Chapter 18

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"Any clues on my daughters disappearance" Claude asked, it's been a year since the first princesses disappearance and they still haven't found her it was like she never even existed, the robane's lead the investigation as they were the only one who was closed to the princess, some nobles believed that she may had taken her life once again because the lack of any traces of her

" still nothing your majesty, we've search for her in her mother's homeland siodonna but there's no traces of her there" duke robane reported

" you knew her, did she ever gave you clues on when she'll reside in"

"No your majesty, the princess was very careful with her words around us she never gave us clues that I could remember" Claude just sighed

" your majesty may I just say, I think it's better that we leave the former princess alone, she didn't bring the imperial family a good name" a marquis said silence filled the room, everyone looked at the clueless marquis like he was stupid

" except for his majesty being so worried about some lowly girl who was nothing but an embarrassment to imperial name we should be worried about the empress Valdarian who's becoming more powerful each day-" *thud* he fell with his head no longer on his body, some nobles began to tremble while Claude held his bloody sword

" meeting adjured" he growled then left with Felix, ever since his daughter disappeared he hasn't been getting any sleep his headaches keeps increasing and Jeannette couldn't even help soothe it, he felt part of himself disappeared when she left

" you truly gotten my attention, athanasia" he muttered

At the borders of Ottoman kingdom

"I offered you peace before, if you haven't been so arrogant you would've returned to your homeland in peace but here you are at the borders of my kingdom like a beggar empress that you are" king Arnold ottoman the new young king who took the throne

" beggar empress that's new, I usually hear the conquerer with tits" Athanasia said

" we are here to discuss the terms  of surrender not to exchange petty insults" dion said in defense of his empress, when she was training her soldiers two stood out to her and that was dion and his sister Della, they are only a year older than her but had very high potential, so she observed him when it came to conquering he had the most kill and he had the highest amount of loyalty he even lost an eye for her when an arrow was coming in her way

" we are here to discuss the terms  of surrender not to exchange petty insults" dion said in defense of his empress, when she was training her soldiers two stood out to her and that was dion and his sister Della, they are only a year older than he...

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while della was a very smart and calculated woman with that, Athanasia made her commander of her army and part of her council , while dion became her sworn sword and the empire sword

"from the gift I gave him, tell us is your mother still in grief from the head in a platter I send her on her birthday two weeks ago, it's not everyday you see your son's head" she said, since the ottoman kingdom has been provoking her trying to take her empire and injured her people and even send out their son to kill her she thought it will be nice to give them back their sons head as a gift when she slaughtered him and even gave a recording stone of his screams for mercy

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