The God of War
Visiting the City of Akita
Before dawn Zhou and the soldiers embarked on a journey long enough to reach Akita City. One of the cities still under the rule of the Nobuhide empire. Because the prince of Toshie will attend and enliven the event of maturity to be held in the city of Akita in this period.
The maturation event or Seijin no hi is a day that falls on Monday of the second week in January. According to the rules that have been made, this event is intended to celebrate the young generation who can live independently, and realize if they have become adults.
This celebration is for male and female residents who have reached adulthood according to the current law, which is 20 years. Ceremonies and some competitions to be held during the Seijin shiki are held by local governments in towns and villages.
Participants who will attend this maturity event are residents who have aged 20 years, or immediately even 20 years old. That is the age that has been considered an adult according to the law to consume alcoholic beverages, and issue opinions or participate in elections.
They will participate to perform in several competitions and the champion will get an appreciation.
The ceremony of peak manhood has been held in Japan for young princes since 714 AD. This peak will be marked by the use of a new robe and the change of hairstyle to mark the beginning of the age of maturity.
The celebration of this day of maturity is carried out and continued with the genbuku tradition which is always held on the same day.
This maturation event in the city of Akita will be held in an open pavilion and courtyard of the local government of Akita city. The event was attended by local residents and enlivened with speeches, souvenir receipts, banquets, and with local leaders.
But this time they are very lucky, because one of Nobuhide's palace family, the prince of Toshie, will come to visit to enliven it.
Moments before the family from Nobuhide empire arrived, the location to be held for the opening reception of the maturation event had been crowded with locals, who were, both the participants who will attend the maturity event in this period and the residents of all ages who just enliven it.
Because they were all of course very eager to meet and see the prince Toshie, who was already generous and took the time to attend the city of Akita.
"Everything!! His Highness Prince Toshie is coming soon!! Give your greetings and greetings!!" one of the men in warrior clothes who was standing by the door of a pavilion called out to give this news to everyone who had already gathered together inside the hall.
Everyone who was inside the hall started to stand up to give a speech to prince Toshie. Prince Toshie, the eldest son and sole prince of the Nobuhide imperial family, was also always known to be wise and friendly like the emperor Yoshinao Nobuhide.
And of course almost all people always idolize the prince who is always friendly and noble heart. Even the prince's face was quite handsome and very similar to his father's when young. And in the near future he will also soon be crowned emperor of Nobuhide.
After a while, a man in a luxurious golden-clad robe was seen entering this hall. On each side of his back were two men who escorted him in black yukata attire matched with black samurai hakama and wore little shields on his body parts.
Who else would they be if not the Toshie prince who was being escorted by Zhou and Yaoyao. They escorted the departure of prince Toshie to the city of Akita along with 10% of the soldiers owned by the Nobuhide empire.
While 90% of Nobuhide's soldiers were still in the palace and led by a powerful Daimyo who was none other than the father of Luoyi. They will guard the palace and the emperor.
A welcome to the welcome they gave. Starting from the leader of Akita city, the elders and even the prince of Toshie also delivered a two broken words. And continued with the distribution of small gifts given to the new adult population.
Actually the implementation of the competition from this maturity event will begin tomorrow. And tonight is just the opening ceremony as a formality of the event.
After the event some people began to deliver Prince Toshie to rest in a room that of course they have prepared beforehand as well.
Zhou did not go to sleep immediately, he used his evenings to meditate and he would also always be on standby to guard the Toshie prince.
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Inside a Fumio palace hall, Zeus who had just read a message was seen again filled with anger. Because he had just gotten a news if the 2 clans who had been on his side, were slaughtered completely by Zhou.
Of the 5 clans who had always been on his side in betrayal, now only 1 clan left. This was actually enough to make Zeus feel suspicious, why was Nobuhide's empire always deliberately attacking them?
True win the four clans were already doing things quite off the mark. But still Zeus felt if there was an oddity in the movement of the Nobuhide empire.
"What really happened? Does Commander Zhou know anything about me? Why is it as if he knows my dark army? Is all this just a coincidence? Why is it that the clan they attack is always my dark army? I can't just shut up! I had to do something to strengthen myself before something I was worried about would happen. Because I feel that the existence of Commander Zhou is very dangerous .. Who exactly is he? I've never even seen his face in person. And why does she always wear a face-covering cloth? What's wrong with his face?"
Zeus muttered a pair of eyebrows firmly and seemed to be thinking hard.
Eventually Zeus began to write a message for Luoyi to do something again. Where this time, Zeus was eager to see Zhou's face.
"Send this to Luoyi!!" tell Zeus after rolling up the letter and handing it to the sender.
"Okay, Your Majesty Emperor Zeus. But the possibility of this letter will be a little late, because currently Luoyi is going to the city of Akita to escort the prince Toshie." said the sender of the letter.
"Hc. No problem!! Go and do your job!!"
"Okay, His Highness Prince Zeus" he said, saluting him and hurried away.
Zeus began to think of another plan, to strengthen himself and try to gather as many soldiers and knights as possible must get the support of the strong soldiers and knights who will be on his side no matter what happens.