Imperator: Resurrection of an Empire-Chapter 398 - 393 -

She’s safe.

That thought kept resounding in my head as i cradled the woman i loved in my arms.

She felt light as a feather, but even if she weighed a ton i would choose to carry her forever.

I hadnt ever really thought about romance since coming to this new world.

I was a one-track mind, first seeking simply to survive, then to stand a chance at remaining alive, and finally at standing a chance to winning the grand game itself.

It wasnt until one of my most important pieces was taken from me i realized it wasnt simply a piece...

It was a she, better than that a Beautiful she that had never gotten the chance to geek out on back in my old life.

She was simply a footnote in the game code.

A backstory written into the tutorial of the game, whose time had already long since passed by this point.

But instead i got the chance to see her rightous fury with my own eyes, get to fight by her side in the conflict that should have taken her life.

Get to watch as she willingly gave up everything to follow me, to march by my side.

To be there for me, and watch the new heights i would reach one day.

When she was taken i could feel it... i could feel a piece of me was taken in that moment.

As if my soul itself had been ripped from my chest.

that single crude action by a prince of this fallen nation had opened my eyes, and awakened my heart.

I was not simply Julius Aquitania Ceasar.

I was not the former human being of the planet earth either.

I was a flesh and blood human of this world, and while i could temper myself to resist the call of the flesh when it came to satisfying ones urges.

It seems i could not escape the bonds that form between one another.

Ignorant though i was, love had wormed its way into my heart.

But being unacustomed to the feeling i had written it off as something else.

But once she was gone and my anger took over.

I knew, i had become one of those rubes i had made fun of in the past.

Yurasia... no not just Yurasia, Serena as well were my women.

My loves, both had equal rights to stand by my side, and luckily enough i had two sides to stand by. ( ;) )

Most would find a single woman was too much for them to handles, but when it came to these two...

Well it felt like they would do just about anything for me, and i beleived it as for myself i was new to this concept of love, but even still i had the desire to lay the world at their feet.

To rule together as the uncontested imperial family of the entire continent.

To grow older together.

To get married as Emperor and Empress, Husband and Wife.

To create the next generation and secure the line of kings i had refounded myself.

As i continued to walk through the warzone that was around me i couldnt help but chuckle, confusing the small squad of Praetorians still following me.

I had just had a thought of old landers being run ragged chasing after a young tyke as they hauled ass through the imperial palace.

Having Yuri’s rebelliousness but my endurance, truly an heir worthy of the laurel, but who would be a terror to his allies.

But that was all for the future, we walked on until we reached the front gates, the walls and gatehouse having already been secured by the invading legion.

As i approached the praetorians following me signalled to the new gatekeepers, and quickly to unbolted the door before it could be opened, and out from inside i strolled still carrying my unconcious princess in my arms.

To the legions getting assembled after rest or those rotating out to get some rest, resounding cheers were let loose.

Many if not all in the legions knew our goal for this war was to reclaim the missing princess, and seeing me walk out bearing a thin figure with long blonde hair.

It wouldnt take to many guesses who it was i had in my arms.

The cheers were louder now than they had been when we breeched the outer wall.

Stronger than when we’d taken the inner wall.

More vibrant than when the Castle wall had come crashing down.

And the feeling that my legions were just as happy as i was at the return of their Princess, Their Empress.

Nothing meant more to them thanks to the training Elheat, and the other generals gave to them the legionaires are fully commited to their emperor.

My walk didnt take much longer as the legions opened the path to let us walk right through their formations.

Saving the time of moving around them.

And while the castle was still being looted, i arrived at the manor i had taken as my own base within the noble district.

The manor wasnt the most glorious or spendorous, instead it was a modest villa, a comfortable little home good enough for a small family to live in noble comfort without the need to have hundreds of serveant around tending to the home itself just to keep it running.

For me it had been a simple abode to keep myself sane in close enough to the front lines that i could sit out on the balcony overlooking the castle and waiting for this day to come.

Only now...

Now i had to use a room of the house i never truly wanted to.

Yurasia had been rescued yes.

But she had not yet been saved.

Unconcious as she is now was perfect but once she awoke whatever had been done to her would return, she would once more become Saint Joan the brainwashed or rewriten warrior goddess of Francia.

And no manner of telling that women the nation had fallen would work, her soul mission in life was to resist my invasion, to be the rock that stood in the path of the onrushing flood.

So the dungeon would need to be her home for now.

Once she regain conciousness i could attempt to use White Nova to restore her sanity, and if that didnt work, then i’d let the Root have their chance.

They were masters of mindfuckery thanks to the founding of the organization and months of developing the best ways to train up agents we could trust to send abroad and never fear their turning traitor and revealing all to our enemies.