The sun was extremely bright, and the sky was extremely blue. The air was cold and the doors of the castle were opening for the day. The people of Vollachia gathered together in their homes cuddling up near the campfire and throwing firewood in to keep the flame going. Snow layed on the streets covering the city in a blanket of white.

The guards who guarded the castle were also inside. In this temperature guarding the castle was nearly impossible so it was understandable, and the king also gave them specific orders to have a day off so they didn't mind.

The king was a cruel yet good person in heart. The way he was able to win over queen Yorna's heart, or the way he was able to take down and humiliate Cecilus. Or maybe the way he defeated the 77th emperor with ease. The new king of vollachia was something else. But something about him felt inhuman.

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A man with a feather on his shoulder wearing a robe walked down the beautiful walls of the castle. His eyes were brown and they had the look of a thug. His body was skinny, but built nonetheless and his attire was that of a king.

He had four rings, one for each finger on his left hand, each of them all had their own respectful meaning. The one on his pinkie was his ring of death perception, the one on his ring finger represented his marriage, the one on his middle finger was the ring of the holy string, and the one on his pointer finger represented punishment. The king reached the end of the hall staring down the door of a room, he took in a breath before opening the door with his right hand, the smell of smoke burst from inside of the room and into the hall. The king never really liked how the purple smoke had an odor to it.

"-So, who do I owe the pleasure to."

Sitting down on the balcony was a mature looking fox girl with white and orange ears and deep sapphire blue eyes. She wore a kimono loosely, leaving her cleavage slightly exposed. Her hair was wrapped up into a bun and a blue flower hung from the side of her head.

She had nine tails and had rosy pink lips. She was beautiful if anything. She was beautiful to the point where the king would be nervous in her presence despite them being marred.

"-Uh, Yorna stop teasing me you know it's me."

"Ah, darling, Subaru, what can I do for you? It's been a while since you came to my room this late at night. Is it frustration or something else. Well either way I'll help you whatever it is."

In the blink of an eye Yorna appeared in front of Subaru. She placed her hand on Subaru's cheek and stared him down with a seductive gaze. Subaru was backed up against a wall with Yorna's leg in between his. Before Subaru could react Yorna's lips had met with his own, bringing them into a passionate kiss. Subaru tried to push Yorna back but her strength was far greater than his own.

"Mmm- Yorna s-stop, that's not what I came for."

"Hm? What's the matter Subaru, it won't go up? Don't worry I can fix that too."

"No, No, that's not it, I came to talk about something important. It's about the 77th emperor."

"Does it matter? The 77th Emperor is already dead. You remember, you were the one who killed him, so you should know if he's dead or not. Didn't uh, Chisha confirm it, same with that proclaim stargazer.

Subaru cheeks were still flustered red, Yorna looked at Subaru with a smile, In her eyes she had thought Subaru was cute in his own way. Even in his other crossdressing form that tricked her and Chisha gold who was the master of disguise. She was glad that her king was someone like him.

"I know he's dead, it just feels weird. Something about his death just doesn't add up. The way my heart felt with his blood running down my hand felt off. I didn't feel like I had just killed someone, it felt fake in a way."

"Or, maybe you're just a natural born killer."

"Don't joke around, I'm serious."

"Okay, okay, if you don't think you killed him, then how about we go to his final resting place tomorrow. Okay? And maybe even dig it up to make sure."

Subaru looked at Yorna. She had a big smile on her face with her head tilted to the side. He knew Yorna was a little crazy but, proposing to visit the grave of the past emperor and dig up his grave was a crime even for a king.

"Yorna, I don't think a king should commit grave robbery. It'll look bad on me."

"Then, shall we get Mogro to do it."

"But grave robbing is still-"

"Mogro it is then."

Before Subaru could say something Yorna cut him off. Once Yorna wanted to do something there was no stopping her so Subaru kept quiet. Subaru thought to himself, ever since he became king a lot has changed.

He had tons of work and had many relationships to build with the divine generals. The only general he had yet to build a relationship with was the dragon girl who became the ninth divine general. After a while of being king he had stopped loving Emilia as a girl, but more of a little sister, in a way Subaru didn't mind this. Louis was growing up properly and the shudrak were nicely compensated for the help.

Al and Priscilla went back to Lugnica with Al giving Subaru a slap on the back congratulating him for his achievement. Rem was sent back to Lugnica with Ram and the others, they didn't even give him a second look when he said he would stay as king.

Not even Emilia wanted to look him in the eyes. And when he announced the marriage Ram gave a hateful glare at him. It's not like he wanted to part with them, but things had to be done. Maybe once Shaula comes back then maybe the group might connect again, but that was not the issue here.

"Well– I guess we could do that. I haven't really talked to Mogro all that much."

"Well then. Shall we continue where we left off."

"Em, not today, I still have more work to do."

"Subaru."

Yorna looked at Subaru with a serious face. Subaru didn't know how to react so he just stared into her pretty blue eyes.

"If you keep this up, you'll never have an aire to the throne, ya know,"

"I know, I know. After all this work is done I promise to give you what you want."

Yorna gave Subaru a smile before grabbing his cheeks once more and kissing him. Her lips were soft and delicate, -I just want to kiss her forever Subaru thought to himself.

"Well, I'm heading off, Louis is probably bored all by herself."

"Farewell darling."

Subaru waved at Yorna and left the room. What's next was heading to louis, she must have been all alone by herself and probably got tired of waiting on him, He did promise he would spend his day with louis today anyway. Subaru Walked down the hall and down the stairs of the castle. Upon making it to the little princess room Subaru took a big breath before walking into the girls room.

"Ah, Louis I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to come this late!"

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Louis didn't say anything, she just stared at Subaru with a blank expression. In her hands she held a doll that resembled the king with its head ripped off. Subaru's face turned as pale as a corpse.

"Please forgive me, you know, I had work to do. How about I take you around the kingdom. How is your tutoring going?"

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"Oh, how about I get Cesilus to take you around."

"No."

"-Huh?"

"NO!"

Louis was practically screaming at Subaru. It's been a year since Subaru had become king and also it's been a year since louis has started learning how to speak. Subaru had assigned her the best tutor in all of Vollachia and it seemed to work. Louis has been learning at a quick rate, maybe even too fast. The gluttony which factor must've had an everlasting effect on her.

"Eh, Louis, what's wrong."

"Yo-u left me here all day. I was all alone. I had nothing to do. You meanie. It was soOooOo- boring."

"Ah, I'm sorry Louis, I said I'll promise to make it up to you. What do you want to do today?"

"I- I- I want to play with arakiya-chan."

"-I guess that works."

Subaru was disappointed but he knew she was just getting back at him. He signed before giving the little girl a wave and watched her with a smile on her face run down the hall and towards the main hall where Arakiya was currently getting ready to head back home.

"I guess that was easier than expected. I just hope Arakiya doesn't mind the extra company."

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Sometime later it was getting dark and the sky was starting to sparkle bright with the lights of many stars. The state of the manor was broken. The people inside were expressionless. They didn't smile, they didn't laugh, or anything at all. They just sat around in a circle, surrounding something. After a minute that thing started to glow a bright yellow light before the thing started to move.

"Where, where a-m I?"

"You are in the Rosswaal estate of Lugnica."

"Why am I here, and where is Cecilus?"

"I'm sorry to ask you this, but, please bring my Subaru back!"

"Wha-t?"

"Guest-sama, if you would go and retake back your throne that'll be great. Ever Since your death Barsusu has been making Rem cry. Please get that fool to stop playing king."

"I see."

The battle between the 77th emperor and the 78 emperor had just begun.