Time passed day by day, and the small organization here under Kaede slowly began to operate and take shape.
Under Nahash's training, Tatsumi's strength was also making rapid progress. However, even so, Tatsumi's strength could not take on those high-difficulty missions.
Therefore, the main tasks were actually still completed by Nahash and Poney, while Tatsumi was only responsible for some small tasks.
However, it should be said that Tatsumi really lived up to his name. Encountering such a situation, he was not discouraged at all, but instead trained even harder, which made Nahash look at Tatsumi with admiration.
"Hey! Senior! Leave this mission to me!" Tatsumi pointed to a mission and looked at Nahash at this moment.
"Hmm?" Nahash took the list and looked at it, frowning. "Devil Ogre, the captain of the Guard. This level is still a bit dangerous for you."
"Leave it to me! No problem!" Even with training, Tatsumi still wanted to show his value quickly. He couldn't even show his cooking skills. Hmm, Tatsumi still remembered the murderous gaze of Koujo Shizuka when he wanted to help cook, as if she was saying that the General's meals must be made by her!
That amazing obsession made Tatsumi swallow his saliva, and then he directly gave up on the small things he could do.
"Hmm..." Nahash thought for a while and finally nodded.
"Yay!" Tatsumi hadn't finished being happy, and then Nahash said, "However..."
"Eh?"
"Chikushi, you go over and take a look too. After all, you are a gunner. Although your combat power is not strong, you can provide support." Nahash said.
"The sentence that combat power is not strong is superfluous!" Chikushi puffed her cheeks and said.
"Eh?"
"Do you have any dissatisfaction?" Nahash looked at Tatsumi's appearance of wanting to say something and stared directly into Tatsumi's eyes.
"Eh? Nothing." Tatsumi also knew that Nahash was worried about his safety, and he just felt that this feeling seemed quite good!
However, he would definitely complete the mission perfectly alone!
And on Kaede's side, watching Tatsumi successfully get that mission from Nahash, Kaede also smiled, and then looked at the letter in her hand. She also had to start getting busy.
"Shizuka, accompany me out tonight." Kaede said.
"Eh? Alright." Koujo Shizuka was taken aback, then answered directly, not asking what it was about. As long as Kaede needed it, she would definitely agree.
Night gradually shrouded the Imperial Capital, and Tatsumi also started his mission. Similarly, Kaede also left the base with Koujo Shizuka.
"I hope Tatsumi can successfully complete the mission." Kaede shrugged her shoulders. Anyway, her mission was not difficult, and then Kaede took Koujo Shizuka and snuck into the Little Emperor's bedroom.
"Ah! You are, Kaede!" When the Little Emperor saw Kaede and Koujo Shizuka climbing in from the window, his surprise was imaginable.
"Hmm, it's me." Kaede showed a smile to the Little Emperor.
"Didn't Budo say he wouldn't let anyone in?" The Little Emperor couldn't help but ask. Budo had been guarding his door recently, not allowing anyone to enter at night, not even if he wanted to see the Minister.
"Oh, don't talk about this, Your Majesty. Do you want to go out for a walk?" Kaede squinted her eyes. "It's boring for you to stay in the palace every day, right?"
"It's boring, but the Minister won't let me go out." The Little Emperor was a bit troubled, and a look of movement appeared in his eyes. As an emperor, he hadn't properly seen his empire yet!
"Don't worry, the Minister won't know. This is a secret between the three of us, right?" Kaede said so.
"Hmm?" The Little Emperor was taken aback. "A secret between us?"
"Yes, so, Your Majesty, do you want to go out and see your empire? Don't worry, with me by your side, there will definitely be no danger. The Minister is probably also afraid that you will be in danger, which is why he won't let you go out." Kaede said, although it was a bit against her will, she could only say so.
"I think so too." The Little Emperor nodded. "Then alright."
"But, if the Minister..." The Little Emperor was a bit hesitant. If the Minister knew, he would definitely preach again.
"He won't know. Isn't there Budo guarding the door? And..." Kaede shrugged her shoulders; she was very well prepared~
"Your Majesty, leave it to me next." Koujo Shizuka said at this time.
"Eh? Who are you?" The Little Emperor was taken aback, and then felt something wrong. This voice... seemed to have heard it somewhere?
"I am the General's maid."
The Little Emperor finally heard it. This was his own voice. Immediately, the Little Emperor looked at Koujo Shizuka in shock.
"So, no need to worry, right?" Kaede said.
"Hmm." After hesitating for a while, the Little Emperor nodded. Originally, he wanted to take a good look at his empire, but he was stopped by the Minister every time.
He couldn't be bothered to bring it up anymore, but unexpectedly, he had this opportunity now.
Although it was night, it was still nice; at least he could go out and see the night view of his empire.
"Hmm, Your Majesty, could you change into different clothes? We'll set off once you've changed."
Kaede looked at the Little Emperor's attire and couldn't help but say.
Although the people of the empire didn't recognize the Little Emperor, this getup was still problematic.
However, it was truly sad.
Apart from those who attended court, how many people actually knew what the Little Emperor looked like?
Perhaps if the Little Emperor walked down the street during the day, no one would be able to recognize his identity.
Still, Kaede had a nagging feeling that what she was doing now felt so much like child abduction!
But the person they were abducting was an emperor, and it was a joint abduction by a General and a Great General!
As for what she told the Little Emperor, it was just taking him out to have a look, and that was indeed what she was doing.
Kaede didn't specifically take the Little Emperor to any special places.
Because it wasn't necessary.
Given the current state of the empire, one could see that something was wrong anywhere, as long as they weren't blind.
Besides, Kaede and the others wouldn't just do this once.
The Little Emperor would eventually be able to see it; it was just a matter of how the Little Emperor would react when that time came.
Meanwhile, Budo was standing outside with his eyes closed.
He naturally heard the commotion inside the room, but this was something he and Kaede had agreed upon long ago.
The only good thing the Prime Minister might have done was not corrupting the Little Emperor.
Therefore, the Little Emperor was still in that state of ignorance.
His heart was like a blank sheet of paper, and what Budo and Kaede wanted to do was to leave the marks they desired on this blank sheet.
Furthermore, Budo hadn't expected that Kaede had someone like Koujo Shizuka under her command who could imitate anyone's voice, making their plan even more secure.
Even if the Prime Minister came, Koujo Shizuka could say "already resting" to dispel the Prime Minister's doubts.
In truth, this plan was a huge gamble, and the key lay with the Little Emperor, but they had no other choice because there wasn't much time left for them.
Especially Kaede; having been at the border, she naturally understood the madness of those small ethnic groups.
Even knowing that the empire had her, Budo, and Esdeath, and that nothing would go wrong, they still blindly charged over.
It was truly not right.
Kaede and Budo both had a feeling that if they didn't take action soon, it might become even more troublesome, so they had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure.
Moreover, if they wanted the empire to recover, having the Little Emperor stand on their side was a crucial step!
Whether it can be done or not depends on you!
Kaede!
Budo stood there like a gate guardian.
At this moment, he opened his eyes and stared straight ahead.
No passage allowed here!
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