The reason why the busy and indifferent Emperor decided to visit the tempest manor so suddenly was because of hope.
A hope that another one of his children would turn out to be a genius.
Emperor Bindusara's first child, Ashera Maurya.
She was a genius seen once in hundreds if not thousands of years.
She awakened mana at the age of 5.
Learned aura at the age of 8.
Became capable of defeating knights at the age of 12.
Wielding the sword along with mana, she became a magic swordsman that transcended the capabilities of humans and reached a level close to ultimate.
Even now, she is considered one of the strongest beings in the Mauryan empire.
But five years prior, something happened and she suddenly renounced her right to the throne and declared that she would neither participate nor support anyone in the battle for the throne.
It was a huge shock for the Emperor.
The emperor was planning to make Ashera support the crown prince in the battle for the throne and to make sure he is able to win.
But with Ashera backing out of the battle for ascension, the crown prince, who had no special abilities except the backing from a few nobles became an easy target for his other siblings.
Even though none of the other children of the Emperor was a genius like Asher, they were powerful enough to face the crown prince.
It was a situation where the Emperor who favored the crown prince, felt threat by his children.
If the other siblings were to make an alliance and target the crown prince, there would be no chance for him to win.
And obviously, seizing the momentum of the crown prince's defeat, the others would aim for the Emperor's throne.
Bindusara couldn't let that happen.
So he was finding a measure to back up the crown prince and balance the fight between siblings.
And right at that time came the report from Cain, the guardian knight of the tempest manor.
The possibility that Ashoka could have learned aura and is a genius comparable to Ashera made the Emperor excited.
He wished to confirm the news.
And if it is indeed the truth, he was planning to make it so that Ashoka could support the crown prince at all costs.
But after coming here, the Emperor's mood took a 180-degree turn.
It was because of the words of the bully brothers.
The Black Aura.
The suspicion that Ashoka could have awoken both dark and Shadow mana made the Emperor wary.
The reason being the previous wielder of black aura was none other than his father, the previous Emperor, Chandragupta Maurya.
If the news that one of the Emperor's children wielded the same aura as that of the previous emperor was to get out, the nobles and citizens would be thrown into chaos.
The loyal dogs of the previous emperor who were hiding in dark would start to move.
'Reincarnation of the previous Emperor', there will no doubt be rumors such as that spreading throughout the empire.
And in such a case, the support of the nobles would change from the crown prince, who had no special ability to Ashoka, who wielded the same aura as the previous emperor.
The Emperor didn't want that to happen.
First of all, Ashoka was a son born to Chandraekha, who was of common origin.
He couldn't accept a commoner becoming the heir to his throne.
Second of all, the only reason why he married Chandralekha was to control Sage Vyasa.
He had no intention of making one of his bastard sons sit on the throne, just the thought of it made the Emperor disgusted.
So, right now, the emperor's mind was thrown into confusion.
'What should I do?'
Right when he was thinking that he heard the voice of another child besides Ashoka.
"Your majesty, it is indeed true that both Ashoka and I have learned to use Aura, although we are not at the level where we could compare it to the guardian knights, we can use it to at least defend ourselves"
"What...!?"
The Emperor blurted out in absolute surprise, the majesty aura covering him disappeared for a second.
'Wasn't it only one of the twins that used aura?'
There were no reports about Sudhatta wielding aura.
'Wait a minute, now that I think about it....they were called, 'The moon goddess Genius twins' weren't they?'
There was a reason why both Ashoka and Sudhatta were known as Geniuses.
It wasn't only Ashoka who was cable of wielding aura.
Sudhatta has also learned to use the aura along with Ashoka.
But the gentle and frail nature of Sudhatta made him not use it to harm others.
The Emperor looked at Sudhatta and thought, 'Now that I observe it, that child looks very similar to me.'
Sudhatta's blond hair and red eyes were inherited directly from the emperor, so he looked very similar to the emperor.
"What mana have you both awoken?"
The Emperor asked regaining his majesty as if what just happened was a lie.
He wanted to make sure of his suspicion towards Ashoka and at the same time, he was curious as to what mana Sudhatta awakened.
"I awakened Light and Fire attribute, your majesty"
Sudhatta answered first respectfully looking at the Emperor.
A huge smile appeared on Emperor's face.
The Emperor was relieved as he just found many ways he can use Sudhatta.
And obviously, his eyes drifted towards the child with black hair and black eyes.
Ashoka was feeling very uncomfortable with the way the Emperor was talking with them, it was like he was interrogating them for doing something bad.
Nevertheless, he was the Emperor, so Ashoka had to answer him even if he didn't want to.
"I have awaked dark and Shadow attribute"
Ashoka answered him without using any honorifics.
But the emperor was too engrossed in the matter to care about it.
'So, it is true.'
He thought looking at Ashoka.
Some memories that Bindusara didn't want to think about resurfaced, which made his body cold.
Bindusara unknowingly released his aura with anger.
"Ah! Your majesty"
"tch!!!!!!!"
Both Sudhatta and Ashoka were crushed down by his pressure.
Ashoka gritted his teeth and looked up at the emperor while Sudhatta was confused about what was happening.
Bindusra's face was distorted as if he was incredibly angry but at the same time, there was fear visible in his anger.
'What the hell is doing?'
Ashoka thought trying his best to withstand the pressure.
'Is he trying to kill us? for just beating up those bastards?'
Ashoka was trying hard to find the reason for the Emperor's anger.
'did I go too far with my disrespectfulness?'
But even then it was too much to crush 6-year-old children with such pressure.
'This damn lunatic emperor!'
Ashoka cursed inwardly while they lay flat on the ground crushed with the Emperor's Aura.
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-Sunday Surprise event