When Lucien returned to Tokyo, the first place he went to was his estate to tell Itori to pack her things up so he could be sent her to Blood Island because the time for the Apocalypse was nearing, and there were many things that they needed to do in that short span of time.
"My dear wife, when you arrive at the Blood Island, you will be immediately swarmed up by my mother, so good luck, and also, from now everywhere you will go, you will be guarded by several knights and also some female attendants."
Said Lucien to Itori after he arrived at his estate; there were many things that he needed to tell her, especially that from now on, she couldn't even leave without the whole ceremony guarding her.
It was typically composed of two Knights, a squad of soldiers and female attendants.
This was all because she was the wife of the Crown Prince of the Wandenreich. If she were to be pregnant with a child, she would be guarded by Sternritter all-time non-stop.
Such strict rules about guards and so on were mainly because she still wasn't Noble Ghoul and, more importantly, her fighting strength was in reality, equal to zero. While Itori was an S-Rated Ghoul, without the proper passive benefits brought by the RC Star Method, it would be hard for her to fight against Demons on the same level as her effectively.
Even his mother was constantly guarded by someone and to hone; she hated it as she couldn't do whatever she wanted.
Still, she spent most of her time on the frontlines in Blood Island because she was one of the few 6th-Star experts of the Wandenreich and was not that far from the 7th-Star. This was an advantage that came with age, which Lucien didn't really have.
"Yes, yes."
Nodded Itori with her head, and then she went to pack up all the things she would take with her to Blood Island; even though she didn't have many things to take with her, it would still take some time to prepare everything.
As she went to pack up her belongings, Lucien went to the courtyard to find his loyal mercenary subordinate, codenamed Darkwalker to give him the final instructions about the mission. After a short time of walking through the estate, he finally found Darkwalker in the training ground together with several other mercenaries.
"Attack and slaughter as many of branches of Commission of Counter Ghoul, a month from now exactly. Especially kill all ghoul investigators, personnel of the CCG, and everyone related in the 20th Ward to lure the whole Commission there."
Lucien's plan was simple, and he also wanted enjoy it by creating mess and chaos. He wanted to lure out as many of ghoul investigators as possible, so he ordered Darkwalker and his mercenaries to kill every ghoul investigator in 20th Ward systematically.
This was Ward was a bit special, as he knew that if the Commission of Counter Ghoul came there in big numbers, then Anteiku Cafe would also move, though he didn't care about Anteiku, but rather about old man Yoshimura, the Owl. He would be a good distraction.
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Toyko, Lucien's Mansion.
Mado Akira was currently at the training compound of the mansion, sparring with Zelilios with the new sword he gave her. It was one of the ancient katanas that Lucien obtained in the ruins of the Shi Xue Clan, and because Akira didn't have a suitable weapon, he gave her one of those katanas.
They were many times better than those lousy quinques.
During this one year and something, many things happened in Akira's life. The first one was that she was saved by Zelilios from certain death in the Yasuhisa Mansion and started living in the private mansion in Tokyo.
She learned many things about Noble Ghouls and also about Wandenreich.
She often trained with Zelilios because, as he said that she was his own responsibility, and apparently, the man she knew as Crown Prince of the Wandenreich, Lucien Etras di Aeon didn't care that she was practically living here.
Actually together with Zelilios, they were creating a perfect duo, as both of them rarely talked and all the time focused on doing something. For Zelilios, it was training his spearmanship, and for Akira, it was collecting various weapons.
Here in the mansion in Tokyo, the only person who she could talk to was, in reality, only Zelilios as he spent most of his time here, either training or reading.
"You are getting better and better, Akira, even though I think this sword doesn't suit you too much. Perhaps some other type would be better?"
Said Zelilios as they finished their sparring season, and both of them went to sit down and get some rest. Zelilios in reality, used to spar a lot with Akira; there were several reasons for that, but the main ones were that Akira wanted to learn how to fight more effectively against her enemies and improve herself.
And Zelilios enjoyed the spars with her and held some affection for Akira as she was an attractive and very intelligent woman.
"Did you think about the matter I mentioned the last time?"
Questioned Zelilios as he looked at Akira with certain uncertainty in his eyes.
The topic they talked about the last time was very sensitive, especially for humans.
As Lucien told Zelilios when he saved Akira, he didn't care about the reason, she was his own responsibility, whatever he saved her for, but if he wanted to take her with him, she must become the Noble Ghoul without question.