Chapter 511 - 13.9
After that day, Little Jean was allowed to barge inside his Big brother’s office even though he was busy. Little Jean had nothing to do, and he wasn’t in the age of studying yet, so all he did was picking up some flowers and then gave them to his Big brother daily.
Maximillien didn’t reject it most of the time since it was just some flowers anyway.
Besides, he was always busy. The presence of Little Jean running around broke his concentration, but watching how Little Jean hopped around pleased his eyes... sometimes.
Maximillien was busy today because he had to prepare a casual meeting with the Emperor. The latter would come to the Palace of Eau Saumont for a visit. The Emperor of Argent seemed to have warmed his relation with Archduchy Eau Saumont after Archduke Raoul’s death.
A few weeks ago, the Emperor refused to meet Archduke Maximillien due to his young age of fourteen. He refused to sit as equal, feeling that the young Archduke wouldn’t qualify as a good ruler.
But Maximillien could prove that he was competent, and the Emperor finally agreed for a friendly visit.
As long as nothing wrong happened, the cooperation between the Empire and Archduchy would smoothen and strengthen Maximillien’s position.
"Big brother! Jean brings you Daisy!" Little Jean hopped and skipped as he entered the office. He saw his Big brother was still reading some documents while eating a small cake with a fork.
Maximillien glanced at Little Jean and frowned, "Daisy? We don’t plan daisy in the garden."
"Oh! This is not from our garden!" Little Jean walked towards his Big brother’s seat and then shoved the flower into Big brother’s hands. "Jean um... Jean trades!"
"Trade?"