifests a hand and gently pulls the door closed. The cloaked figure continues its infiltration further into the Palace and as they do, they sneak past the guards patrolling the halls by sinking into any available shadows…

However just as they're about to reach their destination, they spot Esdeath of all people coming out of one of the nearby rooms, forcing them to retreat into a nearby shadow in order to hide, not wanting to be caught by Esdeath of all people right now…

Esdeath soon begins to pass by them but stops as she turns around as if sensing someone nearby, narrowing her eyes as she looks around carefully for any sign of anyone present, glancing over the figure's position multiple times before she shrugs and continues on her way…

The figure waits until they're certain Esdeath has left the hall entirely before swiftly making their way to the door that leads to their target, the figure creates another rune on the doorknob that gently glows and unlocks the door before silently entering the room…

And inside the room is their target, the child emperor himself.

Looking around to see if anyone else is in the room presently, the cloaked figure approaches the currently sleeping child emperor and ever so gently traces a rune on their forehead to ensure they remain asleep until the rune is removed…

As the figure opens up a portal, they gently pick up the slumbering emperor before handing them to Alisa, who looks at the figure and asks… "Any close calls until now Scáthach..?". The figure, now revealed to be the currently cloaked and shrouded Scáthach, shakes her head and looks to her side before she goes ramrod straight and slams the portal shut.

Right before that same portal slammed with Ice, With the door having been forced upon by an almost predatorily grinning Esdeath. "I had thought I had sensed something back there, seems that you Night Raid people are definitely worth my time more than the Northern tribes will be.."

Scáthach says nothing as she manifests one of her two spears as she tries to rush Esdeath, the cloaked woman ducking under Esdeath's Rapier before Knee into Esdeath's gut in order to send her back into the hall, the scuffle resulting in guards quickly approaching the two as both the cloaked Scáthach and Esdeath trade blow after blow as they test each other's limits.

Seeing that the cloaked woman before her can stand up to her merely warming up, she smiles and begins to form several Weissschnabel icicles in the air before firing them at the cloaked woman before, much to her surprise and excitement, red spears form in the air and intercept them.

As the Shards of Ice and shattering replicas of Gáe Bolg smash against each other, motes of Icy blue and blood red surround the two as the fight continues. During the fight, Scáthach manifests the second of her twin lances as she begins to fire off some of the replicas right at the guards, slaying many of them as she begins to rush toward Esdeath with her twin lances ready to finish things…

It is right then that Scáthach senses another attack incoming and jumps back right as an arc of lightning appears where her body was moments prior, both Esdeath and Scáthach look to where the attack came from to see Budo looking at the two of them with a thunderous look, although that look is directed at Scáthach more than anything…

"I have heard reports that a shrouded figure has taken the emperor from our Palace and it seems I have not been misled….you will be made to give up the location of the emperor, no matter the cost!" Budo says as lighting surges from the blonde, armored man look ready to charge at Scáthach with everything he has.

Not even two seconds later, Budo is already in front of Scáthach and ready to slam her into the wall, Scáthach barely ducked under the burly man, thrusting the butt of one of her spears into the jaw of Budo to stun him momentarily before she resumes her earlier attack on Esdeath…

Esdeath grins as she intentionally leaves herself open as icicles hover just above Scáthach, soon zooming toward the shrouded woman before without warning a large ball of shadowy energy is shot out from within Scáthach's own shadow, Intercepting the falling icicles.

The blast of the Shadowy Energy Ball momentarily everyone but Scáthach herself shields their eyes with their arms, Esdeath herself trying to jump away before her foe can stab her with the strange red lance. However, her reaction speed is not enough as Scáthach's lance rapidly thrusts forward and soon her lance pierces the flesh of The Empire's Strongest

The surprise only lasts for a moment when Scáthach's first lance pierces her gut, sending Esdeath soaring into the air as Scáthach charges up the second lance, the triumph on her face hidden by the shroud as she soon cries out…

"This is the end, With the thrust comes the final penetration…Gáe Bolg Alternative!"

As she throws the second lance, there is no anger nor fear on Esdeath's face at her incoming demise, there is only the satisfaction of having been bested by this shrouded figure, the only regret being that she never knew who it was who would kill her…

When the second lance slams into Esdeath's chest, it inflicts certain death upon the sky-bluenette and the woman falls to the ground, her eyes glazed over and dead. With the death of Esdeath, everyone looked stunned at the unexpected sight of Esdeath dead on the floor with her body pieced by two spears.

Budo just growls and tries once more to strike at Scáthach, forcing the shrouded woman to fire off several replicas of Gáe Bolg to block the lightning Teigu-user's path, allowing Scáthach to retrieve her spears and grab Esdeath's body as she quickly attempts to retreat from the Palace by running towards the nearest ledge of the palace and jumping off it.

As she jumps Budo fires off a lance of lightning that directly hits Scáthach in the shoulder, making her cry out in pain and nearly drop Esdeath's body. As the now injured Scáthach dives down toward the lower levels of the capital, she can feel a lot of pain in her right shoulder where the lightning struck her…

Thankfully, as Scáthach disappears into the dark streets of the Imperial capital city, she is able to use the ambient shadows around her to heal her body and restore herself to full strength, the injury disappearing as if it never happened all thanks to another benefit of the Deep Weave Perk.

For the rest of the night, the Imperial Palace is on high alert for any other intruders other than the shrouded woman as soldiers swarm the area where Scáthach had disappeared to, all of them unaware that right after she had dropped down and healed herself, she had opened a portal back to her pocket dimension with at least one of her secondary objectives completed…

And as morning comes to the Imperial Capital, a certain Prime Minister would be both furious and fearful for the fact that someone was able to kidnap the child emperor, said emperor he had been manipulating for so long now…

Pocket Dimension of Scáthach - The Next Morning

(Scáthach's P.O.V)

As I work on making four plates of pancakes, I grimace slightly as I stop for a moment to grasp my right shoulder, still feeling phantom surges from that attack that Budo manages to get on me right as I was escaping.

I should stop feeling the twitching of my shoulder in an hour or two hopefully, so with that I resumed making the four plates of pancakes. Once all four pancakes are finished, I smirk and pull out Esdeath's dead body from the pocket space, placing it on the floor near the hallway.

After that, I pull out my company phone and open up the soon-to-be discontinued To the Victor Goes the Spoils app and only see Esdeath on the list. I think about it for a moment, contemplating on whether or not I should sell Esdeath or keep her…

Eventually, however, I grin as soon happily select the capture option and watch as Esdeath's body is rapidly restored, before long I soon feel a connection being established between Esdeath and myself, a basic shroud of power soon appearing among her Uniform as she finally wakes up with a startled look on her face, instinctively calling on her rapier as she goes to stab me…

Esdeath stops the moment she sees the spear in my hand, glancing at me briefly before looking back at the spear and bursting out in amused laughter. She eventually calms down after the short fit of laughter and has a rather predatorial smirk on her face as she soon says…

"So, it seems that I have traded for one master who was merely a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered to a woman who has proven herself stronger than myself….Yes, I am quite pleased with how things have turned out.." Esdeath continues to smirk as she gets up, seeing the basic red shroud of power as she can feel the connection between me, Alisa, and the two creature companions the Darksteel Vajra and of course the legendary Giratina thanks to the Conjunction perk…

"I do hope you understand that my current foe at the moment is of course your former master Prime Minister Honest, meaning I will likely be forced to fight the empire for some time until my ultimate goal is complete…" I say, my words only making Esdeath all the more ecstatic as she soon says…

"It doesn't matter to me, just so long as I can continue to fight strong opponents such as you in the future, I will be all too willing to serve under you…Mistress~" I give a smirk of my own and hand her a plate of pancakes and without hesitating, she begins to devour her breakfast, enjoying the sweetness of the dish before her as it is drizzled with maple syrup.

I chuckle as I spot Alisa soon coming over to the kitchen for breakfast, having woken up recently while also being completely naked, not realizing her lack of any clothes due to her still being half-asleep and being entranced by the smell of breakfast in the morning…

Although I can tell Esdeath is eyeing up Alisa's body with a hungry look on her face, a smirk on her face as I can tell due to the conjunction link that Esdeath is very much considering ravishing the poor New-Type God-Eater…

It is these feelings of deep, bestial lust that finally make Alisa aware that it's no longer just me and her in the house anymore, as she sees Esdeath looking at her and only then does she finally notices her lack of clothes, blushing deeply before using the shroud to form her usual attire.

Although much to Alisa's embarrassment, she hears Esdeath and myself chuckling in amusement even as she tries to focus entirely on her breakfast in order to forget that she basically flashed Esdeath and me without realizing it.

With the two now eating breakfast, I decide to make my way to the other human occupant of the manor since I have yet to remove the rune that keeps them asleep. With that I walk down the hallway toward one of the rooms of the manor, holding a plate of pancakes and a glass of milk as I have the shroud of power form a shadowy hand to open the door so I can get in without putting any of the food or drink down.

Inside the spare bedroom is a sleeping child emperor, tucked in bed as he sleeps soundly and still unaware of the events that have unfolded last night. I soon place the emperor's breakfast on the bedside table and place a hand on his forehead, dispelling the rune that has kept him asleep.

Before long, however, I hear the child emperor slowly wake up as he sits up in a daze trying to clear the post-slumber haze from his mind. When he realizes that he's not in his Palace Bedroom anymore, looks immediately frightened before his gaze is drawn to me, smirking at him as I soon say…

"Hello there your majesty, do not worry you're very much safe and sound here in my home…a home that you'll be staying in for the foreseeable future indeed~!"

Author's Notes

Here we go, the Akame Ga Kill World Arc is finally here!

Not even 24hrs since getting here and Scáthach has already brought the hammer down on canon events. This is also where the Kill the Unfairness mission is now in full effect and this means that Scáthach now has to act as the Teacher, Bodyguard, AND Kidnapper of the Emperor all in one go!

So, let's get the plot discussion going shall we?

The Interaction with Xigbar

This is basically to tie up some loose ends as well as give Xigbar some minor bits of characterization. Don't worry, this will not be the last time we'll be seeing this one-eyed contractor, especially since Scáthach is doing the mission on his behalf essentially…

Scáthach's Infiltration of the Capital Palace

The fun thing about Deep Weave is that it allows those without the ability to fly, to now fly on their own as well as being able to heal themselves from manifestations of their element.

This is why Scáthach chose to perform her Infiltration at night, not just because it would be hard to see her in the shadows but also because fighting in dark spaces would allow her to heal using the shadows around her, effectively making her even harder to kill beyond her current latent abilities!

Scáthach VS Esdeath

It was interesting to try and figure out how the fight between a rapier user and a lance user would go down, especially with Esdeath's control over Ice. Eventually, the fight was inevitably interrupted by Budo whose lightning Teigu would make things harder for Scáthach if she didn't try to end the fight soon.

Originally, this was where the original chapter had Esdeath use her Time-freezing Trump card to stop Scáthach in her tracks. However I soon learned after the original upload of the chapter that technically she hasn't learned this trump card yet so I was forced to rewrite that segment to preserve continuity

Unfortunately, this is also where she is forced to flee with both spears and Esdeath's body in tow, allowing Budo to snipe her shoulder with a lance of lightning during Scáthach's escape from the Palace.

Esdeath's Revival through To The Victor Goes the Spoils

This will be the first and likely only companion that Scáthach will be able to capture in this method as after this chapter is done, there are perhaps only a few more days left to use the perk in-universe.

After which she'll get back the credits she spent on it.

As for what I plan to do with Esdeath, well that will be a surprise for a later chapter.

With the next chapter though, I intend to focus on the reactions of both Honest and his people as well as Night Raid's reactions, allowing me to flesh out some of the changes done through Universal Calibration.

So, Next time on Wrapped In Shadows!: The Prime Minister's Reaction to the Emperor's Kidnapping, Night Raid's Reaction to the Emperor's Kidnapping, and Anime Night with Scáthach, her retinue and a reluctant Child Emperor!

See you all on the 8th of May hopefully!

Edit: Esdeath in the Original Chapter used her Time-freezing Trump Card When she shouldn't have, this is now fixed