I Became the Master of the Empress

49 – Episode 49

Theodora’s red eyes meet mine.

Cold and cold eyes scan my body.

“What did you… do here?”

At the sound of Theodora’s voice, the doors to the VIP room open one by one and people begin to come out.

“The emperor has come?”

“Here?”

I saw some people here that I had seen several times before, so I hurriedly approached Theodora…

“Come here first.”

He roughly grabs her wrist and drags her to the room where she was eating.

-Boom!

The waiter who was eating with us, looking embarrassed as if he didn’t know I was going to drag him out like this, hurriedly got up from his seat, bowed, and spoke.

“Tuesday… I meet Your Majesty the Emperor.”

I looked around at the man I was seeing for the first time with wary eyes and spoke while looking around.

“Where are we?”

“This is the VIP room.”

The waiter, who was speaking comfortably in front of me a little while ago, spoke in a straight tone again, saying he was in front of the emperor.

“Phew… How did you find out about this place?”

At my words, Theodora looks around her and says.

“Where is the woman?”

Woman? What girl?

I ask because there are only two men.

“What woman? “What on earth are you talking about?”

At my words, Theodora lights up her eyes and speaks.

“Don’t lie. “Because we all know what nobles do with prostitutes in VIP rooms like this.”

“That’s…”

I heard through rumor that most people were like that, so I had a feeling what kind of ridiculous misunderstanding she was having.

“There are no women?”

Theodora shakes her head at my words.

“They say don’t lie. “Are you in that room?”

Theodora strode forward and grabbed the doorknob in her corner…

-Squeak!

When I turn, I see an empty bathroom.

And Theodora turns on the lights and looks around every corner.

“Well… Your Excellency… I hope you don’t pay attention to what I said a moment ago.”

I say that with a chuckle.

“Why are you taking it out now? “Let’s sit down and eat first.”

She says that and looks at Theodora, who is still looking for something in her bathroom.

“Theodora. “I don’t know what you’re looking for, but since we’re here, let’s get something to eat.”

***

Lucius, a third-year academy student, thinks that this situation is so difficult that he feels like throwing up.

The two people sitting across from me right now.

One is the emperor of the empire, who is said to be the king of all people, and the other is the grand duke, the powerful figure of the empire.

The fact that Lucius even told him that the Archduke was powerless makes him feel a strong desire to go back in time and stab himself in the back.

‘But… It’s different from the rumors?’

A long time ago, Lucius heard a rumor that the archduke fell in love with the empress and proposed to her.

However, Lucius is lost in thought as he sees the Empress acting like a woman suffering from a woman with a will.

‘I think it’s the opposite of what the rumors say? ‘It’s as if the Empress is out to catch her husband who has been having an affair, isn’t it?’

As a heavy silence fell in the VIP room, the Archduke shook his head and spoke.

“But why did you really come here?”

“That’s because you stay out once every two weeks…”

Lucius’s heart is pounding hard as he sees the Empress, who looks as if a goddess had come down from the sky, blushing and gently lowering her head.

‘It’s so… Pretty, isn’t it?’

The Empress who is praised as the most beautiful woman in the empire.

When Lucius first heard the sound, he thought the rumor was an exaggeration.

She is of noble birth in the Empire.

Lucius, who thought it was probably just a fake name created to flatter the former emperor, looks at the empress’s appearance and feels that the rumors about her were not enough.

‘As if… Could an angel or goddess of heaven be that beautiful?’

“Hmm…”

The Grand Duke cleared his throat at the Empress’s words and continued.

“That’s because I have work to do.”

At those words, the Empress raises her head, her eyes sharpen, and she speaks.

“What’s going on?”

Hearing those words, the Archduke rolls his eyes with an embarrassed expression.

“I asked what was going on.”

Hearing the Empress’s words, Lucius swallows her saliva.

‘Why did someone as high as a grand duke come to our store at night?’

I’m also personally curious about Lucius.

The grand duke secretly escaped from the imperial palace, which was overflowing with the best chefs and ingredients in the empire, and came to the Roman night.

When Lucius thinks. I don’t know if there is any need for him to come out of the imperial palace, where the Grand Duke is known for his extravagance.

Of course, if you want to have debauchery, it is right to go out of the imperial palace, but after talking with the Archduke, it seems that he is not that kind of person.

Lucius did not invite a woman to the VIP room, where privacy was guaranteed, and asked Lucius how the empire was going, making Lucius curious as to why the Archduke had come here.

‘It can’t have been secret. If you are doing it secretly, there is no reason to go to a small restaurant or bar or to the VIP room of an expensive restaurant.’

Secret travel is the act of a person in power secretly going out to check on whether the people are doing well and whether there are any difficulties.

It makes no sense to appear in a place like this where there are no ordinary people.

“That’s…”

Breaking the long silence, the Archduke opens his mouth.

“It’s to find great talent!”

At those words, Lucius and the Empress think the same thing.

‘True. Tell me a plausible lie, Debian. He came looking for talent. ‘What kind of nonsense are you talking about?’

‘The Archduke is truly shameless.’

Both of them find the Archduke’s words absurd.

If you came here looking for talent, you would go to an academy. What is the reason for coming to a high-end restaurant like this?

And to top it off, they are looking for talented people in the VIP room.

The eyes of both of them turn cold as they look at the Archduke, as if they have heard some nonsense about a lion being happy when it eats grass, but the Archduke speaks without paying attention.

“Theodora. “You don’t seem to believe me, so I’ll show you the talent I found.”

The triumphant Grand Duke smiles and speaks to the Empress.

“You found a talent…?”

The words of a confident and firm archduke.

-Gulp.

‘What? Did Devian really come out of the imperial palace to look for talented people?’

The Empress and Lucius find it difficult to believe the Grand Duke’s words.

‘What? Your restaurant has great talent? ‘The Archduke hasn’t met anyone since he came here?’

The Archduke smiles brightly as he looks at Lucius.

“Okay. He’s quite a talented person. “He knows the current situation accurately and has a wealth of insight.”

Lucius fell into thought with a puzzled expression.

‘There is a talent here that the Grand Duke praises so much?’

Thinking like that, Lucius becomes lost in thought.

‘You said waiter… Could it be Müller? Or Maximilian?’

Lucius believes that both of them are excellent students who are recognized as bright minds at the academy.

‘But when did you two meet? Ah… I cursed the Archduke at two people. Didn’t the Archduke hear it? Then… I’m screwed.’

Lucius, who had been criticizing the most powerful person in the empire, began to turn pale.

“Theodora, I will personally introduce you to talent.”

The Grand Duke cleared his throat and continued his words.

“That talented person is a waiter in this room and a third year student at the academy. Hmm… but what is your name?”

As the Archduke smiles slightly at me and finishes her sentence, the Empress turns her head and glances at me.

“Is this… Talent?”

“I…? Talent?”

***

“But why did you really come here?”

An awkward situation arose due to Theodora’s sudden intrusion.

No… Why on earth did you come here?

“That’s because you stay out once every two weeks…”

Theodora speaks cautiously, but her eyes are sharp.

The look in his eyes was as if he was asking me to pass on all the busy work to him and come here to have a leisurely meal.

What should I do?

I think about what to say to those cold, cold eyes.

“Hmm…”

Damn… I guess you could say I was secretly practicing it when I was doing it normally.

If you rent out a VIP room like this, it’s hard to say it’s a secret operation, right?

“That’s because I have work to do.”

As I said that and took some time to think, Theodora interrogated me with her eyes shining sharply.

“What’s going on?”

What should I do…?

I, who until now have said that nobles exist for the people of the empire, break into a cold sweat at the thought that if they find out that I spent a lot of money to rent a VIP room to relieve stress, they might refuse to take care of my time in the future.

That is not possible. If Theodora doesn’t take care of me, I might die from overwork. So what should I do…?

Head, think about a way out of this situation.

As I roll my eyes like that, someone catches my eye.

“I asked what was going on.”

“That’s…”

The waiter in front of me clearly understood and explained the current situation quite well.

Of course, there are some shortcomings, but I feel that this is quite useful.

Besides, you know how to read, right?

I don’t know what the illiteracy rate is here. I think it’s pretty high.

However, if you are an academy student, a pretty good idea comes to mind when you see a waiter who can read and write, and also shows a high level of insight.

Okay… Let’s do it like this!

I speak after the thoughts are organized in my head.

“It’s to find great talent!”

Theodora’s mood is unusual after what I said.

I speak leisurely as I watch her tilt at first, but then she smiles a soft, lifelike smile.

“Theodora. “She doesn’t seem to believe it, so I’ll show you the talent I found.”

The illiteracy rate is high here, so just reading and writing is considered a talent.

In fact, the minimum requirements for the lowest-level civil service exam are writing and basic calculations.

However, this waiter is a student at the empire’s academy where only the brightest enter, and he has excellent insight.

In other words… The talent is certain.

“You found a talent…?”

Theodora asked back with a blank expression on her face, showing her disbelief, but then quickly swallowed her saliva.

-Gulp.

Good luck, waiter. Feeding you an expensive meal is such a big reward for me.

I smile as I look at the blank-faced waiter who doesn’t seem to understand the current situation.

“Okay. He’s quite a talented person. “He knows the current situation accurately and has a wealth of insight.”

I feel puzzled as I see the waiter lost in her thoughts at my words.

Why is the person concerned like that?

Do you think I don’t like revealing myself?

That can’t be right? Is it true that the guy who complained earlier about not having a noble looking after him doesn’t like the fact that I’m looking after his back?

Now that I think about it, it seems like you hate me?

But it doesn’t matter.

Because the empire needs more slaves.

Slaves with ability are always welcome by the Empire and I.

If he doesn’t want to work for me, I can pay him a lot of money.

But I will make you work more than that so you won’t have time to spend money.

Thinking like that, a bright future is already pictured and a bright smile blooms on my face.

“Theodora, I will personally introduce you to talent.”

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The Grand Duke cleared his throat and continued speaking.

But… What is his name?

I remembered that I forgot and didn’t hear the name.

Well, you can ask now.

“That talented person is a waiter in this room and a third year student at the academy. Hmm… but what is your name?”

Theodora and the waiter’s eyes meet at my words.

“Is this… Talent?”

“I…? Talent?”