The Controller Emperor

"Today we are going for a walk around the castle and the property. As the owner of the place, you need to know about this, right?" Alexander said as he held a cup of tea.

The couple were sitting on the porch of their quarters, watching the snow fall in the mountains.

"I think so, but will you have time to see everything today?"

"N, no go. At least not with details. Let's go to the main rooms and venues. To give you a general location."

"Okay."

"Let's start with the inside. Our room is located on the third floor in the west wing. It is the quietest wing of the castle. In addition to our rooms, there is a tea room, an office you can use, and the rooms of my oldest cousin, my second cousin, and my third cousin. There are also the guards 'and maids' rooms that serve on this floor. On the fourth floor is occupied by antique furniture. No one usually goes to the fourth floor. On the second floor are my younger cousins' quarters, a tearoom, an office, and the guards' and maids' quarters. On the first floor there is the Hellenic tea room, a library with literary and programming books, mainly mechatronics."

"Mechatronics?"

"Well, my third cousin, my eighth cousin, and I like to play making robots. Returning, there is an office and the forge."

"A forge?"

"I like to play with medieval weapons and jewelry. The fifth cousin is also good at this. As for the office, I must show you in person."

Alexander got up and walked quietly to the side of the bed.

"I think I'd better show you everything in this room first." Alexander pulled the nightstand and behind the furniture was a pair of pistols. "There is the same in the other mobile."

Alexander put the pistols and furniture in place and took Diana's hand into the closet.

Pushing Diana's dresses aside, an invisible button was there. When Alexander pushed the button, what looked like a wall opened inside the closet. There were daggers, pistols, and plenty of ammo attached to the wall. He pushed the button again and the wall mechanism closed.

Alexander knelt at the closet door and pushed a hidden button on the wall, very close to the floor. There was no way anyone could unintentionally touch him.

The marble floor of the closet rose about two inches and the mechanism pulled it away from the closet entrance.

"This is an emergency passage. If something goes wrong, go in and down the stairs."

In the open trapdoor was a gray stone staircase.

Alexander took Diana's hand and went downstairs.

On the sixth step Alexander pushed a button and the closet floor returned to cover the trapdoor. He pushed another button and turned on the lights, there was a metal door. As he approached the door, Alexander tugged on Diana's hand and pressed her index finger on the biometric reader and typed the password on the lock's numeric keypad. The door opened and a corridor appeared.

"This corridor is the link with my cousins' quarters. We are between the third and second floor."

Alexander guided Diana to the right and at the end of the corridor was an elevator.

"This elevator works with its own generator. Even if the main generator power is cut it will stop working." Alexander pushed the button to open the elevator and the couple entered. Alexander hit the S button and the elevator started down. "Only family members have access to the secret passages. Of course I have another secret passage in our rooms, I'll show you back."

The elevator stopped and the couple left, finding a dark corridor. When Alexander turned on the lights, Diana saw several doors.

"If you encounter a danger that you believe should leave the castle, such as if the family falls, come and open the second door on the right. This is my personal safe."

Alexander put Diana's entire hand on the biometric reader, lightly pulled her chin to the retina reader and typed a number and letter password. The extremely thick and heavy door of the safe opened.

After going through the same process again, just changing the password, another even thicker door opened and the couple entered a huge room with several wooden boxes.

Alexander opened one of the boxes and was completely full of gold bars. He opened the other was full of used money in the country, the next had used money in country J, there were two passports from country J, a title deed for a mansion in country J and the keys to it. The next box was full of diamonds.

"There are ready-made jewels, stones that have just been cut, precious metals, property titles in various places, passports, money. The boxes are labeled with what's inside. Here are passports for you, I ordered them made, they arrived yesterday afternoon. Only you and I have access to this safe. If there is something that is very important and you want to put it here, feel free. Once you get what you need to get out, you have two options for escape."

Alexander closed the safe and pointed to the opposite side of the elevator.

"At the end of the corridor, there is one exit to the west and one to the south. The west exit will take you to a tunnel under the lake. Following this tunnel, you enter the mountain so the tunnel will have a ladder to climb, it is about five hundred meters, at the end of the ladder turn north, five kilometers later you will come to a ladder with a trapdoor, same mechanism that It exists in the closet. When you open the trap door, you'll be in a cottage. In the chalet garage there is a car. The keys are next to the button to open the trapdoor. Follow the road and you will arrive on highway T. Following the highway you will reach the civil airport. From there you can take a flight using the passport you get here. I suggest you take more than one of them. And hide in your body. If something goes wrong, you may need to move again. The southern exit is for when the situation is not completely chaotic. Since you will be in the south wing of the castle. Follow the passage and you will arrive at the guard control center. If the situation is not so chaotic, you will be taken to the bunker. If the situation is very bad, my subordinates will take you in a helicopter or directly in one of our jets."

Alexander stepped back into the elevator and pushed button 1. The elevator stopped on the first floor and there was a short hallway Alexander pushed a button on the side wall and the front wall opened.

When they left, Diana realized they were in the library.

Alexander was still holding Diana's hand and entered the office across the hall.

Alexander closed the door and walked to the bookshelf, opened a compartment and took the bottom of the bookcase. There was a retinal reader on the wall. And when the wall opened, a passageway big enough for an a.d.u.l.t to get on his knees appeared.

He entered and Diana followed him. They were in a slightly larger room. Alexander closed the compartment door again and put the bottom of the shelf in place.

After crawling for two meters, it was possible to get up.

"It's an unlikely situation, but if one of my cousins ​​ever betrays me, you must know how to get away. Moving on is the east. Continue for five kilometers until you reach a well. The well has water, beware. There is a ladder to climb. Go up the stairs and there will be a cottage in the middle of the woods. There is a car there. Continue on the road until the end and you will arrive on highway T."

Alexander climbed a ladder to the left. They climbed until they reached a trapdoor. In the trapdoor was a biometric reader and a keyboard. After entering the password and placing the index finger on the reader, the trapdoor opened and they were in a room. In the room were several labeled backpacks. Half were red and half were black.

"The red ones are yours. It has money, doc.u.ments, jewelry and two changes of clothes. Grab the backpack and push this button to open the trapdoor." Said Alexander pointing to the button.

Alexander approached one of the walls and pushed a button. When the wall opened, they came out and were in Alexander's closet.

"To open it, put the index finger here." Said Alexander pointing to a nearly invisible biometric reader hidden next to the clock drawer.

"Why did you show me all this?"

"What a stupid question." Alexander laughed and stroked Diana's hair. "You are my wife. Your safety is my highest priority! If something has happened to you, even if I survive chaos, I won't survive missing you. I love you more than anything in this life."

"That's not what I meant. Aren't you afraid I'll betray you?"

"If you betray me that means I wasn't good enough."

"Wouldn't you be upset if that happens? Well, of course it won't, but hypothetically, what would you do?"

"I do not know. Normally I would settle with a little torture and when the traitor was dying and about to die, a shot to the head. But if it were you, I don't know. I would probably die before I did something bad to you, but I would be very hurt, even knowing that it's ultimately my fault for not being good enough. If it came to an extreme, it's possible that I would kill you and then kill myself. It would kill you to exhale my anger and deep disappointment and kill me for not being able to live without you."

"Enlightening. But I think this is a little scary."

Alexander looked into Diana's eyes and with an extremely serious expression he kissed her hand.

"Diana, I love you so much that sometimes I get scared myself."