Chapter 48

“Colsier does not really contribute anything to the empire so spending money on it is useless,” the emperor replied.

This reminded Emery that the emperor right in front of her was someone who conquered land out of boredom. She had heard it countless times during her stay in the palace, however, seeing it in person was totally different. Of course, a village as small as Colsier could not make any difference in the empire’s economy, however, the mere fact that he destroyed that village just to ignore it in the end was heartless in itself.

“Is that so?” she barely muttered.

The emperor nodded before changing the topic, telling her how much each of the dresses would cost as well as the jewelry sets so she would not sell them with a cheap price. Upon finishing explaining to her, he noticed that she was oddly staring at him with seemingly unfocused eyes.

“Is everything okay?” he asked to which she simply answered with a small nod.

Since she still had some time before the morning came, Emery