Kaida was on her throne within Kita;the capital of the Northern Regions.
Kaida was there alongside two men in blue armor holding swords to protect their Queen.
The Northern Regions was not only religious ,but also had an immense amount of loyalty to their country.
It is for that reason that the Northern army was so strong ,even a regular citizen ,was ready to die for his/her country.
And their Queen saved as a reminder ,that children really are the leaders of tomorrow.
As she sat in the throne ,looking beautiful as always,a man came in wearing dark clothing.
The cloth he wore as like a long robe ,and his face was covered by a face mask .
The man was somehow in the throne room ,looking at the Queen.
"How did you get here?"asked Kaida with a loud scream.
"How did this man get here ",she thought inwardly
The castle had numerous guards who were always on the alert,some of the castle guards
we're even trained assassins, and could easily be snuck past ,or defeated in hand to hand combat.
The unknown man just ignored the Queen's question and began to search around the room like there was something important ,he was looking for.
"How did you get in here ?" Screamed Kaida for the second time.
Once again the man completely ignored her ,irritating Kaida as she did not like being ignored,she took it as people being arrogant and disrespectful towards her.
Due to irritation,and the slight fear she was feeling;and you can't blame her ,he just bypassed all your guards like they did not exist.
She told to guys to arrest him .
The guards were about to do as the Queen said but without warning.
The man killed both guards ,He moved at speed that was incomprehensible,the soldiers were killed instantly with no remorse.
The scariest part was that these shoulders were members of the Reaper's Venom once before.
And they were killed so easily,Kaida at that moment knew;She was in grave danger.
Mentally;Kaida was fortified,able to form terrific battle strategies by the age of five.
But she was not the strongest in terms of strength.
She had not tapped into her malice yet,which was to be expected ,although her parents had died ,she had been fed with a silver spoon all her life.
Being the only child meant that she was undoubtedly going to become Queen someday.
And the death of her parents signaled the begin of her reign soon,it made people act a lot nicer towards her.
It could even be argued that her life became easier as soon as her parents died.
The only form of stress was her job as Queen,but she was gifted at social interactions,leadership and strategizing making her job a lot easier.
She also had her uncle by her side ,to help her with whatever she may need.
But right now ,she was cornered by this strange beign,who was most probably an assassin but from which guild .
"Is it the tempestarii?,no they wear white robes ,so who could it be ?,or is this a one man job?"
Out of desperation,Kaida screamed for her guards ,and like robots ,five came running in with so much speed.
But they met the exact same fate as the other two soldiers .
Kaida could not comprehend what was going on ,those were members of the night watch ,though not the strong,they were definitely strong.
Kaida in a last ditch effort screamed for her uncle's help but no one came .
"You scream and people show up for you ,that's has bey your entire life story,others helping because of your position in society"
This was the man in dark cloth speaking;he had kept silent all this time,but now he finall spoke .
And how Kaida wished he had remained silent.
His voice alone sent shivers down her spine ,the fear gathered from nothing but his voice was immense.
His voice was deep,muffled and all in all terrifying.
"What are you on about "replied Kaida
"Nothing,just commenting about your lifestyle,that's all" said the man whilst still searching for something in the throne room.
He walked around the throne room, like as if he were the owner,his movements made Kaida to slightly tremor.
"What are you looking for"
"Nothing in particular,well except for the Queen of the North that is"
"I am right here"
"Someone as spineless and spoilt as you, could never be queen"
"Who are you too tell me that I cannot be queen"
The man slowly walked towards Kaida, and even more slowly ,he removed his mask.
"I am the last King of this powerful nation,I am the man who gave birth to you ,I am your father and I mean it when I say;You cannot be Queen of the north "
"But I have done so many great stuff for the country"
"Yes you have !,but by using what your mom and I did as a mere stepping block ,and you take all the credit for it"
"What are you saying Father,I though you and mom would be proud"
"How could we ever be proud of such an ungrateful child ,Greatest Queen ever,such an undeserved title for you"
The man then begins to leave the throne room but not before saying ;
"You are not my daughter"
At that moment ,Kaida woke up safe in her bed ,she was far away from the North ,she was in the Western Federation.
"Thank god ,it was just a dream"
The next day,Kaida was in her room ,she was writing orders on a piece of paper,these orders were for the North to obey ,it was a long distance way of governing her country.
She would give the paper to a messenger hawk and it would deliver it to her royal guards and they would carry out the order.
Messenger hawks were groomed for delivering messages,all that had to be done was point to the destination on a map ,and the hawks would deliver.
As kaida was writing her orders ,she heard a knock on her door .
"Come in" she said instinctively.
It was Darius' wife .
"Oh hey it's Buma,right?" Saud Kaida in a attempt to guess her name
"Actually it's Bhumi"
"Oh I'm sorry "
"Don't worry about it "
"So what are you doing here,you can join me on ..."
"Listen Kaida ,I'm gonna go straight to the point ,I do not like you and I don't care if you do not like me,I came here to warn you that if you ever make my husband she'd even the smallest drop of tears ever again ....,you will no longer be the high and mighty Queen,they said you are"
Kaida was shocked ,Bhumi did not strike her as vicious,this confrontation caught her completely off guard.
Normally Kaida would have used witty words to fight back but she was still flustered from her dream and wasn't thinking straight.
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Earn was in the dojo with Ren ,Earn was explaining the basic concepts of killing techniques.
"Killing techniques are divided into three arcs ,Plain,Elemental and Special.With Plain being the easiest to master and then Elemental and finally Special."
"Is there any further division" asked Ren
"Only for Elemental ,in normal cases ,an assassin can only develop one of those divisions;They include the basic ones like Flame ,Water,Air and Earth ,and then of course more rare ones like wood"
After a brief pause ,Earn continues his explanation;
"But anyways usually a person only has enough years in his life to throughly master about three techniques from an elementary arc"
"What did you master"
"Shadow,one of the rarer elements but actually one of the oldest"
"Woah!"
"I know-I know , I'm awesome,aren't I"
"I was actually talking about the guy behind you"
It was at this point that a man came behind Earn .
"Good to see you Earn"says the man sarcastically
"Frederick ,what a pleasant surprise " says Earn returning the sarcasm
"Wait , you two know eachother " asked Ren
"Of course we do"said Frederick
Earns holds Ren hand saying
"Let's get out of here"
"But we just met your friend"
"He is not my friend ,now listen to me and let's go"
Earn then forcibly grabs the hand of Ren and begins to walk out of the dojo.
"Really Earn ,you're just gonna leave ,just like that ,seriously,get over here and face me ,you weakling,you think it's by luck that we met each other here today,no it's fate ,Now turn around and come face me." Screamed Frederick as Earn walks away .
"You bloody buffoon,get over here" continued the screams of Federick.
But no matter what Federick said ,Earn just tuned him out and forcibly dragged Ren with him .
"Who was that dude" asked Ren curiosly
"Nothing just some crazy dude from my past "
"Is he a bad guy or something"
"Uhm sure" Earn hesitated to say but eventually forced the words out .
Earn the looked behind him and took a huge sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness he did not follow me "
But unbeknownst to Earn ,Frederick was following them ,he just suppressed his presence.
"Oh dear Earn ,you never could sense me ,but I don't blame you ,I am the silent reaper anyway"
Frederick laughed maniacally as he said the words;
"You must be punished for your sins ,punishment is all that you deserve"