Chapter 109

Chapter 109

“You've come.”

“I greet Your Majesty the Emperor.”

When afternoon came, an imperial attendant arrived at the ducal residence.

He bore word that the Emperor had summoned him.

Cedric, who had entered the palace with the attendant, frowned as he bowed to the Emperor.

“Sit.”

At the Emperor's command, he had no choice but to sit, yet Cedric could not make sense of it.

He had felt something was a little strange from the moment the attendant led him somewhere other than the Emperor's study.

“I was under the impression that mealtime has already passed.”

“Today I thought I would take a rather late luncheon.”

The Emperor gave the attendants a glance.

Soon the appetizers began to arrive, starting with the soup.

Though he had gone without food for days and now sat before an appetizing meal, his appetite stirred not at all.

But he could hardly refuse…