Vol 2. Chapter 30
Only after going through a series of complicated procedures were they finally able to have an audience with Emperor Calliona.
With her red hair tightly pulled back and her sunset-colored crimson eyes shining, Calliona was now thirty-three years old.
The Empress Dowager had been recommending various marriage candidates, but she was still unmarried. Her solid build and neatly tailored uniform still suited her well—she was a towering, imposing woman.
Though she was far overshadowed by the Empress Dowager in social circles, she had consistently defended her own domain and now had complete control over the Imperial Knights.
And that upright Calliona...
‘What the hell... What is this?’
As soon as she faced Zahid for the first time in a long while, she flinched, her confidence shaken.
He was clearly showing her the proper respect, but the atmosphere around him was anything but normal.
‘Why the hell is he looking at me like that? What is this?’
There was no way Calliona and Zahid could be said to have a bad relationship. If anything, though they weren’t close, there was a firm trust between them.
In fact, due to the age gap, Calliona had thought of Zahid as a good, dutiful youngest brother she needed to protect.
‘What’s with those eyes, like I betrayed him?’