Chapter 61: Why did you do it?

Chapter 61: Why did you do it?

" Why did you do that Master?" asked Aileen as he looked at his master, he couldn’t understand why his master stepped in for the second consort. Even if the latter died, it would have never made an impact on the Queen, if anything she would have looked for someone new to replace, there would have been no damage and it would have been a great opportunity for his master to make a move and gain the attention as well as the trust of the Queen so why did he do something as unnecessary as saving the life of the second consort? If anything that man wouldn’t be even grateful to them if he ever found out that it was due to his master that his life was saved. " You could have just left him to die, master so why didn’t you?"

" I could have left him alone, yes..." Yakov agreed as he flipped the page of the book he was reading. " You are right, I could have left him alone but I didn’t —— because even if he is my rival, don’t forget that I am the Chancellor of this Empire, if I stayed silent then surely I would have been able to win over my rival once and for all but you know? As a Chancellor, I would have failed my Empire and that’s something that I would never want, for I live for the pride as an heir of the Sceptre and you know what the Sceptre family stands for?"

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