Then suddenly the barrier opened...
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The barrier opened and a raging man rushed to the princess body...
"my chiiiiiilllldddd..."
The man cried, wail8ng as he hugged his lifeless daughter...
He is the empires ruler, Kisame Minamoto, no one ever saw this side of the emperor, except these few people he acknowledged as his brothers and sisters. There is not a ruler but a grieving father, who lost his only child...
no one bothered Kisame, nor did anyone spoke... each of them felt the same, since the princess was like a child to them. they all were present from her birth to adulthood. Thus, the pain they felt is tantamount to their hearts crushed, as how they would feel if it was their own child.
after a few hours, Kisame halted his cries. He looked around and wiped his already dried tears. He then bowed to Ryoma and Hiyori, both looked at him with serious faces.
"who did this brother?" Hiyori inquired
Kisame's eyes grew red, and his palms bled from how hard he clenched his fists.
"the black church..."
One thousand years back, All the major continents noticed the presence of a void on several secret spaces on earth. Like the one where the headquarters of the twelve headed dragon, is one void space located in the whole of Japan.
They investigated these voids and discovered that it is a wormhole to a different dimension in the multiverse where every creature has been tainted with demonic magic. There was the origin of the black church a cult of evil cultivators that practices demonic magic... their sole purpose is to conquer the multiverse and enslave all creatures and spread their demonic religion.
"a few years ago, we have raided the hidden churches of the black church in our empire... I personally lead the raid and on on fell sweep, we cleared all its churches and believers..."
"after Hiyori and Ryo went missing, I arrested the prime minister whom i suspect to be controlled by a demonic soul. true enough the prime minister was the one who devulged the information of Hiyoris departure..."
"everything is for revenge, agains me for clearing them from the empire ..."
"the black church?" Ryoma repeated
Kisame nodded in confirmation, the late emperor Kisames father along with his elite samurai's raided the void after the black church and its hordes of evil creatures devastated their empire.
After which the empire lost most of their elites and went into turmoil. This was the era where Kisame along with his band of brothers made a name for themselves and cleansed the chaotic empire and reunited all broken factions into one solid empire, that it was once was.
After reuniting the lands, his brothers made a city within the secret space and protected the lands of the empire. This space is like the mirror image of the mount fuji, and on the eastern side is a vast ocean with the horizon is a blurry space like liquid metal.
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The twelve headed dragon is a hidden organization of elite soldiers and warriors from the whole Japanese empire, a strict screening procedure is done to select these elites to be part of these secret organization.
Here, there is only a single motto, "we live and die together as brothers, loyalty above all". For three hundred years the secret space is not disturbed, the twelve headed dragon managed to penetrate the void and conquer the areas around the entrance from the other side. Hence, all invasions and terrorist action from the black church would only come from the overseas.
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"we need to tighten the security of the empire..." Ryoma suggested
Kisame nodded in agreement
" the clearing of the courtis done, all spies were captured and interrogated. Now all that is left is clearing all members of this church from the populace!" Kisame added
Hiyori then promised...
"brother, i will leave this matter in your able hands, i will raise Ryo along with all our brothers... don't hesitate with your actions, he will be safe with us..."
The emperor tears fell from his eyes, as he felt the determination and commitment in Hiyoris words. His only worry is his grandsons safety, being taken care of his brothers he felt relief and gratitude...
"yes sister, i will come and visit regularly..."
Ryoma heaved a heavy sigh "then let us all give little Hiyori her final farewell..."
Hiyori gave Ryo to Kisame, she and Katsuna carried the princess corpse to their chambers and prepared her for burial...
after an hour, the princesswas placed in a crystal casket adorned with a pure white kimono, she looked peaceful like sleeping with a sweet dream...
Behind the mansion, a lake is situated a crystal boat appeared and Hiyori placed the casket on and let it float on the lake...
everyone bowed their heads and gave their silent prayers, but tears all fell on their eyes.
"youngest brother..."
Kisame raised his hand and the casket burst into flames...
"dont worry my daughter, rest in peace with your mother and husband, Ryo is safe and healthy, we will take good care of him..."
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a year went by...
Ryo is now one year old, crawling on the floor Katsuna is chasing after him...
"Ryo..." she cried worriedly
she lifted the boy and rushed to the room of Ryuma... inside Ryoma was sleeping soundly, drooling.
"eldest brother!"
Ryoma stood awake, still wondering what went wrong...
Katsuna glared at him with a piercing glare "how many times have i told you? if you are to sleep give Ryo to me or sister Hiyori..."
then a flash came and Hiyori arrived then kicked Ryoma on his side, then he stumbled comically on the floor...
"eldest brother, you never listen!! what if Ryo fall or hit his head?...
she took Ryo from Katsuna and kissed his chubby cheeks
my poor grandchild, here grangran will carry you"
the baby Ryo giggled and held Hiyori's kimono...
Ryoma sit silly on the floor and scratcherd the back of his head
Ryo grew chubbier by the day and his skin is so white and rosy cheeks, jet black hair a deep black eyes and pink lips. no one could ever risist the boys charm...