THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE 143 Arjun's First Order

All the ministers has occupied their chairs in the courtyard. An old man walked through the steps and sat on his chair which was placed on the right corner of the throne. He was none other than the prime minister of the empire.

All the district governors, State chief ministers, all the kings of the 9 Kingdoms, all of them were sitting on the chairs which were placed on the balcony. The balcony was located on the first floor of the Royal Palace. They could see everything from the first floor's balcony.

Arjun raised his hand in the air. Immediately all the people who were shouting and clapping, stopped. The room fell silent. Everyone paid attention to what the new emperor was about to say.

Arjun said, " First of all, thanks to each and every one of you for this grand ceremony. I'm really pleased with it."

Everyone gave a gentle smile in return. They didn't make any sound. They paid attention to Arjun.

Arjun continued, " Since my childhood, I always dreamed to be a great magician. I always wanted to be the strongest in the world. Almost every day I kept on saying that I will be the strongest person in the world."

Everyone who heard this smiled gently.

Arjun continued, " One day, grandfather told me something which I will never forget in my whole life. He said, No matter how high you reach, no matter how close you are to the sky, no matter how high you aim, Your legs should always be on the ground. Because if you reach the sky, then you have the chances to fall down on the ground. When that happens, all you will have is those people on the ground to take care of you."

People who heard this took a deep breath. They were really inspired with the speech.

Arjun continued, " My grandfather also said that, one should never forget their history. No matter how high you reached in your status, one should never forget that once upon a time even you were also a n.o.body."

Arjun continued, " Once upon a time my grandfather was a son of an ordinary farmer. His family and village was destroyed in an attack of a dragon. Later he was adopted by his master who thought him magic. Later with the sheer hardwork and determination my grandfather built this giant empire. Even after becoming an emperor he never forgot his past. He was kind hearted. He always wanted to help those people who faced the similar misfortune. He tried his best to help the innocent with his kind heart."

Arjun's face which was smiling, suddenly became very angry.

He said in a cold voice, " But someone took advantage of that kind heart. His best childhood friend. His most trusted life and death friend has sent his adopted sister who married my grandfather. Later he sent his daughter who married my father."

Everyone started to sweat. They bent their head. No one has dared to talk anymore. They knew where the speech is going.

Arjun said in a cold voice, " Later they corroded my father's and grandfather's Magic Core. Their power was slipping down as the days pa.s.sed. Later it was revealed that those two women were actually the members of the a.s.sa.s.sins Organisation. They took advantage of my grandfather's kind heart. They ruined my family's life. That woman Nege she even dared to kill me. I was just a new born baby back then."

Everyone were listening silently. No one dared to talk anything.

Arjun continued, " She became the empress. She started to rule the empire. At least that's what every one thinks. But truth is very simple. The ruler of the empire was not Nege. She was just a p.a.w.n. The true ruler of the empire was actually The a.s.sa.s.sins Organisation!"

Everyone were scared when they heard the name a.s.sa.s.sins Organisation. They were sweating.

Arjun said, " She ruled the empire for 20 years. These 20 years was more than enough to place the people of a.s.sa.s.sins Organisation in the empire's higher post. Or probably, the spies were implanted in the empire since the era of my grandfather."

Everyone who heard this trembleed in fear. They know where the speech is going.

Arjun said, " The point is simple. I don't trust any one of you. I don't know how many of you are actually the members of the a.s.sa.s.sins Organisation. Or probably each and every one of you are the spies from that disgusting organisation. That's why I came to a decision. All the official members of the empire are fired! All of you are going to leave the Royal Palace and mind your own business! I'm going to change the government's official structure. I'm going to recruit new people."

Someone stood up and said, " Your Majesty! Your decision has gone bit too far. You don't have the proof against us. How could you say that we are p.a.w.n of that organisation. Please your majesty. Please I beg you to reconsider your decision."

Arjun smiled and said, " Consider yourself lucky that I didn't have any proof. It's because me not having any proof is the reason why you were fired. If I had the proof, then you and your entire family would have been executed."

" WHAT?" , Everyone shouted in the room. There was an intense fear in their tone.

Their bodies started to shake in fear. They had a opinion of Arjun as a calm person when they saw him. But now they came to another conclusion.

" He is not an easy person to deal with!"

Generally when they heard that the new emperor's age is just 30 years, they all sneered. They all thought that they could control him and make profit out of it. They couldn't make any profit during Nege's era. But now the things are different. The emperor whom they thought was easy to control because of the small age, was actually very ruthless decision maker.

Someone said to Sitaram in anxious tone, " Your Majesty! The current emperor is inexperienced person. But you are the worldly wise person. You know that we are the foundation of the empire. If we are fired, then it will give a proper chance for the other empires to attack and capture the empire. Please ask the emperor to reconsider his decision!"

Sitaram smiled and said, " Let me clear one thing for every one of you. First of all, I had no intention of coming back. It's because Arjun made the decision to come back, we came along with him. Because he is my grandson. Whatever decision he makes, I'm not going to interfere. Even if it leads to the destruction of the empire, I'm not going to interfere. Not only me. Even Gnan and Gutherson are not going to interfere in the emperor's decision. If the destruction of the empire happens, then I will protect my grandson. I don't care if I had to die in the process. So, don't expect anything from us."

Everyone including non-official people like the district governors, kings of the nine kingdoms were stunned.