"That's what I wanna hear!" Shoto said
"So, if that scroll is so important, why tell me about this?" Kirito asked
"Nagasaki, I have been watching you for months now. I was given every single piece of information about you. You are a strong and handsome pervert!"
Kirito strongly disagreed with the fact he was a pervert, but he did not want to offend Shoto, so he let it pass with a small smile.
"Well then mister Shoto, I thank you for this dinner," he said as he was wiping his mouth with a tissue, "but it's getting late, and I don't want to be stored during our quest, so I am in the regret to leave you now"
"Very well then, have a good night sleep." Shot said
'Very strange, I can't imagine how powerful this scroll may be.' Kirito thought as he was going to his room, 'he said that someone with strong feelings at the moment should pass this test and that he was watching me since the beginning, I wonder why he chose to watch me in the first place.'
Once Kirito got to his room, he made himself comfortable and lied on his bed. 'Tomorrow, I will be able to start a new life in China, but is that what I want? Maybe I could start working for mister Shoto, I don't know. China isn't the best option either... But can I hide from Shikadai? Well, for now, let me get some sleep first.'
Kirito fell asleep, meanwhile, the blonde woman he saw in the jacuzzi entered his room as quietly as possible and pulled out a little potion.
"May the spell reaches its limit, and break, revealing gin unlimited power," she said after dropping pink dust that came out of the potion.
The next day, Kirito woke up pretty fine and cleaned himself quickly before meeting Shoto and the blonde girl at the main entrance of the shop.
"There you are, Mr Nagasaki! Well then, I hope you don't mind if she comes with us. I heard you met under, let's say awkward conditions..." Soto told Kirito.
"Yeah... but anyway, I don't mind her presence. She is very welcome to join us in the quest!" Kirito said smiling at the blonde.
After the conversation, they waited for their carriage to arrive, and they took off. The trip was long and very bumpy. The driver was very skilled because, despite the fact the trip was bumpy, the passengers could hardly feel the carriage move. It took them 3 hours to get to a forest.
"So the cave is in a forest?" the blonde asked
"Yes, it is Elza; a cave in the middle of the forest..." Shoto replied
Kirito was used to the forest because back in his village, he would be part of the people who would hunt to sell in the market.
"Lead us the way," he said
Shoto started to lead the way, looking for trees with a cross on them. He probably put them to remember the placement of the cave. At one point, they could hear something. They could hear fast footsteps, but they didn't know from where.
"From the speed of his footsteps, he is running, but not at a great pace. This means he is using the trees as a hiding spot. Mr Kawaki do you know the specific location of the cave now?" Kirito said
"Yes, it's just straight ahead now, just about 100 meters away," Shoto said
"Well have to make a run for it" Elza replied, "3,2,1... Go!
They started to sprint towards the cave running at full pace, and they could hear the footsteps running right towards them. When Shoto tried to look back, he saw that is a marauder, a disgusting monster with no face made of mud.
" It's a marauder!" Shoto cried
"Just keep running," Kirito replied
As they were running, they started to have a visual of the cave, and due to all the noise the marauder was making, more of them joined, now they were 6.
"Kirito, get in the cave first! You will be able to unlock the invisible barrier so we can enter!" Shoto shouted
Kirito started to make a last sprint to the cave, and once he got close to the cave, he covered his face with his arms because he thought he would hit himself, but instead, it transported him to another place, where he suddenly fainted and fell on the ground. Shoto and Elza later joined him, and they saw him on the ground.
"Kirito! what's going on, why is he like this?" Shoto asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, his system is launching," Elza said as she was pulling a cigar from her backpack.
"What system?" Shoto asked
"His emperor system."
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Kirito woke up in a place where he appeared to be transparent. He was in a palace, a very big palace.
"What am I doing here, in such a big castle? Kori wondered, " the only thing I remember, is running through the cave, and I fainted."
Suddenly, he heard a gate behind him open, and two nobles entered the room. There were one of the nobles was dressed in some sort of robe and the other one was dressed as a medieval assistant.
"Your Highness, the emperors have realized we are weak, they have come to invade us! If we don't do something, they will kill our people and us!." the assistant said.
The person who appeared to be the emperor replied, "I Armdal shall protect my people, but not through war... I will give them my head, as it is what they have come for. Now, Minato, I want you to use this potion and run with my children, and all the people present in this castle. All you have to think of is Wuhan. Take as much gold as you need and use the teleportation potion. If my calculations are correct, they will be here in 12 hours. Now go, and don't come back...
The assistant, who knew there was no time, left to unite all the emperor's children, and other family members, however, the emperor's wife refused to leave.
" Elizabeth, I need you to go! Please, they only want me, you can still live..." Armdal said trying to convince his wife to leave.
"What about the newborn, Will you not see him grow. If you don't leave with me, then in staying with you!" she said in tears.
She put the baby on the royal bed as they were in their chamber and Elizabeth hugged Armdal. They both started crying when suddenly, an army of 50 000 men marched in the outside of the city with the four commanders being the minor emperors.
"I am sorry, but I need you to go..." Then he knocked Elizabeth out and brought her to his assistant, where he took the potion don't and spread it around everyone. At the instant, they disappeared.
Armdal felt relieved that his children were safe until he heard cries in his chamber. It was the baby Armdal forgot to take when he was bringing Elizabeth downstairs. Armdal knew there was no time to waste, so he ran to his chamber where he took the baby and looked for a solution. Then he saw a maid who came towards him and bowed down towards him.
"Oh great ruler, you might have lost the war, but you will always be my emperor. I would like you to live, but I am not going to give myself high hopes for nothing. My lord, I would just like to say thank you!" the maid said as she was about to cry
Armdal felt touched by what she said. Someone he barely knew someone he considered just as a mere servant, bowed towards him, and was saddened thinking about his death.
"Please stand up, I have never been shown so much affection by a servant. You need to leave the palace now but before anything, please, K would like to give you one last thing to do, keep my baby safe, and raise him like he was your son, I wang you to give him a proper education. I know that it might be hard, but for the sake of his life, never tell him about his origins, now go!" Armdal said as he was giving the house cleaner.
Kori, who was spectating everything as a simple ghost noticed something.
"Wait, that house cleaner is that not mother, WAIT for, HOLD ON MOTHER!!!" he said as he was getting, projected into a new location. This time, everything was white, and nothing was around. Suddenly, a green screen appeared in front of him and a voice emanated from it.
[Hello Kirito Nagasaki, Congratulations, you have unlocked the emperor's descendant system.]