Even at a time like this, the minister was not worried in the slightest. He leisurely ate his meat. So what if they had fought their way to the Imperial Capital?
Even if the rebels reached the Imperial Palace, he would not care. With his greatest trump card in hand, there was nothing to fear. Besides, he had left himself plenty of escape routes. At worst, the losses would merely be greater.
So he was not particularly concerned.
Satisfied with My Gift?
Because he still had trump cards and prepared escape routes, the minister was not worried in the slightest, even though the Empire was clearly on the verge of collapse.
He merely resented those rebels for refusing to die.
Whoosh! Whoosh!!
As the minister ate meat and chatted with the Young Emperor, soothing him, two faint sounds like gusts of wind rang out.
Two figures suddenly appeared in the main hall of the Imperial Palace. They were Akame and her younger sister, Kurotama.
"Who goes there? Protect His Majesty!"
The moment Akame and Kurotama appeared, the Imperial Palace guards spotted them and immediately shouted.
The guards reacted swiftly, taking up positions before the minister and the emperor. The Rakshasa Ghosts secretly protecting the minister also revealed themselves and stood at his side, while the minister and emperor hurriedly cowered behind them.
"Blade of Immortality under Minister Rita?"
Only after the minister had hidden himself did he recognize the two of them, and his expression changed.
"No. We are members of the Blade of Immortality under Lord Durandal. Kurotama—Akame—acting on Lord Durandal's orders to capture the minister and the emperor." The Akame sisters did not spare a glance for the guards pointing their weapons at them or the remaining Four Rakshasa Ghosts.
The sisters merely stared coldly at the