Akagi was slowly chipping away work, he had filled more than half the Minister positions with his trusted guidance ignoring the fact he had ideas prior to the attack on the wall. Bowen and the King were on the same page and the truly not so quiet secrets of the pair are out in the open they alliance will prove useful. Having Keion and Calanthe, the Blackwood name and their minds was a powerful tool. Ophelia when ready will take over his Mother's temporary spot as Minister and they had the aide of Nevermere. Something else for Akagi personally that he was proud of was the cooperation and appointment of the three Dresmondi.

Orders had been given for each Minister, things Akagi needed, enlightenment on over each Cabinet members domain of ministry and its future direction. He intended to be working during the next steps just as hard and just as devoted, he and Calanthe had great work to do so what was the final piece? Who could help him manage the Cabinet when he couldn't be in all places at once? Who could make sure the Ministers worked with a diligent honor?

The King had a remedy.

He greeted his Aunt with that old familiar Akagi smile, "Aunt Cordelia! Thank you for coming," he gave her a big Akagi hug, he loved Aunt Cordelia she was always kind and always present when he was growing up, "please sit," Akagi didn't sit behind his desk but beside his Aunt crossing his leg over the other, "Believe it or not I went into the emergency Cabinet meeting expecting to fight for the throne...but she stepped down on her own accord..."

Akagi listened intently and he would have to agree with his Aunt, or maybe he hoped what she said was true that his Mother stepped down out of knowing what was best for their future and it wasn't for the saving face of utter neglect to the world around them. Still he held his jovial look as she inquired about the Cabinet meeting, "It did, so far I know everyone is busy with tasks at my request but I have a list of the new appointments and those I kept," he would get her a copy but he had more to fill, "Before we go further the reason for you being called here today is for good reason, I will not be a ruler who sits idle nor will I just command without carrying my own honor of due diligence plus I can't be everywhere at all times...as genius as I am I also know I will need a closer ear to bend as things change around here, I will not shut out my council as we have shut out the world. I want you to be my Hand, if you take the offer Aunt Cordelia it will mean you will be my closest advisor and will carry out my orders as though they were law. You will proxy for me when I can not attend cabinet meetings, still your goal is to influence my ideals with them. I want you to be my eyes and ears with the other Ministers, seeing to it that they are effectively fulfilling the duties of their positions...." he paused for his Aunt to process, he did turn to the slave in the room and ordered himself a tea with six spoonfuls of sugar and two splashes of honey...

"Excellent!" Akagi happily exclaimed with a small clap of his hands (he hadn't even got his sugar with a splash of tea and honey and it was like his energy had dialed to eleven), "tis a relief to know you have accepted the position, which I'm afraid comes with knowledge of some developments, things that for now stay between us," it went without saying but Akagi felt he needed his Aunt to know the complexity of their relationship now, his personal rule of thumb is the Hand stays attached to the arm, Akagi being the arm, both are appendages attached and reliant on one or the other.

Akagi began with discussing the Three Dresmondi and their recently appointed positions. He left no detail of the account untold, "I need to keep my promise to them Aunt Cordelia, absolutely one of my long term goals is to get them home and it BE THIERS...," he wanted to hear her thoughts, the support maybe as well it would mean being on the same page and if they weren't then they would discuss.

"I have spoke with Captain Commander Hadrian Usher, he has taken everything that has transpired back to King Cassian and will return with an answer soon I'm sure," Akagi finally stood putting his hands behind his back, "I have the utmost faith my brother in law will answer and honor our alliance," he paced around his desk and then slowly back forth. Akagi was changing and it was apparent already that he would approach things as a King like he does when tackling any problem from enchanting to dinner to his children; logically.

"I've asked for their help, not only with further training up our Peacekeepers but with the looming prospect of war," he said it heavily and probably for the first time in forever his Aunt would hear not a joyous Akagi Llewellyn but a perhaps weary and darker nephew, "It isn't a choice that I have taken lightly but it is a choice we have to make, but I have asked them to join us with eliminating a world problem together," Akagi stopped and returned to speaking directly to his Hand, "I have been pondering asking the Queen of Lorendale to also help correct a mistake they created..."

"I met with the Queen prior to the attack on the wall, I've sent young Belcourt to Lorendale with hope of understanding better their military outfit and subsequently perhaps maybe learning what he can of the Gifted....weaknesses," Akagi shared, "She's asked if we could create a sort of long term effect to control the Gifted in a controlled environment say a public place...a school...a Gift gets out of hand or is problematic...shut it down. Just shut it down," he held up a finger to his Aunt, "bare with me one moment," he fetched from his bag of holding his new enchanted pad of parchment and quill that immediately wrote down 'shut it down; idea', "Sorry, that's for later...BUUUT...anyways. I was thinking perhaps using their Gifted...not even physically...let's say for example a Gifted woman who controls fire, we replicate that magic into an enchantment...said enchantments being tested Arynnite Peacekeepers...."

"An alliance, hmm," Akagi responded with quite reflection as his quill did its usual jotting of notes 'Lorendale Alliance', "I know your position will come with many responsibilities but I will give you this additional task to work on before our first cabinet meeting, make us a proposal for an alliance with Lorendale and Arynn Frey. Then we'll take it with Sylas to the Queen and negotiate from there."