Ch 35: The Banquet of interest [pt2]

Meria could feel the emperor glaring at him, which only meant one thing.

'Emperor Kai knows my identity! But why did he walk here to my table? Is it because he wanted to show that he is still at odds with the Saintess? What should I do now?'

Meria opened his mouth but closed it immediately. 

Russia was signaling something to him, but Meria was in no condition to try and decipher her message.

"Saintess, come with me. I need to talk to you about something."

The emperor gritted his teeth as he called out to the empress, and everyone flinched at his tone.

'Oh no! The emperor is angry. What should we do now? I need to get out of this situation-!'

Meria instantly tugged at Eric's clothes to get his attention. His panicking mind could not think of anything else.

And Eric was too happy to oblige him.

He leaned closer to Meria, causing the emperor to look even angrier by the second.