Chapter 4 Court is in Session

"For the first time in thousands of years, things are at work" Meirong Baifan who was the leader of The Magical Animal and Plant restriction Division, yelled at a group of people sitting in a bouleuterion.

This bouleuterion was completely made of stone except for the throne, from the seats, the floors, the walls, and ceilings, all carved with Qin script, an ancient language all but lost.

"Like what?" a very old woman called Chinchen said, she was the leader of The Strategic Scientific Development Corps.

"The damn yetis are coming down the mountains!, the forests to the south are being overrun by Acromantulas which are much much bigger than usual, a dozen Chinese Fireballs have been found moving south from the Gobi desert!".

"That is a Problem indeed, however, I think the incompetence of your division, whom is responsible for such things is also problematic".

"We only have 400 members who must cover the Tibetan mountains, the entirety of the forests in the southern area, and the Gobi desert in the north" Meirong Quipped back before continuing, "which is why I'm requesting the help of the other divisions".

"Well then we must vote on it, seeing as the throne is temporarily empty" Wēiyán, the prime minister weighed in while sitting on a stone chair to the bottom left of the Throne.

"Aiguo Haoyu?".

"The Border Guard Says yes".

"Xiyang?".

"The Shock Assault Division says yes".

"Sicong Yu?".

"The Imperial Intelligence division says yes".

"Yufei?".

"The Imperial Hit Wizard And Auror Corps says yes".

"Huizhong Hu?".

"The Protection and Defense of Vitally important Structures and Zones Division says yes".

"Bao An?".

"The Special Operations Division says yes".

"ChinChen?".

"The Strategic Scientific Development Corps says yes".

"Heng An?".

"The Division of protection to foreign Interests says yes".

"Jing Chyou?".

"The Medical Corps says yes".

"Ju Lan?".

"The Division of regulation of magical material says yes".

"Junfeng?".

"The Prison Corps says yes".

"Eleven of the Twelve say yes, you will be granted help," Wēiyán said as a matter of fact, and before continuing he sat down just as the other Heads did after casting their votes "200 members of the Shock Assault Division, 5 teams from the Imperial Intelligence Division, 50 Hit wizards, 400 members of the Auror Corps and 1 team from the Special Operations Division will be assigned temporarily to your division for One year".

"Additionally The Beastmaster and his junior apprentice from the Imperial Guard will be assigned to find the reasoning behind these occurrences, but he will not be at your behest and he will report his findings to you then rejoin the 24".

"Any Complaints to this motion?" a robed man standing below the throne yelled out.

None of the ministers or Heads of the Auror Divisions did anything nor did they say anything so the Robed man nodded and turned to face another Robed man who is in all black, barely visible due to the shadow cast by the throne, and nodded again before turning back to the front.

"This motion is passed, Meirong Baifan Of The Magical Animal and Plant restriction Division May Sit down" He yelled so loudly in fact that the sound was reverberating off the walls "Any other Minister or Head May make their way down the Center and state their motion".

To this, a middle-aged man walked down from the area where all of the heads of the Auror Divisions sat at.

"The Prison Corps states a motion…. The Prison Corps may state their motion now " the robed man stated while the black-robed man apparated back into the stone amphitheater.

"The Prison Corps Requests the Approval for reinstatement of the Shēn kēng Prison".

Quickly everyone recoiled in shock and dismay but before they could say anything he continued "The Prison Corps also requests all for a 50 million galleons funding".

"Shēn kēng is a bottomless pit not a suitable place to have a prison along with the fact of the rumors of that something unholy, ungodly evil walks down there, not that matters considering that would be against at least a half dozen international treaties".

"Everyone in this room knows that Germany is doing it with their Erkstag despite their insistence that it's being closed, and Britain is doing it openly with their Azkaban prison, yet there is no punishment" Junfeng replied coolly "and that's beside the point as no one in the world, as you said considers it a prison, nor does any other country have the ability to concern themselves with where our prisoners go considering they will soon bend their knees and kiss the Throne in reverence and obedience".

"And if those rumors are true, then a evil inside our borders shall be vanquished".

"While that may or may not be true it does not explain what you would do considering the biggest problem is not international but if you can make a prison out of it," an old man who was sitting in the section for ministers said.

"Well minister of immigration that's the easy part" Junfeng once again replied coolly "I'm requesting 2 teams from the Special Operations division to descend to the pit of Shēn kēng funded by a portion of those 50 million galleons and for a stronghold capable of holding all up to 1000 Aurors".

"You are thinking about moving the entirety of the Prison Corps to this proposed prison aren't you," Wēiyán asked.

"All 753 members, your grace".

"What would happen to the current prisons?".

"They would be Demolished and the property used for better uses".

"And what would these 50 million galleons be used for, because it is highly suspicious that much is required for such a project," another slightly younger man said sitting right next to the so-called 'minister of immigration'.

"Well Minister of finance, I intend to have a few array masters come and set a few wide range arrays including an anti apparition array, an anti portkey array, an obscurus array, an anti spatial array, and a level 4 shield array, with custom stones with enchantments to every single brick along with the specialized iron for the cells".

"Are you building a damn prison or a fortress?!".

"Why not both?, Shēn kēng is on our south-western border with India on the western sector along with the terrain the fortress would make it almost impossible to invade through that 770 km".

"And what of the prison cells, how do you propose that problem be solved?," Wēiyán asked.

"Well I was planning on boring into the hard stone bedrock and create the cells that way".

"Are there any more questions about this motion?" The robed man once again asked "No, are there any more problems with this motion?" In response to this question only Aiguo Haoyu stood up.

"What does the border guard have an issue with?," Junfeng asked.

"It is not a problem but a suggestion of change to the proposal, I request the budget to be increased to 80 million for a bigger fortress that can hold 1700 people holding not only the prison corps but a portion of the border guard".

"Does the prison corps have a problem with the suggestion of change?".

"No, we don't".

"Are there any more problems with this motion?".

"We shall now vote".

"Xiyang?".

"The Shock Assault Division says yes".

"Sicong Yu?".

"The Imperial Intelligence division says yes".

"Yufei?".

"The Imperial Hit Wizard And Auror Corps says yes".

"Huizhong Hu?".

"The Protection and Defense of Vitally important Structures and Zones Division says yes".

"Bao An?".

"The Special Operations Division says yes".

"ChinChen?".

"The Strategic Scientific Development Corps says yes".

"Heng An?".

"The Division of protection to foreign Interests says yes".

"Jing Chyou?".

"The Medical Corps says yes".

"Ju Lan?".

"The Division of regulation of magical material says yes".

"Meirong Baifan?".

"The Magical Animal and Plant restriction Division says yes".

"The motion is passed, may God have mercy on their souls as Shēn kēng Prison shall not".

"This motion is passed, Junfeng Of The Prison Corps May Sit down" He yelled once again so loudly that the sound was reverberating off the walls "Any other Minister or Head May make their way down the Center and state their motion".

nobody stood so everyone took that as confirmation that everyone was done speaking.

"This Court is adjourned, Long Live the emperor!!!!".

"Long Live the emperor!!!!".