Soon, it was lunchtime.
Rita had expected everything to be meat, but she had guessed wrong. There was plenty of meat, but there were other delicacies as well.
While dealing with the minister's polite small talk, Rita suddenly said, "I hear you have quite a few Imperial Arms, Minister."
"That is true. I have collected a few." The minister's expression did not change in the slightest. He continued stuffing meat into his mouth as he answered.
When Rita had spoken with the Four Rakshasa Ghosts under his command earlier, she had already revealed that he possessed quite a few Imperial Arms, so he did not care in the slightest.
Ever since he had seized power, he had done his utmost to collect Imperial Arms. After all, things like Imperial Arms possessed power beyond ordinary people's imagination. Naturally, it was best to keep them in his own hands.
Unfortunately, Imperial Arms also chose their wielders. Not just anyone could use them. Among so many powerful Imperial Arms, only one—Gem Headpiece [Erastone]—suited him.
He normally wore this gem-type Imperial Arm on his forehead. It was an anti-Imperial Arm capable of destroying an opponent's Imperial Arm. As long as an enemy entered its range, it could destroy the other party's Imperial Arm at the cost of shattering a gemstone. The damaged gemstone only needed a week to regenerate, but it could not be used before then.
It was an Imperial Arm specifically meant to counter Imperial Arm users, and he would not use it unless it was a critical moment.
As for the other Imperial Arms he could not use, the best arrangement was naturally to bestow them upon those loyal to him.
PS: Just treat some minor setting errors as secondary canon. I really did not fully understand the Akame ga