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What if... Ozai wasn't the Fire Lord?? part 2

Several days later...

Luckily the murderer decided that it was not wise to continue his murder career, at least for that night.

Once dawn arrived, preparations began to say goodbye to the deceased members of the royal family of the Fire Nation, first with the late Fire Lord, it was a great ceremony if it were allowed to be said, as the Nation honored its leader. fell and mourned greatly for him, later came the turn of Iroh and Ozai, who were received in different ways, although the Nation mourned for Iroh and expressed their best wishes for him in the next life, Ozai's funeral did not It was like his brother's, some showed their respect for his status as a prince, but many others, knowing what he had done before dying, were a special case.

Then the next day came the coronation.

The coronation ceremony was not very ostentatious, given the time of mourning that was still in force and the need for the Fire Sages to have a new Fire Lord, Zuko was crowned at the end of that week, with a final goodbye ceremony. For the deceased members of the royal family, the High Sage crowned Zuko in front of a small audience that had been called to witness that the Nation's future was assured.

But the one who was least calm about all this was Ursa, Zuko was now in the mouth of the world as the leader of the Fire Nation, a position that she was sure would have many enemies, no matter how much the Fire Sages wanted to insist that this was The best thing, the truth is that it was not like that, Zuko's position was not very strong and it was only a matter of time before they found themselves facing a civil war.

Ursa had to act quickly, that is why she decided to bring someone to help her deal with this, Master Piandao, sent a letter hoping that the person would come to her aid, she knew that he was an experienced warrior with a mastery of the difficult sword to overcome, plus his perspective of what is happening can help solve all this, I just hoped he would accept.

And it was lucky that her letter was answered.

...

Ursa was in her room while she was preparing some herbs and with a molcajete, she proceeded to crush them, she was preparing a new insurance for the lives of her children, and the first had mysteriously disappeared, she did not know what happened to him, but she had to assume that Ozai gave it to her. She had brought it and now it must have been forgotten, so she had to prepare another one for a future occasion. She was so immersed in her thoughts that she didn't notice when someone knocked on the door and proceeded to enter.

-My lady??...

Ursa jumped slightly in surprise as she looked at Ming's figure who was looking at her kindly.

-Oh Ming, you scared me, I didn't hear you coming...

Ming nodded and gave her a slight smile in understanding - Don't worry my lady, I just came to tell you that Master Piandao has just arrived... she is waiting for you in the tea room.

Ursa breathed a sigh of relief as she stood up.

-Thank you, Ming, I'm going out to receive him right now- with one hand she said goodbye to Ming as she left her room and headed to the place where her guest was waiting for her. As she walked through the hallways she thought about the situation, she just hoped that with the arrival of Piandao, she would be able to help with efforts to find the killer, or else fear what would happen.

Once she reached the door, she slid it open to see that in the middle of the room, an older man with dark skin and gray hair was drinking a cup of tea calmly, while he had a sword sheathed at his side, Ursa immediately smiled and approached. to sit in front of him

-Master Piandao... it's good to see you.

The aforementioned put down his cup of tea while he gave a slight smile to Ursa. "The feeling is mutual Lady Ursa, however, I found it curious that Fire Lord Zuko did not go to my estate to continue his training.