What's Wrong With Him?

It had been almost two weeks since Seira had worked for them, and she was getting used to all the habits of the three men.

Like Harvey who woke up early, even before the cock crowed. He would ask Seira to make a cup of tea for him to drink before breakfast.

As usual Seira cooked breakfast alone in the kitchen. But she wasn't really alone because Harvey was there. The man sat down to his tea and watched as the maid made breakfast for them.

It was as if he was making sure that Seira didn't put anything suspicious into their food because.

"How long have you been a maid in the palace before?"

"About a year I've been there." Seira answered as she chopped the vegetables in her hand and put them into the pot.

"Then where did you come from? Did you come from the village around the palace or did you come from another kingdom?" Harvey asked again. But this time his question was not answered clearly by Seira.

The woman seemed to deliberately press her knife harder against the cutting board she was using to cut carrots.

Harvey knew that Seira was trying to evade the question with the sound of the knife hitting the blunt object underneath.

He then let it go and went back to enjoying his tea. Seira finished cooking breakfast just as Leonard and Albert came into the kitchen to enjoy their breakfast as well.

Meanwhile, Seira would wait for them to finish eating and then she would eat her breakfast.

While they were eating, she continued to listen to their conversation while cleaning the kitchen. Harvey, Leonard and Albert were talking about the crown prince who would soon succeed the Emperor's throne.

"Replacing the Emperor's throne so soon? I don't remember how old the crown prince is right now. Is he old enough to take the Emperor's place?" Leonard asked.

"As I recall, he's still very young. Is he ready enough to be able to hold that position?"

Suddenly Seira interrupted their conversation. "20 years old. The current Crown Prince is only 20 years old."

The three men immediately turned to her and went back to discussing the matter. They felt that 20 years old was still very young to hold such a big responsibility let alone the lives and territories of the entire Empire.

And it was obvious that it should not be done because usually a crown prince would be appointed Emperor when he was close to 30 years old. But why this time the crown prince will be appointed 10 years earlier than he should be.

This seemed to have been rushed by the three of them. But they still don't know whether the news is true or not.

"Hey Seira, is the Emperor's health in bad? Or are there other factors that you might know about beforehand? You worked in the palace before you came to be our servant. There must be something you heard from them," Albert asked him.

Seira was silent for a moment, but she only said that she didn't really know much because it was certain that they kept this hidden from the servants.

"Even though I work in the palace for them, I don't know much. In fact, I haven't heard that the crown prince will get the title of Emperor soon because all I know is that the Royal Concubine will be promoted to Empress," she replied.

"Royal concubine will become Empress?"

She nodded in agreement to the question.

The three of them were not so surprised when they heard it because all they knew was that the current crown prince was the biological son of the Royal Concubine.

"That's right, it's been a very long time since the last Emperor had an Empress. And there is definitely no other heir other than the son of the Royal Concubine."

"Speaking of the Empress, I guess it's been a long time since that woman's death. But her name is still sometimes mentioned by people because of the great betrayal she committed against the Emperor," Leonard commented.

"Of course, how could you not? That snake woman is neither grateful nor thankful for being with the Emperor. Instead, she betrayed the Emperor and had an affair with a Commander," Albert retorted while shaking his head.

Hearing that, Seira fell silent and her eyes dropped as they talked about the Empress. She squeezed the dress she was wearing, as if she was not happy when they talked about the late Empress.

There was a look in her eyes that held pain in it. But she couldn't say anything about it. Moreover, they kept talking about the old Empress, as well as what happened afterwards

"But in the end, she received the fitting punishment of death along with her affair." Albert sighed after saying that, as if he was disgusted by it.

The more they talked about the incident, the more Seira squeezed her dress with increasing force. It was as if she could not stop herself from asking them to stop talking about it.

"Hey don't talk like that! I think I've talked about it enough." Leonard tried to stop Albert but the man said something further.

Suddenly, the table was hit hard enough to make them startle and turn to Harvey.

Without saying anything, the man walked away from the dining room. The three of them could only stand still, watching as Harvey walked away.

Seira looked confused by what had happened. Why did Harvey look so angry and he left the room without even saying anything after he hit the table to stop Albert from talking.

"I told you not to talk about it that far. You just made Harvey angry with your words," Leonard said as he hit Albert's arm.

Albert winced in pain from the blow to his arm. He said that he didn't expect Harvey to be that angry.

"I forgot about that. You should have reminded me earlier before I said anything else. This all happened 10 years ago anyway. Why is he still thinking about that?"

"Still, you shouldn't have gone that far. Commenting on Lord Dominic in front of him," Leonard said.

He said that Harvey would never be able to forget what the man named Dominic did.

Seira felt even more confused as to why Harvey looked so angry when Lord Dominic's name was mentioned. Especially when he heard Albert's comment earlier.

"No matter how much Harvey hates him, Lord Dominic is still a mentor and father figure to him."