Chapter 54

Meanwhile, at that time, a long sense of tension sank heavily in the emperor’s office.

Doher glanced at Fizz, who stood next to him.

‘Have you noticed His Majesty’s unrequited love?’

Fizz, leaning against the wall and yawning, rubbed his sleepy eyes. They watched from start to finish yesterday as Ejed completely smashed the Ishan soldiers.

Doher suggested that it would be time to return, but he insisted that he should fulfill his mission as an aide.

As a result, Fizz has been dozing off in the morning.

Doher’s heart as he stared at Fizz was very complicated.

‘A heart shaped out of strawberry inside the basket… Obviously, Fizz noticed something.’

Otherwise, there is no way he would leave strawberries like that between the two.

Even Fizz didn’t even boast about doing that to him.

‘Ah, this is a headache…’

Even if other people don’t know, if Fizz intervened, there was a high possibility that things that should’ve worked out well will get twisted.

As Doher looked conflicted, Fizz faced him.

He wore a serious expression that is seldom seen. Doher was nervous.

‘Now you want to speak up? No way. Until now, you purposely pretend you didn’t know…’

“Hey, Doher, how was His Majesty’s swordsmanship yesterday?”

“…””

“Those stupid barbarians, how dare they attack the Great Forcaus without fear.”

‘… There is no way.’

Doher, who had become despondent, glanced, but Fizz didn’t care. Rather, after his junior didn’t respond much to himself, he became disgusted.

“Tsk tsk. Newcomer, is this how you do things in the Imperial Palace?”

“…”

He was doing very well. Even the ministers screamed at him, asking him to take care of Fizz. Unlike the studyhead that exceeded the Empire’s average, Fizz, who was ignorant of the world, was the sore point of the ministers.

It was only the other party, Fizz, who didn’t know that.

Fizz asked condescendingly, “What would you do if you’re so slow-witted? Huh?”

‘What the hell is this person?’

As Doher stared dumbly, Fizz came up with a story he was curious about.

“I am the one with a good sense. I left a basket of strawberries between His Majesty and Lady Dsev.”

“… Why did you do it in the shape of a heart?”

“You’re good at Rondo, but I’m good at understanding women.”

In some ways, it was even phenomenal.

The nonsense did not stop even when Doher touched his dizzying head with his hands.

“You stupid guy. Which woman would like a basket with just strawberries?! At least it should be in the shape of a star, a flower, or a heart. Among them, I liked the heart the most.”

The bottom line was that he made a shape he liked and gave it as a bribe.

Later, when Annie entered the imperial palace, he would look better.

‘Oh my God.’

How can you work well, or even decently, with this kind of person? Doher suddenly felt sorry for his past self, who was devoted to learning to the point of getting nosebleeds.

Even after studying like that, he became a junior to Fizz.

Doher suffered from a hit of severe reality.

‘No, more than that, did he see the atmosphere right next to him yesterday?’

He couldn’t stand it, so Doher asked abruptly.

“Fizz, have you ever been in a relationship?”

“Ooh, that’s funny! I can’t count everything with both hands if I count the ladies I met!”

Fizz tried to express with his whole body that he wasn’t born destined to be alone.

He sighed as he stumbled and raised his hands.

“You don’t need to lift one finger, so you don’t even need to count…”

“What are you talking about! Instead of blood, rudeness flows through your body!”

“…”

Instead of reacting to Fizz’s words, Doher pondered over his thoughts.

‘Since the strawberry field, His Majesty has made a decision…  At this point, there should be some progress.’

He’s been waiting for years. Moreover, the recent atmosphere wasn’t bad, so it would be better to take one step closer to being a man in some way.

Knock, knock.

Along with the knock, an older attendant came in.

He said quietly to the silent aides.

“His Majesty has told you to rest for today.”

To that, Fizz reacted as if the sky had collapsed.

“Oh my God! The bonus I was paid at that time was our severance pay!”

“Senior. Please calm down.”

“I will regain His Majesty’s trust at any cost!”

The reactions of the two were quite different. Unlike Doher, who tilts his head and expresses a slight question, Fizz chewed his thumb.

The attendant looked at Fizz and asked a short question.

“Are you going to violate your command?”

“No.”

Fizz, who quickly changed his posture, left the office, saying he had urgent business.