CHAPTER 16

The maid suddenly stood up and broke the chains that were tying her; the Emperor smiled upon seeing that and knew that this was the plan all along. He was relieved that it wasn’t his plan otherwise he would have been the one in trouble.
When it comes to that evil woman, she showed no mercy to anyone that attempts to mess with her life.
“What are you doing? Chain her back to the chair,” an officer called out but that was pointless.
The weak maid suddenly turned into a fierce warrior who pinned down anyone who came in her way. He could tell that she was a warrior and a best one at that. How did everyone miss that? Even he was fooled by her. He wondered how many tricks this young maid has in her sleeves
“Shoot her,” the Prime Minister called out and the archers were ready to take her down.
He knew he couldn’t stop it even when he was the Emperor. He was going to wait and see where this drama was going. He was going to let them kill each other while he sits back and watch.
The archers released their arrows and as if a storm was passing by a fog filled the whole grounds and when it passed by the archers were al dead and on the ground. Everyone was astonished by what just happened. The maid stood there stretching her muscles and he knew things were about to get messy.
A guard flew into the grounds and behind the guards were a troop of soldiers he had never seen before. They wore the Lotus palace colors and behind the guards were the Saintess and his son. He was alive after all.
“What is happening? They are alive!” someone said.
He stood up and looked at his son who didn’t seem to be harmed at all. The Saintess entered the grounds and stopped. She was covering her face like always. He had never seen her face before. There were so many rumors and yet he didn’t know which one was true.
“I never knew that one would be so impatient, so anxious, and so stupid as to try to take my life and those of my people. I think I told you before that I didn’t want to take any life anymore but you started it. I don’t give a damn about your laws for I am my own law. Those that tried to harm me, I will personally take their lives myself,” the Saintess said looking at everyone.
He could see a couple of faces that looked very scared. At that moment the Saintess released her fan, he had heard of the things the fan was capable of but never saw it before.
He watched as the fan cut the officers throat one by one. He watched as his men fell to the ground and dying. The Empress rushed out and so did her father but it was too late. They got caught by the guards and were brought in front of everyone.
He couldn’t stop the guards from harassing his own legal wife. Even when he didn’t like her, it wasn’t the way he was supposed to react especially seeing the way his wife was being treated.
“I know of the positions that you two hold, but you should know mine too. Don’t even think of escaping, I have your man and he confessed everything. I will show you mercy if you confess,” the Saintess said.
“What is happening?” everyone was asking.
“Empress what is the Saintess talking about?” he asked as he approached her. He had to act as if he wasn’t aware of anything.
She was scared; he could see it.
“Should I kill your father first before you confess?” the Saintess dropped another bomb on the Empress and she began to confess everything.
He knew his legal wife was cruel but this degree of cruelty was too much. She admitted on a lot of things including the assassination attempt on the prince’s life.
“Since you failed to kill any one of my people, I will show you mercy and let you be ashamed by your own people. Those officers died because of the way you treated my maid.
How could you torture a woman without any mercy?” the Saintess asked looking at him and then continued, “your son is alive and well. You have your criminals so punish them in any way you see fit.
Compensate the inn’s owner and make sure his business gets up and running again. I have seen too much drama for a simple visit. I will never visit the capital again. Don’t make me come here again. I will leave your son in your care. I hope there will be no conflicts between us ever again.”
The Saintess said that and turned around to look at Mika who now goes by the name Xavier. He could see concern deep down in her eyes. She cared for him, he realized. He watched as she touched Mika’s face even among so many people she didn’t seem to mind.
“Take care of yourself and remember to always protect yourself,” she said and left.
He could see that his son wasn’t aware of what had just happened right now. He didn’t want her to go but he as a father wasn’t going to lose his son again.
“Send the prince back to my palace,” he said and watched as the guards escorted the prince away.
He looked at the Empress and her father.
“I’m shocked with this news but I will leave you to the imperial court and discuss what will happen to you,” he said and left too.
The Saintess had given him everything he wanted. He managed to get rid of his legal wife, the overbearing father in law and he got his son back. With what had just happened, it was going to be quite for a while.
In the meantime, he will get this time to get to know the son he had lost and learn something about the Saintess. It would be good to know his enemy, that way if he were to engage her in a battle again then he would be well prepared. It turned out to be a great day after all.