Chapter 120 - Emery was arrested

The emperor's palace was in momentary chaos, Juma Berta wanted to get the emperor out of his office, and the imperial guards on standby were in their mecha armor waiting for orders. However, with the meeting taking place at that moment, Ade was not alarmed and continued the meeting as if nothing was happening.

Juma Berta almost disconnected communications to pull the emperor out of the place, fortunately, the intruder alarm suddenly ceased. Quickly, the imperial secretary was informed that the intruder had been captured and from the sweeps carried out in the palace there were no more intruders.

The governors and prefects were also tense with Emperor Ade's stubbornness and they sincerely thought they would see the emperor die on camera. In short, everyone was relieved at how quickly the intruder was captured.

The meeting finally ended and the emperor breathed with some relief, it would have been chaos and humiliation if Ade had fled, though it was an obvious thing to do for the good of the nation.

"So what's the situation?" Ade asked Juma Berta who had a complicated expression, he even looked a little pale.

"Emery is under arrest," Juma Berta said after hesitating for a moment. Only the goddess Ashia knew how the Diablos zerg were territorial and overprotective with their spouses. He knew the emperor could lose his temper and become irrational.

"Explain everything to me," Ade said after a few moments taking a deep breath to keep his reason, but his trembling hands betrayed his mood.

Juma Berta then explained that the secret guard Atsu, the same one that Emperor Ade had assigned to keep Emery safe and accompany him to places outside the emperor's palace, arrived in the room and found Emery with an item s.u.c.k.i.n.g a shadow black.

"And is this reason to arrest my partner?" Ade asked after absorbing the information.

"Well, what did you expect when Emery himself didn't want to answer the questions that were asked?"

"I'll find him now," Ade said getting up. Juma Berta didn't try to stop him unless he wanted to get into a physical confrontation with his monarch.

"He is at the headquarters of the imperial guards in a makeshift prison," Juma Berta said, following the hurried emperor.

Upon arriving at the headquarters of the imperial guards, they saw an alarming number of imperial guards from a single cell.

"Is this the man who caught our emperor's heart?"

"Miss Ona will be disappointed to hear this, she was so committed to becoming empress"

"Nobody knows if this person will become the empress, he is a foreigner"

"If Emperor Ade wants to, what will others be able to say?"

"If this man can have the son of Emperor Ade the nobles will be able to do nothing else"

"Even for a foreigner, he is quite handsome"

"I think Prince Mu is prettier"

"I think if he had darker skin he would be much prettier"

"You are being prejudiced now"

"I'm just telling the truth"

The imperial guards came and went to see the person in the cell, making all sorts of comments, some noticed the presence of Ade and Juma Berta and fell silent, but those closest to the cell had not noticed it yet.

"Who is this Miss Ona?" Emery asked one of the imperial guards that he was gossiping with his colleague.

"Daughter of the Marquise Nkechi, one of the most beautiful omegas in our empire, second only to the daughter of the Marquise Maisha. But Miss Ona has a better personality and much kinder than most nobles" the young imperial guard who participated in the last Martial Tournament where noble and unmarried women were there to flirt a little while showing off to the public, of course, the heart of the young imperial guard was easily captured by the beautiful women.

Not only was there this young imperial guard who thought the Marquise Nkechi's daughter would make an ideal companion for Ade, but since genetic compatibility was not high enough to produce heirs and Emperor Ade showed little interest in romantic relationsh.i.p.s, the nobles never pestered the emperor on the subject of marriage.

However, things would change with Emery's existence and if he was compatible to beget children with the emperor, the nobles would fight for Emery not to become the empress but to be just an Honored Concubine, which would be a position of honor, only he couldn't have much power in his hands.

"Do Emperor Ade and Miss Ona have this kind of special relationship?" Emery asked with a smile, but his eyes held a coldness that if anyone watched you would feel your heart skip a beat in fear.

He was furious, but he didn't know if he was angry with this Miss Ona person or if he was angry with himself for feeling uncomfortable about who Ade would marry, whatever option Ade chose and not himself, he wanted to destroy the Other part.

Yes, a very dangerous thought for someone who really has this destructive power.

"Well, they say Emperor Ade was very kind to Miss Ona when they were younger. Some even commented that even now Emperor Ade and Miss Ona had a close relationship, only because of our Emperor's genetic perfection the two could not be together. Fortunately, with you here, then maybe the two of them can be together?" the imperial guard said as if this were the absolute truth.

Well, it might not be a lie, but it just proved that somehow the information about Emery's existence had leaked out and the nobles are spreading malicious rumors that reached the ears of the imperial guards, or simply this young imperial guard was just an idiot who dares rant in the face of the likely empress of his empire.

"Oh, so they have a close relationship... You know if they already..." Emery tried to ask if the emperor had ever had something more intimate with that Miss Ona, he stopped talking when he felt an itch in his gland omega and looked beyond some imperial guards, meeting the blood-ruby irises of Emperor Ade's eyes.

"I can't be sure of our emperor's intimacies, but I have overheard some nobles saying that at one of the governors' conferences held last year, Miss Ona and Emperor Ade spent a night together... However, I don't know if it's true... This is also one of the reasons everyone thinks Miss Ona would be chosen to be the next empress."

Emery may not have finished speaking, but the young imperial guard understood what he meant and became a little quieter in his response, after all, this was about the reputation of a young lady and the misbehavior of the emperor himself. The other imperial guards who heard their colleague speak agreed that they had heard this rumor a few months ago and that the rumor started circulating again a couple of days ago.

"They spent a night together…" Emery muttered lost. The room suddenly became much colder and the cell began to shake.

The imperial guards backed away and activated the system to block Emery's mental power, just so they looked around and saw their colleagues with pale faces, not far away was the emperor who didn't look in the best of moods.

"Emery…" Ade started to speak. He should have stopped the other part from talking, but he figured if he did the damage would have been equal or worse, as it would look like he wanted to hide something from his omega.

"Don't speak my name!" Emery said angrily, he looked at Ade's calm face. The mental power that had been out of control for a moment calmed down. He couldn't hurt Ade, so he could only contain his anger for now.

"Emery, do you want to hear my explanation first or do you want to get out of here?" Ade asked approaching the cell, being followed by the imperial envoy and Juma Berta, the imperial guards knelt on the floor.

"Emperor, he can't leave until he explains to us what this silver cube is and what that black shadow was that invaded the palace" the leader of the imperial guards finally arrived at the scene when he received the information that the emperor himself had reached the humble their place.

"Chara, if I'm saying I'm going to take him out, I'm going to take him out. Don't get in my way," Ade said with such a grave expression that it caused the people around to shiver, the power that made all the zerg submissive seemed to be at work now.

The power that made Ade the emperor, was something that made the core of the Diablos zerg shudder and submit to the emperor's judgment, he was the figure consecrated by the blessings of the goddess Ashia, her divine representation.

Chara Esi is a low-ranking noblewoman who inherited her father's title as baroness but passed the title on to her younger brother and decided to enlist as an imperial guard, years later becoming head of Emperor Ade's imperial guards. They were very close and friends for years, she is a wise and intelligent woman who has good judgment, that's why Ade promoted her to this important position.

Unfortunately, even Chara was on her knees at this point due to the divine power of Emperor Ade.