Chapter: 315
Astelle looked at his back then closed the door.
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“His Majesty the lord of the empire has come.”
The door opened at the attendant’s polite words, and the men who were sitting around the round table got up from their seats.
The emperor’s office in the capital’s imperial palace was large and splendid.
It can’t even be compared with the offices of the castles visited during the tour.
Gorgeous paintings were drawn symmetrically on the high ceiling with large chandeliers that twinkled according to the angle of light.
It was a painting depicting the history of the imperial family and the achievements of the founding emperor.
Kaizen sat down on the top seat.
“Your Majesty.”
He turned his head and looked at the Marquis of Croychen.
Suddenly, the marquis got up and knelt on the floor.
For an instant, all eyes were focused on him.
“What’s going on?”
“Your Majesty, I apologize for causing trouble through my wife and my daughter.”
They were expected words.
Kaizen frowned.
There were two useless disturbances during the tour because of the women of that family.
Marianne was trying to frame Astelle, but she was caught and was still imprisoned in the Maern Castle.
Marianne’s mother, the Marchioness, was house arrested.
Kaizen gave a cold command in a voice that showed no sympathy.
“Lady Marianne dared to frame the guest I had invited, so she will be sent off to the island as a nun to reflect on her sins. And the Marchioness…”
He thought of the Marchioness for a moment.
He hated her way more than Marianne.
That woman even tried to kidnap Theor.