Arhon Graze...

(THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER IS ARHON'S POV)

"you will be at today's ceremony, right Arhon" asked his majesty the emperor "leria"

"I don't think so." Arhon replied with stern voice.

"hey I am still a emperor, you know you can't just refuse me like that" Leria said getting his head up with proud.

"you sure are, but atleast act as an emperor first, the only thing you do is getting on my nerves and give me overtimes all the time" said Arhon Irritated but still holding to respect in his voice.

The emperor Leria flinched and retorted back, "you... whose fault do you think it is, I can't hire others because you keep scaring them away, why are you even here with me, shouldn't you just do your job as a captain of the knightage."

slaming his hands on the table ahead of him Arhon coldly looked at Leria and said, "okay then, today will be the last day I am here, I won't be stepping in this room again even if you are being held down by sword on your neck"

he turned on his heels and turned around the table to get out of the room when Leria slammed him against the wall behind him and said, "you can't do that to me, you won't do that to me, right...?" he looked at Arhon with puppy eyes and an almost wagging tail.

"you know I won't be able to survive even a day if you leave me, I don't have more than three subordinates other than you and they all are on the verge of death by working overtime for last six months, or if not at least let me hire new people, okay...?hmm... please" the Emperor said not really looking like an emperor.

Arhon rolled his eyes and said, "go ahead and hire anyone, as long as you are ready to be killed by him because we don't know in this palace who is going to be your ally or your future murderer."

hearing Arhon's chilly voice made Leria gulp his own words and he stared silently in his red blooded eyes.

the door then was knocked, and entered by the maid while bowing her head down, "you need to get ready for the ceremony your majesty" she said and turned her head up when she met with the sight of the emperor wall slamming the captain of knightage and blushed, her face becoming beat red she shout out loudly, "I am sorry your majesty, please have a great time" and ran out of the room.

"what's wrong with your maid" Arhon asked confused.

"I wonder too, it has never happened before" said Leria both being confused, when Leria realised the position they are in didn't really seemed -normal- and steped back from Arhon with a flinch and said "maybe she misunderstood" with a sigh.

"there are going to be rumors all around the mansion by tomorrow" he continued while agonising the scolding he is going to get tomorrow by his subordinates.

"who even thinks of me as an emperor now, I really shouldn't have hired you people in the first place"

finding his reaction confusing Arhon said, "what are you even talking about...?"

seeing him confused got a loud laugh from Leria and he burst out laughing, and said while trying to stop laughing "you really are clueless about everything else, other than swords are you not...!!"

getting annoyed by his majesty's such remarks he said, " I will be leaving to get my swords then, excuse me" he tried to get away after bowing, when Leria's expression turned stern and he said,

"I got a report from, "him".... "

Arhon halted at his place and turned towards Leria and bowed with proper etiquette and asked, "what is it, your majesty"

"you need to go to the fountain at deadline park, he had left the message there, get me that and make sure no one gets the air of it, it's about the nobels rising against me."

Arhon kneeled on one knee in front of Leria and said, "I will get it done your majesty" with a bloody spark in his eyes.

the atmosphere around the room now had turned dark and would have been suffocating for someone other than them to get into room.

***

Arhon left the room, his hands on a mission and a spark in his eyes, he went straight to the graze mansion and got ready for the ceremony, the whole mansion was in an uproar as it was the first when their Lord had asked them to prepare for any event.

the butler of the house was one panicking the most, as he had to guide everyone to get everything ready but had nothing on his hand to have it done, just as the butler was panicking the Lord came out of his room and said "I am all done and will be leaving now."

just as he was leaving, the butler said, "my Lord you possibly can't be heading out in that outfit...??"

Arhon was wearing a formal suit he had been wearing to everyday meetings, as it was nothing more than a mission to him but the butler's abrupt remark had him think twice about his suit, and he asked the butler what was wrong with it.

Usually it had to be considered rude for a mere butler to get in the way of it's master and is a great offence to comment on ones master's dress.

but for Arhon the butler was only family he had ever had and was not bothered by the ranks between them, Arhon had lost his father when he was seven in a monster expendition and his mother died soon after from over exerting herself for taking care of Arhon and managing the household.

Arhon at a young age had to become a Duke, who had lots of tears in him but couldn't shed them from eyes so he shed them in form of sweat, whenever Arhon felt like crying he trained, doing so regularly made it a norm for him and he forgot how to cry or shead tears of pain.

at a time when there was no one who really wanted to take care of him and not of his duchy, Arhon met his butler who used to work with his father, the butler never looked down on little Arhon but instead helped him stabilise his rule over duchy and was of a great help to him.

at first when Arhon just held the duchy he couldn't trust anyone as everyone was just trying to goble up his duchy and discard him for good same was for the butler but once when Arhon was attacked by an assassin it was the butler who shielded him from the attack and got a huge scar on his back from the assassin. Arhon couldn't help but feel guilty for the scar so he resolved it to himself to become one of the greatest knight someone has ever seen in century and was even able to get it through hard work and dedication and became what he is now and he still thinks that whatever good that happened to him was on the cost of getting his butler injured for which he had never stopped feeling guilty.

they have had a strong bond since then, and Arhon not only sees him as his butler but also as his older brother.

*TO BE CONTINUED*