the emperor had fallen ill the entire imperial family was worried for the emperor the first prince looked at the imperial guards "how is father ?" the knight put his head down "i don't know the doctor hasn't said anything for now your highness we must wait"

"i see " all the imperial family is close so it was impossible to not be worried

the imperial guards had closed the palace down in order to block information from spreading knights were send to inform duke everden 30 imperial knights were sent all of them rode for 2 days without sleep they only stopped to change horses

finally they saw the flag of the everden family the most loyal house in the empire , the head of the everden house is a close friend of the emperor duke zeke von everden he is a lord and one of the 4 most powerful swordsmen in the empire he reached the level of a grandmaster the higher level that a swordsman can be

the duke looked at the riders and understood who they were from their armour ,it had the symbols of the azeldian imperial family the eagle with a crown "may i ask why the respectful imperial knights came to meet me ? "

the leader of the group got down and looked at the lord he was old but he was still tall with a strong body and a beard his eyes sharp but e was a loyal man and he had a lot of respect for the imperial family and their knights order "may i ask what happen ?"

the knights hesitated he knew how close is the emperor and the duke they are like brothers they fought side by side a younger voice was heard "what are you doing knight you dare to ignore the grand duke ? a mere knights dares to ignore a duke "the young man drew his sword "should i get rid of you mere knight for your disrespect"

the knights recognized the young man the second grandson of the duke who is very talented is swordsmanship "he is too arrogant isn't he he probably hasn't see a battlefield in his life "

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"yes he is good in training and against servants " the imperial knights have two main characteristics they have pride they will never be humiliated and the main one their loyalty many knights have chosen death then hurting the prestige of the imperial family and there wasn't a single knight in the history who betrayed the imperial family

"yes he dares speak like that but he never lead a territory or an army i heard that one of his brothers who passed away recently was a general who lead soldiers nothing like him"

"i heard that the child was only 16 and died from an illness and an ill and young person like him lead men but this brat you never fought a war dares to speak like this to imperial knights "

the duke looked at his grandson "silence boy go back to the carriage , right now !!!"

the young man got scared "i ........im..........going your grace "

"my apologise knights so may i ask what happen ?

"Your Grace the emperor .............................. has fallen ill you must run to the capital "

"what the emperor is ill? "

"yes duke " the lord moved fast he took 20 good men and took a horse he gave the order his knights to reach the capital with his grandson and his carriage

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------marquess novers panicked when he heard that his daughter is with viscount helstain "why how did she end up getting arrested from the viscounts soldiers this girl she was always how should i put it "

the butler who was with the lord into the carriage "different is this the word my lord?"

"huuuu yes different this is the word " the lord looked at his side "but she said she fount a Solution for our problem "

the butler made a hard face "my lord the helstain territory is in ruins i can' really believe it not that i doubt the young lady " marquess novers saw the butler like family so he himself was bold like that

"yes i know the bandits burned down the house of helstain from a powerful marquess family it ended a viscounty they even lost land some time ago , but we don't really have another option "

a knight reached the side of the carriage "my lord there seem to be someone in front of us "

"what who?"

"i think they are knights of the helstain territory i can't see from here i will report again"