Chapter: 439
The noise in the room disappeared in an instant.

It was when Theor was puzzled by the sudden silence.

creak.

The closet door opened.

***

“Hey, Count.”

A middle-aged man approached Vellian. He is the minister of the interior.

Then he put his hands on the desk.

Vellian frowned.

He had been sitting in his office all day, pretending to concentrate on his work.

“Why do you—”

“What the hell is going on?”

Vellian held back his breath.

He repeated over and over again what he had said over a hundred times in the last few days.

“This is the order of His Majesty the Emperor.”

At that, the minister of the interior bit his lip with a dissatisfied look.

‘That’s understandable.’

Vellian had been suffering for several days.

His Majesty the Emperor’s order to make the princess Reston the empress again shocked all the nobles in the capital.

Of course, Astelle herself was enough to become the empress.

The problem is she has a child.

Also, an illegitimate child whose father is unknown.

‘It was so shocking.’

Vellian clicked his tongue as he recalled Astelle’s calm and dignified face.

‘Who is his father?’