"Your Majesty, please listen to the voice of the people. The situation has become extremely serious!"
The official kneeling beneath the Throne looked at the boy seated above him and cried out in anguish.
"You have been deceived by the minister! If this continues, the Empire will completely collapse!"
Yet in the face of the official's cries, the boy seated upon the Throne remained utterly unmoved.
"Minister of Internal Affairs Shaul, for rashly criticizing my policies and delaying state affairs, I sentence you to the ultimate punishment."
"What?!"
Upon hearing this, the Minister of Internal Affairs kneeling below raised his head in terror and looked toward the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, you..."
"Guards, take him away!"
At the young Emperor's command, guards quickly stepped forward and forced the Minister of Internal Affairs to the ground.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You have been deceived by the minister, Your Majesty! Please wake up! Your Majesty! Your Majesty—!"
Amid his cries, the Minister of Internal Affairs was dragged away by the guards, and the great doors slammed shut once more.
The other officials in the Main Hall remained silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to utter a word.
"This is our target this time."
Fang Zheng closed Ratziel and looked toward the assassins before him. By now, nearly ten assassins had joined the Brotherhood. Like Ieyasu and Sayu, the others had risen up after suffering at the hands of nobles and officials. Most of them were women...
Though there were only two blonde girls.
"Our target this time is to rescue Minister of Internal Affairs Shaul and his family. He was sentenced to the ultimate punishment for advising the Emperor, and his family will be taken away as slaves. Shaul and his family will be publicly executed in the square. Our task is