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Chapter 80 - Maia meets Grandpa Winks

"Leave" the Emperor commanded. His subordinates didn't voice any complaints at the unexpected order, nor did they question the emperor concerning who he was referring to before. They bowed slightly and disappeared.

"Don't bother looking for them. They've already left." The Emperor turned to address the one who sat on the eternal throne, his great granddaughter. Her face was filled with shock from the Emperor's previous words. Her shock was compounded when the figures that filled the room all disappeared without a trace.

"They wouldn't be worthy nobility realm experts if they couldn't escape the senses of an earth realm genius." The Cold Emperor still had a genial smile on his face when he addressed the one he referred to as 'girl'.

"How did you…?" the king questioned, still in shock over the previous events. First and foremost, when James had bolted out of the room, the eternal throne was meant to follow the young prince. After all, it was his memories they were experiencing. It wasn't something she or even Reiki could control. In this realm, they were bound to her father. However, when the eternal throne moved to follow this law, it was forcefully halted. They had panicked initially, but were drawn to the conversation ongoing in the room. A conversation that touched heavily upon her heritage. A conversation that had replaced her panic of possibly being stranded in the memory scape with curiosity involving the one referred to as the Supreme.

Secondly, the old man could see her. Initially when they were outside the castle, at the scene of James' battle, the old man had looked her way and creased his brows. They were relaxed soon after, with him going on to smile in her direction. She had assumed there was something else. Her assumption was based on Reiki's confident statement that not even an Ascender would know he was there. It turns out that Reiki was wrong. Even the eternal throne didn't truly understand the abilities of the one who had possessed it before her. The man had realised they were there, but had ignored them. Possibly because James was still around at the time. Now that his grandson wasn't here, he had revealed what he knew.

The third reason for her stunned appearance was due to the 'servants'. The three ordinary looking men weren't so ordinary. From their earlier conversation, she had found out that they were eternals like herself. This 'eternals' thing was new to her. From how quickly they disappeared and from her ancestor's words, they were far stronger than she thought- they were nobles! Not the regular joes that were born to a noble family, but people who had broken into the nobility realm and had titles of their own. Titles awarded by the universe itself. A stage only weaker than the ascending realm. To think that the Eternal Empire of old hid all these experts. And her father's reaction to the three 'servants' was enough to confirm that he was aware of this as well. As for whether her mother knew, she didn't even need to question it.

Another reason for her surprise was her speech. Reiki had warned her not to. It was a rule of the memory scape apparently, not his. If she spoke, the natural laws that governed the memory scape would kick the unwelcome intruder out, for viewing another's memories was already against the natural laws. In fact, when she spoke just now, she could feel the energy gather around her and attempt to shred her apart. But, that feeling disappeared almost as immediately as it appeared. All because the old man nonchalantly waved his hand. Whatever her great grandfather was, he was definitely not your regular Ascender.

"Relax. With me here, no one can kick you out. Not even the laws." The Cold Emperor rose from his seat and approached the eternal throne. He looked down at the young monarch who sat uncomfortably on the eternal throne. "Hehe. You really are your father's daughter. He sat the same way when he had just inherited the throne. It would take some getting used to." The emperor lightly patted her head, causing the King to blush in embarrassment as she hadn't been treated this way in a very long time. She finally saw where her father got his head patting habit from.

"Reiki old friend. I can see you're still doing well." The man addressed the eternal throne. The throne glowed very brightly, and lightly shook in the process. It was obviously very excited to speak to its former partner.

"Of course you're doing fine. After having to endure the hard buttocks of men for several millions of years, having a pretty lady in your arms must surely make you happy." He laughed boisterously as he orated.

Reiki glowed brightly in protest. "I know old friend. I know you never saw it that way. But now that you have a gorgeous lady as your master, there is no way you'd like to have a male on you again." He laughed once more. This time Reiki's glow wasn't as bright. He seemed to agree with the emperor.

"I know you have several questions old friend. But let me answer her's first. Is that okay?" the Emperor asked kindly, treating the eternal throne way better than he did James. It was almost as if he saw the ancient artefact as a child. He definitely treated it that way. Upon receiving the go ahead from Reiki, he turned to face his descendant again.

"Little one. What is your name?" he wondered, his hands still caressing her head. "Maia" she replied with her head down.

"Maia" the older man repeated, seemingly fascinated with the name. "Your parents named you well", he continued. "Though I'm certain that it's thanks to your mother that you have such a pretty name. Your father had no such naming sense. In his childhood he had three puppies. The little brat called them 'Puppy 1', 'Puppy 2', and 'Puppy 3'. Pissed the bitch that bred them to no end."

Maia snickered at her ancestor's words. The old man didn't even care that he was slighting a father before his daughter. As long as he could see her face light up, it was worth it.

"I'm sure you have many questions, several gnats that gnaw at that pretty brain of yours. I'm here to answer them all little Maia. Come Reiki, let's go to my chambers. Oh, and you can just call me Grandpa Winks like your mom does."