IDOLIZING CHAOS

Truth about the Treasure Map.

     Aeries moved swiftly while several thoughts floated in his head.

 ‘They had freaking found traces of this wild beast.. released to the open’ his palms became sweaty and his brow furrowed. Aeries wondered whether what he felt was elation to meet someone of same condition as him, or fear if his life was suddenly threatened.

  He came to conclusion that it was both.

 “Master Aeries, why are you in a hurry?” The girls asked, ever since that man came in and openly announced his identity he choose to remove his mask since it didn’t offer any concealment anymore. Making the girls gawk, it turns out this rich masked fellow was actually the Kingdom’s number one slick pants! But still the rumors were vastly different when facing him in real life. He seem to offer some kind of protection and made them feel a sense of safety. Even though he was just 13 years! right wasn’t he 13 years old? Why does he look tall and sturdy like a grown up teen.. but they didn’t think too much since they were many strange occurances happening in this world. At least it’ll be better he was grown like this. There will be no need to feel he was still a little chap when engaging in s****l activities with him. 

    Aeries immeditialy came to the counter and requested to see Krush. This time he wasn’t obstructed in the least and a few minutes later was brought to the same meeting room with Krush already sitting solemnly there with a tea pot in his hands.

 “Truly a marvelous case, don’t you think Young Aeries? I thought it was only this old fellow here and the sinister freak in the VIP room that could gleam meaning of the openness of the Imperial Hall, but it seems I had greatly underestimated you.”

                            It took Aeries a while before he understood that it was the Auction Krush was talking about..

 He immediately cupped his fist in an awkward smile “This junior just had some superficial enlightenment and bought this treasure, I hope I did not offend anyone.” Aeries was indirectly imploring who the man in the other VIP room was, if he had a house or strong family supporting him.  Krush immediately noticed this smiled “Of course not, although the other person is strong and bloodthirsty, he is like a paper tiger, an arrow at the end of his flight… no force to talk of supporting it from behind.           But Young Master should be cautious though, even a rabbit would strike when it has it’s reverse scale hit.”

Although Aeries nodded, his thoughts left the place, ‘isn’t it a rabbit cornered, why would the idiom be so different in this world.’

  “Right, Master Krush…. I came to confirm whether or not this intel passed on is accurate. And how long did you notice this change.” Aeries became anxious the more he thought about it… the Information passed to him earlier had some mind troubling sentences so he had immediately rushed to ascertain things.

“ It was written that the last sightings of the said BLOODLINE children was seen at the Riverdale perfunctory. This place is relatively still in the Joran Kingdom and even closer to the Fiefdom of my father the Earl. Are you sure? Because they even share the same boundary, it just seem too close. "       “Sigh, I know this is mind blowing to you, I even crossed checked it myself to confirm if my subordinates really performed their task well since it hadn’t even been two days since you last gave the verdict.. but to my surprise, everything they said was easily confirmed with not less than 10 witnesses clearly stating the same thing.”

 “This, then why hasn’t news of this leaked out to the Kingdom Noble house. It was expressed numerous times in the letter of the uprising and turmoil going on fiercely over the border there, shouldn’t the King have heard of this?”

  “You know the Imperial Trade Hall is cut off from the mundane world, choosing to only face the path of commerce without a hint of deviation from this part… politics has never been our strong suit Young Aeries. But I can tell you the King is aware, and so are all the houses in the upper tier. That is, except your father”

 Hearing this Aeries eyes narrowed and anger seem to brew deep in them, ‘this world still brings this up again… Schemes flowing like water, betrayal and brothers in the same sentence.'

 "Right, that's the whole story.. That's it, let's stop talking about all this blood and war and killings. Hearing all of this make me so nauseous why can't all these Kingdoms live in peace after all this years.. *Ahem, don't you want to know about the rumored treasure map? I have time, let me entertain you" When he saw Aeries flat look, he coughed sheepishly and changed the topic. Who did he think he was kidding? Aeries must definitely knew about the shady deals of this Scholarly looking Krush and the Empire itself thanks to the ramblings of the girls. 

  It could be said that the Empire was being the fisherman, stirring waters to reap the fisherman benefits. They secretly induce chaos to the Kingdoms under it's justriction and openly fold their arms to watch the show, presumably giving all authority to the Victor while they actively stretch their fingers to e*****e the poor survivors of the defeated kingdom. 

 "Right, to tell you the truth.. This map leads to an abandoned ruin that most definitely has infinite amount of wealth in it.. But don't get excited yet. Due to many restrictions set by those ancestors, only those lower than the Martial Flying Lord Realm can enter. But that's not all. It only opens after 3 years!.

  Even know countless news Miller's and flower houses are actively selling off this news so.. I choose today to make this copy and quickly send to all Halls in other Kingdoms. If only that damned man hadn't mouthed off all he saw and even made more copies to sell."

  Aeries finally understand. So it wasn't that this treasure site was sacred or false, but it was so openly spread that in the next few weeks almost every d**k and Harry would know where the treasure was. 

 "Right. I presume your people have already travelled for exploration, seeing as you know all of this. But then how do you know there's really something worthy of grabbing there? And not just set Killing and beguiling Arrays." 

 "Of course I know. This Ancient ruin was one of the greatest Martial sect in the whole of the Continent! Such a pity they fell during one of the greatest schuffle some 1000 years ago. But they did manage to leave their mark on history and turns out my library has some of these murals."

  "I see. Then that's good. When and where would the Ancient Ruin open though? I should prepare myself for it."

 "En, it should open 3 or 3 and a half years from now. It is currently located at the north of the Empire, between us and another Barbaric Empire called the Skull Alliance.. This Empire is made up of all kinds of damned people, People cultivating Evil or dark arts, Blood refiners, hunted Criminals And barbarians... The Barbarians are the head and rule the Empire with strong fist. And although we had entreated them several times to form a trading Alliance they never seem to put us in their eyes."

  Aeries immediately understand after seeing the unwillgness in Krush's eye. A fact he had totally forgotten about was that the Blue Wing Empire, which this kingdom and every other in their authority dread and revere so much was just another random weak Empire in front of the truly behemont. 

 'Sigh.. Truly the case of Mountain higher than another mountain and Nobody is truly the strongest.'

 "I see. Right I also want to make some purchases." Aeries openly told him. 

 "Oho.. What kind of purchases?" Krush asked with a smile. It turns out he already knew Aeries wanted to buy off those girls. But what Aeries said next truly shocked him

 "Let me see your inventory, I want to pick some slaves to accompany me. I want to see all of them. Men, women and children alike. I want to buy in bulk. Probably a 100 or more."