For The Glory Of Sitia Empire

The night went by peacefully. Well, peaceful for Lennox, but those poor officials and nobles who had to stay up all night to submit completed procedures or report private missions did not have a peaceful night. Dark circles covered half their faces and fatigue ate their body completely. In any case, if they wanted to meet the one in charge of the nation, they had to resist pillow-gravity and stay up all night.

Nearing dawn, Lennox heard scratching sounds from outside the study and knew that Roan arrived. Once the sun rises, he will accompany Annasophy to have her abortion surgery. The moment Lennox raised his head and looked at Roan's pale and cold face he instantly knew the outcome of this trip. Fighting the urge to facepalm, Lennox pretended not to see anything and nonchalantly instructed Roan about everything they should take note of on the road. 

' No shit, dude. You two are just wasting my time ' 

Lennox did not see them out of the palace, He had prepared their personal gourds and all that they might need, showing his face won't make any difference. After Roan left his study, Lennox took a bath and went to sleep. Everly has long since she passed out and conquered his bed, he pushed her to the side and slipped into the quilt.

' Let's hope tomorrow is as peaceful as today...' 

*****

At noon, Everly woke up with Lennox by her side. She knows he would be pissed off if she wakes him up, thus, Everly jumped out of the bed and left the bedroom quitly. Outside, she found a random maid and left with her, the maid bathed, clothed and fed her before letting her go to play. 

Now that she is all full and comfortable, Everly went to find someone to bother. Today's target was Jonath, Carson's second assistant. Everly walked to his office like she owned the place, interrupted his work and made a mess with his documents. Just when Jonath was about to give up life and kill himself, Edgar showed up like a knight in shining armour. 

" Edgar! " 

Seeing someone familiar, Everly happily pounced at him. 

" How have you been lady Everly? " 

" Not good, Everly is not good. You know, everyone left, no one to play with, and Jonath is stingy doesn't let Everly draw in the papers " 

Hearing her talk as if she was wronged, Jonath couldn't hide his grief anymore and cried out loud.

" That's because young lady only wants to draw on the confidential documents and refused to take empty papers!! "

" Everly doesn't want empty papers, Everly wants the ones with the sparkling ink "

" THIS IS THE IMPERIAL SEAL!! "

In fear that Jonath might just snap on them, Edgar quickly grabbed Everly ran out of his office. Originally he came to deliver some documents from his brother, now that he finished his task, Edgar decided to spend some time with Everly.

" deliver papers? The handsome uncle is very rich, he should have a lot of servants! How come it's always Edgar who brings papers! Why are they bulling you?! "

Unexpectedly, Edgar's face flushed red, he swaggered as he said under his breath:" it's...it's not like that. I- I am the one who requested to..."

As dumb as Everly is, she did not notice the changes in Edgar's face.

" eh? Why would you want to do that? "

Edgar went silent, hesitated for a long time, yet, with Everly's urging he reluctantly said:" then, I will tell you but...please keep it a secret "

Hearing it was a secret, Everly instantly brightened up. She nodded her head repeatedly like a chick picking on rice, looking at Edgar with expectant eyes while waiting for him to gather his courage and confess his little secret. Edgar examined his surroundings to make sure no one was around, took a deep breath and said.

" I

asked my brother to let me take these documents as.... as an excuse to visit the palace "

" but his majesty said Edgar is family, you can come anytime you want "

" that's not- "

Edgar's face reddened even more. He averted his gaze and whispered, as if talking to himself:" I needed an excuse to meet prince Lennox..."

" Eh...? "

As if she was fed an overdose of bullshit, Everly just stood there dumbfounded. It appears that Edgar was Lennox's die-hard fan, slaving himself to be his brother's errand boy just to steal a glimpse of the infamous devilish prince. Although he said it to be a secret, truth to be said, everyone except for Everly already knew but pretend to see nothing.

Of course, what does Everly know about admiration and brotherly devotion? Nothing at all, she just stood there with a dumb look on her face.

Feeling a quite embarrassed, Edgar came up with a losey excuse and ran away to have a short breather. He hid in a nearby pavilion, banging his head on the wall and lamenting his stupidity.

' WHAY DID I TELL HER THAT!!!!! What if she told the prince about it!!? Would he hate me? Feel disgusted by me? Would he ban me from making contact with him?! I- I WILL DIE!! I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MY IDOL!! '

After a long while of internal turmoil, Edgar managed to defeat his inner deamon and not kill himself at the spot. He calmed down a bit and finally noticed the noisy surrounding.

' why is the servants making ruckus there? '

Leaving the pavilion, Edgar walked to where the noises came from. In the middle of the panicked and pale faced servants, Everly stood there with a beautiful woman crouching next to her. Seeing that face he rarely sees, Edgar couldn't help but panick.

' AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!! WHAT IS THAT WOMAN DOING HERE???!!! '

Edgar hadn't yet processed anything when he saw the woman extends her hand to pick up Everly, all servants gasped upon seeing that. However, just before she could hold Everly, Edgar stormed in between, snatched the little girl and ran away as fast as he could.

' THIS WOMAN!!! BEATRICE VE GOURCHIA IS HERE TO KIDNAP CHILDREN!!! AGAIN!! '

1. Carson is Jennings's secretary and the head of all imperial assistants. Jennings usually just gives the order and Carson is the one who distributes the work to other assistants.