Working.

*Crash*

"Ugh...What the hel-"

"Your majesty, language!"

****

Taking a walk.

*Sound of papers tearing*

"The official documents- *quickly goes to the office*"

"They were just waste papers, your majesty."

****

Tea time.

"......Why is it so sweet?-"

"Y-your majesty.."

****
Throne room.

*Throne breaks*

"*Just entered the throne room* ......what is this?"

"Y-your majesty, t-the.."

"What?"

"The m-magicians failed a spell..."

"What spell? On the throne?"

"I-it was a protective spell...."

*Sighs*

****
This was a sight that was never seen before. The emperor was so tired. He could actually tolerate all this, but the source of all these disasters was the problem.

"Eh~ Your majesty, why do you look so tired?~ It's almost as if you've used too much of your mana~" Karma said, with his usual smirk plastered on his face, as the red part of his eyes glowed.

"Karma-kun..don't you think it's enough? I mean, yeah sure, he's tolerating us and not even reprimanding us, which is totally unlike the cold emperor, but you...aren't you just pushing your limits?"

"C'mon noona~ it's not like I get the chance to torture an emperor everyday~ besides, it's not like it'll go on forever..and what do you mean by that huh~ this empire can't function without me okay?~"

Haha~ it's not like it will go on like this forever~ just wait for that guy to wake up~ it will go on with double efficiency~ hahaha~

Athanasia sweatdropped.

Yeah yeah, the empire can't 'function' without you.

****

While these two were engaged in their own conversation, Claude was already planning to give his son some 'princely' duties, so he would prank less.

He didn't understand himself. Why is he tolerating all this? It caused him so much trouble, he couldn't even use his magic in his son's presence. Wait- when did he start calling these things as his son and daughter?

He didn't know. He didn't want to know. It was bothersome to try to find out.(Aoi: black magic doing its work.)

So, he didn't. He went with the flow and started seeing himself slowly yet steadily care for them. (Aoi: black magic doing opposite of what it's supposed to do.)

Every single thought of his, would be about them. How excellently they did in their studies, how amusing their interactions with each other were, how his son seemed to be so overprotective of his sister, how he would always talked to him so defensively. Though, he disliked the last part.

Claude laid on the couch as he pondered, a certain memory resurfaced.(Aoi: beds are meant for sleep Claude, not couches... but oh well even athy couldn't convince you so who am I.?)

"What's wrong your majesty? You look quite troubled."

"...hm? Nothing."

"C'mon your majesty, you could tell me! I'm your personal guard and your friend!"

"...what are you going on about now, Felix? ...I'm just thinking about those two little things."

"You mean the prince and the princess?! So you do care about them! Aren't they really cute, your majesty?!"

"...."

".....so, you are troubled by them? You actually have no reason to- actually, There is a reason." Felix coughed lightly remembering the prince's pranks.

"That's not.."

"Then what is it your majesty?"

"They're just too.... excellent at what they do."

Felix sweatdropped.

"Have you ever seen a 6 year old memorise all the war strategies in a single week? Have you ever been defeated by a little child? Have you ever seen a royal, master etiquette with perfection in a single day?...which normal child would do that?"

Felix was left speechless,

'you're just bragging about them now, y'know'

If he could say it out aloud he would, but he didn't. Though his face gave it away.

Claude,who was still sleeping on the damn couch, thought back to his words,

...That definitely looked like I was bragging.

He facepalmed.

****

Karma and Athanasia were (forced into) painting.

Lilian and Felix were in front of them looking at them with those painfully expectant gazes that they found it difficult to reject them.

Athanasia was pondering on what to draw while Karma hummed a pleasant tune as he fiddled with his art supplies.

A few dozen minutes later, the expectant gazes intensified so much that they could not bear it and Athanasia finally turned around and smiled weakly as she showed her paintings to the both of them.

"Lily! Felix! Look at Athy's drawings! This is Lily, this one is Felix and that's papa and us!" She cheerfully said as she pointed to three of the many she had drawn.

The first pic showed a woman who wasn't very messily drawn with brown hair and beautiful cerulean eyes.

The second one showed a redhead,

And the third one consisted of three stick figures, a big one and two small ones.

"They're all so beautiful, princess!" Lilian exclaimed.

"Thank you, princess! I'll keep this forever as a family heirloom!" Felix said, wholeheartedly.

Ah..you don't need to go that far..

"I'm glad you liked them~"

Their attention, then shifted to the prince who was smirking, looking at his paintings and it looked like the devil horns had grown on his head.

Lilian stepped forward as she asked,

"Your highness, what are you drawing?" She smiled.

Karma raised his head and looked at her,

"Nothing much~ Just a scenario of our empire killing the emperor of Mavros empire."

Mavros empire was the second most strongest empire after Obelia and the self-proclaimed sworn enemy of the obelian empire.

Mavrosians had sent dozens of spies and assassins to kill the royals of this empire, but failed except that they had succeeded in killing Athanasia's sole brother. There was just a single-line mention of this empire in the original story but the killing of the prince later resulted in a war and this empire was obliterated. But unfortunately, the prince now, was Karma, who remembered every little grudge and paid it back two-fold.

The painting showed a perfectly drawn blue-haired man wearing a crown, sitting on his throne with a horrified expression painted on his face as blood flowed down from the corner of his mouth and his chest was pierced with a longsword which was held by a blond man who was standing in front of him.

It was unclear whether the blond man was the emperor.....or the prince himself, as the painting showed the back-view of the man. Though, from the vibes the picture gave, it wasn't hard to figure out that the blond had a dangerous smirk on his face.

Karma flipped the page so Lily couldn't see it and showed the map on the other side of the page.

"Look at this Lily, This is the map of the castle of the Mavrosian castle. There are many secret passages to the throne room from here."

He pointed somewhere on the picture to distract her.

The picture showed complex pathways all crammed into a single piece of paper.

"I'm sure his majesty would be very proud that you memorised it already, your highness!" Felix exclaimed.

Unexpectedly, Karma scribbled something on the map part of the painting, folded the paper and handed it to Felix.

"Yeah sure, give this to the emperor." He gave a close-eyed smile and teleported away to one of the imperial gardens.

****

"Your majesty, here." Felix handed the folded paper, which was still left untouched, to the emperor.

"What's this?" The emperor curiously asked as he had never seen Felix handle some piece of paper even more carefully than the official documents.

"It's something the prince had drawn and his highness asked me to give it to you."

Claude paused and took the paper as he unfolded it and froze.

The picture showed the blue-haired emperor killed by a blond.

Who is the blond?

He turned the paper over and saw the complex designs but the sentence on a corner caught his attention.

He finally let out a cynical laugh that hadn't been seen for who knows how many years.

"... I'm speechless."

****

"You're here, I see." Karma smirked at the sight of the sleeping man.

"Well, my sister will wake you soon~ till then I'll have to stack up a few tasks for you~" He murmured as he walked away

Hmm~ I wish I could see the damn emperor's shock. hahaha~

'The emperor had an advisor, but oh no, was it a spy?'

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(1411 words) okay, this was completely not what I had intended to write but y'know it just flowed in my mind and I wrote it...

If ya don't like it, I'm sorry!

[Claude: Aoi...-san.. Just how does my son get such...unique ideas?

Aoi: what do you think?

Karma: of course, I get these from my mind. And oh, right. *turns to Aoi* Look at this Aoi-san, this path leads to the basement...

Aoi: correct. Now, what if there's more than a basement there?

Karma: ....a prison?

Aoi: that's a given.

Karma: ....*pauses* wait- another passage?

Aoi: To?

Karma: ...it's not 'that' right?

Aoi: It is. This is a passage to the Duke's mansion. From there another passage to the teleportation room.

Lucas: That,then ends up in the forest far from the empire where nobody can find them.

Karma: ...I see. *thinking about the various torture methods for each location.*

Claude:...I see now.]

Hahaha Claude is talking about how he understands where his son gets those ideas.(oops sorry for 'misleading' your son Claude, though I'm not sure if he was on the right path from the start *considering his last life* hahaha~)

Haha sorry, I couldn't get ideas for this chapter's convo so I..just messed it up...

Do tell me if you don't want me to write any more convos since I feel like y'all may think it's a waste of time.

By the way mixmora , I changed the drawing part to a little more intense.. hehe- tell me how it was!

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Alright folks! that's all! Bye!