Seeking an artifice to get to Emparia City or to bring the Emperor to the northeastern province, she considered her options carefully. The Prefect's age suggested a plan. Nearly seventy, Towering Oak was a doddering old fart bent on fornicating himself into the final embrace of the Infinite. As Flowering Pine's body ripened, she approached the age that most males considered prime virgin material. Unable to stave off the old man's persistent advances much longer, Breaking Arrow implanted another servant to poison Towering Oak. Investigating, Aged Oak discovered that some Wizard had implanted the servant to poison his father. In the implant were signature traces of a Wizard no one could identify, since Breaking Arrow's signature differed from Flowering Pine's.
The Emperor Flying Arrow came
