It has been one year after the war with the Alvarez Empire ended; you're probably wondering what going on right now well you see after Natsu defeated Zeref the war ended shortly after.

But Zeref was the ruler and since he's dead that leaves the empire without a ruler to most, however only a handful know this but there is a successor to the throne.

His name is Natsu Dragneel, wondering who knows this, well the answer is simple they would be Makarov Dreyer, Fiore royal family as well as the magic council.

Some members of the magic council weren't too thrilled at this revelation knowing his destructive tendencies, Just those people in Fiore knew, the empire knew there was a successor to the throne they just didn't know who.

"Man this sucks, Zeref when we meet again on the other side I'm gonna give you beating for making me go on this death trap of a boat and dumping your empire on me," said a disgruntled Natsu just as he came into the port close to the capital.

Natsu's attire didn't change much in the last year he still had his sandals and white knee-length pants, but instead of a one sleeve jacket, he now has a white muscle shirt and black sleeveless, open vest.

Shortly after Natsu got off the boat, he made his way to where he was supposed to meet a representative to help him get use to his new title as emperor,

He saw what looked to be a train station in the distance, a look of misery graced his face knowing he was going to have to take a train ride if he wants to go back to Fiore in two weeks.

After begrudgingly getting into the death trap as he calls it, he rode the train straight to the home of the emperor as his new home away from home so to speak.

After who knows how long cause Natsu tends to lose track of time when on transportation.

After managing to exit the train and made his way out of the train station to be greeted moment later by an unexpected guest.

"Ah the new emperor is here," said a short old man with a medium length beard and the attire fitting a citizen of the empire.

"Yeah yeah yeah can we get this over with I wanna get back to Fiore as quick as possible and keep my title as emperor a secret from the people of Fiore

"Now why would you want to keep your title as emperor a secret and the names George," said the now named George.

"Because if people found out two things would happen, one they would either be too afraid to fight me and two I would never have peace and quit," Natsu says in an annoyed tone

"Makes sense you are guild wizard after all and from what I've heard you love fighting probably from those draconian instincts from your magic that reminds me isn't there a blue cat that's always with you," George said curiously.

"Yes his names happy and he's not a cat he's an exceed, he's not with me cause he can't keep a secret especially when fish is involved," Natsu says with a slight chuckle.

"Yes well the empire can operate normally on it own we have to because emperor Spriggan would often go off on his own for great periods of time, your main purpose is simply to be an inspiration for the people to look up to or a figurehead if you will. Also whenever there is a problem be political or a threat to the safety of the people, as emperor's your job to get rid of it" George said

"I get the safety of the people bit but what do you mean by political," said a slightly confused Natsu

"What I mean is If there is a matter regarding something that affects the people of this empire like a new law that having trouble passing or getting abolished you are the deciding factor. that being said if there is a current law you don't like you get rid of it whenever you want," George said

"Makes sense to me now what do we do," Natsu said blankly.

"Is there anything else you need?" George said politely

"Yes, are you the representative I'm supposed to meet? " Natsu said

"No I'm not, the person you are looking for is now in your castle, she is waiting for you as we speak. George said

"Wait... SHE! " Natsu says in shock.

"Well now it's time for you to get well acquainted with the people of this empire and your castle is just down the road can't miss it," George says haste before taking off to who knows where

"Wait don't leave me" Natsu shouts but his words land on deaf ears, and so Natsu slowly made his way to the castle his brother lived in.

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At the castle

Natsu just made it to the main hall of the castle looking for someone to aid him in any way they could, till a familiar scent got his attention he see's the origin.

What he sees is a woman with blond hair and a generous figure, it was none other than Dimaria vessel of the god of time.

"Well if it isn't Spriggan's younger brother and heir to the throne no less," Dimaria says in a rather smug tone

"In the flesh, I assume you're the one I'm supposed to meet with and help me with my new title as emperor" Natsu say in a slightly disgusted tone still not liking the title.

"Yes Emperor, the remaining member of the shield of Spriggan are away doing who knows what so that leaves just you and me," Dimaria said in an amused tone.

Internally Dimaria had a weird feeling toward the new emperor, there mere sight of him was making her heart race a mile a minute, she couldn't describe it.

What is Chronos doing he was laughing his ass off knowing exactly why Dimaria was reacting this way to Natsu while making sure Dimaria didn't realize he was laughing, perks when you're a god.

"Well better get this over with can you give me a tour of the castle ending at my brother's office," Natsu said in a neutral tone.

"Follow me then," Dimaria said before showing her new emperor his castle.

It took a lot longer then Natsu wanted, but if his time with Erza after all these years did something right it was giving him patient's, it's been an hour, and they were still not done yet.

The one good thing since Dimaria took the lead it allowed Natsu to have a nice view of her figure, he wasn't as dense as everyone thought he was and man was he happy Dimaria was giving him the tour of the castle.

Dimaria wasn't paying attention, but that doesn't mean Chronos wasn't, he was enjoying this little show.

"It seems Natsu doesn't see her as an enemy anymore causing his draconian instincts to slowly run wild, telling him Dimaria is a suitable mate unlike those fairies back in Fiore. After all, he's one of the last true kings of this world, hmm it will be interesting how this will play out" Chronos thought to himself with a slight chuckle.

"What so funny," Dimaria said internally to Chronos.

"Nothing you need to worry about" Chronos retorted

One Hour later outside of Zeref office that was also his bedroom

"Here we are, sir, is there anything else you need," Dimaria said

"No that will be all, I better get to sleep I'm tired after everything that happened today," Natsu says as he opened the door to now his room as the emperor.

Dimaria decided to make her way to her place of residence for the night.

Once inside she quickly slammed the door her back to it with her hand on her still racing heart wondering what caused this.

"What's happening this had never happened before certainly not the first time we met even though we enemies then, hmm I'll deal with it tomorrow," Dimaria thought to herself before retiring to bed for the night.

With Natsu

Natsu immediately stripped down to his boxer and slipt into bed trying to get some rest; he turned back in forth through the night trying to sleep.

it wasn't till he laid flat on his back staring vacantly at the ceiling then it finally dawned on him, his draconian instincts were the reason he was having a hard time sleeping.

But he couldn't place the reason why they were acting up now all of sudden. Usually, they act up when someone important to him is in trouble like when phantom lord kidnaped Lucy and when Erza asked him to save Lucy also during phantom load.

Well, whatever it was about can wait till morning as his instincts were finally dying down so he could get some sleep.

The next morning

Dimaria was just waking from a long night of rest she then got dressed for the day and went to get some breakfast.

When she got to the dining hall, she noticed Natsu wasn't there this got her worried about him, but this was strange to her she usually would never worry about someone else.

After getting a quick breakfast, she immediately went to Natsu's Room and politely knocked on the door no response so she quietly opened his door only find him just waking up and it was a sight to see for the woman.

Before her stands the new emperor of the empire in nothing but his boxers, letting her get a good look at his Well defined body, Natsu wasn't paying any attention so he didn't notice the massive blush taking over Dimaria face and it only got deeper as time moved forward.

She just stood there watching her new emperor slowly waking up from a rough night it wasn't until he looked her way did she finally get snapped back to reality.

Fortunately, since his bedroom door was still open letting the natural morning light to her back giving her a stark contrast covering her blush from view.

"Sorry for barging in didn't know why you weren't up earlier, so I came to check on you, I'll wait outside for you to get dressed sir," Dimaria said before closing his doors giving him some privacy.

It was several minutes before Natsu was fully clothed during this time Dimaria pondered why she was reacting to Natsu speaking of witch her heart immediately pick up its pace at the mere thought of him.

She was cut short from concluding when Natsu finally opened his door ready for the day then a thought came to her.

"Sir not to be rude but why weren't you up earlier," dimaria said

"Firstly just call me Natsu I don't like formalities as for why I wasn't up earlier I had a rough night and didn't get much sleep now I'm going to get me something to eat," Natsu said blankly as they made their way to the dining hall.

After Natsu filled his stomach with enough food to last him, Dimaria wanted to know why Natsu had a rough night.

"Sir- I mean Natsu if you don't mind why did you have a hard time getting rest last night," Dimaria asked.

"If your wanting a straight answer I don't have one because even I don't know exactly, all I can say is my draconian instincts were to blame," Natsu says nonchalantly.

"How so if you don't mind," Dimaria said

"Well that's tricky to answer, my instinct goes off for different reasons like when I sense when there is more than what someone is letting on. example pecking order dispute, or when someone I care about is in trouble like what happens with fairy tail during the war, the list goes on," Natsu said

"So I take it your instinct was for something never experienced before," Dimaria said

"I wouldn't go that far I've had them before, but they were never this strong before, they happen once to twice a year since X780 in you don't count fairy sphere," Natsu said blankly.

"Interesting indeed well don't focus too much on it you still have a lot to learn to be an emperor," Dimaria said with a slight chuckle.

"Don't remind me?" Natsu said in irritation

"Follow me then I'll take you to your first lesson in politics," Dimaria says with a sinister grin aimed right at Natsu.

A look of horror took its place on Natsu face as memories from his childhood with Erza and Mira started to creep their way into his mind as he began to sweat.

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It has been four long miserable hours since Dimaria made Natsu take his lesson in politics it takes to run an empire both while he's present and when not.

You would think Dimaria cynical nature would make her relishes Natsu having to learn the ins and out of politics but that's not quite what happened.

It's true any other person she would get great enjoyment out of seeing someone in misery however in Natsu case it was different there were something she facepalms at how absent-minded he was.

Other times her heart panged at how it was too much to take in sometimes, these feeling were foreign to her.

The lesson was finally over, and Natsu was bouncing off the walls at them finally be over but his teacher if you will quickly bring him down to Earthland.

"What I have to do more now" Natsu shouts in disbelief.

"Yes this first lesson was more to see how well you paid attention than actually teaching you about politics," said teach who was tall, thin man in a blue mage's robe and had long white beard like august

"Ok then how long do I have to keep doing this then," Natsu said with regret in his voice

"Well at our current rate based on today and the same amount of hours a day it will take four months, and since you know doubt forgot my name AGAIN it Nazire" the now named Nazire said

"It there any way to shorten it" Natsu say with hope in his voice.

"Well if you pay attention and understand it the first time two month minimum," Nazire says

"Are you kidding I don't have two months I have to be back at my guild in two weeks if I don't want anyone to know about me being emperor" Natsu practically yelled

Seeing where this is going Dimaria decided to step in before war break out between Natsu and Nazire.

"Hold it Nazire as you can see Natsu's still settling in I'm sure you can spare him a couple of weeks for him to go back to Fiore to keep up appearances," Dimaria said in a tone entirely unlike her throwing Nazire off at her tone.

Never in all his years has Dimaria ever acted in a kind manner not once then it hit him it had something to do with the new emperor, but he knew better and dropped it knowing how Dimaria will act his leg still hurt from last time he did that.

"Well I can't-do that, but I can postpone your lesson and teach you a spell that can allow you to be in two places at one you may have heard of it it's called thought projection. A powerful mage as you can easily send one to any place in Fiore" Nazire say as he let out a sigh.

"I heard of it and if you're strong enough it can interact with the world in a physical way like when Jellal was part of the magic council as Siegrain" Natsu states.

"So you do use that brain of your" Nazire says getting a chuckle out of him and Dimaria at Natsu expense.

"So when can you teach me the thought projection spell," Natsu says plainly

"Will start tomorrow enjoy the rest of the day because first thing tomorrow after breakfast you won't have a moment to relax. Why ? because not only will you be learning the thought projection spell, you be getting acquainted with the people of this great empire" Nazire says with a sinister grin.

The grin caused Natsu to do a notable gulp, not liking his statement one bit he was brought out of his stupor thanks to Dimaria.

"Relax it's not as bad as it sounds if it helps I can accompany, so you don't get overwhelmed during your time here," Dimaria says with a reassuring smile.

"Thanks, Dimaria that makes it sound a little bit easier," Natsu said with his signature grin.

Nazire grinned at their little sentimental display but was quick to drop it knowing how Dimaria would react.

"Well I'm gonna go back to my office my brother has some stuff in his office that I need to see Bye," Natsu says as he gets ready to leave.

"Wait how do you know this Natsu" Dimaria asks.

"That's a secret for only me to know," Natsu says with his signature grin before closing the door behind him.

Nazire and Dimaria just stood there for a few minutes processing what Natsu just said, and they both had a look of shock on there faces.

"Well I better get going Nazire see you tomorrow" Dimaria say before leaving.

"Ok I'll see you later them Dimaria," Nazire said

With Natsu

Natsu was just getting into his bedroom/office and walked over to his the desk and lit his hand on fire and placed it on a barely noticeable dragon insignia on the ground.

The second the insignia touched his flames it lights up giving of a crimson red glow, shortly after that the ground around it began the break apart not out of age or neglect but out of reaction to his magic what is revealed was a secret passageway underneath his room.

Natsu followed the stairs to a lower level hallway, and the hallway led to a secret room full of historical documents.

But what made these documents so special was they were all dated 400 years ago, Zeref made sure they survived all this time for a reason so that when the day came that Zeref is defeated and passed on Natsu can learn about his bloodline before Igneel took him in.

Natsu went over the document learning about his family lineage, and there were even pictures of him and his brother at that time and of course his parents as well, just barely scratching the surface a stray tear found its way down his cheek only at the picture of him his brother and their parents together.

Natsu is proud that Igneel was there to raise him as his own and teach the magic that saved him and his family and countless others during his time in fairy tail.

But he would be lying if he's said if there wasn't a small part of him that wanted go back in time to live with his birth parents even for just a little bit.

Course Natsu being Natsu he forgot to close the hidden entrance leaving it wide open if someone were to oh I don't know check up on him.

Dimaria was making her way to her room to sit back and relax she was outside her room not paying attention still thinking over what Natsu said and unknowingly heading in the direction of Natsu's room.

By the time she got to his bedroom door, she was brought out of her thought when Chronos started chuckling.

"Okay what going on that's the second time you suddenly started laughing all of a sudden what going on," Dimaria said

"You mortal never cease to amuse me even after the war," Chronos said

"There got to be more than amusement for you to start laughing out of nowhere," Dimaria said sternly wanting an answer.

"You already know the answer to your question hmhmhm," Chronos said in his usual cryptic tone.

"Guess I'll find out eventually like always," Dimaria says in a neutral tone.

It was then she realized where she was and wanted to know more about what Natsu said earlier, she knocked on the door no response wanting answers.

wanting answer she carefully opened his bedroom door and closed it only to see an empty room at first, she looks at Natsu's desk and notices an opening she was unaware of.

Of course like anybody who see something new they want to no more and so she carefully and as quietly as possible went into entered the hidden floor entrance.

She followed the stairs all the way down the hall it wasn't till she was about 15 feet away from the dimly lit room she stepped a little too loudly.

Natsu was still going through the hidden documents when his heightened sense of hearing picked up an all too familiar sound of footsteps he took a quick sniff and let out a slight chuckle for not closing the entrance of this hidden room.

"Don't bother I know you're there….. Dimaria" Natsu say in his regular voice knowing how well the hidden area amplifies the smallest sound.

"Hahaha not so sneaking are you especially since he's immune to your age seal spell," Chronos said still laughing.

Dimaria just walked into the room Natsu is in casually knowing it was pointless especially with his heightened senses.

"So what brings you here Dimaria," Natsu says as he turned to Dimaria with his trademark grin.

"Well after you left I was on my way to my room thinking about what you said, and I lost track of where I was going and ended outside your room. I wanted to know more about what you said earlier, and now I'm here" Dimaria said a pink dusted her cheeks for reasons unknown to her.

Natsu saw the pink in her cheeks and simultaneously the same feeling he had the night before appeared again, fortunately, it wasn't as bad as last night, but it was stronger than all the times.

He didn't have time to dwell on it as Dimaria seem to be stuck between leaving because it was rude to barge in and stay cause she wanted answers.

Coincidentally there were two chairs in here when he arrived, and one of them was empty.

"Don't just stand there gawking there's an extra chair if you want to know more" Natsu ushering her to the vacant chair in the room with his arm dimaria of course took the offer.

"So what so special about all those documents you're going over?"Dimaria said question

"Well I didn't get very far before you joined me but from what I've seen so far Zeref left these for me If I … ...defeat him and he ….passed on…... so …...I …...can ….. learn more about my past" Natsu manages to say as tears began to form as he showed Dimaria his family photos when he and his parent were alive.

Dimaria took the photo from him and looked it over, multiple though were going through her head right now, one was how was peaceful and happy Zeref seemed to be, and she can see where he got his looks from and Natsu as well.

Another was what would've happened if Natsu had never died because from what she heard Natsu was killed with his parents and later revived by Zeref as his greatest creation that would then lead the empire his brother forge to defeat Acnologia.

Her thought didn't last long as Natsu finally broke down in tears after holding it off, she had no idea what to do as Natsu sit there crying. His tears didn't last long as he managed to pull himself together.

"Sorry about that it's a lot to take in honestly up until now I didn't know much about my life before Igneel other there then my death and revival by my brother," Natsu says managing to pull off a cheeky grin.

"It's no problem at all I can't blame you for not having any memories before your foster father took you in Natsu," Dimaria said to him it was something she would have never said back when Zeref was the ruler of this empire.

"Thank you, that means a lot coming from you Dimaria anyway I think it's time for us to Leave I'll have a busy schedule for a while," Natsu said in a cheery tone not noticing the blush from the Age Seal mage.

"You're right it's getting late, and Nazire has to teach you the thought projection spell," Dimaria said

The two wizards leave the hidden area after leaving Natsu closed the entrance by merely tapping on the same insignia with his flames like he did when he opened it.

Dimaria took her leave leaving Natsu to his thoughts thinking over everything those document informed him of and why his instincts we going off when Dimaria showed up.

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One week later

It's been a week since Natsu started his training as the new ruler of the empire during this time and learning the thought projection spell.

He's getting pretty good at it not perfect because it is a tricky spell considering you need constant focus to use it over a long distance on top of that being able to interact with the world around him physically and focusing was never Natsu strong point.

Fortunately, Nazire was an excellent teacher when it comes to magic after all he's had years of experience compared to other mages.

After his lessons learning the spell, Natsu routine consisted sitting in the main hall of his castle meeting a representative from every guild and noble family who is part of the Alvarez empire, needless to say; it was quite dull for the fire mage.

After getting through another long day meeting with the representative from all over the empire, Natsu was getting jittery from all the pent up energy from sitting around all day.

This isn't a problem for him, but the lack of fighting is getting to him, he usually's at the fairy tail guild hall as well as magic jobs keep this from happening.

He lay there in his bed trying to get some sleep but all the pent-up energy itching to get out evenly he couldn't take in anymore he got out of bed put some black clothing on to hopefully stay hidden.

He managed to sneak past all the castle servants and trudged his way to a forest not that far away from the capital.

Natsu was smarter than people thought how so he knew he couldn't use his fire magic or he'll draw some unwanted attention that doesn't mean he can't hone his reflexes and hand to hand combat skills.

He looks straight ahead found his target, a fairly decent size tree and charged at it with his fist ready; one hit was all it took to snap the tree in two.

"Hm, nice to see my strength hasn't diminished," Natsu said in an amused tone.

Natsu proceeded to hone his skills for a couple of hours breaking large rocks smashing trees before sneaking back inside to prepare for his duties as emperor tomorrow.