A Different Husband Every Night (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 49

A somewhat late breakfast began.

“My Lord. Unlike yesterday, this morning’s meal is very delicious. Do you think so as well?”

“H-ha, ha… Y-yes, Your Majesty… I mean, Empress Teriella.”

“So it seems you couldn’t bring yourself to order the chef to drown the food in spices today—what with beating him this morning. Thanks to that, we get to enjoy a tasty meal. That’s quite fortunate.”

“H-ha… W-well… Yesterday was just a… a misunderstanding…”

“Oh, by the way. You’re not angry that I made you run errands first thing this morning, are you? I was simply trying to follow your laws as a lord. I hope you understand.”

“O-of course, Your Majesty! How dare I step on Your Imperial Majesty’s shadow—I was wrong a hundred, a thousand times over…”

“My goodness, Baron Adresa. Aren’t you shaking your legs too much during the meal? Show some decorum before His Majesty.”

Baron Adresa, who had been running about since early morning, pressed down hard on his trembling thighs as he gasped for breath.

Levanfel, having already been briefed by Jaerim, quietly fixed his cold, icy gaze upon Baron Adresa.

“Baron Adresa.”

“Y-yes, Your Majesty.”

“Have you heard the news that a massive investigation into tax evasion is currently underway in the Imperial Palace?”

Baron Adresa’s body stiffened abruptly. His obvious rigidity was witnessed by me, Levanfel, and Jaerim—the very investigator himself.

“What do you think of that, my Lord?”

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