1 Prolouge

I looked out of the pavilion and took a deep breath as I heard footsteps coming from behind. Without a word, I know who is it, as someone comes next to me:

"How was Myswa?"

I turn my head and look at him; he wore a black suit with a badge on his chest, holding a folder in his hand as he smiles at me. It took me a moment to find my voice before I raised calmly up:

"Vlaeva is dead."

"What?"

It took him not so long to turn a smile into a balled fist:

"Bastard..."

"Marshak set him up as Three Lion's spy after his dead, it's quite a scandal at the FCD years ago. The press will heat it up if they investigate. With this, we can bring Vlaeva back with no touch from the Ostrians."

"I didn't expect him to die soon... No one can replace Vlaeva at this moment."

"He knows too much. It would take time to shape Vesely into a sharp man."

"Vesely... I had no intention of putting him in Vlaeva's position."

"Neither do I, Raiko. Scekic is too naïve and Radim is too shallow to understand what's going on."

Raiko shakes his head slowly and looks at me before handing me the folder:

"Are you sure about this? Five years of work, everything we've collected to bring this out of the curtain."

I take the folder before looking at him calmly, looking away before looking down. I am worried, but what else do I have to lose? Back when I swore in front of the parliament, I promised I would maintain the Cryspus law and protect the country at all costs. But if I lose, not only me, the royal and this country will become a mess, chaotic terrorist, as the history repeat by itself again:

"Wa sananfas. Sinnas 1942."

"Queen Anne's generation."

"History is repeating itself, but we decide in which way it repeats. I will make sure you hold the pen."

"Whoever wields the sword decides who holds the pen."

"The parliament would be grateful, his Majesty."

Raiko chuckles as I turn around and leave the pavilion:

"Majesty... Iván?"

As soon as I heard my name, I walked slower and turned my head back:

"It was an honour to work with you, but please... Call me Raiko."

"..."

I say nothing, only smirk before leaving.