[Eldion Empire Capital]
In the next day inside of the Duke's mansion, Jake Everheart managed to overhear a conversation of the Duke to some soldiers of the empire, he manage to hear about pulling down Kaido among from their conversation
When he pieces that notion along the point where he saw the Duke making files and cases be prepared for something during the night, he soon realized that something was going to happen to Kaido and the co.
Immediately he relayed the sensitive news to the Marquez causing the latter to shot up stunned and immediately cancel his appointment of going to the castle in this day
Taking his coat and his most trusted men with him, he immediately went out to inform the dire news to the Adventurers Guild master and to Kaido and his group
After he talked about the critical information with the Guild master, the latter immediately became alerted as he nodded and begun to assign some men to help Kaido and his friends covertly
After that Marquez Lucio went straight ahead towards the inn where Kaido's group are staying and bolted inside their room as he calls out for his name
Unfortunately when he arrived the others were quite shocked by his entrance that they just stared at him, by chance the Marquez immediately scanned the surroundings and noticed that Kaido wasn't there together with one specific person
When he asked for his location, Rebecca her daughter answered her that Kaido was summoned to the castle early this morning, so he immediately responded to wrap things up but unknowingly Sui asked to Kaido if she could come
Surprisingly the former agreed easily and said that it's something happens it's safer if she is with him rather than being alone
Hearing that the Marquez immediately paled and told them the dire cortical information that Jake had deducted, upon receiving the information all of them paled as they thought to immediately pull Kaido and Sui out of the situation
When they decided that footsteps can be heard outside the room as they hurriedly ran towards their direction, and a moments later soldiers poured out from the entrance and the arrows came flying in causing havoc inside the room
In thoughts of retaliation Anna immediately erected a barrier and countered with a snap explosion causing the start of the incident
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[Eldion Empire Castle, Throne room]
Throne room a place located at the third floor of the castle due to the strategically placed by the architects in hopes that if something evident might happen the King Emperor, he wouldn't be done in immediately
Inside the room dressed neatly and gracefully with a cute dress for little girls, Sui the pronounced daughter of Kaido squirmed In her place as she felt flustered from all the stares of the nobles
Seeing this Kaido couldn't help but chuckle at her situation
"Nervous?" Asked Kaido as he look down at his squirming pronounced daughter
"Y... . . Yes" she replied
"I see... . . Well I couldn't help it if they are mesmerized by your cuteness, with your blue hair that matches the sea together with your gold eyes and emerald dress... . . You almost look like a high class Noble's daughter... . . Almost" he stated
Hearing that the daughter shook her head as she tightens her grip on Kaido's hand
"Being with you is enough Papa! I thought that when you went missing, I wouldn't be able to meet you anymore but here we are now, together on a journey" she exclaimed as she showed a bright smile towards him
On the receiving end however Kaido couldn't help but grit he's lips as he doesn't know how to break the ice that her actual father might be dead and he is not actually her father but only a look alike
As he thought of this the ceremony for the hero started as the King Emperor stands up from his seat alongside the Duke
"Ladies and gentlemen, today will be the day where the prestige of our Empire's hero has reached the neighboring kingdoms and acquire their full support for the crusade against the demons... . . This is all thanks to the achievements of our hero" he announced
With this announcement the whole crowd erupted a cheer as the member's of the hero's party step up and received their awards from their ruler
Kaido couldn't help but chuckle when he saw that Alda together with Mia and Luke were quite flustered when the crowd showed such support while as for Lily, she quickly spotted Sui from the crowd and waved at her, of course the latter also waved back in a happy expression
Following that Duke Agra spoke up
"Now if I may call Kaido the partner for the Hero's party to come to the center"
Followed suite Kaido stepped in front and stood in the middle together with Sui who throttled near him
Seeing the little girl together with Kaido, the Duke couldn't help but frown a little, at the same time Kaido spotted Bruno the person who was appointed to be Rebecca's fiancee until Kaido stepped up and confronted him
Seeing Bruno's agitated expression brings great delight to himself as he focused on what the royalty is going to do next
"With your support towards helping the hero's party within this few weeks, you have received a high recognition among the crowd and was deemed as one of the most needed awarded people because of your recent contribution..."
As the Duke spoke he couldn't help but notice the king Emperor delighted expression while hearing the clanging sounds of the stationed guards, but since he doesn't have solid proof he pushed the matter aside and expected something to happen until...
"This you will receive a high honor from his king Emperor your majesty... . . Well that was supposed to happen until something came up that roused my attention towards you..."
When the Duke said that the surrounding crowd started to murmur while the four members of the hero's party wore a startled expression and didn't know what was happening at all
Inspite of all of this Kaido stayed calm as if he expected that something would happen eventually
"I received some reports from many of my trusted aids and workers regarding your actions..."
For the Duke however he slowly grew excited as he scanned Kaido, but unfortunately he found him staying calm inspite of all of this as he thought
(Let's see how you stay calm after all of this)
"... In those cases involved the recent mysterious happenings within the castle walls"
With continuous murmurs the Duke finally revealed what he meant
"Kaido! A commoner! You have been accused of numerous incidents regarding the deaths of some people within the empire... The incident regarding the massacre of the prisoner transport knights, murder of a Noble's butler, maid, alongside his lover a guard from a prestigious aristocratic house..."
When revealed those cases all the surrounding sounds became silent as they stared silently towards kaido in hopes that everything was a joke
"And recently... . . The deaths of six nobles during the operations of the pincer formation towards the terrorist"
With that the crowd begun to murmur as they thought that something wasn't right and directly looked at the accused person, but the only reply of the accused person was a chuckle which further confirms that he really did all of that
As rage and hatred filled the crowd, they begun to throw curses at them as they shouted at him and Sui from all sides
"You murderer!!!"
"I can't believe I looked up to you!!!"
"How can the empire let this scumbag live?"
"Hang him!!!"
"Because of you my son died! Pay for your sin!!!"
"You rotten piece of shit! Die!!!"
On the receiving end however, Sui started to crawl towards kaido as she clung tighter towards her only safe haven as she begun to be frightened from the sudden change of attitude towards them
From afar Bruno started to laugh as he said
"I knew it! I knew it that he's dirty! I can't believe I'm right! This is what a person amounted to!!! Such incompetent buffoon!!!"
However Lily immediately turned to Alda for confirmation in hopes that the fuel was wrong and to save both Kaido and Sui from humiliation
But unfortunately Alda gritted his teeth as he revealed that Kaido did kill a noble
With that Lily stepped back in surprise as pity and guilt filled her heart towards to what seemed humiliated father and daughter
Seeing her like that both Luke and Mia stayed firm as they couldn't even help Kaido and his daughter to get out of this situation
"Since the Marquez is out because of some sickness, his wife is her to overseer the situation... . . Now Kaido! What do you have to say for yourself?" Said Duke Agra in hopes to see Kaido's pathetic despairing face
After reassuring Sui by patting her head Kaido silently grinned as he replied
"Took you long enough to notice"
With that the crowd further grew in anger
"He's actually smiling!!!"
"Despicable!!!"
"Kill him already! I want him suffer!!!"
"Dispose of that little girl with him, maybe we'll be able to see him in despair if we did that!"
Seeing Kaido's unperturbed expression, the Duke further laid out his cards when suddenly a hand stopped him as Raguel inside of Hibiki's body step out from the shadows and confronted Kaido
With his appearance cause utter speechless from the crowd as they marvel at the hero's holy aura and grand angelic wings sticking out of his back
Even his party members were shocked by Hibiki's sudden transformation
However Kaido seemed to feel irritated the moment the celestial stepped in
"You better think this through... . . You have no say in this Kaido the lesser being, as we spoke your companions are being apprehended right this moment and now seemingly struggling for their lives" said Raguel
Hearing that Kaido flinched as he glared at the angel
"Furthermore I declare another additional case, since we have a law regarding demi-humans beings banned from the empire, this person has violated our code and brought a demi-human" shouted Duke Agra as she pointed at the little girl beside Kaido
"This girl is a demi-human!"
With that further gasp and accusation filled the vicinity
"That's it he's gone too far"
"First he killed people, now he violated the law!"
"Kill him already!"
With a flick of Raguel's finger, the spell that was hiding Sui's sirens trait vanished, revealing he's gills and scales which further agitated the crowd and shocked both Mia and Lily who have grown attached to Sui throughout the days
"I hereby declare Kaido and everyone he's close with the penalty of sever torture and eventually death" stated the King Emperor as he smiled at the latter
Hearing that cheers erupted from the crowd as they further accused Kaido
I return however the latter just laughed at the situation which surprised the crowd
"Ehehehehahahahaha!!! So that's it! I get it now... . . You played that card... . . Eheh!... . . Ehehehehe!... . . Ehehehehehehehe!"
As Kaido laughed maniacally that silenced the crowd, Sui eagerly tugged Kaido's shirt to snapped him out
"Papa!" She cried out
But in return Kaido became bloodshot as his eyes contracted into full of hostility
"If that's the case then don't blame me!"
Without further words Kaido sent a wind blade directly at the King Emperor which have been quickly intercepted by Raguel's draw
After that electricity sparkled out from Kaido's palm and he conjured a lightning flame spear from his left hand and threw it directly at Raguel
"Piss off!"
"No can do"
In return Raguel erected a barrier Completely blocking the attack, which furthers intesifies the situation