Chapter 951 - 30 Empire Emergence 22 Reflection
"Your Highness, envoys from the Attica Kingdom and the Knossos Kingdom have arrived, and they are waiting in the Reception Hall," the attendant whispered as he entered, seemingly aware that his master was in a bad mood, and thus he spoke as softly as possible.
"I understand. Please ask them to wait in the Reception Hall for a while."
"Understood, Your Highness," the attendant bowed and was about to leave.
"Has Palermo not returned yet?"
"Your Highness, Mr. Palermo has not returned yet," the attendant replied, with a surprised expression flickering fleetingly in his eyes. This was the third time in two days that Lady Katya had inquired about Mr. Palermo’s whereabouts, making one wonder what kind of task Mr. Palermo shouldered that concerned the lady so deeply.
"Hmm, if he returns, notify me immediately." Katya massaged her temples wearily. Almost every day she had to deal with these tiresome affairs, and not a single one was pleasant or exciting. Was such a life of a ruler truly enviable and worth striving for?
Ever since Katya had made contact with the Northern Alliance, she had never had a moment’s rest. The Atticans and the Cretans took turns performing their acts before her, and the Church of Light seized the opportunity to put forth a whole host of impractical demands. Cartin seemed to have become a fruit platter on the dining table, ready to be arranged and handled at whim.
Now they demanded the opening of border ports and the reduction of tariffs, now they sought a long-term military presence within Nicosia, even demanding control of two significant fortresses on the western border to be handed over to the Northern Alliance forces. Now they made the pretext of insufficient military funds that required loans and subsidies; now, Cartin had to hire their people as political advisors to guide diplomatic strategy. Katya couldn’t understand how these people came up with so many ways to torment her, and even if it were time for rewards, it should be after Komer’s downfall—it was too early to be calculating that. Wasn’t raising such demands, which incited the nobility and the public within the territory, just to make things difficult for her and add to her troubles?