Chapter 42
In the evening, Thomas Hillberg received a very short document with information about Michael Grayson, but all he found out was that he suddenly appeared after the Emperor Emeritus was poisoned ad tutored the new Emperor (former Eight Prince) for over three months. The last time he was seen was the day the Emperor Emeritus abdicated. He wasn't even on the coronation of the Prince Regent.
Reading the document, which was in reality just a single paper, Thomas was enraged. He sat in a chair and stared at the paper for a long while before deciding. "I'm going to see the new Emperor!" he announced and left with a few of his servants, the rest of the remaining stationed around the inn where he was supposed to meet with "Michael Grayson" again.
Michelle was sitting on a couch, smiling lazily, with Cold Flame curled up on her lap, sleeping as she kept petting his head. She knew that she didn't need to do much for her plan to be finished.
Suddenly, Cold Flame woke up and flew up, flapping his wings as white fire formed on his feathers.
Seeing how he was acting, Michelle smiled and stood up. "Our guests are here..." she turned her head to look at the nine-year-old boy sitting on the throne.
The young Emperor was surprised. He didn't expect Michelle to be right when she told him by noon that uninvited guests would come in the evening. Before he could even say something, the door to the room opened and Thomas could be seen. At first, he had a malicious and hateful grin, but when his gaze landed on Michelle's smiling face, he froze.
"Hi, Thomas!" Michelle's voice was cold as she kept smiling, Cold Flame circling under the roof where he couldn't be seen. "Did you decide and come to find me? That's so kind of you, but I don't have your children with me now." Michelle tilted her head, acting like she was genuinely sad. "And it seems..." she smiled coldly. "You don't have the small knife with you."
Thomas grit his teeth in suppressed rage as he stared at Michelle. She was clearly carefree, disregarding him. His plan was to capture the Emperor and use him in exchange for his children, but Michelle saw through him and came to the palace before he could. "Oh, my friend, we just came to give our gifts to the newly ascended Emperor," he smiled, but his eyes were dark and filled with rage as he reached into his sleeve and took out a box. Michelle wondered how he fit it in there.
She walked over to him and took the box. She opened the box in the direction of Thomas, so if something jumped out, it would go at him, but to her surprise, nothing happened. She opened the box and saw a sword and a letter. Her eyes narrowed as she took out the letter and unfolded it. As she read it, her cold smile spread. The sword was originally for Joseph Hillberg as a birthday gift, but Thomas gave it up to keep his honor. Michelle crushed the letter in her hand and closed the box, bringing it to the Emperor. "Your Majesty, a gift for you."