“Is he a eunuch or what?” Elaine muttered casually.

If Harmon were here, he would have freaked out.

Unfortunately, Juan was a man who knew the importance and priorities of work. Juan asked Elaine to go to his room and wait because the documents that Harmon had handed over to him had to be processed the same day.

Of course, everything would be meaningless to Elaine if he couldn’t spend time with her right away. However, she wouldn’t whine like a child. She nodded and calmly stepped out as if it wasn’t a big deal, but she was inwardly cursing Harmon.

Elaine was holding a bottle of wine she managed to procure after nagging at the imperial chef.

The streets of Torra were dark because the moon was obscured by the clouds.

There were a few night patrolmen here and there on the streets, but there was no one stopping Elaine. After all, Elaine had already become familiar enough with them to even greet their parents.

Elaine thought about Juan while taking a sip straight out of the bottle. Juan was a good man. It would have been even better if he wasn’t the emperor, but she knew better than anyone that such a thought was selfish.

Elaine knew that Juan was no ordinary boy even before Aruntal had taken him away.

Before Juan was found, an unprecedented fire broke out in the Gerard Valley. The fire turned the entire valley into an infested crater, and it only stopped when there was nothing more left to burn.

And Elaine found Juan amidst the destruction…

Back then, Juan was just a boy who looked to be about five or six years old. Elaine took the boy with her without hesitation. To be exact, the...