I was on the deck of the slaver ship watching the waves crash onto its sides it had been 3 weeks since we made the decision to help kana's people we left the next day setting sail for a place the rebellion is stationed
" you keep watching the waves what are you looking for my love " Elise said walking to me starting to watch the waves when she get beside me Emily was playing with kana's daughter behind us they became friends fast over these few weeks I took Elise hand into my own as we watched the waves together
" I'm not looking for anything really I just find it pleasant to look at plus it doesn't hurt to keep a eye out " we stayed in silence for a bit watching the beauty of the sea " I also wanted to ask why your people didn't try to make contact with the othe continent " I asked eventually a little confused about that
" it's not that we didn't it's that the emperor at the time was a terrible man so we stopped communicating it was a hassle plus we were dealing with the humans at the time it wasn't worth it seems things didn't change much in that area I'm happy to see the beastmen rise up if we can help them take the empire we will have a powerful allie for the kingdom my father won't have to worry about manpower as much maybe we can finally take down the duke too" she said while still looking at the waves I nodded at what she was saying
" yeah I hope we can help them take the empire quickly so we can get the support needed....do you know how far we are " Elise shook her head " I'm not sure but I asked kana before coming over it shouldn't be much longer " Elise laid her head on my shoulder as we kept watching the waves
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Inside a traditional castle towering over everything else in a big city the emperor sit on a throne anger at the news he just got
" what do you mean he's dead it was just a simple trade did they dare to betray us " the emperor yelled at the soldier that gave him the news the emperor was a man about fifty with an average body he had black hair and mustache that were graying
The soldier shook his head quickly " no the men we were going to trade with got killed by a man his name was ghost he was the one that killed the royal advisor" the soldier said shaking " was he covered in blue lighting or did you see a shadow wolf at any point " someone that was beside the emperor asked surprisingly it was the prince of the human kingdom
The soldier nods " yes both of those things " the prince clenched his hands in to a fist the emperor looked at him " you know him " the prince nodded " yeah he goes by the name ghost he's the asshole who stole the woman I love " the emperor smiled at this info " do you have a way we can get to him "
The prince thought for a bit before getting a idea he can't attack him directly because of the treaty with the elves but there's a way he could get around it the prince smirked with evil burning in his eyes " I think I have a way that can get him to you " the emperor smiled brightly at this " if you can pull this off you can tell you father I will accept the alliance between us he will have my support in his endeavors"
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It has been a week since we made landfall but it was still some ways away from the base " what caused the revolution if you don't mind me asking " kana looked at me hesitant a bit to tell " my people have always been pacifist by nature we thrive to live in harmony and peace so that's what we did even when the humans came enslaving us centuries ago we tried to live in harmony" she took a deep breath to help control her emotions
She continued " but twenty years ago my cousin's sister fell in love with a noble and they started being together in secret even started a little family The problem is nobles aren't supposed to be with beastmen or have there kids somehow they got found out and they rounded up every beastmen they could to watch as they executed her not just her but the whole family even the baby barely a month only the noble was spared the treated it like it was her fault for fall in love with him the noble she loved just watched as they killed the woman that loved him and there kids without blinking a eye...that was the last straw for us together those that had enough stormed the nobles estate killing the entire noble family for what happened that day that was the fire that lit the rebellious spirit in our people" she finished with tears in her eyes remembering what happened
they did just take revenge for someone they lost but went against there very nature to achieve it " I'm sorry I didn't mean to make you relive bad memories " I said with a apologetic tone she shook her head " no it is alright you have come this far to help my people I think you should know why we started to revolted " we stayed in silence for the rest of the way
When we got to the base of a hill kana went over to a ordinary looking rock she touched it for a few seconds the rock wall in front of us split open revealing a tunnel we followed her inside following the tunnel for some time until it eventually opened into a big open area there were houses made off stone and path ways leading to different places it was like a little stone town " halt how did you get back here" he heard a voice as we got to the end of the tunnel
Kana rolled her eyes hearing this voice " rede you lazy bastard your supposed to be at the other end of the tunnel " kana yelled annoyed at the tall panda beastmen that just asked us to halt his name was rede apparently
Rede was shocked for a few seconds before coming over hugging kana in a bear hug
" kana we thought you would be gone when we got word you were on a ship to the other continent leader is going to be so happy to see you back let's go " he started carrying her towards the town but she broke free
" stop you big lug your supposed to be guarding the entrance here "
He looked at her with sad eyes not wanting to go back to guard duty " I'm not going anywhere for a little bit you can see me later " she said to him He thought for a minute before nodding then going back to his duty
We made our way through the small stone town it felt pretty empty there were all kinds of beastmen with kids around but even with that it still felt kinda empty...eventually we made it to a stone house a bit bigger then the rest looked like it was carved out of a giant piece of stone
We made our way inside no one stopped us because of kana along the way here we got stopped a couple times they were happy to see that she was back " auntie your back" a kid about nine with wolf ears and tail but a bit more slick yelled just as we entered running to hug kana
" it's nice to see you too little Shane " they stood like that for a little bit then kana broke away " where is your father I need to speak to him as soon as I can" the child though for a little bit " he should be in the map room planning something with uncle" kana smiled at him " thank you little wolf now can you do me a favor take Lena and there daughter Emily to go play with the other children please we need to have a serious talk with you father " he nods before coming over to our daughter bowing
" hi my name is Shane would you like to come play with the other kids with us " he said holding out his hand Emily was hesitant she looked up to us Elise and I we nodded to her she finally took his hand after a bit of hesitation I swear I saw a blush on her cheek I frowned at this
Suddenly I felt pain on the back of my head I looked at Elise who just slapped me " don't even start she's too young " she said scolding me" not to young too have a crush apparently " I said under my breath which earned me another slap we continued on ward as they left of course I had shadow follow them
When we finally made it to the map room there was a two big beastmen one was a wolf beastmen the other was a bull they were both extremely happy to see kana after they calmed down kana explained how she got here and the deal we made
The wolf beastmen named Wolfgar looked at us intensely " if you really want to help I have a fortress that I need raided we are spread to then to deal with it can you two handle it" he asked me Elise smiled " consider it done just point us in the direction " she says confidently