The days passed and the time came to present the law to the councilors, unlike in Vaen the councilors here do not have the power to block or repeal laws, but it is tradition to ask them so that their wisdom and years of experience guide the king...
Azai for the first time allowed me to attend this meeting, because for him I was not only the ambassador of Vaen but her future husband and the future king consort of Kanor.
/ This is crazy! How are we going to give the omegas equality?! / Said the trade counselor in alarm
/ It's true, it's an attack on nature and tradition! / Exclaimed the advisor for internal affairs
/ The gods will be enraged by this insult to their designs! / The religion counselor replied
/ Sounds good to me, after all, they pay taxes like everyone else, it is fair to give them equal treatment / When the economy minister spoke they all looked at him as if he had said the most illogical thing in the world.
^ Shilé, what do you think? ^
/ With all due respect, your majesty, he has no right to comment on anything, he is an omega and a foreigner /
^ Here they will do what I order and whoever I want will speak, shut your mouth before I order your tongue to be cut off! ^ Azai's strong voice echoed through the room making the walls vibrate and making the advisor tremble.
-In my opinion, omegas are just as valid as anyone else, you just need to see me or any other omega from my country, if you allow them to learn like others and act like others, the differences are very few, also giving them rights to omegas will provide a great profit, think for a moment how many great inventors, doctors, architects etc. They are missing out by preventing omegas from learning and working.
/ It's still stupid, no matter how much you give omegas it will still be a waste of time /
-You are very wrong sir, just to give you some examples, the architect in charge of the construction of the Est Nagatch palace, which is the capital of Vaen, was an omega, the same for the walls of the Gulf of Est Nagatch, and that only in architecture, the first doctor to extract a diseased appendix, the doctor who discovered that if you don't wash your hands before touching wounds they get infected, the one who did the first cesarean section, all omegas.
And also the greatest composer in the history of my country is an omega, imagine the possibilities, the advancement, the riches. Giving rights to omegas is giving a future to this land-
The counselors' faces seemed to show doubt at my words, but even so the meeting ended without a clear response from the counselors.
^ I do not like this, although the councilors do not have the power to stop a law imposed by me, they have many contacts and it would not be the first time they have risen against a king. The last time 200 years ago the war advisor made a large part of the army rise up against the king and managed to free a large part of the northwest of the country, all because the king stopped the extermination of omegas ^ Azai's words showed some fear , and he was right, a civil war could greatly weaken the country and other countries could take advantage of that to conquer it and if that happens many people will suffer and our efforts to establish alliances and guarantee a better future will vanish.
-It is normal that you are afraid of them being revealed, I will instruct Nuro to watch them closely, so we will know if they are up to something- I said hugging him, I could see how his tense body relaxed with my hug. His strong arms surrounded me returning the hug, with my nose against his chest I could smell his delicious smell.
After a long hug, I went out to look for Nuro, if there is anyone capable of discovering something, it is him.
-Nuro, I want to ask you something, I need you to keep an eye on the councilors and notify me if they plan some kind of coup or insurrection-
/ As orders / Nuro turned and went down the long corridor.
Exhausted, I went into my room and threw myself on the bed.
<Teaching big heads Vaen's story is difficult> I thought as I hugged the pillow.
<Now that the roulette wheel of destiny has started to turn, I can only pray to the gods that it does not end badly>
After resting for a while I got up and went to the great temple that is in the embassy, over time I have got used to the walk to the embassy and I did not even notice.
-Om Seletimeo Val e Taphe pio ati ...- I began to pray contemplating the great dancing fire that was in the great offering bowl.
-Curi sor terre mat Yuyistê jake mei- After finishing my prayer, I threw two flowers into the fire, one yellow for the god Val and the other indigo for the god Taphe.
After that I got up and went to one of the small temples that were nearby, this time that of the god Aica, I already asked for help from the Sun and the Moon, to protect us, now we only need to ask the god of truth, justice and the knowledge that illuminates the way.
-Om seletime Aica ...- I made my prayer to the god and threw a white flower into the fire, white is its color, pure as truth, luminous as knowledge.
I went back to the palace because it was already getting dark, when I was getting to my room I noticed a chill.
<There is something that makes my hair stand on end, I think it is a sign of the gods> I thought and without thinking twice I walked to Azai's room, he happily welcomed me into his bed where we fell asleep hugging while we talked.
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