Dangerous loyalty『Tartaglia x MR』

XXII

Sᴏ ɪᴛ ᴇɴᴅs?

The army watches on in horror, M/n had vanished no more than ten minutes ago and suddenly the same portal that swallowed M/n, opens again and he walks out with an exhausted look on his face. Questions were fired off at both leaders until M/n snaps.
"Everyone shut the hell up and let me explain what just happened. Everyone this is Ei, the bitch we- I mean lady we tried to kill and by we, I mean me. So let me explain the last ten minutes."So began the longest explanation that M/n had to give and of course he was meet with a lot of confused faces, especially Kunikuzushi.
"I...I need to sit down..."

"Kuni?!"M/n rushes over as Kunikuzushi staggers back a bit, he helps the male to the ground and they sit together.
"You're telling me that The Shogun is just a programmed conscience and you're the real ruler of Inazuma?"

"Yes, I didn't believe I couldn't rule properly after my twin died, so I made the Shogun deal with all the matter of Inazuma, leaving me to meditate."

"You..."Kunikuzushi stood up and rushed over to Ei and his hand strikes across her face, leaving everyone in stunned silence, well except for M/n. If anything he looked damned proud of Kunikuzushi.

"You selfish bitch! Do you have any idea what you put me through?! I suffered for years because of your selfish decision! I went my entire life believing that everything was my fault, the reason I couldn't be enteral, and the reason for my father being killed by you! Hell, I thought that the Decree was my fault when it was all the doing of faulting and bullshit programming! I can't believe that I was such an asshole of a person because of my shitty upbringing. UGH!"Kunikuzushi didn't even give Ei a chance to speak before storming off the battlefield, not before flipping Sara off and calling her a bitch on his way by.
"Did we just..."

"Witness a supposed war end peacefully?"

"I think we all need to be blackout drunk to even begin to process this."Gorou shakes his head, he was beginning to earn one hell of a headache, just like everyone else.

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Just as Gorou said they needed to be drunk and so an all-out party breaks out when the army returns to central Watatsumi island.
However, Kunikuzushi was sitting away and speaking with Hibiki.
"The confused look on her face when you slapped her was great but tell me, why didn't you stay and talk it out a bit?"

"I couldn't stand to look at her after that..."

"What will you do now that Inazuma will be safe? Ei said she wouldn't be putting the Shogun after this."Hibiki joyfully utters in an attempt to lighten up the mood.
"I'm going home."

"But...You are home?"

"No...No I'm not. His majesty is my home and wherever he goes I plan to be there too."Hibiki smiles sweetly, the bright red hue across the other face told him everything he needed to know.
"By the end of our visit to Liyue, his majesty is going to have a harem!"

"As if Childe and I will let that happen! I may not like him but we both agreed that there's no more room because we're only allowing you to take the last spot... begrudgingly at that..."

"Aw! I feel special!"

"As if we had a choice! But, I did mark his Majesty~"The two playfully argue, and just beyond them in the doorway was M/n, he chuckles at the two shorties before heading off on his own to speak with Yae.
"So what was the point of the charm or any of this?"

"I knew the war wouldn't happen, the charm I gave you has quite the ability but it's been spent, your father had quite the knack for bringing people together, no matter what. However, I was shown two different outcomes to this war a few weeks back."

"Oh? Do tell."

"You see...A woman came to the shrine, she had blonde hair and gold eyes. She asked for this charm, promising to change Inazuma. When she touched your father's charm a confused voice said, ❝Niece❞. I suspect that she's related to you-"

"Can't be, I'm hundred years old and I have no any other relatives..."M/n interrupts sternly, disliking the idea of being remotely related to Lumine.
"That woman is twenty years younger than you. Wait a minute, do you not know that your father is originally from Khaenri'ah? That your mother hated his blonde hair and made him dye it black?"

"I KNEW NONE OF THIS!!!"

"Here's a picture of him with his original hair color.."Yae pulls a picture out of her sleeve and hands it over to M/n.

M/n was silent, it was his aka the real M/n's father. However his brain was having a spaz attack, his first thought filled his heart with dread and realization.
"She knew that we were related and that she has a claim to the throne if something were to happen to me or my mother..."