Gideon greeted

e?" Lady M

your

Is it true that the late emperor ha

en Lady Marie's agitated expres

s true." H

ldest son hence making him the next

d out as he rushed over t

d that, Your

and tell us whose name father has written in his will. It is most likely going to be

after all. Just read it now." Elina chi

his composure. "I would prefer if we would all gather in the council room at once so I can break the seal and rev

e of time since it will clearly be Frederick's name written but if you want to stick to tradition so muc

Lady Marie echoed as she a

nfused expression as I did. I then turned back to

e you alrig

about me, Your Highness." He bowed. Just then, mother came wa

ere all seated by the long table as low chattering could be heard. I could feel the occasional glances directed towards me, since my fath

I almost let out a sigh of relief when I spotted Gideon walking towards the head of the table, where father

he throne holds in his hand the final will of the benevolent Emperor Bryon Renaldi who has departed from this world far too soon and it has

ilently wondering why father would even do this in the first place. Usually,

ot be the next emperor?

was not suited for the pos

emperor thinking?"

was clearly upset that the people around him

silence. He then cleared his throat. "We are in no place to question the late emperor's choices since it is by

the future emperor. There is no one else more suitable than you, afte

d his hands into tight fists on the table. "I

emperor has deemed worthy to be our next emperor." Gideon decl

d nothing to do with me. My thoughts started to wander at what my future would look like now that father was gone. The joke that Aiden and I were

that were written. His face fell, growing incredibly pale while his hands were shaking slightly. There was a p

impatiently, fingers tapping away

na added, not attempting to hi

ll be..." he paused once more as he made eye contact with me yet again. I fro

rics. Say it already.

ounced and in an instant, everyone present turned their attention to me. All eyes were o

this is no time to be joking around. Tell us whose name is truly written in the emperor

, Lady Marie." G

to Gideon in a hurry. Gideon simply offered her the parchment which was snatched away from his hands by her. Her eyes quickly scanned the wr

at me and as though those words were a cue

nd started to swirl with this sudden information. Wh

!" someone yelled. I flinched f

be the next ruler

omega? How

nged when he wrote that. We

eir attention to me once more. "There's no need to speak ill o

h. Why would he in his right mind appoint you o

rue. We mustn't speak ill of our late emperor an

an omega!" Lady Marie

ot, it is o

, cutting off Gideon. I turned to look at him. He sat incredibly still on his chair,

s I did not know what to say. The severity of his question was wei