Tolui Buraldag:
“How can you be sure of it, Dushtan?” “It is absolute. He seems to not react to things like a normal person. He seems to know about the demon world and learns things about the demon world in the blink of an eye. He forgot the entirety of his demonic past and yet still chose to stay. I can be sure that there is no normal demon who would be like he is. His eyes pierced my soul. No demon in recorded history has ever had the Great Emperor’s piercing red eyes. He has 4 wings of gold and black. His sword turned red and black. There are too many signs for him not to be.” “Even so we must administer the tests. If he passes, we will hopefully find the other half. ” “What do you think we should do?” “I don't know. What will happen will happen. He hasn't transformed fully, when he does we know the price has been paid and his power will grow beyond even my own. The price for his immense power is unknown and I can only assume it isn't pretty. However, I support him taking the throne. He is quite bright and will know how to handle things. But I think that Vansh might not be too happy. We can only speculate. I am unsure what will happen.” “I talked to the others, we support you but I’m not sure how it will turn out. We will have to wait and see. The Great Emperor’s will is absolute. He planned this all out.” “He was said to be both benevolent and kind, but unbelievably cruel unless the Great Empress was there to keep him in a good mood. Who knows what awaits those who oppose his true successor. If he himself did not put something in place as he did for everything else, the payment will come from that of the successor. I have never seen the boy get angry. But whenever I would contact his mother, she would say he never caused her trouble directly and was well behaved, but with others he had a short fuse. He sent some children to the hospital after a physical altercation, that’s why she had to put the child into the military academy. So he is extremely capable of violence and anger like his predecessor.” “Dushtan you have had the longest reign of any monarch after them. What do you think we must do?” I thought and pensively replied “All we can do by this point is follow procedure and open the codex demonium. This is beyond our control, this is now a game controlled by the great emperor. We must realise he has returned, for the better of demon kind, irrespective of our opinions on the matter.
Asura Khan:
I walked into the common room and the class came up to me and congratulated me on getting president. I thanked them and smiled. Some of them asked, “Who are you appointing as the cabinet?” I just shrugged and stated, “I will decide all of that in time” I walked and sat down on the couch next to Tamashi. “So, we have the day to ourselves. What do you want to do?” “What do you mean Asura?” “We are together ‘officially’” , so we should go on a date.” “Oh umm, I’m not sure” “How about we go into town and watch a movie? Then we can do whatever.” she thought about it for a second and smiled. “You know what? That actually sounds quite nice. I’ll get ready. Let's go.” She got up and went towards the residences. “Ok I'll just wait for you”. Sean, Amira and Kai suddenly gathered around me. Amira was quick to inquire in a teasing tone “What was that we just heard, Asura? You are going out. With Tamashi?” I reprised my cold demeanor and flatly responded, “Its none of your business” Sean got up from the couch, turned to me and said. “Well if you won't say anything, I’ll just ask Tamashi out. I’ve been meaning to ask that cutie out anyways.” He began to walk towards the residences. I quickly summoned 6 daggers pointed at his neck, to make sure he could keep moving without cutting his neck. “Make a move on my little bunny and see what happens to you Amhran” “Woah, Woah, it was just a bit of craic. No need to do anything drastic ” I vaporised the daggers. “So, you aren't dating yet you referred to Her Imperial highness Tamashi Kunshu as “your little bunny.” care to explain?” “I-” I was too flustered to respond correctly. So I got up and went to my room to change. I changed into a t-shirt and jeans to stay casual and I returned to the common area when the coast was clear. Tamashi came back a little later, she had had the same Idea as me and decided to wear a nice casual yellow summer time dress. I had changed into jeans and a long sleeve shirt. “If you are ready, let's go.”.
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(warning: descriptions of graphic violence, proceed with caution. )
He collapsed on his knees and coughed up a puddle of blood. I kicked him in the side as if it were a football. He could not scream just yet as his mouth was too full of blood. I turned to the wall. I and took a sharp but rusty spike, stabbed it in his right eye and pulled it out of his face as if it were a kebab on a skewer. I quickly stepped on his hand before he could cover his eye socket. I grabbed him by the hair and made him look up at me as I poured the boiling hot molten wax I had waiting on the table, into the empty bleeding eye socket. The wax bubbled and sizzled as it came into contact and cooked his soft eye socket tissue. It created the most awful stench at the same time. He screamed in pain and choked on his blood, which I found annoying. I grabbed his face and forced his mouth shut. I then pierced his lips with a metal wire and sewed his mouth shut with the metal wire. I was about to add the finishing touches before Louis entered the room. “Boss, the meeting of the high ranking managers has been convened.” “Thank you Louis, tell them I will be there soon.” He left the chamber. I kicked the wax eyed moron behind me and walked to my office. I cleaned myself up and changed before heading out. I made my way over to my desk and sent a message that I was on my way to the conference room. I walked down the carpeted halls of the headquarters. It was nice, bright and opulent. Just how I liked it. I entered the meeting rooms, where the managers had gathered as I had requested. I slowly began to speak as I faced them at the table. “I have heard one of you has been leaking information to the Cops and the Akhua. Now, who wants to confess while they are ahead? If anyone knows where the leak is coming from, speak now or you will be treated as an accomplice.” The room was silent. “Well then. Everybody is innocent. Well as we all know, the rules of our organization are strict, such treason is punishable by death. I ask again, where is the leak coming from?” The managers remained silent. I teleported and began bashing Torino’s head in with a nearby metal rod. I kept hitting him over and over again until it was just a big bloody pulp on the table. Once I was done I stepped away and looked at the pink, white and red mess on the table. I turned to the rest of them and loudly declared “In case you forgot. This is what happens to those who commit treason in this organization. Now those of you who knew of his betrayal will be found and suffer a similar fate. That is the way of the Kanattaken. You all swore a blood oath. A betrayal will cost you your lives, then the spirits will torture you eternally” I left the room to let them stew a bit. They needed to see an example of the consequences. I had gotten a bit more lax than my predecessor and these were the repercussions. The organization still held great power but there were always those who thought they could game the system for personal gain. The spirits punished those people after we were done with them. I walked to the holy forest. It was home to the shrines for the spirit that protected the people in my position and that oversaw the organization. I walked through the forest contemplating while whispering prayers. There is something big at play, The question is what. I felt something was going to come, soon. I wanted the Borgianano family name to grow. I wanted to be able to grow the Kanattakken and make it my own.
Tamashi Kunshu:
I walked along with Asura around the mall. I was holding his arm closely, indicating in my own way that he was mine. He was dressed casually, but for some reason nobody seemed to recognize him. We were in Narakam territory and the Narakam people were known to be exceptionally patriotic, which included a love for their imperial family. I turned to him and asked about it. “Darling, why don't these people pay any attention to you or know who you are? Back home I wouldn't be able to walk freely in public like this.” he smirked and responded “Well darling, my existence is known, however my name and image are not known. The public knows there is a new crown prince, but they don't know who I am or what I look like. I can do what I want and I am simply viewed as an ordinary person. Because of some old traditions which had to do with the war until the successor comes of age, their name nor image is released to the wider public.” “Oh, I can understand that.” We reached the cinema and we looked at the options. I had always found it interesting that the Narakam, Teikoku, Undesten and Kanshai empires all had their own writing systems and they all had both Demonic and their own writing on all signage and official documents. The movies were all in demonic and the signs were all in demonic, yet everyone around us was speaking in Narakam. We picked the movie and went inside. Asura had bought a bunch of snacks and the fanciest tickets available. The seat was a sort of bed but with a couch backrest. The movie was an action movie about someone who is sent back to the times of ancient demons, and has to fight in the north continental war. Asura loved history and so did I. As we watched the movie I saw Asura’s eyes light up when he looked at the screen. The costumes, weapons, settings and battles were very historically accurate. At one point in the movie, one of the characters gets executed. I was disgusted and scared. I clung on to Asura and looked away. I felt him put a hand on my head and gently comforting me “It's ok darling.” We kept watching the movie and when it was all over my legs had fallen asleep. Asura then just picked me up and walked out with me on his back. I was embarrassed but he didn't seem to mind.
He walked around with me for a bit, then he finally put me down as we entered a nice looking restaurant. Asura asked for a table for two and we went and sat down inside. We sat down and looked at the menu. We decided on what food we wanted and called over a waiter. The one that walked over had an immediate attitude. “Excuse me but I am going to ask you both to leave.” Asura looked at him in confusion and responded “What? Why?” “We serve a higher class of demons at this establishment. We can't have our reputation brought down by serving lower middle class children such as yourselves. Who knows you may dine and dash as you sorts tend to do. I mean you both seem to have eye infections already, given those strange colours. So, please leave this establishment immediately” I saw Asuras eyes flare in anger before I grabbed his arm and he calmed down a bit. He stated in a semi-frustrated tone “I can assure you we are more than capable of paying and we won't ruin your reputation.” “You don't make that decision now do you, pauper child. Leave!” I knew Asura was about to lose his patience so I butted in. “Calm down Asu. Just take a deep breath in then breathe out. It’ll all be ok.” “You should listen to your wench. It’ll be ok when you Low class-” He was cut off by Asura suddenly standing up, towering over him. “What did you just call her?” the man didn't seem phased, he retorted in a lofty and snarky tone “I called her a wench, a peasant, an ugly whore etc.” I saw Asura’s eyes go from circles to slits again. I got up and held him, he looked at me and I gave him a quick kiss. His expression softened a bit and he calmed down. The people were staring . “Use words not violence Asu.” He placed his hand on my head. The waiter added by saying “You don't need to get aggressive” I knew he was an inch away from blowing his lid and so I tried to get him to at least make less of a scene. “Asu, let's take this somewhere private.” “Fine, please take me to the office of your supervisors. Then we shall leave” He smirked and obliged our request.
We all walked upstairs and into a small office full of papers, pictures of food, a map and filing cabinets. There was a short woman sitting at the desk with the placard “Owner”. The man went to stand by her side. “How may I help you” “These 2 peasants were causing a scene and this thug tried to get violent when I made a remark about the cow in the dress.” I knew Asura was about to burst a blood vessel. But he was surprisingly calm. “I want this man sacked without pay” The man snapped back before his superior could say anything “And who might you be to make such demands? I wont have some gangster and his wench making ludicrous demands.” I had to physically hold Asura back. Out of Nowhere he lifted his right shirt sleeve exposing his family coat of arms. The waiter and owner suddenly went white. Asura then blew his fuse. “YOU CLASSIST PIGS! YOU CONTRAVENE BASIC NARAKAM LAW. IS THIS HOW YOU TREAT YOUR PATRONS. NOT ONLY THAT, YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO MAKE SUCH CRUDE REMARKS TO YOUR CROWN PRINCE AND THE HEIR TO THE TEIKOKU THRONE?!?!. I SHOULD HAVE YOU ARRESTED. I’LL HAVE THIS ESTABLISHMENT WIPED FROM THE FACE OF THE PLANET FOR THESE INSULTS. I- I-'' I gave Asura a quick kiss on the cheek, which made him pause and calm down. He looked back at the waiter and owner who were still in shock. Before he whipped out a piece of paper and wrote some stuff before handing it to the owner and stating “ You have been found in violation of section 22 article 8 of the service discrimination act which protects against class based discrimintation despite ability to pay. Henceforth your establishment and any other establishment you may own or work in is hereby blacklisted by the Narakam government, Narakam Military and the Imperial family. You will be subject to more ‘random’ inspections and should you be found in violation, on the order of the crown prince, this establishment will be closed, you shall be forbidden from opening new businesses, forbidden from receiving government benefits, and be prosecuted for crimes against the Imperial family.” The owner was flabbergasted as she heard what Asura said. I stammered as she tried to respond in an apologetic tone. “Your Majesty, please this isn’t necessary, please. We did not know it was you. Allow us to give you the best seat in the house, free of charge of course.” Asura turned to the owner and snapped back saying “How come you have this attitude when I reveal my identity. How come it takes the threat of punishment to have basic decency? You treated me differently because you didn't know who I was and assumed I was from a lower income household. Based on that assumption you thought I would dine and dash. You saw it fit to insult me and my partner because in your mind my social and financial background dictates whether or not you can verbally abuse me. You can't bribe me into compliance. I, as the crown prince of this glorious nation of ours, will fight for what is right. Currently what is right is your punishment” Asura grabbed my hand and left with me in a huff.
We boarded the first train back, all the while Asura, slowly diffusing. Finally when we came back to the residences, we ate at a small little cafe. We both sat around the common room of the residences and relaxed around the campus for the rest of the day. I enjoyed the day so I snapped a quick selfie after dinner. I now knew, I wanted to always be next to this cuddly kitten of mine.
