The Emperor's True Self

"Father, allow me to excuse myself."

"Your majesty, allow us to excuse ourselves."

Adelar and the two other imperial eunuchs offered before Olrich could say anything. With a wave of his hand, Olrich dismissed then, and they quickly stepped out of the hall.

"What news do you have?"

Olrich asked his eunuch spy as soon as Adelar, and the rest were out of sight. On his knees, the eunuch trembled.

"Your majesty…for the past week, her grace has been acting in suspicious manners. From morning to evening, she wards her entire courtyard through Semi-Holy Force, preventing anyone from peeping while at night, she does the same to her chambers…"

One second, Olrich was still a calm and stately emperor, the next his eyes went bloodshot while he gripped his chair's arm.

"Any variables potentially leading to this?"

As he proceeded onto the next part, the eunuch's entire body trembled.