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Chapter 12

                                
                                  
                                    
                                    
                                  
                                
                                
                              
Itachi riding his horse, thinking about Julia. Remembering the times when they were together. He remembered when  he caught a cold at a time on his life. His father was busy panicking and stressed, wondering if this was a bigger disease. When the queen saw that her husband was stressed, even though itachi couldn't remember the details but the queen tried to reassure Jaron. The queen said, " Jaron, don't worry, this child has my own blood, nothing, and I truly mean nothing can harm him." While Itachi was lying there, he tilted his head and saw Julia clenching her hands , looking worried. Itachi smiled after seeing his friend being so worried about his health. 
When Itachi's parents left, Julia entered his room and held Itachi's hands . When Itachi felt her touch, he felt that her hands were shaking.  To play off the disease, he joked, " Why are you shaking so hard?, you not my wife ya know." Julia sobbing shouted."Shut up!!!"She then proceeded to hug Itachi. Itachi was taken a back, and she saw that Julia was crying . She was saying, " I'm worried about you , goof, remember we just promised each other that we'll be friends, so....." Itachi realized that Julia was truly worried ,so he took her trembling hands and apologized, saying," Sorry , it was a bad joke." Itachi put his hand over her head and promised that he'll get better so they could play again.  Itachi then faded and went to sleep. When he woke up, he saw that Julia had slept next to him, still holding his hand, and he smiled. 
The old sage saw Itachi smiling alone and immediately thought of a prank. The old sage stopped his horse , got down, and picked up a rabbit.  He took that rabbit and put it in front of Itachi. Old sage " Hey prince charming, here's your princess ,now open wide."Itachi still day dreaming accidentally kissed the rabbit when he saw that his mouth was covered in hair. He immediately spitted out the hair and directed his hate on the Oldman. Itachi asked the Oldman if he had never heard, not to disrupt someone who's having a romantic dream. 
The duo found some noise, and people were screaming. The duo found two vampires with ragged clothing being chased by 3 elf knights. Itachi immediately jumped right in to save the individuals. When he got in front of them, he questioned them , why are the elves chasing these people.  While Itachi is handling the problem of the elves, the old sage was checking up on the people. The knight proudly declared, " This is the problem of her Majesty's personal knights. Those two are rebels , stand down, or you'll be considered to be going against her Majesty herself. " The old sage called out." Hey, brat, it seems like a family affair, so I'll just sit back and watch ." Itachi readied to fight ,took his sword with just one  sword motion , and he beaded all of them. The two vampires were shocked, and old sage made a comment saying, " That was 0,00000001 seconds late."Itachi ignored the Oldman and went to the two vampires. Itachi asked the two to introduce themselves.  The two identified themselves as twins, two boys Ilgrin and Michael. 
After a while, they sat down and told the details of their situation. The queen sends one general in each of the kingdoms to supervise everyone. The general incharge of the particular kingdom sends 3 knights to every city in that kingdom. The vampires are oppressed,some forced to labor ,everyone is terrified of the queen, so they won't act.The two explained that every city has it own rules, some elven knights use their power to extort money from people everyday. It's the twins' job to ensure that the people rights are protected. Itachi reveals himself to be the son of the root cause of their struggle, but he reassures them that he's not on her side . The two vampires started to distance themselves and had looks of distrust. Itachi said, " I assure you my lifes mission is to pit an end to my mothers evil doing."
The two vampires requested a duel between them two and itachi in order to check if they could trust him. Itachi suprised agreed but asked, " Are you sure?" The duo agreed and even looked determined.  Itachi said, " I one shoted those guys. Are you really sure you want this heat? I don't want to kill you by mistake. " The duo started to sit down opposite each other, meditated , mana pouring out of one to another, ultimately fusing.  Their entire being fused into one fusion warrior, the old sage was taken a back and warned Itachi to be on his guard. The first thing the fused warrior did was summon a cursed black sword called"miłṅēř" translating to " the one to slice darkness." The fused being dashed through each tree leaving after images, making unusual movement to confuse the enemy. Itachi didn't pull out his sword in fear of hurting them, but he closed his eyes to focus and try to anticipate the next attack.  When the being was about to attack,Itachi dodged  this continued again and again. The individual stopped in his steps , he  thought of a strategy. The fused individual summoned chains from the ground to restrict Itachis movement.  Itachi tried to dodge and get to a higher place, but those chains followed him everywhere until he got caught. The fused individual was hoping to use that as his advantage.  The fused individual used a monstrous amount of ki to cover  his blade and had an image of a lion behind him, and went to strike. His strike caught nothing but air as itachi appeared behind him, kicked him from the back, and used a fire spell to finish the job. Luckily, the individual suffered immense damage but didn't let that attack let his confidence waver. He summoned  a thousand swords, looking for a last strike.   He didn't stop there but also used magic to cover the whole area with hallucinating mist. Itachi saw  vampires screaming in the mist, children being raped by knights, and dad's taken away from their family.  While Itachi was distracted, the fused individual said, " Let the dark swords rain." All the swords converged to Itachi. The Old sage was really impressed with the showing of the warriors. The attack landed, but Itachi was unscathed, and a thousand broken blades were lying on the ground. Itachi had tears in his eyes after seeing those images, the fused individual unfused, and the two vampires were unconscious. The old sage reassured Itachi that he had a chance to change everything he just saw. Itachi said, " Why are the helpless oppressed,the powerful abusive, and no one has done anything about it for thousands of years?"" The sage just stayed quiet looking at Itachi, hoping this doesn't turn him hateful .
It was night, and the two vampires woke up.  Itachi, still thinking about those images, asked the two to go with him on this little adventure before the war starts. The two said, " we will go with you, but first save our city, and we'll go with you. " Itachi looked with a stern look and agreed but asked," Who's the knight in charge of this kingdom deployed by the queen?" The two simultaneously said." This person is the 12th best out of 15 of her Majesty's close guards. Her name is Julia. "Itachi was surprised and repeated those words with happy memories filling his mind." Julia?!"