Two Nobles got up, only to have a dagger against their throats.
The Empress and her maid were on the other end, and the young man shouted, “We can’t waste more time with foolishness! What now? Do you both want to threaten me by saying you want to be the next Emperor? I am the rightful heir, and I am choosing to put the country ahead of me! Why can’t you?”
The two Nobles looked at him with angry faces, and one of them spoke: “While I am alive, you won’t influence anyone with that foolishness that you…”
The Empress sliced his throat, and as he fell over the table, she looked around. “Since he is not alive anymore, he can’t prevent anything, can he? Anyone else?”
The remaining Nobles vigorously shook their heads, and the young man spoke: “I don’t know what else I can say to convince you.
