In front of the dungeon, I was staring at the soldiers looking around as if I want to do something secretive. Inside the dungeon I could feel a sensation that my father has been kept inside for days, fowl smell intruding my privacy.
Covering my nose with my handkerchief, many slaves has died in the dungeon. Their corpse wasn't taken proper care of, the smell rotten dead bodies could easily show that the slaves corpses wasn't buried.
"Father." I gazed at him.
"You have few minutes! regent aoi will be back soon." The prison guard said.
I lowered my height to fit the door, I knelt before her Father.
"Tsmugi, I am sorry for all I have done." commander Sebastian apologized.
"No father you did not offend me, I already lost my mother. You are all i have now." I wept.
"As a commander in minamto I could not save anyone's life including my wife's own".
I embraced her father." I am always by your side father". I assured my father.
We had a big secret about the death of emperor eiken and about prince daisuke".Seth confessed to Tsmugi.
"What's the secret?" I questioned.
While eavesdropping dropping regent aoi said he ...Seth paused looking up, I was amazed to see it's regent Aoi.
The prison guard paid his respect to regent aoi pulling I away with his hands, Kenji could not stop looking at me.
Her face looks familiar to him.
I knows I have no backup, it just like I am in the lions den.
Fidgetingly walking, general kenji stretched his hands at my shoulders.
"Your face looks familiar, are you a minamto born? general Kenji asked.
"Yes I am a minamto, the apprentice to commander Sebastian". I replied.
Pushed general kenji out of the way walking majestically out of the dungeon.
Regent aoi doesn't have mercy for anyone that knows the unknown secrets, it was another time for torture.
Despite being beaten like an drum set, they kept the cat in the bag and never left it out.
Commander seth is all at fault for all this, and was hundred percent ready to pay for it by taking the blame.
Wrapped around the chair like criminals, they did not commit any offense regent aoi just decided to punish the out of anger.A heated thick branded metal was placed a Seth's cheek forcing him to let the cat out of the bag.
Commander Sebastian and seth was threatened to be hanged if they don't spit it out, because they are loyal soldiers of Minnamato.
"Confess,what did you tell her?" aoi asked.
"I did not tell tsmugi anything". commander Sebastian said.
Hitting them with a planc, general kenji said halt.
Commander seth was untied and brought to Regent aoi's office, Sebastian was surprised about the sudden change.
Commander Seth was knelt before regent aoi in his office, scars and bruises if the torture appearing all over his skin.
"Regent sir, please spare me. I am innocent!" Commander Seth's pleaded.
"I know you eaves dropped my conversation and heard everything I said.I dare you to spit it out with no hesitation." Regent Aoi commanded.
"Later that night I was standing at the door.I heard it when you said you murdered emperor eiken and planning to kill prince daisuke".Seth confessed.
"Good job".General Akio said.
"Now you will do me a little favour and you will be massively rewarded".Aoi declared.
"Anything at your cost sir".Seth bowed.
"When it's time I will take you out the palace to the public figure you will tell lies about everything, I mean twist it".
"Exactly what?" Seth asked.
"Forge it and make it seem like commander Sebastian is planning a coup against prince daisuke." Kenji answered.
"I'm short you are innocent, Sebastian was to kill the prince." akio said.
"Do that, will massively reward you for it.You will be promoted and live large like a soldier in yamato." Aoi said.
"Okay sir I will do as you wish", seth bowed.
"While commander Sebastian will remain in jail till his execution date".
Lady consort Hazel half way came across princess Reina, she paid her respects to Hazel.
"Your new here, right?" consort Hazel question reina.
"General Kenji brought me to the palace as his new sister.I am now the regent's one and only female child who is more likely to be the empress of Yamato for live",reina boosted.
"Ha!ha!ha!ha!"Hazel burst into laughter.
"Just wait and see",Reina said.
"Yeah I will wait and see your secrets exposed to the entire yamato.General kenji brought in a bastard claim it to be a yamato born",no way.
Princess clenched her fist at hazel, "How dare you hazel",Reina raised her hands.
"Put that hands down, she's late emperor eiken's wife to touch her is treason". General wade the cousin to governor ziachi.
The other servants behind reina bowed while hazel and ziachi by passed them.
Prince daisuke sitting on his bed helpless and hopeless,the nurse was holding and herbal mixture in a bowl.
Princess Sakura pointed the bowl of herbs at his mouth, he rejected it.One more time she want to force the herbs into his mouth, laying her hand under his jaw for the droplets.
Prince daisuke pushed the bowl away splashing it on nurse mei's body.
"Daisuke." sakura called.He gave no response, just lied on the bed turning his back at Sakura.
" Give him space, he will soon recover. I can assure you that". Nurse mei said.
First prince and second born of late emperor einosuke, is visually impaired. He can't see anything thing that's happening but can feel what about to happen.
He and Sakura both understands that the empress dowager is an hypocrite and a betrayal, prince zennosuke is supposed to take the throne not daisuke or einosuke.
Consort Hazel was undressing in a chambers, the bloody vow was hidden in her cloth.
She unwrapped it to read, seeing the written vow made her eyes teary and droplets fall from her eyes.
Emperor eiken caught his hand at that moment to write a vow for his child prince daisuke, he knows he might not survive any longer.
The sudden sound of a door distracted her, it was walker a minamto slave acquired by general ziachi.
"Oops!" Hazel barfed.
"What's this?" walker asked.
"It's nothing". Hazel folded the paper.
Walker was dragging the paper with her, pulling side to side she then released it to avoid any tear.
"Oh my....!" Walker gazed at it.
"Shhhhhh.....! tell no one about it"
"The blood vow." walker gwaped and cover his mouth.