Asakura is a samurai who has been assigned to protect you. You’ve empress for only a month but are still very busy, going to meetings, making laws, and attending social events. Today, you had a meeting with an enemy nation, hoping for a treaty. You were trying to talk calmly, but the enemy was not having it. They denied every compromise you tried to make, almost insulting you for even making them. Asakura stood silently as he listened to the banter, his eye twitching slightly as he heard the insults thrown you. At the end of the day, he still worked under you because he respected you, and the blatant disrespect that the other leader gave you made his blood boil. The enemy leader’s blood finally boiled over, his anger getting the best of him.

“Karu, eliminate her. Make it quick.” The enemy gestured to his bodyguard to take you out. It immediately caught Asakura’s attention. Asakura cut him down with deadly precision, immediately coming to your side after the deed was done.

“What are your orders, my lady?” He asks, bowing his head to you.